Soldier Doubts Eligibility, Defies President's Orders
• WorldNetDaily via e-mail"As an officer, my sworn oath to support and defend our Constitution requires this" (It's ABOUT DAMN TIME!)
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Legacy Landscapes of Amazonia
• arcleinMost encouraging to myself is that the consistent application of terra preta and terra mulato soils allows us to ultimately map truly settled lands like nowhere else in the world. We will ultimately get a measure of optimum population at the time of
Obama's first Blunder
• arcleinThis second round is merely a flushing of cash into government programs and fixes little. It does not restore the collapsed credit system. Firstly, the US government must intervene to rewrite all outstanding mortgage contracts to properly release
Mugged by Truth & Reality
• FFF / Jacob HornbergerThe problem Americans face today is that truth and reality are mugging them in the face, and they’re having a terrible time trying to figure out what to do.
Survivalism: How to Prepare for the Economic Collapse
• www.captaindaves.comHow can you prepare for this economic collapse now?
Travel Alert - Mexico (don't go)
• United States State DepartmentMexican and foreign bystanders have been injured or killed in violent attacks in cities across the country, demonstrating the heightened risk of violence in public places. In recent years, dozens of U.S. citizens have been kidnapped across Mexico.
Remote-controlled planes could spy on British homes
• www.telegraph.co.ukThe miniature aircraft could be fitted with cameras and heat-seeking equipment, allowing police to carry out aerial reconnaissance from a control room.
U.S. Consumer Confidence Collapsed to Record Low
• Bloomberg.comThe Conference Board’s index declined more than forecast to 25 this month, the lowest level since data began in 1967, from a January reading of 37.4, the New York-based research group said today
Washington sends $1 food stamp checks to 250,000
• TriCityHeraldThe director of the Community Services Division for the Department of Social and Health Services, Leo Ribas, says the checks mailed Feb. 17 trigger an additional $43 million in federal food benefits. They also connect recipients to an energy assistan
House Democrats propose $410B spending bill
• Yahoo FinanceHouse Democrats unveiled a $410 billion spending bill on Monday to keep the government running through the end of the fiscal year, setting up the second political struggle over federal funds in less than a month with Republicans.
America’s children jailed for profit
• Daily NewscasterAs robber barons on Wall Street steal billions with impunity children all over America are being sent to detention centers for minor offenses lining the pockets of judges and the private companies that run these profitable kiddie prisons.
Google’s Gmail service crashes across world
• www.telegraph.co.ukGoogle’s web-based email service, Gmail, has crashed this morning, leaving millions of users from Britain to Australia unable to send and receive messages.
MURDOCH WARNS: NATIONS WILL BE REDEFINED, FUTURES ALTERED
• DrudgeMedia baron Rupert Murdoch issued an urgent internal communication late Monday, warning his staff: "We are in the midst of a phase of history in which nations will be redefined and their futures fundamentally altered."
The US economy with Congress at the wheel
• Mark YannoneHere, take the keys. Make sure you don't park it too close to the other cars.
Case-Shiller Index: Home Prices Decline 18.5% from last Year
• Calculatedriskblog.comPrices fell at least 1% in all Case-Shiller cities in December, with Phoenix off 5.1% for the month alone!
Natural Explanation Found for [some] UFOs
• SpaceThe cause or function of the flashes remains murky, but Price suggested they could explain some of the UFO reports which have cropped up over the years. That might provide some solace for UFO enthusiasts disappointed by hoaxes in the past.
Comet Lulin Shines Tonight
• arcleinMy chances of spotting comet Lulin went to zero tonight with the advent of a rainstorm eliminating any possible viewing conditions. However, we have this picture from the Swift satellite and the related story to make up for it.
Legal Experts Propose Limiting Justices' Powers, Terms
• NY TimesIf we had it to do all over again, would we appoint Supreme Court justices for life? Allow the chief justice to keep the job forever? Let the court have the final word on which cases it hears and those it declines? A group of prominent law professors
U.S. May Set Greenhouse Gas Standard for Cars
• Washington PostThe Obama administration is considering establishing national rules for regulating greenhouse gas emissions for automobiles, according to White House officials, a move backed by both auto manufacturers and some environmentalists.
Survey Reveals Broad Support for President
• NY TimesPresident Obama is benefiting from remarkably high levels of optimism and confidence among Americans about his leadership, providing him with substantial political clout as he confronts the nation’s economic challenges and opposition from nearly all
US Orders Project ENDGAME To Begin, 775,000 Americans Targeted For Arrest
• Russia TodayA new report is stating today that the President Obama has secretly ordered the ‘immediate’ opening of America’s vast gulag of concentration camps, built since 2001 and estimated able to hold a further 1 million
U.S. Clears Path to Bank Nationalization
• Washington PostThe Obama administration revamped the terms of its emergency aid to troubled financial firms, setting a course that could culminate with the government nationalizing some of the country's largest banks by taking a controlling ownership stake.
Strange Fish Has See-Through Head
• LiveScienceA bizarre deep-water fish called the barreleye has a transparent head and tubular eyes. Since the fish's discovery in 1939, biologists have known the eyes were very good at collecting light. But their shape seemed to leave the fish with tunnel vi
Health care costs to top $8,000 per person
• APHealth care costs will top $8,000 per person this year. As the recession cuts into tax receipts, Medicare's giant hospital trust fund is running out of cash more rapidly, and could become insolvent as early as 2016,
Former governor Locke likely U.S. commerce nominee
• ReutersLocke, a Democrat, would be Obama's third choice for the post after his first two nominees, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and Republican Senator Judd Gregg, withdrew their names from contention.
Asian Markets Follow Wall St.’s Downward Slump
• NY TimesThe wave of selling in European and American stock markets spread into Asia on Tuesday, sending key indexes in Japan and Singapore down more than 2 percent and toward the lows they hit in October.
NKorea says it is preparing satellite launch
• APNorth Korea said Tuesday it is preparing to shoot a satellite into orbit, its clearest reference yet to an impending launch that neighbors and the U.S. suspect will be a provocative test of a long-range missile.
FBI, police rescue child prostitutes around US
• APThe FBI has rescued more than 45 suspected teenage prostitutes, some as young as 13, in a nationwide sweep to remove kids from the illegal sex trade and punish their accused pimps. Over a three-night initiative called Operation Cross Country, federal
Guantanamo detainee arrives in Britain, renews torture claims
• McClatchy NewsBinyam Mohamed, a gaunt-looking, bearded man wearing a cream sweater, white tennis shoes and a white skullcap, stepped off a chartered jet at a British air base after a 10-hour trip from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Stanford had links to fund run by Bidens
• ReutersA fund of hedge funds run by two members of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's family was marketed exclusively by firms controlled by Texas financier Allen Stanford, charged by regulators with an $8 billion fraud, the Wall Street Journal said.
