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The Launching of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM). Offensive Operations in Cyberspace

2009-07-03

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates signed a memorandum on June 23 that announced the launch of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM). A scheme by securocrats in the works for several years, the order specifies that the new office will be a "subordinate unified command" under U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM).

North American Integration: Deep-Rooted Agenda Continues

2009-07-03

With the decline of the SPP, other groups have picked up the slack in an effort to further advance continental integration and protect any previous accomplishments. One of these such organizations is the Standing Commission on North American Prosperity which is an initiative of the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce.

WHO warns swine flu 'unstoppable'

2009-07-03

The UN's top health official has opened a forum in Mexico on combating swine flu by saying that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.

Big brother is watching: The technologies that keep track of you

2009-07-03

CCTV, RFID tags and GPS-enabled phones are among the technologies that can be used to keep track of your movements.

Western Governments Funding Taliban & Al-Qaeda To Kill U.S. Troops, Destabilize Countries

2009-07-03

US-backed Colombian soldiers execute innocent for cash

2009-07-03

The Colombian government of President Alvaro Uribe is facing questions about its handling of the war against the country’s FARC rebels following a UN report that accuses Colombian soldiers of systematically killing innocent people for a cash reward.

Regulators Seize 7 More Failed Banks

2009-07-03

Six Illinois banks and one bank in Texas were shuttered Thursday as government regulators proposed new rules for private equity firms seeking to take over failed banks.

Video: Pentagon’s Robo-Hummingbird Flies Like the Real Thing

2009-07-02

The American Clean Energy and Security Act = Government Energy Audit Required to Sell Your Home

2009-07-02

The American Clean Energy and Security Act is aimed at reducing the nation’s energy consumption. The ambitious piece of legislation passed in the House on Friday. It addresses a variety of issues from carbon emissions to planting trees.

5 Years After: Portugal’s Drug Decriminalization Policy Shows Positive Results

2009-07-02

In the face of a growing number of deaths and cases of HIV linked to drug abuse, the Portuguese government in 2001 tried a new tack to get a handle on the problem—it decriminalized the use and possession of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, LSD and other illicit street drugs. Five years later, the number of deaths from street drug overdoses dropped from around 400 to 290 annually, and the number of new HIV cases caused by using dirty needles to inject heroin, cocaine and other illegal substances plummeted from nearly 1,400 in 2000 to about 400 in 2006, according to a report released recently by the Cato Institute, a Washington, D.C, libertarian think tank.

Famous and respected New York Judge Richard Posner says maybe we should ban links to save newspapers.

2009-07-02

Famous and respected New York Judge Richard Posner says maybe we should ban links to save newspapers.

Eager to Tap Iraq's Vast Oil Reserves, Industry Execs Suggested Invasion

2009-07-02

Two years before the invasion of Iraq, oil executives and foreign policy advisers told the Bush administration that the United States would remain "a prisoner of its energy dilemma" as long as Saddam Hussein was in power.

Lawsuit accuses Xe contractors of murder, kidnapping, child prostitution

2009-07-02

A just-amended lawsuit alleges six additional instances of unprovoked attacks on Iraqi civilians by Blackwater mercenaries. Three people, including a 9-year-old boy, are said to have died. Also added to the suit is a racketeering count accusing Blackwater founder Erik Prince of running an ongoing criminal enterprise involved in, among other things, kidnapping and child prostitution.

California: Financial Emergency; State Will Issue IOUs; Government Offices Will Reduce Employee Hours

2009-07-02

It is Independence Day as We Become More Dependent

2009-07-02

America Is In Hock To The World And We Have To Accept The New Reality

US suspends military activities with Honduras

2009-07-02

The United States has suspended all military activities with Honduras until further notice, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday, days after President Manuel Zelaya was deposed in a coup.

‘Largest Marine offensive since Vietnam’

2009-07-02

According to breaking media reports, some 4,000 Marines and 650 Afghan troops are involved in a massive operation, launched early Thursday morning, to reclaim the Helmand River Valley from Taliban control.

Darpa’s Smart, Flat Camera Is Packed With Beady Eyes

2009-07-01

A key feature of the system is that is made up of a large number of tiny imagers. These are small, simple cameras, each directed independently by a MEMS-controlled micro-mirror. Because there is no large lens, Pantoptes can be made flat, unlike other cameras.

Color Revolutions, Old and New

2009-07-01

In the 1990s, RAND Corporation strategists developed the concept of "swarming" to explain "communication patterns and movement of" bees and other insects which they applied to military conflict by other means. More on this below

Federal Agents Conducting House by House Gun Checks

2009-07-01

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF) agents are in the midst of fanning out across Texas in order to conduct house by house investigations into what the agency deems numerous “suspicious” firearms transactions and as a means to combat “narco-terrorism” along the U.S. /Mexican border

Fannie, Freddie to refinance for homeowners with 125% loan to value ratio. If this is not borderline criminal, nothing is.

2009-07-01

VIDEO: Beck guest Scheuer: "The only chance we have as a country right now is" for bin Laden to "detonate a major weapon" in U.S.

2009-07-01

Fuel tax could be replaced with by-the-mile road tax

2009-07-01

The year is 2020 and the gasoline tax is history. In its place you get a monthly tax bill based on each mile you drove — tracked by a Global Positioning System device in your car and uploaded to a billing center.

The Military Invades U.S. Schools: How Military Academies Are Being Used to Destroy Public Education

2009-07-01

In Chicago, there's a push to replace public schools with military academies. This model may soon spread to the rest of the country.

Goldman Sachs: The Wall Street Bubble Mafia

2009-07-01

NYSE Halts Transparency, Feels Goldman Program Trading Disclosure Is Unnecessary

2009-07-01

In an information memorandum released on June 24 (09-31), the NYSE Regulation team has announced the Decommissioning of the Daily Program Trading Report (DPTR).

FEMA Administrator Meets Top Israeli Official To Discuss Emergency Management Issues

2009-07-01

Goldman Sachs The Fourth Branch of the U.S. Government

2009-07-01

Quietly and almost unnoticed by most Americans, the US Federal Government introduced a fourth branch to its political structure in 2006

1,500 National Guard Troops To Border

2009-07-01

1,500 National Guard volunteers will be used to support the existing counter-drug program on the border with Mexico.

Stanford Team Re-Engineering Brain Cells to be Controlled by Lasers

2009-07-01

Stanford scientist Dr Deisseroth and colleagues work on the awesome idea of "optogenetics", re-engineering cells to be controlled by light.

VIDEO: Gerald Celente speaks on Cap and Trade and other handicaps to the US economy

2009-07-01

House passes $44B Homeland Security spending bill

2009-06-30

The House passed a $44 billion spending bill Wednesday that awards the Homeland Security Department a 7 percent budget increase, with money for more border patrol agents and for anti-piracy efforts off the coast of Somalia.

Did leak from a laboratory cause swine flu pandemic?

2009-06-30

Same strain of influenza was released by accident three decades ago

Next Segment of the Housing Market to Crash: $1+ Million McMansions

2009-06-30

Preparing for WWIII: British declassify the 'War Book', a secret doomsday planning manual

2009-06-30

Journalist Files Charges against WHO and UN for Bioterrorism and Intent to Commit Mass Murder

2009-06-30

The Emperor’s Seven Signing Statements

2009-06-30

Lawless detention is the least of it. State secrets and warrantless spying scrape the surface. Drone attacks and ongoing torture begin to touch it. But central to the power of an emperor, and the catastrophes that come from the existence of an emperor, is the elimination of any other force within the government. Signing statements eliminate congress. Not that congress objects. Asking congress to reclaim its power produces nervous giggles

Warning: Britain faces new recession

2009-06-30

Economy set to relapse into dreaded 'double-dip' downturn, say world's central bankers

One in Four Mortgage Defaults Are “Strategic”: People Who Could Make Their Payments Are Choosing to Default Instead

2009-06-30

The main drivers of strategic default are the scale of negative equity, and moral and social considerations.

