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Monday, May 11, 2009
Killing them softly with air strikes
(2 comments) What have these innocent Afghan people done to the United States to deserve such abhorrent treatment? Anyone? There must be someone out there with a substantive answer for the continued slaughter and maiming of these poor innocent men, woman and children? Is this what CHANGE is really suppose to look like? My God! Where does it end? And for what? Is it any wonder why this country of ours is loathed so.

Friday, January 23, 2009
The British called - They want their guns back!
(1 comments) As one woman notes "we've been very apathetic for years, and now we're paying the price for it." And one gentleman says "it's a disgrace really, and we've seen these fundamental liberties eroding."

Saturday, January 17, 2009
I Want My Bailout Money
(1 comments) Bailout Money is a really good Hip Hop satire

Saturday, January 10, 2009
Children of Gaza, Run to the Angels
Ironically, it was in Palestine, 20 years ago, that I concluded that there is no God. For how could a God, who claims to love all and treat all with impartiality, allow such horrors like those in Palestine to happen?

Thursday, January 8, 2009
Pelicans fall out of sky from Mexico to Ore.
Pelicans suffering from a mysterious malady are crashing into cars and boats, wandering along roadways and turning up dead by the hundreds across the West Coast, from southern Oregon to Baja California, Mexico, bird-rescue workers say.

Sunday, January 4, 2009
Men Can Fly
(5 comments) A few brave guys in Norway skiing off a huge cliff and then flying like birds in their wing suits. Sounds crazy right? Just an astounding video

Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Almost one in 10 Floridians are on food stamps
(1 comments) Monday, December 29, 2008 MIAMI - Unemployed and strapped for cash, Floridians are asking for state assistance to feed their families in record numbers. In the last two years, the number of Floridians on food stamps has increased more than 40 percent to 1.7 million. That increase is the highest in the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. And it's the second-largest jump in the state's history.

Sunday, December 21, 2008
Kissinger Calls For New International System Out Of World Crises
(4 comments) Speaking with Charlie Rose earlier this week Henry Kissinger cited the chaos being wrought across the globe by the financial crisis and the spread of terrorism as an opportunity to bolster a new global order.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008
A Giant Breach in Earth's Magnetic Field
(9 comments) NASA's five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a breach in Earth's magnetic field ten times larger than anything previously thought to exist. Solar wind can flow in through the opening to "load up" the magnetosphere for powerful geomagnetic storms. But the breach itself is not the biggest surprise.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Depression possible: Canadian PM
Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered a grim forecast for the Canadian economy, saying in an interview with broadcaster CTV a depression is possible. "The truth is, I've never seen such uncertainty in terms of looking forward to the future," Harper told CTV. "I'm very worried about the Canadian economy."

Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Big Brother is watching, but seniors don't mind
(1 comments) WALLINGFORD - Sensors keep track of just about everything Shirley Player does in her apartment, but she's not worried that Big Brother is watching. Far from it. "I feel very safe with it," Player said. "It's nice to know you're being watched."

Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Fem-bot's my love machine
A BOFFIN too busy to find real love has INVENTED his idea of the perfect woman – a female ROBOT.

Saturday, November 15, 2008
British travellers could be banned from flying to America
(1 comments) Under the new scheme tourists will be advised to apply online for approval for travel from the US Department of Homeland Security at least three days before they leave. Anyone denied permission will be barred when they attempt to check in at the airport. The measure is aimed at tightening US border controls to prevent a repeat of the September 11 terror attacks.

Sunday, October 26, 2008
Foreclosure crisis vexes government
Each day from July through September, more than 2,700 Americans lost their homes in foreclosure. That number, up from 1,200 a day a year ago, is a sign that the mortgage industry and government programs have done little to help troubled homeowners.

Friday, October 24, 2008
Electric Space Weather Baffles Scientists
Atmospheric researchers are puzzled by a "newly discovered form of space weather" observed over the African continent.

Friday, October 24, 2008
Pentagon Wants Packs Of Robots To Detect "Non-cooperative Humans"
The Pentagon has put out a request to contractors to develop teams of robots that can search for, detect and track "non-cooperative" humans in "pursuit/evasion scenarios".

