Ex-1970s radical set to be freed from prison
Sara Jane Olson, a 1970s radical who assumed a new identity as a Minnesota housewife and spent a quarter century as a fugitive, is to be released from prison Tuesday this time correctly.
Justice Thomas: Americans don't sacrifice as much
Americans today are self-indulgent and don't make the sacrifices that their parents and grandparents did, and the nation's leaders don't ask people to act for the higher good, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Monday at a Virginia college in a rare public speech.
German Chancellor Merkel Calls for Raids on Homes & Offices
German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded even tougher gun control measures relating to storage of firearms and ammunition in Germany. With an audacity that defies belief the former East German communist also called for unannounced raids on homes and offices of registered firearm owners.
AIG May Have to Reveal More Bonus Data, Faces Cuomo Subpoena
American International Group Inc., the U.S. insurer that’s been bailed out four times by taxpayers, may have to reveal more details of $165 million of bonus payouts after criticism by President Barack Obama and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
Obama to Test Fundraising Skills Amid ‘Donor Fatigue,’ Crisis
President Barack Obama will headline the first fundraiser of his presidency this month, appealing to donors large and small even as the economy struggles through the worst recession in generations.
Reinstatement of Pakistan’s Chief Justice Ends a Crisis
A relieved US has credited Pakistani leaders for defusing the growing crisis over reinstatement of the former chief justice, downplaying its own role in the compromise and denying any arm-twisting over aid
Madagascar soldiers seize palace
Soldiers have seized one of the palaces of embattled Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana in the centre of the capital Antananarivo.
Explosions and gunfire erupted as tanks smashed the palace gates. The central bank was also reportedly taken.
Tenth Amendment Movement: Taking On the Feds
We Americans are expected to play by the rules to obey traffic regulations, pay taxes, observe zoning ordinances in short, to abide by the law. If we don’t, we may find ourselves fined or even jailed. Our federal government is also expected to abide by rules in its case, the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution specifies which powers the federal government may exercise, and forbids any others. The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution is explicit: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
The American Legion Strongly Opposed to President's Plan to Charge Wounded Heroes for Treatment
The leader of the nation's largest veterans organization says he is "deeply disappointed and concerned" after a meeting with President Obama today to discuss a proposal to force private insurance companies to pay for the treatment of military veterans who have suffered service-connected disabilities and injuries. The Obama administration recently revealed a plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in such cases.
Remember Rachel Corrie: Statement from the family of Rachel Corrie
We thank all who continue to remember Rachel and those who, on this sixth anniversary of her stand in Gaza, renew their own commitments to human rights, justice and peace in the Middle East. The tributes and actions in her memory are a source of inspiration to us and to others.
Kucinich Requests Investigation into “Executive Assassination Ring”
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) Friday sent a letter to Chairman Edolphus Towns of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee requesting an immediate investigation into allegations made by the investigative reporter Seymour Hersh that the White House operated an ‘executive assassination ring’ that circumvented Congressional oversight.
The next Web of open, linked data
20 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. For his next project, he's building a web for open, linked data that could do for numbers what the Web did for words, pictures, video: unlock our data and reframe the way we use it together.
Earmarks Don't Add Up
By Ron Paul
Earmarks seem to be the hot topic this week, and as a fiscal conservative I am dismayed so many people deliberately distort the earmarking process and grandstand to make political points. It is an easy thing to do with earmarks. It takes a little more time and patience to grasp the reality of what earmarks really are.
Obama wants to cut carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent by 2050. He’s got his work cut out for him. Not only are hundreds of credible climate scientists now publicly debunking former Vice-President Al Gore’s claims of apocalyptic environmental disaster, a new Gallup poll reveals that 41 percent of Americans believe such alarms are exaggerated
House conservatives seek Patriot Act extension
More than a dozen of the GOP’s most conservative members on Thursday introduced a bill to reauthorize controversial Patriot Act provisions set to expire later this year.
