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The 57th meeting of representatives from Western European and North American countries known as Bilderberg Group will be held next week at a five-star hotel in Greece, reports Daniel Estulin, an investigative author who has written a defining book on the secretive annual gathering. Estulin says his sources in Greece have confirmed the meeting will be held at the Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel in Vouliagmeni from May 14-17. The Bilderberg Group is an elite invitation-only conference of influential members of the business, media and political community. Past attendees have included Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Tony Blair...
Bilderbergers plan secret meeting in Greece:Source says top agenda item is reconstructing world economy
The 57th meeting of representatives from Western European and North American countries known as Bilderberg Group will be held next week at a five-star hotel in Greece, reports Daniel Estulin, an investigative author who has written a defining book on the secretive annual gathering. Estulin says his sources in Greece have confirmed the meeting will be held at the Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel in Vouliagmeni from May 14-17. The Bilderberg Group is an elite invitation-only conference of influential members of the business, media and political community. Past attendees have included Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Tony Blair...
"Gay" day coming to California public schools?:Lawmakers vote to make children honor Harvey Milk – without parent consent
A California committee passed a bill proclaiming that the state's public school children will take a break from learning every year to celebrate Harvey Milk – a homosexual icon considered by some to be "a martyr for gay rights."The California State Senate Education Committee passed SB 572 today on a 7-2 vote. The bill encourages all California public schools to "conduct suitable commemorative exercises … remembering the life of Harvey Milk and recognizing his accomplishments as well as the contributions he made to this state." It requires no parental consent for student participation...
Alan Keyes, pro-lifers plan to be jailed at Notre Dame:"If this be trespass, then forgive us our trespasses"
With just more than a week until President Obama is scheduled to speak at the University of Notre Dame commencement and accept an honorary degree, the campus is bustling with protests against the Catholic college's invitation to one of the most pro-abortion presidents in U.S. history – and some, including former presidential candidate Alan Keyes, are planning to go to jail.
Tancredo: Obama "truly a cult leader":Former GOP congressman takes on swine flu response, amnesty, free speech
Swine flu has been confirmed by laboratory tests in 1,516 patients in 22 countries, according to the WHO. Mexico has reported 942 cases, including 29 deaths, while the U.S. has 403 cases and two deaths.Despite the increasing number of U.S. cases, President Obama is solidly against closing the U.S.-Mexico border to contain the outbreak, likening such a move to "closing the barn door after the horses are out."Former Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado disagrees: "The problem is you cannot necessarily contain it, but what you're trying to do is minimize the impact, of course, and reduce the number of people coming into the country with it."
Hostile bloggers facing fines, jail?:Proposal "comes close to making it federal offense to log onto Internet"
A new proposal in Congress is threatening fines and jail time for what it calls "cyberbullying" – communications that include e-mails and text messages that "cause substantial emotional distress."The vague generalities are included in H.R. 1966 by California Democrat Linda Sanchez and about a dozen co-sponsors.
But it already is being condemned as unconstitutional, unrealistic and probably ineffectual....
Senate bombarded on 'Pedophile Protection Act':Campaign to stop hate-crimes bill takes off on first day
In its first day, hundreds of Americans have taken advantage of a unique campaign to sound off in opposition to new hate-crimes legislation on the fast track of the U.S. Senate by overnighting letters to individual senators at a significantly reduced price.As WND first reported, the bill stirring opposition from coast to coast, opponents say, would, for the first time, make pedophiles a protected class of victim.Janet Porter, WND columnist and president of Faith2Action, organized the effort to utilize reduced rates for individual letters delivered by Fed Ex to individual senators in bulk quantities. Overnight letters not only have more impact, but can be assured of delivery in time to impact pending legislation....
FBI Slow to Update Terror Watchlist
The FBI has been slow to update the national terror suspect watchlist -- and the lapses pose real risks to U.S. security, a Justice Department audit has found.A report by the Justice Department's Inspector General, Glenn Fine, found that 12 terror suspects who were either not watchlisted or were slow to be added to the list may have traveled into or out of the United States during the period when they were not placed on the list...
