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Monday, May 17th, 2010

SOTT Focus: ‘Ashteria’ is a Pretext to Shut Down International Air Travel

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Andres Perezalonso & Niall Bradley
Sott.net
Sun, 16 May 2010 09:29 EDT

The pathocracy’s desperate push for control is leading many otherwise intelligent people to believe they are seeing things that are not really there. On April 15 British airports were told by the British Civil Aviation Authority to begin grounding flights. At the same time, the Air Traffic Control Service for the UK (Nats) imposed restrictions on where planes could fly after the government’s Meteorological Office warned that ash could damage jet engines. By April 17 most routes in northern Europe were suspended and the shutdown had spread to TransAtlantic flights. All the while Europeans were subject to nauseating platitudes from politicians about passengers’ safety being their "paramount concern." If jet engines could not withstand the "dangerous ash cloud" that had magically disguised itself as clear blue skies, why then was NATO playing multiple war games over European airspace during the lockdown? At least 60 aircraft (including fighter jets) from Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, USA, France, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom and Sweden took part in the Brilliant Mariner maritime exercise… while all commercial jets were grounded (because "safety was our paramount concern"). In fact, there may have been more military exercises taking place during this time.
If passenger safety was the primary consideration throughout this fiasco, why then has the airline industry and the relevant regulatory authorities repeatedly suppressed the findings of independent studies that sound the alarm over a very real danger facing passengers and crew alike during air travel?

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SOTT Focus: Satire: Leaked Reports Declare Obama’s Unwritten Novel Wins the Lost Man Booker Prize

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Ignatious O’Reilly
Sott.net
Fri, 14 May 2010 08:18 EDT

London – Leaked reports reveal that on Wednesday, début Hawaiian novelist Barack Hussein Obama II, 49, will win the Lost Man Booker Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards, with "No Peace for the wicked!". It will be the first time in it’s 41-year history that an unwritten book will claim the award.
He will receive a designer bound copy of his novel (once it is published) at a gala dinner in London and can expect not only overnight literary fame but also a sharp rise in much needed popularity he has lost in the run-up to House of Representatives and Senate elections.
The Lost Man Booker Prize is a one-off prize to honour the books which missed out on the opportunity to win the Booker Prize in 1970.
To pre-empt any potential controversy, Booker organizers have announced that they have a written certificate dated 1970 that clearly shows Obama had an intention to write a book about peace one day. The organizers have stated however, that this certificate will never be released to the public and they should just take their word for it.

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Best of the Web: The Culture of Critique reviewed by Stanley Hornbeck

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Stanley Hornbeck
Heretical.com
Sat, 15 May 2010 18:50 EDT

In The Culture of Critique, Kevin MacDonald advances a carefully researched but extremely controversial thesis: that certain 20th century intellectual movements – largely established and led by Jews – have changed European societies in fundamental ways and destroyed the confidence of Western man. He claims that these movements were designed, consciously or unconsciously, to advance Jewish interests even though they were presented to non-Jews as universalistic and even utopian. He concludes that the increasing dominance of these ideas has had profound political and social consequences that benefited Jews but caused great harm to gentile societies. This analysis, which he makes with considerable force, is an unusual indictment of a people generally thought to be more sinned against than sinning.
The Culture of Critique is the final title in Prof. MacDonald’s massive, three-volume study of Jews and their role in history. The two previous volumes are A People That Shall Dwell Alone and Separation and its Discontents, published by Praeger in 1994 and 1998. The series is written from a sociobiological perspective that views Judaism as a unique survival strategy that helps Jews compete with other ethnic groups. Prof. MacDonald, who is a psychologist at the University of California at Long Beach, explains this perspective in the first volume, which describes Jews as having a very powerful sense of uniqueness that has kept them socially and genetically separate from other peoples. The second volume traces the history of Jewish-gentile relations, and finds the causes of anti-Semitism primarily in the almost invariable commercial and intellectual dominance of gentile societies by Jews and in their refusal to assimilate. The Culture of Critique brings his analysis into the present century, with an account of the Jewish role in the radical critique of traditional culture.

