NSA joining social network for intelligence analysts
The super-secret National Security Agency, traditionally reluctant to share its code-breaking secrets, is joining a new, highly classified social network that links its analysts for the first time with thousands of colleagues at other U.S. intelligence agencies.
Say please' at U. S. border nets pepper spray
A Canadian who demanded courtesy from a U.S. border security guard says he was pepper sprayed and held in custody for three hours for asking the disrespectful officer to "say please" when ordering him to turn his car off during a search.
Ron Paul on Bloomberg (03/03/09)
It's immoral to transfer wealth from the productive to the non-productive members of society. The stimulus and the bailouts will only make the problem worse. Government needs to get out of the way and let the market sort itself out.
Bring Back the Bank Run!
By James Grant
The banking dilemma seems eternal, like the monetary dilemma, the tax dilemma, and the marital dilemma. The essence of the banking dilemma, however, is that the depositors' money is not in the vault awaiting the depositors' decision to withdraw it. Instead it is out on loan or invested in the money market or in mortgage-backed securities.
Report: Diebold Voting System Has 'Delete' Button for Erasing Audit Logs
After three months of investigation, California's secretary of state has released a report examining why a voting system made by Premier Election Solutions (formerly known as Diebold) lost about 200 ballots in Humboldt County during November's presidential election.
But the most startling information in the state's 13-page report (.pdf) is not why the system lost votes, which Wired.com previously covered in detail, but that some versions of Diebold's vote tabulation system, known as the Global Election Management System (Gems), include a button that allows someone to delete audit logs from the system.
Mossad Link Found to One of Key 9-11 Hijackers
A NEW ISRAELI CONNECTION to the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001 has recently been unveiled. Buried in a New York Times story on Feb. 19 was the eye-opening revelation that a Lebanese Muslim Arab who has been taken into custody by the Lebanon—which has accused him of being a spy for some 25 years for Israeli intelligence—just happens to be a cousin of one of the Muslims alleged to have been one of the 9-11 hijackers.
The Inflation Tax
If the American taxpayers knew how much the federal government was actually costing them, there is no doubt that it would be much smaller than it is today. But the true burden of the federal government on the taxpayer is obscured in many ways.
Pakistan declares: 'We are at war'
Pakistan in shock after masked gunmen ambush Sri Lankan cricket team, leaving seven people dead and six players injured
EFF Releases How-To Guide to Fight Government Spying
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched its Surveillance Self-Defense project today -- an online how-to guide for protecting your private data against government spying.
Goodbye farmers markets and roadside stands
The "food safety" bills in Congress were written by Monsanto, Cargill, Tysons, ADM, etc. All are associated with the opposite of food safety. What is this all about then?
False Positive Drug Tests Exposed - National Press Club (Video)
The Marijuana Policy Project and the Mintwood Media Collective present the findings of a new study, False Positives Equal False Justice. Video exposes how field drug tests used by police and other government agencies give false positives.
Vietnam "disgusted" by US Agent Orange decision
Vietnamese officials Wednesday harshly criticized the US Supreme Court's decision not to hear an appeal of a lawsuit against the American manufacturers of the toxic defoliant Agent Orange that was thrown out by lower courts.
Chart: Obama Tracks Bush on National Security Cases
In a half-dozen national security lawsuits we've been following, the Obama administration has so far largely stuck by the positions taken by the Bush administration.
UBS official: Bank not giving names of U.S. clients
An official from UBS said today that Switzerland’s biggest bank won’t provide the names of any more American clients to the U.S government in a fight over secrecy and tax avoidance.
Child porn suspect ordered to decrypt own hard drive
In a move sure to stoke debates over constitutional protections against self-incrimination in the digital age, a federal judge has ordered a child porn suspect to decrypt his hard drive so prosecutors can inspect its contents.
Israelis react with fury to British boycott call
Israeli scientists and officials reacted angrily yesterday to calls by more than 400 British academics for the Science Museum to cancel educational workshops planned to promote Israeli science tomorrow.
In U.S. prison spending outpaces all but Medicaid
One in every 31 adults, or 7.3 million Americans, is in prison, on parole or probation, at a cost to the states of $47 billion in 2008, according to a new study.
