MCCAIN ON WAR IN IRAQ: "WE'RE SUCCEEDING, I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS"

Just like Vice President Last Throes, St. McCain doesn't give a rat's ass what the American people think about his awesome war:

Returning from his eighth trip to Iraq, McCain didn't back down on his promise to see the war through despite yesterday's tragic milestone of 4,000 deaths. "We're succeeding. I don't care what anybody says. I've seen the facts on the ground," the Arizona senator insisted a day after a roadside bomb in Baghdad killed four U.S. soldiers and rockets pounded the U.S.-protected Green Zone there, and a wave of attacks left at least 61 Iraqis dead nationwide.

JOHN MCCAIN ON THE HOUSING CRISIS — NO HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS

John McCain has come out in favor of helping out Bear Stearns, but not consumers in the big mortgage/housing crisis. Sure, Bear Stearns was irresponsible in loading up on questionable loans, but he’ll give them a bailout.

RABBI WEISS, OUTSIDE ANNAPOLIS PEACE CONFAB, RIPS ZIONISM

On Nov. 27, 2007, in Annapolis, MD, Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, a spokesman for the Neturei Karta International, ripped into Zionism. He blasted the Zionists for its supposed "fearmongering." He also accused the Zionists of "beating" Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem.

AFGHAN BLAST KILLS EIGHT CIVILIANS

Eight Afghan civilians have been killed and 17 others wounded when an explosive-laden car detonated near a crowded bazaar in Afghanistan.

RUSSIA BOMBERS GET NATO ESCORT NEAR ALASKA

MOSCOW (Reuters) - NATO forces sent jets to escort two Russian long-range air force bombers patrolling neutral skies near Alaska on Wednesday, Russian news agencies quoted the defense ministry as saying.

Russia's military has resumed its Cold War practice of flying regular patrols far beyond its borders, and in the last year has also sent turbo-prop Tu-95s over U.S. naval aircraft carriers and the Pacific island of Guam.

GLOBALIZATION AND TERROR - MURDER INC. AND HAITI

Evidence is mounting that United Nations peacekeepers shot and killed unarmed civilians, including children, during a recent raid in Haiti...Independent witnesses say up to 23 people were killed during the raid and that many were shot in the head.

TIBET, THE 'GREAT GAME' AND THE CIA

Indeed, with the CIA's deep involvement with the Free Tibet Movement and its funding of the suspiciously well-informed Radio Free Asia, it would seem somewhat unlikely that any revolt could have been planned or occurred without the prior knowledge, and even perhaps the agreement, of the National Clandestine Service (formerly known as the Directorate of Operations) at CIA headquarters in Langley.

TUESDAY: 1 US SOLDIER, 54 IRAQIS KILLED; 129 IRAQIS WOUNDED

The fragile ceasefire unilaterally imposed by Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on his followers may be unraveling. Clashes between Iraqi security and al-Sadr's Mahdi Army are taking place in Basra and other cities, even as al-Sadr asks for a peaceful but nationwide sit-in to protest the unfair targeting of his followers. Overall, at least 54 Iraqis were killed and 129 more were wounded across Iraq. One American soldier was killed during a hostile fire attack this afternoon in Baghdad.

CORPORATE AMERICA TRYING TO MAKE UNION ACTIVITIES ILLEGAL

Is it illegal for an activist group or union to criticize a company's business practices? Is it a "conspiracy" if advocates call for boycotts, organize rallies, or press for resolutions from elected bodies?

Smithfield Foods, the largest producer of pork products in the world, is hoping so, after a lawsuit it filed last October passed an initial court challenge.

PENTAGON HOLDS THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS "PRISONERS OF WAR"

At first he thought he was having a heart attack. It turned out to be a panic attack. He was diagnosed with depression, anxiety disorder and adjustment disorder, given a lot of pills and told he'd be fine. Or at least fine enough to go back.

AMERICA DEFEATED: HOW TERRORISTS TURNED A SUPERPOWER'S STRENGTHS AGAINST ITSELF

Six and a half years later, evil is still with us and so is terrorism. In my search for a starting point in taking stock of those years, I find myself in the sad position of pondering fondly what have become two of the saddest words in the English language: Donald Rumsfeld.

