USA accidentally admits that Iran has no nuclear weapons program
The White House on Thursday said Iran's declaration of producing first stock of enriched uranium for a research reactor was based "on politics", and "not on physics."

U.S. in talks with Bulgaria on missile shield
The United States is holding informal talks with Bulgaria on hosting elements of a U.S. missile shield on its soil, the U.S. ambassador to the Balkan country said Friday.

PA official: Israel's anti-terror campaign going too far
Israel overstepping boundaries with covert assassination campaign, Senior Palestinian source tells London-based newspaper; Egyptian official says Israel has stepped up anti-terror activity across Mideast

US Launches Massive Attack On Taliban Despite Olympic Truce
In ancient Greece, the Olympics festival were a sacred time of truce. For the duration of the games, the conflicts between cities such as Sparta and Athens were resolved within the Stadiums, not on the battlefields. When the founder of the modern Olympics, Pierre De Coubertin, organized the 1896 Olympics in Athens he had the very same intention.

Yemen rebels carry out ceasefire terms
Shi'ite rebels say they've pulled out of an occupied airport in northern Yemen and are preparing to release Saudi prisoners in line with a truce agreed with the Sanaa government.

New 9/11 photos ‘prove WTC exploded from inside’
New picture releases are shedding light on September 11th, some say they prove that the assault on America proves a homegrown attack.

Iran envoy reminds France of skeleton in closet
Iran’s Ambassador to France Mehdi Mir Abu Talebi has called on French officials to be even-handed in their dealings with Iran.
Speaking to Press TV on the eve of the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Mir Abu Talebi reminded France of its secret role in helping Israel develop its nuclear program in 1950s.

Israel is accused of waging covert war across the Middle East
Israel is waging a covert assassination campaign across the Middle East in an effort to stop its key enemies co-ordinating their activities.

Major Operation Against Taliban Under Way
British troops are engaged in fierce fighting with the Taliban in southern Afghanistan as Operation Moshtarak gets under way.

New tax bombshell: 20% VAT
A rise in VAT is looming whichever party wins the general election, as Labour and the Conservatives draw up plans to balance Britain’s books.

Twitter diplomacy: Envoy says Russia will 'kick ass' of US
Russia's ambassador to NATO said Wednesday in a post on his Twitter feed that the proverbial Russian bear would "kick the ass" of the United States and its allies if cornered by a new US missile shield.

'US to expand military centers in Pakistan'
A senior US official says the American military plans to expand new training centers inside Pakistan in a bid to boost its so-called war on terror.

Ukraine PM defies pressure to concede defeat
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Thursday broke more than three days of silence after her defeat in presidential elections, slamming her rival but still defying mounting pressure to concede.

Lawyer of Mumbai attack co-accused shot dead
A lawyer for an Indian accused of being a member of a Pakistan-based militant group and conducting reconnaissance of Mumbai landmarks before the 2008 attacks, was shot dead Thursday, a senior police official said.

Who Wants to Bomb Iran?
They’re back! The “Bomb Iran” crowd is making a big return to the political center stage after months of puzzlement over what to do about developments in the Islamic Republic.

Nigeria killings caught on video
Nigerian police and military units carried out extra-judicial killings last year in the aftermath of clashes with members of a Muslim group in the north of the country, footage obtained by Al Jazeera appears to confirm.

Great news: the people responsible for Amazongate, Glaciergate, and Africagate trousered £3 million of your tax money
Our old friend Jo Abbess BSc is back. And she’s got some searching, pertinent questions which could put paid to my AGW-denying antics once and for all!

New voices urge IPCC chief to step down
The credibility crisis facing the UN's climate panel over errors in its 2007 report has cast a shadow on IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri. Now, top researchers in Germany are among those calling for his resignation.

IAEA suggests Iran's new enrichment modest
Iran expects to produce its first batch of higher enriched uranium in a few days but its initial effort is modest, using only a small amount of feedstock and a fraction of its capacities, according to a confidential document shared Wednesday with The Associated Press.

Ahmadinejad Urges Dismantlement of N. Armaments
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday called on the established nuclear states to dismantle their nuclear arms.

Demjanjuk presents German law with an almost impossible problem
The Demjanjuk trial, which resumed Monday, has offered up some awkward moral questions for the German justice system. But compared with other Nazi trials, Demjanjuk represents a completely new legal challenge.

