Biden: Israel has 'sovereign right' to attack Iran
In interview with ABC, VP Biden suggests Washington won't stand in Israel's way should it choose to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, but White House says 'allies know Obama believes now is the time to explore diplomatic options'

Not many millionaire Brits pay taxes
Figures published in 2007 showed that while about 400 people earned more than £10 million a year in Britain, only 65 of them paid income tax.

Dubai: Hamas slaying nearly '100 percent' Mossad
Dubai investigators are nearly "100 percent" certain that Israel's Mossad spy agency was behind the hit squad slaying of a Hamas commander, the police chief said as the number of suspects rose Thursday to 18.

France demands Israel explain Dubai passport affair
France demanded on Thursday that Israel explain how a forged French passport came to be used by assassins suspected of killing a Hamas commander in Dubai last month.

US could attack Iran – Russia’s General Staff
The US could deliver a strike on Iran, Russia’s military command said on Wednesday, adding that it will be devastating for the whole world.

Niger soldiers seize president in coup
Niger troops have stormed the presidency complex amid deadly gunbattles in Niamey and seized President Mamadou Tandja and his cabinet in a coup d'Etat, diplomats said.

WHO: Add swine flu to regular flu vaccine
The World Health Organization is recommending that swine flu be added to regular flu vaccines next season.

Top U.N. climate official resigning
Top U.N. climate-change official Yvo de Boer tells The Associated Press says he is resigning after nearly four years.

Ministers lavished £9m on climate change stunts… but public opinion is left cold by global warming ‘propaganda’
A disastrous series of failed climate change publicity stunts cost taxpayers £9million, it emerged yesterday.

Cluster Bomb Ban to Become Law – Without U.S.
Just over a year after it was opened for signature, an international treaty banning cluster bombs received the final two ratifications it needed to become international law Tuesday.

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.

Officers lose 243 Homeland Security guns
Nearly 180 Department of Homeland Security weapons were lost -- some falling into the hands of criminals -- after officers left them in restrooms, vehicles and other public places, according to an inspector general report.

Republican of the People
She’ll hit the trail again for another series of 16-hour days, one small campaign event after another, and—most likely—continue to climb in the polls, one aggrieved voter at a time. Her opponents will keep spending millions to assail one another on the airwaves and wonder: Where in God’s name did this Medina woman come from?

Austin Plane Crash: Suicide Note That Joe Stack Allegedly Wrote
Here is the suicide letter alledgelly written by Joe Stack.

Report: IRS divebomber posted communist-leaning, anti-Catholic, anti-Bush rant before crash UPDATE: Rant taken offline.
The New York Daily News is reporting that this screed is from Joe Stack, the alleged pilot of a plane that hit an Austin, Texas office building today that houses a local IRS office. Stack's rant inveighs against capitalism, Catholicism, and George W. Bush.

Eyewitness: Hazmat Teams In Place Before Plane Crash (Video)

Fanatic Tax Haters Set Up A Joseph Andrew Stack Fan Club On Facebook
Just a few hours after Joseph Andrew Stack killed himself in an attack on an Austin building that housed local IRS office someone went and set up a fan club for him on Facebook. It already has 124 members.

Austin pilot's Web rant: 'I am finally ready to stop this insanity'
Joseph Andrew Stack, identified by authorities as the man who crashed a plane into a Texas building, had a website in which he complained about the IRS, the U.S. healthcare system and big business.

Pilot Intentionally Crashes Plane Into IRS, CIA, And FBI Complex In Austin, TX
The IRS gave us this statement: "We can confirm that a small plane hit a building in Austin, Texas that includes IRS offices. This is the Echelon 1 Building, which houses about 190 IRS employees.

Former NY police commissioner sentenced to prison
Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, once selected to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, was sentenced on Thursday to four years in prison for tax evasion and lying to White House officials.

Va. challenges EPA’s stance on global warming
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli turned up the heat on global warming yesterday.

