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Okay, I'll start: 1) Blagojevich walks scott free 2) My salary continues to remain stagnate 3) The bailout results in a massive debt to taxpayers with zero benefit to them 4) Iran aquires nuclear weapons and we (including Bush) failed to do anything about it 5) Jamie Gertz continue's to become even more attractive as she ages

U.S. Military Preparing for Domestic Disturbances Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:14 PM By: Jim Meyers A new report from the U.S. Army War College discusses the use of American troops to quell civil unrest brought about by a worsening economic crisis. The report from the War College’s Strategic Studies Institute warns that the U.S. military must prepare for a “violent, strategic dislocation inside the United States” that could be provoked by “unforeseen economic collapse” or “loss of functioning political and legal order.” Entitled “Known Unknowns: Unconventional ‘Strategic Shocks’ in Defense Strategy Development,” the report was produced by Nathan Freier, a...

< A note from Radarsite: In our previous article Elect Obama, Or Else we speculated on the possibility of civil unrest surrounding the outcome of this election, especially if Sen. Obama loses his bid for the White House. We were of course accused by some of fearmongering and promoting racial tensions, etc., just for reporting this story. Now however it seems we are not alone is considering this violent scenario to be a plausible threat. Below is a cross posting from the prestigious "The Hill". Once again, there is nothing we would like more than to be absolutely wrong about...

One of the largest markets in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, is in flames and at least one police car has been burnt as angry monks and Tibetans clash with police today. The surge of violence follows almost a week of demonstrations by lamas from monasteries around the Tibetan capital, who have been demanding greater freedom of religion before the Olympic Games as well as independence for the deeply Buddhist Himalayan region.

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kolesnikov) - Public unrest recently swept through Hungary. Triggering it were revelations by Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, which revealed that the Cabinet had been lying to the nation about the economic situation. As often happens with public action, Hungarians chanted diverse, and often mutually exclusive, mottoes. The activists were also a motley crew, including hoodlums. The figure "1956" loomed behind the drama. Hungary possesses a dynamic civil society, which exploded with indignation at the revelation that the government was telling it fairly tales-an instance of politics shrugging off morals. The public thirst for the...

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LONGMONT, Colo. - Dozens of high school students protested a temporary school policy forbidding students from displaying the U.S. flag — as well as flags from other countries — amid racial tensions following immigration rallies. ADVERTISEMENT Skyline High School Principal Tom Stumpf said American flags were brazenly waved in the faces of Hispanic students and in one case a Mexican flag was thrown into the face of another student. "When it involves the American flag and its abuse in vilifying other people, we simply will not tolerate it," Stumpf said. "They were using the symbol derisively as misguided patriotism." Students...

ANDREW CORSINI Also known as Andres Corsino; Apostle of FlorenceMemorial4 FebruaryProfileFollowing a wild and misspent youth, Andrew became a Carmelite at Florence. Studied at Paris and Avignon, France. Prior. Provincial of Tuscany in 1348. Bishop of Fiesole on 13 October 1349. Had the gifts of prophecy and miracles. Noted peacemaker between quarreling Italian houses. Born1302 at Florence, ItalyDied6 January 1374 at Fiesole, Italy; relics at Florence, ItalyName Meaningstrong, manly (Andrew) Beatified1374Canonized29 April 1629 by Pope Urban VIIIPatronagecivil disorder, riotRepresentationholding a cross, with a wolf and lamb at his feet, and floating above a battlefield on a cloud or a white palfrey...

Chinese protesting more as social problems grow Beijing may find it hard to retake reins - Kathleen E. McLaughlin, Chronicle Foreign Service Sunday, May 1, 2005 Shanghai -- Anti-Japanese demonstrators who drew global attention as they marched -- and sometimes rampaged -- in China's large cities in recent weeks are part of a growing climate of dissent in the country, analysts say. Despite its rising prosperity, China has seen a dramatic increase in public demonstrations after several years of nervous quiet followed the violent government crackdown on the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in 1989. The number of protests grew to more...

This week, over 200 protesters from the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan gathered in Moscow to call for the dismissal of Bashkir President Murtaza Rakhimov. Bashkortostan’s opposition accuses the president and the republic’s authorities of human-rights abuses and corruption. But its demands are likely to fall on deaf ears.

How fast, how easily they all fell! In Georgia, ruled by the sly fox Eduard Shevarnadze, the ruler outwitted himself. And then in another part of Georgia – Adzharia, where the Abashidze clan, it seemed, was there to stay…. In Ukraine, where Leonid Kuchma and his people had either bought or simply taken over everything they could have bought or taken over and installed his cronies throughout the nation. And now in poverty-stricken Kyrgyzstan. In the last case, the opposition didn’t even claim to have gotten the majority vote in the parliamentary elections. At best it got a quarter. But...

Rumsfeld says order gradually returning to Iraq By Vicki Allen WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Sunday that order was gradually being restored in Iraq, and that Iraqis were helping troops to stem looting and lawlessness. Amid reports of rampant looting that spread from buildings that symbolized Saddam Hussein's fallen government to include hospitals and Baghdad's National Museum of Antiquities, Rumsfeld in appearances on Sunday morning news programs said the situation was improving. "Every hour that goes by it's getting better and more peaceful and more orderly in that country," Rumsfeld said on NBC's "Meet...

Iraqi police gather in Baghdad, seek to end chaos By Edmund Blair BAGHDAD, April 13 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iraqi police and other civil servants responded to U.S. calls broadcast by radio to meet in central Baghdad on Sunday as part of efforts to resume order and key services to the capital's anarchic streets. Looters have smashed up public buildings, shops and factories since the collapse of the Iraqi government in Baghdad on Wednesday. Fearing they would be mistaken for combatants, Iraqi police have left their patrols and stayed at home. "Officers over here, and other police over there," shouted...

Saudi Arabia is teetering on the brink of collapse, fuelling Foreign Office fears of an extremist takeover of one of the West's key allies in the war on terror. Anti-government demonstrations have swept the desert kingdom in the past months in protest at the pro-American stance of the de facto ruler, Prince Abdullah. At the same time, Whitehall officials are concerned that Abdullah could face a palace coup from elements within the royal family sympathetic to al-Qaeda. Saudi sources said the Pentagon had recently sponsored a secret conference to look at options if the royal family fell. Demonstrations across the...

Saudi Arabia's community of foreigners is trapped between bombings by Islamic terrorists, police torture and palace feuding For Westerners seeking the good life in a desert kingdom, Saudi Arabia offered easy money, sunshine every day and a whisky-driven illicit party scene where casual sex was taken for granted. 'Are you married or do you work in Saudi Arabia?' was a common joke, echoing the colonial antics of 'Happy Valley' in Kenya. But that is all over now. The Western community is living in fear. It has become the target of a series of bomb attacks, carried out by al-Qaeda-linked terrorists...

Mexican Flag Controversy Diana Chi KTLA-TV News Writer June 14, 2002 RIVERSIDE -- In Riverside, a Mexican flag controversy triggered fights among some high school students Thursday. It happened at Norte Vista high school. Some students raised a Mexican flag in celebration of Mexico's advancement to the next round in the World Cup Series, following a tie with Italy. But other students protested and school officials ordered the flag taken down. Then fights broke out between the pro-Mexico students and those who protested the raising of the flag. There were no arrests and no serious injuries.