Bernanke, Paulson Pressed to Seek Big-Government Bank Bailout

July 21 (Bloomberg) – Ben S. Bernanke and Henry Paulson are under pressure to embrace the big-government policies of America in the 1930s, or Sweden in the 1990s, to contain the conflagration engulfing the U.S. housing and financial markets.Among the ideas: Using taxpayer money to shore up the capital of loss-ridden Fannie Mae and Freddie [...] continue reading the breaking news

Top 25 Things Vanishing From America: No.1 The Family Farm

Here you will find all Top 25 Things Vanishing From America.This series explores aspects of America that may soon be just a memory — some to be missed, some gladly left behind. From the least impactful to the most, here are 25 bits of vanishing America.1. The Family FarmMy mother grew up on her family’s [...] continue reading the breaking news

Is America too big to fail?

NEW YORK: In the narrative that has governed American commercial life for the last quarter-century, saving companies from their own mistakes was not supposed to be part of the government’s job description. Economic policymakers in the United States took swaggering pride in the cutthroat but lucrative form of capitalism that was supposedly indigenous to their [...] continue reading the breaking news

Governor Proposes Martial Law Choppers For Chicago

Blagojevich wants National Guard helicopters to patrol gun control capital of AmericaThe gun control capital of America - Chicago - where only the criminals are allowed to own firearms - has been hit by a fresh wave of crime and violence, prompting Governor Rod Blagojevich to call for National Guard helicopters to be used in [...] continue reading the breaking news

Raytheon: Directed Energy Weapons Set To Go

FARNBOROUGH, Britain - Work on laser, infrared and microwave defensive systems has reached a high level of readiness, with the possibility of deployment close at hand, a Raytheon executive said at the Farnborough Airshow.Development has advanced on products that can protect troops against mortar rounds, guard against shoulder-launched missiles fired at helicopters and airliners taking [...] continue reading the breaking news

CENTCOM’s Master Plan and U.S. Global Hegemony

Many people deny that the U.S. government presides over a global empire. If you speak of U.S. imperialism, they will fancy that you must be [...] continue reading the breaking news

US general warns Russia on nuclear bombers in Cuba

Installing a missile defense system in eastern Europe is alright and cannot be seen as a provocation, but….__________________________________________________________________________________________Russia would cross “a redline for the United States of America” if it were to base nuclear capable bombers in Cuba, a top US air force officer warned on Tuesday.“If they did I think we should stand strong [...] continue reading the breaking news

Thanks to you, impeachment will be heard Friday

President Bush and Vice-President Cheney must be impeached.Added: July 22, 2008Source: YouTubeA message from Congressman Dennis Kucinich.Log on to: http://kucinich.us to sign the petition. continue reading the breaking news

Plane carrying Ron Paul, congressmen makes emergency landing

A plane carrying Ron Paul and six other congressmen made an emergency landing Tuesday.(CNN) - A plane carrying Texas Rep. Ron Paul and six other members of Congress was forced to make an emergency landing Tuesday due to mechanical issues.According to the Federal Avaiation Administration (FAA), Continental Airlines flight 458, a Boeing 737 en [...] continue reading the breaking news

FEMA seeks immunity from suits over trailer fumes

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is requesting immunity from lawsuits filed on behalf of Gulf Coast hurricane victims who claim they were exposed to dangerous fumes while living in government-issued trailers.On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt is scheduled to hear FEMA’s bid to be dismissed from a series of consolidated [...] continue reading the breaking news

FDIC Faces Mortgage Mess After Running Failed Bank

Subprime Lender Made Problem Loans On Regulators’ Watch Federal officials heap much of the blame for the subprime mortgage mess on lenders, claiming they recklessly made too many high-cost home loans to borrowers who couldn’t afford them.It turns out that the U.S. government itself was one of the lenders giving out high-interest, subprime mortgages, some [...] continue reading the breaking news

Exposing Bush’s historic abuse of power

Salon has uncovered new evidence of post-9/11 spying on Americans. Obtained documents point to a potential investigation of the White House that could rival Watergate.Excerpts (Full article follows):“According to several former U.S. government officials with extensive knowledge of intelligence operations, Main Core in its current incarnation apparently contains a vast amount of personal data on [...] continue reading the breaking news

Governor plans to slash state workers’ pay to the federal minimum

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans next week to slash the pay of more than 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum of $6.55 per hour to help ease the state’s budget crisis, according to a draft executive order obtained by The Chronicle on Wednesday.The governor also will order an end to overtime pay for all but [...] continue reading the breaking news

Ron Paul on the Housing Bill 7/23/08

“The Mother of All Bailouts” Ron Paul talks about the bailout out of the housing industry and how it really just destroys the dollar and adds enormously to the debt.Also, slipped into the bill, was the stipulation that ALL credit card transactions must now be reported to the IRS.Added: July 23, 2008Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

Housing bailout bill - another $800 billion gift from the taxpayer to Wall Street

This bill will probably pass in Senate tomorrow. You, your children and generations to come will pay for this. All taxes will be spent servicing this debt.Cost of 5 years of Iraq war: $560 billion Cost of this bill: $800 billionIt will be spent bailing out the same fraudsters who got us into this mess. [...] continue reading the breaking news

Quotes from the Great Depression

September 1929“There is no cause to worry. The high tide of prosperity will continue.” — Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury.October 14, 1929“Secretary Lamont and officials of the Commerce Department today denied rumors that a severe depression in business and industrial activity was impending, which had been based on a mistaken interpretation of a [...] continue reading the breaking news

U.S. government: We know parenting better than you

Proposals would give Washington unprecedented control over kids The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to debate two bills that could give the federal government unprecedented control over the way parents raise their children - even providing funds for state workers to come into homes and screen babies for emotional and developmental problems.The Pre-K Act [...] continue reading the breaking news

Are You On the Terror Watch List? Good Luck Getting Off It

The TSA’s “no fly” terrorism watch list contains between 400,000 and 1,000,000 names. If you’re on the list by mistake, good luck getting off of it.After having begun a series of investigative stories criticizing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in May 2008, CNN reporter Drew Griffin reports being placed with more than a million other [...] continue reading the breaking news

US Military Recruits Children: “America’s Army” Video Game Violates International Law

“America’s Army” is a video game developed in part by the US Army to lure potential recruits. (Photo: techtarget.com)In May of 2002, the United States Army invaded E3, the annual video game convention held in Los Angeles. At the city’s Convention Center, young game enthusiasts mixed [...] continue reading the breaking news

Obama Delivers Berlin Address: ‘A World that Stands as One’

‘A World that Stands as One’ = ‘A One World Order’ = ‘The New World Order’Sen. Barack Obama’s vote for a federal surveillance law that he had previously opposed has sparked a backlash from his online advocates, who had energized his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Source: CNNThe elite knows that in the coming [...] continue reading the breaking news

2008 Bohemian Grove Guest List Obtained By 9/11 Truth Activists

Guests included George H. W. Bush, David Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger An official guest list for Bohemian Grove’s 2008 midsummer encampment [...] continue reading the breaking news

‘Imperial presidency’ hearing to feature 13 witnesses

Kucinich, Barr, Bugliosi among those testifying The House Judiciary Committee has released a witness list for its hearing to examine “the imperial presidency” of George W. Bush.Testifying Friday morning will be Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who has introduced several resolutions calling for President Bush’s and Vice President Dick Cheney’s impeachment; former Rep. Bob Barr, the Libertarian [...] continue reading the breaking news

Imprisonment By Executive Order

In a victory for tyranny and injustice, a federal appeals court ruled the president has the power to arrest American citizens and imprison them indefinitely without charging them - at whim.Judges of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, in a 5-4 decision, ruled that the president can legally, by simply labeling [...] continue reading the breaking news

Bush Impeachment Hearings: Vincent Bugliosi

Vincent Bugliosi’s opening statements during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the constitutional limits of executive power…are a must see.Vincent Bugliosi: “I have been told that the rules of this house dictate that although I can quote what president George Bush said I am forbidden from accusing him of a crime or even of any [...] continue reading the breaking news

U.S. let bin Laden’s top bodyguard go

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba - Soon after Osama bin Laden’s driver got here in 2002, he told interrogators the identity of the al Qaeda chief’s most senior bodyguard - then a fellow prison camp detainee.But, inexplicably, the U.S. let the bodyguard go.This startling information was revealed in the fourth day of the war crimes [...] continue reading the breaking news

