Osama vs Obama, US send elite squads to eliminate Osama Bin Laden
US President Barack Obama has responded to right wing Republicans skeptics over his national security credentials by preparing an "elite group" of 4000 US troops to go and "eliminate" Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan or Pakistan. There is a real good possibility that Osama is hanging out with Elvis
Clinton targets assault weapons
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pledging further effort to help Mexico in its anti-drugs campaign.
Mrs Clinton said the use of military-style assault weapons was a particular concern, and she would discuss reimposing a ban on their sale. With the economy in the mess it's in, there's a very good possibility that the situation will deteriorate even further and that increases the likelihood that there will be riots, roving gangs and other forms of civil unrest here in America. Politicians like Clinton that propose more restrictions and laws regulating firearms or ammunition are endangering the publics safety and well being.
Mena Connection: Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA, Drug smuggling
According to Deborah Robinson of In These Times, the Inter mountain Regional Airport in Mena, Arkansas continues to be the hub of operations for people like assassinated cocaine kingpin Barry Seal as well as government intelligence operations linked to arms and drug smuggling. In the 1980's, the Mena airport became one of the world's largest aircraft refurbishing centers, providing services to planes from many countries. Researchers claim that the largest consumers of aircraft refurbishing services are drug smugglers and intelligence agencies involved in covert activities.
A Hundred-Year War on Drugs
This is "a war which will last as long as the human race," said Gen. Alvaro Caro, director of narcotics police, at the presentation of the report in Bogota, or at least for the next "400 years."
Gun violence and narcotics trafficking
Private ownership of firearms throughout Mexico is restricted just as in many violence-plagued U.S. urban centers. And the end result of gun prohibition in Mexico is also the same as where it exists here--it prevents decent people from controlling their neighborhoods or protecting themselves from gangsters, and gives the gangsters a toe-hold to take over.
Documentary - "American Drug War: The Last White Hope"
35 years after Nixon started the war on drugs, we have over one million non-violent drug offenders living behind bars. The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure? Inspired by the death of four family members from "legal drugs" Texas filmmaker Kevin Booth sets out to discover why the Drug War has become such a big failure. Three and a half years in the making, the film follows gang members, former DEA agents, CIA officers, narcotics officers, judges, politicians, prisoners and celebrities. Most notably the film befriends Freeway Ricky Ross; the man many accuse for starting the Crack epidemic, who after being arrested discovered that his cocaine source had been working for the CIA. AMERICAN DRUG WAR shows how money, power and greed have corrupted not just drug pushers and dope fiends, but an entire government.
Officials say that the ISI is providing direct support to the Taliban in Afghanistan
The Taliban’s widening campaign in southern Afghanistan is made possible in part by direct support from operatives in Pakistan’s military intelligence agency, despite Pakistani government promises to sever ties to militant groups fighting in Afghanistan, according to American government officials.
The support consists of money, military supplies and strategic planning guidance to Taliban commanders who are gearing up to confront the international force in Afghanistan that will soon include some 17,000 American reinforcements. How many terrorists work for various government intelligence agencies around the world?
Yemen seizes 'Israel-linked' cell
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said the security forces have arrested a group of alleged Islamist militants linked to Israeli intelligence. How many terrorists work for various government intelligence agencies around the world?
Senate votes to triple AmeriCorps, bolster service
The Senate voted Thursday to give tens of thousands of people more opportunities to mentor children, clean parks and help the poor, a sweeping call to national service in a time of need.
Schwarzenegger Opens California Fairgrounds to Homeless Camp
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said a make-shift tent city for the homeless that sprang up in the capital city of Sacramento will be shut down and its residents allowed to stay at the state fairgrounds.
Pro-Israel media: Bloggers join media war
Some 1,000 new immigrants and foreign-language-speaking Jews volunteer to army of bloggers set up by Absorption Ministry and Foreign Ministry with the stated objective of flooding blogs with pro-Israel opinions
Fears of unrest in eastern Europe grow as Czech government collapses
The collapse of the Czech government sent shivers through financial markets in eastern Europe yesterday fanning fears about the growing political unrest that appears to be sweeping through the EU's eastern fringes.