Debasing the Currency is Leading to Financial Collapse . . . Just As It Has for Thousands of Years

2009-06-30

In a fascinating 22-page study of money and currency, Christopher Weber shows that every government - from Athens, to pre-collapse Rome, to the Islamic countries in the Middle Ages - which stuck to the Greek standard of coins has been stable and prosperous.

Bank for International Settlements Wants Certification And Regulation Program For Financial Products To Be Sold

2009-06-29

Madoff Is Sentenced to 150 Years in Multibillion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme

2009-06-29

Russian Troops Mass Near Georgia For War Games

2009-06-29

Russia on Monday started its biggest military exercises in the Caucasus since its war with neighbouring Georgia last year, mobilising thousands of troops in a clear warning to its foes.

Hugo Chavez threatens military action in Honduras

2009-06-29

Chavez said Honduran soldiers took away the Cuban ambassador and left the Venezuelan ambassador on the side of a road after beating him during the army's coup against his leftist ally, Manuel Zelaya, the Honduran President.

Brookings Publication mentions possibility of ‘Horrific Provocation’ to Trigger Iran Invasion

2009-06-29

In a recent policy paper published by the influential Brookings Institute, the authors propose almost anything to guarantee dominance of Persia by the new world order, including bribery, lying, cheating and mass murdering by an all-out military assault of Iran.

Honduras, Obama’s First Coup d’etat

2009-06-29

Failed Entrepreneurs Flee Dubai, Fear Debtor Prison

2009-06-29

Simon Ford, who founded a "gift experience" company that prospered in the United Arab Emirates' boom years, said he had been forced to escape as he feared being sent to debtors' prison under strict bankruptcy laws.

Key leaders of Honduras military coup trained in U.S.

2009-06-28

At least two leaders of the coup launched in Honduras today were apparently trained at a controversial Department of Defense school based at Fort Benning, Georgia infamous for producing graduates linked to torture, death squads and other human rights abuses.

“Within a few years, the Franken-insects could be airborne.”

2009-06-28

A new strategy involves a subtle reconfiguring of the bug's DNA. Scientists working in labs near Oxford have devised a genetic modification that sterilizes the male Aedes, transforming the critter into his own worst enemy. He can still mate—but he can't breed.

European Union's Lisbon Treaty fuels flames of dissent across continent

2009-06-28

The Lisbon Treaty is expected to take a key step towards becoming law across the European Union this week when Germany's highest court rules that it is broadly compatible with the country's constitution.

Home Schooling Goes Mainstream in America

2009-06-28

When Elizabeth Dean was four, her mother took her out of kindergarten to teach her at home because she could already read the children's classic "Charlotte's Web" while the other kids were just learning how to write the letter "C".

DARPA seeking Genesis-style godware capability

2009-06-28

US military wacky-professor bureau DARPA has outdone itself this time, issuing a request for "intelligent" electronic components and chemicals which can "self-organise" themselves to form complex items such as routers, fuel cells, biofuel factories or medical drugs. Indeed, reading between the lines it appears as though the American killboffins are seeking nothing less than the creation of artificial intelligent lifeforms.

6 Future Mods for Our Minds and Bodies

2009-06-28

To find innovative new solutions to the world's toughest technical challenges, we called some of America's smartest engineers and scientists for their quick fixes and long-term plans. Here, we look at 6 future modifications to upgrade our bodies—with custom-molded organs, the ability to mind-control robots and smart pills that tell us what’s wrong in real time.

Spies In the Classroom: The Government Is Running a Secretive Intelligence Recruitment Program in Schools

2009-06-28

The "Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program" may become a permanent budget item, making universities unwitting agents of state intelligence.

Teenage 'baby' may lack master ageing gene

2009-06-28

Pioneering investigations have thrown the first scientific light on the highly unusual case of Brooke Greenberg, a child from Baltimore, Maryland, who is 16 years old, but whose size and development corresponds to that of an infant of 11 months.

Ranchers Attempt to Hold Off Army's Expansion in Colorado

2009-06-28

The U.S. Army owns nearly 10 million acres of land across the U.S., and it wants more in remote southeastern Colorado, which it says is ideal for intense combat training. The problem is that much of that prairie is owned by ranchers who have run cattle across the plains for generations. And they have balked at turning over their rangeland to Uncle Sam.

USAID soliciting applications for $20 million in grants to destablize Iran

2009-06-28

The Obama administration is moving forward with plans to fund groups that support Iranian dissidents, records and interviews show, continuing a program that became controversial when it was expanded by President Bush

Fears of coup d’etat as Honduran president arrested

2009-06-28

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was arrested Sunday by troops who surrounded his home ahead of a controversial constitutional referendum, a top government aide said

Obama-backed plan volunteers Americans to pay global taxes

2009-06-28

The United Nations is proceeding, with President Obama’s acquiescence, to implement a global plan to create a new international socialist order financed by global taxes on the American people.

ID cards for India: 1.1billion citizens will go into second largest citizens' database

2009-06-28

Harrisburg chapter of NAACP urges martial law

2009-06-28

The Harrisburg Chapter of the NAACP is calling on Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell to suspend some civil liberties and impose martial law in the city to halt the wave of recent lawlessness.

500K NEW YORKERS MAY HAVE SWINE FLU VIRUS

2009-06-28

As many as 500,000 New Yorkers may have been infected with the H1N1 virus that causes swine flu, federal officials said yesterday, far more than initially estimated by the city's Department of Health.

Goldman Sachs: “Engineering Every Major Market Manipulation Since The Great Depression”

2009-06-28

Thought Crime Bills Threaten Talk Radio

2009-06-27

HR 1966 has cleared the House and now faces the Senate as S.909, the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act (officially, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act). The bill is expected to sail through the Senate as it did in the House. It will provide federal assistance to the states, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for “other purposes.”

Five More Banks Seized by Regulators

2009-06-27

Africom to Continue Under Obama

2009-06-27

With the Obama administration set to oversee significant increases in US security assistance programmes for African countries, Daniel Volman examines the US government's plans for its military operations on the African continent over the coming financial year.

India turns to 'cloud seeding' to make rain

2009-06-27

India is developing new techniques to create rain artificially amid growing fears over the late arrival of the monsoon season.

Video: Obama Depopulation Policy Exposed

2009-06-27

White House drafts executive order to allow indefinite detentions

2009-06-27

The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close Guantanamo, has drafted an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely, according to three senior government officials with knowledge of White House deliberations.

Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett the Latest Celebrity Victims of Big Pharma

2009-06-26

That Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett both died in the last 48 hours is shocking news to many, but it's not nearly as surprising as the fact that they were both killed by Big Pharma's toxic drugs.

Israeli Army amasses troops, military hardware along Lebanese border

2009-06-26

At Least 19 States May Have to Shut Down Some Services

2009-06-26

One week and counting. An unprecedented number of states have only days left to pass their fiscal 2010 budgets.

VIDEO: Ben Bernanke on Ron Paul’s Proposed Leglslation to Audit the Federal Reserve

2009-06-26

China Calls For Global Currency

2009-06-26

U.S. stocks fell and were poised for the first two-week decline since March after the highest American savings rate in 15 years spurred concern that consumer spending will slow and falling oil. The dollar dropped after China’s central bank reiterated a call for a worldwide currency.

House Democrats Win Key Test Vote On Climate Change Bill

2009-06-26

HOUSE PASSES 'GLOBAL WARMING' LEGISLATION
'BILL OF THE CENTURY' VOTED ON UNREAD

White House Is Drafting Executive Order to Allow Indefinite Detention of Terror Suspects

2009-06-26

How cell phones will replace learning

2009-06-25

The day is coming when the cell phone will be the dominant tool for accessing information. Announcements this week about Microsoft's Bing 411 and the Palm Pre suggest we're getting there fast, write columnist Mike Elgan.

Lawmaker accuses Fed of "cover-up" in Bank of America deal

2009-06-25

The Federal Reserve sought to hide its involvement in Bank of America Corp's (BAC.N) acquisition of Merrill Lynch as Merrill's financial condition worsened, the top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said on Wednesday.

