UK Eugenicists: We need a global initiative for population reduction A growing number of scientists are going where politicians fear to tread by calling for a wider public debate on the sensitive issue of the global human population, which is set to rise from the present 6.8 billion to perhaps 9 billion by 2050.
66% of Voters Are Angry At The Media Sixty-six percent (66%) of U.S. voters describe themselves as at least somewhat angry at the media, including 33% who are Very Angry.
Afghanistan Mineral Deposits Was “Economic Prize” All Along — Brzezinski News of the “Stunning discovery” of vast minerals in Afghanistan, first reported by James Risen in Sunday’s New York Times article, U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan, is rapidly spreading as “good news.” Well, unfortunately for mainstream media, this is old news and a well-documented motivation for the War in Afghanistan by the global elite.
G20 Security Officials Prepare For Black Bloc As the government defends the more than $1 billion security price tag attached to the upcoming G8 and G20 summits security experts suggest authorities should be preparing to deal with a familiar group of anti-globalization activists known for instigating violence.
Flashback - Police Provocateurs at SPP Sumitt (Video) Peaceful protesters stop police provocateurs from starting a riot at the Stop the SPP protests in Montebello Quebec in 2007. The police admitted they were thier officers.
UN to deliver Gaza cargo on ships seized by Israel
The United Nations has agreed to deliver to Gaza cargo aboard three aid ships seized by Israel on May 31 and has won the consent of Israel and the cargo’s Turkish owners to do so, a UN envoy said Tuesday.
Charity to sue Israel in Britain over flotilla raid A UK-registered charity said on Tuesday it was planning legal action in Britain on behalf of activists who were detained by Israel after a deadly raid on their Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month.
G8 Summit invites 10 extra nations The G8 Summit in southern Ontario's cottage country will include 10 other countries, and that has invited concerns and criticisms from politicians and activists.
UN for 'thorough' Israeli probe into bloody raid on Gaza ship The United Nations has underlined the need for a "thorough Israeli investigation" into the bloody raid on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla on May 31 as the world body said the Secretary-General's proposal for an international inquiry remains on the table.
BP Lines Up War Chest Sky News has exclusively learnt that BP is lining up a £5bn war chest from banks to help meet the costs of the oil spill.
Kyrgyz humanitarian crisis grows as refugees stranded
Thousands desperate to flee ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan pleaded in vain Tuesday to pass through the sealed border into Uzbekistan, powerless to escape a growing humanitarian catastrophe engulfing the country.
Britain finally says sorry for Bloody Sunday killings The British government finally apologised Tuesday for Bloody Sunday, one of Northern Ireland's darkest days in which 13 people died, calling the killings "unjustified and unjustifiable".
Afghan chief killed in area key to NATO efforts The chief of a district key to NATO counter-insurgency efforts in Afghanistan was killed by a car bomb on Tuesday, as four alliance troops died in attacks across the country.
Bilderberg Guttenberg makes flying visit to navy fleet heading for Iran Bilderberg German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg made a flying visit to nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman at an undisclosed position in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily on June 14, 2010.
Dubai Hit: Ireland Sends Diplomat Packing An Israeli diplomat is to be expelled from Ireland after an investigation into the alleged Mossad use of forged Irish passports to assassinate a Hamas official.
EU to introduce new Iran sanctions The EU will increase the pressure on Iran on Thursday by unveiling more sanctions, including banning investment in the country's key energy sector.
North Korea warns U.N. council of military "follow-up" North Korea’s UN envoy said on Tuesday that any UN Security Council action over the sinking of a South Korean naval ship that was hostile to Pyongyang would have a military “follow-up.”
Kyrgyzstan carnage: 700 feared dead as looting, riots surge An official death toll of 170 and tens of thousands fleeing the country. Southern Kyrgyzstan is facing an humanitarian crisis, as ethnic Uzbeks desperately try to escape the violence that's been targeted against them. The UN Security Council says a corridor of aid into the country must be quickly established, as help is urgently needed.
