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FEATURED STORIES
 IPCC Attempts To Absolve Climategate Crooks By Pointing Finger At Imaginary Hackers
The head of the UN's Nobel-winning panel of climate scientists on Monday attacked the so-called Climategate affair as a suspected bid to undermine the credibility of his organisation.
Comprehensive network analysis shows Climategate likely to be a leak
The details of the files tell a story that FOIA2009.zip was compiled internally and most likely released by an internal source.
EPA about to declare CO2 dangerous – ssshhh! – Don’t tell the trees
Carbon dioxide, scientists know, is food for plants, which extract it from the air and through the process of photosynthesis convert it to sugar, plant food.
Climategate: the Russian distraction
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, vice-chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is blaming Climategate on a fiendish Russian plot. Well he would, wouldn’t he?
The Copenhagen Cult, Green Religion, and Money Grabs
The MSM is as agog with the Copenhagen Cult as it is silent on Climategate.
The Hypocritical Road to Copenhagen
No matter the level of foolishness we tolerate from our leaders, politicians, and celebrities as Americans, one action we don’t accept among public figures is hypocrisy.
Copenhagen climate summit: 1,200 limos, 140 private planes and caviar wedges
On a normal day, Majken Friss Jorgensen, managing director of Copenhagen's biggest limousine company, says her firm has twelve vehicles on the road.
Lord Monckton on Copenhagen and the Fabricated Climate Scare
The United Nations Climate change conference has opened in the Danish capital Copenhagen. RT's Laura Emmet has talked to one man who'll be there - who's also one of the most outspoken critics of global warming theory.
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WORLD NEWS
The CIA’s ‘global cooling’ files
The threat of a new ice age loomed so large in 1974 that American intelligence collated a report on the likely effects.The threat of a new ice age loomed so large in 1974 that American intelligence collated a report on the likely effects.
Star joins global climate crusade
Today 56 newspapers in 45 countries take the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice through a common editorial. We do so because humanity faces a profound emergency.
Copenhagen climate summit: Barack Obama given power to cut greenhouse gases (Globalists scam #461)
President Barack Obama has taken powers to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from cars, factories and power plants across the United States.
Russia Annoys Israel; Russia Gets Hit
On 25 November 2009 Israel made a statement about settlements in the West Bank.
Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the WTO says EU the "laboratory of international governance"
Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the WTO recently said that the EU is the "laboratory of international governance", meaning the emerging one world government sees the European Union as a model for building a one world government.
Copenhagen climate conference opens to dire warnings
A landmark conference on tackling climate change opened here on Monday, with negotiators from 192 countries aiming toward a deal to ward off global warming's potentially catastrophic effects.
Bombs kill 43 in Pakistan; amnesty case stirs tension
Bombers struck in two Pakistani cities on Monday killing 43 people and wounding more than 100 as the Supreme Court began a hearing that could deepen political tension in the nuclear-armed country.
Iran students' day: Amateur video
Amateur footage of the national students' day protests across Iran, 7 December 2009
U.S. charges Chicago man in '08 Mumbai attack
U.S. prosecutors on Monday charged a Chicago man, David Headley, with helping plan the 2008 attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people, including six Americans.
Philippines' Arroyo draws criticism for martial law
One day after Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo imposed martial law in Maguindanao Province, where her allies are linked to a recent massacre, critics have raised questions about her political motives and the potential for abuses.
Greek riots continue into second day
Protesters smashed store windows and threw rocks and firebombs at riot police who responded with teargas today, the second day of violence during commemorations for a teenager shot dead by police a year ago.
Evo Morales wins Bolivian election
Bolivia's Left-wing president, Evo Morales, has won re-election in a landslide victory and is set to serve a second a second term.
Iranian police use tear gas on
student protesters
Iranian authorities fought students with tear gas and batons Monday in violent clashes on university campuses, the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months, according to Iranian news accounts and opposition Web sites.
Climate protesters descend on Copenhagen
The largest-ever gathering of climate protesters will assemble in Copenhagen this week for the long-awaited COP15 summit, raising the prospect of clashes with authorities as they attempt to highlight their concerns to world leaders.
Copenhagen climate change summit to produce as much CO2 as an African country
It is being hyped as the summit that will save the planet.
Iraqi parliament approves election law
Iraq's parliament has approved a law that clears the way for a general election early next year.