3 Tesla Motors employees killed in plane crash
Their twin-engine Cessna 310 hits power lines in heavy fog and plummets into a densely packed neighborhood in East Palo Alto, Calif. Miraculously, no one on the ground is seriously hurt.

9/11 Family Member: The government doesn't want 9/11 public trial
The US government does not want to have public 9/11 trials in a civilian court. Officials are doing their best to bring Khalid Sheik Mohammed to military tribunal. Manny Badillo had an uncle who was murdered by the 9/11 terrorist attack. Badillo believes that the trial should be public because he says it is the only way to get the evidence out there for the public to see.

Mounties intercept ‘infatuated’ man within metres of U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden
A man allegedly carrying false accreditation slipped through security measures at the 2010 opening ceremonies in Vancouver and got within 12 seating rows of U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden before he was arrested, Olympic policing officials have confirmed.

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.

Northern Hemisphere Snow Extent Second Highest on Record
According to Rutgers University Global Snow Lab, last week’s Northern Hemisphere winter snow extent was the second highest on record, at 52,166,840 km2.

WHO Announces That Seasonal Flu Vaccine Will Now To Contain H1N1 Virus
As anticipated, this year's seasonal flu vaccine in the northern hemisphere will include the H1N1 virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced.

A Climategate Over Climategate?
With the fraudulent background to climate claims, we should not have expected anything else - we now find the chosen Climategate Inquiry team of five men consisted of at least two pro-climate change scientists!

Is the Copenhagen Accord already dead?
Less than two months after it was hastily drafted to stave off a fiasco, the Copenhagen Accord on climate change is floundering, and some are already saying it has no future.

Report omits cancer chemical in Marines' water
The level of a cancer-causing chemical found in tap water at a military base in North Carolina was intentionally not reported, an AP review finds.

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.

Fed bumps up rate banks pay for emergency loans
The Federal Reserve decided Thursday to boost the rate banks pay for emergency loans. The action is part of a broader move to pull back the extraordinary aid it provided to fight the financial crisis.

The Middle Class Two Income Trap – Two Breadwinners plus Extra Money to support the Banking Industry. How Middle Class Americans are losing Ground by Supporting the Financial Sector.
If it isn’t enough that average Americans are contending with the rising cost of healthcare, education, and daily necessities like food now additional funds are going directly to the banking sector to keep them propped up like a money loving puppet.

George Soros buys gold despite dubbing it 'ultimate bubble'
George Soros doubled his investment in the world's largest gold fund – just weeks before claiming investing in the precious metal is now the "ultimate bubble".

Producer Prices in U.S. Increase More Than Forecast
Wholesale prices in the U.S. accelerated more than anticipated in January, led by a jump in the costs of energy, light trucks and pharmaceuticals.

Gold May Advance to $1,400 in 12 Months: Technical Analysis
Gold may climb to about $1,400 an ounce in the next 12 months, according to technical analysis by Chartered Market Technician Daniel Bruno, who advises banks and hedge funds.

The Volcker Rule: It’s not happening
The much-hyped Volcker Rule proposal is failing fast in the U.S. Congress. But Paul Volcker himself probably isn’t that surprised.

U.S. state pension funds have $1 trillion shortfall: Pew
U.S. states face a total shortfall of at least $1 trillion in their funds for employees' pensions and retirement benefits, and their financial problems are quickly mounting, according to a report released by the Pew Center on the States on Thursday.

How JP Morgan treats its clients: scandalously and in bad faith
Judge Jed Rakoff’s January 29 ruling in the case of Empresas Cablevisión vs JP Morgan Chase Bank has barely been reported, which is a shame, because it sheds some much-needed light on how banks like JP Morgan really operate — and, for that matter, on the kinds of methods by which Carlos Slim has made his multi-billion-dollar fortune.

When stints on payroll hurt the jobless
After nearly a year without work, Gary LaPlante was happy to take a three-week construction job. What he didn’t know was that the job would cost him more than two-thirds of his benefits when he went back on unemployment.