Jerusalem Palestinian families come out against building on their ancestors graves
Members of prominent Palestinian families from Jerusalem have come out today in protest against plans to build a Museum of Tolerance on top of part of the ancient Mamilla Cemetery where their ancestors are buried.

Foreign Office releases Binyam Mohamed torture notes
The Foreign Office was forced to publicly admit today that the former Guantánamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed was effectively tortured while he was being held by the CIA in Pakistan.

Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri warns of Israel 'threat'
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri says he is concerned about "escalating" threats posed to the Middle East by Israel.

Professor accused in Ala. slayings shot her brother in Mass. 24 years ago
The University of Alabama biology professor accused of opening fire and killing three colleagues at a faculty meeting Friday shot and killed her teenage brother more than two decades ago in Massachusetts, according to authorities. But a local police chief and the district attorney’s office gave differing accounts today of the 1986 shooting, which occurred at the siblings’ home in Braintree, raising questions about the handling of that case.

Obama Poised to Use Executive Power to Muscle Through Domestic Agenda
Faced with a resurgent GOP and a largely stalled legislative agenda, President Obama is planning to use his executive powers to forge ahead with his domestic initiatives, including on energy, the environment and the economy, The New York Times reported

UAHuntsville Shooting Suspect, Dr. Amy Bishop, in Custody
She remarked, "It didn't happen. There's no way." WHNT NEWS 19'S Nick Banaszak asked her, "What about the people who died?" Bishop replied, "There's no way. They're still alive."

Google Cache : Bishop’s Lab Was Developing a “Neural Computer”
My laboratory’s goal will be to continue in our effort to develop a neural computer, the Neuristor™, using living neurons. This computer will exploit all of the advantages of neurons.

Amy Bishop charged with murder in UAH shooting
The Harvard-educated geneticist and her husband, Jim Anderson, are credited with inventing a mobile cell incubation system touted as a replacement for the old-fashioned petri dish. UAH President David Williams predicted in November 2008 that the couple's InQ device would "change the way biological and medical research is conducted."

Snow in all 50 states? New storm could make that true.
The South faces the brunt of another major East Coast snowstorm. If the Florida Panhandle gets an inch or two as expected, then there will be snow in all 50 states.

Obama signs bill raising debt limit to $14.3 trillion
The United States can now legally go up to $14.3 trillion in debt, as President Obama today signed a new ceiling for red ink.

Few Want Members of Congress Re-Elected, Poll Finds
Just 8 percent of Americans want the members of Congress re-elected, according to a CBS News-New York Times poll taken nine months before roughly one-third of the Senate and the entire House face voters.

Surveillance Video Shows Man Smashing 29 Flat Screens at Wal-Mart
Police in Georgia say a 23-year-old man grabbed a baseball bat inside of a Wal-Mart and smashed 29 flat-screen televisions.

Joestradamus: Biden Predicts Large-Scale Terror Attack on U.S. ‘Unlikely’
Vice President Joe Biden made his latest eyebrow-furrowing prediction Wednesday night, declaring confidently that another Sept. 11-size terror attack is “unlikely” in the U.S., despite signs that Al Qaeda and and other terrorist groups are actively planning more attacks.

77 Percent of People in Mumps Outbreak Were Vaccinated Against the Disease
Anyone fully vaccinated from mumps receives two doses of the vaccine, according to the CDC. Of the New Jersey cases, 77 percent were vaccinated, Terjesen said.

Not just ClimateGate – we must remember the entire paradigm of green lies over thirty years
Every ecological problem was instantly transformed into a potential world-ending crisis, from the population bomb to the imminent resource depletion of the “limits to growth” fad of the 1970s to acid rain to ozone depletion.

New Paper in Science: Sea level 81,000 years ago was 1 meter higher while CO2 was lower
This Week in SCIENCE, Volume 327, Issue 5967, Food Security dated February 12 2010.

Climategate: The Official Cover-up Continues
If there’s one thing that stinks even more than Climategate, it’s the attempts we’re seeing everywhere from the IPCC and Penn State University to the BBC to pretend that nothing seriously bad has happened.

Google to build high-speed Internet network
Google Inc (GOOG.O) plans to build a super-fast Internet network for up to half a million people, a project that could pressure telecommunications companies to loosen their control of Web access in the United States.

Australiagate: Now NASA caught in trick over Aussie climate data
In this article we look at the findings of two independent climate researchers who analyse climatic data used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to show warming of two degrees per century for Australia without explanation.