Bush Impeachment Hearings: Bruce Fein

Bruce Fein’s opening statements during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the constitutional limits of executive power…are a must see.Added: July 25, 2008Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

Rep Kucinich Takes Phone Caller Questions on Impeachment

Part 1Added: July 25, 2008Source: YouTubePart 2Added: July 25, 2008Source: YouTubePart3Added: July 25, 2008Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

FDIC takes over 2 more banks, closing 28 branches

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - The 28 branches of 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, operating in Nevada, Arizona and California, were closed Friday by federal regulators.The banks, owned by Scottsdale, Ariz.-based First National Bank Holding Co., were scheduled to reopen on Monday as Mutual of Omaha Bank branches, the Federal Deposit [...] continue reading the breaking news

Fox News Busted

The White House is busted!!Ex-White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan exposed Fox News as a propaganda tool for the White House on Chris Mathews Hardball.Fox in the White House: It is one of those things you kind of assume to be true all along… and yet are shocked when hard confirmation actually comes. Our fourth [...] continue reading the breaking news

This project is sponsored by George Orwell and his Big Brother

Anyone who has lived without a television will know how hard it is to convince TV Licensing staff that is possible to exist without constant video entertainment. It is one more freedom that is to be taken from us. Like the telescreens in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four that citizens could turn down but not off, [...] continue reading the breaking news

Media hails Obama’s Speech As Call For “New World Order”

I am not against Barack Obama and I am most certainly not for John McCain.All presidential candidates that have a chance of winning the election are preselected by an elite and their favorite becomes President of the United States. Your vote doesn’t count. “There will be no election.” Related articles:- Obama calls for Civilian National [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pakistan has the right to retaliate if allied forces attacked says President Pervez Musharraf

President Pervez Musharraf Saturday said he is concerned over the Nato forces attack in Pakistani tribal areas and warned a U-S think-tank that no such attacks will be tolerated in future, and Pakistan reserves the right to retaliate.Talking to a senior advisor of the US think-tank Dr Hormon Olmen in Rawalpindi, President Musharaf asserted that [...] continue reading the breaking news

Ron Paul publicly names neoconservatives

This is a speech given by Ron Paul on the House floor in which he names the neocons and the views they adhere to.Added: July 16, 2008Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

US Troops in Iraq talk about Halliburton & KBR (Flashback)

Interviews with US troops and Halliburton employees explain what is happening in Iraq.Related articles:- Whistleblower says Pentagon putting KBR over soldiers- Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir- BBC uncovers lost Iraq billions- Exposing Pentagon and CIA CorruptionAdded: May 25, 2007Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

Bush administration projects record ‘09 deficit

Deficit for next year to hit $482 billion amid sagging economyWASHINGTON - The next president will inherit a record budget deficit of $482 billion, according to a new Bush administration estimate released Monday.The administration said the deficit was being driven to an all-time high by the sagging economy and the stimulus payments being made to [...] continue reading the breaking news

Eye scans, fingerprints to control NZ borders

Border control staff will be able to use iris scans and finger printing to check passengers’ identities under major changes to New Zealand immigration rules.Despite criticism from Amnesty International at the level of secrecy permitted, the changes look set to become law, with the National Party pledging its support.National Party immigration spokesman Dr Lockwood Smith [...] continue reading the breaking news

India, Pakistan in Kashmir clash

India says that the Pakistani troops have now retreatedAn Indian soldier has been killed by Pakistani troops who crossed the Line of Control dividing the disputed territory of Kashmir, India says.A spokesman for the Indian army, Anil Kumar Mathur, told the BBC that 10 to 12 Pakistani soldiers had entered Indian territory.He said that [...] continue reading the breaking news

Suicide hot line got calls from 22,000 veterans

“…the VA estimates that 18 veterans a day — or 6,500 a year — take their own lives, but that number includes vets from all wars.” Source: Military suicide rate increased again“Nearly 40% of Army suicide victims in 2006 and 2007 took psychotropic drugs — overwhelmingly, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) like Prozac and Zoloft.”Source: [...] continue reading the breaking news

U.S. Headed for ‘Heightened Alert’ Stage

Exclusive: Major Events on the Horizon Prompt a Surge in Anti-Terror EffortsGovernment officials have been quietly stepping up counterterror efforts out of a growing concern that al Qaeda or similar organizations might try to capitalize on the spate of extremely high-profile events in the coming months, sources tell ABC News.Security experts point to next month’s [...] continue reading the breaking news

Russia’s new Great Game

Vladimir Putin (left), then the president of Russia, met with Muammar Qaddafi, the Libyan leader, in April to discuss arms, energy and debt. AFPEmploying strategies redolent of a new Great Game, Russia has stepped up its diplomatic and trade activities in the Middle East and North Africa in a bid to enhance its geopolitical clout [...] continue reading the breaking news

George Bush blasted by Pakistan PM

PAKISTAN’S Prime Minister lashed out at George W. Bush during talks in Washington yesterday, “reproaching” the US President over a US Hellfire drone missile strike inside Pakistani territory only hours before the leaders met.The missile strike that reportedly killed an al-Qa’ida chemical and biological weapons expert came hours before new Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza [...] continue reading the breaking news

The Big Bailout: America as a Full-Spectrum Kleptocracy

Its name somewhat anachronistically means “assembly of old men.” George Washington famously - and, it must now be [...] continue reading the breaking news

The war between the United States and Iran is on

AP photo / Brennan LinsleyMembers of the Iranian resistance group Mujahadeen-e Khalk, or MEK, guard a road leading to the group’s main training camp, watched over by a U.S. Army Abrams tank in background, near Baqubah in north-central Iraq.Acts of WarBy Scott RitterThe war between the United States and Iran is on. American taxpayer dollars [...] continue reading the breaking news

Obama reportedly told Democrats Israel will hit Iran if sanctions fail

Ehud OlmertObama won’t rule out Iran strikePresumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) purportedly told House Democrats in a private meeting Tuesday that Israel may strike Iran if sanctions on the country fail to prevent development of nuclear technology.According to an attendee who spoke to ABC News’ Jake Tapper, Obama quipped, “Nobody said this to [...] continue reading the breaking news

Nuclear-Powered Amphibious Assault Ships?

Most new large U.S. Navy amphibious assault ships would be required to be nuclear powered under the National Defense Authorization Act for 2009 which the House of Representatives has passed by a vote of 384 to 23. It now goes to the Senate where many senators are uneasy about the scheme as is the Navy [...] continue reading the breaking news

Strike on Iran still possible, U.S. tells Israel

Ehud Barak, the Israeli defense chief, is visiting as Washington is perceived to be softening its stance toward Tehran. July 30, 2008 WASHINGTON – Bush administration officials reassured Israel’s defense minister this week that the United States has not abandoned all possibility of a [...] continue reading the breaking news

Cheney considered a ‘False Flag Attack’ to start war with Iran

EXCLUSIVE: To Provoke War, Cheney Considered Proposal To Dress Up Navy Seals As Iranians And Shoot At ThemSpeaking at the Campus Progress journalism conference earlier this month, Seymour Hersh - a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist for The New Yorker - revealed that Bush administration officials held a meeting recently in the Vice President’s office to discuss [...] continue reading the breaking news

EU agrees to go beyond U.N. sanctions on Iran

The U.S. would see this as an act of war, if someone would do it to them._________________________________________________________________________BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has agreed to go beyond United Nations sanctions on Iran, instructing its financial institutions to exercise “restraint” on export credits and allowing its navies to inspect all Iran-bound cargoes, a senior diplomat said [...] continue reading the breaking news

More than 100 countries back Iran’s nuclear program

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - More than 100 nonaligned nations backed Iran’s right to peaceful uses of nuclear power on Wednesday, an endorsement sought by Tehran in its standoff with the U.N. Security Council over its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment.The decision came as supreme Iranian leader Ayatolla Ali Khamenei pledged to continue the country’s nuclear [...] continue reading the breaking news

Wal-Mart Warns of Democratic Win

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors around the country to warn that if Democrats win power in November, they’ll likely change federal law to make it easier for workers to unionize companies — including Wal-Mart.In recent weeks, thousands of Wal-Mart store managers and department heads have been summoned to mandatory [...] continue reading the breaking news