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Best of the Web: About anti Semitism

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Nahida
Uprooted Palestinians
Wed, 12 May 2010 01:38 EDT

This letter was my response to a Jewish friend (supporter of Palestine), who got upset upon hearing severe criticism, disdain and sarcasm against "Israel" and "Israelis"
He felt that people as they criticise "Israel" should not forget the "humanity" of "Israelis", he also felt that this was a typical behaviour of anti Semitism which caused him to feel angry and frightened
About anti Semitism

Talking about anti-Semitism, and the accusation of anti-Semitism, is to many people a very sensitive issue, nevertheless, I feel the need to highlight some points:
As a Palestinian and as a Muslim, with first hand experience of racism, whether here in UK or in occupied Palestine, I do understand what it means to be subjugated to it; thus, I deeply empathise with those who suffer from the menace of racism and discrimination, those who are abused verbally, physically, emotionally, or otherwise for no other reason than the fact that they are "different".
And I also do understand the awful feeling and dreadful sensation of being subjugated to subtle racist looks or remarks, only felt by you and not the people around you.
However, I do see a huge difference between a racist remark directed at a person or a group for their beliefs, race, or whatever that which makes them different, and between a snarl, a sneer or sarcasm against an occupying criminal entity called "Israel" and its people, for their CRIMES

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Best of the Web: Knowledge, Truth and Human Action: America Hits the Wall

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John Kozy
Global Research
Sun, 16 May 2010 16:41 EDT

"Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true." [paraphrased Buddhist saying]
Americans have a problem with the truth. They seem to be unable to accept it, which is difficult to understand at a time in history when knowledge plays a larger and larger role in determining human action. Recognition of this problem is widespread. Beliefs and lies somehow always overwhelm truth, even when they are so contradictory that any effective action becomes impossible. A kind of national, psychological paralysis occurs. Nothing can be done because one belief contradicts another, and for some unknown reason, the facts don’t matter. Even during those times when an overwhelming belief does compel action, Americans rush headlong into it neglecting the adage that headlong often means wrong.
The number of programs enacted by the Congress that don’t work is huge. The war on drugs which began in 1969 has shown no measurable results; yet it continues unabated and has resulted in destabilizing other nations, especially Mexico. Various immigration reforms have proven so ineffective that the people are turning to their own solutions. Tough on crime programs have been enacted numerous times without any measurable reduction in criminal behavior. Educational reforms have proven to be illusionary. Inconclusive wars have been and continue to be fought. No one, it appears, ever wants to measure anything by its results. The nation continues to do the same things over and over again expecting different results, an activity Einstein described as insanity.

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Bankers jailed, sued as Iceland seeks culprits for crisis

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

More than a year and a half after Iceland’s major banks failed, all but sinking the country’s economy, police have begun rounding up a number of top bankers while other former executives and owners face a two-billion-dollar lawsuit.

Since Iceland’s three largest banks — Kaupthing, Landsbanki and Glitnir — collapsed in late 2008, their former executives and owners have largely been living untroubled lives abroad.

But the publication last month of a parliamentary inquiry into the island nation’s profound financial and economic crisis signaled a turning of the tide, laying much of the blame for the downfall on the former bank heads who had taken "inappropriate loans from the banks" they worked for.

On Wednesday, the administrators of Glitnir’s liquidation announced they had filed a two-billion-dollar (1.6-billion-euro) lawsuit in a New York court against former large shareholders and executives for alleged fraud.

"I think this lawsuit is without precedence in Iceland," Steinunn Gudbjartsdottir, who chairs Glitnir’s so-called winding-up board, told reporters in Reykjavik.