'US Army sent 'hardcore' neo-Nazi troops to Iraq and Afghanistan' Under the Bush administration, the U.S. military allegedly started to recruit neo-Nazis and gang members to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq. Investigative journalist Matt Kennard talks to RT about his researh into these allegations and other problems in the US military.
Iran nuclear fuel swap deal 'still alive:' Ahmadinejad President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran's nuclear fuel swap deal brokered by Brazil and Turkey last month was "still alive," state television reported on its website on Tuesday.
U.S. gets rid of toxic waste before Iraq pullout The U.S. military said on Monday it had disposed of more than 130,000 tonnes of toxic waste in Iraq accumulated during its seven-year occupation.
Mexico drug war attacks claim 43 lives in one day Drug-related violence in Mexico claimed 43 lives, including 28 prison inmates slain in clashes between rival gangs and 12 police officers killed in an ambush, officials said.
End the siege of Gaza now, EU says The EU has called Israel's closure of Gaza's crossings a politically incorrect move and repeated the 27-nation bloc's call for Tel Aviv to immediately lift the blockade.
AP: Marginal Iran Cleric May Have Made Veiled Reference to Nuclear Weapons in Book Six Years Ago Ever in a desperate state trying to drum up stories that have Iran and nuclear weapons in them, the Associated Press has today run a story declaring: The hardline spiritual mentor of Iran’s president has made a rare public call for producing the “special weapons” that are a monopoly of a few nations — a veiled reference to nuclear arms.
Israeli raid probe contrary to UN demands, says Abbas in Paris Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said here on Monday that the inquiry group established by Israel for the raid against humanitarian flotilla to Gaza didn't correspond with the proposal of the United Nations Security Council.
UN rights chief unveils members of independent probe into Gaza conflict The top United Nations human rights today announced the composition of the independent committee tasked with monitoring Israeli and Palestinian investigations into the deadly conflict in the Gaza Strip that ended early last year.
Children Carry Guns for a U.S. Ally, Somalia Awil Salah Osman prowls the streets of this shattered city, looking like so many other boys, with ripped-up clothes, thin limbs and eyes eager for attention and affection.
Israel plans more construction on historic Muslim cemetery Israeli authorities are pressing ahead with plans to build a courthouse complex on a large historic Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem that is already at the center of protest over plans to locate a "Museum of Tolerance" there.
Gaza, 95% of factories are closed, 93% of water is polluted Most of Gaza's factories have closed and its water is polluted as a result of Israel's siege policy, according to a new report being released today by the Israeli Human Rights group – B'tselem.
Gaza's deadly power shortage Most people in Gaza have to rely on generators because electricity is unavailable for up to 12 hours everyday. The daily blackouts are largely due to Israel's blockade that impedes adequate supply of fuel to the power plants.
(Video report includes graphic content) Thousands flee ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan Smoke rose over the streets of Osh and sporadic gunfire could be heard Monday as ethnic groups continued to battle in the strategically important Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan.
UAE urges UN probe into attack Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has reiterated the UAE’s condemnation of the recent criminal and inhumane Israeli attack on the humanitarian convoy. Sheikh Abdullah also renewed the UAE’s calls on the international community to shoulder its responsibility and face the barbaric Israeli aggression. He further calls on the United Nations Secretary General to launch an impartial investigation into this aggression and prepare a full report.
Red Cross: Israel Blockade of Gaza Is Illegal The International Committee of the Red Cross has declared for the first time Israel’s blockade of Gaza to be illegal under the Geneva Conventions.
Zimbabwe's elites use violence to exploit diamonds Zimbabwe's political and military elites are using violence and their links to companies to exploit the country's diamond wealth, a new report from campaign group Global Witness said Monday. .
