Ron Paul Wins His 25th Straw Poll, Takes Virginia

The Virginia win makes the 25th straw poll victory for Ron Paul. A month earlier he won the New York State Republican straw poll in New York City, with 43% of the vote.

U.S. report: Iran stopped nuclear weapons work in 2003

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Iran halted work toward a nuclear weapon under international scrutiny in 2003 and is unlikely to be able to produce enough enriched uranium for a bomb until 2010 to 2015, a U.S. intelligence report says.

Congratulations CNN, you've managed to stumble upon what every informed person on the planet has already known for at least months. However, don't let that stop the body of your report from explaining why Iran is "still a threat". -- ZDN

Annapolis: US prepares Palestinian civil war and rallies Arab support against Iran

There were times when the Annapolis summit looked like a poor production by an amateur dramatics society—fumbled handshakes, translations not working, President Bush mispronouncing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s name, and Abbas himself dragging along behind Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert like he had forgotten his stage directions. But these gaffes only underscored the fact that this entire production was mounted only in order to conceal the predatory ambitions of the United States in the Middle East.

War is Good for Business: Anglo-American Military Industrial Complex Sells Weapons to Iran

According to Jane’s Intelligence report, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported on August 1, 2007 that more than 1,400 parts that are unique to the US Navy’s (USN’s) Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft were sold to Iran through publicly available channels in February 2007.

"Operation Iraqi Freedom" Exposed: Bush Negotiates Permanent Military Presence in Iraq

It was never about weapons of mass destruction. It was never about ties between Saddam and al Qaeda. And it was never about bringing democracy to the Iraqi people. These claims were lies to cover up the real motive for Operation Iraqi Freedom: to create a permanent American presence in Iraq.

Bush pledges American blood to keep Israel a "Jewish" State

Israel is where it has liked to be over the past several decades, allowing itself to be perceived as the victim of terror while at the same time occupying and terrorizing the citizens of Palestine. While negotiations drag on, while more land is settled, while the brutality of the occupation continues, notes Jim Miles.

Hillary Clinton We Will Continue To Support Israel

America is Going Fascist

Wolf’s short but meticulously documented book shows that what is happening in America has indeed happened many times before, not in the United States, but rather in places like Chile, Italy, Russia, and Germany. In each case, people couldn’t understand why they didn’t recognize where they were heading before they passed the point of no return.

Senate Bill 1959 to Criminalize Thoughts, Blogs, Books and Free Speech Across America

The end of Free Speech in America has arrived at our doorstep. It's a new law called the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, and it is worded in a clever way that could allow the U.S. government to arrest and incarcerate any individual who speaks out against the Bush Administration, the war on Iraq, the Department of Homeland Security or any government agency (including the FDA).

I'm linking to this again because it NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION -- ZDN

Today Is Critical, And We Must Join-in To Kill S 1959

To state that today is critical would be a gross understatement; the Internet is buzzing about the upcoming passage of the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, yet through all of the talk and articles, we still haven’t joined-in with enough numbers to stop this Bill dead in its tracks - and if we don’t, as all of the author’s seem to agree, Free Speech in American could effectively become a memory, and those who have constantly fought for our freedom(s) will likely be muzzled and may be hauled-off to internment camps, which we now know exist and when S 1959 is passed into law, it’s inevitable that they will soon be used.

Bush Signing Statement Challenges Congress’ Oversight Role

Charlie Savage, who won a Pulitzer for breaking this story and is the author of our current C&L Book of the Month, brings us more. Bush had already used signing statements to “allow him to bypass more than 1,100 laws” before this latest one:

Kidnapping Not a Crime, Claims Bush Justice Department

Continuing its recent spree of criminality in the alleged pursuit of law enforcement, the Bush Justice Department formally advised a British Court last week that it is fully entitled to kidnap foreigners (i.e., Britons) off the street around the world and carry them off to secret prisons.

What is the Security Prosperity Partnership?

The NAFTA superhighway, North American Union, foreign companies running US Toll Roads, the Amero currency, are all related to the SPP - the Security Prosperity Partnership.