INTENSE FIGHTING ERUPTS IN IRAQ

BAGHDAD, March 25 -- Fierce gun battles erupted between Iraqi security forces and Shiite militias in Basra, Baghdad and other cities Tuesday as the government, backed by U.S. and British reconnaissance planes, launched an offensive aimed at breaking the power of politically backed gunmen.

FOUR LARGEST US BANKS' OUTLOOKS SLASHED

NEW YORK, March 26 (Reuters) - The earnings outlooks for the four largest U.S. banks have been slashed by Oppenheimer & Co analyst Meredith Whitney, who said there is "no clear end in sight" to downward pressure on the sector's profits.

NSA SPYING ON EVERY AMERICAN

DC GUN SEARCHES PART OF U.S. DISARMAMENT PLAN

The government continues their on going agenda to destroy the Constitution and everything that the United States used to stand for. A new report from NBC 4 out of Washington DC covers how police are now asking residents to submit to voluntary home searches in exchange for amnesty under the DC gun ban. Of course, like every other tyrannical program being implemented by this criminal government, the police are claiming that this is for everyone’s safety. It is pretty clear that this is part of a larger national program to socially engineer the people for mass gun searches and gun confiscation.

U.S. INCREASES FINGERPRINTS IDS AT AIRPORTS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - International visitors flying into New York now face being identified by all ten fingerprints, part of a heightened security system aimed at identifying potential terror suspects and visa fraud, officials said on Tuesday.

SPY-IN-THE-SKY DRONE SETS SIGHTS ON MIAMI

"Our intentions are to use it only in tactical situations as an extra set of eyes," said police department spokesman Juan Villalba.

STERILISE PARENTS ON BENEFITS, SAYS TORY

A councillor is facing calls to resign after he said parents on benefits should be sterilised to stop them having more than one child.

WALL STREET MAY FACE $460 BLN IN LOSSES, GOLDMAN SAYS

March 25 (Bloomberg) -- Wall Street banks, brokerages and hedge funds may report $460 billion in credit losses from the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, or almost four times the amount already disclosed, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Profits will continue to wane, other analysts said.

COMMANDO IN CHIEF

IRAQ COMING APART AT THE SEAMS: ‘AL-SADR’S CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE ORDER’

Kyra Phillips of CNN paints a grim picture of the fracturing situation in Basra and Iraq at this time. The army offensive in Basra may threaten the fragile cease fire against US forces being observed by most of al-Sadr’s fighters. You know what that means. it could be temporary or it could really blow up. Let’s see John McCain take another stroll to the market.

4000: A MOSAIC

IN JAPAN, ROBOT BABYSITTER ALWAYS READY TO PLAY

Major Japanese retailer Aeon Co. said Tuesday it has introduced a 1.4-metre (four-foot-seven) yellow-and-white robot at a store in the southern city of Fukuoka in charge of entertaining the children.

If parents want to leave their children with the kid-sized machine, they arrange for the youngsters to wear special badges that bear codes which the robot can read.

FDIC TO BOOST STAFFING IN BANK FAILURES

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Federal banking regulators will hire 140 new employees in an effort to reassure the public they are well-positioned to deal with a possible increase in bank failures over the next year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Tuesday.

NO WAR IN IRAN RESOLUTION PASSED IN BRATTLEBORO, VT

WHEREAS, A widening of the United States war in the Middle East would almost certainly drive all segments of Iranian society into increased hostility toward the United States, turning potential friends into enemies by sending a signal that the United States prefers violence to the peaceful resolution of disputes, and would invite retaliation against our troops in Iraq and elsewhere

TEXT OF STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION ON BUSH AND CHENEY

Whereas, President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney have committed high crimes and misdemeanors by repeatedly and intentionally violating the United States Constitution and other laws of the United States, particularly the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which is the "supreme law of the land" as a treaty ratified under Article VI of the United States Constitution

BUSH LAUNCHES ECONOMIC 'SHOCK AND AWE' ON IRAN

In recent days, we've been noting stories indicating a definite "surge" in the Bush Administration's drive toward war with Iran. First, the Saudi government revealed – one day after a visit from Dick Cheney – its urgent plans to deal with "radiations hazards" stemming an attack on Iran's nuclear power facilities. Then General David Petraeus declared that Iran was responsible for a major attack on Baghdad's Green Zone, and the main driver of violence in Iraq generally, laying out, once more, a clear (if mendacious) casus belli for striking at Iran.