U.S. NEWS
Obama Vows Spill Fix President Barack Obama was expected to use his first Oval Office address to the nation Tuesday to outline a plan for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that looked beyond containing the gusher to securing full restitution from BP PLC, refashioning federal supervision of the oil industry and ending the nation's dependence on fossil fuels.
Among Competitive Seats, Democrats Are at a Disadvantage Things are looking bad for Democrats heading into November's midterm elections, but just how bad are they on the whole? According to a new poll from Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, Democratic incumbents in competitive districts trail their Republican challengers by five percentage points.
Blagojevich Lawyer Hammers At Former Top Aide Rod Blagojevich's defense attorney ripped into a key government witness Tuesday, forcing him to admit he could remember few details of the alleged schemes he had earlier testified were outlined on a blackboard at a meeting of the ousted governor's inner circle.
Gulf Coasters skeptical of Obama, BP promises President Barack Obama promised that life would return to normal for people living on the stricken Gulf Coast, and BP said new efforts will more than triple the amount of oil it captures from a ruptured undersea well. But the pledges don’t reassure some residents.
White powder mailed to federal buildings in Northwest The FBI is investigating letters containing a white powder that were mailed to at least seven federal offices in the states of Washington and Idaho, FBI representatives said Monday.
The Napolitano Revolution Hits Television For years libertarians and the libertarian perspective have, by and large, been shut out of the television talk-show circuit.
Flashback - Rigged USA Elections Exposed (Video) Computer Programmer testifies that Tom Feeney (Speaker of the Houe of Florida at the time, currently US Representative representing MY district ) tried to pay him to rig election vote counts.
Hacking Democracy This cautionary documentary exposes the vulnerability of computers - which count approximately 80% of America's votes in county, state and federal elections - suggesting that if our votes aren't safe, then our democracy isn't safe either.
Documents Show Risky Decisions Before BP Blowout Internal BP documents, including an e-mail message calling the well drilled by the Deepwater Horizon a “nightmare,” show a pattern of risky choices made to save time and money in the weeks before the disastrous April 20 blowout, according to a letter sent to the oil company by the leaders of a House committee on Monday.
Officials: Man who tried entering base was AWOL The man who tried entering MacDill Air Force Base with a car full of military-style gear and weapons is an active member of the military listed as absent without leave.
Chris Matthews’ Turn to Spin for Etheridge It’s subtle… see if you can see the moment when Chris Matthews starts to spin this story in favor of the congressman who bullied and grabbed an innocent kid in broad daylight.
Exxon Distances Itself From BP’s ‘Dramatic Departure’ in Gulf Federal investigators must determine if BP Plc took risks “beyond industry norms” with the Gulf of Mexico well that exploded and caused the worst U.S. oil spill, Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson said.
BP Hires Mercs to Block Oily Beaches BP, in a move destined to go down as one of the bestest public relations moves ever, has apparently hired a private security company to help to keep pesky reporters from covering the unfolding catastrophe on the beaches of the Gulf Coast.
Dems defend Etheridge, attack Breitbart Bob Etheridge's abject apology for roughing up an anonymous conservative videographer is being accompanied by a defense of the congressman from national Democrats.
U.S. Senate Candidate Files Challenge to SC's 'Unreliable, Unverifiable' E-Vote Results A formal challenge to the announced results of South Carolina's Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate has now been filed by Judge Vic Rawl, the candidate who wasn't announced the winner by the state's oft-failed, easily-manipulated, 100% unverifiable ES&S e-voting system.
Long Hot Summer Begins: Congressman Attacks Student Last week, Democrat Congressman Bod Etheridge (D-NC2) attended a fundraiser headlined by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He was asked by some students on the street whether he supported the “Obama Agenda.” He didn’t take it well.
Rick Barber's Must-Watch Tea Party Ad: "Gather Your Armies" Rick Barber, a Tea Party-affiliated candidate for Congress in Alabama's second district, released an ad Sunday in which he angrily tells men dressed as America's founding fathers that Americans are being taxed without representation, prompting the George Washington character to soberly intone that the time had come to "gather your armies."
