Iran’s 20% uranium for hospitals is legal; Obama lies and pimps to attack Iran just like Bush
The Non-Proliferation Treaty, initiated by the United States, is clear.

8 Americans detained in Haiti freed on bail, 2 others to remain
A Haitian judge ruled Wednesday that eight of the 10 Americans detained in Haiti have been freed on their word and can leave the country immediately, a lawyer involved in the case told CNN.

After Dubai hit, Israelis question Mossad methods
The quiet assassination of a Hamas commander gets unexpectedly messy. Exposed and forced to atone before angry allies, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders the spymaster responsible to fall on his sword.

Mossad's licence to kill
The killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh bears the hallmarks of the ruthless Israeli intelligence service. One of the leading chroniclers of the agency gives a unique insight into its methods.

Saudi prince held over murder in five star London hotel room
A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family is being questioned over the suspected murder of a guest at a five-star London hotel.

Flashback - 'BAE's Saudi slush fund and the girl entertainers'
Two glamorous British actresses were paid tens of thousands of pounds from a secret BAE Systems slush fund to entertain a Saudi prince and his entourage, it's been claimed.

British MP Demands Israel Explains Role in Hamas Killing
A senior British lawmaker called Wednesday for Israel's ambassador to London to be summoned to the Foreign Office to explain how fake British passports were linked to the killers of a top Hamas figure.

UK’s Jewish Chronicle editor says extra-judicial murder is kosher
Doubts have begun to resurface regarding the attitude of the Jewish Chronicle, Britain’s top Zionist newspaper and Israeli mouthpiece, towards justice and the rule of law after its editor, Stephen Pollard, publicly condoned extra-judicial murder.Doubts have begun to resurface regarding the attitude of the Jewish Chronicle, Britain’s top Zionist newspaper and Israeli mouthpiece, towards justice and the rule of law after its editor, Stephen Pollard, publicly condoned extra-judicial murder.

Greece loses EU voting power in blow to sovereignty
The European Union has shown its righteous wrath by stripping Greece of its vote at a crucial meeting next month, the worst humiliation ever suffered by an EU member state.

Israel's history of state-sponsored assassination
Israel’s spy agency Mossad and the country's special forces have carried out a number of assassinations of Palestinian militants in the past and have also been blamed for killings which the Jewish state has never publicly taken responsibility for.

Afghan Taleban’s military chief Mullah Baradar seized ‘in joint operation’ with CIA
The Afghan Taleban’s top military commander has been captured in Karachi in a secret raid by intelligence agents of Pakistan and the United States, according to official reports from both countries.

Serious crime squad heads UK inquiry into Dubai killing
The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has been brought in to investigate the use of British passports in the assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.

Massive Spy Ring Linked to Sept. 11, 2001 Attack On America
Prior to 9/11, the FBI had discovered a massive spy operation inside the United States run by the government of Israel.

IPCC’s latest great source: a newsletter than doesn’t even back its scare
The Air Vent discovers another supposedly impeccable, peer-reviewed source for the IPCC’s alarmist claims in its 2007 report.

Israel Bombs Gaza’s Agricultural Sector To The Brink
Israel imposed the “buffer zone” along Gaza’s side of the internationally-recognized “Green Line” boundary nearly ten years ago. Israeli bulldozers continue to raze decades-old olive and fruit trees, farmland and irrigation piping, and demolish homes, greenhouses, water wells and cisterns, farm machinery and animal shelters.

Human bones could reveal truth of Japan's 'Unit 731' experiments
The experiments included hanging people upside down until they choked, burying them alive, injecting air into their veins and placing them in high-pressure chambers.

‘Mossad assassination squad used British passports’
Six suspects in the assassination of a senior Hamas official in Dubai entered the country using British passports, it emerged yesterday.

Israeli Ambassodor Booed Off Stage!
Fantastic demonstration of peaceful and vocal protest at Michael Orens speech to UCI

Israel mulling a spring or summer war: Ahmadinejad
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Iran’s arch-foe Israel was mulling starting a war “next spring or summer” but has yet to make a final decision.

