MANIPULATIONS IN TIME OF WAR AND HUNGER

Uncle Ben Bernanke is currently pumping out federal reserve notes, or electrons with binary encoding as the case may be, like they were going out of style in order to save the miscreants on Wall Street and in order to postpone economic catastrophe for the benefit of our incumbent sociopaths in Congress, who are the best politicians that money can buy.

NEOCONS LAUNCH NEW PROPAGANDA OFFENSIVE AGAINST IRAN

Now that we have the neocons attempting to sell us on the dubious prospect of a Syrian nuke, the corporate media is stepping up the propaganda, same as they did in late 2002 prior to the invasion of Iraq.

BRITISH MINISTRY OF DEFENSE’S “PRIVATE” COPS HARASS TOURISTS

Armed street patrols, who are not required to identify themselves as MoD officers, are questioning people queuing for boat trips on the Thames or having their photograph taken in front of Big Ben.

‘EXTREME PORN’ LAW COULD CRIMINALIZE MILLIONS

In her speech, the Baroness commented that “the Minister is in danger of leading his Government into becoming the thought police… we do not have any evidence to justify an intrusion in people’s lives”.

WHY GOLD WAS 'HACKED' FRIDAY- AND HOW

The market delivered a huge"drubbing" to gold and silver Friday– or at least that's what thefinancial powers want you to think.

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Why Gold Was 'Hacked' Friday- and How - PDF

THE WORLD OF FREE ENERGY

In the late 1880's, trade journals in the electrical sciences were predicting "free electricity" in the near future. Incredible discoveries about the nature of electricity were becoming common place. Nikola Tesla was demonstrating "wireless lighting" and other wonders associated with high frequency currents. There was an excitement about the future like never before.

COVERAGE OF THE NEVADA GOP WALKOUT

RON PAUL CAMPAIGN DOMINATES NEVADA GOP CONVENTION

After a super-majority of Ron Paul supporters captured control of the Republican state convention Saturday, state party officials abruptly canceled the event without electing delegates to the national convention.

HILLARY STRANGELOVE

BOSTON GLOBE - Americans have learned to take with a grain of salt much of the rhetoric in a campaign like the current Democratic donnybrook between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Still, there are some red lines that should never be crossed. Clinton did so Tuesday morning, the day of the Pennsylvania primary, when she told ABC's "Good Morning America" that, if she were president, she would "totally obliterate" Iran if Iran attacked Israel.

SUPPORT FOR OBAMA EVAPORATES IN KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Jews will not vote for him, Italians will not vote for him, blue collar whites will not vote for him, successful Americans will not vote for him, patriots will not vote for him, angry feminists will not vote for him, those who know right from Wright will not vote for him, white southerners will not vote for him, republicans will not vote for him, gun owners will not vote for him, anyone who knows his wife will not vote for him, folks screwed by Rezko will not vote for him, people who pay their mortgages will not vote for him, those who support freedom for Iraq will not vote for him, those who believe in free trade will not vote for him, those who understand the danger of strong unions will not vote for him, folks happy in small towns across America will not vote for him, those who cherish their religion will not vote for him, the list is endless.

OBAMA WILL INCREASE PAYROLL TAXES ON "RICH" MAKING OVER 102K : THIRD FLIP-FLOP IN 10 DAYS

Here's Obama's changing position on payroll tax caps. You'll see he does a flip-flop at one point in the debate on 4/16 and seconds later he lies about what he just said and proposes yet another position.

OBAMA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH BOMBER BILL AYERS MAY BE A LOT CLOSER THAN HE'S TELLING US

This well-researched article builds the case as to why its likely that Bill Ayers and Senator Obama have enjoyed a much closer working relationship than the candidate has revealed. The author goes as far as to suggest that it is Obama's relationship with the Ayers family that was key to giving him his big break in Chicago politics.

SUNDAY: 179 IRAQIS KILLED, 131 WOUNDED; MASS GRAVES FOUND

At least 101 bodies were found in two separate mass graves. Another 78 people were killed or found dead, and 131 more were wounded in other violence. No Coalition deaths were reported.

IS WAR WITH IRAN IMMINENT?

Clearly, the U.S. and Britain are trying to trigger a new conflict with the most brazen provocations, and they don't really care how it happens – only that it does.

BLACK HOLE IN BUSH'S BRAIN

It does not matter who gets elected, whether it is "bomb, bomb Iran" McCain, or "obliterate/massive retaliation" Clinton, nothing will change.