Vietnam Orders Fleet of Russian Subs,Sending Message to China
In what may be a not-so-stealthy message to Beijing amid citizen protests of China's growing influence in its country, Vietnam has ordered a small fleet of silent Russian attack submarines.Foreign policy experts say Vietnam's national identity is bound up in the idea of opposition to China, and the deal to buy the subs is the latest sign that the country of 87 million is concerned about "Sinification.""The Vietnamese government is committed to a normal relationship with China, but nobody in Vietnam sleeps with their China eye closed," said Brantly Womack, professor of foreign affairs at the University of Virginia...
SIGN of the TIMES:Copulating cadavers turn stomachs in Berlin....
A new exhibition featuring preserved dead bodies having sex opened in Berlin on Thursday with critics saying a maverick German anatomist dubbed "Doctor Death" has gone too far this time.The couple, part of Gunther von Hagens's exhibition "The Cycle of Life", is the "low point in his tastelessness", Michael Braun, culture expert from the conservative CDU party, told AFP.Von Hagens said his copulating couples show the sexual act in "bracing clarity"...
PS:Another unbelievable case of total tastelessness...As and ex-anatomist myself,I can tell you that this really left me scratching my head...This guy is crazy and to me is a total lack of respect for the "people"he is actually showing.No ethics....no morals in dealing with the dead anymore....Depicable...
CIA: Iran increases uranium production...
Iran has dramatically increased the amount of low-enriched uranium produced by its growing number of centrifuges that are part of its nuclear fuel production system...
Obama Bets It All on Red...:"Releases $3.4 Trillion Budget Plan"
The Obama administration today unveiled details of a $3.4 trillion federal budget for the fiscal year beginning in October, a proposal that includes substantial increases for a number of domestic priorities as well as a plan to trim or eliminate 121 programs at a savings of $17 billion.In a statement delivered at the White House after the budget details were released, President Obama defended the cuts from critics on both sides -- those he said would fight to preserve the targeted programs and others who consider the reductions insignificant."We can no longer afford to spend as if deficits don't matter and waste is not our problem," he said. "We can no longer afford to leave the hard choices for the next budget, the next administration -- or the next generation."
Computer sold on eBay "had details of top secret missile defense system"...
Highly sensitive details of a US military missile air defence system were found on a second-hand hard drive bought on eBay.The test launch procedures were found on a hard disk for the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence) ground to air missile defence system, used to shoot down Scud missiles in Iraq.
LOONEY TUNES WATCH:Tennessee resolution urges creation of Gore statue...
A resolution urging the creation of statues to be built on the Tennessee Capitol grounds of the state's two Nobel Peace Prize winners, Al Gore and Cordell Hull, is on its way to a full Senate vote.The Senate State and Local Government Committee on Tuesday advanced the measure supporting the privately funded statues on a 9-0 vote. The resolution previously passed in the House unanimously...
Lavrov goes on reset mission to US
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov is in the US, where he is to meet President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton, and other US officials. His goal is to advance resetting relations between the two countries.
Canada attacks Russia for expulsion of diplomats
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Canada will ask the Russian ambassador to explain why two Canadians who worked at the NATO Information Office in Moscow had their diplomatic accreditation revoked, Canada's foreign ministry said Wednesday."Canada strongly objects to Russia's unjustifiable decision to expel the two Canadians," said Rene Lemay, spokesman for the nation's Foreign Affairs ministry.
Russia tensions spike as NATO starts Georgia war games...
NATO kicked off controversial military exercises in ex-Soviet Georgia on Wednesday as tensions spiked in relations with neighbouring Russia over Moscow's expulsion of two alliance diplomats.Launched a day after Georgia accused Russia of backing a brief military mutiny that allegedly included a plot to assassinate President Mikheil Saakashvili,the exercises have strained ties between the Cold War-era rivals...
Obama Under "Increasing Pressure to Engage" on Gay Issues...
President Obama was noticeably silent last month when the Iowa Supreme Court overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.But now Mr. Obama — who has said he opposes same-sex marriage as a Christian but describes himself as a “fierce advocate of equality” for gay men and lesbians — is under pressure to engage on a variety of gay issues that are coming to the fore amid a dizzying pace of social, political, legal and legislative change.
