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A federal judge sentenced the former councilwoman despite her having tried to withdraw her guilty plea in the case, the Detroit Free Press reported. Prosecutors had sought a sentence as long as four years. Conyers pled guilty to accepting bribes to influence a key city council vote on a contract for disposal of sludge and waste. – Hmm, could ...

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China is being threatened by the United States says Michel Chossudovsky United States-China relations are on the rocks recently, China says that they have been seriously disrupted. Essentially, China feels that it is being threatened by the United States and this has been mounting since 1999. The threats are coming in the form of diplomacy, however...

Until the last minute the government had tried to discourage the voters from voting. The Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance both said they would not participate in the referendum. They saw it as a “waste of money” and a “farce”. This disregard for the very people who had put them into office angered just about everybody who is the s...

The Senate health-care bill would raise effective marginal tax rates on lower and middle-income singles and families up to 41%. WRH permalink ...

In yet another example of government overstepping its bounds, the Obama administration is preparing to ban fishing in coastal areas around the country, as well as the Great Lakes and other inland water resources. WRH permalink ...

I think it’s a legal question,” he said. “The US are a part of the UN Convention against Torture, but there are very clear legal obligations — wherever you have indications, complaints about torture, then you have to investigate them independently and effectively.” WRH permalink ...

Besides the fact that it is anti-liberty, it allows the state to monitor its citizens, and also sets the stage for an easier path for government to control the people. WRH permalink ...

Some parents are furious at what they say is a “total invasion of privacy” and claim some pupils are so anxious about being watched they are refusing to use the facilities. WRH permalink ...