SAY WHAT, BARRACK?

As one of my black friends, Eddie Huff, has said, “We need to ask some very serious questions of the senator from Illinois. It’s not enough to be black, it’s not enough to be articulate, and it’s not enough to be eloquent and a media darling… The only question will be how deaf an ear, or how blind an eye, will people turn in order to turn a frog into a prince.”

LARRYSINCLAIR0926 OFFICIAL OBAMA DRUG SCANDAL WEBLOG

One day before Dan Parisi, President of Whitehouse.com has to make good on the $20,000 check he stopped payment on or be subject to Criminal charges under Minnesota Law for bad check charges, the web site has become inaccessible. Is Dan Parisi running from his involvement in the rigging of a polygraph at the request of David Axelrod or is he just redesigning his site?

Yeah, i confirm that. Interesting. -- ZDN

WANTAGATE OBFUSCATION: ‘OPERATION DOUBLE-CROSS’

We call this US intelligence offensive ‘Operation Double-Cross’. Its purpose is nothing less than the seizure and final unlawful retention of ALL the funds, and the defeat of those who have been standing up to the organised criminal cadres that control the American Government at the highest levels, inside the intelligence community, and in the banks.

WHAT ABOUT GUN CONFISCATION AND CIVIL WAR?

This Awareness indicates that it is quite possible that there will be these dramatic moves to establish control that would remove guns from the hands of U.S. citizens.

RAND PAUL: IS THE REVOLUTION OVER OR JUST BEGINNING?

Reports that Ron Paul has quit the Presidential Race remind me of Mark Twain’s famous quote, “Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”

RON PAUL LOOKS TO TAKE MOVEMENT BEYOND PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

In the video Ron Paul also mentions the F.R.E.E. Foundation, of which he is the founder, this foundation will be used in furthering the education of citizens on the issues of free-market economics, sound money and limited government.

CARLYLE GROUP MAY BUY MAJOR CIA CONTRACTOR

The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity funds, may soon acquire the $2 billion government contracting business of consulting giant Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the biggest suppliers of technology and personnel to the U.S. government’s spy agencies.

IN LEBANON, THE RESISTANCE ARE THE PEOPLE

“The killing of our people was not all they took from us. The Israelis conducted a secret war that is ongoing. They left to us their cluster bombs, in our houses and in our fields. We are denied return to our homes, our lands are now a battlefield long after the bombs have stopped dropping. Who is going to pay for that? This is what I ask the international community. Who is going to see to reparations for our refugees? The UN should take action and a dossier to the International Red Cross has been opened, but we are still waiting for any kind of reparations.”

PEOPLES COURT CONDEMNS ISRAEL FOR WAR CRIMES IN LEBANON

A four-member jury of distinguished legal officials, after hearing and considering two days of intense, moving and precise testimony at the International Associations Center in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 24 found the Israeli state guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in its 2006 war on Lebanon.

RUSH FOR BIOFUELS THREATENS STARVATION ON A GLOBAL SCALE

Professor John Beddington put himself at odds with ministers who have committed Britain to large increases in the use of biofuels over the coming decades. In his first important public speech since he was appointed, he described the potential impacts of food shortages as the “elephant in the room” and a problem which rivalled that of climate change.

NEW INSTRUMENTS OF SURVEILLANCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL

Increasingly there are indications that the uses of wireless technologies have been developed to target an individual’s biological body, with specific focus upon the neuronal functioning of the brain.

FINANCIAL CRISIS: SORTING THROUGH THE RUBBLE IN POST-BUBBLE AMERICA

The hurricane that began with subprime mortgages, has swept through the credit markets wreaking havoc on municipal bonds, hedge funds, complex structured investments, and agency debt (Fannie Mae). Now the first gusts from the Force-5 gale are touching down in the real economy where the damage is expected to be widespread. The Labor Department reported on Friday that US employers cut 63,000 jobs in February, the biggest monthly decline in five years. The cut in payrolls added to the 22,000 jobs that were lost in January. 52,000 jobs were cut in manufacturing, while 331,000 have been lost in construction since September 2006.

REAL TIME: NEW RULE - STOP SAYING AMERICANS ARE “SMARTER THAN THAT”

Maher:”New rule, politicians must stop saying “the American people are smarter than that.” No they aren’t! If the Bush era has taught us anything, it’s that voters want a president carved in their own image. Someone who doesn’t like to read or believe anything he’s told and is easily distracted by bright, shiny objects.”