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
And now the Manchurian microchip
All computers on the market today -- be they Dell, Toshiba, Sony, Apple or especially IBM -- are assembled with components manufactured inside China. Each component produced by the Chinese, according to a reliable source within the intelligence community, is secretly equipped with a hidden microchip that can be activated any time by China's military intelligence services, the PLA.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Worst slump since Great Depression
(1 comments) Major industrialised economies will suffer the worst slump since the 1930s, according to new research from Deutsche Bank. The warning underlines the fact that policymakers have failed to prevent the financial crisis from turning into a full-blown economic slump. It comes as world leaders agreed to hold a summit in New York billed as the "Bretton Woods meeting for the 21st century".

Sunday, October 19, 2008
Iraqis stage mass anti-US rally
(2 comments) Supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr have staged a mass demonstration in Baghdad in protest against plans to extend the US mandate in Iraq.

Sunday, October 12, 2008
Talk Show Host Glenn Beck warns of a One World Order
A one World currency and financial system is the end game?

Thursday, October 9, 2008
New World Order: Global co-operation, nationalisation and state intervention - all in one day
IT WAS a day of desperate global action, unprecedented in both scale and cost, intended to stymie the international devastation being wrought by the financial crisis.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Pakistan facing bankruptcy
Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves are so low that the country can only afford one month of imports and faces possible bankruptcy.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Asian stocks plunge after rejection of bailout
TOKYO (AP) -- The historic carnage on Wall Street reverberated across Asia Tuesday, with stock markets in the region plunging after U.S. lawmakers rejected a US$700 billion bank rescue plan aimed at stabilizing the U.S. financial system.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Obama calls on Americans to support rescue plan
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is calling for Americans to get behind attempts to salvage a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector. Obama told a crowd at the University of Nevada at Reno on Tuesday that if Wall Street fails, ordinary people will be hurt, too.

Sunday, September 28, 2008
Mortgage help for bankrupt homeowners dropped
WASHINGTON - House Democrats say the idea of letting judges rewrite mortgages to help bankrupt homeowners avoid foreclosure won't be a part of the $700 billion financial industry bailout.

Sunday, September 21, 2008
Behind Closed Doors, Warnings of Calamity
WASHINGTON - Gathered in the conference room just off House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's personal suite on the second floor of the Capitol, the Congressional leadership had just received the sobering news Thursday night that America's economy remained in peril despite a series of sudden interventions by the Federal Reserve.

Sunday, September 21, 2008
Rice wags finger at 'Russian isolationism'
(1 comments) U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has warned Russia that its policies have put it on a path to isolation and irrelevance. Rice's speech at the German Marshall Fund event reflects a further deterioration in U.S.-Russian relations as opinions in the West remain split over Georgia's invasion of South Ossetia.

Sunday, September 21, 2008
The Army's Totally Serious Mind-Control Project
Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That's why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing "thought helmets" that would harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops. Ultimately, the Army hopes the project will "lead to direct mental control of military systems by thought alone."

Saturday, September 20, 2008
Incredible Documentary Footage of Mass Arrest in St. Paul
(2 comments) Newly released footage, which was buried to avoid confiscation, shows riot cops arresting and abusing a giant group of people for nothing.

Thursday, September 18, 2008
Homeland Security, Sesame Style
When it comes to securing the homeland, who better to help you sleep at night than various characters from the popular children's show, "Sesame Street" ... ?!? Seriously.

Monday, September 15, 2008
Top Economist: Americans Should Worry About Bank Deposits if Congress Doesn't Act
With the "financial storm of the century" hitting financial institutions, many Americans are worried about the safety of their bank deposits.

Friday, September 12, 2008
Bailouts Will Push US into Depression: Manager
The end result of the global economic slowdown may be the U.S. announcing national bankruptcy as the government cannot afford the bailouts that it promised and the market will not bail out the government, Martin Hennecke, senior manager of private clients at Tyche, told CNBC on Thursday.

Friday, September 12, 2008
Pak army ordered to hit back US forces
The Pakistani Army has been given orders to retaliate against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based US troops inside the country.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Update: Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar Released After Illegal Arrest at RNC
Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar Released After Illegal Arrest at RNC Goodman Charged with Obstruction; Felony Riot Charges Pending Against Kouddous and Salazar

Thursday, August 21, 2008
How Big Brother watches your every move
(2 comments) With every telephone call, swipe of a card and click of a mouse, information is being recorded, compiled and stored about Britain's citizens.

