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WORLD NEWS
Rift between Brazil, Turkey, US deepens over Iran fuel deal
The US clashed with Brazil and Turkey on Friday over the next steps on Iran, with US officials saying a proposed atomic fuel deal for Tehran must not derail the UN drive to impose new sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program.
North Korea Warns UN to Be Wary of False Evidence of Sinking
North Korea warned the United Nations to be wary of evidence that it said falsely accuses the country of torpedoing a South Korean warship, likening the case to the U.S.-led war against Iraq in 2003.
Flashback - The Architecture of Terror: Mapping the Network Behind 9-11
This chapter examines an extensive Zionist criminal network, which the evidence indicates is behind the crime of the century. The information in this chapter, which comes from material in the public domain, strongly supports the thesis that senior officers from Israeli military intelligence agencies were the chief architects of the false-flag terror of 9-11.
Iran narrowly wins UN nuclear battle
To its annoyance, Israel found that the US did not block a proposal to hold a one-off conference in 2012 on setting up such a zone. In addition Israel was named for not being a party to the treaty and for not having its nuclear activities under international inspection. Being named like this is always regarded as a diplomatic defeat.
Pakistan, Iran sign major gas pipeline pact
The Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline sovereign guarantee agreement was signed on Friday.
Afghanistan: Drone crew rebuked for civilian deaths
The US military has reprimanded the six operators of an unmanned drone aircraft which mistakenly targeted a civilian convoy in Afghanistan. At least 23 people were killed in the attack in Uruzgan province on 21 February.
East Jerusalem eviction orders threaten new embarrassment for Netanyahu
As PM heads to Washington to expunge memories of row with U.S. over Jewish building in the capital, settlers' push to oust Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah risks reigniting tensions.
Free Gaza: We're on our way!
After tremendous pressure from the Greek Cypriots, reneging on their agreement with us http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/cyprus-stops-mps-joining-gaza-flotilla/20100529, we were forced to take our MPs and activists to Famagusta yesterday, on the Turkish/Cypriot side of Cyprus. We spent all day going from one port to the next, surrounded by helicopters and police.
A blockade on Israel
Israel is finding it increasingly difficult to explain the rationale behind the blockade to the rest of the world. If it is intended to prevent Qassam rocket fire on Israel, then what was the reason for Operation Cast Lead? If Israel wants to use the blockade to put more pressure on the people of Gaza until they rise up against Hamas and topple it, or to spur Hamas to respond to the Israeli pressure, then the past four years have shown that this policy has failed.
Turkish PM says West unfair, insincere in Iran row: report
Turkey's prime minister Saturday accused Western powers of lacking a "fair and sincere" approach on Iran in a mounting row over a nuclear swap deal with Tehran, Anatolia news agency reported.
Landmark conference agrees steps towards nuclear-free Mid-East
All 189 signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) have backed a declaration calling for talks in 2012 to establish a nuclear weapon-free zone in the Middle East, bringing to a close a month-long conference on nuclear disarmament.
Israel rejects call to join anti-nuclear treaty
Israel on Saturday rejected as "flawed and hypocritical" a declaration by signatories of a global anti-nuclear arms treaty that urged it to sign the pact and make its atomic facilities subject to U.N. inspections.
South Korea, Japan united against North Korea
SKorea and Japan vowed to stand united against N.Korea in a showdown over a sunken ship, raising pressure on China which has been reluctant to join other countries in condemning Pyongyang.
Thousands in Lisbon protest against austerity cuts
Tens of thousands marched in Lisbon on Saturday against the government's austerity measures, with the leader of Portugal's top union vowing to intensify resistance but stopping short of calling a strike.
US acknowledges mistaken attack on Afghan civilians
The US military acknowledged today killing 23 civilians and wounding 12 others earlier this year after mistaking them for a convoy of Taliban insurgents.
Most Guantanamo detainees low-level fighters, task force report says
About 10 percent of the 240 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, when President Obama took office were “leaders, operatives and facilitators involved in plots against the United States,” but the majority were low-level fighters, according to a previously undisclosed government report.
Thai PM lifts curfew but casts doubt on 2010 poll
Thailand's premier on Saturday lifted a curfew imposed across about one third of the country, including Bangkok, in the wake of deadly anti-government protests, saying the situation was now under control.
China pressed to act over N.Korea
China came under intensified pressure from South Korea and Japan on Saturday to join global efforts to punish North Korea over the sinking of a South Korean warship in March.
Rafsanjani boosts pressure on Iran regime before anniversary
Opposition sympathiser and powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has ratcheted up the pressure on the Iranian regime ahead of the first anniversary of the disputed presidential election.
Web Addict Pair Jailed For Letting Baby Starve
A South Korean couple have been jailed after their baby starved to death while they raised a virtual child online.
