BIGHEAD DC REPORTS ON DEFAMATION SUIT

Larry Sinclair, the Minnesota man who claims to have used drugs with Sen. Barack Obama in 1999, has filed a new defamation lawsuit against several individuals who, he claims, made up and spread lies about his mental state and character after he posted his allegations about Obama in January on YouTube. He is seeking $3 million in damages.

LARRY SINCLAIR JUST WON'T GO AWAY

The Globe is running a second Larry Sinclair story which can be read here. They still don't seem to actually believe him and there is really nothing new here except his claim that "Ob ama wants me dead." Oh, and an anonymous internet poster says that his friend dated Obama at Columbia.

Larry also can be heard in his third appearance on Rense. He is now claiming that he had been in contact with murdered gay choir director Donald Young, of Obama's church. Larry also says that he has retained lawyer Blair Montgomery Sibley, best-known for representing the DC Madam.

FIAT EMPIRE - WHY THE FEDERAL RESERVE VIOLATES THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

This Award-winning documentary, which features presidential candidate RON PAUL, was inspired by the book, "The Creature From Jekyll Island" by author and FREEDOM FORCE founder, G. EDWARD GRIFFIN.

THE ILLUSION OF MIDEAST PEACE

Beneath the surface runs deep scepticism, however, as Washington continues to send mixed messages about its declared vision for a two state solution. Day by day, the US Arab allies, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia in particular, who have invested heavily in peace, see a president who is completely on Israel's side and seeking to drive a wedge between the Arabs and Iran over its nuclear programme for the benefit of Israel.

CENSORSHIP & ID SEEKING AT HSU LIBRARY, ARCATA

Small steps in the creeping fascism that revokes civil liberties and increased the IDentification and surveillence program in the name of GW Bush's "war on terror", with legitimate excuses of lack of available computer space and where did all that funding for education go?

CHEMTRAILS: A CALL TO ACTION

When first I arose this morning, the sky was a beautiful blue. No clouds, no pollution, nothing suspended in the air between the sun and me. Wanting to take advantage of this rare and beautiful situation, I went out to putter in the yard a bit. After about an hour, I stood up to stretch the back that was reminding me I was no longer 25 years old and saw, to my dismay, that the blue sky was gone. It was now literally laced with chemtrails.

It's a site i see almost every day. If you still don't know what chemtrsails are, look up -- ZDN

IRAQ WAR VETERAN SHARES HIS VIEW ON THE IRAQ WAR

RON PAUL " OUR NATION IS COMING DOWN"

JIM ROGERS: “ABOLISH THE FED”

March 13, 2008- Somebody at CNBC, billed as “America’s business channel,” made a mistake. They allowed Jim Rogers, investor and buddy to George Soros, to get on and slam the Federal Reserve.

Not only slam the Fed, but call for it to be abolished.

GOLD AT $1,000 ON WEAK DOLLAR, HIGH OIL

NEW YORK - Gold futures hit $1,000 an ounce for the first time Thursday, pushed past the benchmark by the sinking dollar and record crude oil prices.

AP GAS, OIL RISE TO RECORDS AS DOLLAR FALLS

At the pump, gas prices surged 2.1 cents overnight to a record national average of $3.267 a gallon, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. Gas prices are likely to rise much higher this spring; estimates range from about $3.50 a gallon in the Energy Department's latest forecast to $3.75 or even $4 a gallon according to some analysts.

Make that *at least $4*. It's looking more $5 to me-- ZDN

THE PLIGHT OF MY PEOPLE, BY NADIA

In a land far far away, monsters roam the earth. Life is worthless and humanity is plagued with hunger. The living conditions are not suitable for animals, let alone the poor citizens of this land. But what should be expected from a land that has been taken over by monsters.

THE DEPLOYMENT OF US TROOPS INSIDE CANADA

The agreement, which raises issues of national sovereignty, was not between the two governments. It was signed ny military commanding officers. U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) released a statement confirming that the agreement had been signed between US NORTHCOM and Canada Command, namely between the military commands of each country.

TARGET VENEZUELA!

U.S. is now seeking to have Venezuela declared "a state sponsor of terrorism."

YASSIN AREF'S STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE IN POLICE STATE AMERICA

Yassin Aref is a 37 year old Albany, New York resident and one of many Muslim victims of police state justice in post-9/11 America. They've been hunted down, rounded up, held in detention, kept in isolation, denied bail, restricted in their right to counsel, tried on secret evidence and trumped-up charges, then incarcerated as political prisoners or deported to where they face possible arrest and torture.