Criminal correction spending is outpacing budget growth in education, transportation and public assistance, based on state and federal data. Only Medicaid spending grew faster than state corrections spending, which quadrupled in the past two decades, according to the report Monday by the Pew Center on the States, the first breakdown of spending in confinement and supervision in the past seven years.
China to increase defence spending by 15 per cent
China is to increase official military spending by almost 15 per cent this year as it seeks to upgrade its smart technology and improve the living standards of its soldiers.
Ron Paul on “Washington Watch” (Part 1)
Congressman Ron Paul is interviewed on Congressman Walter Jones show. Cong. Jones represents the 3rd district of North Carolina.
Italian doctor claims he cloned three babies
An Italian doctor known for helping post-menopausal women to have children has claimed to have cloned three babies who are now living in eastern Europe.
Blagojevich gets six-figure book deal
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has landed a six-figure book deal to tell his story, his spokesman confirmed to CNN Monday.
Bill Would Put Tobacco Under FDA Control
In what appears to be the best chance since public health groups started pushing for it in the 1970s, Congress is poised to regulate tobacco, a product linked to 1,200 deaths each day but sold largely unfettered for centuries.
Clinton criticises Israeli breach of 'road map'
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticised on Wednesday Israel's plans to demolish dozens of Palestinian homes in Arab East Jerusalem as a violation of its international obligations.
Blueprints for a Police State
By Marjorie Cohn
Seven newly released memos from the Bush Justice Department reveal a concerted strategy to cloak the President with power to override the Constitution.
One in five U.S. mortgage borrowers are underwater
One in five U.S. homeowners with mortgages owe more to their lenders than their properties are worth, and the rate will increase as housing values drop in states that have so far avoided the worst of the crisis, a new study shows.
Private-sector payrolls lose 697,000 jobs
The private sector lost nearly 700,000 jobs in February, according to a report from payroll-processing company Automatic Data Processing released Wednesday, but a separate report showed that employers announced fewer job cuts last month.
Forecast 2009: There Will Be Blood
2009 will be a year of complete destruction for the US economy. 5 Million will lose their jobs. The Dow Jones Industrial average will break below 6,000. Municipalities will fail. Insurers will fail. The unemployed and foreclosed American population will take to the streets and begin rioting. The Greatest Depression is upon us.
Russian general says U.S. may have planned satellite collision
A collision between U.S. and Russian satellites in early February may have been a test of new U.S. technology to intercept and destroy satellites rather than an accident, a Russian military expert has said.
Global Television For Our Global Leader
By Cliff Kincaid
Elite members of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, at the end of January were considering a proposal for a new global television network to usher in a state of “global governance.” It sounds authoritarian, even totalitarian, to some.
The Southern Avenger on “Rush’s Style Over Substance”
Rush Limbaugh's speech at CPAC 2009 was indicative of where the conservative movement and the Republican Party finds itself after eight years of defending Bush - high on style, low on substance and clueless as to they even stand for anymore.
FDIC’s Bair Says Insurance Fund Could Be Insolvent This Year
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair said the deposit insurance fund could dry up amid a surge in bank failures, as she responded to an industry outcry against new fees approved by the agency.
The New World Order on CNN Lou Dobbs Tonight
I'm still in shock tonight after watching Obama and Brown openly talking about a NWO. First they said it doesn't exist, now they calmly discuss a NWO in the White House in front of the media.
Detention Facility in the Arizona Desert?
Over the past five months, this "compound" has taken shape out in the central Arizona desert, in the middle of nowhere near Blackwater and Sacaton Arizona, along the dry Gila River. It looks to be about a quarter mile long by an eighth mile wide. It has razor wire all around it, power lines run to it and about half of it is cleared of vegetation. It is in an inhospitable and inescapable area of the Sonoran desert.
Former Countrywide honchos look to cash in on their mess
If you were the executive running the show at Countrywide Financial as it made horrible loans that torpedoed the company, then sold it to Bank of America at a fire-sale price that was still high enough to torpedo that company, what would you do?
Cap-and-trade a ‘permanent tax increase’
A new report from the George C. Marshall Institute says that cap-and-trade will operate as a permanent tax on American families.
'Impossible' to set date for Afghan withdrawal: Gates
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday it was far too early to set a date for the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan, where NATO faces a growing insurgency.
Details of housing rescue plan are revealed
The Obama administration on Wednesday outlined key details of a $75 billion housing rescue plan expected to help as many as 9 million homeowners rework mortgages into more affordable monthly payments.