House rejects bill on limiting speculative trading

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — A bill that would put new limits on speculative trading in energy commodities failed to get the required two-third majority of votes to pass the House on Wednesday.The vote was 276 to 151. The Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act would boost staffing at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and require the [...] continue reading the breaking news

U.S. agents can seize travelers’ laptops

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal agents have been given new powers to seize travelers’ laptops and other electronic devices at the border and hold them for unspecified periods the Washington Post reported on Friday.Under recently disclosed Department of Homeland Security policies, such seizures may be carried out without suspicion of wrongdoing, the newspaper said, quoting [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pentagon Warns Against Israeli Attack on Iran

Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen: ‘A Third Front … Would Be Extremely Stressful’U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman warned against any Israeli attack on Iran Wednesday. (AP Photo)Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, who was in Israel over the weekend, issued a strong warning today about the dangers of a military attack on [...] continue reading the breaking news

Presidential Secrets: Former CIA Operative speaks

This video presents one of the most provocative interviews ever conducted by Ted Gunderson, a retired FBI Senior Special Agent in Charge; it is with Gene “Chip” Tatum, a former CIA Black Ops Assassin who was also an Iran-Contra and OSG2 NWO Insider. In this video, you’ll hear Chip discuss his involvement in Operation Red [...] continue reading the breaking news

Report: Obama, Potential Iran Attack, Financial Collapse

Published for some of the information on the economy.Added: August 02, 2008Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

Secret “War on Terror” Prison on Diego Garcia Confirmed

The existence of a secret, CIA-run prison on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean has long been a leaky secret in the “War on Terror,” and recent revelations in TIME — based on disclosures by a “senior American official,” who was “a frequent participant in White House Situation Room meetings” after the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Ron Paul on Glenn Beck 07/30/2008

Part 1Added: July 30, 2008Source: YouTubePart 2Added: July 30, 2008Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

McCain suggests military-style invasion modeled on the surge to control crime

Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) spoke to the National Urban League, a group “devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream.” When an audience member asked him how he planned to reduce urban crime, McCain praised Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s efforts in New York Cirty before invoking the military’s tactics in Iraq [...] continue reading the breaking news

Has America become Fascist?

If it hasn’t gone the way of Mussolini’s Italy and Hitler’s Germany, it sure is teetering on the brink. America is a nation in deepening crisis, a nation whose leaders repeatedly plunge their citizens into, and make them pay for, serial wars abroad, while stealing their liberties at home. USA has become a country that [...] continue reading the breaking news

Media Blackout On Cheney Iran False Flag Story

UPDATE - 12.55pm CST - MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann covered the story on Thursday by naming Dick Cheney in his “worst person” segment. See the transcript here.The mainstream American corporate press has once again proven itself to be no better than the state controlled media in places like Communist China or Zimbabwe, by steadfastly refusing to [...] continue reading the breaking news

Bush’s Order on Intelligence Sparks a Furor in Congress

Republicans Walk Out; Member Threatens FundsThe Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, speaks during a press conference as President Bush look on in January 2007.WASHINGTON - Fed up with the White House’s reluctance to share intelligence, Republican lawmakers briefed yesterday on a new executive order reshuffling the intelligence community walked out in protest, and their [...] continue reading the breaking news

Defence chiefs admit to nuclear deaths

BRITISH Defence chiefs have admitted servicemen were exposed to dangerous radiation levels during nuclear tests in Australia and the South Pacific in the 1950s.The dramatic admission, made after years of denials, features in papers filed with the High Court in London by Ministry of Defence lawyers.The Sunday Mirror newspaper said the court papers reveal that [...] continue reading the breaking news

Keith Olbermann: Anthrax Attacks Inside Job ?!

Added: August 01, 2008Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

Knights Templar heirs in legal battle with the Pope

The heirs of the Knights Templar have launched a legal battle in Spain to force the Pope to restore the reputation of the disgraced order which was accused of heresy and dissolved seven centuries ago. Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and Last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is lead to the stake to burn [...] continue reading the breaking news

Italian mayor accused of Fascism as soldiers hit streets

As soldiers prepare to be deployed on Italian streets, a city mayor has been accused of Fascism after he passed an edict banning groups of more than three people congregating in parks and public gardens.Critics have complained that the sight of gun-toting soldiers on Italian streets will have a [...] continue reading the breaking news

White House told FBI to blame Anthrax scare on Al Qaeda

WASHINGTON - In the immediate aftermath of the 2001 anthrax attacks, White House officials repeatedly pressed FBI Director Robert Mueller to prove it was a second-wave assault by Al Qaeda, but investigators ruled that out, the Daily News has learned.After the Oct. 5, 2001, death from anthrax exposure of Sun photo editor Robert Stevens, Mueller [...] continue reading the breaking news

What is happening to America?

RonPaul: “We don’t even know if they have the Gold there anymore.”Source: YouTubePeople will not realize the main problem in America until they actually take the time to do some serious research for themselves, but hopefully this video may open that window for you.The primary cause of loss of liberty is our ever expanding government [...] continue reading the breaking news

U.K. wants to fluoridate 50% of the water supply

Water fluoridation worked very well in the Nazi concentration camps and the Russian gulags.(For more information have a look at the related articles and videos below.)______________________________________________________________________________Nearly half our drinking water could have fluoride added to it under a ’secret’ Government plan.Dental health chiefs want to add the chemical to 40 per cent of England’s water [...] continue reading the breaking news

Bush encounters dueling demonstrations in Asia

President Bush was greeted in Asia with dueling demonstrations by prayerful, flag-waving supporters and raucous protesters doused by police water cannons Tuesday, reflecting sharp political divisions at the outset of his three-nation trip.The mixed reactions reflected a U.S.-South Korean relationship that has endured volatile moments this year, but is still considered reliable and vital for [...] continue reading the breaking news

Israel’s secret police pressuring sick Gazans to spy for them, says report

· Treatment only offered to would-be informants · Patients allowed to cross the border drops sharplyA porter pushes a 15-year-old Palestinian cancer patient through the Erez crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel Photograph: Goran Tomasevic Israel’s secret police are pressuring Palestinians in Gaza to spy on their community in exchange for urgent medical treatment, [...] continue reading the breaking news

Hundreds of banks will fail, Roubini tells Barron’s

NEW YORK, Aug 3 (Reuters) - The United States is in the second inning of a recession that will last for at least 18 months and help kill off hundreds of banks, influential economist and New York University Professor Nouriel Roubini told Barron’s in Sunday’s edition.Taxpayers will pay a big price for helping bail [...] continue reading the breaking news

Vaccinations: Using soldiers as guinea pigs

All military personnel who are headed to combat are required to take vaccinations.These shots leave some soldiers deathly ill.Added: July 31, 2008Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

Marching Off Into Tyranny

By Paul Craig RobertsPaul Craig Roberts [email him] was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during President Reagan’s first term. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal. He has held numerous academic appointments, including the William E. Simon Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, [...] continue reading the breaking news

More than 29 states face total budget shortfall

At least 29 states plus the District of Columbia, including several of the nation’s largest states, faced an estimated $48 billion in combined shortfalls in their budgets for fiscal year 2009 (which began July 1, 2008 in most states.) At least three other states expect budget problems in fiscal year 2010.In general, states closed [...] continue reading the breaking news

Law Professor: Counter Terrorism Czar Told Me There Is Going To Be An i-9/11 And An i-Patriot Act

“…but the reality was that the Patriot Act was prepared way in advance of 9/11 and it sat dormant, awaiting an event to justify its implementation.”“In the days after the attacks it was passed in the House by a majority of 357 to 66. It passed the Senate by 98 to 1. Congressman Ron Paul [...] continue reading the breaking news

The False Pretext for World War 4

The war mongers are looking for an excuse to go after Iran. When they can’t find one that the American public will accept, they consider how to cook up a phony event of their own at the expense of American lives.Audio is taken from the Alex Jones Show, August 1st, 2008.Note: The use of the [...] continue reading the breaking news

FBI used aggressive tactics in anthrax probe

WASHINGTON - Before killing himself last week, Army scientist Bruce Ivins told friends that government agents had stalked him and his family for months, offered his son $2.5 million to rat him out and tried to turn his hospitalized daughter against him with photographs of dead anthrax victims.The pressure on Ivins was extreme, a high-risk [...] continue reading the breaking news

