"The Only People Who Still Might Be Fooled Are the American Taxpayers, Who Are Ultimately Responsible When the Bills Come Due"
Woman Who Invented Credit Default Swaps is One of the Key Architects of Carbon Derivatives, Which Would Be at the Very CENTER of Cap and Trade
Nearly 300 Congress members declare commitment to ‘unbreakable’ U.S.-Israel bond
Nearly 300 members of Congress have signed on to a declaration reaffirming their commitment to "the unbreakable bond that exists between [U.S.] and the State of Israel", in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Violations: Health bill to face fresh House vote
Republicans forced a new vote on fixes to historic US health care reform legislation by finding two procedural "violations," a spokesman for a top Democratic senator said on Thursday.
Pope implicated in sex abuse cover-up
Church files suggest failure to act on abuse of 200 deaf Wisconsin boys.
Prisoners forced to submit to radiation experiments for private foreign companies
In Illinois, federal judges have allowed at least two lawsuits to proceed against correctional officials for using full body scanners to reveal the anatomy of both prisoners and visitors without removing their clothing. This is the very same device that airports are seeking to implement on some inbound flights to the United States.
Navy laser weapon goes through early tests
A new laser weapon designed for naval deployment has gone through initial design tests as one of the first steps before it is adopted for active service, most likely by the U.S. Navy before any other force.
91% Of Americans Use Cell Phones
Even in the face of the largest economic recession since the Great Depression, results show that the wireless industry continues to grow as a vast majority of the US population is using a mobile phone.
Debt Saturation: Each Dollar of New Debt Now Subtracts 45 Cents from GDP
UN: By 2050, 70% of world population to be crammed into poor, overcrowded, polluted urban corridors comprising a tiny fraction of habitable land
The SPLC, 3 Percenters & Broken Windows
Corporate Media Fears Competition from Social Networking Sites
When the president of CNN in the U.S. looks over his shoulder, it’s not his rivals at Fox News that makes him anxious. It’s Facebook.
WikiLeaks Monitored by U.S., Icelandic Authorities Over Pentagon Murder Video
Colorado Taxi Drivers to Spy for Cops
Making our community safer; that’s the goal of a new partnership starting today with a local business and Colorado Springs police. The drivers of Yellow Cabs will now be an extra set of roving eyes and ears to help police catch criminals.
Gordon Brown told to explain why he sold Britain’s gold reserves
Gordon Brown has been ordered to release information before the general election about his controversial decision to sell Britain’s gold reserves.
Economic Stimulus Bill May Give J.P. Morgan a Tax Refund of $1.4 Billion
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is nearing a deal that would allow it to benefit from a tax refund of as much as $1.4 billion, becoming the latest company to tap a little-noticed plank in an economic stimulus bill.
France Ditches Carbon Tax as Strikes, Mass Protests Threaten to Shut Down Country
"The Pelosi Sanction"
What has become of our beloved America? Since Christmas Eve, 1913 our standard of living and quality of life has made a death spiral towards complete and utter despotism.
CatholicTV rolls out shows in 3-D to attract youth
CatholicTV debuted 3-D programs Tuesday in an effort to reach younger people and to make the faith message more vivid. The network posted several 3-D shows on the Internet, released its monthly magazine in 3-D – complete with glasses – and said it will eventually broadcast some programs in 3-D.
What in the World Are They Spraying? Part II
Could Aluminum, Barium and Other Substances from Stratospheric Aerosol Geo-Engineering Programs be Destroying Eco-Systems around the World?
TSA nominee wants more ‘behavior detection’
Is that the model where intelligence operatives clone the passports of unsuspecting travelers and then carry out assassinations with their identities?
Airport device follows fliers’ phones
Today’s smartphones and PDAs could have a new use in the nation’s airports: helping passengers avoid long lines at security checkpoints
Secretary Napolitano and Mexican Counterparts Sign Arrangements to Bolster Bilateral Border and Aviation Security
Fourteen US states sue to block health reform
In a sign of political battles to come, 14 US states filed lawsuits Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of health care reform just moments after President Barack Obama signed it into law.
