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Afghanistan and Iraq withdrawal deadlines to be extended, again
It is strange how right after a group of Taliban fighters were allegedly able to take out a Special Forces Chinook with a shoulder-mounted rocket; support is quickly rallied to justify keeping troops in Afghanistan until “at least” 2024, according to The Daily Telegraph.
America's tiffs with Israel are purely superficial
Earlier this month, the United States was expressing “concern” over renewed Israeli housing construction in the West Bank including the approval of 1,600 settler homes.
Independent Reports Indicate At Least 1300 Civilians Killed, 5000 Wounded In Last Day In Libya
The Intel Hub August 21, 2011 This report comes directly from sources within Libya this morning:
Today 1300 innocent unarmed civilians were killed and 5000 wounded in Tripoli alone in the last 11 hours. Constant bombings and 3 Apache Gunships nonstop firing of their mini-cannons.
Tripoli falls to Libyan rebels
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli Sunday and met little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenders melted away and his 42-year rule rapidly crumbled. The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the capital in Green Square, the symbolic heart of the fading regime.
"Zero hour" for Gaddafi as besieged Tripoli rises up
(Reuters) - Explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli through the night as opponents of Muammar Gaddafi rose up in the capital, declaring a final push to topple the Libyan leader after a six-month war reached the city's outskirts.
Strauss-Kahn Prosecutor Seen Dropping Charges
Aug 21, 2011 - Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. will ask a judge to dismiss sexual-assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn because they’d be difficult to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, former prosecutors predict.
Putin Denounces American Parasite While Russia Increases Treasuries 1,600%
For Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the U.S. is a “parasite” because its rising debt weighs on the global economy. For his government, the same debt is the safest possible investment.
US drone attack 'kills four Pakistan militants'
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) - A US drone strike in a restive Pakistani tribal area on Friday killed at least four militants, local security officials said.
12 Signs That We Are Getting Dangerously Close To War With Syria
Are you ready for another war? Now that Barack Obama and most of the other major leaders of the western world are publicly calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, we are getting dangerously close to war with Syria.
Researchers To Present Exclusive, “Disturbing” Interviews With 9/11 Pentagon Witnesses in Toronto on Anniversary
On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, American researchers will appear live at The Royal cinema in Toronto to present exclusive interviews with eyewitnesses to the act of mass murder which took place at the Pentagon that day.
| U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Journalists Assualted, Activists Arrested As Children Defy Police, Purchase Lemonade At Capitol
The Intel Hub By Alexander Higgins And Alex Thomas August 21, 2011 Activist protesting...
Ron Paul Birthday Money Bomb Raises over $1.7 Million! Due to a cyber attack on ronpaul2012.com causing difficulties in donating during the final hours of the moneybomb, The Ron Paul campaign has extended the moneybomb... Amazing 1776 screenshot!
Ron Paul Takes New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll With 45% of Vote
JACKSON, Texas — It’s been a good week for Ron Paul: a statistical tie at the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa last Saturday, a thousand New Hampshire voters at the Concord, New Hampshire office opening Wednesday night, and today, a resounding victory in the New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll in New Castle.
Ron Paul: “They’re Setting The Stage For Violence In This Country”
Presidential candidate responds to question about detention camps for civil unrest.
Social Security disability on verge of insolvency
WASHINGTON (AP) - Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security's disability program with benefit claims, pushing the financially strapped system toward the brink of insolvency. Applications are up nearly 50 percent over a decade ago as people with disabilities lose their jobs and can't find new ones in an economy that has shed nearly 7 million jobs.
Air Force raids local gun store in Vegas
Las Vegas, NV (KTNV)- We're learning more on why the U.S. Air Force raided a local gun store Friday. They say it wasn't guns they were looking for.
GM says bankruptcy excuses it from repairs
NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit over a suspension problem on more than 400,000 Chevrolet Impalas from the 2007 and 2008 model years, saying it should not be responsible for repairs because the flaw predated its bankruptcy.
FLASHBACK: Obama guaranteed warranties
3/30/2009 - In a bid to boost flagging auto sales, the federal government will pay for any warranty repairs on a General Motors or Chrysler vehicle if either company can't because of financial problems or a bankruptcy filing, President Barack Obama said on Monday.
Barack Obama Cannot Get Congress To Pass Amnesty For Illegal Immigrants So Now He Is Just Going To Ram It Down Our Throats
Any Way That He Can
Illegal immigration costs our economy billions upon billions of dollars. Illegal immigrants pay next to nothing in taxes, but they have no problem receiving tens of billions of dollars worth of free education benefits, free health care benefits, free housing assistance and free food stamp benefits.
Wall St. gave millions to ‘super committee’ members
In total, the twelve members appointed to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction got nearly $64.5 million from special interests groups over the past decade, with legal firms donating about $31.5 million and Wall Street firms donating about $11.2 million.
New York Cops Prepare For Civil Unrest
In the aftermath of last week’s riots in the United Kingdom, the NYPD has held a “mobilization exercise” to train police to prepare for civil unrest in the United States, while also launching a program designed to spot signs of potential trouble via social networking websites.
Granny Can Sue U.S. for Calling Her a Terrorist
A Texas grandmother can push ahead with her emotional-distress complaint alleging that a Navy recruiter added her name to Homeland Security’s terrorist watch list, a federal judge ruled.