THE BIOMETRIC CATALOGING OF AMERICANS AT HOME

"Avoid the hassle of airport security every time you fly."

This is the rhetoric being used to entice U.S. citizens to voluntarily provide their biometric information to the U.S. government.

RIDING TO WAR ON A POISON CLOUD

When the Bush administration went to war with Iraq in March 2003, the centerpiece of its justification for war was weapons of mass destruction. But its precise timing was driven, in large part, by the anniversary of the poison gas attack on the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja. On the fifth and twentieth anniversaries of these two tragic events, a study of the connection between them reveals a deliberate pattern of twisting and fabricating intelligence to meet policy objectives.

PALESTINE: TWO-STATE DREAMERS

Recently in defence of two states, he wrote: “That Israel would concede a single state is laughable. … There is no chance at all [Israelis] will accept a single state that gives the Palestinians anything remotely like their rights.”

IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN VETERANS TO REVEAL WAR ATROCITIES

As the war in Iraq approaches its fifth anniversary, veterans of that conflict and the war in Afghanistan will give first-hand accounts, supported by photographs and video evidence, of the true nature of the wars, including attacks the vets say killed innocent civilians.

SPY AGENCY TAPS INTO UNDERSEA CABLE

Details of the NSA cable-tapping project are sketchy. Individuals who confirm the tap won't specify where or when it occurred. It isn't known whether the cable's operator detected the intrusion, though former NSA officials say they believe it went unnoticed.

HEDGE FUND ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE

Carlyle Capital Corporation (CCC), a unit of the private equity firm Carlyle Group, has said it will not be able to meet lenders' demands for money.

MCCAIN ADVISOR: DESTROY ISLAM

Televangelist Rod Parsley, a key McCain ally in Ohio and his spiritual adviser, has called for eradicating Islam as a 'false religion'.

I didn't know Parsley was a toxic, racist vegitable -- ZDN

104 PRODUCTS ON SHELVES ALREADY CONTAIN TOXIC 'GREY GOO' BY STEALTH

Potentially toxic chemicals are being incorporated into food, packaging, health supplements and other products by stealth, it is claimed.

VIDEO SHOWS COP TASERING ALREADY RESTRAINED DISABLED

Recently uncovered video of a disabled British Columbia man being shocked with a taser by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer has sparked controversy and once again brought the use of such weapons into the limelight.

MTV WARNS VIEWERS OF LOOMING POLICE STATE

The two MTV commercials below blatantly warn its viewers to wake up and start thinking about the direction our society is headed towards. These small warning chirps coming from the young canaries at MTV are a sign that the human spirit can break the tight grip of the corporate controlled media.

‘SIGNIFICANT’ AMOUNT OF U.S. FUNDS FOR IRAQ FUNNELED TO SUNNI AND SHIITE MILITIAS

Citing Iraq’s rising oil revenues and the fact that the U.S. has already spent $45 billion rebuilding the country, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said that instead of President Bush “asking for billions” more to rebuild Iraq, the Iraqis “ought to be able to use some of their oil to pay for their own costs and not keep sending the bill to the United States.”

Meanwhile, U.S. tax money is ending up in the hands of sectarian militias in Iraq. Later in the same hearing, Walker confirmed that a “significant” amount of what the U.S. spends on Iraqi contracts is being diverted to Sunni and Shiite militias. Stuart Bowen, special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, agreed, adding that “it is a significant problem.”

MEXICAN TRUCKS ENTER U.S. WITHOUT INSPECTION

A crucial safety provision of a controversial program that allows Mexican trucks to travel anywhere in the United States has been repeatedly violated, putting Americans at risk of being victimized by a third-world country’s dismal safety standards.

$45,000 AND COUNTING

What can I say. In a little over 24 hours, much to our surprise, we raised almost $42,000 to go after Bush Dog Democrats who are joining with the Republicans to try and pass retroactive telecom immunity. Woof.

CONDOLEEZZA RICE: WAR CRIMINAL

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testified about the proposed fiscal year 2009 budget for foreign operations. The topics included foreign aid, foreign services personnel, increasing energy prices, Russia, and the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

However, it only took one sign behind her shoulder to get past all the spin.

STUNNING NEW REPORT ON DOMESTIC NSA DRAGNET SPYING CONFIRMS ACLU SURVEILLANCE WARNINGS

WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union responded today to a stunning new report that the NSA has effectively revived the Orwellian "Total Information Awareness" domestic-spying program that was banned by Congress in 2003. In response, the ACLU said that it was filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for more information about the spying. And, the group announced that it was moving its "Surveillance Clock" one minute closer to midnight.