Anti-War Website Operator Threatened By Armed Thugs

Tom Feeley, owner and editor of InformationClearingHouse.info, has endured public harassment, home invasions, death threats and threats to his family simply for running a website.The operator of a leading alternative news and strongly anti-war website has become the target of nefarious thugs apparently in the employ of the U.S. government who have continually harassed [...] continue reading the breaking news

Secret EU security draft calls to pool policing and give US personal data

Don’t miss the “Key Points” at the end of the article.__________________________________________________________________________· Closer links needed to beat terrorism and crime· Blueprint wants new force to patrol world flashpoints A German and an Italian officer with the joint EU force Frontex check a lorry for illegal immigrants on the Polish border. The agency, which is seen as [...] continue reading the breaking news

Israel Considers Military Option for Iran Nukes

What Iran does is “perfectly legal”:- Ron Paul on Iran and Energy June 26, 2008 (A MUST SEE)(More important information at the end of this article.)_______________________________________________________________________________Israel beefs up strike capability, confident it could deal setback to Iran nuclear program(ABC/AP) Israel is building up its strike capabilities amid growing anxiety over Iran’s nuclear ambitions and appears [...] continue reading the breaking news

Georgia calls back troops from Iraq amid fighting

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Georgia’s president says the country is calling home its troops from Iraq amid heavy fighting in the breakaway province of South Ossetia.Georgia has 2,000 troops serving with the coalition forces in Iraq, making it the third-largest contributor after the United States and Britain.But Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili told CNN television Friday [...] continue reading the breaking news

Fighting with Russia spreads to cities across Georgia

A warplane drops bombs near the Georgian city of Gori on Friday as Russian and Georgian forces battled.TBLISI, Georgia (CNN) — Bombs rocked Tbilisi early Saturday morning as the fight between Georgia and Russia over a breakaway region intensified and moved into the Georgian capital.Government buildings, including the Parliament, were evacuated when the bombs [...] continue reading the breaking news

Dmitry Medvedev made a statement on the situation in South Ossetia.

At a meeting with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council, the President declared:“Russia has maintained and continues to maintain a presence on Georgian territory on an absolutely lawful basis, carrying out its peacekeeping mission in accordance with the agreements concluded. We have always considered maintaining the peace to be our paramount task. Russia [...] continue reading the breaking news

One Nation Under Siege - Full Theatrical Release

From documentary filmmaker William Lewis comes a bone chilling documentary on the spying, tracking and control of the American public.Source: Google Video continue reading the breaking news

Russia opens 2nd front in Georgia, seizing towns

GORI, Georgia - Russian armored vehicles rolled deep into western Georgia on Monday, quickly seizing several towns and a military base and slicing open a damaging second front in Russia’s battle with Georgia. Other Russian forces captured the key central city of Gori.Fighting also raged Monday around Tskhinvali, the capital of the separatist province of [...] continue reading the breaking news

U.S. Arms Cache Found in Kyrgyzstan

The U.S. embassy in Kyrgyzstan has found itself embroiled in scandal after the country’s interior ministry announced that a hoard of U.S.-made weapons has been found in a house in Bishkek rented by U.S. citizens. The embassy hurriedly stated that the weapons were intended for antiterrorism exercises, but Kyrgyz enforcement agencies have not confirmed that. [...] continue reading the breaking news

Jewish Georgian minister: Thanks to Israeli training, we’re fending off Russia

Hmmmhhh. Fending off Russia? No way!___________________________________________________________________________Jewish Georgian Minister Temur Yakobshvili on Sunday praised the Israel Defense Forces for its role in training Georgian troops and said Israel should be proud of its military might, in an interview with Army Radio.“Israel should be proud of its military which trained Georgian soldiers,” Yakobashvili told Army Radio in [...] continue reading the breaking news

Russia: Georgian troops in South Ossetia surrendering

MOSCOW, August 11 (RIA Novosti) - Georgian troops have been surrounded in South Ossetia and are giving themselves up, a senior Russian military official said on Monday.“Russian troops are currently disarming the surrounded Georgian forces in South Ossetia,” Col. Gen. Anatoly Nagovitsyn, deputy head of the General Staff, told a news conference.Russian troops are currently [...] continue reading the breaking news

Georgia ‘overrun’ by Russian troops as full-scale ground invasion begins

Gordon Brown urges Moscow to order a ceasefirePutin lashes out at the U.S. for ‘helping Georgia’Georgia ‘restarts shelling’ after ceasefire call ignoreRefugee crisis as 40,000 fleeGeorgian officials tonight claimed the country had been ‘overrun’ by Russian troops after a full-scale ground invasion.Amid reports that Moscow forces had taken the town of Gori - and were [...] continue reading the breaking news

Russian president calls halt to Georgian war

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called a halt to the advance of Russian troops in Georgia.MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced Tuesday that he has ordered an end to military operations against Georgia. The announcement came minutes before French President Nicolas Sarkozy was to land in Moscow to meet with Medvedev [...] continue reading the breaking news

Bush’s Dirty Little Medicare Secret

We already know about the lies orchestrated by the White House to justify the invasion of Iraq . But there is a bigger secret that has not yet hit the mainstream media. And it probably never will until it’s too late. Those of you who read my book already know about it because I discuss [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pressure grows on Nicolas Sarkozy for Afghanistan pullout

President Sarkozy’s resolve to remain steadfast in Afghanistan was tested yesterday as a poll indicated that a majority of French voters want him to pull troops out after the deaths this week of ten soldiers in a Taleban ambush.The President inspected the ten coffins and spoke to survivors at a ceremony of tribute on Thursday.The [...] continue reading the breaking news

Joe Biden in 2007 interview: I am a Zionist

Barack Obama’s new running mate praises Israel In 2007 interview with ‘Shalom TV’Biden. Pro-Israel Photo: ‘Meet the Press’, APBy Yitzhak BenhorinPublished: 08.23.08WASHINGTON - Senator Joe Biden, who was chosen by Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama to be his running mate in the upcoming US elections, has previously declared himself to be a Zionist. Calling [...] continue reading the breaking news

Putin Can’t Afford to Back Down

“Don’t blame the mirror if your face is crooked.” Vladimir Putin quoting Russian proverbIf the Bush administration proceeds with its plan to deploy its Missile Defense System in Poland, Russian Prime Minister Putin will be forced to remove it militarily. He has no other option. The proposed system integrates the the entire US nuclear [...] continue reading the breaking news

Is War With Russia on the Agenda?

Related article: Putin Can’t Afford to Back Down:“If the Bush administration proceeds with its plan to deploy its Missile Defense System in Poland, Russian Prime Minister Putin will be forced to remove it militarily. He has no other option.”“By means of a US first strike about 99%+ of Russian nuclear forces would be taken out. [...] continue reading the breaking news

The Orwellian nightmare is here

In the Queen’s speech this autumn Gordon Brown’s government will announce a scheme to institute a database of every telephone call, email, and act of online usage by every resident of the UK. It will propose that this information will be gathered, stored, and “made accessible” to the security and law enforcement agencies, local councils, [...] continue reading the breaking news

Military help for Georgia is a ‘declaration of war’, says Moscow in extraordinary warning to the West

Moscow has issued an extraordinary warning to the West that military assistance to Georgia for use against South Ossetia or Abkhazia would be viewed as a “declaration of war” by Russia.The extreme rhetoric from the Kremlin’s envoy to NATO came as President Dmitry Medvedev stressed he will make a military response to US missile defence [...] continue reading the breaking news

Cold War tension rises as Putin talks of Black Sea confrontation

Russia has criticised the US for using naval ships to deliver aid to GeorgiaA new Cold War between Russia and the West grew steadily closer yesterday after the Kremlin gave a warning about “direct confrontation” between American and Russian warships in the Black Sea.Dmitri Peskov, a spokesman for Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister, declared that [...] continue reading the breaking news

Lawsuit questions Obama’s eligibility for office

Citizenship claim at issuePennsylvania’s former deputy attorney general and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter Philip J. Berg has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Pennsylvania accusing presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama of lying about his U.S. citizenship, which would make him ineligible to be president.Mr. Berg is one of a faction of [...] continue reading the breaking news