British Prime Minister David Cameron's Roots in Jewish Banking, Opium
David Cameron's forebears have a long history in financial racketeering. His great-great grandfather, Emile Levita, a German Jew, was related to the German-Jewish Goldsmid banking family, and obtained British citizenship in 1871. He was the director of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.
U.S. 'deplores' singling out of Israel at nuclear conference
189 signatories of Non-Proliferation Treaty back a declaration proposing a 2012 conference to discuss banning nuclear weapons from the Middle East.
Russia objects to Patriot missiles
There is no justification for the United States to deploy Patriot missiles in Poland near its border with Russia, a Russian official said Friday.
S. Korea's military reviewing further measures against North
South Korea is preparing to take additional measures against North Korea as it sees the possibility of limited violence by the North amid escalating tensions over Pyongyang's sinking of a Seoul warship, a senior military official said Friday.
Yemen Al Qaeda video announces a new leader
A fugitive Saudi Arabian man, who was once detained at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo, was named as a senior member of Al Qaeda's Yemen wing, according to a tape by the group shown on al Arabiya television on Friday.
Israel Charges 2 Leading Palestinian Activists with Espionage
The Israeli government meanwhile continues its crackdown on Palestinian activists who campaign for the equal treatment for Israel’s Arab citizens.
UK Defence chiefs gag damning Iraq invasion findings
Highly critical comments by a senior army officer asked to conduct a study of the circumstances surrounding the invasion of Iraq have been suppressed on the orders of the country's top defence officials, the Guardian has learned.
Flotilla set for final leg of Gaza blockade-busting bid
Hundreds of activists on Friday braced for the final leg of their attempt to bust the Gaza Strip embargo, a bid Israel vowed to defeat as each side accused the other of violating international law.
Israel’s Disinformation Campaign Against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
For over four years, Israel has subjected the civilian population of Gaza to an increasingly severe blockade, resulting in a man-made humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions. Earlier this month, John Ging, the Director of Operations of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza, called upon the international community to break the siege on the Gaza Strip by sending ships loaded with humanitarian aid. This weekend, 9 civilian boats carrying 700 human rights workers from 40 countries and 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid will attempt to do just that: break through the Israel’s illegal military blockade on the Gaza Strip in non-violent direct action.
Spoken like a true psychopath: Israeli foreign minister Lieberman claims Gaza Freedom Flotilla is 'violent'
Foreign minister says 'there is no humanitarian crisis in Strip,' calls fleet of aid ship en route to Gaza 'an attempt at violent propaganda against Israel.' We will not allow violation of our sovereignty, he adds.
Study: Occupied Baghdad is least livable city on planet
The Iraq war is still being touted by Washington and the Pentagon as a war for progress and stability in the region. A study released May 26, however, reveals a radically different reality.
DPRK says unrelated to "Cheonan" incident
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Friday it was unrelated to the sinking of the South Korean warship "Cheonan" in March, urging Seoul to receive inspectors from the DPRK.
The Black Hole of Bagram
On Friday, the Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., delivered a genuinely disturbing ruling (PDF) regarding prisoners in the U.S. prison at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, which has turned the clock back to the darkest days of the Bush administration, before prisoners seized in the “war on terror” had any recourse to justice if they claimed they had been seized by mistake.
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U.S. NEWS
Sestak Case Puts Rahm Emanuel's Backroom Politics Back in Spotlight
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who enlisted the help of his former boss Bill Clinton to approach a congressman about sitting out a Senate primary race, has been involved in several political controversies during his 20-year-plus career in Washington. And the current controversy is only the latest for Emanuel in the past 16 months, since he joined the Obama administration.
Flashback - Who Runs the Obama White House?
The day after Barack Obama was elected president, the Israeli press proudly proclaimed that the new president had chosen an Israeli, Rahm Emanuel, to manage the new administration. "Obama's first pick: Israeli Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff" was the Ha'aretz headline of November 6, 2008. The controlled press in the United States, however, keeps the American public unaware that Obama's new chief of staff is an Israeli, with terrorist roots and a sworn loyalty to the state of Israel.
Oil spill hearings: BP didn't test mud prior to critical pipeline procedure, driller testifies
BP decided not to perform a test on the mud at the bottom of the well before starting to place the final cement lining that may have been the source of gas that eventually blew out the well, according to testimony at investigative hearings in Kenner.
Coast Guard Tells Louisiana Residents Oil Spill is not an Environmental Disaste
Two days before the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced that the Deepwater Horizon accident had easily eclipsed the Exxon Valdez disaster as the nation’s worst-ever oil spill, U.S. Coast Guard representative Edward Stanton downplayed the seriousness of the matter at a town hall meeting in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. “I don’t consider this an environmental disaster,” Stanton told an audience of concerned fishermen and local residents. “But it is an economic disaster.”
