Gore boasts:"Global governance" coming with carbon tax:Tells conference U.S. responding to warming threat with 'cap-and-trade'
Former Vice President Al Gore, whose "An Inconvenient Truth" video epistle on the claims of global warming has not weathered recent scientific research, now has promised at a conference in the United Kingdom that the impending virtual energy tax under the U.S. "cap-and-trade" legislation will bring about "global governance"...
RUMOURS of WARS:"China-Indian conflict simmering on low boil:Troops, equipment being staged, airfields planned"
With the two most populous nations of the world sparring for influence in South Asia, the effect of China's recently renewed efforts to contain India is simmering at a low boil, and an eruption could have worldwide implications, according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
China has renewed its claim over a swath of land called Arunachal Pradesh in China's southern Tibet region, prompting India to move troops and deploy its SU-30 fighter aircraft to the disputed border...
China has renewed its claim over a swath of land called Arunachal Pradesh in China's southern Tibet region, prompting India to move troops and deploy its SU-30 fighter aircraft to the disputed border...
China-Indian conflict simmering on low boil:Troops,equipment being staged, airfields planned
With the two most populous nations of the world sparring for influence in South Asia, the effect of China's recently renewed efforts to contain India is simmering at a low boil, and an eruption could have worldwide implications, according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
China has renewed its claim over a swath of land called Arunachal Pradesh in China's southern Tibet region, prompting India to move troops and deploy its SU-30 fighter aircraft to the disputed border...
China has renewed its claim over a swath of land called Arunachal Pradesh in China's southern Tibet region, prompting India to move troops and deploy its SU-30 fighter aircraft to the disputed border...
China launches new attack on U$S...
The discussion, which took place between the leaders of five emerging economies and the G8 industrialised nations, including Barack Obama, caused concern among western leaders."We should have a better system for reserve currency issuance and regulation, so that we can maintain relative stability of major reserve currencies exchange rates and promote a diversified and rational international reserve currency system,” said Mr Dai, according to the Chinese foreign ministry...
San Francisco town may install license plate cameras...
BIG BROTHER WATCH:Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears
Embedding identity documents—passports, drivers licenses, and the like—with RFID chips is a no-brainer to government officials. Increasingly, they are promoting it as a 21st century application of technology that will help speed border crossings,safeguard credentials against counterfeiters, and keep terrorists from sneaking into the country.But Paget's February experiment demonstrated something privacy advocateshad feared for years: That RFID, coupled with other technologies, could make people trackable without their knowledge or consent....
ONE WORLD CURRENCY WATCH:"United Future World Currency":Medvedev sees single currency dream in G8 coin gift...
Full CIA investigation called for on Capitol Hill
The chairwoman of a House Intelligence panel says it's imperative that lawmakers launch an immediate investigation on the CIA's admission that it misled Congress multiple times over the last eight years.
Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Shuh-COW'-ski) of Illinois said the CIA systematic lied to Congress, and called that inexcusable in a letter obtained by The Associated Press Friday.
Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Shuh-COW'-ski) of Illinois said the CIA systematic lied to Congress, and called that inexcusable in a letter obtained by The Associated Press Friday.
Rights activist held in 'gulag':Burma junta's treatment of activist investigated
LONDON – MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, has discovered how the world's most famous peace activist, Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, is being held in "gulag-like conditions" while she is on trial for allegedly breaching her house arrest conditions, according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.
Warrantless Wiretapping Yielded 'Limited' Results, Report Says
Despite fierce controversy within the Bush administration over the legality of its warrantless wiretapping program, intelligence agencies found the program yielded "limited" results, according to a new report.
The inspectors general for several intelligence branches have handed a report to Congress describing in detail the debate within the Bush administration over its terrorist surveillance program, as well as its aftermath....
The inspectors general for several intelligence branches have handed a report to Congress describing in detail the debate within the Bush administration over its terrorist surveillance program, as well as its aftermath....
Clinton,Nursing Injured Elbow,Hails Policy Progress at 6 month mark...
The broken elbow that has kept Secretary of State Hillary Clinton off the world stage for several weeks did not prevent her from addressing her department employees and interns Friday, as she began to mark her first six months on the job.
Clinton has not been accompanying the president on trips out of the country nearly as much as her predecessors did. When President Obama returns this weekend from his current trip to Russia, Italy and Ghana, he will have visited a total of nine countries without his secretary of state in their less than six months in office....