Gore Vidal: US never had democracy

Gore Vidal American essayist Gore Vidal says that despite the US claim that it is making the world safer by perpetuating democracy, the country never had any democracy. In an exclusive interview with Press Tv correspondent, Vidal said that the United States has never had democracy and the word never was used in the US [...] continue reading the breaking news

Ron Paul: McCain, Obama ‘no difference’

Ron PaulCongressman Ron Paul says there is ‘no difference’ between US presidential candidates, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. “Their foreign policies are identical,” the Texas congressman said in an interview with CNN on Thursday. “There’s no difference.”“They want more troops in Afghanistan. They want to send more support to Georgia to protect the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Ron Paul CNN American Morning 08/28/2008

Ron Paul discusses his non-interventionist policies vs. the current top two candidates interventionism on CNN. Added: August 28, 2008Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

McCain Didn’t Even Know Palin Before Picking Her

Neither did his national campaign co-chairman. Added: August 29, 2008Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

‘Environmental volunteers’ will be encouraged to spy on their neighbours

Councils are recruiting residents to report anyone who drops litter, fails to recycle their rubbish properly, or who allows their dog to foul the streets.Advertisements looking for people to sign up for the unpaid “environmental volunteer” jobs have been posted across the country in recent months.Critics said the scheme is encouraging a Big Brother society [...] continue reading the breaking news

Thailand sinks into crisis as demonstrators close airports and railways

Unions urged airline and railway workers to take “sick leave” to support the protests (Sakchai Lalit/AP)Thailand sank deeper into political chaos yesterday as anti-government demonstrators forced the closure of airports and railway lines, stranding foreign and domestic passengers and increasing fears of yet another military coup.In the capital, Bangkok, a crowd of 2,000 people faced [...] continue reading the breaking news

New Orleans Orders Mandatory Evacuation

AP changed the title to “New Orleans residents get out of Gustav’s way”__________________________________________________________________________(AFP/Matthew Hinton)NEW ORLEANS - As dawn broke Sunday over a city under siege, bumper-to-bumper traffic was reported in nearly every direction as residents heeded orders to flee an only partially rebuilt New Orleans. Police and National Guard troops were on the streets, preparing [...] continue reading the breaking news

Report: Israel won’t allow a nuclear Iran

Israel will not allow Iran to attain nuclear capability and if time begins to run out, Jerusalem will not hesitate to take whatever means necessary to prevent Iran from achieving its nuclear goals, the government has recently decided in a special discussion.According to the Israeli daily Ma’ariv, whether the United States and Western countries [...] continue reading the breaking news

Police Using G.P.S. Units as Evidence in Crimes

Like millions of motorists, Eric Hanson used a Global Positioning System device in his Chevrolet TrailBlazer to find his way around. He probably did not expect that prosecutors would use it, too - to help convict him of killing four family members.Prosecutors in suburban Chicago analyzed data from the Garmin G.P.S. device to pinpoint where [...] continue reading the breaking news

Russia may push forward with S-300 sales to Iran

MOSCOW, September 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia may proceed with plans to sell advanced S-300 air defense systems to Iran under a secret contract believed to have been signed in 2005, a Russian analyst said on Monday. (Russian mobile surface-to-air missile systems - Image gallery)Commenting on an article in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper saying Russia [...] continue reading the breaking news

Medvedev: Saakashvili is a political corpse

(BBC NEWS) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has described his Georgian counterpart as a “political corpse”, saying Moscow does not recognise him as president. “President Saakashvili no longer exists in our eyes. He is a political corpse,” he told Italy’s Rai television.He said US support for Mr Saakashvili had helped provoke the crisis, which has seen [...] continue reading the breaking news

Allegations of war crimes begin to surface

And it is Georgia who started this disaster:BBC NEWS: “Fighting between Russia and Georgia began on 7 August after the Georgian military tried to retake the breakaway region of South Ossetia by force.” (Medvedev: Saakashvili is a political corpse)__________________________________________________________________________As the last of the refugees returned to the war-scarred city of Tskhinval, the horrors they’d experienced [...] continue reading the breaking news

HPV Vaccine Required of Immigrants, but not Citizens

A single dose of Gardasil costs $162, and a complete vaccination requires three doses.GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — In order to become a permanent, legal resident of the U.S., immigrants now must receive a vaccine that is not required of U.S. citizens.The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine — known as Gardasil — is one of five the [...] continue reading the breaking news

U.S. Food and Water Supply Poisoned by Perchlorate

(NaturalNews) According to a report by the Organic Consumers Association, a toxic chemical that is a byproduct of rocket fuel is rapidly poisoning the food and water supply in the United States. Known as perchlorate, this chemical has been found in 93% of the nation’s milk and lettuce supply in a recent FDA study. It [...] continue reading the breaking news

Secret Service confiscates books & buttons from Ron Paul delegates

By: D. H. Williams @ 7:29 PM - ESTToday at the Republican National Convention, as the Ron Paul Delegates were taking a picture in front of the model White House inside the Convention Center, they were surrounded by Secret Service which proceeded to search the bags of all the delegates. They took any and everything [...] continue reading the breaking news

House prices suffer biggest fall since records began

House prices: Dropped by more than £25,000 over the past year. Photo: Cate Gillon/GettyHouse prices fell by 1.8% in August, bringing the average price of a property in the UK below the government’s new stamp duty threshold, figures showed today.The UK’s largest lender, Halifax, said the average price of a property had fallen by 12.7% [...] continue reading the breaking news

Hold the Spinach, Hold the Lettuce - the FDA Wants to Nuke Our Veggies

(NaturalNews) The FDA has just announced that food producers may now start zapping lettuce and spinach with just enough ionizing radiation to kill E. coli. The muckety-mucks at the FDA have decided, in their infinite wisdom, to use the American public as guinea pigs in an ongoing human experiment to find out the long-term effects [...] continue reading the breaking news

Bush Extends 9/11 National Emergency Yet Again

Though few Americans realize it, Cheney and Rumsfeld worked through the 1980s and 1990s on emergency nuclear-response plans which allegedly suspended the American constitution and also Congress.[1] (Through these decades Rumsfeld was CEO of a major pharmaceutical firm, and in the later 1990s Cheney was CEO of Halliburton; but their private status did not deter [...] continue reading the breaking news

U.S. Rescue Seen at Hand for 2 Mortgage Giants

Henry M. Paulson Jr., the Treasury secretary, and Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairmanWASHINGTON - Senior officials from the Bush administration and the Federal Reserve on Friday called in top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance giants, and told them that the government was preparing to place the two companies [...] continue reading the breaking news

People should work until they are incapacitated

Britain’s workforce should keep working until they are no longer physically able to do so, according to former cabinet minister David Blunkett.In a speech to the Counsel and Care charity in London, he said people should stop assuming that the Government had “prime responsibility” for supporting them through “the ever increasing years of retirement”.The former [...] continue reading the breaking news

Qatar warns against attacking Iran

Qatari emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-ThaniThe emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, has warned that Doha will not allow any country to turn the Persian Gulf into a war zone. His remarks on the subject come in an environment of long-standing US and Israel threats to launch an attack against Iranian nuclear [...] continue reading the breaking news

Vladimir Putin set to bait US with nuclear aid for Tehran

Russia is considering increasing its assistance to Iran’s nuclear programme in response to America’s calls for Nato expansion eastwards and the presence of US Navy vessels in the Black Sea delivering aid to Georgia.The Kremlin is discussing sending teams of Russian nuclear experts to Tehran and inviting Iranian nuclear scientists to Moscow for training, according [...] continue reading the breaking news

Sold for £20: just two of India’s million stolen children

In a country with 11 million abandoned children, the fate of those from loving homes who are kidnapped to order goes unnoticed. Many are sold for adoption, often to Westerners; others are trafficked into slavery or the sex trade - yet the police rarely care. Gethin Chamberlain in Delhi reportsSunita holds up a picture of [...] continue reading the breaking news

Mexico drug plane used for US ‘rendition’ flights: report

Mexican soldiers guard cocaine at the crash siteMEXICO CITY (AFP) - A private jet that crash-landed almost one year ago in eastern Mexico carrying 3.3 tons of cocaine had previously been used for CIA “rendition” flights, a newspaper report said here Thursday, citing documents from the United States and the European Parliament.The plane was carrying [...] continue reading the breaking news