PENTAGON REPORT ON SADDAM'S IRAQ CENSORED?

ABC News' Jonathan Karl Reports: The Bush Administration apparently does not want a U.S. military study that found no direct connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda to get any attention. This morning, the Pentagon cancelled plans to send out a press release announcing the report's release and will no longer make the report available online.

KENNEDY SAYS BUSH GUILTY OF "ONE OF THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS ABUSES OF EXECUTIVE POWER IN OUR NATION’S HISTORY"

Once again, the President continues to try to bully the Congress and mislead the American people on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. He refuses to accept that under our system of government, neither the President nor the telecommunications companies gets to decide which laws to follow and which to ignore.

BEREAVED IRAQI MOTHER VOWS REVENGE ON US

Um Saad, a middle-aged woman living in the Sunni district of Khadra in west Baghdad, blames the Americans for the death of her husband and two of her sons and threatens revenge.

"They are monsters and devils wearing human clothes," she exclaims vehemently. "One day I will put on an explosive belt under my clothes and then blow myself up among the Americans. I will get revenge against them for my husband and sons and I will go to paradise."

She's right; we are monsters and i don't blame her one f-ing bit -- ZDN

THE DAY AFTER THE BOMBING OF IRAN

Imagine yourself sitting down transfixed and watching video footage of U.S. bombs hitting Iran. You see children ripped limb from limb, mothers screaming and wailing, people panicked, tortured, traumatized, and killed. Imagine asking yourself at that point: What was I doing these past many months that I thought was more important than preventing this?

Now ask yourself today: What am I doing that is more important than ending the ongoing hell of the U.S. occupation of Iraq?

CZECH PM HITS BACK AT U.S. ON HUMAN RIGHTS

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, a big U.S. ally in central Europe, accused Washington of torturing prisoners after a U.S. report criticized the Czech Republic's human rights record, a newspaper said on Thursday.

ISLAMIC BODY WANTS ISRAELIS TRIED FOR WAR CRIMES

DAKAR, March 13 (Reuters) - The head of the world's biggest Muslim body, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), called on Thursday for Israelis to be tried by an international war crimes court for "heinous" attacks against Palestinians.

IRAQ STILL FOR SALE

A just released Pentagon report by the Inspector General maintains that "soldiers experienced skin abscesses, cellulitis, skin infections, diarrhea and other illnesses after using discolored, smelly water for personal hygiene and laundry [remember that $100 bucks] at five U.S. military sites in Iraq." And that KBR's water quality "was not maintained in accordance with field water sanitary standards."

GET ELECTED TO CONGRESS AND GET RICH: STUDY

The median net worth of senators was estimated at $1.7 million and House of Representatives members at $675,000, said the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington watchdog group that monitors the influence of money on government.

MCCAIN DIPLOMACY: "STOP THE BULLSHIT!"

In May of 2006, as Iraq spiraled down into an orgy of sectarian bloodletting, John McCain had a solution. "One of the things I would do if I were president," McCain told a group of wealthy contributors, "would be to sit the Shiites and the Sunnis down and say, 'Stop the bullshit.'"

If only someone had thought of that before.

Stick a cork in it McCain. That'll stop the bullshit -- ZDN

AIR TOO DIRTY TO BREATHE IN 345 COUNTIES

WASHINGTON (March 13) - The air in hundreds of U.S. counties is simply too dirty to breathe, the government said Wednesday, ordering a multibillion-dollar expansion of efforts to clean up smog in cities and towns nationwide.

RUSH TO PRODUCE CORN-BASED ETHANOL WILL WORSEN 'DEAD ZONE' IN GULF OF MEXICO

The U.S. government's rush to produce corn-based ethanol as a fuel alternative will worsen pollution in the Gulf of Mexico, increasing a "Dead Zone" that kills fish and aquatic life, according to University of British Columbia researcher Simon Donner.

FEDERAL FIAT NOTES SINKING WORLDWIDE

"Antique store owners in lower Manhattan, ticket vendors at India's Taj Mahal and Brazilian business executives heading to China all have one thing in common these days: They don't want U.S. dollars."

THE $3 TRILLION WAR

On March 19, 2008, the U.S. will have been in Iraq for five years. The Bush administration was wrong about the need for the Iraq war and about the benefits the war would bring to Iraq, to the region, and to America. It has also been wrong about the full cost of the war, and it continues to take steps to conceal that cost.

