A NATION OF SHEEP

Mainstream news, the corporate/government/intelligence community controlled entity that helped sell this war and continues selling it, is now talking about the loss of our civil liberties? -- ZDN

DHS WANTS TO SPY ON AMERICANS, DEMS CHARGE

The Department of Homeland Security wants to set up a new program to illegally spy on Americans, two senior Democratic lawmakers charged Thursday in a letter urging colleagues to deny funds for the program.

THE GOVERNMENT STIMULUS PACKAGE EXPLAINED

GOVERNMENT STIMULUS PACKAGE

US SOLDIER REFUSES TO SERVE IN ‘ILLEGAL IRAQ WAR’

“My decision is based on my desire to no longer continue violating my core values to support an illegal and unconstitutional occupation… I refuse to participate in the Iraq occupation,” he said, as a dozen veterans of the five-year-old Iraq war looked on.

KTM TO BE SHOWN IN VANCOUVER

In the wake of September 11, 2001, Sibel Edmonds is approached by the FBI. As an American of Iranian and Turkish origin, Edmonds’ linguistic skill set makes her a valuable asset to the Language Services Unit, where she spends months translating high-security clearance documents. One day shortly after reporting the possible infiltration of her unit by Turkish spies to her supervisors and their supervisors, Edmonds’ world is turned upside-down.

IRAQ VETERANS DESCRIBE ATROCITIES TO LAWMAKERS

Antiwar veterans of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan took their case to Capitol Hill Thursday, baring their souls with stories of killings of innocent civilians, torture and wrongful detentions.

FRIDAY: 1 US SOLDIER, 16 IRAQIS KILLED; 41 IRAQIS WOUNDED

Few clashes were reported in Sadr City, where a truce between Shi'ite gunmen and Iraqi forces was imposed earlier this week. At least 16 Iraqis were killed and another 41 were wounded in attacks during a fairly quiet prayer day. Also, the DOD reported the death of an American soldier who had been injured May 1st in Baghdad.

SATURDAY: 33 IRAQIS KILLED, 54 WOUNDED

At least 33 Iraqis were killed and 54 more were wounded during light violence. A female suicide bomber attacked a Sunni checkpoint in Baquba, while eight bodies were unearthed near Basra. No Coalition deaths were reported, but an Australian soldier was wounded in Nasiriyah.

ESCORT AGENCY BUSINESS

When New York Governor Eliot Spitzer geared up to go after the Bush administration for their collaboration with criminals in the US mortgage industry, Spitzer was politically assassinated by having his private business as an escort agency client revealed.

THE CONTEMPTIBLE FOREIGN NINCOMPOOPS AND “BUSINESSMEN” BACKING ISRAEL

No billionaire ever lost money by keeping an Israeli general, supporting an Israeli politician or making a generous donation to an Israeli cause. Ego is ego, patriotism is patriotism, but business is business.

THE NAKBA IS OUR HOLOCAUST

NAKBA IS OUR HOLOCAUST

Basking in their usual insolence and self-absorbedness, Israeli leaders have been visibly irate over the highlighted commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the destruction and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian community in 1948.

THE ISRAELI ATTACK ON THE USS LIBERTY

'Loss of Liberty' dramatically proves, beyond any doubt, that the attack by Israel on June 8, 1967 against the US naval intelligence gathering ship USS Liberty, in which 34 Americans were killed and 171 wounded, was deliberate. The video first lets Israeli officers make their totally unconvincing case that the attack was a 'tragic accident' when the Israelis mistook the much larger and differently configured USS Liberty for the totally unlike Egyptian ship El Quseir. This filmed testimony by dozens of USS Liberty survivors demolishes Israel’s 'tragic accident' claim. Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Thomas Moorer are representative of the honored high-ranking Americans supporting the condemnation of deliberate aggression against the United States by 'ally' Israel. 'Loss of Liberty' makes clear that then-President Lyndon Johnson conspired with Israel and its Israel-First supporters inside the US government to support the 'tragic accident' scheme. Johnson was bogged down at the time in the Vietnam war, and thought he needed Israel Lobby support. Still, Johnson’s behaviour is as unforgivable now as it was then.

USS LIBERTY INCIDENT

The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a U.S. Navy intelligence ship, USS Liberty, in international waters about 12.5 nautical miles (23 km) from the coast of the Sinai Peninsula, north of El Arish, by Israeli fighter planes and torpedo boats on June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War (a conflict between Israel and the Arab states of Egypt, Jordan and Syria).

THE REALITY OF PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI HISTORY

This footage was shot in the late 1940s to educate the public about the plight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who had been made homeless as a result of the violence and intimidation that accompanied the founding of the state of Israel.

ECONOMIC HITMAN

Deliberately bankrupting the nation as a means of social engineering...that's what's happening right now.

ALL THE PRESIDENT'S NAZIS (REAL AND IMAGINED): AN OPEN LETTER TO BUSH

Your family's fortune is built on the bones of the very people butchered by the Nazis, my family and the families of those in the Knesset who applauded you today

HOW GEORGE BUSH SUPPORTS OUR TROOPS

It pays to read the fine print when dealing with the government.

