U.S.
uptick doesn’t mean crisis is over, says top economist
A few recent glimmers of economic hope emerging in the United States
do not mean the global crisis is over, a top economist who advises US
President Barack Obama said Saturday.
Gitmo
general told Iraq WMD search team to torture
It’s one thing if, as former Vice President Dick Cheney keeps
saying, the United States brutally interrogated people to keep our kids
safe from another strike by Osama bin Laden. If folks got tortured to
provide a rationale for going to war with Iraq, though, that’s
a whole different story.
Florida
officials: 43 children zapped by stun gun during prison tour
According to information released Saturday by the Florida Department
of Corrections: During “Take Our Children to Work Day” events
at three prison facilities, 43 children were hit with stun guns while
others were exposed to tear gas.
CDC
swine flu report is ‘gross underestimate’
The Center for Disease Control’s official report of 4,714 cases
of confirmed or probable swine flu could be underestimating the impact
of the disease by around 45,000 cases, according to the deputy director
of the CDC’s influenza division.
Bilderberg
Wants Global Department Of Health, Global Treasury
Veteran investigative journalist Jim Tucker has uncovered Bilderberg's
2009 agenda, which includes the plan for a global department of health,
a global treasury and a shortened depression rather than a longer economic
downturn.
Our
man at Bilderberg: I’m ready to lose control, but they’re
not
I want to talk about Bilderberg 2009. But beyond a simple “yes,
it’s happening, it’s real, the leaders of the world are
hanging out here for the weekend”, what can I say? It’s
a private meeting.
US
drone attack kills more Pakistanis
At least 15 Pakistani people have been killed as a US drone fired missiles
into alleged al-Qaeda and Taliban targets in near Pakistan-Afghanistan
border.
Rumsfeld’s
renegade unit blamed for Afghan deaths
Special Forces group implicated in three incidents that claimed the
lives of hundreds of innocent civilians / MarSOC was set up by former
defence secretary despite opposition from within the Marine Corps.
Blackwater-affiliated
contractors investigated for shooting
Four U.S. contractors affiliated with the company formerly known as
Blackwater Worldwide fired on an approaching civilian vehicle in Kabul
earlier this month, wounding at least two Afghan civilians, according
to the company and the U.S. military.
Bilderberg
meetings remain a mystery The Bilderberg group is currently holding its 57th annual
conference at a hotel outside Athens, Greece. And while the list
of the some 120 influential people is highly protected, Internet
bloggers contend this year’s attendees include Treasury Secretary
Timothy Geithner, who supposedly will be “taking orders from
the Global Elite,” according to one Web site.
Obama
says Iran war not off the table
President Barack Obama says the US has not taken military action
against Iran over its nuclear program off the table ahead of the
Israeli premier’s trip to Washington.
Afghan
probe: US strike killed 140 people, many children
U.S. air strikes on Afghanistan’s Farah province on May 4
left 140 dead, an Afghan investigation has concluded. According
to reports, 118 of the victims were women and children, the youngest
an 8-day-old baby boy.
Obama
Picks Up Where Bush Left Off: From My Lai to Bala Baluk
Barack Obama is aggressively stepping up the war in Afghanistan.
He’s intensified the cross-border bombing of Pakistan and
he is doubling the number of U.S. troops to 68,000 by 2010. He’s
also a strong proponent of pilotless drones even though hundreds
of civilians have been killed in bombing raid blunders.
Torture
is a Form of Terrorism
An article today in Der Spiegel describes a study on the use of
torture over the last couple of thousand years.
CIA
Chief Rebuts Pelosi’s Charges
CIA Director Leon Panetta yesterday rejected House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi’s charge that the agency misled her about its use of
coercive interrogation methods, escalating a controversy that has
dogged the speaker for weeks and intensifying a debate over Bush
administration policies that the Obama administration has tried
to avoid.
Poll:
More Americans are ‘pro-life’ than ‘pro-choice’
For the first time ever, the number of Americans identifying themselves
as “pro-life” has eclipsed the number of Americans identifying
themselves as “pro-choice,” according to new polling
data from Gallup.
Swine
flu: fifth US victim dies
A 33-year-old man from Texas has become the fifth person to die
in the US after contracting the swine flu virus.
The Great Global Warming Hoax
RAND Wants WWIII to Save US Economy
Paul Watson & Alex Jones - Mumbai Terror Attacks
Paul Joseph Watson: Internet Censorship a Growing Cancer
