Justin Raimondo: The State of the Empire by Justin Raimondo, January 29, 2010 Well, I see the President read and took to heart my suggestion, made Wednesday, that he minimize mentions of the two wars we are currently fighting: either that, or else we’re just on the same wave-length. There was very little foreign policy [...]
lol By LEE KEATH and SALAH NASRAWI Associated Press Writers Christmas Day bomber and more threats linked to al Quaeda leader. Osama bin Laden sought to draw a wider public into his fight against the United States in a new message Friday, dropping his usual talk of religion and holy war and focusing instead on [...]
Summers Says Fourth Quarter US GDP Report Shows Obama Economic Policies Working A totally manipulated economy that still ,has unemployment in double digits and the private sector dragging, has President Obama’s top economic adviser, Larry Summers, crowing as to the wonderful recovery the Obama Administration has created. In Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum [...]
An Unwelcome Third Wheel: Patient Vaccination Without Doctor Authorization S. Humphries, MD [medical doctor] January 22, 2010 H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccines are now being given to sick hospital patients with or without their doctor’s consent. This is being done despite there being no data on the safety of doing so. I am a licensed, [...]
Her Royal Speak Pelosi Hits Taxpayers with Thousands in Babysitting, Travel Bills By Mondo, 01/30/2010 YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK A neat bit of detective work by Judicial Watch and Doug Ross. Ross is to be congratulated for seeing that this is simply a clear illustration of one huge thing wrong with our system. He’s [...]
January 29th, 2010 Via: Wired: At today’s press conference at The Washington Auto Show, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu had something to say about electric vehicles, and how the U.S. government would approach aiding EV manufacturers. Although it was originally thought that announcement would concern the loans that Tesla, Fisker et al have received, [...]
January 29th, 2010 Sure, Bill. Tell me another one. Oh, by the way, how are those flying syringes coming along? Via: AP: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world’s poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said [...]
January 29th, 2010 Children in Katrina Trailers May Face Lifelong Ailments FEMA Trailer Manufacturers Knew About Formaldehyde, Findings Went Undisclosed Via: AP: The trailer industry and lawmakers are pressing the government to send Haiti thousands of potentially formaldehyde-laced trailers left over from Hurricane Katrina — an idea denounced by some as a crass and self-serving [...]
January 30th, 2010 Via: AP: Regulators shut down a big bank in California on Friday, along with two banks in Georgia and one each in Florida, Minnesota and Washington. That brought to 15 the number of bank failures so far in 2010 atop the 140 shuttered last year in the punishing economic climate. The failure [...]
Defense establishment nixes probe into war crimes allegations By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not impose his opinion on Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi regarding the possibility of Israel establishing an independent mechanism for investigating the claims that Palestinian civilians were targeted in [...]
Source: Truth Out The Senate quietly passed legislation Thursday implementing tough new sanctions against Iran that advocacy groups say will cause more pain for the citizens of the country than for the government it’s intended to cripple. The sanctions would target gasoline companies and Iranian imports of refined petroleum products. In addition, the bill includes [...]
The Fateful Geological Prize Called Haiti by F. William Engdahl President becomes UN Special Envoy to earthquake-stricken Haiti. A born-again neo-conservative US business wheeler-dealer preacher claims Haitians are condemned for making a literal ‘pact with the Devil.’ Venezuelan, Nicaraguan, Bolivian, French and Swiss rescue organizations accuse the US military of refusing landing rights to planes [...]
January 30, 4:12 AMLA County Libertarian ExaminerMartin Hill http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-27692-LA-County-Libertarian-Examiner~y2010m1d30-Cell-phone-ban-does-not-reduce-accidents-California-revenue-scheme-exposed-as-complete-fraud The hand-held cell phone ban for drivers that went into effect July 1, 2008 has not reduced accidents in California, as the proponants of this tyrannical nanny state law had falsely purported. Is anyone surprised? California’s gun-grabbing socialist governor, who has a tax lien on his property [...]
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-27692-LA-County-Libertarian-Examiner~y2010m1d28-Embracing-mediocrity-and-incompetence-at-the-US-postal-service# January 28, 7:45 PMLA County Libertarian ExaminerMartin Hill A “U.S. Postal Service” vehicle illegally parks in the red zone in Newport Beach, CA LibertyFight.com I was at the post office the other day picking up mail from my wife’s P.O. box and found that once again, the mailman had delievered a letter addressed to [...]
Towards a Theory of Conspiracy Theories Cass Sunstein, confidante of Obama, Harvard Law professor, current head of the federal Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, potential Supreme Court nominee – and the latest crusader against those dastardly conspiracy theories Recently, there was quite a hullabaloo in the blogosphere over a reprehensible academic paper Sunstein co-wrote [...]