A new world is being born, one without the US dollar greasing the wheels of commerce

2009-06-25

BRIC & SCO summits: Reinventing the wheel

Illegal e-waste dumped in Ghana includes unencrypted hard drives full of US security secrets

2009-06-25

A team of journalists investigating the global electronic waste business has unearthed a security problem too. In a Ghana market, they bought a computer hard drive containing sensitive documents belonging to U.S. government contractor Northrop Grumman.

Obama gets billions for ‘pandemic’ Swine Flu

2009-06-25

Although neither the WHO nor the US Government’s Centers for Disease Control nor the Robert Koch Institute nor the Pasteur Institute nor any government or private agency in the world has yet to scientifically isolate, to photograph with means of electron microscopy and to list the chemical characteristics of the ‘novel H1N1 Influenza A virus’ as it is now officially called, the WHO has seen fit to declare a global “Pandemic Alert” Phase 6 alarm.

U.S. eugenics legacy: Ruling on Buck sterilization still stands

2009-06-25

Food Inc: Michael Pollan and Friends Reveal the Food Industry's Darkest Secrets

2009-06-25

The new film Food Inc. is a shocking look at the health, human rights and the environmental nightmare that lands on our plate each meal.

Look! Up in the Sky! It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's a Raytheon Spy Blimp!

2009-06-25

As the American republic's long death-spiral continues apace, newer and ever more insidious technologies usher us towards an age of high-tech barbarism.

Iran minister says CIA funding "rioters": report

2009-06-25

"Britain, America and the Zionist regime (Israel) were behind the recent unrest in Tehran," Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars News Agency.

Triple Cross or Inside Job?

2009-06-25

Ali Mohamed ... was something of an al Qaeda super-spy who managed to work with terrorists, the Green Berets, the CIA and become an FBI informant, even while ensuring Osama bin Laden’s safe passage around the middle east

D.C. Crash Kills General Who Scrambled Jets on 9/11

2009-06-25

David F. Wherley Jr., the head of the Washington National Guard who scrambled jets over the city during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was among those killed in the worst commuter train crash in the city’s history, officials said.

Can DARPA Teach Machines to Read?

2009-06-25

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched the Machine Reading program to develop a revolutionary, automated reading system that bridges the gap between naturally occurring text and the artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning systems that need such knowledge

Saudi royals funded 9/11: Lawyers

2009-06-25

The evidence, originally presented in hundreds of thousands of pages, recount how the Saudi royalty would use middlemen and financial supply routes to bankroll militants based in Afghanistan and Bosnia.

Radio Host Hal Turner Accused of Working for FBI

2009-06-25

On Thursday, as the E-mail exchange was heatedly discussed on a major neo-Nazi website, Turner suddenly announced he was quitting political work. “I hereby separate from the ‘pro-White’ movement,” he said, adding that he was ending his radio show immediately. “I will no longer involve myself in any aspect of it.”

Warren Buffett to CNBC: U.S. Economy In "Shambles"

2009-06-25

In a live interview on CNBC today, Warren Buffett said there has been little progress over the past few months in the "economic war" being fought by the country. "We haven't got the economy moving yet," he told Becky Quick.

Without balanced budget, California to pay in IOUs

2009-06-25

California state controller John Chiang warned Wednesday that if legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger fail to come up with a budget-balancing package in the next week, he would begin paying California's bills with IOUs on July 2.

EPA: 2.2 million at higher cancer risk

2009-06-24

EPA study shows risk of developing cancer from breathing toxic chemicals.

VIDEO: 1972 clip of David Suzuki comparing humans to maggots

2009-06-24

David Suzuki is a long time activist to reverse global climate change, Suzuki co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990, to work "to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us." The Foundation's priorities are: oceans and sustainable fishing, climate change and clean energy, sustainability, and David Suzuki's Nature Challenge. He also served as a director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association from 1982-1987

Fannie, Freddie asked to relax loan lending rules: report

2009-06-24

Two U.S. Democratic lawmakers want Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to relax recently tightened standards for mortgages on new condominiums, saying they could threaten the viability of some developments and slow the housing-market recovery, the Wall Street Journal said

Eurepean Cemtral Bank Injects $662 Billion into Banking System

2009-06-24

Ron Paul: International Bailout Brings Us Closer to Economic Collapse

2009-06-24

Last week Congress passed the war supplemental appropriations bill. In an affront to all those who thought they voted for a peace candidate, the current president will be sending another $106 billion we don’t have to continue the bloodshed in Afghanistan and Iraq, without a hint of a plan to bring our troops home.

Pensioners ‘Kidnap and Torture’ Financial Adviser Who Lost Their Money

2009-06-24

A group of wealthy pensioners have been accused of kidnapping and torturing a financial adviser in Germany after he lost £2 million of their savings in the financial crisis.

Taliban defectors: US, Israel funding militants

2009-06-24

Two militants' leaders who defected from notorious Taliban chief in Pakistan have revealed that their comrade was pursuing a US-Israeli agenda across the country.

Corporate Media Providing False View Of Iranian Post Election Protests

2009-06-23

Bankster “Holiday” Planned for September?

2009-06-23

Bob Chapman’s influential International Forecaster is reporting on the possibility of a so-called “bank holiday” planned for late August or early September. According to Chapman’s sources, U.S. embassies around the world are selling dollars and stockpiling money from respective countries where they operate.

Ousted Shah's son asks Israel to back rioters and help bring down the Iranian Government

2009-06-23

The ousted Shah of Iran Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi's son urges Israel to support post-election riots in Iran to bring down the government of Tehran.

9/11 FEMA videographer at Ground Zero goes public

2009-06-23

Kurt Sonnenfeld : Exclusive interview

Destabilization 2.0: Soros, the CIA, Mossad and the new media destabilization of Iran

2009-06-23

H.R. 675: Building Obama’s Civilian National Security Force

2009-06-23

In January, without any recognizable corporate media coverage, Rep. Bob Filner, a California Democrat, introduced H.R. 675.

In 1969, Rockefeller Official Said US Would Be De-industrialized

2009-06-23

On March 20, 1969, Dr. Richard Day, the National Medical Director of the Rockefeller-sponsored "Planned Parenthood" told a meeting that American industry will be sabotaged and shown to be uncompetitive.

The Golden State Is Melting

2009-06-23

California is America's most populous state with 38 million people. Its GDP of $1.8 trillion is the largest in the U.S. Its economy is bigger than those of Russia, Brazil, Canada, or India. And it's collapsing.

Canada’s Swine Flu Vaccination Plan

2009-06-23

Mossad-Taliban whistleblower killed in Pakistan

2009-06-23

A tribal leader who earlier defected from Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud and revealed the militants group's ties with the US and Israel has been shot dead.

The panopticon economy

2009-06-23

The NSA’s new data-mining facility is one component of a growing local surveillance industry

Obama's Financial Reform Proposal: A Stealth Scheme for Global Monetary Control

2009-06-23

When politicians plan reform, it's wise to be skeptical and hold on to your wallets. So fixing the economy by bailing out Wall Street is wrecking it, and Obama's proposed health care reform taxes more, provides less, places profits above human need, avoids the most vital solutions, and leaves a broken system in place.

Mousavi Was the Butcher of Beirut

2009-06-23

He may yet turn out to be the avatar of Iranian democracy, but three decades ago Mir-Hossein Mousavi was waging a terrorist war on the United States that included bloody attacks on the U.S. embassy and Marine Corps barracks in Beirut.

Iran Fears Drive Mid-East Arms Rush

2009-06-22

The U.S. is careful not to single out Iran as the major factor in weapons sales. “This is about building a more secure world,” said Bruce Lemkin, a U.S. Air Force official who oversees many arms deals. But Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was less circumspect, when he told his political party that “the Persians are trying to devour the Arab states.” Forecast International is equally forthright, citing “worries over Iran” as the major driver of military investment by the Arab states and Israel.

Obama says US is prepared for North Korean attack

2009-06-22

US President Barack Obama says America is "fully prepared" for any action by North Korea. Pyongyang has declared itself "a proud nuclear power" that would hurt the US if provoked. The White House has increased its protection for Hawaii amid speculation that North Korea is preparing a long range missile test in the direction of the Pacific island - possibly on July the 4th

The future of neo-eugenics. Now that many people approve the elimination of certain genetically defective fetuses, is society closer to screening all fetuses for all known mutations?