Mortgage Fraud Rises Even as Loans Decline
Mortgage fraud rose last year even though fewer loans were issued nationwide, and Maryland ranked among the top five states with the most serious problems, according to an industry study released today.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer to go Web only
Seattle will be a one-newspaper town after Tuesday, when the 146-year-old Seattle Post-Intelligencer prints its last edition.
Researchers find ways to sniff keystrokes from thin air
That PC keyboard you're using may be giving away your passwords. Researchers say they've discovered new ways to read what you're typing by aiming special wireless or laser equipment at the keyboard or by simply plugging into a nearby electrical socket.
U.S. output plummets, manufacturing at record low
U.S. industrial output fell to its lowest level in almost seven years in February and manufacturing in New York state slumped further this month, according to data released on Monday that pointed to a deteriorating economy.
Free Our Food
Now more than ever are we seeing that growing our own food not only has environmental but self-empowering implications. When we take back our food we take back our lives.
450 MILLION in AIG Bonuses to be paid, not the reported 150 million
While the MSM is reporting that AIG bonuses are "only" in the 150 million dollar range , Amy Goodman of Democracy Now brings us the real number, 450 MILLION and the mealy-mouthed apology issued for this travesty by Oboma insider Larry Summers.
AIG's Not Very Transparent List of Counterparties
It's good that AIG has released a list of its counterparties. But if it really believes in "the importance of upholding a high degree of transparency with respect to the use of public funds", this is a very odd way of releasing the information.
Bernard Madoff's winning clients try to block victims
nvestors are stashing profits that they made from Bernard Madoff’s $65 billion (£47 billion) Ponzi scheme as the trustee of the phoney funds gears up to claw back cash to compensate hard-up victims.
Obama urges all legal means to stop AIG bonuses
President Barack Obama told Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to take all legal measures to block hefty bonuses awarded to employees of AIG, the insurance company that received up to $180 billion in bailout money, a White House adviser said on Monday. The incompetent politicians should not have given AIG bailout money in the first place!
AIG Bonuses Add to Potential for Public Revolt against Wall Street, Federal Reserve
When AIG took more than $170 billion in bailout money from the Federal Reserve, it insisted it was so poor that only emergency funding of public money could save it. That was before AIG revealed it was "contractually obliged" to pay $165 million in bonuses to its executives. Which executives, exactly? The ones who lost all the money in the first place!
AIG Says $105 Billion Flowed to Banks, U.S. States
American International Group Inc., under pressure to reveal how it spent taxpayer funds since the September bailout, said $105 billion flowed to U.S. states and banks led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Societe Generale SA and Deutsche Bank AG.
Banks that bought credit-default swaps or traded securities with AIG got $22.4 billion in collateral, $27.1 billion in payments from a U.S. entity to retire the derivatives, and $43.7 billion tied to the securities-lending program, AIG said yesterday in a statement. States, including California and Virginia, got $12.1 billion tied to guaranteed investment contracts.
Human Rights Groups Ask: Is this the Change We Can Believe In?
Human rights activists and Constitutional law experts were virtually unanimous in their condemnation of the positions taken on prisoner detention and treatment in Federal Court last week by President Barack Obama's Department of Justice, which one group described as "a case of old wine in new bottles."
While the DOJ announced it would no longer use the term "enemy combatants" - one of the Bush Administration's signature phrases - and distanced itself from Bush-era claims of unlimited Presidential power, government lawyers urged the court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by four former Guantanamo detainees because "aliens held at Guantanamo do not have due process rights."
Think recession's bad? Try a cataclysm!
There is a growing list of educated people predicting the trillions of dollars spent by governments around the world to stimulate a moribund economy will not work.
Dollars from dirt: Economy spurs home garden boom
With the recession in full swing, many Americans are returning to their roots literally cultivating vegetables in their backyards to squeeze every penny out of their food budget.