Friday, August 15, 2008
Prince Charles warns GM crops risk causing the biggest-ever environmental disaster
(2 comments) In his most outspoken intervention on the issue of GM food, the Prince said that multi-national companies were conducting an experiment with nature which had gone "seriously wrong".

Sunday, August 10, 2008
The Pipeline War: Russian bear goes for West's jugular
(2 comments) The war in Georgia escalated dangerously last night after Russian jets reportedly bombed a vital pipeline that supplies oil to the West.

Saturday, August 9, 2008
FACING DEFICITS, MANY STATES ARE IMPOSING CUTS THAT HURT VULNERABLE RESIDENTS
Continuing economic problems have created budget problems in many states, leading some 21 states to reduce services to their residents, including some of their most vulnerable families and individuals. Examples of enacted and proposed cuts to state services include:

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Why is America so crazy?
(3 comments) You're only as sane as the information you receive The US has - hands down - the most propagandized population in the world.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
China may artificially change unfavorable weather for Olympics
(1 comments) BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- If bad weather threatens the August 8 opening of Beijing's Olympic Games, then meteorologists may change the weather, according to a Chinese meteorology official.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Russia warns over US-Czech shield
(1 comments) Russia has said it will be forced to react with military means if the US and Czech Republic go ahead with plans for a missile shield.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Gates: Iran missile test proves Tehran is a threat
(1 comments) WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Iran's missile test bolsters the U.S. argument that Tehran is a threat. He also says it counters Russia's case against the need for a missile defense system in Europe.

Thursday, June 26, 2008
Israel Prodding U.S. To Attack Iran
White House Weighs Striking Iran's Nuclear Complex, Which Could Trigger 3rd War In Region

Thursday, June 5, 2008
House Democrats cut unemployment extension to fund wars
Seeking to find a way to win over fiscally conservative "Blue Dog" members of their own caucus, House Democrats are planning to ax a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits to find a way to pay for the Iraq war.

Saturday, May 24, 2008
Clouds of Secrecy
(1 comments) It's over our heads every day, plain old exhaust from jets soaring by. But could it be something else? A government experiment perhaps? Some people are convinced the U.S. government is spraying chemicals in the atmosphere. The Nightteam's Patrick Fraser has more in his special assignment report, Clouds of Secrecy.

Thursday, May 22, 2008
Spanish firm offers $12.8 billion to lease Pa. Turnpike
A Spanish toll-road operator won the bidding war to operate the Pennsylvania Turnpike, offering $12.8 billion for a 75-year lease, Gov. Rendell said today.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Earthquake clouds
(5 comments) Several great pix and a video showing “earthquake clouds” that preceded the China quake. In 2004, geophysicists noticed a gap in the clouds and higher thermal readings in satellite images of a location in Iran where 69 days later, a 6.4 earthquake hit. Historical records indicate a possible correlation between clouds and earthquakes in the ancient civillizations of Rome, India, and China.

Thursday, May 15, 2008
Air Force Aims for 'Full Control' of 'Any and All' Computers
The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to -- and "full control" of -- any kind of computer there is.

Thursday, May 8, 2008
Feds take over NCC fairgrounds for May training exercise
WATERLOO--- Normal operations on the National Cattle Congress fairgrounds have been suspended for most of May as the federal government has leased out virtually the entire facility for a training exercise, NCC general manager Doug Miller said Saturday.

Thursday, April 24, 2008
Machine-Gun-Toting Officers To Patrol NYC Subway
(1 comments) MP5 Submachine Guns, Bomb Sniffing Dogs Part Of New "Torch Team" Anti-Terror Efforts

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
New anti-terrorism rules 'allow US to spy on British motorists'
Routine journeys carried out by millions of British motorists can be monitored by authorities in the United States and other enforcement agencies across the world under anti-terrorism rules introduced discreetly by Jacqui Smith.

