Icelandic voters say "no deal"
Icelandic voters have rejected a government proposal to repay 3.9 billion euro to Britain and the Netherlands after the collapse of the Icesave online bank.

Inside Story - Israeli apartheid week
A controversial campaign in the Western world links Israel's treatment of Palestinians to the treatment of blacks in apartheid South Africa, called the Israeli apartheid week. Inside Story asks: Is criticism of specific Israeli policies raising doubts about Israel's right to exist? And is Israel now on the PR offensive to fight back?

Neoconservative has ties to Rigi brothers?
The Rigi brothers who were captured by Iran may have connections or ties to the Shah of Iran. Wayne Madsen says that the Rigi brothers cousin is a member of the royal court. There are also new claims that United States conservatives may have ties to the two brothers.

Ahmadinejad sees end of capitalism
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the capitalist system, which has been established by Israel is inching towards its end.

Ex-defence chief attacks Brown's evidence to Iraq inquiry
Former commanders accused Gordon Brown of deliberately misleading the Iraq inquiry after he blamed the military for failing properly to equip the Armed Forces for war.

German company accused of drug smuggling in Afghanistan
I don’t want to sound like an online gambling center operator, but who wants to bet against me on this: The company in question, Ecolog, won’t be touched; NATO will make it swoooshhhhh disappear, and continue its ‘real’ business with our Langley guys in Afghanistan (and elsewhere).

Viktor Yanukovych promises Ukraine will embrace Russia
The new president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, has promised a dramatic improvement in relations with Russia during his first official visit to Moscow.

Judge won't dismiss suit naming Rumsfeld
A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss a civil lawsuit accusing former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of responsibility for the alleged torture by US forces of two Americans who worked for an Iraqi contracting firm.

Violence over austerity cuts in Greece
Greek police Friday fought protesters angered by tough new austerity measures, as European heavyweight Germany rebuffed suggestions cash-strapped Athens needed a financial bailout.

Western sanctions draft targets Iran's banks abroad
A Western proposal for fresh UN sanctions on Iran includes a call for restricting new Iranian banks abroad and urges "vigilance" against the Islamic Republic's central bank, diplomats said on Friday.

Chile aftershocks could go on for years: scientists
Scientists say Chileans will be feeling aftershocks for months and possibly years following last week's 8.8-magnitude earthquake.

Baby dies as parents raise virtual child online
A Korean couple let their baby starve to death while they were busy raising a virtual child online, police said.

Christmas Day terror plot plane would have landed safely even if ‘underpants’ bomb had blown up
A bomb on board a U.S. Christmas Day flight would have failed to bring the plane down even if it had been detonated successfully, a new test explosion suggests.

Iraq Opens Up to Foreign Oil Majors
BP Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp. took the best deal they could get in Iraq last year when they won the largest oil contracts since addam Hussein was toppled in 2003. Oil companies may wait a long time to get a better one.

Moscow’s First Tea Party
We take you back to May 1, 1990; to one of the global elitists now hovering in the dark of Obama’s corner.

Mossad helped buy off 9/11 litigants
Feinberg's actions were crucial to removing more than 98 percent of the families from the litigation process.

118 UN members reaffirm support for Iran's N-program
As the West pushes for new sanctions against Iran, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) moves to issue a new statement, voicing its support for Iran's peaceful nuclear program.

An Enormous Crime: The Definitive Account of American POWs Abandoned in Southeast Asia
If this 563-page heavily documented book by Bill Hendon and Elizabeth A. Stewart, published in 2007, doesn't make your blood boil, you are either as cold blooded as a snake or you are completely lacking in reading comprehension skills.

Sarkozy Plans to Tighten Grip on French State-Owned Companies
“The state must completely overhaul its shareholder’s role in the big industrial companies,” Sarkozy said.

U.S. Wages Food War Against Somalia
While nearly half the population of Somalia teeters at the edge of starvation, the U.S. is preventing the United Nations from delivering desperately needed food.

That was a war council in Damascus
The Iranian president said he expects war to break out somewhere between spring and summer of this year.

Former ISI Head Says U.S. Creates Terror Groups in Middle East
Former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency Hamid Gol says the United States is seeking to create and train terrorist groups in the region.