Cheney: Obama responsible for next 9/11
US President Barack Obama's decisions against Bush's "war on terror" policies would cause another 9/11, says former vice president Dick Cheney.
Thousands gather for 'Tea Party'
Dawna Frost had a simple message for anyone who glanced her way: “I live off what I make. Government needs to live on what they already take.”
The Mason resident was one of thousands who showed up Sunday at Fountain Square for the Cincinnati Tea Party, a grass-roots effort designed to show disapproval for “wasteful government spending.”
When Is It Going To Be Enough, America?
By Lorie Kramer
When is it going to be enough? Haven't you been disrespected, marginalized, misdirected, demeaned, disregarded, ignored, insulted, bullshitted, deliberately misinformed, uninformed, manipulated, controlled, cheated, lied to, poisoned, killed…and generally just plane old screwed for long enough? I'm really starting to wonder about you. Why isn't all that enough for you America? Yoo Hoo! Are you in there?
Unarmed Student Shot For Smoking Marijuana (With Video)
A Grand Valley State University student shot by an Ottawa County deputy told his parents he lifted his right arm to cover his eyes from a bright flashlight when the shot was fired.
Sick 'downer' cows permanently banned from food supply
The government on Saturday permanently banned the slaughter of cows too sick or weak to stand on their own, seeking to further minimize the chance that mad cow disease could enter the food supply.
Fed-up Americans mobilize: More than 150 tea parties
A revolution is brewing as American patriots and advocates of the free-market system unite in protest against out-of-control government spending – with a wildfire movement of more than 150 nationwide tea parties.
Credit Card Cancer
By Peter Schiff
This week, with his pronouncement that “credit is the lifeblood of a healthy economy,” President Obama reiterated what has been one of his most common themes in diagnosing our economic problem. The president has relied on this bedrock belief to propose policies that place the restoration of credit as the highest priority. However, despite his seemingly earnest intentions, the president and his economic advisors have misdiagnosed the ailment. Savings, not credit, is the lifeblood of a healthy economy. When not used properly credit can be like a cancer that sickens an otherwise healthy economy.
United States Economic Collapse Facing Its Weimar Moment
By Robert Freeman
The U.S. faces a similar "Weimar Moment." The devastating collapse of the economy after eight years of Republican rule has left the leadership, policies, and ideology of the right utterly discredited. But, as was the case with Germany in 1919, Republicans do not intend to allow the new government to succeed. They will do everything they can to undermine it. If they are successful, the U.S. may yet go the way of Weimar Germany.
Another twist for the unemployed: Debit card fees
If you're out of work like Steve Lippe, who was laid off from his job as a salesman in January, you know you already have problems. But looking at the fine print that came with his new unemployment debit card, he became livid.
Beijing raises stakes with tit-for-tat deployment in South China Sea
Beijing has increased tension in a disputed part of the South China Sea by sending a patrol ship to protect fishing boats after the United States deployed a destroyer in the area. The American move was in response to alleged Chinese harassment of one of its surveillance vessels.
Al-CIA-da: Bin Laden audio calls Arab leaders traitors
Al Jazeera was the recipient of another audio tape from Al Qaeda in which Osama bin Laden shows great disappointment with some of the Arab leaders of the Middle East.
Flashback - Swiss scientists 95% sure that Bin Laden recording was fake
Scientists in Switzerland say they are almost certain that a recent audio tape attributed to Osama bin Laden is a fake.
The tape, delivered to the Arab satellite television channel al-Jazeera earlier this month, appeared to provide the first concrete evidence that Bin Laden is still alive because it mentioned recent attacks on western targets.
Chief Justice Roberts accepts Obama 'eligibility' petition
According to Orly Taitz, the attorney who confronted Chief Justice John Roberts at a lecture at the University of Idaho, the judge promised before the gathered crowd that he would, indeed, read and review the briefs and petition.