Breast cancer virtually "eradicated" with higher levels of vitamin D
In a gathering of vitamin D researchers recently held in Toronto, Dr. Cedric Garland delivered a blockbuster announcement: Breast cancer can be virtually "eradicated" by raising vitamin D levels.

Croat scientist warns ice age could start in five years
A top scientist in Croatia has warned Europe to prepare for an ice age instead of talking about global warming.

As Default Rates on Borrowing for Higher Education Rise, Some Borrowers See No Way Out; 'This Is Just Outrageous Now'
When Michelle Bisutti, a 41-year-old family practitioner in Columbus, Ohio, finished medical school in 2003, her student-loan debt amounted to roughly $250,000. Since then, it has ballooned to $555,000.

The FDIC is Broke: $13 Trillion in Assets is Unprotected
The FDIC, that enigmatic seal of security on your bank entrance, is virtually bankrupt. The FDIC provides deposit insurance to over 8,000 banks that collectively hold $13 trillion in assets.

Faber says correction is underwy and all governments will default

Credit Suisse Declares the U.S. a Riskier Investment Than Indonesia
Amid fears that Switzerland might come to an agreement with the United States on banking privacy and tax evasion disclosures, Credit Suisse issued a report identifying those countries it determined to have the highest risks of default on their sovereign debts.

New Phase, Not Just Another Recession
Although the current domination of our economy by finance capital seems new, it is in fact a throwback or “retrogression” (as financial expert Michael Hudson puts it) to the capitalism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, that is, the capitalism of monopolistic big business and gigantic financial institutions.

Beijing Seen Vacant for 50% as Chanos Predicts Crash
Jack Rodman, who has made a career of selling soured property loans from Los Angeles to Tokyo, sees a crash looming in China.

Inspector General: We're All on Welfare Now
When Inspector General Neil Barofsky, testified before Congress late last month, he received ample coverage for highlighting the incompetence of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner in his work bailing out AIG.

Just How Ugly Is The Sovereign Default Truth? How Self Delusions Prevent Recognition Of Reality
When psychologists evaluate human behavior, one of the most prevalent observations regarding any activity is the all too often flawed basis of perceived versus realistic outcomes that dictates our every action.

Sparse U.S. Listings Prompt Rush on China I.P.O.’s
Last April, when global financial markets were collapsing, a Chinese Web site named Sohu.com made a bold move to spin off its online gaming unit and list it on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Why cities aren't hitting panic button -- yet
Cities and other municipalities are in a world of budgetary hurt. Is a wave of bankruptcies on the way?

Collapse of the euro is 'inevitable': Bailing out the Greek economy futile, says FRENCH banking chief
The European single currency is facing an 'inevitable break-up' a leading French bank claimed yesterday.

Greece turns on EU critics
Greece on Friday unleashed a fierce attack on its European Union partners, accusing them of creating a “psychology of looming collapse” a day after they pledged support for the country’s crisis-hit government.

Gold futures off Friday lows, remain higher for the week
Gold and other metals futures fell on Friday, though they finished off lows, as a move by China , one of the world's biggest consumers of commodities, to slow the pace of bank lending triggered a rally in the U.S. dollar and a sell-off in commodities.

Plot thickens in the battle of 'The Plunge'
The Treasury Department has records of the secret meetings that its President's Working Group on Financial Markets held to discuss the troubled financial markets, after all. That doesn't mean Washington wants us to know what was discussed, or whether Wall Street executives were in the meetings.

Angela Merkel dashes Greek hopes of rescue bid
German chancellor refuses to rescue Greece's ailing economy amid Berlin's domestic austerity

The Run On Greece Is Here: Investors Pull Out €10 Billion From The Troubled Country; Crisis Escalation Approaches
Remember the proverbial run on the bank? Well, that was the norm (or rather the outlier) before governments decided to backstop entire financial industries residing within their territo

How Goldman Sachs Helped Greece to Mask its True Debt
Goldman Sachs helped the Greek government to mask the true extent of its deficit with the help of a derivatives deal that legally circumvented the EU Maastricht deficit rules. At some point the so-called cross currency swaps will mature, and swell the country's already bloated deficit.

Greece: How the Bond Vigilantes Left It in Ruins
While Greece is uniquely dysfunctional, there's a lesson here for any country with a heavy debt load, including Britain, Japan, and the U.S.: The bond market is treacherous

Taxpayer's $2.3 Billion Stake In CIT Group Worth $0
Thank you Hank, Ben and Tim. Excellent work. Seriously. Great f*cking job. Maybe just maybe you should have peered at the books before committing TARP funds.

