High court to look at ban on handguns

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will discuss gun control today in a private conference that soon could explode publicly.

Court case may choke free speech (LA TIMES

ALL but unnoticed by most of the news media, a criminal case working its way to trial in a federal courtroom in Alexandria, Va., could create perilous new restrictions on both Americans´ political speech and the right of their free press to report national security issues.

Are Americans completely incapable of getting mad as hell?

Will we Americans continue to be the silent majority that stood by and watched as the White House war machine launched the invasion and occupation of Iraq? Will we also continue to be the same voiceless, sheeple-like society that will once again watch as this war machine launches an attack on Iran, the current monster/bogeyman now lined up in their sights? What will it take for Americans to finally have their fill of this never-ending madness and say, "We are mad as hell and we cannot and will not take it anymore?"

Americans have no idea

How the Israeli War Party lobby controls US foreign policy

Israel's secret weapons program

Secret nuclear and biological weapons programs in Israel

A film by the BBC

Military bulldozers uproot lands west of Bethlehem

Dozens of residents rushed to the area and tried to stop the uprooting of their lands, and the soldiers attacked them with batons and weapons; one resident was injured and was moved to a medical center after suffering concussions and bruises.

Condi Rice: U.S. Is OK With Iran Having Nuclear Power: Updated!

Uh oh, I think somebody is going to be getting a nasty phone call from Dick Cheney very soon…

U.S. Digs In to Guard Iraq Oil Exports

While presidential candidates debate whether to start bringing ground troops home from Iraq, the new construction suggests that one footprint of U.S. military power in Iraq isn't shrinking anytime soon: American officials are girding for an open-ended commitment to protect the country's oil industry.

Update: Another Surge Success Story

Following on from our previous report on the America's new allies in Iraq, Juan Cole has more on another "success" of the surge: the loudly-trumpeted "return" of some Baghdad residents to the city.

Broken Supply Channel Sent Arms for Iraq Astray

By all accounts, the businessman, Kassim al-Saffar, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war, did well at distributing the Pentagon-supplied weapons from the Baghdad Police Academy armory he managed for a military contractor. But, co-workers say, he also turned the armory into his own private arms bazaar with the seeming approval of some American officials and executives, selling AK-47 assault rifles, Glock pistols and heavy machine guns to anyone with cash in hand — Iraqi militias, South African security guards and even American contractors.

Security Guard Fires From Convoy, Killing Iraqi Driver

Three witnesses said the taxi had posed no threat to the convoy, and one of them, an Iraqi Army sergeant who inspected the car afterward, said it contained no weapons or explosive devices.

Violent Radicalizers and Homegrown Terrorists?

I am an historian and have studied what happened to Germany in the thirties. We are following the same path, with the same arguments. We all know where that led.

Elliot D. Cohen: Senate Judiciary Poised to Pass Total Information Awareness Bill

Amid public outcry, in 2003, Congress defunded the Bush Administration's Total Information Awareness (TIA) project, a massive Orwellian technology-driven surveillance and data mining initiative. Now, it is attempting to pass through the FISA Amendments Act of 2007 (S. 2248), a bill that would affectively give legal standing and retroactive legal immunity to a major component of this project.

Freedom Is Not Free – And Americans Are Poised To Lose Everything, Part 1

Countless millions of Americans are asking themselves, their Congress, and even their local newspapers why Congress seems to be in collusion with The Bush administration, even though they have violated our Constitution, The Bill of Rights, our Rule of Law, stand in utter contempt of Congress, violate international laws and treaties with impunity – yet a Congress that is empowered and has the duty to impeach these traitors and tyrants still abdicate their sworn duty to uphold the very constitutional values they were voted into office to protect – yet they stand mute and appear to be complicit with the eventual downfall of our democratic republic; Why?

Finger Scanning At Disney Parks Causes Concern

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The addition of finger scanning technology at the entrances of Walt Disney World theme parks for all visitors has caused concern among privacy advocates, according to a Local 6 News report.

A Dictator Gets Tips From an Old Pro

“When it comes to eliminating democracy, I thought my friend Pervez could benefit from my experience,” Bush said.

The Web Takes Ron Paul for a Ride

From posting video on YouTube to enlisting friends through Facebook, all of the presidential candidates are looking for ways to harness the Internet. In the case of Ron Paul, the Internet has harnessed him.