Roubini Says Stocks Will Drop as Banks Go ‘Belly Up’
U.S. stocks will fall and the government will nationalize more banks as the economy contracts through the end of 2009, said Nouriel Roubini, the New York University professor who predicted last year’s economic crisis.
More states move toward allowing medical marijuana use
Some states are moving to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes in response to the Obama administration's decision to limit prosecutions of sick people or caregivers who use or dispense the drug.
Madoff's Banker: Where Was JPMorgan Chase?
As Bernard Madoff passes time as inmate No. 61727-054 in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan, questions about his giant scheme continue to dog investigators and the public. Among them is the curious relationship Madoff had with his bank, JPMorgan Chase.
Is the Bail Out Breeding a Bigger Crisis?
By Paul Craig Roberts
At his March 24 press conference President Obama demonstrated that he is capable of understanding issues as presented to him by his advisers and able to pass on the explanations to the press. The question is whether Obama’s advisers understand the issues.
Myron Scholes, intellectual godfather of the credit default swap, says blow 'em all up Myron Scholes, the creator of the infamous Black-Scholes model for pricing derivatives which won the Nobel Prize and then almost destroyed the world banking system with the Long Term Capital Management bankruptcy of 1998, has now partially understood that his derivative creations are a Frankenstein monster.
N. Korea says criticism of rocket launches 'hostile act'
A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman told state media that if rocket launches in the country "are criticized" either by the UN Security Council or collectively, then this would be viewed as a "hostile act."
US deploys warships as North Korea prepares to launch missile
The US has deployed two warships with anti-missile capabilities in the waters off Japan as tensions mount over North Korea's plans to test-fire a long-range ballistic missile capable of striking Alaska.
More Cities Target Teens With Daytime Curfews
Daytime-curfew laws have long been popular in a handful of states, including California and Ohio, and opponents say that they are becoming increasingly common.
Obama opposes legalizing marijuana
President Barack Obama had some fun with at least one question at his online town hall, saying he doesn't think legalizing marijuana is a good strategy for turning around the economy.
Michelle Obama: "Barack Will Require You to Work."
"Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed."
Israeli troops 'enter Gaza Strip'
Palestinian fighters in Gaza say they have wounded several Israeli soldiers southeast of the strip after they violated the shaky ceasefire.
U.S. Jobless Rolls Increase to Record 5.56 Million
The number of people collecting U.S. jobless benefits rose to a record 5.56 million, indicating more Americans are spending longer periods out of work. Initial claims topped 600,000 for an eighth straight time.
Geithner To Propose Vast Expansion Of U.S. Oversight Of Financial System
The Obama administration is proposing an extensive overhaul of financial regulations in an effort to prevent a repeat of the banking crisis last fall that toppled once-mighty institutions and wiped out trillions of dollars in investor wealth.
NKorea places long-range missile on launch pad
North Korea has placed a long-range missile on a launch pad, a US official said Wednesday, drawing a US warning that it would take the matter to the United Nations if Pyongyang goes forward with a launch.
China reacts with fury to US military report
China has reacted with fury to a US government report on Beijing's military power which claimed it was altering the military balance in Asia.
London cops reach new heights of anti-terror poster stupidity
The London police have bested their own impressive record for insane and stupid anti-terrorism posters with a new range of signs advising Londoners to go through each others' trash-bins looking for "suspicious" chemical bottles, and to report on one another.
US 2010 apocalypse avoidable: Scholar
A Russian scholar, who had earlier predicted the collapse of the US, has offered President Barack Obama ways to prevent such a misfortune.
Judge signals unwillingness to release secret 9/11 papers
Three families who lost loved ones in the 9/11 terrorist attacks head to court today to plead with a federal judge to release a million pages of documents detailing the mass murder of nearly 3,000 Americans.