Clinton has not been accompanying the president on trips out of the country nearly as much as her predecessors did. When President Obama returns this weekend from his current trip to Russia, Italy and Ghana, he will have visited a total of nine countries without his secretary of state in their less than six months in office....
Pope to Obama:"Join My Booklist"....
VATICAN CITY-- President Obama sat down with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday for frank but constructive talks between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research.
"It's a great honor," Obama said as he greeted the pope, thanking him for this first meeting, which lasted 30 minutes. They sat down at the pontiff's desk and exchanged pleasantries before reporters and photographers were ushered out of the ornate room...
--Pope gives Obama booklet on bioethics...
--Obama tells Benedict he wants to reduce abortions in U.S....
--WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama staffers meet pope
"It's a great honor," Obama said as he greeted the pope, thanking him for this first meeting, which lasted 30 minutes. They sat down at the pontiff's desk and exchanged pleasantries before reporters and photographers were ushered out of the ornate room...
--Pope gives Obama booklet on bioethics...
--Obama tells Benedict he wants to reduce abortions in U.S....
--WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama staffers meet pope
Obama's birth letter:Is this thing for real...?;See what hospital posted on website for 6 months,
In the ongoing quest to determine the exact birthplace of Barack Obama, the president's alleged personal effort to put the matter to rest is raising some interesting new questions.
The latest concerns focus on a letter purportedly sent by Obama to Honolulu's Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children in which the commander in chief outright declares his birth at the facility.
(Within an hour of the posting of this story, Kapi'olani removed the image of the letter from its website.)...
(Within an hour of the posting of this story, Kapi'olani removed the image of the letter from its website.)...
How Obama's stimulus violates your constitutional rights:Lawsuit challenges government 'guidance' to doctors
Obama Praises G-8 Consensus on Condemning Iran's Postelection Violence
President Obama on Friday rejected news reports that claimed he was disappointed about the international community not imposing further sanctions on Iran.
Speaking as the G-8 summit concluded in Italy, Obama stressed that he and others were not looking for their summit partners to embrace sanctions at this week's meeting. Instead, he said that "what we wanted was exactly what we got" -- a statement of condemnation about Iran's actions in the wake of its disputed presidential election.
Speaking as the G-8 summit concluded in Italy, Obama stressed that he and others were not looking for their summit partners to embrace sanctions at this week's meeting. Instead, he said that "what we wanted was exactly what we got" -- a statement of condemnation about Iran's actions in the wake of its disputed presidential election.
Clinton Left Behind on Presidential Foreign Travel
When the president travels out of country, his secretary of state customarily follows.
Not so with Hillary Clinton.
More and more, President Obama is ditching his top diplomat when he travels abroad. By the time Obama returns from Ghana on Sunday, the last stop on his latest three-country tour, he will have visited nine countries without Clinton....
Not so with Hillary Clinton.
More and more, President Obama is ditching his top diplomat when he travels abroad. By the time Obama returns from Ghana on Sunday, the last stop on his latest three-country tour, he will have visited nine countries without Clinton....
Obama,Pope to hold "Frank Vatican Discussions"...
Obama's Popularity Plummets in Ohio as Residents Express Impatience
Patience may be wearing thin for President Obama's economic initiatives to produce results -- at least in Ohio -- as a new poll shows the president's popularity plunging in that critical swing state.The president's approval ratings from Ohio voters dropped from 62 percent in May to 49 percent this month in a new Quinnipiac University poll, making it the first state in which Obama's job approval has dipped below 50 percent...
OBAMA'S EYES....
Obama Widens Climate Push
L'AQUILA, Italy-Rallying rich and surging nations alike, President Barack Obama wants the world's top polluters to keep driving toward a deal to halt climate change.Nearing six months on the job, Obama has some momentum: a new agreement among developed and emerging nations to cap rising global temperatures, plus good will from his peers for repositioning the U.S. as an aggressive player in the debate...
KNOWLEDGE SHALL INCREASE:Scientis Create Human Sperm from Stem Cells....
British scientists have created human sperm using stem cells in a medical first that could revolutionise fertility treatment, they claim. Researchers at the pioneering Northeast England Stem Cell Institute say they have made the breakthrough using stem cells from an embryo.They claim that with some minor changes the sperm could theoretically fertilise an egg to create a child...
PESTILENCE WATCH:"Two Canada hog workers hit by new flu;Virus not connected to H1N1 outbreak..."
