Entries for June 2008

By Carter Doughtery | The International Herald Tribune| Jun. 30, 2008
As the United States markets edge toward bear territory, losing nearly 20 percent of their value from last fall's peak, investors might wonder where they can turn for relief. The gloomy answer: nowhere.

By Tim Paradis| Associated Press | Jun. 30, 2008
Stocks headed for a narrowly mixed open Monday as oil prices set a new trading record and investors awaited a regional manufacturing reading for hints about where the market might be headed after last week's steep sell-off.

BBC | Jun. 30, 2008
An Iranian man has been sentenced to death for spying for Israel, according to reports from Tehran. Ali Ashtari was found guilty of sending "sensitive information on military, defence and research centres" to Iran's arch foe in the region, reports say.

By Allan Dowd | Reuters | Jun. 27, 2008
British Columbia (Reuters) - Civic leader Scott Nelson says he is as worried as anyone about global warming, but that does not make him happy to be one of the first North Americans to pay a carbon tax to curb climate change.

By Judith Young | Pacific Free Press | Jun. 28, 2008
Evidence for a necon plan for false flag terrorism at The Democratic National Convention in Denver, August 25-28. Former morning briefer for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush Sr., McGovern noted that Iran is carefully avoiding any actions that could be interpreted as provocations for an attack: hence justification for an attack would require a pretext manufactured by the Administration and/or the Israelis.

NaturalNews.com | Jun. 27, 2008
Electric car maker Aptera claims that the electric-gasoline hybrid version of its new Typ-1 vehicle gets 300 miles per gallon. The vehicle will be available early in 2008 for less than $30,000.

By Margaret Griffis | AntiWar.com | Jun. 26, 2008
A pair of significant bombings shook Iraq today and underscored how tenuous the security gains made in the last few months actually are. Three U.S. Marines were among the dead in the attack in Karma. At least 48 Iraqis were killed and 119 more were wounded across the country as well.

By Tim Shipman | The Telegraph | Jun. 29, 2008
Mr Obama is expected to speak to Mr Clinton for the first time since he won the nomination in the next few days, but campaign insiders say that the former president's future campaign role is a "sticking point" in peace talks with Mrs Clinton's aides.

By Christina Lamb | Times Online | Jun. 29, 2008
A baby boy had both legs broken by supporters of President Robert Mugabe to punish his father for being an opposition councillor in Zimbabwe.

By Ryan Singel | Wired.com | Jun. 27, 2008
Mark Klein, the retired AT&T engineer who stepped forward with the technical documents at the heart of the anti-wiretapping case against AT&T, is furious at the Senate's vote on Wednesday night to hold a vote on a bill intended to put an end to that lawsuit and more than 30 others.

Video Description:
Stewart Howe and Jeremy Rothe-Kushel ask Whitehouse Press Secretary Scott McClellan about 9-11 and the Constitution. McClellan pretends to not have heard of PNAC and Building 7. Unfortunately for McClellan, treason is not that easy to hide. Video footage shot by Jeremy Rothe-Kushel and Stewart Howe. Editing by Joel Bevaqua.

BBC | Jun. 27, 2008
In London, Brent crude jumped to $142.13 a barrel, while New York light crude climbed as high as $142.26. Producers' group Opec has been under pressure to boost production, though recent reports have shown its members are split over whether to lift output.

WorldNetDaily.com | Jun. 26, 2008
Officials are outraged after a Mexican judge released a Mexican national who allegedly struck and killed a U.S. Border Patrol agent with his vehicle.

By Maura Reynolds | Los Angeles Times | Jun. 26, 2008
Three out of four Americans, including large numbers of Republicans, blame President Bush's economic policies for making the country worse off during the last eight years, according to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll released Wednesday, reflecting a sharp increase in public pessimism during the last year.

By John F. McManus | John Birch Society | Jun. 26, 2008
According to a new law passed by Congress, the incandescent light bulb will be outlawed for use by 2014. All Americans will be forced to purchase the new compact fluorescent bulbs that are not only potentially toxic, they are made only in China.