Gordon Brown snubbed by soldiers' 'curtain' protest
Gordon Brown was snubbed by badly injured Afghan veterans when they closed curtains round their beds during a hospital visit and refused to speak to him.
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U.S. NEWS
AFL-CIO Makes Biggest Push Yet To Kill Portions Of Senate Health Care Bill
As the debate over health care reform enters its final weeks, the AFL-CIO is launching its largest lobbying effort to date, dispatching 175 labor leaders to Capitol Hill and pouring $1.5 million into a new ad campaign to fight key aspects of the Senate's legislation.
79% Now Favor Auditing the Fed
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday voiced his opposition to legislation calling for regular audits of the Fed's monetary policies, but 79% of Americans think auditing the Fed is a good idea.
Meeting on Openness Closed to Public
It's hardly the image of transparency the Obama administration wants to project: A workshop on government openness is closed to the public.
Tea Party gains new strength (sorry, GOP)
A new Rasmussen Reports poll Monday should bring smiles to the faces of Tea Party advocates: Their group is more popular than the Republican Party. Imagine that.
Reid Compares Opponents of Health Care Reform to Supporters of Slavery
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took his GOP-blasting rhetoric to a new level Monday, comparing Republicans who oppose health care reform to lawmakers who clung to the institution of slavery more than a century ago.
Obama to Meet With Gore Over Climate Change
An official says President Obama plans to talk with former Vice President Al Gore at the White House on Monday as the president prepares for his appearance at a major international climate summit in Copenhagen.
Lest we forget, Pearl Harbor vets' children pick up torch
December 7, 1941, was supposed to be Ken Adams' day off from the Navy. He had planned to tour Hawaii with his friend, but instead he spent the morning shooting at a sky full of dive bombers. His friend burned to death in an explosion.
NPR questions reporter about Fox News work
National Public Radio's top political reporter was asked to review her work with Fox News because of the network's perceived political bias, Politico reported.
$10 an hour with 2 kids? IRS pounces
Rachel Porcaro knows she's hardly rich. When you're a single mom making 10 bucks an hour, you don't need government experts to tell you how broke you are.
CBS finally reports on Climategate: Dr. Trenberth interviewed
CBS evening news finally, after over two weeks, gets around to covering Climategate. Most interestingly, they have a short clip of an interview with Kevin Trenberth. Dr. Trenberth, as many recall said this in one of the CRU emails
Obama pressed for faster surge
President Obama, seated at the head of a conference table strewn with papers in the White House Situation Room, stared at charts showing various options for sending additional U.S. troops into Afghanistan.
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ECONOMIC CRISIS
Something To Count on in 2010: Taxes Will Go Up
As taxpayers take the first steps in preparing their 2009 returns, they might find themselves thinking about what’s in store for 2010 and 2011. A struggling economy, an exploding federal deficit and the cost of a possible health care bill signal major adjustments ahead.
Trade minister flies to Saudi Arabia to persuade defaulters to treat creditors equally
Lord Davies of Abersoch, the Trade Minister, flew to Saudi Arabia last night to try to defuse a growing dispute that bankers say could do as much damage to the Gulf’s bruised financial reputation as the Dubai shock of ten days ago.
Euros become currency of drug cartels
Smugglers and launderers use €500 notes instead of $100 bills to save space.
Demand for £50 notes 'fuelled by lack of faith in banks'
Demand for £50 notes has risen sharply during the recession because the public has lost faith in the banks, the Bank of England's chief cashier Andrew Bailey has suggested.
Pre-Budget report: UK ‘faces decades of debt’, warns Treasury
Britain faces decades of rising public sector debt, increasing taxes and, potentially, falling living standards unless it tackles the growing costs of its pensions and health bill, the Treasury will warn this week.
US Mint Runs out of Tenth-Ounce Gold Coins
The one-tenth ounce American Eagle inventory at the mint has been depleted, almost instantaneously after the coin was made available for purchase.
Bootstrapping taken to new extremes in tech industry
Bootstrapping — the practice of launching a business with personal funds, credit cards, hard work and chutzpah — has long been a catalyst of Silicon Valley's dynamic economy. But now, with investment dollars scarce but job-seekers plentiful, Internet entrepreneurs are taking the lean, Spartan ethos to new extremes.