Democrats: Breakthrough on campaign finance bill House Democrats have reached an agreement with the National Rifle Association on campaign-finance legislation that would roll back the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, removing a major obstacle to the bill, according to House sources.
NC congressman apologizes for behavior on video U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge apologized Monday and said he regrets his reaction after video posted online showed him swatting at the camera and demanding the two men identify themselves.
Nixon sought dirt on Mary Jo Kopechne, files show The FBI was asked by top aides to President Richard Nixon to "discreetly" look into the background and personal associations of the young political aide, Mary Jo Kopechne, who drowned in 1969 when Edward M. Kennedy Kennedy's car careened off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, newly released FBI documents show.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Morgellons Victims Across the US and Europe Over the past ten years, more than 100,000 people in the United States and in Europe have complained about a strange and devastating skin disease known as Morgellons. The medical community is divided between those who dismiss it as a psychological disorder and those who regard Morgellons as an emerging disease deserving further study. This issue would normally be confined to scientific medical journals if the Pentagon and federal "law-enforcement" agencies were not so actively engaged in hiding it from the public.
The IPCC consensus on climate change was phoney, says IPCC insider The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change misled the press and public into believing that thousands of scientists backed its claims on manmade global warming, according to Mike Hulme, a prominent climate scientist and IPCC insider.
Nasa ends plan to put man back on Moon Nasa has begun to wind down construction of the rockets and spacecraft that were to have taken astronauts back to the Moon — effectively dismantling the US human spaceflight programme despite a congressional ban on its doing so.
Do marijuana and driving mix? A new study shows marijuana has "minimal" effects on a person's ability to drive a car. But does that mean it's safe?
MONEY & MARKETS
New York Fed’s New Powers May Come With Less Autonomy The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which carried out central-bank rescues of money markets and Wall Street firms, is poised to have its powers expanded even more -- at the risk of reduced independence.
US regulator okays first movie futures contract U.S. regulators on Monday approved a plan to allow Media Derivatives Inc to offer futures contracts tied to receipts of box office films, despite opposition from Hollywood studios.
Employer health care costs to jump 9% in 2011 Companies that offer health plans will see their costs jump 9% in 2011, and most employees will pay higher deductibles as a result, said a report released Monday.
Euro Turmoil Sends Borrowers to Loonies, Francs: Credit Markets A drop in the euro to near its lowest level in four years means Canadian dollars and Swiss francs are accounting for record shares of global bond sales as investors flee turmoil in Europe’s government debt market.
China Leading Indicator Rises the Most in 14 Months A leading indicator for China jumped by the most in 14 months, adding to signs that the world’s third-biggest economy is maintaining momentum as Europe’s debt crisis threatens to undermine the global recovery.
Gold rush to begin once again in India Indian equity markets are showing signs of higher volatility and hinting at consolidation from its current levels primarily on the back of overseas economic concerns, the gold prices are once again believed to scale up to make newer highs in near future.
AXA fears 'fatal flaw' will destroy eurozone Analysts at the French financial group AXA see a serious likelihood that the eurozone will break in half or disintegrate, dismissing Europe's €750bn (£623bn) rescue package for Club Med debtors as a stop-gap measure that misdiagnoses the problem.
Moody's Cuts Greece Government Ratings to Junk Moody's on Monday downgraded Greece government bond ratings into junk territory, citing the risks in the euro zone/IMF rescue package for the debt-laden country.
EU begin emergency billion-pound bailout of Spain Democracy could ‘collapse’ in Greece, Spain and Portugal unless urgent action is taken to tackle the debt crisis, the head of the European Commission has warned.
Economy in U.S. Slows as States Lose Federal Stimulus Funds Spending cuts by state and local governments from New York to California may act as a drag on the economy into 2011, only the second time in more than a half century that such reductions have restricted growth for three consecutive years.