Ike begins to hit Bahamas, heads toward Cuba

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — Hurricane Ike moved past the southern Bahamas on Sunday, carrying high winds and heavy rain as the Category 4 storm surged forward on a track that could take it toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.Obenson Etienne walks to his house Sunday in Providenciales, one of the isles in the Turks and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Afghan Massacre - The Convoy of Death

Source: Google VideoAfghan Massacre - The Convoy of DeathThe film was researched by award-winning journalist Najibullah Quraishi.Produced and directed by Irish filmmaker and former BBC producer Jamie Doran, the film tells the story of thousands of prisoners who surrendered to the US military’s Afghan allies after the siege of Kunduz.According to the film, some three [...] continue reading the breaking news

MSNBC Drops Olbermann, Matthews as News Anchors

MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the anchors of live political events, bowing to growing criticism that they are too opinionated to be seen as neutral in the heat of the presidential campaign.David Gregory, the NBC newsman and White House correspondent who also hosts a program on MSNBC, will take over during [...] continue reading the breaking news

Israeli Police Recommend Indicting Olmert

JERUSALEM - The Israeli police on Sunday recommended indicting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on charges including bribe-taking, fraud and breach of trust. The recommendation, which followed a corruption investigation that unfolded over several months, has no legal weight of its own. The decision whether to charge the prime minister lies with the attorney general, Menachem [...] continue reading the breaking news

Russia to send naval squadron, planes to Venezuela

MOSCOW - Russia said Monday it will send a naval squadron and long-range patrol planes to Venezuela this year for a joint military exercise in the Caribbean, an announcement made at a time of increasingly tense relations with the United States.The apparently retaliatory move follows the U.S. deployment of warships to deliver aid to the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Jim Rogers: US Is More Communist than China

The nationalization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shows that the U.S. is “more communist than China right now” but its brand of socialism is meant only for the rich, investor Jim Rogers, CEO of Rogers Holdings, told CNBC Europe on Monday.“America is more communist than China is right now. You can see that this [...] continue reading the breaking news

16 US troops commit suicide in Iraq

Sixteen US troops from the 57th Unit of the Airborne Division have committed suicide inside a military base in Iraq, security sources say. Iraqi security sources have revealed that 21 US troops had committed suicide inside a former Iraqi air force base 27 days ago, Fars News Agency reported on Monday.According to the sources, the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Brazil, Argentina drop dollar for bilateral trade

BRASILIA, Brazil: Brazil and Argentina are ready to stop using U.S. dollars to trade goods between them.Brazil’s president tells the Buenos Aires-based Clarin newspaper that exports and imports between the two nations will be bought and sold in local currency - reals and pesos.President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva did not say when the measure [...] continue reading the breaking news

US to establish naval base in Georgia

The US is negotiating with Georgia and Turkey to establish a naval base at one of the two key Georgian ports of Batumi or Poti, reports say. Turkey, in an attempt to avoid political tension with Russia, has not officially revealed its position regarding the plan, said Gruzya Online, a Russian-language internet site.Russia had previously [...] continue reading the breaking news

Harrowing video film backs Afghan villagers’ claims of carnage caused by US troops

As the doctor walks between rows of bodies, people lift funeral shrouds to reveal the faces of children and babies, some with severe head injuries.Women are heard wailing in the background. “Oh God, this is just a child,” shouts one villager. Another cries: “My mother, my mother.”The grainy video eight-minute footage, seen exclusively [...] continue reading the breaking news

Lawsuit to Ask That Cheney’s Papers Be Made Public

Vice President Cheney has said he does not have to make his papers public after leaving office because he is not part of the executive branch. A lawsuit to be filed today says they are covered under the 1978 Presidential Records Act. (By Alberto Pellaschiar — Associated Press)Months before the Bush administration ends, historians and [...] continue reading the breaking news

Park attendants ordered to interrogate adults spotted without children

Telford Town Park in Shropshire, where council workers have been told to confront lone adults in the park to check if they are paedophilesPark wardens have been ordered to stop and interrogate anyone who is not accompanied by children.The visitors who are quizzed have to explain their presence and risk being thrown out or reported [...] continue reading the breaking news

(CNN) Ron Paul’s Major Announcement: Reject Obama and McCain!

Added: September 10, 2008Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

Farmers See ‘Mark of the Beast’ in RFID Livestock Tags

A group of community farmers, some of them Amish, are challenging rules requiring the tagging of livestock with RFID chips, saying the devices are a “mark of the beast.”Michigan and federal authorities say the radio frequency identification devices (RFID) will help monitor the travels of bovine and other livestock diseases.Related articles: - Mandatory Microchipping In [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pentagon admits Afghan strategy not succeeding

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military conceded it was not winning the fight against an increasingly deadly insurgency in Afghanistan and said on Wednesday it would revise its strategy to combat militant safe havens in Pakistan.Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the House of [...] continue reading the breaking news

No victory in Iraq says Petraeus

General David Petraeus doubts he will declare victory in IraqThe outgoing commander of US troops in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, has said that he will never declare victory there.In a BBC interview, Gen Petraeus said that recent security gains were “not irreversible” and that the US still faced a “long struggle”.Related article: Pentagon admits Afghan [...] continue reading the breaking news

Terror Plan Would Give F.B.I. More Power

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department made public on Friday a plan to expand the tools the Federal Bureau of Investigation can use to investigate suspicions of terrorism inside the United States, even without any direct evidence of wrongdoing.Justice Department officials said the plan, which is likely to be completed by the end of the month [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pakistan order to kill US invaders

KEY corps commanders of Pakistan’s 600,000-strong army issued orders last night to retaliate against “invading” US forces that enter the country to attack militant targets.The move has plunged relations between Islamabad and Washington into deep crisis over how to deal with al-Qa’ida and the TalibanWhat amounts to a dramatic order to “kill the invaders”, as [...] continue reading the breaking news

CDC has created an HIV incidence surveillance system

Report on HIV incidence in the U.S.By CDCSep 12, 2008 - 8:05:27 AMSubpopulation Estimates from the HIV Incidence Surveillance System — United States, 2006CDC has created an HIV incidence surveillance system in selected areas of the United States as a component of its national human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) reporting system [...] continue reading the breaking news

India hunts Islamic militants after Delhi market attacks

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian police hunted Sunday for Muslim militants behind coordinated bomb attacks against busy shopping areas in the nation’s capital that left 20 dead and close to 100 injured.The blasts on Saturday evening struck five crowded areas of New Delhi within 45 minutes, and were claimed by a group calling itself the [...] continue reading the breaking news

On the Second Amendment, Don’t Believe Obama

Related video: (CNN) Ron Paul’s Major Announcement: Reject Obama and McCain!_____________________________________________________________________________The presidential primary season is finally over, and it is now time for gun owners to take a careful look at just where nominee Barack Obama stands on issues related to the Second Amendment. During the primaries, Obama tried to hide behind vague statements of [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pakistan jets sent to confront US drones

Pakistan has ordered its jet fighters to confront any attack by the US-led coalition forces on the tribal belt near the Afghan border. Air force fighters have carried out sorties in the tribal region for the first time after US missiles attacks killed dozens of civilians, sources said on Saturday.Air Force Chief Marshal Tanvir Mehmood, [...] continue reading the breaking news

The Army’s Totally Serious Mind-Control Project

Army scientists want to cram this array of brain-wave reading sensors into a helmet.Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That’s why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing “thought helmets” that would harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops. Ultimately, the Army hopes [...] continue reading the breaking news

Chinese Baby Formula Scandal Widens

BEIJING — China’s Ministry of Health on Monday announced that two babies have died in recent months and 1,253 others have been sickened by contaminated milk powder in a widening food safety scandal that has exposed persistent weaknesses in the country’s regulatory system.More than 340 infants remain hospitalized, including 53 in serious condition. Inspection teams [...] continue reading the breaking news

Bolivia’s President Morales declares martial law in rebellious state

Supporters of Bolivia’s President Evo Morales burn dolls representing Leopoldo Fernandez, governor of the opposition state of Pando, in La Paz, Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. Several opposition provinces are seeking greater autonomy from Morales’ government and insist on the cancellation of a Jan. 25, 2008 referendum on a new constitution that would help him centralize [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pakistani troops fire on US soldiers near Afghan border, reports say