Sunday, April 20, 2008
"WASHINGTON, YOU'RE FIRED!"
This film was born out of sheer frustration with abuses in our current political system and gives voice to Americans across the country. Hammering at our Constitutional Crisis wrought by both major parties, it asks, "If voting for a Republican or a Democrat yields the same disastrous blow to the Bill of Rights, aren't you wasting your vote?"

Saturday, April 19, 2008
Worst. Debate. Ever.
The blogosphere is unanimous in declaring ABC's Democratic debate an absolute stinker

Thursday, April 17, 2008
Feds to collect DNA from every person they arrest
(1 comments) WASHINGTON - The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency - a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about the privacy of innocent people.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Sperm From Skin Becoming a Reality?
(2 comments) In as little as 5 years, scientists may be able to grow eggs and sperm from ordinary body cells, an international consortium of scientists and ethicists announced in a consensus statement yesterday.

Sunday, April 13, 2008
The Government Is Trying to Wrap Its Mind Around Yours
(3 comments) Imagine a world of streets lined with video cameras that alert authorities to any suspicious activity. A world where police officers can read the minds of potential criminals and arrest them before they commit any crimes. A world in which a suspect who lies under questioning gets nabbed immediately because his brain has given him away.

Saturday, April 12, 2008
U.S. Presidential Election Can Be Hacked
This year, the U.S. will pick a new president using electronic voting machines that can be hacked, security experts said Thursday at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.

Saturday, April 12, 2008
D.C. to Link 5,000 Cameras to Form Surveillance Network
(3 comments) D.C. officials say they plan to link more than 5,000 cameras operated by various city agencies to form a surveillance network aimed at combating crime and terrorism.

Friday, April 11, 2008
Police officers to be 'microchipped' by top brass in Big Brother style tracking scheme
(5 comments) Every single Metropolitan police officer will be 'microchipped' so top brass can monitor their movements on a Big Brother style tracking scheme, it can be revealed today.

Monday, March 24, 2008
Truckers 'going broke' and threatening to strike
Dan Little, the owner/operator of a livestock hauling company in Carrollton, Mo., estimated Tuesday that at least 1,000 other truckers from across the United States have committed so far to joining him in a strike on April 1.

Monday, March 24, 2008
US 'deploys nuclear sub to Persian Gulf'
(1 comments) An American nuclear submarine has crossed the Suez Canal to join the US fleet stationed in the Persian Gulf, Egyptian sources say.

Saturday, March 22, 2008
Truckers' Protest
Truckers from throughout the eastern U.S. plan to rally at 2 p.m. Saturday at a Dauphin County exit of Interstate 81 to protest high fuel prices.

Thursday, March 20, 2008
New Video of BigDog Quadruped Robot Is So Stunning It's Spooky
(3 comments) Boston Dynamics keeps working on their BigDog quadruped robot, which will probably grow to be the future AT-AT of the Pentagon. Its evolution since the last time we saw it is nothing sort of mindblowing, and a bit spooky. Funded by DARPA.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Day One - The War With Iran
The war began as planned. The Israeli pilots took off well before dawn and streaked across Lebanon and northern Iraq, high above Kirkuk. Flying US-made F-15 and F-16s, the Israelis separated over the mountains of western Iran, the pilots gesturing a last minute show of confidence in their mission, maintaining radio silence.

Saturday, March 8, 2008
New 'super-spike' might mean $200 a barrel oil
With $100-a-barrel here for now, Goldman Sachs says $200 a barrel could be a reality in the not-too-distant future in the case of a "major disruption."

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
MSNBC Reporter: "I hope there is a secret prison for all 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists"
The corporate media has stepped up an ongoing smear campaign against anyone who dares to question the government's leaky and falsified account of the events of September 11th 2001. We received reports this morning that MSNBC ran a piece on Morning Joe during which a reporter called for anyone questioning the official account to be placed in secret CIA prisons.

