THURSDAY: 1 US SOLDIER, 10 IRAQIS KILLED; 15 IRAQIS WOUNDED

At least 10 Iraqis were killed and 15 more were wounded in a light day of violence. Seven foreign fighters were killed in a security operation in Samarra. No attacks were reported in Mosul for the first time in days. Yesterday, bombs there and in neighboring Tal Afar left over 100 casualties. One American servicemember was killed in a vehicular incident.

NEW MOVIE: I.O.U.S.A. (FEATURING RON PAUL) TO HIT THEATERS --TRAILER

July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Blackstone Group LP co-founder Peter G. Peterson celebrated the launch of his $1 billion foundation last night by showing off his latest acquisition: a documentary that examines the perils of the U.S.'s debt.

The nonprofit will help promote the film's release and offer free DVDs of ``I.O.U.S.A.'' to the public after its theatrical run, said foundation spokeswoman Elizabeth Wilner. It will also spend $5.3 million in grants to help young people learn about public and personal finance.

JOHN MCCAIN: THE CANDIDATE OF GOD – MARS, THE GOD OF WAR

Despite some initial hesitation, the Religious Right has decided that John McCain is God's candidate.

ISRAELI CLAIMS OVER ABUSED JOURNALIST CHALLENGED

LONDON - Medical reports seen by IPS appear to confirm the testimony of IPS Gaza correspondent Mohammed Omer of physical abuse at the hands of Israelis last month.

COERCIVE 'DIPLOMACY' – PRELUDE TO WAR

The Bush administration is interested only in appearing to be serious about resolving this peacefully, when in actuality this diplomatic "surge" is merely a new tactic aimed at their real goal, which is regime-change in Iran.

OBAMA TO ESTABLISH "NATIONAL CIVILIAN SECURITY FORCE"

“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set,” he said Wednesday. “We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

Sound something like the Hitler Youth Camp? Welcome to "Rat Nation" where your neighbors will be calling 800 numbers and perhaps tasering you in your front yard should you be so bold as to deviate from your normal routine. One may wonder if this is to "protect" us, or perhaps to provoke cival unrest in preperation for the next move in this twisted game. -- ZDN

GEORGE CARLIN PUTS AL GORE IN HIS PLACE

BARACK OBAMA: TURNING THE PAGE IN IRAQ

Here's the document Obama doesn't want you to see; he just deleted this harsh criticism of the Iraq Surge from his website

MCCAIN MISSED EVERY SINGLE AFGHANISTAN HEARING HIS COMMITTEE HELD

A review of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearings as listed on the committee Web site for the past two years reveals that McCain’s committee has held six hearings that included the word “Afghanistan” in the title or Central Command — which overseas U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

McCain missed them all.

WEST POINT TERRORISM EXPERT: TURKISH INVOLVEMENT IN TERROR IS 'BEST KEPT STORY'

A newly released AP article notes that al-Qaida is recruiting many foreign fighters - from Turkey, Central Asia, Chechnya and the Middle East - for the war in Afghanistan.

DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS CONTINUES SUPRESSION OF SIBEL EDMONDS AND INFORMATION ABOUT 9/11

The supression of Sibel Edmonds, which began shortly after 9 /11, continues to this day --even under a Democratic Congress.

THE REAL MCCAIN:WAR PROFITEER AND “PUT OPTION” MILLIONARE

Federal agents: Cindy McCain’s full tax returns will show war profits, pre-9/11 insider trading, secret off-shore accounts linked to 1241 Class C Nevada corporation payoffs and bribes

BLACKWATER: A PRIMER

The Republicans have their own private army

THE PLAN IS TO GET EVERYONE 'MICRO-CHIPPED'

In this authoritarian driven 21st century so full of numerous Orwellian creations, a long developed scientific control tactic may soon be realized in our lifetime in order to steal everyone’s personal freedom. Yes, the powers that be want to implant tiny little microchips into our bodies for surveillance purposes, behavior manipulation, and more...

BUSH ADMINSTRATION SUED OVER UNCONSTITUTIONAL DRAGNET WIRETAPPING LAW

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a landmark lawsuit today to stop the government from conducting surveillance under a new wiretapping law that gives the Bush administration virtually unchecked power to intercept Americans' international e-mails and telephone calls.

WAR ON IRAN: KEEP WATCH ON THE HAWKS

In this volatile state, the international peace movement should multiply its efforts to avert war in the remaining six months of Bush's term. The resolution in Congress for what amounts to a naval blockade of Iran is, in effect, an act of war.

TORTURE AS OFFICIAL US POLICY

Post-9/11, torture has been official US policy under George Bush - authorized at the highest levels of government. Evidence of its systematic practice continues to surface.

BUSH’S RAMPAGE IN SOMALIA

While George Bush was breezing through photo-ops at the G-8 summit in Japan, his Ethiopian proxy-army in Somalia was grinding out more carnage on the streets of Mogadishu. More than 40 civilians have been killed in the last 48 hours.

PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Dear Chief Prosecutor,

Congratulations on your request for an arrest warrant for the president of Sudan. When the rule of law cannot be justly enforced within a nation, it must be enforced internationally. In that regard, I would like to recommend that you seek an arrest warrant for the president of my nation, the United States of America.

OPERATION GLADIO: CIA NETWORK OF "STAY BEHIND" SECRET ARMIES

Through NATO, working with various Western European intelligence agencies, the CIA set up a network of stay behind “secret armies” which were responsible for dozens of terrorist atrocities across Western Europe over decades.