Fannie-Freddie Fix at $160 Billion With $1 Trillion Worst Case The cost of fixing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage companies that last year bought or guaranteed three-quarters of all U.S. home loans, will be at least $160 billion and could grow to as much as $1 trillion after the biggest bailout in American history.
France Wows Skeptics With A 100 Billion Euro Austerity Plan While France's credit rating so far has remained under relatively light criticism, as compared to many other Eurozone nations, the nation's budget deficit this year isn't pretty at 8% of GDP.
UK's budget office cuts outlook as austerity looms Britain's new Office for Budget Responsibility offered a bleak outlook Monday in its first forecasts for economic growth and public finances, setting a baseline for the new government's emergency budget next week.
America's Municipal Debt Racket State and local borrowing as a percentage of U.S. GDP has risen to an all-time high of 22% in 2010.
Rent a White Guy Not long ago I was offered work as a quality-control expert with an American company in China I’d never heard of. No experience necessary—which was good, because I had none. I’d be paid $1,000 for a week, put up in a fancy hotel, and wined and dined in Dongying, an industrial city in Shandong province I’d also never heard of. The only requirements were a fair complexion and a suit.
WPost, NYT Show Tough-Guy Swagger
By Robert Parry When Americans wonder how their country has ended up in so many pointless and seemingly endless conflicts around the world, like the meandering Afghan War and the bloody mess in Iraq, a good place to start would be the “prestige” newspapers, the Washington Post and the New York Times.
The Illegality of the Israeli Attack on Gaza Aid Ships A Freedomain Radio interview with Dr Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace and Liberty. Ivan Eland is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at The Independent Institute.
Call the Politburo, We’re in Trouble - Entering the Soviet Era in America
By Tom Engelhardt As the U.S. heads down the Soviet road to disaster -- even if the world can’t imagine what a bankrupt America might mean -- it’s far clearer that, in the titanic struggle of the two superpowers that we came to call the Cold War, there were actually two losers, and that, when the “second superpower” left the scene, the first was already heading for the exits, just ever so slowly and in a state of self-intoxicated self-congratulation.
From Julian Assange to Helen Thomas: Going After the Wrong People
By Dave Lindorff What does it say about the the American government, its president, and its military today, that the the largest military/intelligence organization in the history of mankind has launched a global manhunt for Julian Assange, head of the Wikileaks organization?
A Congress that is Immune to Facts and Truth
By Alan Caruba Here’s what we know about “global warming.” There isn’t any. The only warming that has occurred has been the entirely natural warming that occurred when the Little Ice Age ended around 1850.
Cap & Ruin
By Philip V. Brennan Sen. Harry Reid has a dandy idea: force his troops in the United States Senate to pass a bill - The American Power Act (APA) – by July that will skyrocket your electric bills, wreck an already staggering economy drive jobs overseas and cause more unemployment in the midst of a depression, all in the name of preventing the planet from getting spit roasted by the phantom threat of global warming.
Greenwald: Rep. Bob Etheridge should be arrested for assault The only reason I think this is worth noting is this: imagine what would have happened to those students if this situation had been reversed, and it was they who had physically assaulted Rep. Etheridge, rather than the other way around.
Targeting Whistleblowers: Truth Telling Endangered
By Stephen Lendman "The message is clear - you torture people and then destroy the evidence, and you get off without so much as a sternly worded letter. If you are a whistle blower outlining criminal behavior by the government, you get prosecuted."
Amnesty for the Banksters, Debtor's Prison for the Serfs
By William N. Grigg A cynic once said that while a petty thief will find himself behind bars or dangling from the end of a rope, the most powerful criminals are those who run the jails and operate the gallows. The corporatist plutocracy controlling our country is determined to make a prophet of that anonymous cynic.
