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TSA to drop body scanners

The Transportation Security Administration confirmed Friday that it will pull the plug on “nude” airport scanners that produce a full body image of the traveler, replacing a technology that has sparked national controversy over privacy and safety.

The TSA told NBC News that it had decided to remove all “backscatter” imaging machines — a total of 174 scanners still in use in 30 airports — by June 1.

http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/tsa-remove-controversial-full-body-scanners-1B8038882

PAPER: New Black Panthers ‘may monitor some polling stations

THEY MAY BE back in black for Tuesday’s election – the uber-controversial New Black Panther Party.

But now with 100 percent less nightstick.

You’ll recall, especially if you’ve ever listened to conservative talk radio, that it was right here that the Election Day 2008 appearance of two local leaders of the smallish black-power posse outside a polling station at 12th and Fairmount in North Philadelphia – one brandishing a large nightstick – [...]

POLITICO URGENT: OBAMA LIKES THIN MINT COOKIES BEST

President Obama weighed in on a major national controversy Monday, choosing Thin Mints as his favorite Girl Scout cookies.

In Cincinnati for a campaign event, Obama was asked what his favorite kind of Girl Scout cookie was.

 

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/07/obama-likes-thin-mints-best-129089.html

‘We can put a black man in the White House, but a black man can’t walk through a gated community?’ Civil rights leaders hold Trayvon rally

Shot teenager’s family call for peace and tolerance during LA rally

Civil rights leaders and relatives of Trayvon Martin have called for ‘tolerance and justice’ during an emotionally-charged peace rally in honour of the murdered 17-year-old.

The black teenager was shot as he walked through a gated community in Sanford, Florida, in February in a murder which became a racially-charged national controversy.

A Reverend speaking at the Los Angeles rally for Trayvon yesterday [...]

Farrakhan’s Wild New Claims: Jesus Was a Black Muslim & Elijah Would Be the ‘N***er at the Door’

ditor’s note: In addition to this new story below, tonight GBTV will air a special episode of Glenn Beck’s program at 5pm ET.  The program is called “Farrakhan Exposed.” You will learn much more about Farrakhan’s anti-semitism and hatred for America.  You will also learned about disturbing links between the Nation of Islam and the Obama administration.  For a preview of tonight’s program click here.

With a former U.S. Congressman in the [...]

Zimmerman breaks his silence: Trayvon shooter says he’s been ‘forced to leave my entire life’ as he sets up website

The Neighborhood Watch captain who shot an unarmed black teenager dead has started a fundraising website in which he defends his ‘integrity and actions’.

George Zimmerman’s site, registered on Sunday, does not discuss the details of the death of Trayvon Martin, which has sparked a national controversy and debate over the role of race in the encounter.

Instead, it solicits donations for ‘living expenses and legal defence’, and features a number of [...]