2009-06-22

U.S. Tops List of Countries with the Largest External Debt

2009-06-22

The World Bank maintains the database of Gross External Debt Positions of countries

WSJ: We Need Greater Global Governance

2009-06-22

CIA Agent: "Government Officials Like Cheney Are Not To Be Trusted When They Assert Something Without The Support Of Incontrovertible Evidence"

2009-06-22

If there has been any "lesson learned" from the past eight years it is that government officials like Cheney are not to be trusted when they assert something without the support of incontrovertible evidence.

Video: Zbigniew Brzezinski discusses “intelligent manipulation” in Iran

2009-06-22

Next question in swine flu - who gets vaccinated?

2009-06-22

Drug makers are gearing up to make vaccines against the new H1N1 virus, starting test batches and pledging free doses for poor countries.

Urban Ranger Youth Patrols In UK

2009-06-22

He had been kicked out of school without any qualifications because of his disruptive behaviour. “I’d robbed from cars, been locked up and stood on corners with my hood up just like you read about,” he said.

VIDEO: World Speed Record Set With An Electric Car

2009-06-22

WASHINGTON MIGHT HAVE PICKED IRAN’S FUTURE KING AND PREMIER

2009-06-22

"The form of government would be a Constitutional Monarchy, with the Head of State being Reza Pahlavi, son of the former Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was deposed in the 1978-79 Islamic revolution, and Sohrab Sobhani as his Prime Minister", Mr. Beeman wrote.

What Actually Happened in the Iranian Presidential Election? Esam Al-Amin

2009-06-22

Since the June 12 Iranian presidential elections, Iran "experts” have mushroomed like bacteria in a Petri dish. So here is a quiz for all those instant experts. Which major country has elected more presidents than any in the world since 1980? Further, which nation is the only one that held ten presidential elections within thirty years of its revolution?

Kentucky “Hate Crime” Report Mentions Constitution Party

2009-06-22

A report posted on the Kentucky Justice & Public Safety Cabinet website mentions the Kentucky chapter of the Constitution Party. The 2006 report, entitled “Hate Crime and Hate Incidents in the Commonwealth,” characterizes the paleoconservative political party as a patriot group and associates it with the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations.

Insiders Exit Shares at the Fastest Pace in Two Years

2009-06-22

Executives at U.S. companies are taking advantage of the biggest stock-market rally in 71 years to sell their shares at the fastest pace since credit markets started to seize up two years ago.

Swiss Offer Millionaires a Haven Away from the Poor

2009-06-22

• Building ban is torn up so canton can lure wealthy
• Critics say special zones are 'a form of apartheid'

China: Hundreds of Riot Police Battle the People of Shishou

2009-06-22

Job hunters 'dumbing down' resumes

2009-06-22

Instead of being asked by job seekers to help them embellish their resumes, they want her to omit years of work experience and leave out the number of degrees they have - to stay competitive.

The Empire Strikes Back: FTC Plans to Regulate Blogs with Affiliate Relationships

2009-06-22

Report: Siemens, Nokia aided Iran's Web censorship

2009-06-21

Justice Dept. asks judge to drop Obama from suit filed by Geronimo’s heirs

2009-06-21

The suit, which names President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates along with Yale University and the secretive Order of the Skull & Bones fraternity, aims to have Geronimo’s physical remains and personal effects transported from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to southern New Mexico for a proper tribal burial.

Supermarket suppliers 'helping destroy Amazon rainforest'

2009-06-21

VA State Police Say Anti-NWO and Gun Rights Activists are Terrorists

2009-06-21

Another document designating Americans as terrorists has surfaced. The document, entitled “Crisis Controlled: Assessing Potential Threats of Violence,” authored by Trooper John R. Wright, is posted on the official website of the Commonwealth of Virginia, under the Department of Human Resources Management.

More Bank Failures

2009-06-21

Bank failures in Georgia and North Carolina have brought the number of failures in 2009 to 39, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp

Confidential memo reveals US plan to provoke an invasion of Iraq

2009-06-21

A confidential record of a meeting between President Bush and Tony Blair before the invasion of Iraq, outlining their intention to go to war without a second United Nations resolution, will be an explosive issue for the official inquiry into the UK's role in toppling Saddam Hussein.

Obama Administration Looks to Colleges for Future Spies

2009-06-21

To the list of collegiate types -- nerds, jocks, Greeks -- add one more: spies in training. The government is hoping they'll be hard to spot.

RUSSIA IN NIGERIA

2009-06-21

Nigeria and Russia are doing deals in nuclear energy and in oil and gas. And there may be military cooperation.

California Faces Prospect of “Multi-Notch” Credit Rating Downgrade

2009-06-21

Reengineering A Food Poisoning Microbe To Carry Medicines And Vaccines

2009-06-21

Ardent Sentry '09: Norad/Northcom Terror Drills On June 18-24

2009-06-21

Homeland Security drone patrolling NNY

2009-06-21

A Predator B Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has been temporarily based at Fort Drum since early June in an experiment by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office.

Goldman to make record bonus payout

2009-06-21

Staff at Goldman Sachs staff can look forward to the biggest bonus payouts in the firm's 140-year history after a spectacular first half of the year, sparking concern that the big investment banks which survived the credit crunch will derail financial regulation reforms.

Iran elections: Google and Facebook launch Farsi services to aid protesters

2009-06-20

Google has unveiled a Farsi translation service to help Iranians "communicate directly" to the world, while Facebook has launched a version of its site in Persian, they said on Friday.

VIDEO: Kissinger threatens regime change in Iran if coup fails

2009-06-20

Talking on BBC Newsnight Kissinger says that while the US will not intervene in the current crisis, if the coup fails and a popularly based government is not installed (ie the one he wants), then we may conclude that we must work for regime change in Iran from the outside. This is an indicted war criminal making threats against a sovereign nation.

Are the Iranian Protests Another US Orchestrated “Color Revolution?”

2009-06-20

A number of commentators have expressed their idealistic belief in the purity of Mousavi, Montazeri, and the westernized youth of Terhan. The CIA destabilization plan, announced two years ago (see below) has somehow not contaminated unfolding events.

Proposed Law Allows AG Holder to Block Gun Sales to Over a Million Americans

2009-06-20

New Jersey Democrat senator Frank R. Lautenberg plans to introduce legislation designed to cancel the Second Amend rights of well over a million U.S. citizens this coming week, according to the New York Times.

UK Parents Banned from Taking Pictures of Their Own Children at Sports Day

2009-06-20

Parents of children at a primary school have been banned from taking pictures of their own children at the annual sports day.

To fight deflation, abolish cash. Could Japan make reality of ‘science fiction’?

2009-06-19

With recovery elusive, a population doddering into old age and perhaps a decade of deflation in prospect, Japan may start mulling the most radical monetary policy of all — the abolition of cash.

U.S.- Canada Border Security and Military Integration

2009-06-19

Under the pretext of the war on terror and through initiatives such as the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), as well as other commitments, there has been an ongoing effort to further harmonize North American security priorities.

And Now: Poop in the Cookie Dough

2009-06-19

Food maker Nestle USA on Friday voluntarily recalled its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after a number of illnesses were reported by those who ate the dough raw.

Alcohol Abuse By GIs Soars Since 2003

2009-06-19

The rate of Army soldiers enrolled in treatment programs for alcohol dependency or abuse has nearly doubled since 2003 — a sign of the growing stress of repeated deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Army statistics and interviews.

Germans flock to gold bars vending machine at Frankfurt airport

2009-06-19

Germany has devised the ultimate in credit crunch vending machines: Gold to Go.

China Commodities Undercut US Dollar

2009-06-19

Iran’s Election and US - Iranian Relations

2009-06-19

Pentagon Rebrands Protest as "Low-Level Terrorism"

2009-06-19

You have to hand it to Pentagon securocrats and their corporate cronies, they never miss an opportunity to demonize, vilify or otherwise slander domestic political dissent as "terrorism."

