VIDEO - Nixon Ends The U.S. Gold Standard (1971)
August 31, 2011
As long as CNBC is running a poll this morning on a return to the gold standard, here's Nixon's televised address formally ending the gold standard in 1971. --- Read More →
A troubling lesson from Libya: Don’t give up nukes
August 31, 2011
Of all the lessons to draw from the ignoble end to Muammar Qaddafi's brutal regime in Libya, the one about nuclear weapons proliferation is probably not the first tutorial that comes... Read more »
Now banks ring up their cash-strapped customers to warn them: ‘Ditch mobiles and gym membership or lose your home’
August 31, 2011
Cash-strapped homeowners are being telephoned by their banks and told to cut spending on ‘luxuries’ – or risk losing their homes. Every week, around 2,000 customers of Northern... Read more »
US, Australia ‘schemed against IAEA chief’
August 31, 2011
Herald Sun | US and Australian attempted to derail El Baradei and Iran's civilian nuclear power program Read More →
Sailing to the Scene of the Crime: ATTACK ON THE USS LIBERTY
August 31, 2011
USS Liberty survivor Phil Tourney's call for Toronto Sun journalist Eric Margolis via clicking on his picture at following link as response by Eric Margolis was excellent as well: Phil... Read more »
Lobbyists Take Aim To Influence Super Congress - A Holy War To Protect Military Spending
August 31, 2011
Report from Reuters. --- Read More →
Hackers trying to frame Iran
August 31, 2011
Syphilis Experiments Shock, But So Do Third World Drug Trials
August 31, 2011
A commission set up last year by President Barack Obama has revealed that 83 Guatemalans died in U.S. government research that infected hundreds of prisoners, prostitutes and mental... Read more »
Convicted Child Molesters Become Illinois State Workers Baby Sitting Poor Kids
August 31, 2011
Former Powell Chief of Staff: Cheney “Fears Being Tried as a War Criminal”
August 31, 2011
"He's developed an angst and almost a protective cover, and now he fears being tried as a war criminal so he uses such terminology as 'exploding heads all over Washington' because that's... Read more »
ADL: 9/11 anti-Semitic theories ‘alive and well’
August 31, 2011
Jewish group shows how conspiracy theories surrounding attacks have grown and evolved over past decade, including claim that Jews or Israel perpetrated attacks instead of al-Qaeda Ten... Read more »
The Top 10 Reasons Why Dr. Ron Paul Is the Only Rational Choice
August 31, 2011
Laura Trice Huffington Post The top 10 reasons why Dr. Ron Paul is the only rational presidential choice for Americans, Democratic, Republican and Independent:?? 10. Dr. Paul works... Read more »
TSA 10 years after 9/11
August 31, 2011
The pat-down became so invasive I voiced an objection. The TSA supervisor sneered, “Everyone gets treated the same.” But, not everyone was getting a two-against-one pat-down behind... Read more »
Illinois Base partially evacuated Hazmat situation
August 31, 2011
suspicious package reported at Scott Air Force Base Read More →
CNBC Poll: Do You Support a Return to the Gold Standard?
August 31, 2011
Camouflage And The Quest For Invisibility
August 31, 2011
The Atlantic traces the history of military disguise in the twentieth century, the breakthrough realization that pixelated, “digital”-looking camouflage patterns work better... Read more »
Florida Funeral Home Unveils New Body ‘Liquefaction’ Unit
August 31, 2011
There are many things to consider when taking care of funeral arrangements: did the person want to be buried, cremated, or liquidated? This ‘alkaline hydrolysis” unit is... Read more »
“Whites Unite”: Romania President Calls For United States Of Europe
August 31, 2011
For more details, please click on the link to read the article. Read More →
Why I won’t read Dick Cheney’s book
August 31, 2011
The man's a liar, a killer, a shill for the rich and assorted other unsavory things. Read More →
Why I won’t read Dick Cheney’s book
August 31, 2011
The man's a liar, a killer, a shill for the rich and assorted other unsavory things. Read More →
Obama Cheers ‘Successes’ of a Decade of War
August 31, 2011
Crashing a helicopter on the front lawn and shooting an unarmed man in his home after years of failed searching may not have the same legend-making ability as, say, the Battle of Yorktown,... Read more »
Request for correction to BBC NEWS
August 31, 2011
3. Also on point 2, quote: “No evidence has ever been found of explosive charges despite the extensive hand searches” As clearly stated by NIST in their official website FAQ (point... Read more »
Obama: US economy had a ‘heart attack’
August 31, 2011
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said that the US economy had suffered a "heart attack" and survived but is not recuperating quickly enough, as he geared up to... Read more »
Attack of the Monsanto Superinsects
August 31, 2011
Dumping a single herbicide onto millions of acres of farmland has, predictably enough, given rise to weeds resistant to that herbicide. Such "superweeds" are now galloping through cotton... Read more »
Here Comes the Hype: Bird flu could be returning, U.N. warns
August 31, 2011
Is bird flu mounting a comeback? The United Nations has issued a warning, saying wild bird migrations have brought the deadly influenza virus back to previously virus-free countries... Read more »