H.R. 1955: OUR CIVIL RIGHTS BEING STRIPPED

The second part of the proposed law will create a university-based Center of Excellence for the Study of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism. The mandate for this new institution is not exactly clear, but it is likely to be populated by the same people who brought us the Iraq invasion of 2003 and the torture camp at Guantanamo.

MCCAIN ON THE RED PHONE

It is 3 a.m., and the stillness of the White House night is shattered by the ringing of the red phone. President John McCain, rousing himself from a deep sleep, turns on the light and picks up the receiver. A U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country, he is told, has been blown up, and al-Qaeda is taking credit.

McCain takes a deep breath. "Character counts, my friend," he says. "Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb Iran."

There is a rustling of blankets, and, brushing aside Cindy McCain, a concerned Joe Lieberman rises from the bed. "Not Iran, Mr. President," he says. "They hate al-Qaeda."

MEDICARE TRUSTEES ISSUE 2008 ANNUAL REPORT AND MEDICARE FUNDING WARNING

In the Report, the Board of Trustees (Trustees) indicate that the financial outlook for the Medicare program continues to raise serious concerns.

READING THE SIGNS AND KNOWING WHEN IT’S TIME TO PREPARE FOR A MAJOR FOOD CRISIS

Based on several indicators I’ve been tracking, it isn’t paranoia - and is a glimpse into the world that our MSM has been attempting to hide from the American people. Now, even the MSM is beginning to raise the alarm - but like everything else they have done to protect the Bush administration and the corporations that control their views, their efforts are far too late and too little to effectively convey the danger that each and every one of us will face in the very near future.

MOUNTIES ZAP DETAILS FROM TASER REPORTS

OTTAWA - The RCMP is stripping crucial details about Taser firings from public reports as use of the controversial stun guns skyrockets across the country.

COPS BEAT THE LIVING HELL OUT OF PEACEFUL TIBETAN PROTESTERS IN AMERICA

Repost from another angle -- ZDN

"Look at these cops, clubbing people in front of the UN, unbelievable, protesting to free Tibet, cops clubbing people in their legs on the sidewalk, in front of the UN in America, unbelievable, this is not China." the American cameraman announces in disbelief.

HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICE FILLED WITH FECES

An unknown man defecated in several rooms Friday afternoon and left on foot before an officer arrived, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Tuesday. Based on the suspect's description, he appeared to be homeless, a police spokesman said.

It turns out the Homeland office wasn't too secure -- a contractor working for the building's management failed to properly secure a door behind him, said Susan Lasley, spokeswoman for the Minnesota Department of Pubic Safety.

HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL FADES TO BLACK

The Homeland Security Council (HSC), a White House agency that advises the President on homeland security policy, has become one of the darkest corners of the U.S. Government.

The Council was established by President Bush shortly after September 11, 2001 and it was chartered as an agency within the Executive Office of the President in the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

“Thereafter, the HSC disappeared from the public record,” a new report from the Congressional Research Service (pdf) noticed.

BOSTON COPS LIMITED IN WARRANTLESS GUN SEARCHES

Boston police officials, surprised by intense opposition from residents, have significantly scaled back and delayed the start of a program that would allow officers to go into people’s homes and search for guns without a warrant.

REPRESENTATIVE BARNEY FRANK CALLS FOR DECRIMINALIZING SMALL AMOUNTS OF MARIJUANA

Asked by Maher as to why he would push a pot decriminalization bill now, Frank said the American public has already decided that personal use of marijuana is not a problem. "I now think it's time for the politicians to catch up to the public," Frank said.

SATELLITE PHOTO BAGHDAD GREEN ZONE 26 FEB 2008

LIES, DAMN LIES, AND MISPEAKINGS

The Hillary camp is now saying that the candidate simply mispoke in concocting an elaborately detailed Bosnian war story of sniper fire and corkscrew maneuvers and running, heads down to armored vehicles.

Balderdash.

Hillary is a habitual teller of tall tales.

HILLARY’S LIST OF LIES

Admitted Lies

• Chelsea was jogging around the Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. (She was in bed watching it on TV.)

• Hillary was named after Sir Edmund Hillary. (She admitted she was wrong. He climbed Mt. Everest five years after her birth.)