US House approves Iran sanction
The US House of Representatives on Friday voted to bar companies that do business with Iran's energy sector or provide Tehran with sensitive weapons technology from getting US military contracts.
Obama to Arizona Governor: Don't Call Me, I'll Call You
President Obama has turned down Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's request to meet while she's in Washington next week as tensions mount between his administration and Arizona over the state's new law cracking down on illegal immigrants.
Effort to Plug Well Faces Another Setback
As BP engineers failed again to plug the gushing oil well on Saturday, officials said that the company was eyeing other options to stem the flow spreading into the Gulf of Mexico.
Phoenix-area hospitals fight highly toxic 'supergerm'
Maricopa County health officials have confirmed that a relatively new, extremely toxic strain of bacteria has been found in hospitals and other health-care facilities in the Valley.
Immigration rallies drawing crowds to Phoenix
Thousands of people from around the country marched to the Arizona state Capitol on Saturday to protest the state's tough new crackdown on illegal immigration.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer abruptly suspends state's attorney general from illegal immigrant law defense
Late Friday night as the Memorial Day weekend began, Arizona's Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, in effect, suspended the state's Democratic attorney general from defending the new law in upcoming legal challenges.
GOP Senate hopes ride with tea party activists
In Kentucky, the Republican Senate candidate stumbles over a question on racial segregation. In Connecticut, the party's hopes rest on an executive who banked millions on female wrestlers in skimpy outfits. In Nevada, one contender wants to phase out Social Security and another suggests trading chickens for medical care.
How the Sestak job offer became a big deal
Party leaders and campaign operatives — on nearly a daily basis — approach challenger candidates seeking to disrupt the established political order with a simple message: Get out or else.
AZ Conservative Blog Airs McCain Dirty Laundry
There is a longstanding story of POWs in Viet Nam, even ones who have returned home and are living today in the US, who were betrayed and forgotten.
Demonstrators Denied Permit for WTC Mosque Protest
The organizers of a massive June 6 rally opposing the Ground Zero mosque are not allowed to protest at their planned location in Zuccotti Park.
What BP does not want you to see (Video)
On Good Morning America, correspondent Sam Champion and Philippe Cousteau Jr. explore the toxic plumes of dispersed oil floating beneath the waves in the Gulf of Mexico.
San Jose union begins organizing pot workers
A major California labor union is organizing medical cannabis workers in Oakland, a move that analysts say will help efforts to legalize marijuana and open the door for the union to organize thousands more workers if state voters pass a measure in November to allow recreational marijuana use by adults.
Barack Obama to 'take charge' of Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Mr Obama seized ownership of what he called a "tremendous catastrophe," after weeks of allowing Cabinet members take the public lead as the crippled BP PLC well spewed millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf from nearly a mile (1,500 meters) below the surface.
Senate passes military spending bill
The U.S. Senate approved $60 billion for Afghanistan and Iraq after rejecting a Republican plan to send the National Guard to the Mexican border.
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words
Screenshots of the Government’s Admission That James O’Keefe Did Not Attempt to Tamper With Landrieu’s Phones
The New Black Panthers “Prepare For War” With The Tea Party
It is unclear why the New Black Panthers are worried about the Tea Party. After all, they have Eric Holder on their side. He dismissed voter intimidation charges after the government had a default judgment conviction.
As Dean, Elena Kagan Moved Harvard Away From Requiring Law Students to Study Constitutional Law
Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama’s choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court, is best known for moving Harvard Law School away from the 100-year old “case-law method” of legal study.
White House Asked Bill Clinton to Urge Sestak to Drop Out of Senate Race
The White House asked former President Bill Clinton to talk to Rep. Joe Sestak about the possibility of obtaining a senior position in the Obama administration if he would drop out of the Democratic primary race against establishment-backed Sen. Arlen Specter, the Obama administration said in a report released Friday morning.
Ron Paul Introduces the Private Option Health Care Act (HR 5444)
Increasing choice, lowering costs, and empowering Americans to make their own health care choices.
Poll finds anger over country's leaders
Americans are increasingly optimistic about the economy, but that brightening outlook hasn't softened their outrage over the country's direction and its political leadership, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds.
Third Giant Underwater Oil Plume Discovered
A Louisiana scientist said his crew had located another vast plume of oily globs, miles in the opposite direction.
80% Favor Auditing the Federal Reserve
Eighty percent (80%) of Americans now agree with Congress that auditing the Federal Reserve Board is a good idea, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
New, Giant Sea Oil Plume Seen In Gulf
Marine scientists have discovered a massive new plume of what they believe to be oil deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico, stretching 22 miles (35 kilometers) from the leaking wellhead northeast toward Mobile Bay, Alabama.