U.S. Fortifies Hawaii's Defenses Against North Korean Arms

2009-06-19

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced Thursday that he had ordered the military to deploy missile interceptors and radar to protect Hawaii from a North Korean long-range rocket.

Proposed New Law Would Let Canadian Police Snoop On What You Do Online

2009-06-18

Many are very uncomfortable about a proposed new law being introduced in the House of Commons on Thursday that could affect anyone using the Internet in Canada.

1968 DNC Riot Police Plan Get Together To Celebrate Mass Beatings

2009-06-18

Members of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) who participated in what an official report later described as a “police riot” during the 1968 Democratic National Convention are planning to get together next week to reminisce about the good times and set the record straight on “what really happened.”

ABC Says No to GOP Ads During Obama Healthcare Special

2009-06-18

Over 9,000 Vials Unaccounted For At Fort Dietrick Biolab

2009-06-18

An inventory of potentially deadly pathogens at Fort Detrick's infectious disease laboratory found more than 9,000 vials that had not been accounted for, Army officials said yesterday, raising concerns that officials wouldn't know whether dangerous toxins were missing.

NASA Prepares To Bomb The Moon

2009-06-18

The aim is to see whether any traces of water will be revealed by the disruption caused to the planet's surface. Nasa will analyse the space cloud caused by the explosion for any sign of water or vapour.

Cash to Become Extinct as Chips Take Off

2009-06-18

CASH is accelerating down the path to extinction as new technologies threaten to mark the end of loose change within a decade.

NATO Targeting Russia in Baltic War Game?

2009-06-18

Of course they are!

Baxter Expects to Deliver A/H1N1 Vaccine to WHO by July

2009-06-18

If you trust a company that was caught red-handed shipping out vaccines containing live avian flu virus enough to take their swine flu vaccine, then good luck to you. We’ll be politely declining.

Bankster Bailouts Of 2008/9 Exceed Over 200 Years Of Major Government Spending

2009-06-18

Combined cost of major historical events does not even come close

Geithner Defends Plan to Give Fed Stepped-Up Powers in Overhaul

2009-06-18

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended the administration’s proposal to give the Federal Reserve increased powers in his first public tussle with lawmakers skeptical whether the central bank is up to the job.

Bank Of England Governor seeks more bank powers

2009-06-18

The governor of the Bank of England has called for greater powers to allow it to fulfil its new role of promoting financial stability.

Clones of 9/11 hero dog unveiled in Los Angeles

2009-06-18

Five clones of a search and rescue dog which helped locate people trapped in the rubble of the 9/11 attacks were formally presented to their ancestor’s former handler.

New York Home Prices Forecast to Drop 40%

2009-06-18

Mass. Police Gets Grenade Launchers . Federal program donates surplus weapons

2009-06-17

Neo-Nazi leader 'was MI6 agent'

2009-06-17

Germany's most notorious postwar neo-Nazi party was led by an intelligence agent working for the British, according to both published and unpublished German sources.

US funds terror groups to sow chaos in Iran

2009-06-17

America is secretly funding militant ethnic separatist groups in Iran in an attempt to pile pressure on the Islamic regime to give up its nuclear programme.

Time for 'new world order': Brazilian President

2009-06-17

The global financial crisis has reduced the differences between nations and created the opportunity to form a new world order, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday.

Russia Makes the First Call for the Monetization of Gold

2009-06-17

Russia is proposing the inclusion of the ruble, yuan and gold as a part of a revised basket of currencies to form the valuation of the IMF’s special drawing rights seen as the coming new alternative global reserve currency, reported AP.

HR 2749: Totalitarian Control of the Food Supply

2009-06-17

A new food safety bill is on the fast track in Congress-HR 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. The bill needs to be stopped.

US confirms it asked Twitter to stay open to help Iran protesters

2009-06-17

The Obama administration, while insisting it is not meddling in Iran, yesterday confirmed it had asked Twitter to remain open to help anti-government protesters. The company had planned a temporary shutdown to overhaul its service in the middle of the night on Monday but the US state department put in a request to postpone this.

Ritalin ADHD Drug Linked to 500 Percent Increased Risk of Sudden Death in Children

2009-06-17

Just how dangerous are the amphetamine stimulant drugs prescribed for children with so-called ADHD? According to scientific research funded by the FDA and the National Institute of Mental Health, drugs such as Ritalin increase the risk of sudden death by five hundred percent among children and teens.

Fed Buying Treasuries; China Selling Treasuries

2009-06-17

China sets out new quarantine regulations for flu

2009-06-17

China plans to restrict movement in residential areas and shut down entertainment centres to prevent the H1N1 flu strain from spreading, under worst case contingency plans released by the health ministry on Wednesday.

Dollar drops on reserve currency doubts

2009-06-17

China sells US bonds to 'show concern'...
Beijing orders 'Buy China' for stimulus projects...

N.S.A.'s Pinwale Examines Large Volumes of US E-mail Messages Without Court Warrants

2009-06-17

Congress approves 106 bln dlrs for war, swine flu

2009-06-17

Lawmakers in Congress have passed a 106 billion dollar emergency bill to finance the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, shore up efforts to fight swine flu, and fund US participation in the IMF.

Federal Reserve to gain power under plan

2009-06-17

The Federal Reserve, already arguably the most powerful agency in the U.S. government, will get sweeping new authority to regulate any company whose failure could endanger the U.S. economy and markets under the Obama administration’s regulatory overhaul plan.

Obama Plans to Cut Bank Regulators, Allow Fed to Supervise Financial Holding Companies

2009-06-17

The Obama administration plans to call for the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision to close as part of its overhaul of financial regulation, which would also include the elimination of the federal thrift charter for banks.

“Schoolchildren could be first in line for swine flu vaccine this fall — and schools are being put on notice that they might even be turned into shot clinics.”

2009-06-17

Asian giants join the race for riches in Iraq's largely untapped Kurdish oilfields

2009-06-16

The scramble for Iraq's oil wealth is set to intensify after fresh agreements to develop three new exploration blocks in the country's Kurdish north.

Media Smearing of Truth Movement Reaching a Crescendo

2009-06-16

Despite recent breakthroughs, media continues to paint 9/11 truthers, others as dangerous terrorists

The Dawning of Internet Censorship in Germany

2009-06-16

Germany is on the verge of censoring its Internet: The government – a grand coalition between the German social democrats and conservative party – seems united in its decision: On Thursday the parliament is to vote on the erection of an internet censorship architecture.

State Department Says China to Get U.S. Aid under New Climate Deal

2009-06-16

U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern said that there was “no question” that China would receive both financial and technological assistance from the United States as part of upcoming climate change talks to be conducted in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The CIA’s Iranian Plan?

2009-06-16

Experts Claim Dome Over Entire City of Houston May Help Environment

2009-06-16

The science of mega engineering says we can save Houston with a Dome. Imagine building a huge Dome that covers the entire city, that is higher than Houston's skyscrapers.

Medvedev urges SCO nations to use their national currencies

2009-06-16

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sees it as expedient for the SCO nations to more energetically use their national currencies in payments between them and to eventually switch over to a supra-national payment instruments

Bank Rescue Costs EU States $5.3 Trillion, More Than German GDP

2009-06-16

European governments have approved $5.3 trillion of aid, more than the annual gross domestic product of Germany, to support banks during the credit crunch, according to a European Union document.

State Run News: ABC Turns Programming Over To Government

2009-06-16

Iraq unveils foreign oil contract shortlist

2009-06-15

British groups BP, BG International and Premier Oil have been shortlisted to bid for contracts to work on Iraq's oil and gasfields

The Navy's New 100 KiloWatt Laser Weapons

2009-06-15

The Office of Naval Research has awarded Raytheon a year-long contract to develop the preliminary design of a 100 kilowatt experimental Free Electron Laser (FEL) for naval warships

DoD Training Manual: Protests are "Low-Level Terrorism"

2009-06-15

The Department of Defense is training all of its personnel in its current Antiterrorism and Force Protection Annual Refresher Training Course that political protest is "low-level terrorism."

Senator cashed out during big stock collapse -- after meeting with Fed, Treasury chiefs!