Security officials say soldiers were trying to enter South Waziristan by helicopterPakistani soldiers near the Afghan border. Photograph: Matiullah Achakzai/EPAPakistani troops opened fire on US soldiers trying to enter the country’s lawless tribal area today, according to reports, marking a dangerous further deterioration in relations between the two anti-terror allies.Details of the incident, in South [...] continue reading the breaking news

Scottish activist films Israeli navy shooting at Gaza fishermen

Claims of 14 deaths in previous incidentsA SCOTTISH human rights activist has filmed the Israeli navy firing machine guns at unarmed Palestinian fishing boats in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the Gaza Strip.The footage, taken on September 6 by Andrew Muncie, who is from the Highlands, shows an Israeli gunboat engaging fishing boats [...] continue reading the breaking news

Home Office: Car journeys to be stored on a national database for five years

CCTV cameras, converted to read ANPR data, capturing people’s movement. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/ReutersThe police are to expand a car surveillance operation that will allow them to record and store details of millions of daily journeys for up to five years, the Guardian has learned. Paul Lewis on police plans to store car surveillance records [...] continue reading the breaking news

Controlled drugs dumped uncontrolled into water

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - In a frustrating quirk in government policy, the most tightly controlled drugs - like painkilling narcotics prone to abuse - are the ones that most often elude environmental regulation when they become waste.Federal narcotics regulators impose strict rules meant to keep controlled pharmaceuticals out of the wrong hands. Yet those rules also [...] continue reading the breaking news

Cheney Misled GOP Leaders, New Book Says

A GOP congressional leader who was wavering on giving President Bush authority to wage war in late 2002 said Vice President Cheney misled him by saying that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had direct personal ties to al-Qaeda terrorists and was making rapid progress toward a suitcase nuclear weapon.That’s one of the revelations in the new [...] continue reading the breaking news

Russia halts trading after 17% share price fall

(Financial Times) - Russian shares suffered their steepest one-day fall in more than a decade on Tuesday, losing up to 20 per cent, as a sharp slide in oil prices and difficult money market conditions triggered a rush to sell.The heads of the Russian central bank, the finance ministry and the financial market regulator met [...] continue reading the breaking news

Fed pumps $70B into nation’s financial system

WASHINGTON - Urgently trying to keep cash flowing amid a Wall Street meltdown, the Federal Reserve on Tuesday pumped another $70 billion into the nation’s financial system to help ease credit stresses.The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s action came in two operations in which $50 billion and then another regularly scheduled $20 billion were [...] continue reading the breaking news

FDA Criticized Over Plastic Chemical

Groups Raise Questions About the Safety of Bisphenol AReviewed by Louise Chang, MDSept. 16, 2008 — Researchers and environmental groups attacked the FDA for concluding that a widely used plastic ingredient is safe for humans, saying the agency ignored critical studies showing potential ill health effects.The comments came at a hearing called by the FDA [...] continue reading the breaking news

Lawmakers Question Results of Anthrax Investigation

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) told FBI leaders this morning that he does not believe “in any way shape or manner” that lead anthrax suspect Bruce E. Ivins acted alone.Leahy, an intended recipient of one of the anthrax-packed 2001 letters, publicly cast doubt on the bureau’s conclusion last month that the bioweapons researcher carried [...] continue reading the breaking news

Federal bank insurance fund dwindling

Federal bank insurance fund dwindling, regulators consider options for replenishing itWASHINGTON (AP) — Banks are not the only ones struggling in the growing financial crisis. The fund established to insure their deposits is also feeling the pinch, and the taxpayer may be the lender of last resort.The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., whose insurance fund has [...] continue reading the breaking news

Wall Street crisis deepens and Banks rush to do deals

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manic and increasingly desperate dealmaking gripped Wall Street on Wednesday as U.S. stocks plummeted to three-year lows amid new signs of distress in the global financial industry.Morgan Stanley was discussing a merger with regional banking powerhouse Wachovia, the New York Times reported. CEO John Mack got [...] continue reading the breaking news

Roubini: USA transforming into USSRA

Nouriel RoubiniAn economic analyst says by buying out investment giants, the USA had transformed into the USSRA (the United Socialist State Republic of America). “This transformation of the USA into a country where there is socialism for the rich, the well connected and Wall Street (i.e. where profits are privatized and losses are socialized) continues [...] continue reading the breaking news

U.S. Senate passes $612 bln defense spending bill

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a $612.5 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2009, including $70 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.As passed on an 88-8 vote, the measure would authorize $103.9 billion for Pentagon procurement, $1.2 billion more than President George W. Bush’s request. Overall, [...] continue reading the breaking news

The United States may be “days away from a complete meltdown of our financial system”

Key lawmakers promise fast action on bailoutWASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd says the United States may be “days away from a complete meltdown of our financial system” and Congress is working quickly to prevent that.Dodd said Friday that Democrats and Republicans on the Hill are coming together to support the Bush [...] continue reading the breaking news

China: Tests find chemical melamine also in liquid milk

A child receives an ultrasonic inspection for kidney stones at a children’s hospital in Chengdu, in southwest China’s Sichuan province Friday, Sept. 19, 2008.BEIJING (AP) - China’s tainted milk crisis widened Friday after tests found the industrial chemical melamine in liquid milk produced by three of the country’s leading dairy companies, the quality watchdog said.Singapore [...] continue reading the breaking news

Australian Troops Kill Afghan Governor, Two Guards in Botched Raid

Just days after General David McKiernan announced his “revised tactical order” designed to reduce the number of civilians killed in NATO raids, Australian special forces surrounded a house in the Afghan province of Oruzgan and opened fire, killing district governor Razi Khan and two of his bodyguards, and injuring two others.Afghan President Hamid Karzai referred [...] continue reading the breaking news

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. : How the news media fails us

“There are 5 giant multinational corporations who control all 14.000 radio stations in America, all 5.000 TV Stations, 80% of our newspapers, all of our billboards and most of the large internet content providers.”Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

Why the government rushes to ’save’ money-market funds

First have a look at the following two articles:Rushing to save money-market fundsIn effort to calm critical part of the broader financial system, Fed and Treasury take three-pronged measure to stabilize troubled funds.NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Coming to the rescue of a bedrock of American investing, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve took three [...] continue reading the breaking news

Will the markets get worse? (Jim Rogers on CNN)

CNN’s Andrew Stevens talks to financial investor Jim Rogers about what’s ahead for world stock markets.Added Sept. 18, 2008Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

CNN: Will the rescue plan work?

Kirby Daley of financial brokerage Newedge Group on emergency measures to help rescue banks from bad debt.Hinzugefügt: 19. September 2008, Source: YouTubeThe burden is shifted from the shareholders to the taxpayers.This is socialism for the rich as Ron Paul and Jim Rogers said before.Will the rescue plan work???If not it is the financial system [...] continue reading the breaking news

Capitalism in convulsion: Toxic assets head towards the public balance sheet

In the space of just two momentous weeks, the landscape of global finance has been dramatically transformed. President George W. Bush’s administration has mounted a multi-billion-dollar rescue of the financial system at the cost of inflicting severe damage on the US model of free- market capitalism.Heavy costs will be inflicted on the American taxpayer, who [...] continue reading the breaking news

US: Conservative congressmen urge Bush to cut off aid to Wall Street

Frustrated by the US government’s rescue of AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a group of 100 conservative congressmen today urged the Bush administration to stop keeping Wall Street afloat.In a letter to the treasury secretary and Federal Reserve chairman, members of the conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC) lamented the abandonment of free-market principles.Rescuing failing [...] continue reading the breaking news

Greenspan’s sins return to haunt us

Back in 2002, when his reputation as “The Man Who Saved the World” was at its peak, Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, came to Britain to pick up his knighthood. His biggest fan, Gordon Brown, now the UK prime minister, had ensured that the citation said it was being awarded for promoting [...] continue reading the breaking news

ALMOST ARMAGEDDON - MARKETS WERE 500 TRADES FROM A MELTDOWN

Click image to enlarge. The market was 500 trades away from Armageddon on Thursday, traders inside two large custodial banks tell The Post.Had the Treasury and Fed not quickly stepped into the fray that morning with a quick $105 billion injection of liquidity, the Dow could have collapsed to the 8,300-level - [...] continue reading the breaking news