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
At the Economic Club of Washington D.C., Washington D.C.
Frequently Asked Questions
Poor economy drives US charities into red
The 200 biggest US charities lost money in 2009 for the first time in a decade due to plummeting investment, a survey by Forbes magazine shows
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COMMENTARY
Hunt For Bin Laden A National Shame (Crime!)
By Gordon Duff
Conservative commentator, former Marine Colonel Bob Pappas has been saying for years that bin Laden died at Tora Bora and that Senator Kerry's claim that bin Laden escaped with Bush help was a lie. Now we know that Pappas was correct. The embarassment of having Secretary of State Clinton talk about bin Laden in Pakistan was horrific. He has been dead since December 13, 2001 and now, finally, everyone, Obama, McChrystal, Cheney, everyone who isn't nuts is finally saying what they have known for years.
Are Americans Too Broken for the Truth to ‘Set Us Free’?
Can people become so broken that truths of how they are being screwed do not “set them free” but instead further demoralize them? Has such a demoralization happened in the United States?
79-of-americans-want-an-audit-of-the-fed-only-21-are-in-favor-of-confirming-Bernanke-and-only-20-think-geithner-is-doing-a-good-job
79 percent of the American public is in favor of auditing the Fed, according to a new poll by Rassumussen. Because another 14% are not sure, that leaves only 7% opposed to an audit. And as Rassumussen, the support for auditing the Fed is nonpartisan and very widespread
Five Good Reasons to Avoid a War with Iran
By Philip Giraldi
As America's founding fathers clearly understood war is a serious business and should only be engaged in when there is a threat to vital national interests.
James Grant's Requiem for the Dollar
Return to the statute books Section 19 of the 1792 Coinage Act, but substitute life behind bars for the death penalty. It's the 21st century, you know.
Slow Motion Depression
Early this week, the world’s largest central bank, the Federal Reserve, announced plans to exit its monetary stimulus efforts. It unveiled a new tool – reverse repos – to help speed the work.
Why a Carbon Tax Would Lower Living Standards
In order to grasp just how damaging a carbon tax would be, we need to employ Austrian capital theory.
Obama's Unjust Iran Policy
By Bill Christison
Citizens of the world had better prepare themselves for more wars, very possibly nuclear, started by the U.S. and/or Israel, in the months and years to come.
Climategate: A Willful Ignorance
By Alan Caruba
The IPCC should be disbanded as a threat to mankind. The EPA should be required by Congress to produce scientific proof that CO2 is a “pollutant” to be regulated.
Time for Germany to reassess its relations with Israel
By Uri Avnery
The German government – the present one like all its predecessors – draws from the Holocaust an unequivocal conclusion: Israel, the “state of the victims”, must be pampered. All its actions must be supported without reservation. Not a single word of criticism must be allowed.
5 Reasons that Corporate Media Coverage is Pro-War
There are five reasons that the mainstream media is worthless.
Wake Up, America!
By Stephen Byers, Sr
Today the true seat of Power in Washington is the “Invisible Government”, which exercises its total control from behind the scenes.
Wake Up, America! Part II
By Stephen Byers, Sr
On January 6th, CNBC interviewed Henry Kissinger on the floor of the NY Stock Exchange. Kissinger stated that Obama had the perfect setting for the establishment of a 'New World Order.'
Little Known Facts About Afghanistan and Bin Laden
Evidence which has come out over the last couple of years makes it clear that top Bush administration officials knew that Saddam didn’t have weapons of mass destruction and knew that Saddam had no connection with 9/11.
The Smoking Code, part 2
There are three common issues that have been raised in my previous post that I would like to officially address concerning the CRU’s source code.
Admission of Rwanda to Commonwealth caps off assassination, genocide, and civil war
By Wayne Madsen
The admission of Rwanda to the Commonwealth of Nations, headed up by Queen Elizabeth II, caps off a campaign engineered by the intelligence services of Britain, the United States, and Israel to transform Rwanda from a Francophone country with close ties to France into an English-speaking country with close links to Washington, London, and Jerusalem.
Anne Patterson's Blackwater-gate
By Fasi Zaka
When Hillary Clinton came to Pakistan, she said she wanted a new beginning of trust. How she achieves that with an ambassador who brazenly misleads Pakistani media is anyone's guess.
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