Mullen sketches out 'US strike' on Iran
The top US military commander describes how Washington would engage Iran militarily amid simmering talks of war on the country.
OPEC bows to weak economy, Obama effect
OPEC's decision on Sunday to resist new supply cuts laid the ground not just for cheaper oil to help heal the economy, but for warmer relations with the world's biggest energy consumer.
U.S. military outreach to Mexico likely to upset . . . Mexicans
As the Pentagon eyes a bigger role in Mexico's drug war, the military's efforts to open the door to a new relationship with its southern neighbor risks alienating the Mexican military, which has long had a strained relationship with its counterpart, experts said.
Claims of British collusion in torture spread to Egypt
Allegations of British collusion in torture have widened to Egypt, where a young British man says he suffered appalling mistreatment during a week of illegal detention while being interrogated on the basis of information that he says can only have come from the UK.
Militants torch NATO trucks in Pakistan
Taliban militants in north-western Pakistan have torched eight trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces in neighbouring Afghanistan in a pre-dawn attack, police said.
'Anticipated' civil unrest may force June elections in Ireland
The country is facing the prospect of a general election on June 5 in the wake of three months of political turmoil and possible civil unrest following the emergency budget, according to former Fianna Fail strategist Noel Whelan.
Red Cross report describes "torture" at CIA jails
The International Committee of the Red Cross concludes in a secret report that the Bush administration's treatment of al-Qaeda captives in CIA prisons "constituted torture," The Washington Post reported on Monday, citing newly published excerpts from the 2007 document.
Greek Group That Targeted Citigroup Warns of Plan for Revolt
Greece’s Revolutionary Struggle, the group that said it targeted two branches of Citigroup Inc. in Athens, warned it will use the global financial crisis to spur a revolt that will end capitalism.
Entrapment becoming standard procedure for police
What do we want in Canada - police or secret police? It’s through the expansion of techniques such as this that the ranks of the STASI swell until they devour a culture.
Pakistan's Sharif leads massive anti-government rally
Pakistan's top opposition leader Nawaz Sharif Sunday, in apparent defiance of his alleged house arrest, broke through multiple cordons, and was leading a massive anti-government rally that is heading towards capital Islamabad.
No one learned a lesson from the Bank of Crooks and Criminals
It may well be that when all the evidence has been heard and judges have pronounced their verdict that Bernard Madoff does get the gold medal for having masterminded the biggest "ponzi" scheme in history thus far with a take of $50 billion US.
But that prize, if awarded, should not detract from the flair, elan and bravado that surrounded the exploits of Pakistan's legendary Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) or Bank of Crooks and Criminals International as it was known, in the 1980s.
AIG massive payments to banks stoke bailout rage A large portion of the taxpayer money spent to rescue insurer AIG was passed on to Goldman Sachs and several European banks, who were among the major beneficiaries of more than $90 billion in payments in the first three-and-a-half months of the government bailout, AIG disclosed on Sunday.
IMF poised to print billions of dollars in 'global quantitative easing'
The International Monetary Fund is poised to embark on what analysts have described as "global quantitative easing" by printing billions of dollars worth of a global "super-currency" in an unprecedented new effort to address the economic crisis.
Bank of Canada hints at quantitative easing moves
The Bank of Canada hinted on Saturday it could soon start printing money to create growth after a global pledge by central banks to take extreme action as economic conditions deteriorate.
Administration Is Open to Taxing Health Benefits
The Obama administration is signaling to Congress that the president could support taxing some employee health benefits, as several influential lawmakers and many economists favor, to help pay for overhauling the health care system.
DOJ Watchdog Probed Yoo/Bybee Rendition Memo; Report May Criticize Opinion
Two weeks before U.S. intelligence agents captured a "high-value" terrorist detainee named Abu Zubaydah in Pakistan in March 2002 and whisked him off to a secret CIA "black site" prison in Thailand where he was allegedly tortured, the Department of Justice prepared a legal memorandum for George W. Bush stating he could ignore a law that prohibited the transfer of prisoners to countries that engage in torture.