Support for Israel punctuates first GOP debate
Former Rep. Tom Campbell on Friday used the first debate in the California Senate race to demand that his challengers not engage in a "whispering campaign" claiming he is against Israel or anti-Semitic.

Pentagon guards trained for attack like that of gunman’s
They're both former service members -- one a Marine who guarded U.S. embassies all over the world, the other an Air Force reservist who worked as a New Orleans cop -- who made second careers in the police force that protects the Pentagon.

Virginia first state to challenge federal health insurance mandate
Congress hasn’t even passed Obamacare yet, but if and when it does, Virginia’s General Assembly has already fired the first round in what could be a major legal showdown with Washington over the limits of federal power.

Democrats Pull Bill Firing 678 Congressional Staff Tax Deadbeats; 'Just Because You’re Fighting with the IRS Doesn’t Mean You’re Wrong'
Following up on yesterday's post, Fire All 678 Congressional Staffers Who Are Tax Deadbeats?: Politico, Democrats Pull Tax Cheat Bill

Tea Party Leader Was Involved With GOP-Tied Political Firm
Mark Meckler, a top Tea Party leader, has worked hard to position the movement as a grassroots uprising, independent of both political parties. But just a few years ago, Meckler was involved in an online political consulting firm with ties to the GOP -- a fact that could intensify the fears of some Tea Party activists that their movement is being hijacked by Republican political operatives.

Pentagon Shooting Coincides With SCOTUS 2nd Amendment Case
The shooting outside the Pentagon yesterday occurred as the Supreme Court considers McDonald v. Chicago, a lawsuit challenging the city’s handgun ban.

Scandals Upend New York Politics
The political upheaval taking place in the state now has shocked even hardened New Yorkers and given disillusioned voters across the nation more reason to lose faith in their leader

Federal pay ahead of private industry
Federal employees earn higher average salaries than private-sector workers in more than eight out of 10 occupations, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data finds.

CBO Warns Obama's Proposed Bank Fee Could End Up Costing Consumers
"The cost of the proposed fee would ultimately be borne to varying degrees by an institution's customers, employees, and investors," the CBO said today in a letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley.

In e-mails, lobbyists perceive ties between campaign cash, earmarks
Lobbyists and corporate officials talked bluntly in e-mail exchanges about connections between making generous campaign donations and securing federal funds through members of an important House Appropriations subcommittee, according to not-yet-public documents reviewed by ethics investigators.

Conservatives Turn Against Liz Cheney - As Bad As McCarthy
The backlash is growing against Liz Cheney after she demonized Department of Justice attorneys as terrorist sympathizers for their past legal work defending Gitmo detainees -- and now it's coming from within deeply conservative legal circles.

Republicans red-faced over fundraising on fear
US Republicans drew fire this week after the disclosure of an internal fundraising memo that portrays President Barack Obama as the Batman films' crazed killer "The Joker."

President to meet with key senators on immigration
President Barack Obama plans to focus attention on immigration next week by meeting at the White House with two senators crafting a bill on the issue.

Parents of Pentagon Shooter Warned Police
The man who opened fire in front of the Pentagon had a history of mental illness and had become so erratic that his parents reached out to local authorities weeks ago with a warning that he was unstable and might have a gun, authorities said Friday.

Twelve New England towns demand 9/11 reinvestigation
A new movement to reinvestigate the 9/11 attacks is gaining pace in the US. With major public support, 12 towns are set to decide whether to ask the federal government for a new independent probe.

Nadler Renews Call for Independent Investigation of Anthrax Attacks
Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, reiterated his call for an independent investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks which killed five people and sickened 17.

Lip reading mobile promises end to noisy phone calls
Technology that could see an end to the bane of many commuters - people talking loudly on their mobile phones - has been shown off by researchers.

Mass Loss from Alaskan Glaciers Overestimated? Previous Melt Contributed a Third Less to Sea-Level Rise Than Estimated
The melting of glaciers is well documented, but when looking at the rate at which they have been retreating, a team of international researchers steps back and says not so fast.

Old star is 'missing link' in galactic evolution
A newly discovered star outside the Milky Way has yielded important clues about the evolution of our galaxy. Located in the dwarf galaxy Sculptor some 280,000 light-years away, the star has a chemical make-up similar to the Milky Way's oldest stars, supporting theories that our galaxy grew by absorbing dwarf galaxies and other galactic building blocks.