Danger Looms if Afghan Vice President & Warlord becomes Country’s President
By Khalil Nouri By choosing Mr. Fahim—with the blood of many Afghans on his hands—as his Vice-president, Mr. Karzai stained his own credibility even further. It also showed a lack of sanity on the part of Karzai for putting himself and the whole nation into such a delicate and risky predicament
Giving Gaza back its dignity can be the first step to peace
By Catherine Ashton This must be an inquiry that Israelis, Palestinians and above all the people of Turkey can believe in. We cannot run away from that -- it has to happen, and it has to be credible, rigorous and impartial. We must find out exactly what did happen on the morning of May 31.
Against Iran: False Rationales and Rank Hypocrisy
By Alex R. Knight III I don’t know about you, but I can’t help feeling as if the recent passage by the United Nations of increased sanctions against the Iranian government for its alleged fledgling nuclear weapons program isn’t simply a pretext for another Iraq or Afghanistan somewhere in the near future.
Afghanistan Mineral Riches: Beware the Hype
By James Joyner News that "United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself" should be taken with several doses of salt.
"Dr. Doom Says the U.S. Is Really, Really Sick"
By Eric Margolis Nouriel Roubini, who predicted the American crash of 2008. Knick-named "Dr. Doom" by the media, he warns of grim economic times ahead: deflation; rising unemployment; increased taxes; overcapacity; and negative growth. I have long agreed with his outlook.
The Case for an Impartial Turkish Inquiry
By Ahmed Amr A robust Turkish inquiry might uncover some uncomfortable truths for the derelicts in Washington but it could also make the Eastern Mediterranean a safe neighborhood for one and all.
Right Swallows Israel's Flotilla Lies
By Rev. Ted Pike If Israel is so intent on sharing the whole truth, and has no need of a “biased” international investigation, why did it sabotage the flotilla passengers’ communication with the outside world before, during, and for days after the raid? Why did Israel seize their cameras, computers, and notebooks? Why does Israel insist that in its investigation IDF forces involved in the raid will not be questioned?
Israel’s “friends” still shamelessly swinging from chandeliers at Westminster Stuart Littlewood views the continuing activities of Israel lobbyists in the UK Parliament, at least one of whom – Ulster Orangeman David Trimble – has recently joined forces with US neo-conservative John Bolton and former far-right Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar, to protect Israel’s international image.
The U.S. wins the right to abduct innocent people with impunity
By Glen Greenwald The Supreme Court today denied a petition of review from Maher Arar, the Canadian and Syrian citizen who was abducted by the U.S. Government at a stopover at JFK Airport when returning to Canada in 2002, held incommunicado for two weeks, and then rendered to Syria, where he spent the next 10 months being tortured, even though -- as everyone acknowledges -- he was guilty of absolutely nothing.
Why is Obama refusing to waive the Jones Act? He's aiding in the destruction of the Gulf
By Kimberly Morin Obama has refused to waive the Jones Act. His Administration keeps putting the blame on the Coast Guard who puts the blame on others for not requesting the Jones Act be waived. Yet a simple Executive Order signed by Obama could waive the Jones Act in about 3 minutes, less time than it takes Obama to set up a tee on the golf course. The Gulf is in dire need of all the help it can get.
Helen Thomas and the right of return
By Jared Malsin What Hass recognizes and I also believe is that this history and this politics is intimately bound up with the history (past and present) of Palestinian dispossession. And it is this latter, ongoing expulsion that is still unresolved.
Russia peers into Kyrgyz void
By M K Bhadrakumar Eighteen is a difficult age to own decisions or assume responsibility - especially concerning the fortunes of wayward younger siblings. By a curious coincidence, Russia has been tasked with taking a monumental decision of assuming responsibility on the 18th anniversary of Kyrgyzstan's national day when on Saturday the Kremlin received a formal communication from the president of the interim government, Roza Otunbayeva
No Escape from the Medicare Cage
By David McKalip, M.D. There is a reason the first three letters of Congress spell "Con". Like good con artists they continue to promise the impossible and steal your money in the process.
Obama as Moral Dupe - Will Erdogan Blink?