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MONEY & MARKETS
Europe: A Continent Of Lies And Broken Promises; How The EU Elite Got It Wrong On The Euro
Openeurope.org.uk has put together a paper of the most blatant half-truths, propaganda, and outright lies, abused by Europe not only over the past month, but also over the past 10 years, for the entire duration of the now rapidly collapsing eurozone experiment.
One Out Of Every Ten U.S. Banks Is Now On The FDIC’s Problem List – Do You Know If Your Bank Is Safe?
Do you know if your bank will be there next month? For a growing number of Americans, that is becoming a very real question. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that 775 banks (approximately ten percent of all U.S. banks) are now on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's list of "problem" banks.
Dow Ends Worst May Since 1940
U.S. stocks slid, capping the worst May for the Dow Jones Industrial Average since 1940, while the euro slumped and Treasuries rose as a downgrade of Spain’s debt rating and escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula triggered a flight from riskier assets.
It's the Bailout of the Banksters Before Greece Is Taken Down
WSJ has a remarkably to the point story explainning why Greece will end up restructuring, but that there will be a delay until the banksters are protected.
Fitch downgrades Spain, ECB warns of contagion
Fitch downgraded Spain's credit rating on Friday, a day after the country adopted austerity measures, demonstrating the difficulty of steering out of the euro zone debt crisis with budget cuts that restrict growth.
Regulators Shut 3 Fla. Banks, 1 in Calif.
Regulators on Friday shut down three affiliated banks in Florida and a small California bank, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 77.
Why commercial real estate will plunge FDIC insured banks into closure.
The commercial real estate bust is in full swing. This $3 trillion mortgage market is standing to push hundreds of banks into failure and adding additional strain to the embattled FDIC.
World Gold Council Sees Ever Greater Demand For Gold, As “Consumers Become Accustomed To Higher Prices”
The WGC expects that demand for gold is likely to be strong during 2010 driven by jewellery demand in India and China and investment demand in Europe and the USA.
For some people, CDOs aren't a four-letter word
Collateralized debt obligations are as hard to love as they are to fathom. The scourge of the financial world, these complex subprime mortgage-linked securities caused hundreds of billions of dollars in losses for banks, hedge funds and insurers.
Matt Taibbi: Wall Street's War
Congress looked serious about finance reform – until America's biggest banks unleashed an army of 2,000 paid lobbyists
Bond Sales Fall to Least in Decade, Yields Soar: Credit Markets
Companies sold the least amount of bonds in a decade this month as concern Europe’s sovereign debt crisis will slow the global economy drove up relative borrowing costs by the most since the aftermath of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s collapse.
FASB’s mark-to-mayhem
The US Financial Accounting Standards Board has published a proposal that would require banks to report the fair value of most of the loans on their books, in other words, do the dreaded mark-to-market. At the moment they can hold a hefty portion of them at amortised cost.
French Strikes Are Already Breaking Out, And Austerity Has Barely Been Mentioned Yet
Let’s just say that when France’s fiscal crunch time comes, as it has for Greece and Spain already, it’s going to be inordinately difficult to push through austerity measures. Probably more so than most European nations.
"Housing Production Credit Crisis"?
There is still a large overhang of existing housing units (at the current price). The last thing we need is more production - and then sticking the U.S. taxpayers with more bad loans.
Geithner tells Europe: emulate China
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday Europe should follow China's lead and boost growth since US consumers can no longer support the global economy alone.
Bankruptcy talk spreads among Calif. muni officials
Two years after Vallejo, California, filed for bankruptcy protection, officials in nearby Antioch are also tossing around the ‘B’ word.
Dollar Primed for Collapse by End June: Charts
The dollar's recent strength has been explained by most market analysts as a result of the euro weakness rather than any fundamental support for the greenback. In fact, a closer look at the dollar's chart - particularly the dollar index - suggests the currency may be primed for a collapse.
Tarpley: “A casino economy of globalization”
Webster Tarpley says that the whole point of Timothy Geithner’s visit is to make the world safe for derivatives, speculation and this casino economy of globalization.
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COMMENTARY
Worth Re-reading This Memorial Day: "War is a Racket"
By Major General Smedley Butler, USMC - Double recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor
"I spent 33 years and 4 months in active service as a member of our country's most agile military force--the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to Major General. And during that period I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism. I suspected I was part of a racket all the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all members of the military profession I never had an original thought until I left the service."