GLOBAL FAMINE: THE LORDS OF CAPITAL DECREE MASS DEATH BY STARVATION

Having crushed the planet's peasants and converted food into just another commodity for global manipulation, the Lord's of Capital have unleashed upon humanity the threat - no, certainty - of mass starvation.

DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY ACLU DESCRIBE CHARGES OF MURDER AND TORTURE OF PRISONERS IN U.S. CUSTODY

NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union obtained documents today from the Department of Defense confirming the military’s use of unlawful interrogation methods on detainees held in U.S. custody in Afghanistan.

CIA STONEWALL: AGENCY WON'T RELEASE 7,000 DOCUMENTS RELATED TO TORTURE PROGRAM

After identifying some 7,000 pages of classified memos, e-mails and other records relating to its forced disappearance, secret detention and torture program, the Central Intelligence Agency has refused to release the documents.

IRAQIS DYING FOR US TO LEAVE

During the build-up to our illegal invasion of Iraq, American mainstream corporate media failed to challenge the lies of our government. Serving more as a lapdog than watchdog of the administration, the media perpetuated the lies of Iraqi connections to Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and the events of September 11, 2001. In fact, the Iraqi people—suffering and starving during economic sanctions—NEVER posed a threat to the U.S. or anyone else. Five years into our illegal occupation, while the stories have now shifted from a context of international terrorism to sectarian strife, the misinformation continues.

BUSH MADE PERMANENT

The impression that Mr. McCain’s tax talk is all about pandering is reinforced by his proposal for a summer gas tax holiday — a measure that would, in fact, do little to help consumers, although it would boost oil industry profits.

More and more, Mr. McCain sounds like a man who will say anything to become president.

WINTER SHELTERS CLOSE, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS GROW

"The Amherst, MA Survival Center is starting to get more calls as emergency shelters are closing. People need tents," the email began. "Do you have one hanging around that a homeless person can use until they get on their feet? Please... we only have 2 left and the phone is ringing off the hook!!!"

BUSH HATE RISING

Have you noticed how everybody hates Bush these days? Well, everybody except Uncle Dick, Godfather Rummy and Tony Snow. Oh, and let's not forget Rockey Vaccarella. And the arms dealers. But enthusiastic Bush supporters who aren't directly on the Bush-Cheney payroll are dwindling down to a sliver of a minority. These are the reality-challenged few that still expect rose petals and open arms to embrace us in Iraq, maybe, if we "stay the course," by the 22nd century.

U.S. ARMY SAYS IT KILLED 38 FIGHTERS IN BAGHDAD

At about the same time as the two big evening attacks, a barrage of rockets struck the Green Zone, the fortified government and diplomatic compound in the capital.

JOHN MCCAIN'S SERIOUS FOREIGN POLICY

this chest-beating threat from McCain is merely the latest in a long line of adolescent, mindlessly belligerent war cries emanating from the Serious foreign policy candidate.

TERROR DRILLS COULD GO LIVE

An impressive array of military men join Captain Eric H. May, the Internet intelligence writer, in issuing a false flag alert for May 1-8, when the Bush administration will be conducting nationwide terror exercises.

WAR MADE EASY

War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations.

CONGRESSMAN MITCHELL TELLS VA 'MY PATIENCE IS AT AN END'

Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-5) has given Deparment of Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake an option: Produce documents related to suicides among veterans by May 9, or he will pursue "other options."

IS THERE AN ARMY COVER UP OF RAPE AND MURDER OF WOMEN SOLDIERS?

The Department of Defense statistics are alarming--one in three women who join the US military will be sexually assaulted or raped by men in the military.

GET READY TO STRIKE!

The International Longshore and Warehouse Workers Union has scheduled a shutdown of ports in LA, Houston and New Jersey this May Day. We are declaring days of national solidarity throughout North Carolina.

In Durham, NC we’ll assemble at the NC Mutual Building on Chapel Hill Street at 4:30PM for a press conference at NC 4th District Congressman David Price’s office, to declare our repudiation of the Bush/Cheney administration’s crimes past, present and future. After the press conference we’ll march the downtown loop in Durham.

Bush and Cheney have declared 800 years of law invalid. They have revoked habeas corpus and called for legalized torture. They have committed fraud against the people of the United States. They stand accused of crimes against the peace, crimes against humanity and war crimes. They threaten a new war against Iran. The forecast is for another monstrous crime. Americans must rise up and impeach and arrest these warmongers.