Report: France ‘deliberately’ used soldiers as ‘nuclear guinea pigs’
France sent troops onto Algerian desert test sites "to study the physiological and psychological effects caused on humans by an atomic weapon."

Taliban denies commander captured in Pakistan
The top military commander of the Taliban has been captured in Pakistan in a secret raid, The New York Times said, but the Taliban labelled the report rumour-mongering.

S.C. politician wants to ban U.S. currency
A lawmaker who introduced a bill to ban the use of Federal Reserve Notes in South Carolina says he doubts colleagues have the "intestinal fortitude" to pass it.

Evan Bayh Predicts Third-Party Candidate Could Win Presidency: 'Ross Perot Moment'
Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), who announced he would retire from his U.S. Senate seat at the end of his term, is already looking into his 2012 election crystal ball and what he sees is the potential for a third-party candidate to win the presidency.

Who are the Tea Party activists?
Activists in the Tea Party movement tend to be male, rural, upscale, and overwhelmingly conservative, according to a new national poll.
(Would that be the Tea Party movement of the real constitutionalists and real patriots they are talking about or the Tea Party movement led by corporate appointed neocon Glenn Beck and his band of indoctrinated neoconized followers?)

Poll: Large majority opposes Supreme Court's decision on campaign financing
Americans of both parties overwhelmingly oppose a Supreme Court ruling that allows corporations and unions to spend as much as they want on political campaigns, and most favor new limits on such spending, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

US govt posts $42.63 bln budget deficit in Jan
The United States posted a smaller-than-expected $42.63 billion budget deficit in January, Treasury Department data showed on Wednesday, due in part to a drop in spending caused by a shift in the calendar.

Economists Predict Cutbacks, Tax Increases That 'Aren't Even Imaginable'
American political and economic leaders have sounded the alarm for years about the red ink rising in reports on the federal government's fiscal health.

Census Bureau Wasted Millions on 2010 Headcount Preparations, Audit Finds
Federal investigators caution the excessive charges could multiply once the $15 billion headcount begins in earnest next month unless the agency imposes tighter spending controls, according to excerpts of a forthcoming audit obtained by The Associated Press.

USAID Steers No-Bid Haiti Contract to 'Politically Connected' Firm of Bill Clinton Friend
The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded another lucrative no-bid contract, Fox News has learned -- this time to a "politically connected" lobbyist and high-profile friend of former President Bill Clinton.

Aspartame has been renamed and is now being marketed as a natural sweetener
In response to growing awareness about the dangers of artificial sweeteners, what does the manufacturer of one of the world's most notable artificial sweeteners do?

Scandinavia-gate
Yet again, we have a situation where the data doesn’t match the full-gloss coloured graphs produced by the PR agency for global warming called the IPCC.

Scientists discover the secret of ageing
One of the biggest puzzles in biology – how and why living cells age – has been solved by an international team based at Newcastle University, in north-east England.

Climategate: Viscount Monckton Takes a Victory Lap
Per a Phil Jones interview with the BBC, confirmation that the temperature record of the CRU is little better than a fabrication.

UN global warming data skewed by heat from planes and buildings
Weather stations which produced data pointing towards man-made global warming may have been compromised by local conditions, a new report suggests.

Climategate U-turn as scientist at centre of row admits: There has been no global warming since 1995
The academic at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ affair, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble ‘keeping track’ of the information.

77 Percent of People in Mumps Outbreak Were Vaccinated Against the Disease
Anyone fully vaccinated from mumps receives two doses of the vaccine, according to the CDC. Of the New Jersey cases, 77 percent were vaccinated, Terjesen said.

Not just ClimateGate – we must remember the entire paradigm of green lies over thirty years
Every ecological problem was instantly transformed into a potential world-ending crisis, from the population bomb to the imminent resource depletion of the “limits to growth” fad of the 1970s to acid rain to ozone depletion.

New Paper in Science: Sea level 81,000 years ago was 1 meter higher while CO2 was lower
This Week in SCIENCE, Volume 327, Issue 5967, Food Security dated February 12 2010.