2009-06-15

As U.S. stock markets plummeted last September, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, Dick Durbin, sold more than $115,000 worth of stocks and mutual-fund shares and used much of the money to invest in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Netanyahu defies Obama with harsh conditions for Palestinian 'entity'

2009-06-15

The hawkish Prime Minister insisted that Israel would never give up a united Jerusalem as its capital, and said that established Jewish settlements in the West Bank would continue to expand — despite explicit objections from Washington.

New 'Blackshirts' fear prompts inquiry into Italian National Guard

2009-06-15

A neo-Fascist group that claims it has thousands of recruits has announced plans to start anti-crime foot patrols on the streets of Milan

Raytheon Surveillance Blimps: “Local Authorities Could Install a Built-in LED Screen to Attract Sponsors”

2009-06-15

CIA Chief Believes Cheney Almost Wants U.S. Attacked

2009-06-15

Why not go all the way and detail Cheney’s role in 9/11? Or any of the dozens of other links between the regime and 9/11? Ah, because the same regime is in power!

North Korea Nuclear Crisis Was Engineered By Design

2009-06-14

Global Crops under stress as temperatures fall

2009-06-14

Our politicians haven't noticed that the problem may be that the world is not warming but cooling, observes Christopher Booker.

Spooks get permission to buy off Taliban

2009-06-14

BRITISH agents are to be given formal permission to pay bribes to recruit informants or buy off Taliban warlords

In wake of mass protests, Iran cuts off cell phones, YouTube, Facebook

2009-06-14

The communication cuts came after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a landslide re-election victory, sparking rioting in the streets by opposition supporters who claimed the result had been rigged.

BRIC summit watched for signals on dollar

2009-06-14

When the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China gather for their first full-fledged summit, they will be closely watched for signs of policy shifts that could affect the global role and strength of the U.S. dollar.

Russia's Central Bank says it will sell US treasuries and eyes IMF bonds

2009-06-14

Russia's Central Bank says it plans to cut reserves it holds in U.S. Treasuries and invest in International Monetary Fund bonds instead, a senior official said Wednesday.

First Real Cyborg: A Robot Controlled By A Living Brain

2009-06-14

Do you really want a deadly robotic chassis being controlled by the brain of a rat? Scientists at University of Reading do. They've connected a biological "brain" made of rat neurons to a robot, with a two-way link.

21st century wars can wage out of control

2009-06-14

Sometimes wars go exactly the way the governments or political movements that launch them expect. But more often than not, they don't. The secret to success in launching a war is to be able to wrap it up fast and to know when to stop. Those were techniques that the United States was not able to apply in either Afghanistan or Iraq.

China: “India is a Paper Tiger and Will be Trounced if it Uses Force Against China”, Experts Warn

2009-06-14

84 indigenous people massacred in Peru’s “oil war”

2009-06-14

The true cost of oil

The Rise of Private Armies -- Mercenaries, Murder and Corruption in Iraq and Afghanistan

2009-06-14

New era of gene-based 'personalized medicine' dawning

2009-06-14

NKorea warns of nuclear war amid rising tensions

2009-06-14

North Korea's communist regime has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic bomb-making program in defiance of new U.N. sanctions.

Peak Soil Investment: This Quiet Land Grab is Just Beginning

2009-06-14

It’s no secret we’re facing a big opportunity in agriculture. It’s something we’ve delved into quite a bit over the past few years.

The History of the Financial Crisis

2009-06-14

“Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce... And when you realize that the entire system is very easily controlled, one way or another, by a few powerful men at the top, you will not have to be told how periods of inflation and depression originate.”
- President James Garfield (he was assassinated within 4 months).

New York drill for possible nuke war

2009-06-14

Local military, civilian police training builds skills

2009-06-14

Security forces Airmen kicking in doors were only part of the action during a joint training exercise, where 21st Security Forces Squadron Airmen teamed with members of the Colorado Springs Police Department, El Paso County Sheriff's Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, among other police agencies

De-Dollarization: Dismantling America’s Financial-Military Empire The Yekaterinburg Turning Point

2009-06-13

The city of Yakaterinburg, Russia’s largest east of the Urals, may become known not only as the death place of the tsars but of American hegemony too – and not only where US U-2 pilot Gary Powers was shot down in 1960, but where the US-centered international financial order was brought to ground.

Teachers Urged To Join MI5

2009-06-13

The security agency said teachers' people skills made them "ideal candidates".

U.N. warns of catastrophe as hungry people top one billion

2009-06-13

High food prices have pushed another 105 million people into hunger in the first half of 2009, the head of the U.N. World Food Programme said on Friday, raising the total number of hungry people to over 1 billion.

British Court Orders Singer To Get “Medical Implant” for Drug Addiction

2009-06-13

The court ordered Doherty to observe a nighttime curfew and use a medical implant to prevent drug use. His next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 11

China sub collides with array towed by US destroyer

2009-06-13

Chinese submarine has collided with an underwater sonar array being towed by a United States military ship, according to a US official.

China Warns Against Force in Carrying Out North Korea Sanctions

2009-06-13

China warned about the dangers involved in inspecting North Korean cargo under United Nations Security Council sanctions approved yesterday, saying countries intercepting vessels should avoid armed action.

Emerging BRIC powers and the new world order

2009-06-12

Brazil, Russia, India and China -- the so-called BRIC group of emerging powers -- have gained clout over the past decade as their economies grew faster than those of developed countries.

Future Warbot Powered by Xbox Controller

2009-06-12

The military has long been interested in unmanned ground vehicles that can haul soldier equipment or scout perimeters. Equally important, the vehicles must be simple and intuitive to operate.

Connectivity Problem Temporarily Halts Trading on About 240 NYSE Companies

2009-06-12

NORAD and USNORTHCOM exercise planned for mid-June

2009-06-12

North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command are planning to conduct a combined exercise June 18 - 24 that will incorporate several military exercises with a National Guard exercise. These linked exercises are referred to as ARDENT SENTRY 09. Events will take place in multiple venues across the country including Iowa, Kansas, Oregon, Wyoming, and off the East and West Coasts.

Foreclosure Reality Check: 1.6 Million Foreclosure Filings with 5 Months of Data. California Notice of Defaults and Foreclosures Skyrocketing.

2009-06-12

The Singularity is near: The recent blockbuster, Terminator Salvation, has a few lessons for us about the future of humanity.

2009-06-12

Network-centric Warfare; Dominating entire societies Worldwide through ubiquitous surveillance

2009-06-12

California towns face off with federal government in court over military recruiting of minors

2009-06-12

Two towns nestled in the rugged coastline and the liberal politics of Northern California have fought the federal government by banning the U.S. military from recruiting minors within their city limits. Now the federal government is fighting back.

Brazil joins Russia, China in eyeing IMF bonds

2009-06-12

Brazil is looking to buy $10 billion in IMF bonds, Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Wednesday, joining China and Russia in seeking to use the new instruments to diversify dollar-heavy currency reserves.

Spy vs. Spy (Washington bureaucratic knife-fight edition)

2009-06-12

A recent New York Times story and today's column by David Ignatius have surfaced a dispute between the DNI and the director of the CIA about responsibilities for the selection of the "chief of station" at overseas posts. (Tradtionally the chief of station is the senior CIA official at the post and oversees intelligence liaison relationships and operations in that country, as part of the country team headed by the ambassador.)

“India is a Paper Tiger and Will be Trounced if it Uses Force Against China”, Experts Warn

2009-06-12

Beijing’s official response to the Indian Prime Minister’s statement on Arunachal (9 June 2009) and India’s reported moves to dispatch additional troops to the Sino-Indian border, remains so far muted with no provocation to New Delhi. In contrast, the comments on the subject appearing in the country’s state-controlled media have been sarcastic with a rather threatening tone, towards India.

US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive

2009-06-12

Dozens of US cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic "shrink to survive" proposals being considered by the Obama administration to tackle economic decline.

'New world order' needs better economic grounding: Carney

2009-06-12

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, shown in March, said renewed globalization requires more transparency, efficiency and prudent regulations.