"It is about higher figures than we have ever seen," she said, adding that she expected Glitnir to file more lawsuits going forward, but that "it is unlikely any will be this big."

Glitnir said it was suing "Jon Asgeir Johannesson, formerly its principal shareholder, Larus Welding, previously Glitnir’s chief executive, Thorstein Jonsson, its former chairman and other former directors, shareholders and third parties associates with Johannesson for fraudulently and unlawfully draining more than two billion dollars out of the bank."

The bank also said it was "taking action against its former auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for facilitating and helping to conceal the fraudulent transactions engineered by Johannesson and his associates, which ultimately led to the bank’s collapse in October 2008."

Glitnir’s suit, filed in the New York state Supreme Court on Tuesday, blamed most of the bank’s woes on "Johannesson and his co-conspirators," who had "conspired to systematically loot Glitnir Bank in order to prop up their own failing companies."

Johannesson, the former owner of the now-defunct Baugur investment group with stakes in a number of British high street stores including Hamleys, Debenhams and House of Fraser, said he was shocked by the lawsuit.

"The distortions and the nonsense in the lawsuit are incredible," he told the Pressan news website.

Glitnir’s administrators "can get a 10-year-prison sentence for misusing US courts in this manner," he insisted.

The bank’s chief administrator Gudbjartsdottir took his comments in stride.

"I didn’t expect him to be happy with the lawsuit," she said.

In addition to its New York suit, Glitnir said it had "secured a freezing order from the High Court in London against Jon Asgeir Johannesson’s worldwide assets, including two apartments in Manhattan’s exclusive Gramercy Park neighbourhood for which he paid approximately 25 million dollars."

Gudbjartsdottir said Johannesson had just 48 hours to come up with a satisfactory list of his assets.

"If he does not give the right information he faces a jail sentence," she said.

Four former Kaupthing executives, who all live in Luxembourg, have meanwhile been arrested in Iceland in the past week and Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for that bank’s ex-chairman, Sigurdur Einarsson.

Former head of the bank’s domestic operations, Ingolfur Helgason, and former chief risk officer Steingrimur Karason were arrested late Monday on arrival from Luxembourg, just days after former Kaupthing boss Hreidar Mar Sigurdsson, along with Magnus Gudmunsson, who headed the bank’s unit in Luxembourg, were taken into custody.

The 49-year-old Einarsson, who lives in London, said late Tuesday he had no plans to travel to Iceland to be arrested.

"I’m absolutely flabbergasted about the latest news," he told the Frettabladid daily.

"There is in my opinion no need for the arrests or custody rulings, and I will not of my own free will take part in the play that it appears is being staged to soothe the Icelandic people," he said.

"I’ll put the human rights I enjoy here in Britain to the test and will not therefore come home (to Iceland) to these conditions without being forced," he added.

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No One Has To Die Tomorrow

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

School Abused 5 Year Old Autistic Girl, Then Stripped Searched Her
Jessica Anderson wonders whether she should stop sending her daughter to Gilbert’s Sonoma Ranch Elementary for the rest of the school year.

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Guess What, America, You’re Bailing Out Banks All Over the World!

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Low-Quality Child Care Has Potential for Lifelong Difficulties

Low-quality care in the first few years of life can have a small but long-lasting impact on a child’s learning and behavior, according to new results from the largest, most authoritative assessment of…

New Law Allows Hawaii to Ignore Requests for The President’s Birth Certificate

It’s now law in Hawaii that the state government can ignore repetitive requests for President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.

Has the time finally come to stop funding our own insurrection?