The Paulson Manifesto Will Fail Because It Fails American Households

As a trader, I stopped getting disgusted at government manipulation of markets several years ago, didn’t pretend it wasn’t happening, just tried to find when it was coming. I decided to develop an indicator that would tell [...] continue reading the breaking news

IT’S THE DERIVATIVES, STUPID! WHY FANNIE, FREDDIE AND AIG ALL HAD TO BE BAILED OUT

“I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men.”- Sir Isaac Newton, after losing a fortune in the South Sea bubbleSomething extraordinary is going on with these government bailouts. In March 2008, the Federal Reserve extended a $55 billion loan to JPMorgan to “rescue” investment bank Bear Stearns from [...] continue reading the breaking news

Judge Orders Cheney to Preserve Records

Vice President Dick Cheney has argued that his office is not part of the executive branch of government.Filippo Monteforte, AFP / Getty ImagesWASHINGTON (Sept. 21) - A federal judge on Saturday ordered Dick Cheney to preserve a wide range of the records from his time as vice president.The decision by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly [...] continue reading the breaking news

Israel’s scandal-hit PM Olmert resigns

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel’s scandal-tainted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resigned on Sunday, setting the stage for weeks of more political turmoil as the horse-trading begins to form a new government.Olmert , who is battling a swathe of corruption allegations, handed a brief letter to President Shimon Peres announcing that “in line with his commitments, he [...] continue reading the breaking news

Russia defies West with new arms spending

Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, yesterday vowed to defy Western attempts to isolate Moscow as he gave his backing to an ambitious re-armament programme.Both Mr Medvedev and Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, resorted to the language of the Cold War as they pledged to increase defence spending by 50 per cent over the next three [...] continue reading the breaking news

Financial crisis: Default by the US government is no longer unthinkable

Hard times: central banks have acted to avoid a repeat of 1929So, here we are - the start of a new world order. After the tumultuous events of the last fortnight, the global economic landscape will never look the same again.Power has tangibly shifted - away from the United States [...] continue reading the breaking news

Safe Haven

1. Problem: The elite created the problem.2. Reaction: The elite made sure through corporate media that people will react a certain way. “We need to do something!”3. Solution: The elite offers the “only” solution, which is “to safe” Wall Street’s elite who created the problem in the first place, relieving the major banks and investment [...] continue reading the breaking news

The Bailout Is NOT Limited to $700 Billion, Paulson Could Spend UNLIMITED Taxpayer Money

Most people think that the proposed bailout will cost $700 billion. In fact, it is not limited to $700 big ones, and will probably go much higher.Specifically, Paulson’s draft bailout plans says:“The Secretary’s authority to purchase mortgage-related assets under this Act shall be limited to $700,000,000,000 outstanding at any one time.”That means that Paulson could [...] continue reading the breaking news

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Become Banks, Ending an Era for Wall Street

U.S. flags fly outside the headquarters of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., in New York, Sept. 16, 2008. Photographer: Gino Domenico/Bloomberg NewsSept. 22 (Bloomberg) — The Wall Street that shaped the financial world for two decades ended last night, when Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley concluded there is no future in remaining investment banks [...] continue reading the breaking news

Russian warships set sail for manoeuvres near US waters

MOSCOW (AFP) - A fleet of Russian warships led by a massive missile cruiser set sail from their Arctic base on Monday for naval exercises off Venezuela near US waters that have not been seen since the Cold War.“They left at 10:00 am (0600 GMT). It’s the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Peter the Great, the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Dollar May Get `Crushed’ as Traders Weigh Up Bailout

U.S. one dollar bills are displayed for a photograph in New York, April 15, 2008. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg NewsSept. 22 (Bloomberg) — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s plan to end the rout in U.S. financial markets may derail the dollar’s three-month rally as investors weigh the costs of the rescue.The combination of spending $700 billion on [...] continue reading the breaking news

Pakistani leaders should have been at bombed hotel

The Pakistani President, Prime Minister and military chief of staff were due to attend a banquet at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, where bombers killed at least 53 people, but a last-minute change of venue saved them.The disclosure that the leadership of the country was the likely target of the attack on Saturday [...] continue reading the breaking news

Russia Says Deadly Ossetia Blast Aimed to Undermine Cease-Fire

Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) — The Russian Defense Ministry said an explosion in separatist South Ossetia that killed seven Russian military personnel, including a senior officer, was intended to break a cease-fire with Georgia.The ministry “regards this event as a carefully planned terrorist attack aimed at breaking off the fulfillment of all sides’ obligations under the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Europe fights financial storm as bank deal collapses

Nicolas Sarkozy (C) flanked by Angela Merkel (L) and Gordon BrownPARIS (AFP) - The leaders of Europe’s four main economic powers vowed to protect fragile banks in their fight against the global credit crisis as the biggest rescue in German financial history collapsed.France, Germany, Britain and Italy put on a united front, promising a more [...] continue reading the breaking news

Russia to stage largest air force war games since Soviet times

Russia will stage its largest air force war games since Soviet times next week in the latest stage of the Kremlin’s strategy to show off the country as a military superpower reborn. Their progress watched closely by increasingly jittery western militaries, dozens of nuclear bombers will take part in the exercise. Tu-95 Bear bombers will [...] continue reading the breaking news

Ron Paul on CNN: This Country Is Bankrupt

Added: Oct. 5, 2008Source: YouTube continue reading the breaking news

America: Freedom to Fascism - Director’s Authorized Version

Source: Google Video“Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, Aaron Russo began promoting rock and roll shows at local theaters while still a high school student.From there, he worked for his family’s business, opened a night club in Chicago where he helped create the careers of such legendary acts as Led Zeppelin, The Who, [...] continue reading the breaking news

Government will spy on every call and e-mail

Ministers are considering spending up to £12 billion on a database to monitor and store the internet browsing habits, e-mail and telephone records of everyone in Britain.GCHQ, the government’s eavesdropping centre, has already been given up to £1 billion to finance the first stage of the project.Hundreds of clandestine probes will be installed to monitor [...] continue reading the breaking news

Germany guarantees bank deposits

Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück announcing their plan for Hypo Real Estate in Berlin on Sunday. (Pool photo by Rainer Jensen)FRANKFURT: As German leaders and bankers worked feverishly to rescue a lender considered too big to fail, the government announced Sunday that it would guarantee all private savings accounts in Germany - [...] continue reading the breaking news

Iceland’s economy on brink as lender falters

ICELAND’S Kaupthing Bank is headquartered in Reykjavik, about 1800 kilometres from the City of London, but the financial volcano threatening to erupt on the island could send shockwaves down every high street in Britain.The bank, with liabilities several times larger than Iceland’s gross domestic product, runs accounts for 150,000 Britons. It is also a key [...] continue reading the breaking news

BNP Paribas to take control of Fortis

FRENCH bank BNP Paribas has confirmed it has taken control of ailing finance group Fortis’s arms in Belgium and Luxembourg to create the “leading European bank in terms of deposits.”The deal, thrashed out over a weekend of intense talks, leaves the Belgian and Luxembourg governments with reduced holdings in Fortis, which they partly nationaised [...] continue reading the breaking news

Financial crisis: Stock market suffers its worst fall in history

The UK stock market has suffered its worst one-day fall in history as the banking crisis intensified.The FTSE-100 index of Britain’s biggest companies dropped by 391.06 points - its steepest ever fall - to end the day down 7.9 per cent.The FTSE’s tumble was mirrored across Europe, as markets in France, Germany, Italy and Spain [...] continue reading the breaking news

Stricken Iceland sends out financial SOS

Economy is in turmoil as currency collapses and inflation soarsIceland was seeking the financial help of the US and Scandinavian countries last night as politicians and businessmen scrambled to save the country’s economy.Officials were locked in meetings for most of the weekend, with the Government hoping to come to some sort of resolution before stock [...] continue reading the breaking news

Palin guilty of abusing power

Sarah Palin is alleged to have pressured officials to dismiss a state trooper. Photo: AFPREPUBLICAN vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her power as Alaska governor, investigators found yesterday, in another blow to John McCain’s struggling White House bid.As Senator McCain sought to restore control over unruly rallies that have seen a stream of invective, including [...] continue reading the breaking news