TERRORISM FUNDS SPENT ON LAVISH COMFORT CAPSULES

Millions of taxpayer dollars intended to counter terrorism have instead been diverted by the U.S. Air Force to create “world class” aircraft accommodations for senior officers featuring plush leather chairs, large flat-screen monitors and fancy stereo speakers.

THE PROJECT CAMELOT BLOG

from the 16-July-08 post -- ZDN

Then he was shown the third war, which would start 18 years after the first. That places it in 2009 (or possibly, 2008). William thinks the date was springtime 2009, but is not certain.

However, he does recall the vivid details, which include a nuclear exchange between Iran and Israel, and the US becoming involved. He saw great destruction and subsequent economic collapse. Following this, he was shown large explosions in a number of American cities which were not the result of incoming missiles. The result was martial law in a number of areas in the US and (in some places) scenes and situations similar to those in the TV series Jericho.

FLORIDA’S ECONOMY TANKS AS GOVERNOR AND GIRLFRIEND PARTY IN EUROPE

it’s not looking good if you’re a Floridian…unless you’re Charlie Crist or his fiancee, Carole Rome. While we get the bad news back home, they’re whooping it up in Europe, schmoozing with royalty, ambassadors, and the media. In what is billed as an economic development mission, the governor and his intended are having a blast on the taxpayer’s dollar.

WILL MEDIA REPORT GORE'S STAKE IN ELECTRICITY CONVERSION?

will press members dare to point out that Gore is heavily invested in companies which manufacture that which he's recommending America convert to?

WILL MSM REPORT ON 2008 ARCTIC ICE INCREASE?

Despite the recent global warming alarmism in the media that Arctic ice might melt away completely from the North Pole this summer, the latest scientific observations show that Arctic ice has actually increased by nearly a half million square miles over this time last year.

VA SECRETARY PEAKE BLOCKS ALL VOTING RIGHTS FOR VETERANS AT VA FACILITIES

Veterans Secretary James Peake formally responded to a request by three prominent Democratic senators to reverse his policy disallowing voter registration drives on Department of Veterans Affairs property.

He refused.

JAIL INMATES HEAR FROM ARMED FORCES RECRUITER

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office paired with the Newport-based Army recruiter on Saturday July 12, in an effort to convey information to jail inmates about the possibility of serving in the U.S. armed forces.

TERROR EXERCISE CONTRACT REVIEWED FOR ETHICS ISSUE

It would be considered a conflict of interest if an SAIC employee both drafted the document and intends to compete for the contract, according to Melanie Sloan, director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

VOTERS TO DECIDE ON NAMING SEWAGE PLANT FOR BUSH

A measure seeking to commemorate President Bush's years in office by slapping his name on a San Francisco sewage plant has qualified for the November ballot.

MYTH OF CONSENSUS EXPLODES: APS OPENS GLOBAL WARMING DEBATE

The American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists, has reversed its stance on climate change and is now proclaiming that many of its members disbelieve in human-induced global warming.

US FACES GLOBAL FUNDING CRISIS, WARNS MERRILL LYNCH

Merrill Lynch has warned that the United States could face a foreign "financing crisis" within months as the full consequences of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage debacle spread through the world.

CONYERS TO START HEARINGS INTO BUSH CONDUCT IN OFFICE

WASHINGTON -- Rep. John Conyers announced Thursday that he will hold Judiciary Committee hearings next week on the "imperial" Bush presidency -- a step the Detroit Democrat's allies on the political left quickly trumpeted as "impeachment begins."

I WAS A VICTIM OF THE GOVERNMENT’S ABSURD AND OVER-HYPED WAR ON TERROR

Because of a silly fear that I might blow up a plane with explosives tucked into my running shoes, I, along with everyone else in the security checkpoint line at O’Hare, including two-month-old babies wearing little booties, had to doff my footwear. Clad in just socks, I tried to maneuver my way around a metal counter that held those plastic trays carrying my laptop, my shoes, my belt and change and keys, and my carry-on bag, and in the process my unprotected big toe hit a sharp piece of metal protruding from the table.

TAKING ‘EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE’ TO COMICAL DEPTHS

“Scandal fatigue” can be common under the circumstances. After seven-and-a-half years of legal, moral, ethical, and political outrages, many of the scandals of the Bush/Cheney years start to blur together. Some are even forgotten, swept aside to make room for new, more offensive controversies.

EVIDENCE IS GROWING: CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT PLAN IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT

Remember that Continuity of Government plans -- that is, the measures that go into effect in case of emergency -- suspend the Constitutional form of government, cut elected officials out of the loop, and may even allow the government to tell the media what it can and cannot report.

SEVEN GRAPHS TO END THE WARMING HYPE

Look for yourself. They show that the world hasn’t warmed for a decade, and has even cooled for several years.

THE LESSON FROM OBAMA'S COWARDLY FLIP-FLOP

Those who think that the election of Barack Obama will save the nation from its many foreign-policy/civil-liberties woes got smashed and dashed with a cold dose of reality.

OBAMA PROMISES 10,000 MORE TROOPS FOR AFGHANISTAN

Barack Obama yesterday pledged to increase US troops in Afghanistan by a third if he becomes president, sending 10,000 more to reinforce the 33,000 already there.

BUSH SAYS ECONOMY SOUND AS INFLATION RISES TO RECORD LEVELS

With three more financial outlets collapsing under the economical meltdown last week, queues of angry people outside banks with no access to their money, inflation at its highest rate for 27 years and scores of economists predicting a recession may tip into a full blown depression, president Bush reacted by declaring that the economy is still fundamentally sound.

MALWARE SOARS IN FIRST HALF OF 2008

When it comes to payloads, most of the compromises attempt to install password stealers and Trojans.