Two farm workers in Western Canada have become infected with a new flu virus, health officials said on Tuesday, stressing the strain was not related to the H1N1 pandemic.The two workers, both employees at a hog barn operation in the province of Saskatchewan, have fully recovered. A third case is under investigation.The new virus contains genes from a seasonal human H1N1 flu strain and a flu virus common in the swine population called triple reassortant H3N2, said Dr. Greg Douglas, Saskatchewan's chief veterinary officer.
California Budget Battle devolves into Food Fight...
Seven days after the new fiscal year began, the state of California still appears to be far from a budget solution. Disabled protesters, angry over cuts to vital services, were arrested outside the Capitol on Tuesday; inside, lawmakers bickered about fruits and juices.A war of words developed between Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers over the fruit-related focus of three new bills...
Popular Children's Web Site Under Attack by Identity Thieves
Treasury Dept,Secret Service hit by cyber attack;North Korea suspected...
The powerful attack that overwhelmed computers at U.S. and South Korean government agencies for days was even broader than realized, also targeting the White House, the Pentagon and the New York Stock Exchange.An early analysis of the malicious software used in the attack found its targets also included the National Security Agency, Homeland Security Department, State Department, the Nasdaq stock market and The Washington Post...
--North Korea May Be Behind Wave of Cyberattacks
--How a Brute-Force Cyber Attack Works
--North Korea 'Launches Massive Cyber Attack On Seoul'
--International Cyber Criminals Targeting London Olympics
PICTURE LEFT:An official gives a briefing about cyber attacks at the National Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. South Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces in South Korea committed cyber attacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S. Web sites, a lawmaker's aide said Wednesday.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Hwang Kwang-mo)
--North Korea May Be Behind Wave of Cyberattacks
--How a Brute-Force Cyber Attack Works
--North Korea 'Launches Massive Cyber Attack On Seoul'
--International Cyber Criminals Targeting London Olympics
PICTURE LEFT:An official gives a briefing about cyber attacks at the National Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. South Korean intelligence officials believe North Korea or pro-Pyongyang forces in South Korea committed cyber attacks that paralyzed major South Korean and U.S. Web sites, a lawmaker's aide said Wednesday.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Hwang Kwang-mo)
Riots Force Chinese President to Leave G-8
China's president cut short a G8 summit trip to rush home Wednesday after ethnic tensions soared in Xinjiang territory, and the government flooded the area with security forces in the wake of a massive riot that left 156 dead...
"600 to 800 Killed in Xinjiang clash":World Uyghur Congress
Eyewitness:"Tensions high on the streets of Urumqi"
The phrase "harmonious coexistence" is a favourite of China's ruling Communist Party when it comes to describing inter-ethnic relations. But in the Muslim-majority province of Xinjiang the brittle façade of unity cracked for all the world to see.
Two days after 156 people were killed in a vicious outbreak of ethnic mob violence, the streets of the ancient Silk Road city of Urumqi hung thick with tear gas and poisonous rumours as two rival communities called openly for each other's blood.....
PICTURE LEFT:A large group of Han Chinese walk up a street carry sticks and shovels on the streets in Urumqi in China's far west Xinjiang province Photo: AFP/GETTY
Two days after 156 people were killed in a vicious outbreak of ethnic mob violence, the streets of the ancient Silk Road city of Urumqi hung thick with tear gas and poisonous rumours as two rival communities called openly for each other's blood.....
PICTURE LEFT:A large group of Han Chinese walk up a street carry sticks and shovels on the streets in Urumqi in China's far west Xinjiang province Photo: AFP/GETTY
Troops pour into city in China's restive west
Chinese security forces gather in a square in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. China's president cut short a G8 summit trip to rush home Wednesday after ethnic tensions soared in Xinjiang territory, and the government flooded the area with security forces in a bid to quell emotions in the wake of a massive riot that left at least 156 dead.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Graphic: Han Chinese Mob Beats and Kicks Uighur Man
China joins Iran in Blocking Social Media During Protest Crackdowns
More as we have it, but TechCrunch is reporting on an apparent Chinese crackdown on Twitter and Facebook access, plus search censorship, seemingly in response to the riots of ethnic Uighurs over the weekend. That China has no qualms about attempting to limit access and censor the internet is well known; witness the recent uproar over the planned “Green Dam”, currently on hold...
Shreveport Citizens Disarmed By Police For 2nd Amendment Bumper Stickers...