It pays even better not to deal with the government at all unless you have a floor or two full of attorneys to deal with them...which is why the Fortune 500 et. al. have in essence taken over the country.

CONSERVATIVES IN DENIAL ABOUT NORTH AMERICAN UNION AND CANADIAN SOVEREIGNTY

The Quebec Provincial Police admitted that undercover police infiltrated a peaceful protest against the SPP Conference, whose mandate is for the 3 countries to work towards the formation of a North American Union. An embarrassing video of the failed attempt to provoke violence by the undercover cops was posted for the world to see on Youtube. So far the Conservative government has failed to conduct an inquiry in to this anti-democratic tactic, and has moved Canada one step closer to a police state.

CLINTON INVESTIGATOR CONVICTED OF 76 CRIMES

The thuggish private investigator hired by the Clintons to intimidate their political enemies and dig up dirt on Bill’s mistresses has been convicted on 76 federal criminal charges, including racketeering and wiretapping.

TEXAS: BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED BEFORE EVACUATION; DIFFERENT BUSES FOR “CRIMINALS”

What do you want to bet that the thought criminals will wind up on the buses with the wanted felons, and that those buses will go to different camps. Surely, if there are going to be different buses for “criminals,” there are going to be different camps. Right?

OUTCRY OVER SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SEARCH METHODS

He was quickly handcuffed and falsely arrested. He was taken to a station to be strip-searched and then to a hospital, where doctors forcibly sedated him with a cocktail of powerful drugs, including one that clouded his memory of the incident.

A camera was inserted in his rectum, he was forced to vomit and his blood and urine were tested for drugs and alcohol. Scans of his digestive system were performed using X-ray machines, according to hospital records obtained by the Times Union.

The search, conducted without a search warrant, came up empty.

HOW PRESIDENT BUSH'S GRANDFATHER HELPED HITLER'S RISE TO POWER

George Bush's grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, was a director and shareholder of companies that profited from their involvement with the financial backers of Nazi Germany.

THE IMPEACHMENT OF GEORGE W. BUSH

WHEREAS George W. Bush essentially murdered 6000* of his own countrymen, by allowing terrorists, in the face of specific intelligence and warnings by domestic and foreign agents, to highjack jumbo jets and use them as bombs against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and,

WHEREAS George Bush thereby caused damage in the millions of dollars, first from the initial incident and subsequent cascade of consequences which fell primarily on the shoulders of working class people, while he bailed out his rich cronies, and,

WHEREAS George W. Bush then perpetrated an illegal war against the country of Afghanistan, killing thousands of innocent civilians, women and children, mostly from starvation and exposure, in a pretext of “making war against terrorism”, which was, in reality, a clandestine plot to install a puppet government and begin to extract the oil and heroin resources of the region, and,

WHEREAS George W. Bush has surreptitiously used the “terrorist” issue to suspend the Constitution of the United States, mainly through the USA PATRIOT Act, suspending the rights of habeas corpus, legal representation and lawyer-client privilege while increasing the use of eavesdropping, snooping and electronic surveillance furthering the draconian restrictions to personal freedoms characteristic of this illegal regime, and,

WHEREAS George W. Bush has telegraphed his intention to withdraw from the family of man and the civilized global society by withdrawing from the ABM Treaty, the Kyoto Protocol and the World Court, preferring to pursue a course of world and space domination,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we, the People, Undersigned, being citizens of the United States and registered voters in the Counties and States so indicated, HEREBY Demand that the Congress of the United States begin immediate impeachment proceedings against said George W. Bush, pretender to the office of the President of the United States, and further demand they vigorously pursue all civil and criminal penalties to each and every member of this administration, agency employees, and members of the congress or intelligence apparatus who willingly and with malice aforethought participated in these heinous crimes.

sign it

OBAMA'S AUDACIOUS DEFERENCE TO POWER

Barack Obama's latest book reveals the presidential aspirant to be a rank racial accommodationist and political opportunist. The Illinois Senator urges empathy for those in power, labels critics on the Left cranks and zealots, and whitewashes America's past and present crimes. In the final analysis, Obama is an ‘authoritarian corporate imperial insider' - a front-running candidate for betrayal.

EAT THE RICH, WITH A FEW PURPLE CARROTS ON THE SIDE

Overpaid, arrogant, terminally ignorant, malignant scumbags rule the earth thanks to the ascension to the pinnacle of power of corporations…whose citadel of power remains the United States of Imbecility.

ILLEGAL HOMELAND SECURITY ROVING PATROL TRAFFIC STOP

While driving to a remote work site late in the evening on May 14, 2008, I was targeted by a Federal Homeland Security Agent on roving patrol and followed for several miles along SR86 in Southern Arizona. After following me for some distance, the agent initiated a traffic stop absent reasonable suspicion along a deserted stretch of this unlit two lane highway.