By Franklin C. Spinne Regardless of what you may think of Erdogan, and he has many detractors (I am not one), he is certainly establishing himself as an influential world leader who must be reckoned with in an emerging multi-polar world.
New concerns arise over body scanners Aviation security experts say the machines may miss items that metal detectors catch. Airline passengers may also be able to hide materials in the groin or body cavities.
FAA under pressure to open US skies to drones Unmanned aircraft have proved their usefulness and reliability in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq. Now the pressure's on to allow them in the skies over the United States.
Wanted by the US: WikiLeaks Founder Keeps His Head Down It reads like a James Bond novel: an enigmatic white-haired computer hacker; a soldier turned whistleblower; secret government correspondence; and the world's most powerful country desperate to contain the situation.
Raft guide arrested after helping stranded rafter Clear Creek sheriff's deputies on Thursday arrested a rafting guide for swimming to a stranded young rafter who had tumbled from his boat on Clear Creek.
Tulsa police officer indicted on federal charges, pleads guilty
A Tulsa police officer was indicted today and pled guilty to federal charges alleging that he stole $2,000 during a sting orchestrated by federal officials. Meanwhile, officials also identified three other Tulsa police officers who allegedly participated in the theft of drug money during the sting May 18, 2009.
Police use teargas on disgruntled World Cup workers South African police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at hundreds of workers protesting over pay in the early hours of Monday outside the stadium where Germany had just trounced Australia in their World Cup opener.
New Threat to the First Amendment with "Protecting Cyberspace" Act Senator Joe Lieberman is at it again - the "it" being a disregard for the First Amendment and the freedoms it protects - this time being primary sponsor of a bill that would give any President emergency powers to seize control of the Internet.
Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency linked to Taliban Pakistani military intelligence not only funds and trains Taliban fighters in Afghanistan but is officially represented on the movement's leadership council, giving in significant influence over operations, a report said.
Could WikiLeaks secrets destroy US foreign relations A video released by the website WikiLeaks shows an American helicopter attack in Baghdad in 2007 that left 12 people dead, including two employees of the news agency Reuters. The video then shows the soldiers celebrating their exploits but now that the "whistleblower" has been arrested, it turns out there is a lot more that might be made public by WikiLeaks.
Daniel Ellsberg Says He Fears US Might Assassinate Wikileaks Founder Daniel Ellsberg, the former US military analyst who released the pentagon papers in 1971, appeared on MSNBC today with Dylan Ratigan. He said he fears for the safety of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, who is reportedly on the verge of leaking secret State Department cables. The Daily Beast reports that Assange is currently being sought by the Pentagon, and Ellsberg advises him not to reveal his whereabouts.
Bilderberg 2010: Jim Tucker’s Final Report Bilderberg boys were so depressed as they gathered at the Dolce luxury hotel in Sitges, Spain June 3 that “many important people are not showing up,” because “they always find out and we get into trouble at home,” said one, echoing the sentiments of all.
U.S debt to rise to $19.6 trillion by 2015 The U.S. debt will top $13.6 trillion this year and climb to an estimated $19.6 trillion by 2015, according to a Treasury Department report to Congress.
Helen Thomas resigned? Nothing surprising here She went out with a flash and a bang, kicking with her boots and, as Tun Dr. Mahathir remarked recently, essentially, we may have lost the skirmish, but we have won the battle on principle, and they have shown their true colors.
Is America Ruled By Psychopaths?
By Prof John Kozy Most Americans know that politicians make promises they never fulfill; few know that politicians make promises they lack the means to fulfill, as President Obama's political posturing on the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico makes perfectly clear.
Brain scans ‘could be used to snoop on thoughts’ The use of brain scanners must be regulated in order to prevent them being used to invade privacy and threaten civil liberties, a legal expert has warned.
FTC draft study proposes massive bailout of newspapers The FTC draft covers the well-trod ground of declining newspapers, the rise of the internet and the concern that a sustainable business model for newspapers is not on the horizon.