Fed in Talks With Money Market Funds to Help Drain $1 Trillion
The Federal Reserve is in talks with money-market mutual funds on agreements to help drain as much as $1 trillion from the financial system as policy makers prepare for the first interest-rate increase since June 2006, according to a person familiar with the discussions.

Palin is a Neoconservative, not a Tea Party Constitutionalist
By Michael Pento
Sarah Palin is missing the nucleus of what the Tea Party activists are all about. They are not looking for another John McCain or George Bush. While I sympathize with much of Palin's platform, she misses the entire isolationist sentiment of the movement.

The Obama Retirement Trap Has Started
By Ron Holland
Reports out of Washington indicate that new retirement annuities may be promoted by Obama aides. This is just the beginning!

Zionism Unmasked: "Anti-Semitic" – the label that stops criticism
By Paul J. Balles
First, the expression "anti-Semitic" is a misnomer. It's defined as "hating Jews or Judeophobia." The label "anti-Semitism" is wrong because not all Jews are Semites, and many Arabs are.

Don’t trust Glen Beck, he is bought and paid for controlled opposition
He betrayed us because thats his job. He is an agent of disinformation and he is also what is called Controlled Opposition.

US Poised to Commit War Crimes in Marjah
The United States and NATO are poised to launch a major assault in the Marjah District in southern Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of Afghan civilians are in imminent peril. Will President Obama and Congress act to protect civilians in Marjah, in compliance with the obligations of the United States under the laws of war?

A Political firestorm is inevitable as the Tea Party is quietly targeted for capture!
By Dale Robertson
I am sending an alarm to the Tea Party membership! Be alert to turncoats and deceivers being herded into the Tea Party by usurpers from the weakened Republican Party for the sole purpose of capturing our populist movement.

NEOCON GUERRILLA’S IN THE MIDST: Glenn Beck’s Take-down of Debra Medina
Were it not clear before yesterday in the manner which Glenn Beck sandbagged and set a trap for surging Texas gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina who was rising in the polls and closing in on establishment insiders Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchinson, it should be clear now that Glenn Beck is an inside job, an establishment status quo shill masquerading and posing as a revolutionary.

Leading Austrian Economist: Some Conspiracy Theories Are True
Many people are starting to appreciate the Austrian school of economics, and its recognition that unrestrained bubbles lead to economic crashes.

A Question for Glenn Beck on Global Warming and Conspiracy
By Michael Boldin
Obviously the Constitution isn’t very important to you. A person’s stance on a conspiracy theory is.

The Pre-Iraq War Lies Conspiracy-Conspiracy: Nice Try, Tony
By Darryl Mason
Tony Blair has discovered that nobody, but nobody, believes his bullshit anymore, and the possibility of far more hostile attention to come, from signing his country up for the illegal War On Iraq back in 2002, is dampening his trousers and dementing his mind.

There are No Conspiracies Because Daddy Will Always Protect Us
Indeed, long-term psychological studies show that approximately one-quarter of the American population has an “authoritarian personality“, where they look for a “strong leader” to protect them (that’s why even after his lies were exposed, Bush still stayed at approximately a 25% approval rating).

A Warning To The Tea Party Nation
By Chuck Baldwin
As far as grassroots activism goes, the surge in Tea Parties across America is one of the more encouraging developments to recently take place.

The Enemy Within
By Kirby Ferris
The 2005 movie “Lord of War” opens with lead actor Nicholas Cage standing in a street littered with spent shell casings. He turns and speaks to us with droll sincerity: “There are over 500 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That is one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is: How do we arm the other eleven?”

During the Olympics, The Feds Will Be Reading Your Tweets – And the Blotter
As the winter Olympics begin, the Department of Homeland Security has disclosed that it will be monitoring the comments and posts on websites and social media like Twitter for information on possible terror threats. Among the sites listed in a privacy impact statement filed Friday afternoon by DHS are the Drudge Report, the Huffington Post, Twitter, Google and this web site, the Blotter.

10,000 TSA staff to get secret intel
About 10,000 airport security workers will get access to secret intelligence that could help stop terrorist attacks on planes.

Ridicule of Conspiracy Theories Focuses On Diffusing Criticism of the Powerful
The label “conspiracy theory” is commonly used to try to discredit criticism of the powerful in government or business.