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Justice Dept. Won`t Say Why it Seized Reporters` Phone Records

Boy, Big Government sure looks warm and cuddly this week.

(HARRISBURG Watchdog) - It’s one of those days where those of us who worry about handing too much authority to the federal government were proven right. Again.

The Associated Press this afternoon reports that the U.S. Justice Department seized records for more than 20 telephone lines assigned to AP journalists during 2012.

Father Beaten To Death By 9 Sheriffs, Bystanders Captured On Camera

Bakersfield cops drop to an all time low?

(BAKERSFIELD) - A Bakersfield father of four died this week after struggling with nearly nine police officers outside of a medical facility. Witnesses say that the thirty-three year old pled for his life.

Reports say he died early Wednesday morning after being struck by nine officers an unreported number of times. He was believed to be intoxicated.

`Black Night in Bangladesh` - Government Accused of Massacring Thousands

It's time for the world to do something. It's time to terminate the Murderous government of Bangladesh.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The 6^th of May 2013 will go down in history as one of the darkest nights in the history of Bangladesh.

This is a government that has no problem striking down unarmed citizens in cold blood, in fact that is the way this country was formed, perhaps it will be the same it ends.

UK Activists Protest for Victims in Bangladesh

"Many people died making clothes for retailers in the West. They paid the price for our fashion" - William Gomes, Salem-News.com

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - A trio of activists protested the deadly collapse in Bangladesh, where workers manufactured clothing for retailers that included Primark.

Fairtrade activists Anne Tracy and Mary Manchen were joined by Salem-News.com Human Rights Ambassador William Gomes, a former visiting fellow at the Centre for Applied Human Rights at York University.

BANGLADESH: The Motijheel Massacre: Many Die After Police Fire At Protesters

Unarmed protestors slaughtered by government forces in Bangladesh.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - Bangladesh security forces opened fire on protesters in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital city, killing many after a rally numbering up to a million people.

While the exact number of dead is unknown, estimates range from several dozens, to hundreds, possibly more than a thousand.

Walker, Jindal in Letter to Obama Call IRS Scandal `Big Brother Come to Life`

CNN reports that IRS officials also knew about the targeting of conservative groups in June 2011.

(MADISON) - Gov. Scott Walker packed a rhetorical punch in a letter he and fellow Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal penned demanding President Obama to investigate the Internal Revenue Service scandal.

They're disturbed that the IRS has been “unfairly targeting and applying added scrutiny” to conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.

Wake Up Call for America

According to a Pentagon report, the U.S. notorious Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, dubbed the most expensive jail on earth, costs Americans some $903,614 annually per prisoner.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - I'm tired of politics, of the injustices, the corruption, the assassinations, the gross illegal behaviour of the strong, the plundering of the poor and the indignities wrought on the weak.

While decent, working people lose their homes, thanks to Wall Street's Ponzi schemes, the market manipulators pay themselves outrageous million-dollar salaries and bonuses.

Are We Responsible for this Mess?

Is it possible that we, as individual voters, have also evolved downward into the cesspool of greed and stupidity that United States politics has become?

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - When a soldier is killed in the line of duty, his family eventually gets a flag and a note conveying sympathy and respect from the United States government.

When a Pro basketball player announces he is gay, he immediately gets a personal phone call from the President congratulating him for his courage.

Understanding Obama and Other People Who Kill

It takes someone with a particular psychological profile to kill people.

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - When Barack Obama orders the US military to attack people in another country, whether in a war or by using an illegal drone strike, he knows that people, including innocent men, women and children (called 'collateral damage'), will be killed.

How can he do this?

Commentary on the `Husband Beater` and Other Disgusting Products

I implore readers to be inspired to let these companies know that what they are doing is unacceptable.

(MIAMI) - One can argue that a free market economy allows for creativity and ingenuity.

However this same free market economy allows people to start businesses that do absolutely no social good and are, in some cases, absolutely despicable.