The Future of the U.S. Dollar to be Discussed at Bilderberg Meeting “If the US dollar plunges, it would collapse the dollar-denominated internal credit,” Estulin warns, “and this would itself prompt the sudden collapse of the entire world physical economy into a generation-long, global new Dark Age of our planet as a whole. Let me say it again: IF RATIFIED, the Bilderberg plan would result in the virtually certain destruction of the United States. This has been the treasonous intent of this Group since the it’s first meeting back in 1954.”
Daniel Estulin exclusive: Bilderberg are terrified! (Video) There's a powerful organization holding a meeting in Spain, that features some of the world's most-influential politicians, bankers and even military chiefs. But you won't know what they're up to because the Bilderberg Club gets together under a veil of secrecy. Critics say it's making big, world-changing decisions behind people's backs.
Obama secretly deploys US special forces to 75 countries across world President Obama has secretly sanctioned a huge increase in the number of US special forces carrying out search-and-destroy missions against al-Qaeda around the world, with American troops now operating in 75 countries.
Bilderberg Group Is Becoming An Open Conspiracy If Spain goes down then so does the euro, a scenario that petrifies Bilderbergers whose ultimate dream of a one world currency rests in shoring up confidence in the euro, to the point where the European Central Bank now routinely manipulates and intervenes in the forex markets on a weekly basis in an effort to prop up the ailing single currency.
Conspiracy of Silence: Who are the Bilderberg Group? It's a club where the movers and shakers of the world meet under a veil of secrecy. The notorious Bilderberg group made up of politicians, business leaders and other power-brokers are having their annual meeting in an exclusive Spanish resort. But who is in this Club and What's on the Bilderbergers agenda?
What are the Bilderberg Group really doing in Spain? If the conspiracy theorists are on to something, they could be plotting the invasion of Iran, planning the funeral of the Euro or scheming to wipe out French poodles in pink sweaters at this very minute.
Report condemns swine flu experts' ties to big pharma Scientists who drew up the key World Health Organisation guidelines advising governments to stockpile drugs in the event of a flu pandemic had previously been paid by drug companies which stood to profit, according to a report out today.
Washington Post Exposes BP ties to Eco-Groups, Other Media Ignore Controversy British Petroleum’s (BP) reputation has been marred by the April oil rig explosion and subsequent oil spill which is still gushing more than 40 days later. But according to The Washington Post, the reputation of some left-wing environmental groups has also been polluted by the incident.
Israelis opened fire before boarding Gaza flotilla, say released activists (With Video) Survivors of the Israeli assault on a flotilla carrying relief supplies to Gaza returned to Greece and Turkey today, giving the first eyewitness accounts of the raid in which at least 10 people died. (In video Al Jazeera journalist describes the scenes as they unfold live, clearly stating that an activist has been shot and killed before Israeli troops board the vessel. He also says that a white flag has been raised in surrender to the Israeli army.)
Israeli Knesset Member: Israel Wanted High Number Of Fatalities Knesset Member Hanin Zoabi, who was on board the Marmara ship when it was raided by Navy fighters, held a press conference in Nazareth on Tuesday, in which she accused Israel of committing crimes during its takeover of the Gaza-bound aid ship. She called for an international inquiry into the incident.
Activists Tell of Live Fire During Israeli Raid (Video) Activists said Tuesday that Israeli commandos used live fire and beatings in their raid on ships trying to take humanitarian aid to Gaza. Despite the violence their leaders said another aid ship has already set sail for Gaza from Europe.
In raw video, reporters claim Israelis fired on activists before boarding ship In what could be a serious blow to Israel’s narrative on the killing of at least nine humanitarian activists making their way to Gaza through international waters, raw video by an Al Jazeera producer, who was filming during the raid, appears to provide evidence that the IDF opened fire on the flotilla even before boarding it.