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Gun Control Leads to Militarized Law Enforcement

Home Values Continue To Fall, More Owners ‘Underwater’

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Raquel Welch: The Pill ruined the institution of marriage

NJ Judge Resigns Over His Film About Obama’s ‘Deal With The Devil’

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Genetic Test Kits Available At Drug Stores

The popular pharmacy chain Walgreens, has given a fresh impetus to the pharmaceutical industry by selling over-the-counter genetic tests, paternity testing and drug-testing kits

Chemtrails: The Consequences of Toxic Metals and Chemical Aerosols on Human Health

For decades, we have known that heavy metals and chemicals can cause grave physical harm. Going back to Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” we have known and been amply warned of the serious consequences…

Paul Offit, Rotateq, Pig Viruses, and the Rest of the World

As the facts surrounding Friday’s decision by the FDA to keep Paul Offit’s Rotateq vaccine on the market despite being contaminated with two pig viruses known to cause fatal wasting disease, the fragility…

The Pill at 50: Unhappy Un-Birthday

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Woman Sues, ‘HPV Vaccine Hurt Her Daughter’

An Albuquerque woman has filed a lawsuit over a vaccine intended to protect women from cervical cancer, alleging it caused physical and behavioral problems in her teenage daughter.

How Charles Darwin’s family paid the price of inbreeding

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The Vaccine War: A Forgotten History

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Hundreds of burn victims from Chinese made ‘toxic sofas’

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Number of Soldiers Seeking Opiate Abuse Treatment Skyrockets

The number of American soldiers seeking treatment for opiate abuse has skyrocketed over the past five years, at a time when the U.S. military has been surging forces into the heart of the world’s leading…

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Arrested: Israeli Officer Leading Organ Trafficking Ring

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MEART: the Machine that’s Part Robot Part Rat

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Signs of the Times News for Sat, 15 May 2010

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

SOTT Focus: Satire: Leaked Reports Declare Obama’s Unwritten Novel Wins the Lost Man Booker Prize

Ignatious O’Reilly
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Fri, 14 May 2010 08:18 EDT

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Obama shares ideas for his new book with critics

London – Leaked reports reveal that on Wednesday, début Hawaiian novelist Barack Hussein Obama II, 49, will win the Lost Man Booker Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards, with "No Peace for the wicked!". It will be the first time in it’s 41-year history that an unwritten book will claim the award.
He will receive a designer bound copy of his novel (once it is published) at a gala dinner in London and can expect not only overnight literary fame but also a sharp rise in much needed popularity he has lost in the run-up to House of Representatives and Senate elections.
The Lost Man Booker Prize is a one-off prize to honour the books which missed out on the opportunity to win the Booker Prize in 1970.
To pre-empt any potential controversy, Booker organizers have announced that they have a written certificate dated 1970 that clearly shows Obama had an intention to write a book about peace one day. The organizers have stated however, that this certificate will never be released to the public and they should just take their word for it.

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Best of the Web: The Financial Oligarchy Reigns: Democracy’s Death Spiral From Greece to the United States

David DeGraw
AmpedStatus Report
Mon, 10 May 2010 04:45 EDT

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As the Economic Elite continue their plunder, the people in Greece riot and the big banks score yet another big blow against the people of the United States.
Democracy throughout the world is under attack. Many people can make the argument that our democracy here in America is only an illusion, but even the illusion of democracy is crashing down. Tragedies are currently playing out across the world on an epic scale. Unprecedented economic and environmental catastrophes have become the norm. Billions of people, the overwhelming majority of humanity, have been sentenced to a slow death due to a concentration of wealth and resources within humanity’s economic top 0.5%. Ultimately, short-sighted greed has proven to be humanity’s most severe disease.
I: Democracy Vs. Oligarchy: Lessons from History
The experiment known as democracy is devolving into fascism before our eyes; the "iron law of oligarchy" is once again asserting itself. From the Founding Fathers on, we have known that you cannot have a concentration of vast wealth and Democracy at the same time – and we currently have the greatest concentration of wealth in the history of the United States. As former Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once said, "We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both."

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Best of the Web: Are the bombers Al-Qaeda, the CIA or Israel?