ACTIVISTS FIGHTING FOR PEACE

Nearly five years after the start of the war, area peace activists remain passionate about their causes.

And their numbers are growing, says Adria Scharf, executive director of the Richmond Peace Education Center.

GRANNY PEACE BRIGADE

Response to our Phone-a-Thons has been so enthusiastic that we are repeating them regularly in different locations. We ask people to call Congress on the spot (using our phones) and urge their Senators and Representatives to stop the war by stopping the funding.

THE END OF US HEGEMONY

The Fed-Wall Street-big bank combine is coming down. As Ron Paul notes, it is crazed financial profligacy that brings down empires. And this time, we also have a central bank with global reach, and no restrictions on its ability to create money. The gradual destruction of the dollar began with the founding of the Fed in 1913.

VOTE DIFFERENT

Make up your own mind. Decide for yourself who should be our next president. NOTE: This is a mashup of the famous Apple 1984 Super Bowl ad.

ISRAEL CAN GET AWAY WITH MURDER

Of course, Israel has the right to launch hundreds of missile strikes on the crowded Gaza Strip for days, for weeks, for months. It did not mean for its air strikes to massacre a Palestinian family of seven enjoying a picnic on a beach, or wipe out three Palestinian children playing in the street, or slam into a pregnant Palestinian woman and her brother having lunch together. That’s just the way it is.

US FAILS A FOURTH TIME TO HIT AL-QA'IDA SUSPECT IN SOMALIA

A US missile strike in Somalia, aimed at a man described by the Pentagon as a "known al-Qa'ida terrorist", succeeded only in hurting six civilians and killing three cows and a calf, the IoS has learned.

U.S. CONSUMER BORROWING ROSE, LED BY CREDIT CARDS

Consumer credit increased by $6.9 billion to $2.52 trillion, the Fed said today in Washington. In December, credit gained $3.7 billion, less than a previously reported increase of $4.5 billion. The figures don't include borrowing secured by real estate, such as home-equity loans.

HEROINES - THE DAILY LIFE OF IRAQ'S WAR WIDOWS

Eighty-two percent of the 2.4 million people displaced inside Iraq are women and young children under the age of 12. Many mothers have lost their husbands in the sectarian violence that has torn the nation apart. But in the face of adversity, they are proving to be true heroines.

FLASHBACK: MCCAIN CALLED CHALABI ‘A PATRIOT’ WITH IRAQ’S ‘BEST INTERESTS AT HEART’

Iraqi exile leader Ahmad Chalabi was one of the most sordid figures in the run-up to the Iraq war. Paid by the Bush administration to muster pre-war intelligence, Chalabi drummed up claims that Saddam Hussein had WMD, helping lead the United States into war. More recently, he promoted the "surge" to the Iraqi government.

Also see this article.

TURNING THE PAGE: ‘THE MAN WHO PUSHED AMERICA TO WAR’

The number of published books chronicling the invasion of Iraq and the continuing war could probably fill a few bookcases at your local Barnes & Noble.

But the full story of one key player, Ahmad Chalabi, has yet to be told.

The legendary conman and disgraced war cheerleader gets his due in Aram Roston’s “The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi.”

Among the revelations:

- One of his key backers has been John McCain, who was one of the first patrons of Chalabi’s grand-sounding International Committee for a Free Iraq when it was founded in 1991. McCain was Chalabi’s favored candidate in the 2000 election since Chalabi knew that he would be able to free up the $97 million in military aid plus millions pushed through in Congress and earmarked for Chalabi’s exile group, the Iraqi National Congress, but held up by the Clinton State Department.

WATERBOARDING, ‘HARSH’ TECHNIQUES OK BY BUSH

The reputation of the U.S. on the world stage might be further colored by President Bush’s veto of a bill that would have limited the CIA’s (and other intelligence agencies’) array of interrogation techniques to those in the Army field manual. In defending Saturday’s veto, Bush once again invoked 9/11.

LE CERCLE

Le Cercle is a secret transnational intelligence and direct action group, that, according to all accounts, is funded by the CIA. We only know the dates and places of a handful of Circle meetings (1), which were attended by about a hundred persons at a time. Before the 1990's, it was called Cercle Violet, or initially, Cercle Pinay, in both cases after its (French) chairman.

MCCAIN ON CORPORATION TAX CUT - FUND ISRAEL

Nearly $2,000,000,000,000 and counting. ISRAEL receives more AMERICAN TAXPAYER DOLLARS than the impoverished nations of Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, & the Caribbean (pop 1 billion+) COMBINED

THE BU$HWORLD REPORT

By passing the National Defense Authorization Act for 2008 in late January, Congressional Democrats have, once again, caved in and funded Mr. Bush’s occupation of Iraq without mandating any timetable for troop withdrawals.