Welcome to Shreveport: Your rights are now suspended.According to Cedric Glover(picture left), mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, his cops “have a power that [. . .] the President of these Unites States does not have”: His cops can take away your rights.And would you like to guess which rights he has in mind....?Just ask Shreveport resident Robert Baillio, who got pulled over for having two pro-gun bumper stickers on the back of his truck — and had his gun confiscated...
ENVIRO CRAZE WATCH:Al Gore invokes spirit of Churchill in battle against climate change;likens fight to "battle with Nazis"...
Al Gore invoked the spirit of Winston Churchill today by encouraging political leaders to follow the example of Britain’s wartime leader and unite their nations to fight climate change.
The former US vice-president accused politicians around the world of exploiting ignorance about the dangers of global warming. He said lack of awareness among voters allowed governments to avoid taking difficult decisions....
The former US vice-president accused politicians around the world of exploiting ignorance about the dangers of global warming. He said lack of awareness among voters allowed governments to avoid taking difficult decisions....
Senate Update on Audit the Fed legislation
Earlier today, the first shot in our battle to pass Audit the Fed through the U.S. Senate was fired on the Senate floor by Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina.Senator DeMint, who has a well-deserved reputation for taking the battle to the other side in the Senate, once again proved why he is such a valuable ally in our fight to bring transparency and accountability to the Federal Reserve...
Obama Modifies Biden’s ‘We Misread How Bad the Economy Was’ Remark
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Obama and networks:a symbiotic relationship
Even President Barack Obama, a gleam in his eye as he talked at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner two weeks ago, seemed to recognize the special relationship he's forged with TV networks in the opening months of his administration.
"A few nights ago I was up tossing and turning and trying to figure out exactly what to say," he said. "Finally, when I couldn't get back to sleep, I rolled over and asked Brian Williams what he thought."
"A few nights ago I was up tossing and turning and trying to figure out exactly what to say," he said. "Finally, when I couldn't get back to sleep, I rolled over and asked Brian Williams what he thought."
Senate Blocks Bill To Audit The Fed As Government Prepares For Second Round Of Looting
A Senate amendment based on Congressman Ron Paul’s successful House bill to audit the Federal Reserve was blocked by the Senate yesterday evening on procedural grounds, as Jim DeMint slammed the Fed for refusing to disclose where trillions in bailout funds had gone, while a top Obama administration advisor called for a second “stimulus” package to be prepared....
USA lurching towards "debt explosion" with long-term interest rates on course to double
In a 2003 paper, Thomas Laubach, the US Federal Reserve’s senior economist, calculated the impact on long-term interest rates of rising fiscal deficits and soaring national debt. Applying his assumptions to the recent spike in the US fiscal deficit and national debt, long-term interests rates will double from their current 3.5pc....
European Central Banksters seek World Currency,Total Control
On June 23, 2009, Lorenzo Bini Smaghi of the European Central Bank, gave a speech at the Aspen Institute Italia called "The world after the crisis: Designing the future. A monetary order for the XXI century.""(…) We have been searching for a new monetary order since the fall of the Bretton Woods agreement, in the summer of 1971, and even that order was not so orderly, after all."....
World stocks fall as oil drops to $64...
World stock markets and oil prices fell Monday amid concerns that any recovery in the global economy will be a long, hard slog despite some encouraging U.S. economic data.In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed down 41.37 points, or 1 percent, at 4,194.91, while Germany's DAX declined 56.39 points, or 1.2 percent, to 4,651.82. The CAC-40 in France was 37.35 points, or 1.2 percent, lower at 3,082.16....
California's Nightmare Will Kill Obamanomics...
Last week, we discovered that the state of California will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.With California mired in a budget crisis, largely the result of a political impasse that makes spending cuts and tax increases impossible, Controller John Chiang said the state planned to issue $3.3 billion in IOU’s in July alone.Instead of cash, those who do business with California will get slips of paper....
Obama Lauds Putin's "Extraordinary Work....."
U.S. President Barack Obama lauded Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for his service to Russia, continuing a three-day push to overcome the animosities of the George W. Bush era.“I am aware of not only the extraordinary work you have done on behalf of the Russian people in your previous role as prime minister -- as president -- but in your current role as prime minister,” Obama told Putin after more than an hour of talks at the premier’s residence near Moscow...
OBAMA IN RUSSIA:"Cold War ended in peace...."
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