ZDN Exclusive -- UNAIRED RON PAUL AD

This ad was never aired -- ZDN

SOURCE OF DRUGS IN THE WATER

It should be noted that in order to find a chemical diluted out in the water supply, you have to know what to look for. There are probably drugs present that were not on the short-list of drugs the scientists were trying to detect: Ibuprofen, Naproxen (Aleve), antibiotics, and birth-control hormones were detected, because they are commonly used and would be on this short-list. Additionally, any breakdown products of drugs would have to be specifically searched for, meaning that the breakdown of the drugs would have to have been studied and understood before being added to the short-list. Thus, many drugs which are processed and passed through the body would not be identified. Also, the toxicity (or benignity) of these byproducts is probably unknown.

CENSORSHIP THEATRE: MORE 'BANNED' ADS FROM DBKP

DBKP has a new selection of censored and banned ads from across the globe. Funny, quirky, sexy, and brilliantly un-politically correct, sit back and enjoy, DBKP's Censorship Theatre.

Click the headline for more :) -- ZDN

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION VIDEO: RECONQUISTA

CITY SUED FOR CUFFING 4-YR.-OLD NAP NIXERS

The parents of two Bronx preschoolers are suing the city, charging that their kids were tossed out of class - and handcuffed by a school-safety officer - for refusing to take a nap.

PARENTS SPEAK OUT ON VACCINE SETTLEMENT

The parents of the 9-year-old girl who won a government settlement described how their hearts were broken as they watched their bright, red-haired daughter deteriorate into an irritable, odd-behaving toddler after she got several childhood shots.

9/12/2001: CIA VETERAN DOUBTS BIN LADEN CAPABLE OF 9/11 ATTACKS, SUSPECTS LARGER PLOT

A 9/12/2001 interview by CBS News' Dan Rather of a CIA veteran who suspects the 9/11 attacks were beyond the ability of Osama Bin Laden and who believes the reported capabilities of Bin Laden are more myth than fact.

CIA SECRET EXPERIMENTS

It's the height of the Cold War and the United States government is desperate to combat the spread of Communism. The CIA launches a highly classified, top secret research program into the covert use of biological and chemical agents. In simulated attacks on enemy populations, entire cities in America are contaminated with bacteria, exposing millions of Americans to germ warfare. But the real focus of the research is on mastering the art of mind control.

THE JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND "ALMOST EVERY SENIOR MILITARY OFFICER ... IS AGAINST LAUNCHING MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRAN"

according to NBC's chief Pentagon correspondent, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Secretary of Defense and "almost every senior military officer we've talked to is against launching military strikes against Iran".

THURSDAY: 39 IRAQIS KILLED, 103 WOUNDED

As the body of a kidnapped Chaldean Catholic priest was found in northern Iraq, a car bomb blast in Baghdad killed and injured scores of civilians. Overall at least 39 Iraqis were killed or found dead and another 103 were wounded in the latest attacks. No Coalition deaths were reported today, but the toll for the week so far is 12 Americans. Also, both Iran and Turkey shelled separate rebel locations in northern Iraq.

WEDNESDAY: 4 US SOLDIERS, 25 IRAQIS KILLED; 36 IRAQIS WOUNDED

A group of Iraqi intellectuals and former political leaders formally requested the United Nations to take over security in Iraq in order to end the U.S. occupation of the country. Meanwhile, U.S. authorities received severed fingers belonging to four Americans and an Austrian citizen. In violent attacks, at least 25 Iraqis were killed and another 36 were wounded. Also, four U.S. soldiers were killed in separate incidents.

NO TO TORTURE, YES TO THE CONSTITUTION

by Rep. Ron Paul

My vote to override the President's veto is a vote to send a clear message that I do not think the United States should be in the business of torture. It is anti-American, immoral and counterproductive.

ENEMY OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER STATE - THE CIVILIANS MILITARY

THE PROFITABILITY OF WAR

As the propaganda machine chugs along, our government has seemingly set itself up quite lovely for future years to come. Mind you, that it is our government, and it's few powerful benefactors and not the American public, that will reap the rewards of our current policy of perpetual warfare.

KEEPING COUNT

[AP] Fewer people know how many U.S. troops have died in the war in Iraq, a poll showed Wednesday.

Only 28 percent correctly said that about 4,000 Americans have died in the war

AMERICANS BETTER START ADDING UP HIGH COSTS OF IRAQ WAR

As the war in Iraq slides into its sixth year, a cottage industry has grown up to determine how much the conflict has actually cost. Senate Democrats just carried out a feckless debate over still-another bill to bring the troops home. This time, they said the nation's troubled economy left President Bush no choice but to stop spending billions in Iraq. The proposal died quickly under the threat of another veto.