Gene-specific pesticides kill off individual species
Bugs beware: we’re gunning for your genes
“Green” shoppers more likely to lie, cheat and steal
Green consumers sometimes take the moral high ground – but it’s all too easy to slide back down. New research suggests that those who make “green” purchases are subsequently more likely to behave selfishly, cheat and steal.
The influence of the Israeli Lobby on America’s Iran policy
‘America’s Pro-Israel Lobby’, as AIPAC calls itself, holds the biggest conference in its history today, yesterday and the day before in Washington. ‘This year, the lobby has built its annual conference, and its entire lobbying agenda around the issue of Iran’, writes Haaretz
House Democrat: "There Are No Rules Here…We Make Them Up As We Go Along"
Harris poll: 24% of Republicans think Obama "may be the Antichrist"
Injection could cure phobias
A team of researchers have found that the brain may be able to be ‘re-programmed’ to overcome some of our most basic fears.
Rio Tinto exec facing commercial secrets charges
The trial of four employees from Australian mining giant Rio Tinto was set to end Wednesday as a Shanghai court wrapped up closed sessions on industrial espionage charges.
Geithner: Taxpayers Are Likely to Face "Very Substantial" Losses From Government’s Takeover of Fannie and Freddie
Lawmakers Eyeing National ID Card
Lawmakers are proposing a national identification card — what they’re calling “high-tech, fraud-proof Social Security cards” — that would be required for all employees in the United States.
The well funded, well organized, global skeptic network laid bare /sarc
Obamacare Winners: Big Pharma / Hospitals / MDs / Insurance Companies … The People: Who Knows ?
The Rogue Nation
Over the past ten years the shining city has become the ultimate rogue nation, pumped up with power and hubris in spite of the clearly visible signs of decline and moving inexorably towards a catastrophic fall.
SEC Employees Were Getting Off To Porn While Your Economy Tanked
British Officials Chop Down 6,000 Trees to Stop Sex in Woods
Six thousand trees were chopped down at a British beauty spot, partly to discourage strangers who were regularly having sex in the woods, it emerged Tuesday.
US may try Sheehan for anti-war campaign
Eight peace activists were detained after laying coffins near a fence outside the White House during a Saturday rally in which thousands of anti-war protesters gathered at a park in the area to mark the seventh anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq .
Health Care Mandate to Be Enforced by IRS ‘Bounty Hunters’
“When most people think of health care reform they think of more doctors exams, not more IRS exams,” says U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady, the top House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee. “Isn’t the federal government already intruding enough into our lives? We need thousands of new doctors and nurses in America, not thousands more IRS agents.”
Dallas-Fort Worth commercial foreclosure filings top $1 billion
Commercial property foreclosure filings in the Dallas-Fort Worth area top $1 billion for the upcoming April sales.
30 Million Kids Got Rotarix Vaccine Tainted With Pig Virus
Rotarix, made by GlaxoSmithKline, was approved by the FDA in 2008. The contaminant material is DNA from porcine circovirus 1, a virus from pigs that is not known to cause disease in humans or animals, Hamburg said.
Unions Want to Take Over Your 401(k)
One of the nation’s largest labor unions, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), is promoting a plan that will centralize all retirement plans for American workers, including private 401(k) plans, under one new "retirement system" for the United States.
Graham proposes framework for handling terrorism suspects, rules governing indefinite detention
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) has submitted draft legislation to the White House in an effort to create a broad framework for handling terrorism suspects, mapping out proposals that appeal to the administration and others that do not, officials said.
Puke: China recycles cooking oil… from raw sewage
Chinese cooking oil siphoned from restaurants’ waste tanks and stripped out of raw sewage is being resold on the cheap and has for years tainted approximately one out of every ten meals cooked in the eastern nation, according to a recent study.
FDA Attempting to Determine Why GlaxoSmithKline Rotavirus Vaccine Contains a Pig Virus Called Porcine Circovirus 1
Nano-based RFID tag, you’re it
The technology reported in the March issue of the journal IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices is based on a carbon-nanotube-infused ink for ink-jet printers first developed in the Rice lab of James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry as well as a professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and of computer science
Collective Intelligence is the New Measure of Smart
Collective intelligence can include distributed computing. We’ve seen how a complex problem can be solved by using millions of connected computers working in tandem. So too can any task be divided among a set of human peers.