Auditing The Federal Reserve Will Not Result In Positive Monetary Reforms

2009-06-11

People are hailing the fact that Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve has now received over 200 co-sponsors. Unfortunately, it really doesn’t matter if this bill gets passed or not.

The Conquest of Eurasia: NATO's War For The World's Heartland

2009-06-11

Azerbaijan And The Caspian

The European Union is stepping up efforts to build an enhanced pan-European system of security and surveillance which critics have described as “dangerously authoritarian”.

2009-06-11

Civil liberties groups say the proposals would create an EU ID card register, internet surveillance systems, satellite surveillance, automated exit-entry border systems operated by machines reading biometrics and risk profiling systems.

VIDEO: GLENN BECK SAYS 9/11 TRUTHERS ARE DESTROYING AMERICA , CONTINUES FOX'S SHILL CAMPAIGN

2009-06-11

Gordon Brown puts Israel lobbyist in charge of Britain's Middle East policy

2009-06-11

Britain’s prime minister has put a notorious pro-Israel lobbyist in charge of policy in the Middle East, Iraq and Iran, reaffirming his determination to continue with his Zionist policies even as his administration approaches the end of its life.

Lawmakers Invested in Bailed-Out Firms

2009-06-11

Conflict-of-Interest Questions Arise

U.S. Government Will Own 34 Percent of Citigroup

2009-06-11

Many of its rivals are getting ready to throw back the government’s lifeline, but not Citigroup: To the contrary, Citi on Wednesday said it was moving forward with a plan to convert a large chunk of its preferred shares into common equity. The long-awaited move is expected to give the United States government a 34 percent ownership stake in the troubled bank.

'Robocop' gadget developed for police

2009-06-11

A police scanner reminscent of the hi-tech gadgets in films such as Robocop which can detect weapons hidden beneath a criminal's clothing has been developed.

WHO declares first 21st century flu pandemic

2009-06-11

The World Health Organization declared the first flu pandemic of the 21st century on Thursday, Sweden's health ministry said.

Predictions of $250 a barrel on fears for oil reserves, hopes of economic recovery and hedging against weak dollar

2009-06-11

CIA and Pentagon Deploy RFID "Death Chips." Coming Soon to a Product Near You!

2009-06-11

As a result of this and other Pentagon-sponsored research, military operations from Afghanistan to Iraq and beyond aim for "defined effects" through "kinetic" and "non-kinetic" means: leadership decapitation through preemptive strikes combined with psychological operations designed to pacify (terrorize) insurgent populations. This deadly combination of high- and low tech tactics is the dark heart of the Pentagon's Unconventional Warfare doctrine.

KBR Wasted Billions in Troop-Support Work, Panel Says

2009-06-11

The Wartime Contracting Commission, in its first report since Congress established it last year, gives the most critical assessment to date of the contract that Houston-based KBR, then a unit of Halliburton Co., won in December 2001, shortly after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan.

Glenn Beck’s Outrageous Lie: Racist Von Brunn is “Hero of 9/11 Truthers”

2009-06-11

There should be absolutely no doubt Glenn Beck is a government disinfo operative tasked with taking down the 9/11 truth and patriot movements. In fact, Fox News — as a primary fount of Operation Mockingbird — is tasked with attacking not only the 9/11 truth movement but the pro-liberty and Constitution movements as well.

TWO JAPANESE CITIZENS CARRYING $134 BILLION WORTH OF UNDECLARED, POSSIBLY COUNTERFEIT U.S. BONDS DETAINED IN ITALY WHILE TRYING TO ENTER SWITZERLAND; ITALIAN AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THE BONDS ARE AUTHENTIC

2009-06-11

Fed Would Be Shut Down If It Were Audited, Expert Says

2009-06-10

Terror Names Linked to Doomed Flight AF 447

2009-06-10

Two passengers with names linked to Islamic terrorism were on the Air France flight which crashed with the loss of 228 lives, it has emerged. French secret servicemen established the connection while working through the list of those who boarded the doomed Airbus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 31... Soon after news of the fatal crash broke, agents working for the DGSE (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure), the French equivalent of MI6, were dispatched to Brazil. It was there that they established that two names on the passenger list are also on highly-classified documents listing the names of radical Muslims considered a threat to the French Republic

White supremacist James W Von Brunn opens fire at Holocaust museum

2009-06-10

James W von Brunn, who was charged and convicted in 1981 for running towards the boardroom of Washington’s Federal Reserve building with a shotgun, entered the Holocaust Museum just before 1pm and opened fire “indiscriminately” with a long rifle. Witnesses said that he had parked his red car directly outside, displaying a disabled badge.

Russia May Swap Some U.S. Treasuries for IMF Debt

2009-06-10

Russia may switch some of its reserves from U.S. Treasuries to International Monetary Fund bonds, the central bank said today. The comment drove Treasuries and the dollar lower.

London's Metropolitan Police accused of waterboarding suspects

2009-06-10

Metropolitan Police officers subjected suspects to waterboarding, according to allegations at the centre of a major anti-corruption inquiry, The Times has learnt

Federal Reserve to Hire Ex-Enron Lobbyist in PR Move to Counter Doubts about Fed's Growing Power Over U.S. Financial System

2009-06-10

North Korea would use nuclear weapons in a 'merciless offensive'

2009-06-10

North Korea today said it would use nuclear weapons in a "merciless offensive" if provoked — its latest bellicose rhetoric apparently aimed at deterring any international punishment for its recent atomic test blast.

House committee subpoenas Federal Reserve

2009-06-10

The congressional panel investigating what happened to all that bank bailout money has issued a subpoena to the Federal Reserve, asking them to hand over all documents relating to the takeover of Merrill Lynch by the Bank of America.

Military Contract Given For Growing GMO Blood

2009-06-09

Broadcasters lose in court over low-power FM radio

2009-06-09

Supporters of low-power FM (LPFM) radio won a victory on Friday when a federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit to stop the Federal Communications Commissions from protecting LPFM stations from full power station signal interference.

FEMA: National Level Exercise 2009 (formerly known as the Top Officials exercise series or TOPOFF)

2009-06-09

National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled for July 27 through July 31, 2009. NLE 09 will be the first major exercise conducted by the United States government that will focus exclusively on terrorism prevention and protection, as opposed to incident response and recovery.

California contemplates ultimate reform - no welfare

2009-06-09

Could California become the first state in the nation to do away with welfare?

America a weapons supermarket for terrorists, inquiry finds

2009-06-08

Undercover inspectors manage to buy high-grade gear including nuclear triggers and evade export bans

Key figures in global battle against illegal arms trade lost in Air France crash

2009-06-08

Argentine campaigner Pablo Dreyfus and Swiss colleague Ronald Dreyer battled South American arms and drug trafficking

FDA Panel Chairman on Bisphenol-A Secretly Received $5 Million Payment

2009-06-08

As an FDA panel prepares to issue a ruling on whether the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) should be considered safe, press reports have revealed that the research center headed by the panel's chair recently received a massive donation from a vocal BPA supporter and former medical device manufacturer.

Don’t discount Israel pre-emptive strike, Hillary Clinton warns Iran

2009-06-08

Hillary Clinton refused yesterday to rule out a pre-emptive Israeli military strike on Iran. It was the first time that a senior member of the Obama Administration had openly discussed such a possibility.

NASA Study Acknowledges Solar Cycle, Not Man, Responsible for Past Warming

2009-06-08

Report indicates solar cycle has been impacting Earth since the Industrial Revolution

Top Chinese Banker Guo Shuqing Calls for U.S. Government to Start Issuing Bonds in Yuan, Rather than Dollars

2009-06-08

Nightmares come true for the neediest

2009-06-08

Faced with what he calculates to be a potential $24-billion budget deficit in the fiscal year starting July 1, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting state supplemental payments for the elderly and disabled down to the minimum allowed by federal law. It would be their third cut this year

Spokane Valley activists pushing for disincorporation

2009-06-08

Signs in support of disincorporation are popping up in many neighborhoods...and ‘Disincorporate Now' says they already have about 10,000 signatures, over a hundred of which volunteer Rose Parcher got doorbelling.