• She was under sniper fire in Bosnia. (A girl presented her with flowers at the foot of the ramp.)

• She learned in The Wall Street Journal how to make a killing in the futures market. (It didn’t cover the market back then.)

Whoppers She Won’t Confess To

• She didn’t know about the FALN pardons.

• She didn’t know that her brothers were being paid to get pardons that Clinton granted.

• Taking the White House gifts was a clerical error.

• She didn’t know that her staff would fire the travel office staff after she told them to do so.

• She didn’t know that the Peter Paul fundraiser in Hollywood in 2000 cost $700,000 more than she reported it had.

• She opposed NAFTA at the time.

• She was instrumental in the Irish peace process.

• She urged Bill to intervene in Rwanda.

• She played a role in the ’90s economic recovery.

• The billing records showed up on their own.

• She thought Bill was innocent when the Monica scandal broke.

• She was always a Yankees fan.

• She had nothing to do with the New Square Hasidic pardons (after they voted for her 1,400-12 and she attended a meeting at the White House about the pardons).

• She negotiated for the release of refugees in Macedonia (who were released the day before she got there).

COMCAST DENIES IT WANTS TO SPY ON TV VIEWERS

Albrecht was having none of it, however. He pointed out to Kunkel, "After you granted me our initial video interview, you brought up the topic of Comcast knowing who was in the living room in a conversation between you, myself and another conference attendee."

HUGE CHUNK OF ANTARCTIC ICE BREAKS LOOSE

A huge shelf of Antarctic ice has collapsed, satellite imagery has just revealed, and the Connecticut-sized shelf behind it is "hanging by a thread," scientists say.

1987-1990: US AND BRITISH INTELLIGENCE AWARE MIDDLE EASTERN GOVERNMENTS ARE PAYING LARGE SUMS TO TERRORIST ABU NIDAL, BUT TAKE NO ACTION

By 1987, Abu Nidal is the world’s most well-known terrorist. His group has killed over 300 people. But in 1987 his attacks generally come to a halt. A French intelligence report in 1988 explains this is because Middle Eastern governments begin paying large sums of protection money in order not to be attacked. For instance, the government of Kuwait deposits $80 million into Nidal’s BCCI bank account in London in 1987.

MID-2003: US SUSPICIOUS THAT MAJOR SAUDI BANK IS SUPPORTING ISLAMIC MILITANTS, BUT TAKES NO ACTION AGAINST IT

US intelligence has long suspected the Al-Rajhi Bank for supporting radical militant causes. However, the US has not acted overtly against the Saudi bank because it is so large and influential, with an estimated $26 billion in assets and yearly profits of almost $2 billion in 2006.

AUTUMN 2001: FBI HIRES DAUGHTER OF PAKISTANI SPY, DESPITE INTERNAL PROTESTS EDIT EVENT

Cole examines the file and “it stuck out a mile: she was the daughter of a retired Pakistani general who had been their military attaché in Washington.” Cole is aware that “[e]very single military attaché they’ve ever assigned has been a known intelligence officer.”

BETWEEN OCTOBER 2000 AND SEPTEMBER 10, 2001: BRITISH BANKING COMPANY PROFILES FIFTEEN 9/11 HIJACKERS AS HIGH-RISK LIKELY TERRORISTS

Global Objectives, a British banking compliance company, identifies fifteen of the 9/11 hijackers as high-risk people and establishes profiles for them. The hijackers are regarded as high-risk for loans because they are linked to Osama bin Laden, suspected terrorists, or associates of terrorists. The list of high-risk people maintained by Global Objectives is available to dozens of banks and the hijackers’ files contain their dates and places of birth, aliases, and associates.

MARCH 2004: AGENT FORCED OUT OF FBI FOR SUPPORTING WHISTLEBLOWER SIBEL EDMONDS

John Cole, an FBI agent who has supported whistleblower Sibel Edmonds inside the FBI, is forced out of his position. Cole will later say that this is because of the support he offered her. After Cole read Edmonds’ file, he decided her allegations were accurate: “I thought that I could be of some assistance to her, because I knew she was doing the right thing. I knew because she was right.” According to Cole, her allegations were confirmed by others at the FBI, “They were telling me that Sibel Edmonds was a 100 percent accurate, that management knew that she was correct.”