DOCUMENTARY DRAWS STARK PARALLELS BETWEEN CHILE UNDER PINOCHET AND THE POST-9/11 "WAR ON TERROR"

Torture, the suspension of democracy and civil rights, illegal surveillance, forced displacement, and a culture of fear led by a despot who gains power through an act of violence committed on September 11. Sound familiar?

CONGRESSMAN QUESTIONS DOD PRESENCE

An anti-war Democratic congressman is demanding to know why there were uniformed Defense Department personnel watching House proceedings from a public gallery Thursday, who they were and what they were doing.

UNANSWERED 9/11 QUESTIONS

At the time of writing, 357 architectural and engineering professionals have signed a petition which directly challenges the National Institute of Standards & Training's official finding that the destruction of these massive buildings was caused solely by structural damage from the impact of jet airliners and the resulting fires.

CONGRESSMEN HIGHLIGHT MEXICAN COMMANDO INCURSIONS INTO U.S.

Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble, has urged the Congress to take action regarding the frequent incursions of military style Mexican commandos into the U.S. that has seen over 6000 deaths in the past two and a half years according to conservative estimates.

NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BACKS IMPEACHMENT

NH Rep. Betty Hall's resolution to impeach Bush and Cheney passed at the NH Democratic Convention today by a Division floor vote of 110 to 88.

RETIRED DC SCHOOLTEACHER TO STAND TRIAL AS GUANTANAMO PRISONER

Tetaz was arrested, along with 78 others, at the U.S. Supreme Court on January 11, 2008, protesting the denial of habeas rights to and the torture of inmates at Guantanamo.

PLEASE SIR, I WANT SOME MORE

Not only is there a presidential candidate suggesting that the federal government should control how much we eat, but he says that other countries will set the standards.

CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL, MD - WE'VE BEEN NEOCONNED

Video of Congressman Ron Paul's Neo-Conned speech he gave on the House floor on July 10, 2003.

NEW FLORIDA LAW WOULD GRANT COPS RIGHT TO IMPOUND CARS PLAYING LOUD MUSIC

Sarasota, Florida - A new law, up for a final vote next month, would grant police in Sarasota the authority to impound vehicles found playing their stereos too loud

151 CONGRESSMEN DERIVE FINANCIAL PROFIT FROM WAR

More than a quarter of senators and congressmen have invested at least $196 million of their own money in companies doing business with the Department of Defense (DoD) that profit from the death and destruction in Iraq.

THE TSA FOLLIES

the TSA is denying the applications of pilots who are also firearms instructors, former law enforcement officers, and otherwise qualified to carry firearms, based on a suspicious psychological test.

THE HARD TRUTH ON SADR CITY, IRAQ; AND THE DEPLORABLE TREATMENT OF VETERANS IN AMERICA

The following is testimony presented to Congress by Kristofer Shawn Goldsmith on May 15, 2008. While there were several powerful testimonies by several Iraq veterans, all worth watching, this one in particular provides a taste of what is actually happening in Iraq, and what soldiers of conscience face upon their return home.

WHAT HADLEY KNEW OF THE MILITARY ANALYSTS PROGRAM

The White House has denied knowledge of Donald Rumsfeld’s military analysts propaganda program.

That is clearly untrue. This memo, from Page 2 of this batch of documents from the Pentagon dump, shows Rumsfeld personally briefing White House National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley on the progress of the program

GORE FINANCIALLY INVESTED IN CLIMATE CAUSE

Weeks before announcing a $300-million, three-year advertising campaign to raise awareness about global warming, Al Gore was conducting a slide show for a group of investors in Monterey, Calif., touting companies such as Bloom Energy, Amryis , Mascoma and other firms that are not household names -- yet.

TALABANI: IRAN SENDS NO WEAPON TO IRAQ

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has dismissed claims that Iran is sending weapons into his country and called for strong Iran ties.

330,000 HORSES CAN THROW ONE RIDER

That such a group exists is indisputable. It includes the heads of the biggest financial institutions, the 14 families Blankfein joked about, and then some; the top 50 control almost $50 trillion in assets. The heads of the world's biggest corporations are also members; the top 2,000 support perhaps 500 million people, generate almost $30 trillion in sales and have well over $100 trillion in assets. The list also includes top government officials with real cross-border influence: heads of state, of course, leading diplomats and military chiefs, but also central bankers like Geithner and Bernanke, and their counterparts like Chinese Central Bank Gov. Zhou Xiaochuan, reappointed this week, and the other top economic officials responsible for the world's fastest-growing economy and its nearly $1.5 trillion in reserves.

APRIL 8, 2008: ENGINEERING JOURNAL PUBLISHES SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGE TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT OF WTC DESTRUCTION

For the first time, a scientific journal publishes a letter by scientists who think the World Trade Center buildings were destroyed by explosives, rather than impact damage and fire.

SEPTEMBER 19-OCTOBER 2001: STRUCTURAL ENGINEER FINDS EVIDENCE OF EXTREME TEMPERATURES AT WTC

He finds a foot-long twisted shard of steel that is “like a piece of bread, but it was high-strength steel.” He comments, “I haven’t seen anything like this [before].”