Every Major Terror Plot In U.S. Was Contrived
The highly suspicious Pentagon shooting, which has been used as grist for the establishments aggressive smear campaign to portray dissent against government as violent extremism, is beginning to bear the hallmarks of almost every other major case we have studied where the authorities have not only had prior knowledge of the plot but have in fact facilitated it from beginning to end.

Russian 'Bin Laden' killed by Moscow's special forces
Russia exulted in the death of a terrorist dubbed "the Russian Bin Laden," yesterday claiming it has proof he was behind a deadly train bombing last November that left 28 people dead.

Dutch Prince Bernhard 'was member of Nazi party'
Prince Bernhard, the father of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, was a member of the Nazi party, a new book has claimed, contracting the German-born Dutch war hero's life-long denials.

US hunts for citizens training with Al Qaeda, other terrorist groups
The Obama Administration has no count of Americans training overseas with Al Qaeda or other terrorist groups, but is gathering information with Pakistan and other governments to identify and locate people holding US passports who are receiving terrorist training then legally returning to commit violent acts, according to a top US diplomat.

New York Times Eagerly Exploits Ahmadinejad’s Comments To Link 9/11 Truth With Holocaust Denial
Perhaps concerned that his repeated suggestions that the Holocaust might not have happened have become less shocking over time, Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upped the ante on Saturday, telling intelligence officials in Tehran that the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 was staged.
(Another timely comment by Ahmadinejad. Sometimes I wonder if Ahmadinejad is working for the CIA.)

Israeli Court to Hear Testimonies in the Unlawful Killing of American Activist Rachel Corrie
On March 10 the Haifa District Court will begin hearing eyewitness testimonies in a civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza.

How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab
An Observer investigation reveals how rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to guarantee supplies for their citizens

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).

Claim: Nuclear Material Dropped by Israeli Jets to Frame Syria
Syria said on Thursday that Israel dropped uranium particles onto Syrian soil from the air to make it look as if a covert nuclear weapons plant was being built there, diplomats at a UN nuclear watchdog meeting said.

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.

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.

Big Brother's Watching: Is cyber threat overhyped by US government?
The U.S. government wants to pry deeper into people's internet activities - even down to reading their email before they do. The ''Einstein Cyber Shield' is aimed at defending government systems from hackers. But it's upsetting many who say it's a massive infringement of civil liberties.

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 Shooting Followed Identical Metro Emergency Drill
I’m no coincidence theorist as most official government officials seem to be when anything happens, especially when it concerns government exercises and war games that seem to turn “LIVE” right when the government needs them to happen.

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.

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.

Film: Century of Self – A Study in Mind Control
It was the start of the all-consuming self which has come to dominate today’s world.

In Denial: The meltdown of the climate campaign.
It is increasingly clear that the leak of the internal emails and documents of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in November has done for the climate change debate what the Pentagon Papers did for the Vietnam war debate 40 years ago—changed the narrative decisively.

Vaccines 'are making our dogs sick as vets cash in'
Profit-hungry drug companies and vets are 'frightening' dog owners into inoculating their pets more often than necessary, according to Canine Health Concern.

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.

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.

US deficit tops Obama forecast by 1.2 trillion dollars: CBO
The US government budget deficit for the next decade is expected to be wider by 1.2 trillions dollars than projected by President Barack Obama's administration, estimates by Congress showed Friday.

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.

Smear campaign against 9/11 truthers? (Video)
Last night a California man opened fire outside the Pentagon in Washington DC. Today he has been linked to the 9/11 truth group that rejects the official explanation of 9/11.

Who’s Behind the Financial Crisis?
By Cliff Kincaid
“The Managed Fund Association is the government,” Diamond charges. “They bought the policy makers and regulators, and then took over our government.”

Recession, Depression, or Systematic Breakdown
By James Quinn
As crooked politicians, Federal Reserve hacks, and cheerleading media pundits inform you the recession is over, you probably have a sneaking suspicion they are lying.

Many Voices Calling for War with Iran
By Philip Giraldi
Wanting to go to war with Iran has created some very strange bedfellows. Leading neoconservative Daniel Pipes’ assertion that President Barack Obama can salvage his presidency and get reelected by attacking Iran is about as low as it gets, suggesting as it does that an act of war can and should serve as a diversion from a failed domestic agenda.

'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.

Jon Stewart Wonders if Fox News is Really Fair and Balanced or Just Propaganda and Spin to Minipulate Public Opinion
This video is from Comedy Central's The Daily Show, broadcast March 3, 2010.

Financial Warfare Exposed: Soros, Goldman Sachs, Hedge Funds Attack Greece to Smash Euro
By Webster G. Tarpley
It has been evident for some time that the ongoing speculative attack on Greece, along with such other countries as Spain, Ireland, Portugal, and Italy, was not primarily a reflection of their economic fundamentals, nor yet a spontaneous movement of “the market,” but rather an orchestrated action of economic warfare.

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

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.