IN THE REZKO TRIAL, A NEW NAME SURFACES: KARL ROVE

The trial of Chicago developer and political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko has been closely watched for any mention of the defendant's onetime friend, Barack Obama. But last week, prosecutors threw a curveball, telling the judge that one of their witnesses is prepared to raise the name of another prominent Washington hand: Karl Rove.

THE RISE OF THE SANFORD AND SON GLOBAL ECONOMY: URBAN MINERS LOOK FOR PRECIOUS METALS IN CELL PHONES

A tonne of ore from a gold mine produces just 5 grams (0.18 ounce) of gold on average, whereas a tonne of discarded mobile phones can yield 150 grams (5.3 ounce) or more…

JOHN MCCAIN’S REAL RECORD ON MLK

John McCain continued his campaign tour by visiting Arkansas on Friday. In front of a predominantly African-American audience, McCain again misrepresented his record opposing the Martin Luther King holiday.

McCain claimed to have voted against a federal holiday before changing his mind a “very short time after that.” But McCain voted against the federal holiday in 1983, opposed a state holiday in 1987 (four years later), opposed a new federal holiday in 1989 (six years later) and voted against funding for the commission established to encourage all states to recognize the King holiday in 1994—11 years after his vote.

INVESTIGATORS: MILLIONS IN IRAQ CONTRACTS NEVER FINISHED

Millions of dollars of lucrative Iraq reconstruction contracts were never finished because of excessive delays, poor performance or other factors, including failed projects that are being falsely described by the U.S. government as complete, federal investigators say.

CBS: VETERAN SUICIDE COVER-UP RUNS DEEP

New information reveals that statistics related to veterans’ suicides was explicitly withheld from the public and from CBS News. Chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports.

DIEBOLD TOUCH-SCREEN PERFORMS SMASHINGLY IN PENNSYLVANIA...

DIEBOLD TOUCH-SCREEN

At least one photo I hadn't previously seen, even as Pennsylvania officials were telling the media that all was going well last Tuesday. Even while we documented, in no uncertain terms, that it wasn't.

HAYDEN GETS HILLARY WRONG

The corporate media would have us believe the Clintons were 60s leftists. In fact, according to Roger Morris, author of Partners in Power who worked at the White House in both the Johnson and Nixon administrations, the Clintons were CIA operatives plotting against the antiwar and cultural movements of the 1960s and early 1970s.

WHICH GOV AGENCY SHOULD BE YOUR COMPUTER'S FIREWALL?

First the NSA says it needs to examine every search and email on the internet to prevent an e-9/11 attack, then President Bush signs a secret cyber-security Presidential Directive to make that possible, while the Air Force has set up a cyber warfare division where cyber-security is played like a game of Space Invaders.

BIG MEDIA CONTINUES TO FIGHT AGAINST NET NEUTRALITY

As much as we also support fighting piracy, for Big Media to shout "piracy" as a reason to oppose reasonable net neutrality rules is a diversionary smoke screen for what's really going on.

ACT TO REMOVE FEDERAL PENALTIES FOR THE PERSONAL USE OF MARIJUANA BY RESPONSIBLE ADULTS

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no penalty may be imposed under an Act of Congress for the possession of marijuana for personal use, or for the not-for-profit transfer between adults of marijuana for personal use. For the purposes of this section, possession of 100 grams or less of marijuana shall be presumed to be for personal use, as shall the not-for-profit transfer of one ounce or less of marijuana, except that the civil penalty provided in section 405 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 844a) may be imposed for the public use of marijuana if the amount of the penalty does not exceed $100.

“FAREWELL ISRAEL”: MYTH AND REALITY

For the sake of discussion, let’s suppose that sometime in the foreseable future Iran does have nuclear weapons. Would it then go for a nuclear first strike against Israel? The answer, I assert, is no. Never! So what really is all the Zionist and American neo-con fuss about?

Perhaps without realising that he has let a great, big cat out of the bag, Joel Gilbert has provided the answer. He says (my empasis added): “Even without attacking Israel, the mere capabilty of Iranian missiles to lay waste to Tel Aviv would create a ‘strategic umbrella,’ preventing Israel from using its superior strategic assets in a conventional war. With Israeli missiles neutralised, Muslim countries could overwhelm Israel with their superior numbers, conventional armor and short range missiles.”

And that’s the real point. Israel’s military leaders and their political yes-men don’t believe, and never have believed, that Iran, if it possessed nuclear weapons, would unleash them in a first strike against the Zionist state.

