http://www.newscloud.com/section/racism Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:38:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us http://www.newscloud.com/read/Dead_Black_Man_Was_Tasered_Nine_Times_by_White_Cop A 21 year old black man in Winnfield, Louisiana, named Baron "Scooter" Pikes, was tasered 9 times in 14 minutes by a white police officer in January after he was arrested and handcuffed. He died. Seems a tad excessive to me. However, here's the story of his arrest and subsequent death according to the police report by the arresting officers:

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Israel_reneges_on_settlement_pledge_World_news_guardiancouk An Israeli ministerial committee has approved construction of new homes in a West Bank settlement despite a pledge to the US to stop building on the site, Israeli media reported today.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/German_Toymaker_Launches_Barack_Obama_Doll Notice anything? According to the Spiegel Online International, in an article titled "Change You Can't Quite Believe In: German Toymaker Launches Barack Obama Doll:"

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Inteligentaindigena_Indigenismo_Three_killed_in_Jerusalem_bulldozer_attack A Palestinian rammed a bulldozer into an Israeli commuter bus, cars and pedestrians on one of Jerusalem's busiest streets today, killing at least three people and wounding at least 45 before he was shot dead.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Caught_on_tape_Hospital_patient_left_to_die Happened in Brooklyn - The video shows the 49-year-old woman keeling over and falling out of her chair on June 19 and lying facedown on the floor, then thrashing before going still. About an hour passed before someone realized what was happening and tried to help.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_Associated_Press_Monkey_doll_named_for_Obama_called_racist A Utah company offering online a sock monkey named for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says it didn't mean to anger anyone with a "cute and cuddly" toy that some are calling racist.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Think_Progress_GOP_convention_button_asks_If_Obama_is_presidentwill_we_still_call_it_the_W A booth at this weekend's Texas Republican convention sold buttons asking, "If Obama Is President…Will We Still Call It The White House?":

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/_Jewish_settler_attack_on_film Footage from a video camera handed out by an Israeli human rights group appears to show Jewish settlers beating up Palestinians in the West Bank.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Inteligentaindigena_Indigenismo_Hillary_campaign_denies_report_of_her_quitting_Prez_raceUSAWorld Hillary Clinton's campaign on Tuesday refuted as '100 per cent incorrect' media reports that she will concede defeat on Tuesday night to frontrunner Barack Obama in the bitter race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Obama_Will_Be_Rupert_Murdoch_s_Next_Tony_Blair Lovable media mogul Rupert Murdoch, owner of News Corp, has been going around predicting a landslide victory for the Democrats this November and also big-upping Senator Barack Obama-he called Obama a "superstar" and a "complete phenomenon" at a conference yesterday.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Rachael_Ray_ad_pulled_as_pundit_sees_terror_link_Food_Inc_msnbccom Dunkin' Donuts pulled a television spot featuring talk show host and Food Network personality Rachael Ray this weekend after a Fox news commentator associated it with terrorists.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Inteligentaindigena_Indigenismo_Real_Truth_Online_Vincent_Bugliosi_Wants_Bush_Charged_with_Murder Vincent Bugliosi - who in the early 1970s successfully prosecuted Charles Manson for the murder of Sharon Tate and six others - lays out his case against Bush in The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder (Perseus Books, 2008)

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Fox_News_Jokes_About_Obama_Assassination You can bet that if this same joke were made about Bush, conservative bloggers would be screaming high treason and demanding that the offending individual be publicly executed.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/US_residents_in_military_brigs_Govt_says_it_s_war WASHINGTON - If his cell were at Guantanamo Bay, the prisoner would be just one of hundreds of suspected terrorists detained offshore, where the U.S. says the Constitution does not apply.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Inteligentaindigena_Indigenismo_McCain_Backer_Hagee_Said_Hitler_Was_Fulfilling_God_s_Will_AUDIO John Hagee, the controversial evangelical leader and endorser of Sen. John McCain, argued in a late 1990s sermon that the Nazis had operated on God's behalf to chase the Jews from Europe and shepherd them to Palestine. According to the Reverend, Adolph Hitler was a "hunter," sent by God, who was tasked with expediting God's will of having the Jews re-establish a state of Israel.

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