China insider sees revolution brewing
China's top expert on social unrest has warned that hardline security policies are taking the country to the brink of ''revolutionary turmoil''.

Iraq: Poor selling their votes for cash
The March 7 election may be a critical event in the contest to decide Iraq’s future, but for some of the nation’s poor, the right to vote does not mean having a say in who leads the country; it means having something to sell to make desperately needed cash.

British Tea Party Movement to launch today
The inaugural British Tea Party will take place on Saturday in Brighton.

Lethal drug killed Hamas commander: Police
According to Dubai Police, the operatives involved in the murder of killing of Hamas commander Mabhouh used Succinylcholine to first paralyse and then kill him eventually.

British documentary substantiates US-KLA collusion in provoking war with Serbia
On Sunday, March 12, Britain's BBC2 television channel ran a documentary by Alan Little entitled "Moral Combat: NATO At War". The program contained damning evidence of how the Clinton administration set out to create a pretext for declaring war against the Milosevic regime in Serbia by sponsoring the separatist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), then pressed this decision on its European allies.

US to spend $50 million on media in Pakistan
The Obama administration plans to spend nearly $50 million on Pakistani media this year to reverse anti-American sentiments and raise awareness of projects aimed at improving quality of life, confirms a Washington insider.

Israel may let sponsors beam messages onto Western Wall
If the law is passed by the Knesset, any company will be able to project the image, logo or slogan of its choice on the ancient stones, for a price.

Report: Israel asks US to put return of Syria envoy on hold
PM Netanyahu asks US to freeze plans to send ambassador to Syria in wake of Assad-Ahmadinejad meeting, London-based Arab newspaper says; leaders of Assad's type interpret US moves as sign of weakness, Bibi reportedly says. Israeli officials deny report

Ahmadinejad once again fails to call for the annihilation of Israel
I saw Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on CNN Friday afternoon. Oren said that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had called for the annihilation of Israel, and was therefore speaking of genocide.

Images of Earthquake Devastation in Chile

Russian agency blames NATO for drug problem
Russia's federal drug control agency has complained that NATO may be to blame for the current youth drug problem in Russia.

UK troops to remain in Afghanistan 'for five years'
Britain will be "militarily engaged" in Afghanistan for a further five years, the head of the Army has said.

Clinton Insists She Pressed Israeli DM on Gaza Blockade
Though the Obama Administration’s official meetings with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak centered mostly on planning more moves against Iran, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton insists that she did bring up the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Apple admits child labour was used to build iPods and iPhones in Chinese factories
Technology giant Apple has admitted that child labour has been employed at some of the factories that build its iPods, computers and mobile phones.

Live footage from Chile

The Mossad Role in the JFK Assassination Conspiracy
The genesis of Israeli involvement in the JFK assassination was JFK’s growing conflict with Israel over Israel’s drive to build the nuclear bomb.

Iranian envoy: IAEA’s Iran report imbalanced, not reflecting Iran’s views
Soltanieh made the remark in a statement, that copies of which were distributed in an IAEA meeting on Wednesday following recent Iran report of the Agency's new chief Yukiya Amano.

Police recover DNA of Dubai hitmen
Dubai police say they have recovered the DNA of assassins, who killed a senior Hamas commander in January.

Israel approves 600 new Jerusalem settlement homes
Israel has given the green light for 600 new homes in a Jewish settlement in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, the Haaretz daily reported on Friday.

Another Puzzle in Iran After Nuclear Fuel Is Moved
When Iran was caught last September building a secret, underground nuclear enrichment plant at a military base near the city of Qum, the country’s leaders insisted they had no other choice. With its nuclear facilities under constant threat of attack, they said, only a fool would leave them out in the open.

Officials puzzle over millions of dollars leaving Afghanistan by plane for Dubai
A blizzard of bank notes is flying out of Afghanistan -- often in full view of customs officers at the Kabul airport -- as part of a cash exodus that is confounding U.S. officials and raising concerns about the money's origin.

Conservatives target their own fringe
After months of struggling to harness the energy of newly engaged tea party activists, the conservative establishment — with critical midterm congressional elections on the horizon — is taking aim for the first time at the movement’s extremist elements.
(More people are waking-up and realize that most people in congress don't have much respect or regard for the constitution. The controlled corporate owned press and politicians label those types of people as extremist in an attempt to minipulate public opinion, in order to maintain the status quo.)

The secret lives of America's debtors
Americans are loaded up with credit card debt. What's worse is that some husbands, wives and even children hide those money woes from their families. The results are often devastating.

