Taking away your rights to know
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Congress Poised to Pass Bill Taking Away Your Right to Know What’s in Your Food
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Congress Poised to Pass Bill Taking Away Your Right to Know What’s in Your Food
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Republican congressional leaders had hoped to curtail bipartisan outcries over a United Arab Emirates-based company’s pending takeover of some U.S. port operations by brokering an agreement for a new investigation of the deal’s potential security risks.
Then came the disclosure that the U.S. Coast Guard had raised concerns weeks ago that, because of U.S. intelligence gaps, it could not determine whether the UAE company, DP World, might support terrorist operations.
Lost on the tracks. Number One train, 103rd Street Station. View Large
Uploaded for the Guess Where NYC Flickr group. I’ll identify it here as soon as they guess it, which should be shortly.
From Niznoz: “It’s the Metro theatre on Broadway and 99th. It recently closed, again, and while the outside is protected as a landmark, the concern in the neighborhood is that it’s going to be gutted and turned into a supermarket. It’s a Deco classic.”