Building What? How SCADs Can Be Hidden in Plain Sight
By David Ray Griffin
At 5:21 PM on 9/11, Building 7 of the World Trade Center collapsed, even though it had not been hit by a plane – a fact that is important because of the widespread acceptance of the idea, in spite of its scientific absurdity, that the Twin Towers collapsed because of the combined effect of the impact of the airliners plus the ensuing jet-fuel-fed fires. The collapse of World Trade Center 7 (WTC 7) thereby challenges the official account of the destruction of the World Trade Center, according to which it was accomplished by al-Qaeda hijackers, even if one accepts the government’s scientifically impossible account of the Twin Towers.
China’s Currency Manipulation: About to Cause a Global Explosion?
By Bryan Rich
Here’s the problem: The global trade imbalance driven by China’s cheap currency is a recipe for more frequent boom and bust cycles. So this issue has to be addressed.
Too Many Wars Waged
By Gary Howard
The “War on Drugs,” like the “War on Terror,” ends up being an undertaking with no definable victory in sight. No matter how vigorously the federal government prosecutes its “war” on drugs, people will still use drugs.
Iran deserves a break
By Zhai Dequan
The international community should let Teheran go ahead with its nuclear program for civilian use The recent tripartite agreement on nuclear-material swapping among Iran, Turkey and Brazil shows that influential countries other than major Western powers have started helping resolve sensitive global issues.
The Coming Iran War
MJ Rosenberg
The same forces -- with a few new additions and minus a few smart defectors -- who pushed the United States into a needless and deadly war with Iraq are now organizing for the next war.
How Americans Can Win The War Against Illegal Immigration
By William Gheen
The illegal immigration issue is reaching a fever pitch again in America with President Obama pushing for new Amnesty legislation, the state of Arizona setting the bar higher for state enforcement our immigration laws, and the President of Mexico insulting our citizens by demanding that his citizens be immune from our existing immigration laws.
Jonathan Kay's mendacious propaganda: Is this the only "argument" the anti-truthers have?
Kay begins his piece by labeling Hart a "9/11 conspiracy theorist." In fact, anyone who thinks 9/11 was planned and carried out by more than one person must offer a theory about what is by definition a conspiracy. Therefore anyone who discusses responsibility for 9/11 is literally a conspiracy theorist. Unfortunately, this universal and thus completely empty term is often employed as an ad-hominem insult by those who have no rational or empirical arguments to back up their own conspiracy theory that 19 Arabs with box cutters and a guy in a cave on dialysis did 9/11.
The Strategic Ally Myth
By Philip Giraldi
It is difficult to understand why anyone would take Mort Zuckerman seriously. He is a New York based but Canadian born Israel firster who made a fortune in real estate before buying The New York Daily News and the US News and World Report. He now fancies himself as a leading journalist and political commentator. Zuckerman is frequently spotted on the television talking head circuit where he dispenses analysis of international events that could have been crafted in Tel Aviv or Herzliya, where the Israeli intelligence service Mossad has its headquarters.
Who are the real "crazies" in our political culture?
By Glenn Greenwald
One of the favorite self-affirming pastimes of establishment Democratic and Republican pundits is to mock anyone and everyone outside of the two-party mainstream as crazy, sick lunatics. That serves to bolster the two political parties as the sole arbiters of what is acceptable: anyone who meaningfully deviates from their orthodoxies are, by definition, fringe, crazy losers.
Killing Hostages–Financial Meltdown in Greece Israel’s Warning to the Rest of the World
By Mark Glenn
The only way for this dog to truly be free is for him to either chew through the rope holding him back or else bite the hand that feeds him. Anything less is a declaration of surrender and a consignment to a lifetime of enslavement.
Felix Zulauf on King World News: Deflaton; Hyperinflation; Currency Reform
Felix Zulauf has been a member of Barron’s Roundtable for over 20 years. Investors have only read about Felix in Barron’s because he simply does not give interviews outside of Barron’s, but Felix was kind enough to give us his thoughts on where we are at this critical stage of history in this exclusive for King World News listeners.
What's Really Wrong with the Healthcare Industry
By Vijay Boyapati
One of the most important factors animating the libertarian rejection of public policy in general is the recognition that any state action must ultimately resort to the use or threat of aggression.
The Battle for Kandahar & The “Perceptions” of American Victory
By Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould,
The upcoming campaign for the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar will be the crucial test for the United States’ military and the Obama administration’s AfPak strategy. It will clearly be an epic military battle and a test of the intellectual movement for counterinsurgency within the military known as COIN. But, like the battle for Marja in February, will the battle for Kandahar be more about the “perceptions” of American victory than about real success?
Open Your Eyes (Video)
Hopefully this video will open some eyes and get people to think about what's really happening in the world today.
Extend & Pretend: Its Either RICO Act Or Control Fraud
By Gordon T Long
After nearly two years since the greatest financial malfeasants in history and ten years since the last public example of financial crime, the public haven’t seen a single CEO sentenced to hard time for the financial meltdown.