15 New Taxes The Democrats Just Foisted On The American People
A 40% tax on health insurance plans exceeding determined levels. Those levels are projected for 2013 to be $8,500 for self only and $23,000 for any other level.
New Taxes for Health Care Help Obama ‘Spread the Wealth Around’
If the final version of the legislation passes the Senate, high-income investors will pay higher Medicare taxes, tax breaks for out-of-pocket medical deductions will be curtailed, and it will cost insurance companies more to pay executives millions of dollars.
Silvio Berlusconi to push for change to Italian constitution for greater powers
The Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, is proposing to change the constitution by referendum to give him greater powers as a “directly elected president”.
CIA chief authorizes every drone strike
CIA Chief Leon Panetta has said the US counter terrorism polices in Pakistan are legal and highly effective and that he is acutely aware of the gravity of some of the decisions thrust upon him.
U.S. Turns a Blind Eye to Opium in Afghan Town
The effort to win over Afghans on former Taliban turf in Marja has put American and NATO commanders in the unusual position of arguing against opium eradication, pitting them against some Afghan officials who are pushing to destroy the harvest.
Lebanese army fires on Israeli jets
The Lebanese army says it has opened fire on two Israeli warplanes that were violating the country’s airspace at medium altitude.
160 plastic policemen charged with crimes
Supporters say they offer a reassuring uniformed presence on the streets, but critics – including many regular officers – have branded them “plastic policemen” or “CHIMPS”, which stands for “completely hopeless in most policing situations
Has Germany just killed the dream of a European superstate?
Health-Care Stocks Up After House OK’s Obamacare
Health-care stocks led the stock market higher Monday after the U.S. House Sunday approved a historic health-care overhaul designed to bring health insurance to 32 million more Americas while subjecting U.S. industries to a dramatically redrawn and newly regulated marketplace
Underemployment At Record 20% According To Gallup
Just in case anyone needed confirmation that the DOL data is just a little, how should we say it, cooked, here comes Gallup with their March 15 undermployment number, which just hit a 2010, and series, high of 20%
U.S. Information Warfare Operation Takes Down Website Used to Plan Attacks on Americans Inside Iraq; The Website Was Set Up and Run by CIA and Saudi Intelligence
Data mining project benefits investigators, scares privacy experts
Chinese Media: Google Is Tied to U.S. Intelligenc
Chinese media organs lashed out at Google (GOOG) in an apparently coordinated assault on Saturday — with one paper suggesting Google is linked to the U.S. intelligence agencies — just days before the Web giant may announce plans to close its Chinese-language search engine
Reasons to be pissed about the health insurance bill
The health insurance bill passed, and it’s one more triumph of the federal government over individual rights. All statists, rejoice! You’ve managed to succeed in having Big Brother intrude into one more aspect of your life.
Bank For International Settlements (BIS): How The Rothschilds Control And Dictate To The World
What’s the significance of having a central bank within a country and why should you concern yourself, your family and colleagues?
Bonds Show U.S. Losing AAA
The bond market is saying that it’s safer to lend to Warren Buffett than Barack Obama.
Fact Sheet: The Truth About the Health Care Bill
As Marcy Wheeler noted in an important post entitled “Health Care on the Road to NeoFeudalism,” we stand on the precipice of doing something truly radical in our government, by demanding that Americans pay almost as much money to private insurance companies as they do in federal taxes:
Chairs of Both the 9/11 Commission and the Joint Intelligence Inquiry into 9/11 Said That Government Minders Obstructed the 9/11 Investigation
The Digital Dictatorship
It’s fashionable to hold up the Internet as the road to democracy and liberty in countries like Iran, but it can also be a very effective tool for quashing freedom. Evgeny Morozov on the myth of the techno-utopia.
$1 Million Doesn’t Cut It for Retirement
That target may be easy to remember, but it falls short of the true cost of what’s required for post-career comfort. Longer life spans, the threat of inflation and the uncertain future of Social Security benefits make this long-touted savings advice inadequate for most, advisers say.
healthcare bill passes
The House’s 219-212 vote tonight on a Senate-passed bill will deliver to the president’s desk an initiative for which he has fought on Capitol Hill and campaigned across the country: A healthcare bill that he finally can sign.
