Archive for April, 2009

Israel had planned to attack and “destroy” the bulk of the Iranian Air Force fleet during a maneuver on April 17, Israel’s Debkafile claims. Read the rest of this entry »

General Motors is preparing to shut the majority of its US factories for nine weeks over the summer as its chief financial officer (CFO) admitted a bankruptcy filing is “probable.” Read the rest of this entry »

Condoleezza Rice, President George W. Bush’s Secretary of State, personally approved a CIA request to use “waterboarding” and other harsh interrogation techniques. Read the rest of this entry »

Condoleezza Rice, President George W. Bush’s Secretary of State, personally approved a CIA request to use “waterboarding” and other harsh interrogation techniques. Read the rest of this entry »

The biggest threat to global stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries to cause government collapse Read the rest of this entry »

BAGHDAD – A previously undisclosed Iraqi government tally obtained by The Associated Press shows that at least 87,215 Iraqis have been killed in violence since 2005. Read the rest of this entry »

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been described as one of the enforcers of globalization. Nations who receive IMF assistance are often forced to surrender more sovereignty and further open up their borders to international banks and multinational corporations. Read the rest of this entry »

(Bloomberg) – China boosted its gold reserves by 76 percent since 2003 and has the world’s fifth-biggest holding by country, said Hu Xiaolian, head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. Read the rest of this entry »

Disease trackers are trying to determine whether a previously unseen strain of influenza in the U.S. is related to more than 130 cases of severe respiratory illness in Mexico and may spark a pandemic. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been less than a year since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark Heller decision affirming the principle that the 2nd Amendment does indeed protect an individual right to keep and bear arms, and that the right it thus protects is a fundamental right. The High Court last June clearly established: Read the rest of this entry »

GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) voiced concern today at a confirmed outbreak of swine flu in the United States and what it called more than 800 human “influenza-like” cases in Mexico, including about 60 deaths. Read the rest of this entry »

We now know why top Democrats are protecting Bush administration officials from facing an inquiry into the illegal torture program – because several of them were actually complicit in giving their approval for such methods to be used.

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How in praising the tea parties one week, then defending President Bush on torture and his “War on Terror” the next, conservatives negate their alleged anti-government message. Read the rest of this entry »

Wouldn’t it be mind blowingly stupid for the United States government to be funding Iran’s nuclear program with U.S. taxpayer dollars?

You say that it could never possibly happen?

Well, perhaps you should reserve judgment until you view this CNN video report. Read the rest of this entry »

President Obama showed his hand this week when The New York Times wrote that he is considering converting the stock the government owns in our country’s banks from preferred stock, which it now holds, to common stock. Read the rest of this entry »

The capital of Pakistan was under threat last night after Taliban fighters threatened to overrun the volatile country and came within 60 miles of Islamabad. Read the rest of this entry »

The United States needs the rest of the world economy to emerge from its slump as much as other economies need a US recovery, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Real News gives an example why the TV MSM is obsolete.  Here is some first hand journalism from last November 22. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday, Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) described President Obama’s energy plan as “the largest assault on democracy and freedom in this country that I’ve ever experienced.” Read the rest of this entry »

Recently, I was amazed to hear a commentary by CNN’s Campbell Brown on the controversial vaccine issue. Read the rest of this entry »

This is John Harris’s talk “It’s an illusion” which was held at The Foundry, London on the 24th February 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

This is John Harris’s talk “It’s an illusion” which was held at The Foundry, London on the 24th February 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Given that most people agree that the drug war has failed to achieve its supposed purpose after decades of warfare, an important question arises: Why is the drug war still being waged, especially when we consider all the collateral damage that this federal program has produced? Hasn’t the time arrived for Americans to demand an immediate end to the war on drugs? Read the rest of this entry »

Well, well. The New York Times has finally put a story together on the key role that two controversial psychologists played in devising the Bush administration’s torture policies. Guess we should be thankful for small favors. Read the rest of this entry »

Antarctic sea ice is growing rather than shrinking as a result of the hole in the ozone layer, scientists have said. Read the rest of this entry »

Antarctic sea ice is growing rather than shrinking as a result of the hole in the ozone layer, scientists have said. Read the rest of this entry »

A Senate report revealed that former President George Bush and top-ranking officials in his administration approved harsh interrogation techniques that were later used in prisons at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. Former Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski claims soldiers convicted in the Abu Ghraib torture scandal were victims of scapegoating and had been merely obeying orders. Read the rest of this entry »

A Senate report revealed that former President George Bush and top-ranking officials in his administration approved harsh interrogation techniques that were later used in prisons at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. Former Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski claims soldiers convicted in the Abu Ghraib torture scandal were victims of scapegoating and had been merely obeying orders. Read the rest of this entry »

Army heads are calling for recruits from the armed forces to man an anti-terror squad responsible for domestic security. Read the rest of this entry »

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Marine giants go hungry as fleets scoop up their prey for our fish suppers. Read the rest of this entry »

Critics say that the safety and effectiveness of fluoride has never been fully proven, and that it can actually be dangerous to consume with resulting health consequences such as neurotoxicity, cancer, and fluorosis among others. Read the rest of this entry »

THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC IGNORANCE on the topic of the U.S. and world monetary system is astonishing. This is part of the plan, of course, because the monetary elite control not only the financial system but also the news media, the publishing industry, and the educational system. Read the rest of this entry »

As usual, I put on an adult-sized diaper and my tinfoil hat in careful preparation to look at the change in Total Fed Credit last week, and it is a good thing I did, too, because the Federal Reserve (as expressed in their secret motto “We Are Evil”) created, out of thin air, a new US$29 billion in bank credit! Wow! Read the rest of this entry »

Debating whether TARP is a criminal enterprise, with Julian Epstein, LMG CEO; Don Luskin, Trend Macro; and CNBC’s Larry Kudlow. Read the rest of this entry »

Harvard economist Martin Feldstein tells FOX Business Network Fed creation of ‘high-powered’ reserves will result in inflation, higher taxes. Read the rest of this entry »

(Bloomberg) – The number of Americans filing first-time applications for unemployment insurance rose last week to 640,000 as forecast, while total benefit rolls reached a record, indicating the labor market continues to deteriorate. Read the rest of this entry »

As the world financial and economic crisis comes into its own, the Western political leaders and elites are seeking to impress on mankind the idea that this upheaval will end up ‘turning the world into something different’. Read the rest of this entry »

Some research has suggested that consumption of high-fructose corn syrup, used as a sweetener in a wide variety of foods, may increase the risk of obesity and heart disease. Read the rest of this entry »

A Rutgers University law professor argued in federal court in Newark today, on behalf of a New Jersey peace group, that President Bush violated the U.S. Constitution’s initial intent when he ordered the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Read the rest of this entry »

It should now be apparent that for the past hundred years our own government has advanced a campaign of theft and violence against us on the canard that it’s for “the common good.” Flying in the face of this commonly believed fib is the easily observed fact that we have not solved any problems at all despite worsening taxation, prohibitions and wars. Read the rest of this entry »

Overreacting could expand the government, endanger our freedom and violate the Constitution. Read the rest of this entry »

Inflation has dramatically devalued the dollar this last century, reminding us that the central bank is anathema to sound money. Read the rest of this entry »

On Wednesday, Dr. Paul joined Judge Napolitano for the latest installment of Freedom Watch. Read the rest of this entry »

(CNN) – Missing vials of a potentially dangerous virus have prompted an Army investigation into the disappearance from a lab in Maryland. Read the rest of this entry »