Calling The Police To Account by Henry Porter
• Guardian.co.uk via DrudgeReportFrom today (In England), it is illegal to photograph the police, despite the fact that they use increasingly aggressive techniques to record us.
Current News Headlines
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Truth About Facebook
• BlipTV via Rense.comVery informative video for anyone with (or considering creating) a Facebook account.
Ready to kill some Americans?
• Mark YannoneDOD/UN survey: How would you feel about popping a cap into dear old Mrs. Jones, soldier?
Obama Names Bill Clinton to Presidential Post
• Iowahawk via e-mail from Winslow Joan (Thanks!)"I am pleased that Bill Clinton has agreed to come out of retirement to head up this crucial post in my administration," said Obama.
Obama, Geithner, and Summers: Three Stooges Destroy World Markets
• Market-Ticker.Denninger.netConsider "ring-fencing" the United States, pulling all swap lines and protecting ourselves. We cannot backstop the world; we don't have the money and can't raise it. We are tying an anvil to our ankles and jumping into the water,
Kansas suspends income tax refunds; may miss payroll
• By JOHN HANNADon't hold your breath if Kansas owes you money. Kansas suspends income tax refunds, may miss payroll.
Will Stimulus Spending Package Help America? Readers Express Strong Opinions
• fedsmith.com--Most Express Doubts About Success
Ritholtz: Bank Market Caps, Then & Now
• Ritholtz.comIf you take a look at these charts I think you will understand why Meredith Whitney, Nassim Taleb, and Nouriel Roubini are so worried about the state of banking in the US and EU. The charts cover 2007 to 2009.
Global Seed Bank Rising
• arcleinThis is a welcome bit of news, not so much the establishment of the seed bank itself, but the expressed intent to establish a broad network of individual growers who can apply well established breeding protocols and act as conservators. The fact is t
The second Amendment
• kent for Liberty"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Kent McManigal's take on the second amendment
"2AToday for The USA"
• Jews For the Preservation of Firearms OwnershipJPFO is proud to announce our new Movie Made possible by our members and supporters - YOU MUST USE THIS VIDEO - OR LOSE YOUR GUNS
On Reinstating the Draft (Slave Soldiers)
• Ron Paul via LewRockwell.comThere are troubling signs that national service could transition from voluntary to mandatory, or de facto mandatory, such as the requirement of service in order to be granted a diploma, or something along those lines.
Photo Radar Protests Spread Nationwide
• CameraFRAUD.comChandler, AZ, Kansas City, MO, Chevy Chase, MD all active this week in the fight against automated ticketing, drawing the attention of the local media and curious onlookers.
Keyes: President 'Has Something to Hide' About Eligibility
• WND via e-mail"Madison wrote, 'Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It will be pursued either until it be obtained or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.'"
The FairTax and The Sixteenth Amendment
• The Price of LibertySince all of the various federal income taxes are excise taxes just like the FairTax, how can the FairTax "replace all federal taxes except excise taxes?" They are all one in the same!
Stanford Depositors Head to Antigua for Redemptions
• Wall Street JournalDepositors from as far away as Colombia have begun arriving in the island nation of Antigua, seeking to withdraw their money from an offshore bank under investigation by U.S. state and federal authorities.
Michael Shedlock: Sales Tax Time Bomb Explodes
• Michael Shedlock / MishStates are facing a great fiscal crisis. Combined budget gaps for the remainder of this fiscal year and state fiscal years 2010 and 2011 are estimated to total more than $350 billion.
a NEW method of 'Real Estate Ownership! (patent pending)
• Doug Nusbaum himself!If implemented, it would, for those families who have some reasonable income, halt in its tracks the current wave of foreclosures.
Michael Hudson: The Oligarchs' Escape Plan
• CounterPunch.comTo “save” the economy is to “save the banks,” along similar lines to the West trying to save its banks from their adventure in the post-Soviet economies. This is the basic neoliberal economic plan, after all. The U.S. economy is about to be “post-Sov
A 'fraud' bigger than Madoff
• www.independent.co.ukIn what could turn out to be the greatest fraud in US history, American authorities have started to investigate the alleged role of senior military officers in the misuse of $125bn (£88bn) in a US -directed effort to reconstruct Iraq after the fall o
Eastern European currencies crumble as fears of debt crisis grow
• telegraph.co.uk/finance/“We’re nearing the level were things could get out of hand,” said Hans Redeker, currency chief strategist at BNP Paribas.
Police - Car chase: Only things are reversed
• ABC News videoMan takes out three police cars on freeway before spinning out of control himself and getting pummeled for his offense to authoritay. I can't help but wonder what the story is on this.
Obama's Dream to Repeal Clinton Welfare Reform
• Prison Planet(You Tube)A 1998 video showing then State Sen. Barack Obama stating he wasn't thrilled with the 1996 welfare reform bill signed by Clinton in 1996. The bill that he is signing today will create a situation where the feds will encourage more people to take
Obama's Justice Department standing by 'George Bush secrecy'
• Rawstory.com"This case cannot be litigated," Department of Justice attorney Douglas Letter argued. "The judges shouldn't play with fire in this national security situation."
SnowBall Earth Musings
• arcleinMy point is simply that there is an incredible amount of carbon tied up in the sediments that has made it there solely as a result of biological processes. It was tied up in the form of CO2 and Methane at the beginning just like every other planet we
Gun Company Hires FBI Killer as Spokesman
• American Free PressAn American gun manufacturer has hired a professional killer to tout the merits of its weapons. What better spokesman could a company have than one who has shot and killed a young mother with her baby in her arms?
U.S. Army War College: Economic Unraveling Threatens U.S. Security
• TruthDig.comThe military must be prepared, the document warned, for a “violent, strategic dislocation inside the United States,” which could be provoked by “unforeseen economic collapse,” “purposeful domestic resistance,” “pervasive public health emergencies” ..
A 'fraud' bigger than Madoff
• IndependentIn what could turn out to be the greatest fraud in US history, American authorities have started to investigate the alleged role of senior military officers in the misuse of $125 billion in a US directed effort to reconstruct Iraq after Saddam.
Denninger: Assets are Illiquid Because of Government Intervention
• Market-Ticker.Denninger.net/I think Karl Denninger hit the nail on the head.
Missing Iraq Billions Could Be Greatest Fraud In U.S. History
• Raw StoryThe US Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, the Army’s criminal Investigation Command and the Justice Department are investigating US soldiers and officials in the alleged misuse of a portion of the $125 billion
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