Living in U.S., rejecting its laws, targeted as terrorists
Since 2006, a steady stream of followers from across the country, as many as 120 at a time, has been showing up for Sovereign People’s Court activities, prompting Terrorism Task Force investigators to declare Las Vegas a major gathering place for the movement in the West.
Bilderbergers excite conspiracists
The highest levels of the Obama administration are infested with members of a shadowy, elitist cabal intent on installing a one-world government that subverts the will of the American people.
DOLLAR CRISIS IN THE MAKING
Increasingly ominous clouds are gathering in what could soon be the perfect storm against the United States dollar and against the present dollar-centric global financial order.
Now Coca-Cola feels force of Chavez' colourful revolution
It happens to be Coca-Cola's colour, but the red banners draped outside a distribution plant in west Caracas offer the company no comfort. That red belongs to President Hugo Chávez and Venezuela's socialist revolution.
Nor can the company feel sheltered by the high walls surrounding the site. Every inch has been painted with murals depicting historic scenes of indigenous tribes and patriots expelling foreign interlopers with axes and swords.
Protests Against Pakistani Government Turn Violent
President Asif Ali Zardari struggled to maintain his increasingly tenuous grip over Pakistan Sunday as police tear-gassed stone-throwing protesters and authorities tried – and failed – to put the main opposition leader under house arrest.
The Federal Reserve Bank creates economic crisis
Spring is in the air as dormant plants begin to awaken across the country. Many will be going through the annual process of treating lawns for weeds, those pesky unwanted plants that take over a landscape unless completely eradicated. Our economic landscape has a terrible weed known as The Fed. There are very few politicians willing to tell the truth about this weed. Most hold up this noxious weed as some exotic, beautiful plant; it is not.
NIreland riots after police arrest 3 over killings
Irish nationalist gangs hurled petrol bombs at police Saturday after three alleged IRA dissidents were arrested on suspicion of killing two British soldiers in an attack designed to trigger wider violence in Northern Ireland.
White House says economy is sound despite 'mess'
The economy is fundamentally sound despite the temporary "mess" it's in, the White House said Sunday in the kind of upbeat assessment that Barack Obama had mocked as a presidential candidate.
A Medical Madoff: Anesthesiologist Faked Data in 21 Studies
A pioneering anesthesiologist has been implicated in a massive research fraud that has altered the way millions of patients are treated for pain during and after orthopedic surgeries
‘Fusion center’ data draws fire over assertions
Tim Neal of Miller County was shocked recently when he heard a radio program about a strategic report compiled by state and federal law enforcement agencies to combat terrorism.
Titled “The Modern Militia Movement,” the report is dated Feb. 20 and designed to help police identify militia members or domestic terrorists. Red flags outlined in the document include political bumper stickers such as those for U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, talk of conspiracy theories such as the plan for a mega-highway from Canada to Mexico and possession of subversive literature.
But when Neal read the report, he couldn’t help but think it described him. A military veteran and a delegate to the 2008 Missouri Republican state convention, he didn’t appreciate being lumped in with groups like the Neo-Nazis.
Bailout King AIG Still to Pay Millions In Bonuses
Insurance giant American International Group will award hundreds of millions of dollars in employee bonuses and retention pay despite a confrontation Wednesday between the chief executive and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner.
Cops Arrest Priest For Filming Them
A Roman Catholic priest who monitors law enforcement treatment of minorities with a video camera released footage that appears to contradict the police account of his own arrest.
How and Why International Bankers Make War
In June of 1919, the victorious powers were in Paris deliberating over the best way to carve up Europe. With each national delegation came a coterie of financial advisors: Paul Warburg negotiating for the Americans and Max Warburg defending the interests of the Germans. Woodrow Wilson found his hour amongst this milieu of dignitaries.