Wolfowitz Returns To Bush Administration As WMD Adviser

The 18-member panel, which has access to highly classified intelligence, advises Rice on disarmament, nuclear proliferation, WMD issues and other matters. “We think he is well suited and will do an excellent job,” said one senior official.

ron paul: iraq is not nazi germany

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer gave Ron Paul a chance to respond to a criticism by John McCain that compares Paul’s Iraq policy with policies that empowered Nazi Germany...

The Taser is going wireless

Alarmed by recent incidents? Wait'll you see what the company is planning for 2008

Handcuffed Woman Tased in Police Station

a woman was tased in a Sheffield Lake, Ohio, police station not because she threatened officers — in fact, she was restrained in handcuffs — but rather because she refused to “cooperate,” as the video at the left demonstrates.

Person tased for getting out license too slowly

This person gets tased for taking too long to get out her license and proof of insurance. It was Thanksgiving day and she had her elder in the car.

Confessions of a Covert Agent

Don't miss this read! -- ZDN

[...] the point I want to make to the US public, the bottom line is that the most power crazed and greed addicted people are above the law and get away with everything. In the covert world rules do not apply. Democracy is a fairy tale. Nothing is what it seems, reality isn't real. Through the looking glass Alice goes.

Meet The New American Revolutionaries!

Even before the Patriot Act was whisked into being on October 26, 2001 by an uninformed and over zealous Congress, true American patriots knew it would shred the Constitution.

Arizona Lawsuit a Crystal Ball Into 2008 Presidential Vote Count

Democrats and others say access to electronic voting records may prove fraud. But local officials say releasing the data will show hackers how to rig votes.

There is is again; the "security through obscurity" model that has been proven time and time again to be a joke. Case in point: Microsoft desktop operating systems which are constantly among the upper crust of insecure products on the planet. In contrast, take *nix systems (Unix, Linux) which are generally open source. Although the source code is available to anyone who wants it, they are among the more secure products. Apache is another great example. Apache is web server software that is free and open source. The majority of websites you visit (including this one) run Apache on Unix. -- ZDN

The Big Brother Agenda

Britain's Spy Cameras and ID cards

It is interesting to point out at this juncture, that 3500+ laws that have been passed, causing massive reduction of civil liberties, countless examples of infringements of human rights, the placement of over 4,000,000 cameras in England (accounting for over 20% of the worlds total of CCTV), police are now all equipped with head cameras and spy drones flying over our cities watching our every move and all over the country councils are introducing spy cameras in our bins to ensure 'the correct amount of recycling' (it's the stuff of pure science fiction movies depicting a world hundreds of years into a sinister future) the introduction of shameful ID card that we will all be forced to carry thereby enriching the cronies of Blair to the tune of approximately £90.00 for every man woman and child in the country (the same ID cards, no doubt, that obviously stopped the Madrid train bombers if that story can be believed).

Chavez Loses Constitutional Vote

"We congratulate the people of Venezuela on their election and their continued desire to live in freedom and democracy," National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.

I think that quote says it all, but there's more... -- ZDN

Chavez, who was briefly ousted in a failed 2002 coup, blamed the loss on low turnout among the very supporters who re-elected him a year ago with 63 percent of the vote.

That coup, by the way, was partially financed by the US -- ZDN

nationwide fluoride shortage being felt

from rogue government: Fluoride was actually put in the water in Nazi concentration camps to ensure the Jews were submissive to authority. Now our loving government does the same to us selling the use of it as a way to keep our teeth healthy.

Also see the following... -- ZDN

The Truth About 'Fluoride'
DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH FLUORIDE
Fluoride in dentistry is a cell poison
What’s the Deal With Fluoride?

March 24-May 11, 2004: Al-Zarqawi Blamed for Beheading of US Citizen, but Video Raises Many Questions

February 2001: NSA Approaches Qwest, Other Telecoms, For Provision of Domestic Phone Records and Surveillance Access

1997: US Military and NSA Ask for Access to Telecom Networks

1989: Cheney Advocates Predominant Executive Power for Foreign Policy Edit even