Report: 'No strategic value' to Afghan outpost where 8 died
A U.S. military investigation into a battle last October in eastern Afghanistan that cost eight American soldiers their lives has concluded that the small outpost was worthless, the troops there didn't understand their mission, and intelligence and air support were tied up elsewhere in the province.

Obama tells CIA 'win this war' at service for 7 killed in Afghanistan
President Barack Obama told hundreds of CIA employees Friday that the death of seven of their colleagues in a suicide bombing Dec. 30 in Afghanistan was a "summons . . . to carry on their work, to complete this mission, to win this war and to keep our country safe."

Iran sanctions must only target atomic arms capacity: Russia
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov insisted Saturday that any fresh UN sanctions against Iran must target its ability to develop nuclear weapons but not its economy or other activities.

Pakistani city tense as mourners bury bomb victims
Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi was tense on Saturday a day after two bombs killed 31 people, raising further questions about the effectiveness of security crackdowns on al Qaeda-linked militants.

Afghan police kill seven boys collecting firewood
Seven Afghan boys were shot dead on Saturday by police who mistook them for insurgents, a provincial police official said.

Americans Charged In Haiti Returned To Jail
The leader of a group of US missionaries charged with child kidnapping in Haiti has pleaded their innocence.

US Steps Up Its Anti-Iran Propaganda To Sell Missile Shield
Washington’s latest disinformation campaign about the alleged threat from Iran’s advanced missile technology is being implemented to demonize Iran, even though the Islamic Republic has never threatened its neighbors and Iran’s military technology is clearly only being developed to ensure the country can defend itself against any potential enemies.

Turkish girl 'buried alive for talking to boys'
Teenager's father and grandfather arrested over suspected 'honor killing' after police unearth shackled body.

Mysterious Danish group builds exotic compound on Baja Coast
“We don’t yet understand what the purpose of Tvind is,” offers Danish reporter Jakob Rubin, quoted in the Miami New Times story. “Yes, Mr. Petersen is trying to collect millions, but that [simple answer] is not satisfying. We believe they were trying to create an alternative economic world order.”

Judge Bars Testimony Relating to Carlyle Group
Carlyle/Synagro, murderers, money launderers, drug traffickers and gangsters

US Tea Party ‘revolution’ threatened by discord
With its 2,800 rooms, fountains, indoor palm trees and expensive restaurants, the Gaylord Opryland Resort seems a strange venue for the first national convention of the Tea Party, which spends its time railing against big-spending government.

Obama Picks MIAC Report Governor Jay Nixon to Serve on Advisory Council for Defense and National Security Issues: Council of Governors
Confused by the title? Don't be. Governor Jay Nixon in Missouri is the genius behind the state's MIAC Strategic Report released in February of 2009 o
utlining the so-called Militia Movement. This MIAC report profiled Tea Partiers, 2nd Amendment believers, anti-abortion activist among others as part of the militia domestic terrorist group.

Tea Party candidates for the 2010 mid-term elections “will be expected to support the Republican National Committee platform,” (The Subverted Tea Party Movement)
Prospective political candidates will be expected to support the Republican National Committee platform, though without any specific litmus or purity test.
(Business as usual)

Why “Tea Party” Means Nothing!
Ever since I saw Sean Hannity have a live show at a tea party and talk up the tea parties, I knew that there was a serious misinterpretation about what the tea party movement is and what the true identity is.
(That would be the same Sean Hannity that day after day, week after week, month after month tried to rally Americans into supporting the attack on the sovereign nation of Iraq, through his talk radio show. Hannity's justification for attacking Iraq was, Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Iraq had no weapons of mass destrucion as Hannity claimed. Now Hannity tries to pass himself off as someone that supports are troops, when in reallity Hannity has the blood of over 5,000 American service men and women on his hands, that died in this needless, illegal war. Hannity even supports the constitution trashing Patriot Act. Unfortunately, a large segment of the tea party movement has been fooled by and has been hijacked by warmongering statist neocons, such as Hannity, Palin, Huckabee and Gingrich.)

Flashback - Maddow explains how the Republican subverted Tea Party movement is a blessing for statist progressives
Ron Paul’s media coordinator Steve Gordon went on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow show and complained about what he characterized as an attempt by Republicans to hijack the idea.

Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2009
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2009 list of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians."

No joke: South Carolina now requires ’subversives’ to register
Terrorists who want to overthrow the United States government must now register with South Carolina's Secretary of State and declare their intentions -- or face a $25,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.

FOX News Poll: Most Say Founding Fathers Would Disapprove of Washington
An overwhelming majority of American voters agree on at least one thing -- the Founding Fathers would be unhappy with the way things are going in Washington these days. So says a whopping 84 percent of voters, including a large majorities of Democrats (77 percent), Republicans (92 percent) and independents (81 percent).

Shakeup in the Texas Governor's Race?
The conventional wisdom has generally held that Debra Medina's presence in the primary race would have effect of forcing a runoff between Governor Perry and Senator Hutchison--but that assumes Senator Hutchison comes in second on election day. Given Medina's recent rise in the polls, that's no longer a valid assumption.

Treasury expects to hit debt limit in February
The Treasury Department said Wednesday that it expects to reach the government's limit on borrowing, known as the debt ceiling, by the end of this month.

Next in line for a bailout: Social Security
Don't look now. But even as the bank bailout is winding down, another huge bailout is starting, this time for the Social Security system. A report from the Congressional Budget Office shows that for the first time in 25 years, Social Security is taking in less in taxes than it is spending on benefits.

Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included
The Pentagon’s mad science arm may have come up with its most radical project yet. Darpa is looking to re-write the laws of evolution to the military’s advantage, creating “synthetic organisms” that can live forever — or can be killed with the flick of a molecular switch.

How the face of Pluto changed in just two years (do you think they can blame it on global warming?)
Nasa scientists have been left stunned after detailed images of the surface of Pluto reveal it has dramatically changed colour over just a two-year period.

The Lancet retraction of vaccine autism paper condemned as Big Pharma conspiracy to discredit Dr. Wakefield
The truth is a dangerous thing. Especially when profits are at stake.

MET Office Relying On Amateur Computer
A COMPUTER that cost £30million was supposed to improve weather forecasting at the Met Office.

Global market turmoil hints that U.S. recovery may founder
Conflicting U.S. jobs data and mounting concerns about debt defaults abroad that threaten global economic growth triggered a worldwide wave of stock-market volatility Friday amid fears that the improving U.S. economy could unravel.

Max Keiser's On The Edge with Catherine Austin Fitts (Video)
Latest on Global Financial Crisis with Max Keiser

2010 bank failure tally now 16
Regulators shuttered a Minnesota bank on Friday night, for the 16th failure of 2010.

Ken Lewis: If I’m Going Down, Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke Are Coming Down With Me
No WAY is Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis going to be the only one to answer for the acquisition of crappy Merrill Lynch and its crappy bonuses, "a person close to Lewis's defense team" (who may or may not be Ken Lewis himself) tells Charlie Gasparino today on the Daily Beast.

Charting The Worst And Soon To Be Shortest Economic "Recovery" Ever
The Minneapolis Fed has launched a useful charting service which analyzes not only the Great Recession, which allegedly has ended (must be news to the 1.8 million...and growing...newly uncovered unemployed, but we'll take the NBER's word for it) but the even Greater Recovery that we have presumably been in for the past 6 months or so.

Poll: Americans worried, angry about deficit
A majority of American people are worried and angry about the size of US federal budget deficit, according to a new survey.

Secret summit of top bankers
world's top central bankers began arriving in Australia yesterday as renewed fears about the strength of the global economic recovery gripped world share markets.

Global markets rout hits Asia
Mounting fears about parlous government finances in Europe hammered stock markets across Asia on Friday following New York's worst finish since November.

Fears Rise of Euro Government Default
Financial markets swooned Thursday amid rising fears of a government debt default in Europe, highlighting the seriousness of the challenges facing the euro currency as fiscally challenged countries like Greece, Portugal and Spain dig themselves out of debt.

Portugal near political crisis over debt
Portugal moved towards a political crisis on Thursday night as its finance minister appealed to opposition parties not to defeat the minority Socialist government over a regional finance bill that he said would undermine the country’s international credibility.