MASSIVE DAY OF NONVIOLENT ACTION IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON MARCH 19 TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF 5 YEARS OF WAR IN IRAQ

WASHINGTON, DC - March 7 - On Wednesday, March 19, 2008, the U.S. occupation in Iraq will enter its 6th year. To mark this tragic anniversary, over 30 peace and justice organizations are uniting their efforts, under the umbrella of United for Peace and Justice, in an unprecedented day of coordinated nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience against the "Pillars of War" that sustain the illegal U.S. occupation. Details about the plans for the day can be found at 5yearstoomany.org.

HEATHROW AIRPORT FIRST TO FINGERPRINT

Millions of British airline passengers face mandatory fingerprinting before being allowed to board flights when Heathrow’s Terminal 5 opens later this month.

BANKS FACE "SYSTEMIC MARGIN CALL," $325 BILLION HIT: JPM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street banks are facing a "systemic margin call" that may deplete banks of $325 billion of capital due to deteriorating subprime U.S. mortgages, JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N: Quote, Profile, Research), said in a report late on Friday.

SUNDAY: 21 IRAQIS KILLED, 9 WOUNDED

At least 21 Iraqis were killed and another nine were wounded in the latest attacks. The U.S. military suggested that a recent surge in killings should not be taken as an overall return to violence. No Coalition deaths were reported.

SATURDAY: 1 US SOLDIER, 36 IRAQIS KILLED; 17 IRAQIS WOUNDED; 100 BODIES FOUND

Although reported violence was otherwise light, a mass grave containing about 100 badly decomposed bodies was discovered in Khalis. Overall, at least another 36 Iraqis were killed and 17 more were wounded in the latest attacks. One American soldier was killed as well.

BLAIR TO TEACH ABOUT THE NWO AT YALE

Blair, who stepped down as prime minister last year after 10 years in power, was to lecture on faith and globalization as the Howland Distinguished Fellow, and would start in the next academic year, the university said.

TONY BLAIR

Blair had been widely criticised from within his own party for championing the policy on Iraq of U.S. President George W. Bush. There is a general perception in the UK that Blair repeatedly misled the UK parliament and public in echoing the U.S. claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and that invading and occupying Iraq was legal. As a result, some Members of Parliament have formed a group to call for impeachment hearings.

AP PROBE FINDS DRUGS IN DRINKING WATER

A vast array of pharmaceuticals _ including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones _ have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.

GOP CONGRESSMAN ACCUSES BUSHCO OF CRIMINALITY

Right on the floor of the House, Dana Rohrabacher, (R) from California, seems to have finally had it with the Bush administration, accusing them of criminality, obstruction of justice, and lying to Congress.

BUSH, COLOMBIA & NARCO-POLITICS

The Bush administration defended Colombia's right to attack "terrorists" even if that requires crossing a border, a position echoed by this year's presidential candidates, including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Indeed, from the opinion circles of Washington, there was almost no criticism of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe although his inner circle has long been linked to both right-wing terrorism and cocaine trafficking.

WHAT JOHN MCCAIN SHOULD KNOW

More than any other candidate for president, John McCain should know that peace talks can be stronger and smarter than bombs, that withdrawing American soldiers can be the best way to achieve stability, and that the best way to protect American troops is to bring them home from the war zone.

SENATE COMMITTEE SEEKS AUDIT OF IRAQ OIL MONEY

Two senior members of the Senate Armed Services Committee have requested a full accounting of how Iraq is spending its soaring oil revenue, amid starkly conflicting estimates of how much the country has invested in rebuilding its broken infrastructure and providing basic services to its citizens.

THE JOB LOSS CAUSED BY JOHN MCCAIN

US workers, when you lie awake at 3 a.m. and without a job, who do you want to answer the call as President. Not John McCain. He evidently helped Airbus get that $35BB Air Force contract, which means lost jobs in the US economy.

SPEEDTRAPS: STATE BY STATE LISTING

While she was "flying" down the road yesterday, a woman passed over a bridge only to find a cop with a radar gun on the other side lying in wait.

The cop pulled her over, walked up to the car, with that classic patronizing smirk we all know and love, asked, "What's your hurry?"

To which she replied, "I'm late for work."

