Archive for February, 2009
CIA Warns Barack Obama that British Terrorists Are the Biggest Threat to the U.S.
February 8th, 2009Here’s what I took from this ridiculous article: CIA is running “terror” networks inside the UK. With professional case officers on the job, and the economic situation off the rails, it might be time for more false flag operations to ensure that people remain on their dual hamster wheels of poverty and fear. British people, […]
Pass the Next Phase of the “Bailout” Now, or the Whores Face Catastrophe
February 8th, 2009Hope… For high end prostitutes? Via: Telegraph: A New York madam who ran one of the city’s biggest escort agencies claims that prominent bankers and businessmen paid for her prostitutes with corporate credit cards. … ABC News said Davis provided it with a print-out of her computerised client list, a copy of which she offered […]
Obama Sent Kissinger to Russia
February 7th, 2009* chortling * Via: Telegraph: Henry Kissinger, the pioneer of Cold War detente during the Nixon era, has made a return to frontline politics after President Barack Obama reportedly sent him to Moscow to win backing from Vladimir Putin’s government for a nuclear disarmament initiative. The Daily Telegraph has learned that the 85-year-old former US […]
Another Day, Another Article in a Mass Circulation Publication Calling for a New World Order
February 7th, 2009Via: Time: In the view of many outside the U.S. (and some within), the only way to limit such excesses is through a bigger, more powerful IMF that can act as a central bank to the world–and knock heads when needed. While everybody agrees that this new IMF needs to be less dominated by the […]
CBO Sees Accelerating U.S. Budget Deficit
February 7th, 2009$1 trillion or more. Via: Reuters: The U.S. government’s budget deficit soared to $563 billion during the first four months of the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1, the Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday, in an estimate that includes money spent to bail out the ailing financial sector. In a monthly budget update, […]
California: More than 200,000 State Employees Begin Furlough Fridays, Without Pay
February 7th, 2009Via: AP: California’s first-ever furloughs began Friday with more than 200,000 state workers expected to stay home without pay amid the state’s fiscal crisis. Among the offices forced to close Friday were the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Consumer Affairs. The governor’s Office of Emergency Services also was dark as part of […]
House of Lords Report on British Surveillance State
February 7th, 2009Via: Guardian: The House of Lords report on Britain’s surveillance society is a devastating analysis of the systems that have been installed by the authoritarian Labour government and the controlling forces emerging in local government. There is no question now that Britain’s free society is under threat, and it is time for the public and […]
Ron Paul Introduces Bill to End Interstate Raw Milk Ban
February 7th, 2009Via: Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund: On January 28 Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) introduced HR 778, a bill “to authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products that are packaged for direct human consumption.” Under the bill, the federal government “may not take any action…that would prohibit, interfere with, regulate, or otherwise […]
FDIC Friday: Three More Banks Go Down
February 7th, 2009Via: CNN: FirstBank Financial Services of Georgia and Alliance Bank and County Bank of California become latest victims of banking crisis; nine banks have failed in 2009.
Tony Blair: World Needs More Religion
February 6th, 2009If you haven’t read the one about The Family, don’t miss it. (Also, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power by Jeff Sharlet.) They’re the people behind the National Prayer Breakfast. Via: Independent: Tony Blair gave an extraordinary speech about the global importance of religion yesterday, telling an audience which included […]