Fury as EU approves GM potato
The introduction of a genetically modified potato in Europe risks the development of human diseases that fail to respond to antibiotics, it was claimed last night.

EU Chief Vows To Run UK Economy From Brussels
Europe's chief bureaucrat last night provoked fury after threatening to use the “full force” of the Lisbon Treaty to impose economic control over every EU nation.

Cash-Strapped States Delay Paying Income-Tax Refunds
This year, more Americans and businesses may be asking: Where's my tax refund?

White Schools Bernanke on Basic Economics
William White - former head BIS economist, currently chair of the OECD's Economic and Development Review Committee - is again schooling Ben Bernanke on economic fundamentals.

Too few jobs; too much debt; the future of the West
“At least once a week, you hear some Wall Streeter exulting that manufacturing is showing signs of recovery. What he doesn’t tell you is that manufacturing is less than 10 percent of the economy. He won’t mention that sickly consumer-related activity is 75 percent.”

Iceland's Voters About to Tell Global Banksters to Shove It
A vote is set for Saturday in Iceland on a referendum that would require Iceland to pay funds to the U.K. and the Netherlands based on U.K. and Netherlands investors who lost money because of the collapse of an Icelandic bank.

CNBC Panel Freaks Out At The Suggestion That Predatory Lending Happened At Any Time Ever (Video)
CNBC anchor-droids just straight up losing their minds the moment Janet Tavakoli, president of Tavakoli Structured Finance, dares to suggest that predatory lending ever existed on the Planet Earth.

Hey, no one made people buy these cars!
If you’re wondering where these ridiculous, hare-brained comments are coming from, then watch this video and listen to Rick Santelli speak about predatory lending. The only one who acquits herself in this segment is Janet Tavakoli.

Russia Continues to Build Its Gold Reserves Ahead of the SDR Discussions
As you know, Russia, India, China and some of the BRIC-like countries will continue to push hard for a gold and silver content in the new formulation of the SDR this year. The US and UK are vehemently opposed.

Fannie, Freddie Ask Banks to Eat Soured Mortgages
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may force lenders including Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. to buy back $21 billion of home loans this year as part of a crackdown on faulty mortgages.

Fed's Evans sees monetary tightening "a ways away"
With the economy's recovery likely to be slow and hampered by tight credit and a cautious consumer, the Federal Reserve is still far from needing to tighten its extraordinarily loose monetary policy, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said Thursday.

Banks shuttered in Fla., Ill., Md., Utah
Regulators on Friday shuttered banks in Florida, Illinois, Maryland and Utah, boosting to 26 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far this year following the 140 brought down in 2009 by mounting loan defaults and the recession.

Pentagon Shooter Had An Idea For A Currency Based On Knowledge
Strange You Tube video in which gunned down Pentagon shooter presents idea for currency based on knowledge.

Faber: It’s Dead Simple, The Supply Of Dollars Will Grow Way Faster Than The Supply Of Gold
Marc Faber’s recommendation to continue buying gold every month, forever, received a full broadside on CNBC.

'Israel Violates International Law With EU Complicity'
Things are worsening for Israel from moral and legal perspectives. In fact, one year after the Goldstone Report on its ‘war crimes’ during its war on Gaza and amidst growing suspicions of its direct responsibility in the assassination of a Palestinian leader in Dubai, an international court has now concluded that Israel is violating international law with Europe’s complicity.

Most decorated US Marine General: Purpose of all US wars is billions for insiders’ profits
By Carl Herman
Smedley Butler (and here) was the most honored man in Marine Corps history. He wrote and spoke that the purpose of US wars is millions and billions in profits for America’s leading “bankers, industrialists, and speculators.” War is a “racket:” a deception whereby its purpose of blood money from American taxpayers to “insiders” is always disguised as noble and necessary ventures to keep Americans propagandized into paying again and again.

David Ignatius/Neo-Con Media: Oh What a Lovely War
By Philip Giraldi
Their quest for military glory is in truth hostile to everything the American Republic has ever stood for, dedicated to creating a narrative that will ultimately lead to more wars against every Muslim country left standing, shedding other Americans' blood and eviscerating the US economy until there is nothing more to give.