Spitzer: Green Shoots, Red Ink, Black Hole: Truly Terrifying Data About the Real State of the U.S. Economy

2009-06-08

Global Military Spending Sets New Record

2009-06-08

Global military spending rose 4% in 2008 to a record $1,464bn (£914bn) - up 45% since 1999, according to the Stockholm-based peace institute Sipri.

Obama Promises More than 600,000 Stimulus Jobs; “Including Hundreds of Maintenance Projects at Military Bases”

2009-06-08

They’re going to give Summer Camp a whole new meaning.

Obama's economic model versus reality

2009-06-08

2 "School of Americas" Generals Charged In Crimes In Colombia

2009-06-08

Two Colombian generals, both of whom received training at the U.S. Army's "School of The Americas"(SOA) at Ft. Benning, Ga., have been accused by authorities there of crimes involving narcotics and collaborating with criminal paramilitary groups, according to a report in the June 15th issue of The Nation magazine.

China's Hidden Bankruptcy

2009-06-07

Throughout 2008, only 3,500 enterprises formally filed for bankruptcy in China. Hiding behind this tiny number however is the approximately 800,000 businesses that exited the market by either cancelling their registration or having their business license revoked.

Pharma's new world order

2009-06-07

So-called 'pharmerging' markets will contribute over half of the growth of the global pharmaceutical market this year, according to market analysts.

Earth 2100: New World Order Agenda on Primetime Television

2009-06-07

Methane Could Be Storage Solution for Solar and Wind Power

2009-06-07

In a surprising find, scientists have discovered a microbe that can efficiently convert direct electrical current into methane.

US dollar 'overvalued': study

2009-06-07

THE US dollar is 'seriously overvalued,' mostly against the Chinese renminbi and some other Asian currencies, according to a new study

Europeans punish left-leaning parties in EU voting

2009-06-07

Big Banks Show Profits On Phony Accounting

2009-06-07

Big banks in the U.S. say they’re on the mend. The five largest were profitable in the first quarter, rebounding from record losses for the industry in the fourth quarter. Share prices have jumped, with the KBW Bank Index doubling since March 6.

Military-backed public schools on the rise

2009-06-07

The U.S. Marine Corps is wooing public school districts across the country, expanding a network of military academies that has grown steadily despite criticism that it's a recruiting ploy.

Weaponized Education: Controlling Tomorrow With The Youth of Today

2009-06-07

There has been and continues to be an effort by some of the worlds most elite families to establish a global community, with a global government, some call it the new world order.The plan always benefits them at our expense, and they beleive as long as we show no opposition they can retain control. The massive goal is to bring the global populace into harm-ony, but it is an impossibility unless family loyalty is dissolved and individuality is eradicated.

New Army Rifle Fires Laser-Guided Smart Bullets With Onboard Targeting Chips

2009-06-07

New rifles with explosive rounds can be told where to detonate

Predictive powers: a robot that reads your intention?

2009-06-07

European researchers in robotics, psychology and cognitive sciences have developed a robot that can predict the intentions of its human partner. This ability to anticipate (or question) actions could make human-robot interactions more natural.

Pentagon: Billions in U.S. terror aid to Pakistan diverted

2009-06-07

U.S. Defense Department documents accessed by the Press Trust of India reveal Islamabad secretly diverted a substantial portion of nearly $7 billion in foreign military financing and arms sales from the administration of former U.S. President George W. Bush to beef up its armed forces along the Indian border instead of fighting terrorists

US to ramp up intel efforts in drug war

2009-06-07

The United States will step up intelligence efforts aimed at stemming the illicit flow of drugs, guns and cash across the border with Mexico, according to a White House strategy paper soon to be sent to Congress.

VIDEO: Obama Warns not to challenge Official 9/11 Story

2009-06-07

Spy bugs may be deployed for 2012 Olympics

2009-06-07

BRITISH police are studying Chinese-style surveillance tactics as they prepare security for the 2012 London Olympics, a leaked Scotland Yard report has revealed.

CIA To Recruit Wall Street Pros, Says Report

2009-06-07

The Central Intelligence Agency is recruiting Wall Street executives – former investment bankers, securities analysts and hedge fund managers – to help catch terrorists, according to a story in the New York Post.

Fed to Hire PR Wizard to Fight Against HR 1207

2009-06-06

As HR 1207 gains momentum and co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, the Federal Reserve is planning to fight the tide calling for an audit of its books by hiring a veteran lobbyist to “manage its relations with Congress,” according to Reuters.

The Real Meaning of Allowing Guilty Pleas and Death Penalty Without Trial for Alleged 9/11 Plotters

2009-06-06

Anger as school tells children aged five about gay issues…to the sound of Elton John

2009-06-06

Pupils as young as five were left ‘confused and worried’ after a school assembly to explain homosexuality.

Feds Charge Man with Attempt to “Undermine” Currency System with Liberty Dollars

2009-06-07

UK Police target youths with no criminal record for arrest to increase DNA samples on database

2009-06-06

Youths with no criminal record are being targeted for arrest so their DNA can be logged on a database in the event they commit crimes.

India, China 'ready to rule world economy': US expert

2009-06-06

After the fall General Motors, "once the embodiment of US economic might," Americans should get used to the fact that "upstarts" like China and India are "ready to rule world economy," a US commentator said.

China explores buying $50bn in IMF bonds

2009-06-06

China is “actively considering” buying up to $50bn of International Monetary Fund bonds, the country’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange has said.

Feds Search for Man Allegedly on ‘Mission to Kill the President’

2009-06-05

Federal authorities in Utah search for a man who allegedly made threats against President Obama

Obama Admits US Involvement in Iran Coup in 1953, But Doesn't Admit American Involvement in False Flags

2009-06-04

Obama has admitted that the U.S. was involved in the Iranian coup in 1953. I applaud the president for admitting this fact. When will the U.S. admit that the U.S. was not only "involved", but - as documented by the New York Times - Iranians working for the C.I.A. in the 1950's posed as Communists and staged bombings in Iran in order to turn the country against its democratically-elected president (see also this essay)?

Is Larry Summers Taking Kickbacks From the Banks He’s Bailing Out?

2009-06-04

Al Qaeda eyes bio attack from Mexico - And Assistance From White Supremacist Militia Groups

2009-06-04

U.S. counterterrorism officials have authenticated a video by an al Qaeda recruiter threatening to smuggle a biological weapon into the United States via tunnels under the Mexico border, the latest sign of the terrorist group's determination to stage another mass-casualty attack on the U.S. homeland.

Vatican endorses genetically modified organisms for food security

2009-06-04

Although the Pontifical Academy for Sciences is a prestigious Vatican body, it does not set official church teaching, and it remains unclear whether its conclusions will drive the Vatican toward a formal position on GMOs.

The Next Big Thing: Neomedievalism

2009-06-04

Many see the global economic crisis as proof that we live in one world. But as countries stumble to right the wrongs of the corporate masters of the universe, they are driving us right back to a future that looks like nothing more than a new Middle Ages, that centuries-long period of amorphous conflict from the fifth to the 15th century when city-states mattered as much as countries.

Inside the Military’s Secret Terror-Tagging Tech

2009-06-04

The story that the CIA uses tiny homing beacons to guide their drone strikes in Pakistan may sound like an urban myth. But this sort of technology does exist, and might well be used for exactly this purpose.

Chicken injected with beef waste sold in UK

2009-06-04

Cafes and restaurants across Britain have been selling chicken secretly injected with beef and pork waste, The Independent can reveal today. In a hi-tech fraud run by firms in three EU states, food manufacturers are making bulking agents out of porcine and bovine gristle and bones that help inflate chicken breasts, so that they fetch a higher price

Obama: 'ANY WORLD ORDER THAT ELEVATES ONE NATION OVER ANOTHER WILL FAIL'

2009-06-04

Conservative critics seized on a passage in which he said: “Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail. So whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners of it. Our problems must be dealt with through partnership; progress must be shared.”

Bailout banks hoard oil, eyeing price hikes

2009-06-04

Firms storing oil in anticipation of price increases