MOST ISRAELIS ARE TOO EMBARRASSED TO LOOK THEMSELVES IN THE EYE

It’s as if Israelis are embarrassed about something, as they should be. Could it be they are sick of 60 years of occupying another nation? Forty years of brutality in most parts of that nation? A new spy scandal involving their ‘best friend’? Whatever it is they are not talking about it…. treating it like just another disease, hoping it will go away soon.

SIBEL EDMONDS - A SNAP SHOT THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES

April 28, 2008 -- Syria, a member of George W. Bush’s “Axis of Evil”, is in the spotlight again as an alleged recipient of nuclear technology from North Korea and a potential producer of nuclear weapons.

We have heard it all before but even if it is true, and let us assume it is true, there is more to this accusation than what meets the eye. We need to revisit what the courageous whistleblower, Sibel Edmonds, testified to behind closed doors in the Senate.

A MILLION PALESTINIANS THREATENED WITH STARVATION BY ISRAEL

The Israelis already have the Gaza Strip under military siege, carefully controlling what and who goes in and out of it. They have now cut off most fuel, and the United Nations has been forced to stop distributing food aid.

THE SECRET ARSENAL OF THE JEWISH STATE

Despite Israel's refusal to acknowledge its nuclear weapons status, its secret arsenal is an open secret that Israeli policy makers don't go out of their way to deny.

LATE JANUARY 2002: BUSH OFFICIALS: ‘LET’S DO’ IRAQ IN ORDER TO ‘HANDLE THE IRANIANS FROM CLOSER QUARTERS’

Israeli officials tell Bush officials shortly after the president’s “axis of evil” speech (see January 29, 2002) that of the three countries on the list—Iran, Iraq, and North Korea—Iraq is a distant third as far as posing any threat to its neighbors. But Bush officials have a plan. According to former Mossad director of intelligence Uzi Arad, who served as Benjamin Netanyahu’s foreign policy advisor, those officials respond, “Let’s do first things first. Once we do Iraq, we’ll have a military presence in Iraq, which would enable us to handle the Iranians from closer quarters, would give us more leverage.”

APRIL 17, 2008: FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU SAYS 9/11 ATTACKS AND IRAQ WAR GOOD FOR ISRAEL

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells an audience at Bar Ilan university in Israel that the 9/11 attacks were beneficial for Israel. “We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq. […] [The attacks] swung American public opinion in our favor.” [Ha'aretz, 4/17/2008]

SEPTEMBER 12, 2006: VENEZUELA’S PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ CASTS DOUBTS ON OFFICIAL 9/11 STORY

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez suggests that the World Trade Center could have been brought down on 9/11 with explosives. “The hypothesis is not absurd… that those towers could have been dynamited. A building never collapses like that, unless it’s with an implosion. The hypothesis that is gaining strength… is that it was the same US imperial power that planned and carried out this terrible terrorist attack or act against its own people and against citizens of all over the world. Why? To justify the aggressions that immediately were unleashed on Afghanistan, on Iraq. A plane supposedly crashed into the Pentagon, but no one ever found a single remnant of that plane.” Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro raises the same theories in a speech and calls for an independent investigation. He says: “It’s really worrisome to think that all of that could have been a great conspiracy against humanity. An independent international investigation must be carried out one day to discover the truth about the events of Sept. 11.” [Associated Press, 9/12/2006]

JUNE 14, 2005: FORMER BUSH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL MORGAN REYNOLDS EXPRESSES DOUBTS ABOUT THE OFFICIAL 9/11 STORY

Morgan Reynolds, chief economist for the Department of Labor during President George W. Bush’s first term, comments that the official story about the collapse of the World Trade Center is “bogus” and that it is more likely that a controlled demolition destroyed the Twin Towers and adjacent Building 7. Reynolds, who also served as director of the Criminal Justice Center at the National Center for Policy Analysis in Dallas and is now professor emeritus at Texas A&M University, says, “If demolition destroyed three steel skyscrapers at the World Trade Center on 9/11, then the case for an ‘inside job’ and a government attack on America would be compelling.” Reynolds comments: “It is hard to exaggerate the importance of a scientific debate over the cause of the collapse of the Twin Towers and Building 7. If the official wisdom on the collapses is wrong, as I believe it is, then policy based on such erroneous engineering analysis is not likely to be correct either. The government’s collapse theory is highly vulnerable on its own terms. Only professional demolition appears to account for the full range of facts associated with the collapse of the three buildings.” [Washington Times, 6/14/2005]