Muni Threat: Cities Weigh Chapter 9
Just days after becoming controller of financially strapped Harrisburg, Pa., in January, Daniel Miller began uttering an obscure term that baffled most people who had never heard it and chilled those who had: Chapter 9.

IMF gold plan poses tricky twist for market
The International Monetary Fund's long-planned sale of its 403 tonnes of gold has taken on a new twist that may chip away at one of the fundamental drivers for higher gold prices.

The Economic Elite Have Engineered an Extraordinary Coup, Threatening the Very Existence of the Middle Class
The economic elite have robbed us all. The amount of suffering in the United States of America is literally a crime against humanity.

Stimulus: One year later
Going forward, the government will distribute $32 billion in Recovery Act funds per month, up from an average $27 billion a month over the past year, according to Biden's annual report.

Jobless Claims, Inflation Jump as Economy Wobbles
The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance unexpectedly surged last week, while producer prices increased sharply in January, raising potential hurdles for the economic recovery.

U.S. jobless, price data fan concerns on economy
The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance unexpectedly surged last week, while producer prices increased sharply in January, raising potential hurdles for the economy's recovery.

Greek MPs lash out at Germany over debt crisis
Greek opposition lawmakers said on Thursday that Germans should pay reparations for their World War Two occupation of Greece before criticising the country over its yawning fiscal deficits.

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.

Big Pharma researcher admits to faking dozens of research studies for Pfizer, Merck
It's being called the largest research fraud in medical history.

Frightening Voters into Submission
By James Bovard
Former Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge has a new book out that reveals that he almost resigned because the Bush administration was hustling bogus terror alerts before the 2004 election. Ridge's revelation was not surprising to people who had closely followed the tactics Bush used to snare a second term.

Ron Paul & Rand Paul Explain Why Voters Are So Angry
Ron and Rand Paul relate their views.

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.

Sex Pistols, Smashing Pumpkins members discuss HAARP, GM Foods, Illuminati
“The common frustration of the common man is that things don’t work, but then after a while you start thinking ‘Well, maybe they don’t work for a reason. Maybe they want things to break.’”

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.

School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home
According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams that can be covertly activated by the schools' administrators, who have used this facility to spy on students and even their families.

Frustration Mounts After Latest Newark Breach
TSA: Agent Flagged Wrong Passenger For Rescreening, But Person In Question With Carry-On Was Never Found

No ID, no bus travel -- welcome to Brave New World
For here's the new rule: Nobody gets on or off a Greyhound coach at the downtown Vancouver bus depot without photo ID.

Hart wants to limit use of whole-body scanners
If Rep. Phil Hart, R-Hayden, has his way in the Idaho Legislature, whole-body scanners won’t be used as a primary screening method at Idaho airports anytime soon. Hart believes the scanners, while a good tool for security, are too invasive and unproven medically for use in the state.

Police push for warrantless searches of cell phones
A San Mateo County judge is scheduled to hear testimony in a case which could set new ground rules for when police can conduct warrantless searches of iPhones, laptops, and similarly capacious electronic gadgets.

Attention, Mundanes: “You Don’t Ever Touch a Cop”
Officer Hertzog was the first to lay hands on Rourke, grabbing him by his coat and pushing him backwards. Rourke, a 59 y.o. with a heart condition, grabbed Hertzog’s jacket in an effort to keep from falling backward to the pavement.

Car seizures at DUI checkpoints prove profitable for cities, raise legal questions
Sobriety checkpoints in California are increasingly turning into profitable operations for local police departments that are far more likely to seize cars from unlicensed motorists than catch drunken drivers.

France Moves Closer to Unprecedented Internet Regulation
The lower house of the French parliament has approved a draft bill that will allow the state unprecedented control over the Internet. Although the government says it will improve security for ordinary citizens, civil rights activists are warning of a "new level" of censorship and surveillance.