Dodd Scraps Obama’s Consumer Agency, Proposes Treasury Bureau
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd abandoned the Obama administration’s stand- alone consumer financial agency and is proposing a bureau in the Treasury Department, seeking to overcome Republican opposition to legislation overhauling Wall Street regulations.

Barack Obama ‘destroys first year in office’
WHEN Barack Obama took office last year he was compared to Superman, even joking at a dinner that he had been “born on Krypton and sent here … to save the planet Earth”. Last January he appeared on the cover of Spider-Man.

Secret Service Computers Only Work at 60 Percent Capacity; Agency Uses 1980s Mainframe
A classified review of the United States Secret Service's computer technology found that the agency's computers were fully operational only 60 percent of the time because of outdated systems and a reliance on a computer mainframe that dates to the 1980s, according to Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.

Military allows Twitter, other social media
The Pentagon announced on Friday it has authorized the use Twitter, Facebook and other so-called "Web 2.0" sites across the U.S. military, saying the benefits of social media outweighed security concerns.

Sibel Edmonds: The Traitors Among Us
Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI translator, claims that the following government officials have committed what amount to acts of treason.

Karl Rove Chased Out of UCSB
Karl Rove is chased out of UCSB by protesters after making a speech to promote his new book.

Louisiana Sheriff Plans for “End of the World”
The Bossier Parish sheriff's office is launching a program called "Operation Exodus," a policing plan for an end-of-the-world scenario involving a mostly white group of ex-police volunteers and a .50-caliber machine gun, inspired in part from the Book of Exodus in the Bible.

Obama Appoints Federal Reserve Operative to Debt Commission Panel
President Barack Obama rounded out his appointments to his new deficit commission, naming former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Alice Rivlin and three others to serve on the panel.

Scientists say polar bears have survived climate change before
A fossil find suggests that polar bears may only have come into existence during an ice age 150,000 years ago as part of the brown bears’ battle for survival against climate change.

AGW: It's not about 'the science'
And it never was about the science, as Sam at Climatequotes.com (”remembering what they will want us to forget”) reminds us with this useful little delve into the Government archives.

IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri to face independent inquiry
Rajendra Pachauri, the controversial Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is to face an international inquiry into the performance of his organisation.

Many leading scientists tell the EPA to think again
This letter from numerous leading scientists in climate and related fields to Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is worthy of wider circulation.

Top Treasury Official Backs Off Promise To Stem Foreclosure Crisis, Signature Initiative May Fall Short
A top Treasury Department official indicated Thursday that the Obama administration's signature foreclosure-prevention initiative may not deliver on its promise to help three to four million troubled homeowners permanently reduce their monthly payments.

California is a greater risk than Greece, warns JP Morgan chief
Jamie Dimon, chairman of JP Morgan Chase, has warned American investors should be more worried about the risk of default of the state of California than of Greece's current debt woes.

The Financial Battle for the Middle Class – Underemployment at 20 Percent, 38 Million Americans on Food Stamps and Little Hiring
For most Americans a jobless recovery is an oxymoron.

Massive Bank Failures Due, Says Oversight Panel
Close to 3,000 banks are currently classified as having a risky concentration of commercial real estate loans, according to a recent report by the Congressional Oversight Panel (COP). All of them are small to mid-sized banks, already weakened by the financial crisis

500 Stores In Desperate Bid To Save $200 Million
Blockbuster is losing big when it comes to at-home videos, so they are cutting back on expenses and on advertising in the U.S. to make up for it.

Head of IMF Proposes New Reserve Currency
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, suggested Friday the organization might one day be called on to provide countries with a global reserve currency that would serve as an alternative to the U.S. dollar.

Rubin to be Grilled by Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Rubin was either the architect or the moving force behind so many of the flawed policies and practices that fed the crisis that it is difficult to come up with a complete list.

AIG Posts Loss Tied to Rescue, Reserves; Shares Fall
American International Group Inc. posted a wider-than-expected loss after setting aside more reserves for insurance claims and paying down bailout debts. The shares fell 8.5 percent in New York trading.

Bernanke Pushes to Keep Regulation Power as Some Senators Waver
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke renewed his push to keep bank-supervision authority as some senators expressed support and others wavered.

Grading Free Market Capitalism and “The Invisible Hand”
Free market capitalism is based on the idea that “the invisible hand” of the market will create the best possible outcome for the most people.