Soros More Than Doubled Gold ETF Stake in 4th Quarter
Billionaire George Soros’s Soros Fund Management LLC more than doubled its holding in the biggest gold exchange-traded fund in the fourth quarter after bullion advanced 8.9 percent to a record.

Flashback - George Soros warns gold is now the 'ultimate bubble'
Gold is now "the ultimate bubble", billionaire investor George Soros has declared, sparking fears that prices for the precious metal may soon suffer a tumble.

Investors can have gold without holding
Gold has been one of the hottest investments of the past 10 years, but not everyone who wants the benefits of investing in gold wants to be burdened with storing it in a safe place.

The Fed’s real exit strategy by John P. Hussman, Ph.D.
Unlegislated Bailout of Fannie and Freddie

Party Gridlock in Washington Feeds Fear of a Debt Crisis
Senator Evan Bayh’s comments this week about a dysfunctional Congress reflected a complaint being directed at Washington with increasing frequency, and there is broad agreement among critics about Exhibit A: The unwillingness of the two parties to compromise to control a national debt that is rising to dangerous heights.

New wave of foreclosures by end of 2010 is feared
About 4 million U.S. homeowners are 90 days or more delinquent on their loans or in foreclosure proceedings, Moody's Economy.com says. A federal loan modification program is helping a relative few.

Hoenig Says Fed’s Objectives Threatened by U.S. Debt
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas Hoenig said the U.S. must take “difficult” steps to reduce spending and increase revenue so the central bank isn’t pressured to fund the “unsustainable” federal debt.

Move Over China: Beijing Sells Whopping $34.2 Billion Treasuries In December As Japan Becomes Largest Official Holder Of US Debt
Gradually we are getting confirmation that Chinese "posturing" about offloading US debt is all too real. The most recent TIC data confirmed the Treasury's greatest nightmare: China is now dumping US bonds. In December China sold $34.2 billion of debt ($38.8 billion in Bills sold offset by $4.6 billion in Bonds purchased), lowering its total holdings $755.4 billion, the lowest since February 2009, and for the first time in many years relinquishing the top US debt holder spot to Japan, which bought $11.5 billion (mostly in Bonds, selling $1.4 billion Bills) bringing its total to $768.8 billion.

Japan eclipses China as top US Treasury holder
China's holdings of US Treasury bonds tumbled in December, allowing Japan to take over as the top holder of American government debt, according to Treasury data released Tuesday.

EU Tells Greece More Deficit Cuts May be Needed
European ministers told Greece on Tuesday it may need to take further steps to bring a swollen debt under control and calm "irrational" financial markets, as wage cuts already announced by Athens sparked another strike.

Foreign demand for Teasury securities falls
The government said Tuesday that foreign demand for U.S. Treasury securities fell by the largest amount on record in December with China reducing its holdings by $34.2 billion.

Gold Jumps Most Since November on Demand for Alternative Assets
Gold rose the most in more than three months on speculation that Greek debt concerns will spur demand for the metal as an alternative to holding currency.

Wall St. Helped to Mask Debt Fueling Europe’s
Wall Street tactics akin to the ones that fostered subprime mortgages in America have worsened the financial crisis shaking Greece and undermining the euro by enabling European governments to hide their mounting debts.

Foreclosures Seen Still Hitting Prices
More waves of foreclosures will keep downward pressure on home prices in parts of the U.S. over the next several years, two new studies project.

U.K. Inflation Rate Accelerates to 14-Month High
U.K. inflation accelerated in January to the fastest pace in 14 months as an increase in sales tax pushed the rate high enough to prompt a public letter of explanation from Bank of England Governor Mervyn King.

CrisisCompanies Pull Most Bond Sales Since ‘07 Crisis: Credit Markets
Companies are pulling bond sales at the fastest pace since the credit markets seized up 2 1/2 years ago on concern that the inability of European governments to trim their budget deficits will threaten a global recovery.

Gold in euro terms hits record high 816.33 euro/oz
Euro-priced gold extended earlier gains to hit a record high 816.35 euros an ounce on Tuesday, as investors spooked by fears over the fiscal health of peripheral euro zone economies bought the metal as a haven from risk.