Sunday, March 2, 2008
Oscar winner Cotillard backs 9/11 conspiracy theories
(5 comments) PARIS (AFP) - French actress Marion Cotillard, who picked up an Oscar for best actress in Hollywood last week, has admitted to having doubts about the official version of the September 11 attacks in the US.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
SOLAR ACTIVITY
(4 comments) Today on the sun, something exploded and hurled a bright CME (coronal mass ejection) into space.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Former Fed chief Alan Greenspan says dollar peg 'needs to go'
Abu Dhabi Floating the Gulf currencies is the best means to relieving the region's rising inflationary pressures, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said in Abu Dhabi on Monday.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Power outage turns South Florida dark
Power outages are cascading through many parts of South Florida, with Florida Power & Light and others reporting blackouts in portions of Miami, Doral, Westchester, Pembroke Pines, Miramar and Boca Raton.

Sunday, February 24, 2008
GM exec stands by calling global warming a "crock"
(1 comments) DETROIT - General Motors Corp Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has defended remarks he made dismissing global warming as a "total crock of shit," saying his views had no bearing on GM's commitment to build environmentally friendly vehicles.

Friday, February 22, 2008
Can We Offset Global Warming By Geoengineering The Climate With Aerosols?
(3 comments) Concerned that energy system transformations are proceeding too slowly to avoid risks from dangerous human-induced climate change, many scientists are wondering whether geoengineering (the deliberate change of the Earth's climate) may help counteract global warming.

Monday, February 18, 2008
A Step Ahead in Electronic Warfare
EDWARDS AFB - It sounds like something out of science-fiction movies - electronic warfare. The name conjures visions of laser beams and killer computers. High-power microwaves send a surge of energy through the air that may be used to disable computer systems. "These technologies exist. The question is how we will deal with them in the future," Nichols said. snip

Sunday, February 17, 2008
Saudis 'threatened Blair with terror'
SAUDI Arabia's rulers threatened to make it easier for terrorists to attack London unless corruption investigations into their arms deals were halted, according to court documents.

Thursday, February 14, 2008
US Plans to Shoot Down Broken Satellite
(1 comments) The Pentagon, under orders from President Bush, is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March, the White House said Thursday.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008
US: No permanent bases anywhere in the world
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Amid a bitter dispute over US bases in Iraq, the White House signaled Wednesday it does not view any US military installations overseas -- except perhaps Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- as permanent.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Navy Research Paper: 'Disrupt Economies' with Man-Made 'Floods,' 'Droughts'
(1 comments) A recently-unearthed U.S. Navy research project calls for creating mad-made floods and droughts to "disrupt [the] economy" of an enemy state.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008
'Earth-Shattering' Events Worry Michael Chertoff
(1 comments) "The great weapon they have is persistence and patience, and the one weakness that we have is the tendency to lose patience and become complacent," Chertoff tells WTOP.

Saturday, February 9, 2008
Justice Dept. 'Cannot' Probe Waterboarding, Mukasey Says
The attorney general yesterday rejected growing congressional calls for a criminal investigation of the CIA's use of simulated drownings to extract information from its detainees, as Vice President Cheney called it a "good thing" that the CIA was able to learn what it did from those subjected to the practice.

Thursday, February 7, 2008
Iran's oil bourse could topple the dollar
(2 comments) So, how important is it that oil continues to be denominated in dollars? Would the United States really wage war to defend the dollar's status as the world's "reserve currency"?

Wednesday, February 6, 2008
The world's rubbish dump: a garbage tip that stretches from Hawaii to Japan
(3 comments) A "plastic soup" of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the continental United States, scientists have said.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Brattleboro man sees his impeachment trek as a success
BRATTLEBORO, VT -- He did not meet with Nancy Pelosi, and President Bush has not been impeached, but John Nirenberg sees his 485-mile journey from Boston to Washington, D.C., as a success.

Monday, February 4, 2008
US anti-missile ship to dock in Haifa
(1 comments) An American missile ship set to dock at Haifa Port on Monday is equipped with an anti-missile defense system that could be deployed in the region in the event of an Iranian missile attack against Israel.

Thursday, January 31, 2008
Ex-9/11 Panel Chief Denies Secret White House Ties
The former executive director of the 9/11 Commission denies explosive charges of undisclosed ties to the Bush White House or interference with the panel's report.

Monday, January 28, 2008
Bush: US will 'confront' Iran if necessary
(2 comments) WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Bush warned Iran Monday that the United States will "confront those who threaten our troops" and defend its allies and interests in the Gulf.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Cancer in Iraq vets raises possibility of toxic exposure