FBI Probes Hacker's $10 Million Ransom Demand for Stolen Virginia Medical Records
The FBI is investigating a $10 million ransom demand by a hacker or hackers who say they have stolen nearly 8.3 million patient records from a Virginia government Web site that tracks prescription drug abuse, an FBI official confirmed Wednesday.The state police in Virginia are also investigating the possible breach of confidential records.
Meet Saudi Arabia's 'Miss Beautiful Morals' Contestants
Sukaina al-Zayer is an unlikely beauty queen hopeful. She covers her face and body in black robes and an Islamic veil, so no one can tell what she looks like. She also admits she's a little on the plump side.But at Saudi Arabia's only beauty pageant, the judges don't care about a perfect figure or face. What they're looking for in the quest for "Miss Beautiful Morals" is the contestant who shows the most devotion and respect for her parents.
U.S. Appeals to Iran to Free American Journalist, U.S. Aid Worker
The U.S. on Wednesday appealed to Iran to free an American journalist and a U.S. aid agency worker who both are jailed on national security charges and appealing their convictions.The State Department said the charges against freelance journalist Roxana Saberi and aid program administrator Silva Harotonian are baseless.
Click here to read more about Saberi's case.
Concerns Raised Over Makeup of 'Diversity Committee' at FCC
A diversity committee at the Federal Communications Commission is raising the hackles of conservative watchdogs who say its ideological makeup is hardly diverse.The FCC recently renewed the charter of its 31-member Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age, which is set to convene in Washington Thursday.
The committee's mission is to help "enhance the ability of minorities and women to participate in telecommunications and related industries," according to the FCC. In past years the committee has suggested remedies like changing the tax code to help minorities purchase radio and television stations...
Kerry Questioned Over Iran 'Regime Change' Quip
John Kerry ignited a debate Wednesday over former president Bush's policy toward Iran when he said at a Senate hearing that the Obama administration has abandoned calls for "regime change" in Tehran and expects a response to its diplomatic outreach."That is not the current policy of this new administration, and it is important for Iran to understand that," Kerry said during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "Just as we abandon calls for regime change in Tehran and recognize the legitimate Iranian role in the region, Iran's leaders need to moderate their behavior."....
PS:ROL....Keep wishing upon a star Johnny....keep wishing upon a star....!!!The iranian regime can care less on what Kerry does or says and unless they do it their way...there is no way...
As in the days of Noah...
New Nuke Warning on Iran
Congressional investigators say some foreign intelligence analysts believe U.S. intelligence is underestimating Iran's progress toward designing a nuclear warhead before Tehran halted its program in 2003.The foreign analysts believe that Iran ended its work because it had made sufficient progress, not because of international pressure, as the 2007 U.S. national intelligence assessment concluded...
"Islam Day" Declared in Hawaii
Hawaii's state Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday to celebrate "Islam Day" -- over the objections of a few lawmakers who said they didn't want to honor a religion connected to Sept. 11, 2001.The Senate's two Republicans argued that a minority of Islamic extremists have killed many innocents in terrorist attacks...
BIG BROTHER WATCH:Census GPS-tagging your home's front door:Coordinates being taken for every residence in nation
According to an online Yahoo program, the Global Position System coordinates for the White House, probably one of the best-known publicly owned buildings in the world, are 38.898590 Latitude and -77.035971 Longitude. And since you know that, it's no big deal for the White House to know the coordinates for your front door, is it?Some people think it is, and are upset over an army of some 140,000 workers hired in part with a $700 million taxpayer-funded contract to collect GPS readings for every front door in the nation....
Afghan President Orders U.S. Bombing Probe
President Hamid Karzai ordered a probe Wednesday into allegations by local officials that more than 30 civilians were killed this week in a bombing by U.S.-led troops battling militants in western Afghanistan.Karzai, currently in the United States, will raise the issue of civilian deaths with President Barack Obama, a statement from Karzai's office said. The two presidents were scheduled to hold their first face-to-face meeting later Wednesday.
Pakistani Troops Pummel Taliban as Up to 500,000 Flee
Helicopter gunships and mortar teams pounded militant strongholds, killing dozens outside emerald mines, the military said, as Taliban reinforcements poured down from their mountain hide-outs and seized homes and government buildings.The army began taking the fight to militants entrenched in both the Swat Valley and in Buner, just 60 miles from the capital, as Pakistan's leader prepared to hear demands from President Obama for forceful action from a struggling ally...
