NewsCloud.com Society News http://www.newscloud.com/section/society Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:17:22 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us Freed hacker could work for police - 16 Jul 2008 - NZ Herald: New Zealand National news http://www.newscloud.com/read/Freed_hacker_could_work_for_police_16_Jul_2008_NZ_Herald_New_Zealand_National_news Bullfighting is tried by the International Court of Justice for Animal Rights in Geneva. - swissinfo http://www.newscloud.com/read/Bullfighting_is_tried_by_the_International_Court_of_Justice_for_Animal_Rights_in_Geneva_swissinfo The bullfight: a traditional, spectacular ballet of death that pits man against beast, or a ritualised sadistic slaughter?

]]> George Carlin: Comedian George Carlin Dead http://www.newscloud.com/read/George_Carlin_Comedian_George_Carlin_Dead Stand-up comedian George Carlin, whose routine about forbidden words on the airwaves led to a key Supreme Court decision on government broadcast oversight, died of heart failure near Los Angeles. He was 71.

]]> Mr. Bush v. the Bill of Rights - Editorial - NYTimes.com http://www.newscloud.com/read/Mr_Bush_v_the_Bill_of_Rights_Editorial_NYTimescom In the waning months of his tenure, President Bush and his allies are once again trying to scare Congress into expanding the president's powers to spy on Americans without a court order.

]]> why does Chris Matthews keep saying African-Americans aren't "regular people"? http://www.newscloud.com/read/why_does_Chris_Matthews_keep_saying_AfricanAmericans_aren_t_regular_people The past several months have brought a congealing conventional wisdom among many reporters and pundits that MSNBC is lurching to the left. It is perhaps unsurprising that this story line would emerge. It is, however, nonsense. Why is the story line unsurprising? Quite simply, several of its most prominent advocates have a clear interest in MSNBC being seen as liberal.

]]> Mich. ruling allows K-9 units to sniff without warrant http://www.newscloud.com/read/Mich_ruling_allows_K9_units_to_sniff_without_warrant GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. - Police - or at least K-9 units - now can go sniffing around outside your house even without a warrant.

A recent court ruling said police don't need a search warrant to take drug-sniffing dogs to the front door of homes, as long as they have a tip there are illegal drugs there.

]]> Einstein Letter: Belief In God http://www.newscloud.com/read/Einstein_Letter_Belief_In_God Albert Einstein described belief in God as "childish superstition" and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday.

]]> Film legend Charlton Heston dead at 84 http://www.newscloud.com/read/Film_legend_Charlton_Heston_dead_at_84 Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s, has died. He was 84.

]]> Jerimiah Wright: Black Conservative http://www.newscloud.com/read/Jerimiah_Wright_Black_Conservative Black Conservatives essentially tell Blacks they can only rely on themselves to get ahead in America -- counting on White people to be moral or "do the right thing" is a waste of time.

]]> Institute for Policy Studies: Iraq War Entering Year Six: Multiple Crises Rising in Middle East http://www.newscloud.com/read/Institute_for_Policy_Studies_Iraq_War_Entering_Year_Six_Multiple_Crises_Rising_in_Middle_East Gaza is under murderous assault and the United States is escalating regional threats while pushing new sanctions against Iran.

]]> Nine WWI Vets Survive Worldwide http://www.newscloud.com/read/Nine_WWI_Vets_Survive_Worldwide Following the death of the Italian-French war veteran Lazare Ponticelli, a total of nine men who served in their countries' armed forces during World War I are known to be still alive around the world.

]]> The Year in Hate http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_Year_in_Hate The latest annual count of hate groups operating in the United States rose to 888 last year, capping a 48 percent increase since 2000.


(THESE are the terrorists Americans should be worrying about.)

]]> National security agencies have failed in Iraq, Afghanistan (3/10/08) -- www.GovernmentExecutive.com http://www.newscloud.com/read/National_security_agencies_have_failed_in_Iraq_Afghanistan_31008_wwwGovernmentExecutivecom America's national security institutions have failed and the military has been left holding the bag in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan, conducting nation-building tasks for which it is ill-suited, according to the final report of a House Armed Services Committee panel established in 2007 to examine military roles and missions.

]]> Rapid Pentagon Report on Saddam's Iraq Censored? http://www.newscloud.com/read/Rapid__Pentagon_Report_on_Saddam_s_Iraq_Censored ABC News' Jonathan Karl Reports: The Bush Administration apparently does not want a U.S. military study that found no direct connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda to get any attention.  This morning, the Pentagon cancelled plans to send out a press release announcing the report's release and will no longer make the report available online.

]]> The Internet Is Changing the Scientific Method | Wired Science from Wired.com http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_Internet_Is_Changing_the_Scientific_Method_Wired_Science_from_Wiredcom