Spies, Spies Everywhere, and Not a Trial in Sight
"Charges of obstruction of justice and espionage--the latter of which, under certain circumstances, would call for the death penalty--were dropped against Kadish. But Kadish is 85 years old, and his spying took place 20 to 25 years ago. He agreed with the judge’s assessment that what Kadish did was “for the benefit of Israel”--as if the two agreed that, as a result, all was forgiven."
Which states are worst for personal freedom?
A new study indicates the states with the most freedom are South Dakota, New Hampshire and Colorado, while Americans see the most complete government control of their personal lives in New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, California and Maryland.
Swiss action sparks talk of currency war
The Swiss National Bank moved to weaken the Swiss franc on Thursday, the first time a big central bank has intervened in the foreign exchange markets since Japan sought to weaken the yen in 2004.
The bank's move, which sparked fears that other countries could follow suit, comes as the value of the Swiss franc has soared as investors seek a haven from the recent market turmoil.
Beijing comments fuel fears China could offload its dollar reserves
Worries that China may be about to jettison some of its vast reserves of US Treasury bills depressed the American credit markets yesterday, as China's premier, Wen Jiabao, expressed concerns about their integrity. However, markets globally were threatened by comments from Mr Wen that Beijing is ready to expand its fiscal stimulus if the economic situation worsens.
MSNBC producers told ‘not to incorporate’ Cramer’s Daily Show interview into their programming
TVNewser reports that “MSNBC producers were asked not to incorporate the Jim Cramer/Jon Stewart interview into their shows today.” By TVNewser’s count, Cramer’s Daily Show interview was only mentioned once on MSNBC today and that was during the White House press conference when a reporter asked for Obama’s reaction.
A thief breaks into your house, steals everything, and leaves you nearly broke. Law enforcement responds by visiting with the thief and the resellers of the thief's stolen goods in a very friendly setting, perhaps lunch at the Four Seasons. Law enforcement then takes the information to government officials who respond by writing the thief and the resellers a check from what is left of your checking account. They decide this too over lunch, perhaps also at the Four Seasons and on your dime.
Colombia's desert war
The counter-drugs strategy of the United States is clearly failing. UN figures cited in the Guardian this week show that the cultivation of coca, the plant from which cocaine is derived, has surged in the Andes. The most dramatic rise has been in Colombia, the only country in the region that allows the use of pesticides to eradicate coca leaf - a policy promoted and funded by the US.
The Obama Deception
The Obama Deception is a hard-hitting film that completely destroys the myth that Barack Obama is working for the best interests of the American people. The Obama phenomenon is a hoax carefully crafted by the captains of the New World Order. He is being pushed as savior in an attempt to con the American people into accepting global slavery. We have reached a critical juncture in the New World Order's plans. and only by exposing the con can we help to save freedom in America. The Obama Deception is not about Left or Right: it's about a One World Government. The international banks plan to loot the people of the United States and turn them into slaves on a Global Plantation. Covered in this film: who Obama works for, what lies he has told, and his real agenda, and how his initial appointments and actions prove he serves the corporate oligarchs, not the American people.
New Army Weapon Aims to Fry Gadgets, People
Electronics-frying "e-bombs" have been discussed for decades — but rarely, if ever, deployed. Knocking out computers and communications gear with electromagnetic radiation is nice, but commanders prefer the proven method: blowing stuff up.
HK investors sue US banks over Lehman losses
Hong Kong investors in minibonds backed by failed financial services firm Lehman Brothers have filed a class-action suit against HSBC and Bank of New York Mellon, in a bid to recover at least some of their losses, their spokesman said on Saturday.
Investigator uses phony documents to get passports
Using phony documents and the identities of a dead man and a 5-year-old boy, a government investigator obtained U.S. passports in a test of post-9/11 security. Despite efforts to boost passport security since the 2001 terror attacks, the investigator fooled passport and postal service employees four out of four times, according to a new report made public Friday.