Obama Praises Afghan, Pakistan Commitments
Following a meeting with leaders from Pakistan and Afghanistan, President Barack Obama is praising both countries for their commitment to fight terrorism...
Obama:"Full Support for Afghanistan,Pakistan..."
President Obama pledged a "lasting commitment" to the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday, after holding a landmark meeting with the presidents of both countries.Obama said the meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was "extraordinarily productive."
U.S. military destroys soldier's Bibles
The U.S. military is confirming that it has destroyed some Bibles belonging to an American soldier serving in Afghanistan.Reuters News says the Bibles were confiscated and destroyed after Qatar-based Al Jazeer television showed soldiers at a Bible class on a base with a stack of Bibles translated into the local Pashto and Dari languages. The U.S. military forbids its members on active duty-including those based in places like Afghanistan-from trying to convert people to another religion...
Chinese and US ships clash -- for fifth time...
China demonstrated its growing naval confidence again in the latest standoff between American and Chinese ships....The fifth such incident in two months occurred on Friday in the Yellow Sea when a US Navy surveillance ship turned its fire hoses on two Chinese fishing vessels...
Tax money paid for Jacqui Smith's hubby's porn;British home secretary forced to apologize over 2 adult movies...
Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, faces serious questions over her political future following the humiliating admission that she claimed taxpayer-funded allowances for the cost of watching pornographic films at her family home....In a significant blow to her authority as one of the Cabinet's most senior ministers, Miss Smith was forced to apologise for submitting a £10 bill for two adult movies enjoyed by her husband, Richard Timney, while she was away in London....PS:So far for moral standards for Home Secretary JS.....Shameful....
Question to prez over banned U.S. citizen deraile:Spokesman passes over reporter seeking answer about Savage case
President Obama's spokesman Robert Gibbs has derailed a question about the president's reaction to a United Kingdom decision to ban a prominent U.S. radio talk show host by not allowing a reporter to ask it at today's White House news briefing.Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House who has covered daily news briefings since the last year of Richard Nixon's tenure, was seeking an response today to the actions of U.K. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.
Who's hunting Savage?
I don't believe for a minute that the United Kingdom decided to ban entry to U.S. talk-radio star Michael Savage on its own initiative.First of all, Savage was not asking to enter the U.K.Second of all, while Savage is a big fish in the U.S., his program is not widely known across the pond. What would possess Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to single out Savage on a short list of 16 people worldwide who would not be welcome?I think I know the answer...
Savage's colleagues react in horror:"Thank God we broke away from that cowardly country"
Michael Savage's talk-radio colleagues and competitors reacted in horror today to news that the No. 3 host in the U.S. was banned from entering the United Kingdom."As a host who witnessed first hand the hate speech not only tolerated but encouraged by the U.K., I am appalled and amused at the suggestion that Michael Savage is banned from the U.K. for his speech," said Rusty Humphries of Talk Radio Network. "Thank God we broke away from that cowardly country."
Savage ban called "frightening preview":Coalition battling crackdown on speech rights
Members of a coalition organized to fight attacks on America's First Amendment rights in response to a multitude of developments under President Obama are expressing alarm at the United Kingdom's decision to ban popular U.S. talk radio host Michael Savage from its shores.British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced yesterday that Savage was on a list of people who would be unwelcome in the island nation....
Gordon Brown's YouTube fightback (shame about that swastika though)
It was meant to be fightback day....But before long it was beginning to feel like groundhog day...
After the Government’s umpteenth bad Bank Holiday weekend Gordon Brown was ready once more to try to focus his Government and the country on key issues such as the economy and swine flu rather than his party’s internal problems...
After the Government’s umpteenth bad Bank Holiday weekend Gordon Brown was ready once more to try to focus his Government and the country on key issues such as the economy and swine flu rather than his party’s internal problems...
OBAMA STIMULUS WATCH:"7 of 10 lawmakers skip oversight hearing..."
