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Behind the smokescreen of the Gaza pullout*
2008-05-22 22:45:00 By Tanya Reinhart**Tanya Reinhart shows that, behind the smokescreen of possible Israeli disengagement from Gaza, a process of slow and hidden ethnic cleansing of Palestinians is being carried out in the West Bank. "Nearly 400,000 people ... are now candidates for 'voluntary emigration' to refugee... Click on the headlines to read the full story!
Revealed: The Tobacco Industry?s Latest TV Advertising Smokescreen
2008-04-04 00:58:00 At face value it looks like a friendly TV ad, perhaps paid for by some local cancer victims concerned about the efficiency of tobacco regulation. The reality is much sterner: the people behind it are actually Reynolds Tobacco-- pushers of brands such as Camel, which as recently as last year was sued for overtly advertising to children.
By: Roastfrog.net
FBI Investigating 14 Subprime Companies? Smokescreen or Crackdown?
2008-01-30 14:27:00 The FBI is investigating 14 unnamed companies who have been involved in the subprime lending industry. They are searching for fraudulent behavior in the packaging and selling of loans and the subsequent bundling for investment purposes. We all know that there was a great deal of fraud that was in the system at the end ...
Censorship Smokescreen by New Age Labor
2008-01-01 13:41:00 The New Age Labor Government has proposed mandatory filtering of objectionable (to be determined) internet sites, focussing on protecting children.Stephen Collins, who obviously understands a lot more about the technical issues and who is also a parent has a well balanced piece discussing the proposed internet filtering plan.Yesterday?s announcement verifying the Australian Federal Government will be mandatorily requiring ISPs to filter the nastiness from the ?Net is plain and simple stupidity. Not only is it simply not achievable, it?s nanny stating at its worst and significantly limiting of free speech (something we don?t have a guaranteed right to in Australia AFAIK).I am all for protecting children. We do it by only allowing internet access in our living room with parental supervision and talking openly about any slightly off the wall stuff that inevitably comes up.Personally I think that this is just a smokescreen to mask some of the really hard decisions coming up about how to...
Transformers SMOKESCREEN G1 Reissue Action Figure
2007-12-27 01:43:00 Transformers SMOKESCREEN G1 Reissue Action Figure Hasbro Action Figure.Smokescreen’s easy to get along with and as charming as they come, but he’s always got something up his sleeve. Without even thinking about it, Smokescreen uses his friendly nature to get what he wants from others be it information or compliance to his requests. This tendency ...
Do you smoke and want to get back into a nightclub? Smokescreen biometric r
2007-10-11 12:50:00 All you smokers including myself want the nicotine when we are at a nightclub or pub or anywhere you cannot smoke which means we have to go outside, this new Smokescreen biometric reader gadget is for those that go to a club for example and when you wish to come out for that deadly puff ...
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Industry caught in carbon ‘smokescreen’
2007-04-26 14:19:00 By Fiona Harvey and Stephen Fidler in London - Article Link Companies and individuals rushing to go green have been spending millions on “carbon credit” projects that yield few if any environmental benefits. A Financial Times investigation has uncovered widespread failings in the new markets for greenhouse gases, suggesting some organisations are paying for emissions reductions that ...
Industry caught in carbon 'smokescreen'
2007-04-25 23:14:00 Companies and individuals rushing to go green have been spending millions on 'carbon credit' projects that yield few if any environmental benefits.
By: Get rich
Industry caught in carbon 'smokescreen'
2007-04-25 23:14:00 Companies and individuals rushing to go green have been spending millions on 'carbon credit' projects that yield few if any environmental benefits.
By: Get rich
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