Christopher King
Redress.cc
Fri, 14 May 2010 05:40 EDT

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Christopher King argues that it is likely that the American CIA – or Israel acting on its behalf – is responsible for recent atrocities in Iraq, in order to extend and consolidate the occupation, just as it is probable that the Times Square bomber was, wittingly or otherwise, acting for the CIA or Israel, to justify the US military intervention in South Asia.
On 10 May there were more than two dozen bombings and shootings in Iraq that killed at least 85 people and injured at least 300.These were coordinated attacks, clearly by the same organization.
The American response to this and other recent attacks is to delay plans for withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Obama’s election promise was to withdraw troops from Iraq by May this year. Not only is that obviously not going to happen but we learned after his election that "withdrawal" meant leaving 50,000 troops as ‘trainers’ as well as 4,500 special forces and tens of thousands of para-military contractors.
Now, the US is reviewing even the slipped drawdown schedule out of concern for the security of the Iraqi people. Considering the million killed by the US and the four to five million refugees created by them I would not have thought that they would be bothered by fewer than one hundred dead in a little internal trouble. It might be said to be an improvement on US outcomes.
As these attacks are providing the US with an excuse for delaying even its token withdrawal however, we need to think about who is behind them.

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SOTT Focus: Connecting the Dots: Plane Madness Redux and Looking-Glass Weather

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Sat, 08 May 2010 21:05 EDT

Mother Nature revealed its awesome beauty this month as our Big Blue Marble continues to open up in breathtaking fashion. The sight of Eyjafjallajokull coming to life, while beautiful to behold, may set a terrifying trend as volcanoes wake from their slumber and impact our climate in a sudden and system-changing way. Perhaps it is not without meaning that the first significant volcanic eruption to draw people’s attention to our rapidly cooling climate took place in IceLand… the harbinger of IceWorld?
April witnessed deluge after deluge of torrential rains bringing flooding, landslides and misery to many in the Americas and China where large cities are underwater. Arctic-cold weather in the least expected places, more frequent earthquakes and hailstorms of unusual ferocity have extended winter in the northern hemisphere into May, raised seabeds and pelted homes with ice.
Dramatic and significant though it was, did the volcanic eruption in Iceland really merit the unprecedented shutdown of European airspace for a week, with knock-on effects across the world? Who made the call, and on what basis? These are important questions to ask because Eyjafjallajokull’s wandering ash cloud now apparently holds the near-term fate of international air travel in its plume, so to speak. With cosmic bombardment underway and magma erupting from the oceans’ floor, wrangling over the immediate fiscal losses detract from necessary preparations for the approaching ice age.
As always, the stresses and strains in our environment are mirrored back at us in the political and social events of which we play a more immediate role. We will analyse the mysterious circumstances surrounding the Polish government air crash, the political and corporate back-room manipulation of "Tea Party" activism and the psychopaths on Wall Street’s engorgement upon humanity through economic terrorism. We’ll observe how The Big Brother Surveillance State and naked scanner racketeering expand unchecked, and consider the geopolitical chess moves behind the Kyrgyz and Thai "Red Shirt" revolutions.
And, of course, we couldn’t connect the dots in April without acknowledging the high strangeness of the global UFO wave…

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SOTT Focus: An Odd Rash of Stabbings

Jason Best
Sott.net
Mon, 10 May 2010 16:38 EDT

It had been so long since I checked in with a "mainstream" news site, I decided to visit cnn.com this morning for fun.
An article that caught my eye was (All bold print in this article will be my added emphasis):

Minnesota man charged with stabbing 29 pigs (5-5-2010)

A drunk man stabbed 29 pigs in Minnesota, hurting them so badly they had to be slaughtered, according to charges filed against the man by police.
Curtis Adams, 23, said he did not remember stabbing the pigs, but did not deny having done it, Detective Matt Owens said in court papers. (continues)

It turns out the man was drunk, but something struck me as odd. I decided to search via Google News to see what other stabbing events, if any, had occurred recently.
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Not surprising: No criminal intent in New Hampshire bus bomb scare