WHO CONTROLS THE AMERICAN MEDIA?

These are the facts of media control in America . Anyone willing to spend a few hours in a large library looking into current editions of yearbooks on the radio and television industries and into directories of newspapers and magazines; into registers of corporations and their officers, such as those published by Standard and Poors and by Dun and Bradstreet; and into standard biographical reference works can easily verify their accuracy. The facts are undeniable, and when confronted with them, Jewish spokesmen customarily will use evasive tactics. If pressed further, they will accuse the confronter of "anti-Semitism" for even daring to raise the subject, and without a doubt, the specter of Hitler and the fictionalizing of the holocaust will be loudly spoken of. And it is fear of being labeled an anti-Semite or a pro-Nazi that keeps many persons who know the facts, silent.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT

Address of the Court

EARLY 2000: HIJACKERS ALLEGEDLY TELL FRIEND IN SAN DIEGO OF PLAN TO CRASH PLANE INTO BUILDING

Mohdar Abdullah, a friend of hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar when they live in San Diego, allegedly learns about the hijackers’ attack plans in early 2000. Abdullah helps Alhazmi and Almihdhar adjust to life in the US when they first arrive in San Diego. While imprisoned in the US in 2003 on minor charges, Abdullah reportedly will brag to other prisoners that he knew the two hijackers were planning an attack. According to one prisoner, Abdullah claimed he had been told by an unnamed individual that Alhazmi and Almihdhar would be arriving in Los Angeles to carry out an attack before they arrived there on January 15, 2000 (see January 15, 2000). According to another prisoner, Abdullah claimed that after Alhazmi and Almihdhar arrived in San Diego, they told him they planned to fly an airplane into a building and they invited him to join in the attack. Abdullah’s prison boasts have yet to be completely verified by the FBI. However, he will admit to the FBI that he knew of the hijackers’ extremist beliefs and that Almihdhar was involved in the Islamic Army of Aden, a militant group in Yemen with al-Qaeda ties (see 1996-1997 and After and Around October 12, 2000). The 9/11 Commission will later comment, “Abdullah clearly was sympathetic to those extremist views.” [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 218-219] There is evidence that Abdullah cases the Los Angeles airport in June 2000 with Alhazmi (see June 10, 2000), and he appears to know about timing of the 9/11 attacks several weeks in advance (see Late August-September 10, 2001).

FEBRUARY 4, 2000: PHONE CALLS SUGGEST LINK BETWEEN 9/11 HIJACKERS, OMAR AL-BAYOUMI, AND AL-QAEDA-LINKED IMAM IN SAN DIEGO

Al Aulaqi is the subject of an FBI counterterrorism investigation at the time these calls are made, but the investigation is closed one month later (see June 1999-March 2000).

MAY 6-8, 2003: SAUDI OFFICIAL WITH POSSIBLE 9/11 TIES IS DEPORTED FROM US

Fahad al Thumairy, a Saudi official suspected of contacts with two 9/11 hijackers, is deported from the US.

HARVARD STUDENT DATABASE HACKED, POSTED ON BITTORRENT

Harvard says about 10,000 of last year's applicants may have had their personal information compromised. At least 6,600 Social Security numbers were exposed. Worse, a compressed 125 M-byte file containing the stolen student data is currently available via BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer network.

Still think the RealID is a good idea? -- ZDN

SECURITY GUIDE TO CUSTOMS-PROOFING YOUR LAPTOP

Customs officials have been stepping up electronic searches of laptops at the border, where travelers enjoy little privacy and have no legal grounds to object. Laptops and other electronic devices can be seized without reason, their contents copied, and the hardware returned hours or even weeks later.

CYBER-ATTACK LAUNCHED FROM 10,000 WEB PAGES

McAfee Avert Labs described the assault as "one of the largest attacks to date of this kind".

HACKERS CRACK OPEN IPHONE 2.0

The iPhone Dev Team have already cracked the beta version of the iPhone 2.0 software. Available as part of the SDK download released by Apple a week ago, the 2.0 operating system won't go public until the summer, but that hasn't slowed down the hackers, who managed to grab a copy of the actual firmware

SOME VIRUSES COME PRE-INSTALLED

From iPods to navigation systems, some of today's hottest gadgets are landing on store shelves with some unwanted extras from the factory — pre-installed viruses that steal passwords, open doors for hackers and make computers spew spam.

Kind of like Windows. No, actually a LOT like Windows. -- ZDN