U.S. Senate Passes Sweeping Immigration Bill

- Senate passes sweeping immigration bill (CNN, June 28, 2013): Washington — The U.S. Senate gave final approval Thursday to a roughly 1,200-page bill that promises to overhaul immigration laws for the first time since 1986, creating a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented residents while ratcheting up security along the Mexican border. Senators [...] continue reading the breaking news

Canada: Mounted Police Confiscate Guns From Flooded Homes Without Search Warrants (Video)

- Canadian Mounted Police Confiscate Guns From Flooded Homes Without Search Warrants (ZeroHedge, June 28, 2013): “We just want to make sure that all of those things are in a spot that we control, simply because of what they are,” is the ‘excuse’ that the Canadian Mounties are using to seize a “substantial amount” of [...] continue reading the breaking news

German News Magazine DER SPIEGEL On The NSA Spying Scandal: “National Security Is At Stake”

A GCHQ facility at Menwith Hill in northern England: “Worse than the United States” - Anglo-Saxon Spies: German National Security Is at Stake (Der Spiegel, June 26, 2013): Overzealous data collectors in the US and Great Britain have no right to investigate German citizens. The German government must protect people from unauthorized access by foreign [...] continue reading the breaking news

Death By Leverage

- Death by Leverage (ZeroHedge, June 25, 2013): America’s national debt exceeded $15 trillion [with a T] for the first time on November 15, 2011. Deficit spending since then has pushed the total national debt closer to $17 trillion. An official population of 316,110,225 (6-23-13) means every man, woman and child in America now owes $52,953 [...] continue reading the breaking news

William Engdahl On Syria: Is Obama Arming Al Qaeda To Topple Assad?

- Is Obama arming Al Qaeda to topple Assad? (Veterans Today, June 25, 2013): By F. William Engdahl After two years of hesitating, US President Barack Obama announced he will deliver arms to the Syrian rebels, citing unverified “proof” that the troops of the Syrian Bashar Al-Assad government used Sarin gas against so-called opposition rebels. [...] continue reading the breaking news

China’s Official Xinhua News Agency: “The United States Has Turned Out To Be The Biggest Villain In Our Age”

Snowden exposed the U.S. government illegally and unconstitutionally spying on its citizens, … … gets charged for spying. Now that makes perfect sense, doesn’t it? FYI. - China’s Xinhua news agency condemns US ‘cyber-attacks’ (BBC News, June 23, 2013): China’s official Xinhua news agency has condemned the US over continuing revelations about Washington’s surveillance activities [...] continue reading the breaking news

Hanford Nuclear Waste: Worst Tank May Be Leaking Into Soil

- Worst Hanford tank may be leaking into soil (Krem, June 21, 2013): The first ever double-shell tank to have leaked at Hanford may be in far worse condition than anyone imagined. Hanford workers conducting routine maintenance on the tank Thursday were shocked to find readings of radioactivity from material outside the tank. Until now [...] continue reading the breaking news