CNN Guest Suggests 9/11 Truth Now A Mental Illness (Video)

Flashback - 9/11 Commission Members Doubt Official Story

Flashback - Operation Northwoods: US Planned Fake Terror Attacks On Citizens
Author James Bamford, "A Pretext For War", discusses the recently declassified "Operation Northwoods" documents revealing that in 1962 the CIA was planning to stage phony terrorist attacks on the US and blame it on Cuba to start a war. Sound familiar?

Flashback - USA Has A History Of Attacking Themselves To Go To War (Video)

Flashback - 1,000 Architects & Engineers demand new 9/11 WTC investigation

Flashback - JFK II Assassination Study (Bush Family Connections To The JFK Assassination, etc.,)

Introducing the Beer Party! (Video)
The Tea Party movement not good enough for ya

My Plan for a Freedom President - How I would put the Constitution back in the Oval Office - Ron Paul

Kucinich orders Afghan War debate, vote: “Trillions for war, no money for Americans!”
By Carl Herman
Congressman Dennis Kucinich invoked a procedural rule to help protect Americans from endless war to compel members of Congress to debate and vote whether to continue US war in Afghanistan.

NYFD Emergency Radio Communications on 9-11-01
"Where is the Burning Inferno"
Listen to the final moments of the daring rescue efforts of the New York City Fire Department operating in the South Tower of the World Trade Center moments before it suddenly exploded into oblivion. This is the biggest conflict of evidence of all: Either there were emergency teams operating in the building or there was a tremendous raging inferno. The two are mutually exclusive possibilities.

Fox News tries to associate government criticism with gun violence
What does the corporate/government controlled news media want all of us to learn from this attack?

Bill Gates And Neo-Eugenics: Vaccines To Reduce Population
By F. William Engdahl
In a recent conference in California, Gates reveals a less public agenda of his philanthropy—population reduction, otherwise known as eugenics.

Lord Of The Lies
Tony Blair has a memoir on the way, and you can smell the wretched stink of its bullshit even before the plastic wrap is peeled off the first copies.

How to Fight a Better War (Next Time)
By Tom Engelhardt
Iraq remains a mess from which the U.S. military seems increasingly uninterested in withdrawing fully and Afghanistan a disaster area, but it’s never too soon to think about the next war.

George Washington: ‘… the Constitution … is sacredly obligatory upon all.’
By Dan Sherrier
Washington reminds us that despite our differences, we all share common ground that should not be forgotten.

Tyler Texas man gets 35 years for 4.6 ounces of Marijuana
He was caught by law enforcement within 1000 feet of Ebenezer Day Care Center in Tyler with baggies of weed in his pockets toking on a joint. On Thursday, March 4th, Henry received 35 years in a state correctional facility.

Police State: NYPD Police Officetr Admits to arrest quotas (Video)

Florida Lawmaker Pushes for License Plate Advertising
A Florida lawmaker is proposing allowing corporate logos on the Sunshine state's license plates.

TSA Expands Use Of Invasive Body Scanners
According to reports today, the Transportation Security Administration will expand the use of full body scanners to 11 more American airports over the next two years. The body scanners, or whole body imaging devices, create a strikingly revealing image of the human body.

"FAST" Coming to an Airport near YOU! - Future Attribute Screening Technology: The Machine That Reads Minds! (Video)
Future Attribute Screening Technology, or "FAST" - designed for the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. lawmakers seek military trials for extremists
In a direct election-year challenge to US President Barack Obama on national security, lawmakers unveiled legislation on Thursday requiring military interrogations and trials for suspected terrorists.

Obama 9th Circuit Nominee: Constitution Must Adapt to Changes in the World
Even his critics describe him as "brilliant," but newly-nominated law professor Goodwin Liu will not have an easy time getting to the 9th Circuit bench.

Body scanners are headed to 11 major airports
Eleven major airports will begin using body scanners to screen passengers as the Transportation Security Administration launches a plan to buy 1,000 of the machines over the next two years.

Narus develops a scary sleuth for social media
Narus is developing a new technology that sleuths through billions of pieces of data on social networks and Internet services and connects the dots.

What In The World Are They Spraying?
What would you say if you were told that airplanes were regularly spraying toxic aerosols in the skies above every major region of the world?