States consider drug tests for welfare recipients
Lawmakers in at least eight states want recipients of food stamps, unemployment benefits or welfare to submit to random drug testing. Perhaps an even better idea would be to make it mandatory that all politicians submit to random drug testing and tests to see how much they really know about the constitution. If they fail either test their out of office. If they don't have anything to hide, surely they wouldn't object to that. With all the oppressive and asinine laws being passed and proposed by some politicians, it might also be a good idea to borrow the thought monitoring equipment the CIA has access to, so we could further document rather or not the politicians that are in office are really honest and sane or just phonies and deranged scam artists.
Flashback - The Crimes of Mena
By Sally Denton and Roger Morris
Barry Seal gunrunner, drug trafficker, and covert C.I.A. operative extraordinaire is hardly a familiar name in American politics. But nine years after he was murdered in a hail of bullets by Medellin cartel hit men outside a Salvation Army shelter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he has come back to haunt the reputations of three American presidents.
Flashback - About "The Crimes of Mena"
By Sally Denton and Roger Morris
After 11 weeks of line-by-line fact-checking, editing, and legal vetting, after the text had been laid out in final type, photos and artwork arrayed, contracts signed, and publication date fixed, at the last moment on January 26, 1995 Washington Post Managing Editor Robert Kaiser had put one more nervous hold on the article you now see in Penthouse. We pulled the piece in dismay and disgust. Even the Post's own ombudsman acknowledged "the uproar" over what she called "the story of the hour."
Moody's cuts Bank of America debt ratings
Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday cut the debt ratings of Bank of America Corp., and sent its rating of the bank's preferred stock into junk territory, citing an increasing risk that government intervention may be needed to bolster the bank's capital position.
Director of FBI Urges Renewal of Patriot Act
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III yesterday urged lawmakers to renew intelligence-gathering measures in the USA Patriot Act that are set to expire in December, calling them "exceptional" tools to help protect national security. The Patriot Act is more filthy trash legislation, cooked up to help destroy the constitution and enslave the American people.
Incriminating Evidence of Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
By Stephen Lendman
Throughout its history, Israel has willfully and repeatedly committed crimes of war and against humanity, always with impunity. Yet under customary legal standards and norms (including Geneva, Hague, the UN Charter, S.C. and G.A. resolutions), it's lawless, a serial abuser, a threat to the region and humanity, mostly as an oppressive occupier. Attacking Gaza is the latest episode in its six-decade reign of terror satisfying the definition of genocide against defenseless Palestinian civilians. This article covers more evidence from some disturbing but unsurprising newly published information.
Geithner Remarks on IMF Roil Foreign-Exchange
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sent the dollar tumbling with comments about China’s ideas for overhauling the global monetary system, only to drive it back up by affirming that it should remain the world’s reserve currency.
White House to Hunt for New Tax Revenues
The White House said it would launch a search for new tax revenues, as Congressional leaders moved to scale back proposed spending increases and tax cuts in President Barack Obama's ambitious budget.
Obama Years Ago Helped Fund Carbon Program He Is Now Pushing Through Congress
While on the board of a Chicago-based charity, Barack Obama helped fund a carbon trading exchange that will likely play a critical role in the cap-and-trade carbon reduction program he is now trying to push through Congress as president.
Geithner 'open' to China proposal
Geithner, at the Council on Foreign Relations, said the U.S. is "open" to a headline-grabbing proposal by the governor of the China's central bank, which was widely reported as being a call for a new global currency to replace the dollar, but which Geithner described as more modest and "evolutionary."
Buffett’s Berkshire May Lose AAA S&P Credit Rating
Billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. may lose its AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor’s because values have fallen in its equity portfolio and capital has shrunk at the insurance operations.
Out West, Catching Raindrops Can Make You an Outlaw
It is, in fact, illegal in Colorado to collect rainwater. State law is vague about the penalties, except to say that violators can be taken to court and ordered to pay damages.
Japan Reports Record Plunge in Exports
Japan's exports saw a record plunge in February, falling by nearly half compared with a year earlier, according to the country's finance ministry.
Obama Plans to Name Task Force to Overhaul Tax Code
President Barack Obama plans to name a task force to review and overhaul the U.S. tax code, a spokesman for the Office of Management and Budget said today.