Iraq: Paralyzed, Dejected, Corrupt
By Patrick Cockburn
Seven years after the US and Britain invaded Iraq the country remains highly unstable and fragmented.
Hemp for Victory!
By Patrick Reagan
Today, more than ever, there exists a need to drastically rethink hemp and the opportunities and security it can provide for struggling Americans.
With Just Six Words, Ron Paul Can Box in the Republican Establishment in November
By Gary North
The six words are: Public Law 111-148 is hereby repealed.
Was America The “Golden Goose?”
By Gordon Duff
How can Americans explain the Federal Reserve system when none of us understand Afghanistan, our current war, where we are now supporting opium growers and spending billions arming people to fight us who are fighting us only because we are, curiously enough, paying them to. Why would Americans arm the Taliban, protect poppy fields and prevent Afghanistan from establishing a democratic government? Is America, just maybe, run by organized crime?
Ezra Pound on Money
By Carolina Hartley
The way to fix the situation is to dissolve the Federal Reserve; force Congress to manage money supply as described in the Constitution; and vote the venal or incompetent out of office.
Sometimes conspiracy theories are true
By Alexander Cockburn
Unlike the French or the Italians, for whom conspiracies are an integral part of government activity, acknowledged by all, Americans have been temperamentally prone to discount them. Reflecting its audience, the press follows suit. Editors and reporters like to offer themselves as hardened cynics, following the old maxim “Never believe anything till it is officially denied,” but in truth, they are touchingly credulous, ever inclined to trust the official version, at least until irrefutable evidence—say, the failure to discover a single WMD in Iraq—compels them finally to a darker view.
Their cure will kill us! Michel Chossudovsky on State of Financial Emergency
Economist Michel Chossudovsky gives his assessment of what's going on in the world of finances. He believes the worst of the global crisis is yet to come and all the measures taken to stop it are actually hurting the economy.
BP - Beyond Prosecution
By Jim Kirwan
British Petroleum ought not to be 'Beyond Prosecution' and yet that appears to be exactly what the 'BP' stands for. The political failure to look back twenty years ago into the Exxon-Valdez oil spill that enabled the massive failures throughout the Deepwater Horizon blowout.
Equality Is Important—But It Isn’t Enough
By Bart Hinkle
The second thing worth noting is that, while liberals find inequality across race and gender classes invidious, many seem to find nothing wrong with an inequality between the enlightened few and the great unwashed. Large swaths of the knowledge class seem almost wistful about the idea of a dictatorship of the professional elite to oversee the lumpen proletariat.
Is the U.S. Government Planning War to Quell the Tide of Economic Unrest?
By Gary D. Barnett
United States wars are virtually all wars of aggression, so it is quite evident that U.S. wars are “fought” for reasons other than self-defense.
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PRISON PLANET
Congress Cracks Down On Anonymous Prepaid Cellphones
Prepaid cellphones have long been used by unsavory criminal types, which is understandable! They're anonymous, inexpensive, and did I mention anonymous already? But now that we know the alleged Times Square bomber one, regulators have gotten out their regulatin' stick.
Endangered Species Act
It's not about saving species. It's about spending taxpayer money and making some groups wealthy
Darpa’s Beady-Eyed Camera Spots the ‘Non-Cooperative’
Soon, keeping your head down won’t be enough to stump high-tech security cameras, thanks to Pentagon-funded researchers developing mini-cameras that can nab threats by hunting down — and scanning — their eyeballs.
Government Wants to Monitor Networks of All Critical Infrastructure Providers
Companies that operate critical infrastructures and do not voluntarily allow the federal government to install monitoring software on their networks to detect possible cyberattacks would face the “wild” internet on their own and place us all at risk, a top Pentagon official seemed to say Wednesday.
‘Death panels’ were an overblown claim — until now
As it becomes apparent that that ObamaCare is unsustainable, the calls for controlling its costs through rationing will grow louder.
Toronto Police Purchased 4 “Sound Cannons” For G20
The truck-mounted model can emit an ear-splitting 143 decibels, far above the pain threshold of 110 to 120dB.
Police State: Cops Shut Down 7 Yr. Old’s Lemonade Stand
Police in Tulare, California shutdown the lemonade stand of a 7 year-old girl because she did not hold a permit or registered location. The girl and her family appealed to city council and have drawn media attention since.
Immigration Revolution Brewing
Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) has announced that nearly a dozen and a half states are now filing versions of Arizona’s S.B. 1070 law, designed to help local police enforce America’s existing immigration laws.