Does Dick Cheney Want to Be Prosecuted?
By Scott Horton
After he was indicted for the murder of Alexander Hamilton, vice president Aaron Burr fled to South Carolina, to hide out with his daughter. Another vice president, Spiro Agnew, kept completely silent before pleading nolo contendere on corruption charges. Former vice president Dick Cheney, on the other hand, seems proud of his criminal misadventures.

Bin Laden: Dead and Loving It
By Jeff Huber
How dead can one evildoer get?

The Stimulus Didn't Work
The data show government transfers and rebates have not increased consumption at all.

America—A Country of Serfs Ruled By Oligarchs
By Paul Craig Roberts
If the Treasury’s bonds can’t be sold to investors, pension funds, banks, and foreign governments, the Federal Reserve will have to purchase them by creating new money. When the rest of the world realizes the inflationary implications, the US dollar will lose its reserve currency role.

NYT Sees UN-Syria Conspiracy Theory
By Robert Parry
The New York Times simply refuses to deal with “enemy” Muslim states with any sense of objectivity or fairness, reaffirming its deep-seated bias again on Sunday with the publication of a one-sided article about the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on its fifth anniversary.

It is only ok if Glenn Beck has 9/11 Questions (Video)
This is well before he attacked Texas gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina for being a "9/11 truther"
(File this under Gatekeepers and Hypocrites in the corporate controlled press.)

Neocon Glenn Beck On POW - 'Shoot Him In The Head' (Video)
(Gee Glenn, that sounds like something they did in Nazi Germany. Ah, now I see where you coming from.)

The Miracle of the Market
By Jacob Hornberger
In preparation for the two recent back-to-back blizzards, D.C. residents were emptying the shelves of neighborhood grocery stores. Notwithstanding the pre-blizzard panic buying, what's interesting is that no one was freaking out about whether the stores would be adequately stocked after the blizzards.

Hold Onto Your Underwear
By Tom Engelhardt
Let me put American life in the Age of Terror into some kind of context, and then tell me you’re not ready to get on the nearest plane heading anywhere, even toward Yemen.

Are US Taxpayers Bailing Out Greece?
By Ron Paul
Last week we were reminded that ours is not the only country suffering from severe economic turmoil.

George Washington on defending the US Constitution: guard against impostures of pretended patriotism
By Carl Herman
After 45 years of service to the newly created United States, George Washington published a message to the American people; the summation of what he most wanted to contribute to Americans' understanding of defending our Constitutional government.

The Goal of Modern Propaganda: Mythocracy
By Cindy Sheehan
The myth is that there is a difference between an elected Democrat and an elected Republican.

The Media Response to the Growing Influence of the 9/11 Truth Movement.
In the past year, in response to emerging independent science on the 9/11 attacks, nine corporate, seven public, and two independent media outlets aired analytic programs investigating the official account.

Hitler on Glenn Beck (Video)
“He has no credibility! All he does is giggle and whimper on the air like a little girl!”

TSA to swab airline passengers' hands in search for explosives
To the list of instructions you hear at airport checkpoints, add this: "Put your palms forward, please."

US court dismisses suit over Guantanamo suicides
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., dismissed a lawsuit brought by the fathers of two Guantanamo detainees who hanged themselves after months of hunger strikes. The fathers had accused U.S. officials of torturing and abusing their sons before the detainees committed suicide.
(Other sources questioned how it would have been possible for the three detainees to have stuffed rags down their throats and then, while choking, managed to raise themselves up to a noose and hang themselves.)

Fourth lawsuit seeks $33 million over taser gun incidents
A lawsuit seeking $33 million in damages for three students allegedly shocked by a taser gun at Kankakee Junior High School was filed last week.

Gaza Photo Expo Threatened with Closure
The complaints accused the exposition of being anti-Israel, but stopped short of questioning the credibility of the exposition content. “The suffering of the 1.5 million people of Gaza is an important social issue like any other,” asserted Woodley.