BP Trying to Insert Tube Into Leaking Gulf Oil Pipe

California: San Jose man abused 8-week-old daughter before her death

New Jersey: Man Accused of Choking, Fatally Stabbing Stepmother

Ohio: Man Jailed in Stabbing of Officer

Michigan: Man Accused of Stabbing Girlfriend and Her Stepfather

Pennsylvania: Man Stabbed to Death at Apartment

New York: Mom Threw Toddler in Hudson River Out of Spousal Spite

Killer heads to prison amid changes to California laws

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UK & Euro-Asian News

Stalinism return absolutely out of question — Medvedev

Russia pledges support for indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks

China’s School Killings Blamed on Social Tension

USSR Planned Nuclear Attack on China in 1969

UK: Mother of Four Stabbed to Death by Army Fiancé She Met on Facebook

UK: Lesbian Couple "Forced Out of Church for Holding Hands in the Pews"

UK: MP Stephen Timms in Recovery After Being Stabbed by Woman

Woman stabbed to death in Ireland

Kyrgyz protesters seize two airports and occupy regional offices

Bomb explodes outside Greek prison

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Around the World

South Africa: Drummond was pushed – expert

Flashback: South African death plunge mystery: Authorities worked to unravel the mysterious death of well-known Cape Town businessman Chris Drummond

Connecting the Dots: Plane Madness Redux and Looking-Glass Weather

An Odd Rash of Stabbings

Thai troops close in on redshirt checkpoint

Thai protesters hold ground despite lockdown

Air France black box search fails

Venezuelan Gas Rig Sinks: Workers Evacuated, Gas Leak Sealed

Update! Red-shirt general shot in Bangkok, condition critical

Thai Army to besiege Red Shirts in Bangkok

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Big Brother

Facebook founder called trusting users dumb f*cks

US: Laptop scandal school permanently banned from webcam monitoring

The next 2,000-page Big Brother Bill

Leaked report reveals big surge in EU call data requests

The Federal Fat Police: Bill Would Require Government to Track Body Mass of American Children

Autistic Boy Charged With Making Terrorist Threats Over Stick-Figure Sketch

SnapScouts might not be real, but the privacy implications are really scary

German court orders wireless passwords for all

People Power! Google Search Anonymizer up and Running Again

The very civil Lib Dems

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Axis of Evil

Are the bombers Al-Qaeda, the CIA or Israel?

Times Square Bombing Part of CIA False Flag Against Pakistan

Is the "Times Square Terrorist" more Field-based Warfare?

The Psychopath: A New Subspecies of Homo Sapiens

Mindwar: Fox News analyst says "Iran to nuke Israel NOW!"

Soldiers ‘joked about killing women and children’

US slammed for journalist ban at Gitmo Gulag

US troops executing prisoners in Afghanistan, journalist says

Clinton Catapults the Propaganda: Pakistan Officials ‘Harboring’ Bin Laden

The Ever More Pervasive Darkness of this World

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Middle East Madness

Video: US Troops Carrying Out ‘Battlefield Executions’ In Afghanistan, Seymour Hersh Says

Turkish Air Defense System Deployed to "Defend Syria, Iran against Israel Raids"

Israeli forces invade Gaza Strip, again

Iran expelling tens of thousands of Afghan heroin mules

Ten Israeli "Negotiating" Strategies

Israeli General ‘tried to cover up truth about death of Rachel Corrie’

Zionism exposed: A massacre of arabs masked by Israel’s state of national amnesia

Video: Fallujah Birth Defects Raise Specter Of U.S. Chemical-Weapons Use In Iraq

Arab Bank shuts down in Gaza, cutting off financial interaction with outside world

Disregarding peace talks, Israel announces more settlement construction

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Grand Theft Economics

The Financial Oligarchy Reigns: Democracy’s Death Spiral From Greece to the United States

