US Predator Drones to Surveil Mexican Border

See also: Big Brother DHS And DOD Want To Open US Skies To Spy DronesA Predator drone takes off on a U.S. Customs Border Patrol mission from Fort Huachuca, Ariz.WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department will use unmanned surveillance aircraft and other technological upgrades in its ongoing effort to protect the southern border of the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Germany Takes Stand against Patents on Plants and Animals: ‘Limits We Should Not Cross’

The problem started with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case Diamond v. Chakrabarty (1980). Suddenly it was OK to patent life forms, were before life forms were considered a part of nature and were not patentable.This ruling lead to corporations patenting the genes of everything they can think of that could later [...] continue reading the breaking news

General Stanley McChrystal Recalled To Washington Over Rolling Stone Article

US commander in Afghanistan apologises for magazine article in which he criticises Barack Obama and ambassador to KabulPresident Barack Obama meets General Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, late last year. (AP)General Stanley McChrystal, the US commander of all Nato-led forces in Afghanistan, has been recalled to Washington after he criticised Barack Obama’s administration [...] continue reading the breaking news

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange emerges from hiding, next big leak to be of the ‘calibre’ of publishing information about the way the top secret Echelon system had been used

See also: Iceland Rewrites Law to Create Haven For Investigative ReportingWikiLeaks founder drops ‘mass spying’ hintWikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange. (Colbert Report)WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has given his strongest indication yet about the next big leak from his whistleblower organisation.There has been rampant speculation about WikiLeaks’ next revelation following its recent release of a top secret [...] continue reading the breaking news

Gold Reclaims Currency Status As Global System Unravels

Gold is the money of the elite and the rest is worthless paper backed by nothing.We already know that the eurozone money markets seized up violently in early May as incipient bank runs spread from Greece to Portugal and Spain, threatening the first big sovereign default of our era. [...] continue reading the breaking news

China pledges to ‘increase the renminbi’s exchange-rate flexibility’

- Mike Krieger: This Is The Last Dance:They refuse to allow the yuan to strengthen because they know that once they do that it will mark the real end of the dollar era. So instead they are spending like crazy on infrastructure ahead of them allowing the dollar to plunge.  Then the strong yuan will [...] continue reading the breaking news

Spain: The New Crisis In Euroland

European leaders meet in Brussels today amid growing fears that Spain, Europe’s fifth-largest economy, is preparing to ask for a bailout which would dwarf the €110bn (£90bn) rescue plan for Greece.The Spanish government yesterday dismissed reports that it was already in discussions with the European Commission, International Monetary Fund and the US Treasury for a [...] continue reading the breaking news