US police to get Robocop’s car
The Ford Taurus Interceptor will replace the US police’s aging Crown Victoria cop cars, which is the first time the Taurus has been used other than in the Hollywood blockbuster.
Video: Rick Rozoff: US-NATO Military Strike against Iran?
Broadband plan would vastly expand government power over the Internet
Revealed: Tony Blair’s secret oil links to Middle East
The contents of the memo, which is buried in Andrew Rawnsley‘s book The End Of The Party, confirm the exact words Mr Blair used to offer his strong backing for Bush in July 2002, eight months before the invasion.
Israel to ask US for bombs in the fight against Iran’s Nuclear sites
Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, will use a visit to Washington this week to press the US to release sophisticated bunker-busting bombs needed for a possible strike on Iran’s nuclear sites.
IMF warns wealthiest nations about their debt
The International Monetary Fund warned the world’s wealthiest nations Sunday to watch their surging levels of government debt, saying it could drag down the growth needed to ensure continued economic recovery.
More homeowners are opting for ‘strategic defaults’
Nearly one-quarter of U.S. mortgages, or about 11 million loans, are "underwater," i.e. the houses are worth less than the balance of their loans. While home values are regaining ground — median prices rose 10% in Southern California last month to $275,000 compared with a year earlier — they remain far below the July 2007 peak of $505,000.
Why this AIPAC conference is different from all other years
But this year, the pro-Israel lobby’s policy conference will put many of the key players in the American-Israeli relationship onstage, as relations between the two allies are at a rare pitch of tension.
Is that a Bat or a Bot? Parrot AR.Drone is Controlled by an iPhone
Special Forces now Report to McChrystal
Most of the U.S. Special Operations forces in Afghanistan now are under direct control of Gen. Stanley McCrystal, the top U.S. commander in that country said.
West Bengal villagers pay with blood for a steel plant
A battle between Marxists, Maoists and government allies has brought a wave of kidnappings and murders to the Indian state
German Central Bank Admits that Credit is Created Out of Thin Air
Money is created by "money creation". Both [central banks] and private commercial banks can create money. In the euro monetary system [money creation] arises mainly through the granting of loans, as well as the fact that central banks or commercial banks to buy assets such as gold, foreign currencies, real estate or securities
All G7 countries, Except Canada and Germany, Will Have Debt-to-GDP Ratios Close to or Exceeding 100 Percent by 2014
FDIC Closes Seven Banks, 2010 Total Climbs To 37
Regulators on Friday shut down seven banks in five states, bringing to 37 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far this year.
Latvia government collapses amid economic crisis
The People’s Party, the largest group in a five-party coalition, walked out amid disputes over how to cope with the country’s severe problems.
Newly Released FBI Documents Support Explosive Claims by Former FBI Translator Sibel Edmonds
Recently released FBI documents prove the existence of highly sensitive National Security and criminal investigations of “Turkish Activities” in Chicago prior to September 11, 2001. These documents add further support to many of the allegations that former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds has claimed, in public and in Congress, since 2002
Private Army Sets Sights on Iceland
A private company offering military support has expressed interest in working with the Icelandic government. Many Icelanders are strongly opposed to the idea.
Bank of England Deliberately Created “Consumer Boom”
The Bank of England deliberately stoked the consumer boom that has led to record house prices and personal debt in order to avert a recession, the former Bank Governor Eddie George admitted yesterday.
Homeland Security Wants Clearance to Fly Drones Over Texas
The federal government may soon send unmanned aircraft to scour West Texas and the state’s coastal waters in an effort to boost border security, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a letter to the governor sent Friday.
U.S. Forest Service Admits Putting Surveillance Cameras on Public Lands
The camera didn’t have any markings identifying its owner, so Jacob took it home and called law enforcement agencies to find out if it was theirs, all the while wondering why someone would station a video camera in an isolated clearing in the woods.
Greece – Bomb hits Pakistani leader’s home in Athens
A bomb has exploded outside the home of a Pakistani community leader in the Greek capital Athens – the second blast in the area in less than 24 hours.