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The sinking of the Cheonan: Another Gulf of Tonkin incident
While the South Korean government announced on May 20 that it has overwhelming evidence that one of its warships was sunk by a torpedo fired by a North Korean submarine, there is, in fact, no direct link between North Korea and the sunken ship. And it seems very unlikely that North Korea had anything to do with it. That’s not my conclusion. It’s the conclusion of Won See-hoon, director of South Korea’s National Intelligence.
US troops won’t be used to stop illegal immigration: US
US National Guard troops being sent to the Mexican border will be used to stem the flow of guns and drugs across the frontier and not to enforce US immigration laws, the State Department said Wednesday.
Feds moving closer to challenge of Arizona immigration law
Several national news organizations are reporting that a Justice Department legal team is drafting a plan to challenge Arizona’s new immigration law, SB 1070.
The Big Lie Selling You War With North Korea
Anyone with half a brain realizes that the US Government, unable to gain support for an invasion of Iran, has changed gears and decided that North Korea will be the next step towards World War III.
US money supply plunges at 1930s pace as Obama eyes fresh stimulus
The M3 money supply in the United States is contracting at an accelerating rate that now matches the average decline seen from 1929 to 1933, despite near zero interest rates and the biggest fiscal blitz in history.
Paper: Financial Crisis Worse Than 2008
Mervyn King, the Bank of England Governor, summed it up best: “Dealing with a banking crisis was difficult enough,” he said the other week, “but at least there were public-sector balance sheets on to which the problems could be moved. Once you move into sovereign debt, there is no answer; there’s no backstop.”
Tax dollars perpetuate global-warming fiction
With public faith in the global-warming myth on the wane, leftist zealots are desperate to spin a new tale – and they’re spending your tax money to do it.
Senior BBC Mideast Correspondent: "Here's what may have REALLY happened on 9/11"
Breaking his self-imposed rule against talking about 9/11, former Senior BBC Mideast Correspondent and author Alan Hart described what he thinks may have really happened on that fateful day on yesterday's Kevin Barrett show.
Threatening Mexico Tourist Ad Invokes Hunting Arizonans
An Arizona sheriff is calling on Mexican officials to apologize for a “threatening” advertisement that depicts a camouflage-clad man looking through binoculars with the words: “In Sonora we are looking for people from Arizona.”
North Korea warns of 'all-out war' as tensions build
North Korea denies sinking a South Korean warship and is threatening "all-out war" should its neighbour retaliate.
US plans naval exercises with South Korea: Pentagon
The US military on Monday said it will carry out anti-submarine and other naval exercises with South Korea in the “near future” after a North Korean sub sank a South Korean warship.
Covert U.S. operations authorized in secret order
A senior U.S. military commander issued a secret order last year that laid the ground for an escalation of covert operations across the Middle East and the Horn of Africa, officials said on Monday.
The Giant Banks, Federal Reserve and Treasury Have All Blackmailed America
Any way you look at it, the too big to fails are not needed and they are dragging our economy into a black hole. Like the sheriff in Blazing Saddles or Kendig's 1,000 pound men, they are playing us for fools.
Small businesses threatened with 1099 tax form tyranny provision in health care bill
According to a recent report from CNNMoney.com, the massive U.S. health care system overhaul includes more than just a transition to government-run medicine.
Secret Parliamentary Lobbying Video: “Give Our One World A Chance”
This leaked parliamentary lobbying video for private corporation Blackwell and Briggs essentially urges the government to concentrate advanced technology that can be used for surveillance into corporate hands, enabling the elimination of what it describes as “subversive” groups that pose a threat to the “one world” order.
Shadowy Schemers Converge on Spain
As the super-secret Trilateral Commission (TC) was meeting behind locked and guarded doors at the luxurious Four Seasons resort hotel in Dublin, Ireland May 8, participants were upset to learn that awareness of their evildoings was surging in the United States.
Obama Calls for Global Government: “A New International Order”
The President’s remarks come as the European Union teeters on the brink of collapse.
CAFR: U.S. agencies have billions, trillions in investments while crying budget deficits
What CAFRs reveal is a communist-style policy whereby the US taxpayers surrender enormous assets to the state, who then “invest” these collective trillions that swell in these accounts. Concurrently, taxpayers are informed of budget deficits to either squeeze more taxes from them and/or cut public services. To add insult to injury, the state lies in omission by never reminding Americans of their hard-earned and withheld trillions as they eliminate jobs, reduce education, and attack the quality of our lives.
Obama Pledges New “International Order” At West Point
President Obama on Saturday pledged to shape a new “international order” as part of a national security strategy that emphasizes his belief in global institutions and America’s role in promoting democratic values around the world.
US Begins Massive Military Build Up Around Iran, Sending Up To 4 New Carrier Groups In Region
As if uncontrollable economic contagion was not enough for the administration, Obama is now willing to add geopolitical risk to the current extremely precarious economic and financial situation.