Euro Bludgeoned As Portuguese Government Debt Disaster Sparks Credit Default Swap Panic
The Eurozone has become a cluster of sovereign financial explosions lately. The latest burst comes from Portugal.

NY Fed chief worries about recovery's strength
A top Federal Reserve official says he's worried about the weakness of the economic recovery but doesn't think it will slip into another recession.

New York AG filing civil charges against BofA
The New York Attorney General's office said Thursday it is filing civil charges against Bank of America and its former CEO Ken Lewis, saying the bank misled investors about Merrill Lynch when it acquired the Wall Street bank in late 2008.

U.S. business bankruptcies rose 7 pct in January
U.S. business bankruptcy filings rose 7 percent in January from a year ago, according to a bankruptcy data provider on Wednesday, as the sluggish economy hurt sales and hindered businesses' ability to
refinance heavy debt obligations.

Retailers Likely to Close More U.S. Stores: Analysis
Retailers are likely to close more U.S. stores to cut costs in the months ahead after expanding during the recession, an analysis shows.

Loan repurchases are a $10 billion problem for big banks
Just when they thought the worst of the mortgage crisis was behind them, billions of dollars in bad loans from the debacle may be rising from the dead and creeping back on the balance sheets of the largest U.S. banks.

AIG-Gate: The World’s Greatest Insurance Heist
By Ellen Brown
Rumor has it that Timothy Geithner is on his way out as Treasury Secretary, due to his involvement in the AIG scandal that is now unraveling in hearings before the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Bob Chapman writes in The International Forecaster.

Webster Tarpley On The Draconian Internet Takeover
Google is now in an open cooperation with the NSA, in order to counter China cyber attacks.

More Government Equals Fewer Jobs
By Peter Schiff
If we are not careful, government regulations, subsidies, and spending, all designed to fight unemployment, could push the labor market into a death spiral.

Ron Paul on Fox Business' America's Nightly Scoreboard w/ David Asman
Congressman Ron Paul tells Fox Business' David Asman that, thanks to the Department of Homeland Security, we are poorer, not safer. This is not surprising, considering every agency in the federal government either don't do what they're supposed to, but actually makes things much worse.

Climate skepticism growing in Great Britain
By Rick Moran
A new poll out shows decidedly more people skeptical of climate change.

Patriot Act - Eight Years Later
By William Fisher
After 2009 - a year when federal prosecutors charged more suspects with terrorism than in any year since the attacks of September 11, 2001 - and in today's atmosphere of heightened fear triggered by the aborted plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, Congress will begin again this month to consider reauthorization of key parts of the USA Patriot Act.

When the Military Serves as Police
By Jacob Hornberger
What happens when the military is used in a police capacity? You get a "war on terrorism," one in which people think that the laws of war now apply to the situation.

IPCC: International Pack of Climate Crooks
By Marc Sheppard
Unquestionably the world’s final authority on the subject, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s findings and recommendations have formed the bedrock of literally every climate-related initiative worldwide for more than a decade.

It Is Now Mathematically Impossible To Pay Off The U.S. National Debt
The truth is that the U.S. government now owes more dollars than actually exist.

Ron Paul on Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano
Ron Paul discusses the corrupt Treasury Department and lots more.

Law professor: Assassinating US citizens raises ‘troubling’ issues
The admission by Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair that the United States intelligence community is authorized to assassinate Americans working with terrorists overseas has raised serious questions of constitutionality.

Top 10 Problems With America Assassinating Americans
The director of U.S. national intelligence told the House Intelligence Committee the government has the right to kill Americans abroad.

The government has your baby's DNA
When Annie Brown's daughter, Isabel, was a month old, her pediatrician asked Brown and her husband to sit down because he had some bad news to tell them: Isabel carried a gene that put her at risk for cystic fibrosis.

NYPD repeatedly arrests wrong man
A New York man repeatedly mistaken by police for a fugitive with the same name said legal action against the department has not stopped the arrests.

Intelligence chief acknowledges U.S. may target Americans involved in terrorism
Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair acknowledged Wednesday that government agencies may kill U.S. citizens abroad who are involved in terrorist activities if they are "taking action that threatens Americans."