"Oh yeah," said the cop, "what do you do?"

I'm a rectum stretcher," she responded.

The cop stammered, "A what? A rectum stretcher?

And just what does a rectum stretcher do?"

"Well," she said, "I start by inserting one finger, then work my way up to two fingers, then three, then four, then with my whole hand in. I work from side to side until I can get both hands in, and then I slowly but surely stretch it, until it's about 6 feet."

"And just what the hell do you do with a 6 foot asshole?" he asked.

"You give him a radar gun and hide him behind a bridge..."

MONTANA GOVERNOR TELLS FEDS WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR REAL ID

I think it’s safe to say that Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana doesn’t like Real ID, a backdoor way for the government to impose and create a national ID card (with RFID chip which an unauthorized, knowledgeable techie can read) by requiring extensive documentation before you can get a drivers license.

BALI BOMBER CLAIMS CIA/MOSSAD INVOLVEMENT

The ringleader of the Bali bombers claims that the attack on the nightclub district in 2002 was much larger than he had expected and that the only explanation for so much carnage was that the bombers were aided by the CIA, KGB or Mossad.

WE DO NOT TORTURE

As Bush likes to say, we do not torture. But he can only say that because he has people working for him who have defined waterboarding and other forms of physical abuse as not torture – a ridiculous distinction in defiance of history, U.S. legal precedent, and international law.

'REPUBLICAN' FLASHES ON DIEBOLD SCREENS IN ILLINOIS

In Illinois today, they are holding an election to replace Denny Hastert. On the Diebold touch-screen machines used by the hopelessly partisan Republican DuPage County Election Commission, the word "REPUBLICAN" is popping on to the screen, such that some precincts have reportedly taken to placing tape over the screen where that occurs.

CIA HOLOCAUST CLAIMS TWENTY MILLION VICTIMS

The world's number one terrorist organization, the CIA has committed heinous acts of terrorism abroad, murdering critics of US foreign and domestic policies and has done it on behalf of an increasing tiny, privileged American elite. This tiny elite of some one percent owns more than the combined wealth of 95% of the entire population.

GAZA: A HUMANITARIAN IMPLOSION

A report from eight UK human rights organizations says situation in Gaza worst since 1967

MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS TOO FEW FOR TROOPS

Top Army health officials acknowledged Thursday that they don't have enough military mental health providers to meet the growing needs of troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan and said they will begin recruiting civilian counselors to work in the war zones.

COLOSSAL COSTS OF WAR IN IRAQ COMPOUND DECEIT

The Bush administration scared Congress and the American people into accepting the invasion of Iraq. What's really scary, as the fifth anniversary approaches this month, is the cost.

US PREPARES FOR 'DOOMSDAY' RULE AS BRITISH FORCES ARRIVE IN AMERICA

It is important to note that the Bush Family has reportedly already made plans to relocate from the United States to Paraguay, and as we had reported on in our October 15, 2006 report titled "US President Bush Makes Massive Land Purchase In Paraguay Ahead Of Expected War Crimes Charges", but denied by the US State Department, as that South American Nation has long been a refuge for Nazi War Criminals and their Western backers, of which the Bush Family were one of.

FISA MYTHS: LIES AND MISCONCEPTIONS BEHIND BUSH'S PUSH FOR FISA REFORM

In a recent press conference, President Bush has attempted to turn up the heat on House leaders to pass Senate Bill 2248, which amends the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) as well as granting retroactive immunity to telecommunication companies such as AT&T and Verizon for aiding the Bush Administration in its NSA spying program. Unfortunately, the reasons the Bush Administration has given for passage of this bill do not hold water.

KEEPING THE VALUE OF YOUR MONEY IN AN ECONOMIC CRISIS

This thread is for discussion regarding how to keep the value of money when headed for an economic crisis.

THEY KNEW, BUT DID NOTHING

In this exclusive extract from his new book, Philip Shenon uncovers how the White House tried to hide the truth of its ineptitude leading up to the September 11 terrorist attacks.

SUMMER 2005: ARMY SUPRESSES UNFLATTERING RAND REPORT ON IRAQ

The Army suppresses an unclassified report by the RAND Corporation, a federally financed think tank that often does research for the military. The report, entitled “Rebuilding Iraq,” was compiled over 18 months; RAND submitted a classified and an unclassified version, hoping that the dissemination of the second version would spark public debate. However, senior Army officials are disturbed by the report’s broad criticisms of the White House, the Defense Department, and other government agencies, and the Army refuses to allow its publication.