End of Castro's half century in power
• BBCThe news that Fidel Castro is stepping down as president after almost 50 years in power came in the middle of the night, through the online edition of the official Communist party newspaper Granma.
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Supreme Court Dared to Uphold Handgun Ban by Man Who Has None
• BloombergRobert Levy, the man paying for a U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the District of Columbia's handgun ban, has built his own financial-data business and enrolled in law school as a 50-year-old.
Pakistan's ruling party concedes defeat
• APPakistan's ruling party conceded defeat today after opposition parties routed allies of President Pervez Musharraf in parliamentary elections that could threaten the rule of America's close ally in the war on terror.
Fidel Castro retires
• ReutersAiling Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that he will not return to lead the country as president or commander-in-chief, retiring as head of state 49 years after he seized power in an armed revolution.
GOA Files Blockbuster Brief Before The U.S. Supreme Court!
• Gun Owners of AmericaGun Owners of America filed its brief yesterday before the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of Dick Anthony Heller, who was denied the right to own a gun in the nation's capital as a result of the draconian gun ban which exists there.
Money as Debt: Get Rich Quick!
We Are Change AZWhen you go to your bank asking for money, the loan you get is created right there. When the government needs money, the procedure is slightly different, but the result is the same. This 47-minute animated presentation of “Money as Debt” tells in ver
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Polyester, Politics, Anti-trust, and Monopolies
• YouTube / MisesMediaCongressman Ron Paul and Professor Dominick Armentano discuss anti-trust and monopolies in 1983. [uber-familiar head shake at 13:36]
War Made Easy
• Google VideoWar Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged ... all the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq.
Couple takes unexpected journey to protest Iraq war
• Atlanta Journal & ConstitutionHandcrafted and crudely assembled, the 2 facing Masonite boards bolted on wooden posts bemoan the human cost of the Iraq war. Only, this sign sits at a luxe Atlanta address a few skips from the governor's residence.
Keith Olbermann Special Comment *MR BUSH YOU ARE A FASCIST!*
• YouTubeMSNBC Keith Olbermann
For President's Day - Ron Paul's Congressional Campaign gains almost half a million in a day
• RonPaulforCongress.com
CIA's ambitious post-9/11 spy plan crumbles
• LA TimesThe CIA set up a network of front companies in Europe after the Sept. 11 attacks as part of a constellation of "black stations" for a new generation of spies. After spending hundreds of millions of dollars setting up as many as 12 of the co
Threats of Our Own Making<br>by Ivan Eland
• AntiWarThe Pentagon has long had a conflict of interest. The Department of Defense builds the weapons of war. Yet the department also supervises and funds 85% of the intelligence effort to identify threats that those weapons are designed to counter.
US banks borrow $50bn via new Fed facility
• Financial TimesUS banks have been quietly borrowing massive amounts of money from the Federal Reserve in recent weeks by using a new measure the Fed introduced two months ago to help ease the credit crunch.
What Do We Stand For?<br>by Paul Craig Roberts
• AntiWarThe Bush administration has announced the United States stands for a vicious determination to dominate the world, criminal, genocidal wars of aggression, torture, and an increasingly brutal and brutalizing authoritarian state at home.
Iranian Oil Bourse Starts Trading, Sans Dollar Contracts
• News LinkThe first day of trading saw turnover of 100 tons polyethylene. Iran produces 22 million tons petrochemicals annually and claims to be the #2 producer behind Saudi Arabia. {Oh, this is BIG NEWS,... watch} "No Dollars Please, We Are Iranian"
U.S. Comptroller General David Walker Resigns
• Daily PaulI had hoped he would resign and join the Ron Paul Revolution. However, he has resigned to head the Peterson Foundation. Peter G. Peterson (81) had endorsed McCain and that he is a past Chairman of the CFR.
Ron Paul Turns in Signatures to Appear on Pennsylvania Republican Primary Ballot
• www.businesswire.comRon Paul will be on the Commonwealth's April 22nd GOP primary election ballot. 2,000 valid nomination signatures were required but almost 10,000 signatures were submitted.
Robo copters might fly into city
• Charleston.net/newsThe city wants to buy two unmanned helicopters that can hover quietly and stream video back to the ground, like the drones used by the military in Iraq, but much less expensive and without weapons.
U.S. Headed For Fiscal Crisis? (Video)
• 60 MinutesDavid Walker, comptroller general of the U.S., totaled up our government's income, liabilities and future obligations. He concluded the numbers don't add up. Steve Kroft reports for 60 Minutes... {I think it's worse than reported}
Amtrak to step up security measures
• APAmtrak will start randomly screening passengers' carry-on bags this week in a new security push that includes officers with automatic weapons and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains.
Is the Handwriting on the Wall for America?
• Pastor Chuck Baldwin (News with Views)For the most part, the people have no real input into their governance anymore. Between Big Media, Big Business, and vote fraud, even honest and fair elections may be a thing of the past
Wall Street faces fury over subprimes
• APRegulators are trying to punish Wall Street for mortgage finance practices that expanded home ownership and spread risk among a host of new players — but also may have duped borrowers and investors who supplied cash to fuel a housing boom that's
Despite his claims McCain still short of nomination
• APNot so fast, Sen. McCain. John McCain's campaign issued a statement last week claiming the Arizona senator had surpassed the number of delegates needed to secure the GOP nomination for president, after Mitt Romney endorsed him.
US court attacks web freedom; enjoins Wikileaks.org out of existence
• OpEdOne of the most important web sites in recent months has been Wikileaks.org. Created by several brave journalists committed to transparency, Wikileaks has published: [read the whole story]
Clinton issues new blueprint on economy
• ReutersThe pamphlet repackages ideas Clinton has already proposed, such as a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures of subprime mortgages, removing tax breaks for oil companies, investing in clean energy programs, putting new restrictions on credit card companie
India To Test Submarine-Based Ballistic Missile
• AFPIndia will soon conduct its first test of a submarine-based ballistic missile which can be tipped with a nuclear warhead. If successful, India will be capable of launching missiles from air, land, ships and submarines, and it will join an elite group
Health Nazis Next Target: The Obese
• MondorebFirst, drugs. Next, smoking. Now, Health Nazis have targeted the obese. Big Food joins Big Oil and Big Tobacco as the new Axis of Evil.
The JFK Assassination: Ruby-Oswald Transcripts Found in Dallas Courthouse
• GinnDozens of "artifacts" have been discovered in a Dallas courthouse including Part II of the two page transcript where Ruby and Oswald discuss killing the president on October 4, 1963, at Ruby's Carousel Club.
US Code 50 Allows Biological/Chemical Testing on Civilian Population
• USC Title 5050 USC 1520 (a)(1) says they can't test and then 50 USC 1520 (a)(2) gives a long list of exceptions... I don't remember giving my consent to be sprayed by planes (ie. chem-trails)
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