The ‘Jersey Girls’ Support Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth
We’re proud to have the endorsement of The Jersey Girls, who single handedly forced the Bush Administration to convene the 9/11 Commission after one year of inaction following the attacks of September 11.

A "Good" Terrorist Captured by Iran
By Ray McGovern
The Iranian government is celebrating the capture of Abdolmalek Rigi, the leader of a violent group called Jundullah (Arabic for Soldiers of God), which Tehran says is a terrorist organization supported by the United States, Great Britain and Israel.

Judges Restore Damning Passage on MI5 to the Binyam Mohamed Torture Ruling
By Andy Worthington
On February 10, the Court of Appeal brought to an end an 18-month campaign by foreign secretary David Miliband to prevent the publication of a short summary, prepared by two High Court judges, explaining how US agents had subjected the British resident Binyam Mohamed to what was described as “at the very least cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment,” and had provided this information to their British counterparts.

Ron Paul: Oath to US Constitution rejected by both parties’ “leadership.” US revolt coming?
Congressman Ron Paul spoke on the House floor for 5-minutes on US policy to assassinate US citizens at the dictate of the executive branch based on “secret evidence,” US policy of torture that includes American citizens and without legal recourse, US policy of rendition to secret prisons, and unlimited detention.

On the Edge with Max Keiser - The Israeli and the US Government become less and less legitimate (Video)

Is America Becoming A Police State?
By Chuck Baldwin
We are not free, and we are getting less free by the day.

CPAC The Untold Story
The Neo-Conservative movement is in big trouble as Constitutional/Libertarianism- Conservatism is on the rise.

Sheep-Shearing Season on the Revenue Ranch
By William N. Grigg
To put the matter bluntly, police -- the self-described "Sheepdogs" -- aren't here to protect the flock, but rather to make sure that we're securely penned in when it's sheep-shearing season.

ATF seizes 30 toy guns
A local business owner is flabbergasted after a shipment of 30 toy guns for his store was confiscated by ATF agents in Tacoma.

License Plate Software Stirs Privacy Concerns
Privacy advocates are not altogether comfortable with license plate numbers being electronically recorded by commercial operations.

Bad word banned
Apartheid is an ugly word that just shouldn’t be used, Progressive Conservative MPP Peter Shurman said Thursday. And he got all of Queen’s Park to agree.

Government wants competence tests before you can be a dog owner
Every dog owner will have to take a costly ‘competence test’ to prove they can handle their pets, under new Government proposals designed to curb dangerous dogs.

Cops' seat-belt sting did the job. But was it right?
From a strictly law enforcement perspective, the undercover homeless ruse worked as well as a skilled fisherman reeling them in at an overstocked trout pond.

Obama signs extension of Patriot Act
President Obama has signed a one-year extension of several provisions in the nation's main counterterrorism law, the Patriot Act.

India: Criticising GM crops may land you in jail
Criticising Genetically Modified (GM) products could land you in jail — if the draconian draft Biotechnology Regulatory Authority Bill (BRAB) of 2009, which will be tabled in the current session of the parliament by the UPA government, is passed.

Man takes city to Supreme Court over handgun ban
A grandfather is taking his 2nd Amendment fight to the U.S. Supreme Court in what is expected to be a landmark case. Otis McDonald, 76, is suing the city of Chicago over its handgun ban.

Core of Corruption: In The Shadows - Official Trailer
Core of Corruption is a documentary film series which details a comprehensive investigation into clandestine intelligence operations and conspiracies. The project is surfacing exclusive whistleblowers, insiders and critical evidence for the very first time. Over 2,000 hours of credible network news clips have been surfaced for this ground breaking event, most of which have never been seen since they aired and have never been available on the internet.

Obama Seeks US Ban of Assault Weapons For Benefit of Mexico
President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder are seeking to reinstate the weapons ban on assault rifles which expired in 2004. This would ban 19 types of semi-automatic military style guns and ammunition clips containing more than 10 rounds.

America the Beautiful is Turning into America the Barbarian
Even after General Petraeus joined all of the experts saying that torture doesn't work, decreases national security, and is bad for our country, the Democrats are scrambling to be as pro-torture as the Republicans.

Pentagon Discloses Hundreds of Reports of Possibly Illegal Intelligence Activities
The Department of Defense has released more than 800 heavily-redacted pages of intelligence oversight reports, detailing activities that its Inspector General has “reason to believe are unlawful.”

Cybersecurity bill to give president new emergency powers
The president would have the power to safeguard essential federal and private Web resources under draft Senate cybersecurity legislation.