Obama’s Toxic Advisers
By Robert Scheer
We taxpayers are being asked to buy back from the banks the very toxic assets that the members of Obama’s economic team once celebrated as an unmitigated blessing.
Now 'Big Brother' targets Facebook
Millions of Britons who use social networking sites such as Facebook could soon have their every move monitored by the Government and saved on a "Big Brother" database.
The 'GIVE' Act Calls for Your Kids to be 'Owned' by the State
By Michael Gallucci
At the National Service Learning Clearinghouse website at www.servicelearning.org, you can read the glossy euphemistic "What is Service Learning?" page for its glorious "Guiding Principles" and its exalted "Vision of the Organization." Or, you can dig deeper. Dig deeper, why don’t you? After all, this is about the souls of your children.
AIG, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and Others…The Circle of Financial Life
By Debbie Morgan
There is a very tight financial circle spinning in perpetuity. There are players on the inside and there are others on the outside, forever looking for some sort of break, trying to figure out just how to stop this insidious circle from spinning…Like a financial tornado sucking money into it, but never throwing any out, it lays waste to the true productive economy. Thus is the disaster that is the current United States Financial crisis.
Harvard economist: Legalize all drugs to stop border violence
A Harvard economist says that legalizing marijuana would not go far enough to stop border violence. Jeffrey Miron told CNNs Kiran Chetry that all drugs should be legalized. A lot of the violence were seeing and a lot of the underground market is not related to marijuana but related to the other drugs. If we only did marijuana we would only have a small impact on the violence and corruption and disruption of other countries that is caused by U.S. prohibition of drugs and the U.S. forcing prohibition of drugs on other countries, he said.
Most electronic voting isn't secure, CIA expert says
The CIA, which has been monitoring foreign countries' use of electronic voting systems, has reported apparent vote-rigging schemes in Venezuela, Macedonia and Ukraine and a raft of concerns about the machines' vulnerability to tampering.
Liberty and Law, not "Law and Order"
By William N. Grigg
With our days as a manufacturing power a wistful memory and the marketing of fraudulent Wall Street "financial products" an infinitely self-replenishing source of national outrage, incarceration may soon become -- by default -- our leading national industry.
Germ Warfare Porton Down Vets 'Died Early'
More than 300 armed forces veterans who volunteered as human guinea pigs at military labs have died earlier than expected, according to the British Medical Journal.
GAO Calls Iraq Pullout A 'Massive,' Costly Effort
The removal of about 140,000 U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011 will be a "massive and expensive effort" that is likely to increase rather than lower Iraq-related expenditures during the withdrawal and for several years after its completion, government investigators said in a report released yesterday.
Save the Big Banks, Trash the Dollar
By Gary North
Timothy Geithner's plan to save the big banks will be a success. This success will come at a cost. The plan will hurt taxpayers, and it will lead to severe price inflation. It will not revive the faltering economy in 2009. It will not restore the housing market. Family wealth will continue to decline.
More documentation of central bank gold rigging -- buried
The long MarketWatch story published today about the decline in central bank gold sales may be most notable for coming upon without recognizing it and thus burying what appears to be more documentation of the central bank gold price suppression scheme.
'The Analyzer' Hack Probe Widens; $10 Million Allegedly Stolen From U.S. Banks
Ehud Tenenbaum, an Israeli hacker arrested in Canada last year for allegedly stealing about $1.5 million from Canadian banks, also allegedly hacked two U.S. banks, a credit and debit card distribution company and a payment processor in what U.S. authorities are calling a global "cashout" conspiracy.
Police raid home of Wikileaks.de domain owner over censorship lists
Shortly after 9pm on Tuesday the 24th of March 2009, seven police officers in Dresden and four in Jena searched the homes of Theodor Reppe, who holds the domain registration for "wikileaks.de", the German name for wikileaks.org.
Russian subs 'to back Arctic claims'
Russia considers deploying submarines armed with nuclear-capable cruise missiles in a bid to protect resources in the disputed Arctic region.