House Bill will ensure future Presidents are qualified
No offense to the citizens of Kenya, or any other nation for that matter, but the current president of the United States Barack Hussein Obama II is spending a great deal of his campaign supporter's money fending off what should be a really simple discovery: the vault version of his original birth certificate.
Beverly Hills pawnshops snap up artwork, Rolexes
An original Kandinsky, an Andy Warhol, a grand piano and Rolexes by the dozen: as the economic crisis bites even the filthy rich are hocking prized possessions to pay the bills.
A Trashed Economy Foretold
Along with the stock market and the foreclosure rate, a less-heralded barometer has signaled the arrival of hard times: the landfill.
In an extravagantly wasteful society that typically puts 254 million tons of unwanted stuff at the curb to be thrown away each year, landfill managers say they knew something was amiss in the economy when they saw trash levels start steadily dropping last year. Now, some are reporting declines as sharp as 30 percent.
Coal companies, utilities, economists and environmentalists are vying to shape legislation that could rechannel hundreds of billions of dollars from one part of the economy to others. The sense of urgency has been heightened by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman's push to have a bill ready by the end of May; the California Democrat plans to circulate a draft in about two weeks.
President Barack Obama: A Fraud You Can Believe In
By Herb Denenberg
He says almost all Americans will get a tax cut, but then proposes a carbon tax that will assure almost all Americans will get a tax increase. He promised to put the country on a pay-as-you-go basis, but he’s setting records for deficits, national debt, spending, destroying wealth and for spend-as-you-go politics.
Agent accuses Sutton of cover-up in drug murders
A Mexican national's appeal in federal court for asylum because of his work as an American government-paid informant against the drug cartel marked another chapter in a case in which a former Drug Enforcement Agency special agent continues to allege the U.S. government – including U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton – is hiding its complicity in the cartel's murder of more than a dozen people.
Pakistan Tension Rises as Zadari Aide Quits, Protests Mount
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari faces mounting public disorder after protest leaders defied arrest threats and a key minister quit over moves to block media coverage of demonstrations.
The End Of Money
By Philip Jones
As our world shakes and reels from the shock waves of the current financial crisis; there are still those who believe naively that what is now occurring is part of some cyclical `ebb and flow` in the evolution of the worlds financial markets, which will in time, begin to recover and once again, the good times will return.
I have some bad news for those `optimists`! There will be no recovery. What is happening now is as David Icke has written at length, part of a grand strategy to create a New World Order, a `One World State` with a World Government, World Army, World Bank, World Currency, World Religion and a vastly reduced population of micro chipped slaves.
Madoff's lawyers want him freed pending sentencing
Bernard Madoff’s lawyers, seeking to have the convicted money-manager released from a high- security prison before he’s sentenced in June, asked a federal appeals court set aside a judge’s order that he be jailed.
Madoff reveals $823 million life of luxury
Court documents released Friday show that Bernard Madoff and his wife Ruth lived a life of high luxury, with exclusive homes, yachts and other assets worth 823 million dollars.
Israel violates Free Trade Agreement as US loses $71 billion
According to a study conducted by the Washington DC based Institute for Research: Middle East Policy (IRmep) of documents released only last year, the United States has lost more than $71 billion in the deal and the equivalent of an average of 100,000 jobs in each of the past 10 years alone.
Obama's economics guru defends deficit spending
Lawrence Summers, President Barack Obama's closest economic adviser, broke a long public silence on Friday, asserting that today's economic problems stem from an unsustainable financial model, and he defended heavy deficit spending as a necessary evil to restore the economy to health.
Obama and the Triumph of the Fabians
In 1945, the United Kingdom implemented a program of change at the hands of a new left wing government. The structure of support built up in previous decades, the way change was sold to the public, outcomes themselves have much to teach us about America's future.
Obama's New Tack: Blaming Bush
By Scott Wilson
In his inaugural address, President Obama proclaimed "an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics."