Pentagon wants to create space vehicle to fire missiles anywhere on Earth

Buried in the 621-page House-Senate conference report on the Defense Department appropriations bill -- and page A19 of Monday's Washington Post, is a $100 million request to enhance space warfare.

Wall Street Executive: "[I am] worried about a recession, not a normal one, but a very bad one, the worst since the 1930s"

A Wall Street superstar this year who runs Balestra Capital Partners, Jim Melcher, says he's "worried about a recession. Not a normal one, but a very bad one. The worst since the 1930s. I expect we'll see clear signs of it in six months with a dramatic slowdown in the gross domestic product."

Sibel Edmonds and the heroin connection

Thanks, but No Thanks

Hundreds of would-be oil spill cleanup volunteers who wanted to do something were told on Saturday in San Francisco to go home and do nothing.

“He asked us to leave, and we said we needed to do what we were doing, so he put me in handcuffs,” said Moser, a communications consultant.

Cops: The State's Totalitarian Enforcers

The web is filled with nightmare stories about cops and their abuse of power. It seems the taser incidents are emerging daily as of late. In the neighborhoods, cops have become habitual offenders of individual liberty through extortion and harassment.

Loose Change: Final Cut (Video)

Well, here it is; the highly anticipated Loose Change: Final Cut has been released. I'm one of those who wasn't highly anticipating it because of the fact that Dylan Avery and crew made bloody fools of themselves with LC1 and 2 and i wasn't expecting anything different with this release. Evidence of this exists in the omission of much of the bogus material and unsupported "facts" used in the earlier versions. After watching it i must admit i am pleasantly surprised. I think the battering they suffered from those both within and outside of the 9/11 truth movement has prompted them to do their homework, and they have. Please watch it. -- ZDN

The Last Dead Bull on Wall Street

This is a bear market now. The last bull was dragged from the Street on Friday with a harpoon in its chest.

Government accused of cover-up over immigrant security staff

The government was today accused of a "cover-up" after 5,000 illegal immigrants were mistakenly cleared to work as security guards.

NEW 9/11 Truth vs Mainstream Media

It's getting increasingly harder for Mainstream Media to ignore 9/11 Truth

Donald Rumsfeld - Flight 93 was Shot Down

If you dig into the circumstances surrounding flight 93 it won't be long before you'll uncover evidence that suggests the "official" version of the events fall short of explaining what happened and why. From cellular phone calls that could not have been made, to eyewitness reports of a white jet in the area, to the size of the debris field, to the crater itself, there are many anomalies which the official conspiracy theory utterly fails to address. Personally, i do not know what happened with this particular plane, and this is after several years of researching the events of 9/11 in general. It appears it may well have been shot down and i have read accounts stating that the military jet that did the shooting was traced back to a base on the east coast, though i don't recall where.

As with everything else "9/11", there are many pieces of fact, but none by themselves capable of connecting the dots between "this is what happened" to "here is who did it". Collectively is another matter of course, but more powerful analysis than my little brain can muster is needed to join the pieces. The water is murky with government cover up, disinformation and various other garbage. Finding the real truth, for me anyway, has been nearly impossible in spite of the likelihood that most of it is probably in the public domain. -- ZDN

Hillary Denies Attending Bilderberg, Confirms Bill Did

This denial goes against reports from insiders at the Brookstreet Hotel in Ottawa who claimed she attended the 2006 meeting for one day.

Constitutional amendment would aim to prevent White House political dynasty

Conservative activist, Americans for Tax Reform founder and lobbyist Grover Norquist, reports The Sunday Times, is working on a constitutional amendment that would forbid succession of elected and appointed offices from one family member to another.

VIDEO: Rudy Presents UN Award To Rockefeller

C-Span video from 1994 showing Rudy presenting a UN award to David Rockefeller. Rudy recognizes Rockefeller's associations with the Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission and the Bilderberg Group.

They’ve come to the right place

Bloggers routinely rely on traditional news outlets for breaking news, but it’s good to know that traditional news outlets are also turning to bloggers.

Rep. Ron Paul on CBS Face The Nation

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Who Says Africans/ Haitians Gave AIDS to the World?

The recent study published by Michael Worobey et. al1. theorizing that AIDS left Africa for Haiti in the mid 1960s and then stormed into the U.S. may turn out to be a very positive event both for the advancement of science and for unveiling just how pervasively white supremacist ideologies still taint the modern scientific community.