Vatican plots battle with Dan Brown over Da Vinci Code sequel
It was described as a “phantasmagorical cocktail of inventions”, a “masonic plot” and a “pot pourri of lies”. Now a nervous Vatican is braced for the sequel to The Da Vinci Code and the return of its nemesis, Dan Brown.
Scientists in possible cold fusion breakthrough
Researchers at a US Navy laboratory have unveiled what they say is "significant" evidence of cold fusion, a potential energy source that has many skeptics in the scientific community.
NYPD Detective Accused of Lying About Drug Bust
The indictment says Eager appeared before a grand jury after several people were charged with drug possession in November 2007. Prosecutors say her testimony was contradicted by video surveillance tape of the arrests. All charges were dropped against the defendants.
FOOL ME TWICE The Movie
"A documentary examining East Timor's struggle for independence, the 2002 Bali Bombings and subsequent Australian anti-terror laws."
King, Brown Clash on Need for U.K. Fiscal Stimulus
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s government should be careful about how much more money it pours into the U.K. economy and mindful about keeping spending under control.
Fears of record hedge fund withdrawals
Hedge fund investors believe the industry will see even bigger withdrawals this year than last, when record levels of cash were pulled from the sector.
Only 5 percent of the members of the Awakening Councils -- one-time anti-American insurgents who were convinced to join the United States' fight against al-Qaida and other militant groups -- have been given permanent jobs in the Iraqi military, leading to dissatisfaction, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
Bilderberg will meet in Athens
The Bilderberg club is famous for gathering the most powerful people in the world at least once per year. There, they can talk behind closed doors. This year, the club will organize its meeting in Athens between 14th and 16th of May, says Elefterios Tipos newspaper.
GIVE Act outlaws citizens' right to protest
It is another sound good piece of legislation. H.R. 1388 has a creative title; The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (GIVE) Act. 321 representatives of the people voted approval for this legislation which, among many other things, strikes a blow to the rights of people to mount any protests against legislation. Listen closely, it outlaws the right to mount protests against proposed legislation.
Finance crisis 'could lead to war', IMF warn
The global financial crisis could lead to social unrest and even war, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned yesterday.
Satanic Fabian Warmongers in the U.K.
By Mike Robinson
Blair typifies what is seriously ill with our nation. He is a real, hard core fascist, brought up on a diet of Fabianism. We have no chance of ever having a rational relationship with our government, nor an honest relationship with ourselves, until we crush this Fabian element within our country.
Pelosi Welcomes Geithner's Call For Expanded Treasury Powers
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., welcomed a proposal from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to give the Treasury the authority to unwind large, nonbank financial institutions that have become insolvent.
Dodd's Wife a Former Director of Bermuda-Based IPC Holdings, an AIG Controlled Company
No wonder Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn) went wobbly last week when asked about his February amendment ratifying hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to executives at insurance giant AIG. Dodd has been one of the company's favorite recipients of campaign contributions. But it turns out that Senator Dodd's wife has also benefited from past connections to AIG as well.
U.S. bill seeks to rescue faltering newspapers
With many U.S. newspapers struggling to survive, a Democratic senator on Tuesday introduced a bill to help them by allowing newspaper companies to restructure as nonprofits with a variety of tax breaks.
The End of the Global War on Terror
The end of the Global War on Terror -- or at least the use of that phrase -- has been codified at the Pentagon. Reports that the phrase was being retired have been circulating for some time amongst senior administration officials, and this morning speechwriters and other staff were notified via this e-mail to use "Overseas Contingency Operation" instead.
Lawmakers don't hear knocking of Obama's budget canvassers
President Barack Obama's army of canvassers fanned out across the nation over the weekend to drum up support for his $3.55 trillion budget, but they had no noticeable impact on members of Congress, who on Monday said they were largely unaware of the effort.
Victory In Kitsap! Lessons and Moments From The Bruce Olson Medical Marijuana Trial
Medical marijuana patients may be a little safer in their homes in Kitsap County, Washington tonight. Almost two years after his arrest, and after a very expensive prosecution, 55-year-old patient Bruce Olson of Olalla has been acquitted by a jury of all charges stemming from the bust of a hidden marijuana grow-room.