Abu Dhabi hotel installs gold vending machine (seriously)

US Stocks tumble on worries about European growth

Cashless society: 500 Euro note secretly withdrawn from UK circulation last month

Taking Back Homes from the Banks: Exercising the Human Right to Housing

Bankers jailed, sued as Iceland seeks culprits for crisis

Afghan war costs now surpass Iraq’s: $6.7 billion for February alone

Manchurian Candidate Market

Fed Opens Line Of Credit To Europe

Whoa! New York Post Says Federal Agents Have Launched Civil And Criminal Probes Into JPMorgan For Silver Manipulation

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The Living Planet

Dogs and Whales Enjoy Mysterious Connection

Are Honey Bees Being Killed Off by Chemically Coated Crop Seeds?

Asphalt volcanoes discovered off California

In the shadow of the volcano, where day becomes night under a blanket of ash

Flashback: Photo Survey: Flood hits Austria

Indians Warn of War Against Amazon Mega-Dam

Rainbow similar to before China and Chile quake seen over Los Angeles

From above and below, Gulf oil leak looks severe on video

Yay for Hay! Redneck Rocket Science – perhaps BP should listen?

Rare "King of Herrings" Found off Swedish Coast

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Health & Wellness

Mom’s Voice Soothes Stress, Even by Phone

Childhood Psychological Problems Create Long-Term Economic Losses, Study Finds

Changing Thoughts Key to Battling Even Severe Depression

Mum Knows Best? Research Suggests Pregnant Women Are More Likely to Follow Their Mothers’ Wisdom Than Medical Advice

Family Child Care Providers’ Behavior Found to Affect Children’s Stress

Poor Children More Vulnerable to Effects of Poor Sleep

1,200 Patients Killed in Hospital, Abused by Staff, Lying in Filth

Vitamin D Deficiency Finally Being Recognized as Increasingly Common

Calcium Alone is Not Enough for Healthy Bones

The Problem with Factory Farms

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Science & Technology

Linking The Brain: Crucial Insights On Anvil

Police Loading Up on Military Technology

Planets in Nearby System are Off-Kilter, Measurements Show

Mechanism Found That Prepares the a Newborn’s Brain for Information Processing

Space Station Rainbow

Incredible 3D Space Station – No Glasses Required!

Asteroids Caught Marching Across Tadpole Nebula

The real Avatar: body transfer turns men into girls

Maiden voyage for first true space sail

Venus orbiter to fly close to super-rotating wind

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Our Haunted Planet

US: Black orb spotted over Lutz, Florida sky

US: Montana witness not convinced fast-moving object was F-15

US: UFO Flying Near Illinois Nuclear Reactor Caught on Video

US: Former Air Force captain reports boomerang-shaped UFO brightly lit over Ohio sky

US: Unexplained bright red lights appear under 500 feet over Windsor, Colorado

US: Georgia photographer asking for help to identify rectangular object in sky

US: Cincinnati, Ohio television news reports on orb UFO from recent broadcast

US: Fast moving bright blue light moves over California skies

Triangular object with orange light in center seen over Essex, England

Mexico: Interview with Air Traffic Controller Enrique Kolbeck

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Don’t Panic! Lighten Up!

Satire: Leaked Reports Declare Obama’s Unwritten Novel Wins the Lost Man Booker Prize

Council send vote registration letter to woman’s pet pig

Regular Storms, Not Perfect Storms : A Nightmare on Wallstreet

AU: Physicist spots dictionary error

UK: Pig received voter registration reminder

Massachusetts, US: Church to Offer Worship Services for Dogs

Massachusetts, US: Lord Jesus Christ Hit by Car

South Korean Woman Earns Driver’s License on 960th Try

Massachusetts, US: Woman with No Arms Preparing for Black Belt

Satire: Goldman Sachs Reveals it Shorted Gulf of Mexico

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