So just who's tracking that $787 billion in taxpayer money that President Obama and the Democrat-led Congress are doling out? You are. Or you're supposed to be, anyway."We are, in essence, deputizing the entire American citizenry to help with the oversight of this program," said Rep. Brad Miller, chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology's subcommittee on investigations and oversight....
Obama's claim of tracking 'every dime' of stimulus delayed until 2010...
Although President Obama has vowed that citizens will be able to track "every dime" of the $787 billion stimulus bill, a government website dedicated to the spending won't have details on contracts and grants until October and may not be complete until next spring — halfway through the program, administration officials said...PS:So far for transparency and speaking the truth....
As in the days of Noah...
$56:"Oil prices jump to new high for year..."
Oil prices surged to a 2009 high Wednesday after a government report showed that unused crude being placed in storage slowed a bit last week.Benchmark crude for June delivery rose 4.6 percent, or $2.50, to settle at $56.34 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was the highest close since mid-November...
Lawmakers pass resolution claiming Oklahoma's sovereignty...
Although Gov. Brad Henry (picture left)vetoed similar legislation 10 days earlier, House members Monday again approved a resolution claiming Oklahoma’s sovereignty.Unlike House Joint Resolution 1003, House Concurrent Resolution 1028 does not need the governor’s approval.
The House passed the measure 73-22. It now goes to the Senate...
Pentagon plans 20,000 new jobs...
President Barack Obama's Defense Department plans to create 20,000 new government jobs to help revamp the way it buys more than $100 billion of weapons each year, the Pentagon's No. 2 official told Congress.The Pentagon also plans to tie more contract fee structures to performance and make deals spanning multiple years only when "real, substantial" savings result to taxpayers, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn told the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee on Wednesday.
Mexico Returns to Normalcy Following Swine Flu
Dozens of Mexican nationals who were quarantined at hospitals and hotels in China despite having no swine flu symptoms arrived home as Mexico City emerged with a vengeance from a government-ordered lockdown designed to contain the virus.
WHO wants countries to justify swine flu measures
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday said it was asking countries that took "significantly different" measures to combat swine flu, such as restricting international travel, to justify their actions."Countries adopting measures which are significantly different or which interfere with international traffic must provide WHO with the public health rationale and relevant scientific information for these measures," said Gregory Hartl, spokesman for the WHO...
Relatives grieve for Texas woman with flu who died
This week should have been a joyous time for Judy Trunnell, a 33-year-old teacher who had just given birth to a healthy baby girl.But the friends and relatives whose cars lined the quiet street in front of her home in a quiet subdivision Tuesday instead were mourning her, the first American citizen with swine flu to die.
U.K.'s Smith known for redefining "'terrorism":Also sought tracking of e-mails, telephone calls
She led a charge to restrict the word "terrorism," instead urging government employees to refer to the phenomenon as "anti-Islamic activity."She had been labeled a "pocket dictator," with some of her practices referred to by media critics as "truly Big Brother stuff." She attempted to introduce a giant government database to track all citizen e-mails, phone calls and Internet activity. Meet Jacqui Smith, the British home secretary who today made public a list of individuals banned from the U.K. since October, including radio superstar Michael Savage. She announced she decided to release the list so others could better understand what sort of behavior Britain was not prepared to tolerate....
Covert Palestinian Authority-Iranian get-together in Caracas
On Monday, April 27, Iran's foreign minister Mostafa Mohammed Najjar and intelligence chiefs secretly got together with visiting Palestinian Authority officials, led by Palestinian foreign minister Riyadh al-Maliki. The matchmakers were Hugo Chavez and the Qatar ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa, following on the former's visits to Tehran and Qatar in late March...
Israeli FM to Russia:"Cut ties with terrorists"
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman launched a campaign in Rome on Tuesday to get Russia to cut off contacts with Hamas and Hizbullah, urging Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to raise the issue with Russian leaders when he meets with them next week. Lieberman urged the Italian prime minister during an hour-long meeting to convince the Kremlin that Hamas and Hizbullah were terrorist organizations working against Western interests in the Middle East, specifically the interests of Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Ahmadinejad postpones trip to Brazil
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday canceled his visit to Brazil, without giving an explanation, according to the Iranian news agency IRNA.The visit, which was to include a delegation of over a hundred officials, was meant to focus on expanding trade between the two countries.
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