Fed launches new $200B consumer credit program
The government launched a much-awaited program Tuesday to spur lending for autos, education, credit cards and other consumer loans by providing up to $200 billion in financing to investors to buy up the debt.
Geithner Says U.S. Financial Rescue ‘Might Cost More’
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the U.S. bank rescue program may cost more than the $700 billion Congress approved, and he pledged to crack down on companies and individuals who try to avoid paying taxes.
U.S. February auto sales plunge as recession deepens
U.S. auto sales dropped by more than 41 percent in February to the lowest level in almost three decades as deepening economic uncertainty drove Americans away from big purchases and new debt despite aggressive discounts from major automakers.
As the Dow keeps dropping, the President is running out of people to blame
As 2009 opened, three weeks before Barack Obama took office, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 9034 on January 2, its highest level since the autumn panic. Yesterday the Dow fell another 4.24% to 6763, for an overall decline of 25% in two months and to its lowest level since 1997. The dismaying message here is that President Obama's policies have become part of the economy's problem. If you want to blame someone, blame the corrupt two party system!
We need politicians that truly believe in the constitution, the rule of law, and a small, limited federal government. That means about 99.8% of all politicians in Washington need to be removed from office.
One of the four states that is not insolvent is an unlikely candidate for the distinction – North Dakota. As Michigan management consultant Charles Fleetham observed last month in an article distributed to his local media:
“North Dakota is a sparsely populated state of less than 700,000, known for cold weather, isolated farmers and a hit movie – Fargo. Yet, for some reason it defies the real estate cliché of location, location, location. Since 2000, the state’s GNP has grown 56%, personal income has grown 43%, and wages have grown 34%. This year the state has a budget surplus of $1.2 billion!”
Montana Has It Right On Second Amendment
"The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today.
Ex-Serb intelligence chief worked for CIA - report
A former Serbian spy chief who served under president Slobodan Milosevic and is now being tried for war crimes worked for the US Central Intelligence Agency, AFP reports citing the Los Angeles Times on Monday.
Medvedev denies Obama offered 'grand deal' on Iran
The presidents of the United States and Russia continued their careful diplomatic dance Tuesday on the issue of joint action regarding the Iranian nuclear program.
Scientists make HIV strain that can infect monkeys
Scientists have created a strain of the human AIDS virus able to infect and multiply in monkeys in a step toward testing future vaccines in monkeys before trying them in people, according to a new study.
Toyota in talks for Japan government loan
Toyota's financing unit is in talks with a Japanese government-backed bank on possible lending, the automaker said Tuesday, underlining the serious woes facing the car industry amid plunging global sales.
France calls for NATO Afghan pullout
There are currently more than 68,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan.
French Defense Minister Herve Morin has requested that NATO set a timetable for the withdrawal of alliance forces from Afghanistan.
The government is in debt to private banks that pretend to have money
When loans are repaid, the principal amount of the money created is zeroed out. As Brown explains: “In order to keep money in the system, some major player has to incur substantial debt that never gets paid back; and this role is played by our federal government.” And Brown further notes: “The U.S. federal debt has not been paid off since the days of Andrew Jackson. Only the interest gets paid, while the principal portion continues to grow.” Calls to eliminate the Federal debt logically would need to be accompanied by a change in how money is created, or, rather, who creates the money.
THE BANKERS MANIFESTO
Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. revealed the Bankers Manifesto of 1892 to the U.S. Congress somewhere between 1907 and 1917.
Bernanke Says U.S. May Need to Expand Bank Rescue
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said policy makers may need to expand aid to the banking system beyond the $700 billion already approved and take other aggressive measures even at the cost of soaring fiscal deficits.
Bush-era memos saw rights limits in U.S. terror war
The U.S. military could have kicked in doors to raid a suspected terrorist cell in the United States without a warrant under a Bush-era legal memo the Justice Department made public on Monday.
Mass. Gov. proposes global warming parking tax
In the same month that Logan International Airport hiked its parking rates by $1, Governor Deval Patrick is asking for another $2 parking “carbon fee” as part of his transportation overhaul filed this week.
Is Spending the Answer?
By Ron Paul
This week, Congress and the administration once again showed their lack of economic understanding, as they ramped up spending to record levels.