Volcker Revelation: ‘Stiff’ New Tax Needed to Cover Obama Spending at 25% of GDP
“Stiff” new taxes? How about ’stiff’ new spending cuts. It’s no surprise spending like a drunken sailor (apology to drunken sailors everywhere) on shore leave isn’t sustainable.
Senate Passes Faux Financial “Reform” Bill
The Senate passed a financial “reform” bill which won’t fix any of the core problems in the financial system, and won’t prevent the next financial crisis.
House votes to expand national DNA arrest database
"It's wrong to treat someone as guilty before they're convicted," says Jim Harper, director of information policy studies at the Cato Institute. "It inverts the concept of innocent until proven guilty."
Mexican President Knocks Arizona Law From White House Lawn (Video)
Mexican President Felipe Calderon took the unusual step Wednesday morning of criticizing an American law while visiting the White House, saying cooperation is needed to fix the US-Mexican immigration issue but "such laws as the Arizona law that is forcing our people to face discrimination. If we are divided, we cannot overcome these problems."
Leaked Doc Proves Spain’s ‘Green’ Policies — the Basis for Obama’s — an Economic Disaster
Pajamas Media has received a leaked internal assessment produced by Spain’s Zapatero administration. The assessment confirms the key charges previously made by non-governmental Spanish experts in a damning report exposing the catastrophic economic failure of Spain’s “green economy” initiatives.
‘Naked’ scanners may increase cancer risk
US scientists are warning that radiation from controversial full-body airport scanners has been dangerously underestimated and could lead to an increased risk of skin cancer – particularly in children.
Blanchflower Says Another EU Aid Package ‘Inevitable’
Former Bank of England policy maker David G. Blanchflower said another euro-region rescue package “inevitably is going to come” and the euro’s “unstoppable” decline may lead to parity with the U.S. dollar.
Gates Foundation Suggests Sterilizing Males with Ultrasound
Among the 78 research projects to receive $100,000 grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation earlier this week as part of the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative, is an effort by researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, to develop a non-invasive, reversible form of birth control for men — using ultrasound.
Kerry – Lieberman: Corrupt Climate Science Used To Destroy US Economy
Lieberman American Power Act (APA) is a disastrous, unnecessary solution for a non-existent problem. Worse, it’s a problem that exists only in a grossly inadequate computer model whose projections have never been correct. It is predicated on the false assumption that an increase in CO2 causes a temperature increase.
Shining a Light on the Shadow Bank Lobby
These days, a “shadow bank lobby,” has played a prominent role in shaping the financial reform process, pushing amendments that will weaken consumer protections, water down regulation of the Wall Street casino, and increase the likelihood of continuing fraud and future bailouts.
Uncovered Audio: Obamas Regulatory Czar Pushes Creepy Plan For Legally Controlling Internet Information (Video)
Cass Sunstein: "Sometimes people don't do what's best for our society."
Greece Considering Legal Action Against U.S. Banks for Crisis
Greece is considering taking legal action against U.S. investment banks that might have contributed to the country’s debt crisis, Prime Minister George Papandreou said.
More troops hospitalized for mental health than any other reason
More U.S. troops were hospitalized for mental health disorders than any other reason in 2009.
Obama Administration Proposes Rolling Back Fifth and Sixth Amendments for Suspects
President Obama’s legal advisers are considering asking Congress to allow the government to detain terrorism suspects longer after their arrests before presenting them to a judge for an initial hearing, according to administration officials familiar with the discussions.
US faces one of biggest budget crunches in world – IMF
Exhibit a is the fact that under the Obama administration’s current fiscal plans, the national debt in the US (on a gross basis) will climb to above 100pc of GDP by 2015 – a far steeper increase than almost any other country.
Europe's fiscal Fascism brings British withdrawal ever closer
Just when you thought the EU could not go any further down the road towards authoritarian excess, it gets worse.
Mervyn King: “World’s Worst Financial Crisis Ever
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King says: We are still halfway through the world’s worst financial crisis ever.
Seymour Hersh: US troops executing prisoners in Afghanistan
Obama is merely continuing what Bush and the neocons began.
US faces same problems as Greece, says Bank of England
Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, fears that America shares many of the same fiscal problems currently haunting Europe.
The Bailout of Big American Banks Has Cost Trillions More Than We've Been Told
The bailout money is just going to line the pockets of the wealthy, instead of helping to stabilize the economy or even the companies receiving the bailouts.
EU bids for power over national budgets
Senior administrators of the European Union proposed on Wednesday that they be given unprecedented power to scrutinize the spending plans of countries before national parliaments vote on those budgets.
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