Police take first forced blood draw
CHEYENNE -- Cheyenne police are believed to be the first in the state to forcibly take a person's blood via court order under the state's new DUI law.
12-year-old Indiana boy jailed for 30 years
Paul Henry Gingerich is serving a prison sentence for the shooting that killed a friend’s step-father. Even though he didn’t pull the trigger — or know that he was going to be a part of the murder plot — Gingerich was sentenced to 30 years in jail.
Donald Trump’s candidacy received 3x more coverage than Ron Paul’s candidacy
A report found that Trump was featured in 94 campaign stories and only 27 campaign stories for Paul.
Obama 2012 team would prefer to run against Rick Perry
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Republican White House hopeful Rick Perry has at least some supporters in the Democratic stronghold of Chicago -- President Barack Obama's re-election team.
| Housing Market |
REVEALED: Wall St Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion in Fed's SECRET Loans
Citigroup Inc. (C) and Bank of America Corp. (BAC) were the reigning champions of finance in 2006 as home prices peaked, leading the 10 biggest U.S. banks and brokerage firms to their best year ever with $104 billion of profits.
| Economy |
Gov't Pays Ranchers $112M to Protect Bird
(CNSNews.com) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is paying $112 million in tax money to farmers and ranchers in 11 Western states to restore the habitat of the Sage Grouse...
Understand History To Understand The Current Markets
Bob Chapman | Every professional has their own method of analyzing markets, finance and economies, and some do well coming up with the direction of social and political issues as well.
Gold touches $1,881
Aug. 19, 2011 6:24AM EDT - Gold reached new heights Friday, soaring as high as $1,881 an ounce, as investors anxious about the uncertain global economy snapped up the precious metal.
Thousands Camp Out for Job Fair as Jobless Rate Rises
Thousands of unemployed waited overnight, camping out in their business suits and office heels and braving the tormenting heat in Atlanta to stand in line for a job fair Thursday. Authorities treated 20 people for heat exhaustion as they struggled to keep the line moving and get people moved inside.
S&P and the Bilderbergers: All Part of the Plan?
Ellen Brown: What just happened in the stock market? Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose or fell by at least 400 points for four straight days, a stock market first.
| Energy & Environment |
USA SET FOR WAVE OF POWER PLANT SHUTDOWNS
Over the next 18 months, the Environmental Protection Agency will finalize a flurry of new rules to curb pollution from coal-fired power plants. Mercury, smog, ozone, greenhouse gases, water intake, coal ash—it’s all getting regulated. And, not surprisingly, some lawmakers are grumbling.
BP's Gusher May Be Gushing Again. If So, It Cannot Be Stopped
As they say, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck—a well-oiled one, as in Hunziker's redesigned BP logo.
VIDEO: ALERT!!! 178 X Background Radiation in Saint Louis Rain
8/20/11 - This data may be indicative of a RECENT SIGNIFICANT radiological event in Fukushima. The reading was taken at approximately 10:20am on 8/20/11 in Saint Louis Missouri from a vehicle that had driven approximately 4 miles through the trailing edges of a thunderstorm.
Texas authorities actively hid evidence of radiation in drinking water
(NaturalNews) TV station KHOU of Texas, reported a cover up conspiracy regarding radioactive levels in Texas drinking water in May 2011. The cover up efforts were known as high as the Texas governor Rick Perry's office and allowed to continue. In a small...
TX prepares for rolling blackouts
The head of the Texas Public Utility Commission expressed concern Friday that a new federal air quality rule, set to take effect Jan. 1, will cause disruptions in electric service.
Finnish physicist = Fukushima theory , HAARP, Earthquakes, and radiation
This video is the one I spoke of on Project Camelot last night… Finnish scientist describing the Fukushima theory…. large holes underneath the plant IMPACTED by the blasts, which occured after the large 9.0 earthquake, which itself was caused by the use of HAARP...
Dutchsinse on Project Camelot
Listen before it is removed from YouTube. Find out why... Project Camelot interviews dutchsinse. Very enlightening, covers HAARP, BP Oil, weather wars, secret space, dead animals, MIB hit men, UFOs, Blue Beam, Dogon tribe, 2012, DUMBs, seed vault, elite, earthchanges, you name it. If you want to catch up to wants going on, this pretty much covers it all.
YouTube: Magnitude 6.8 quake jolts Japan off Fukushima, tsunami advisory
Aug. 19, 2011 A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted northeastern Japan off Fukushima...
YouTube: Christopher Busby: Chernobyl-like radiation found in Tokyo
Russia Today - Workers at Japan's Fukushima plant say the ground under the facility is cracking and radioactive steam is escaping through the fissures.
Mystery Crack Sucks 300 Gallons Per Second from Lake
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — About 30 feet below the pristine lower Blue Lakes water, where he should still be somewhat visible from the surface, Patrick Trabert couldn't see a foot in front of him.
Another dust storm envelops Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) -- A giant wall of dust rolled through the Phoenix area on Thursday for the third time since early July - turning the sky brown, creating dangerous driving conditions and delaying some airline flights.
Huge fish spurs call to 're-reverse' Chicago River
CHICAGO (AP) -- The city was in a predicament. By the late 1800s, the slow-moving Chicago River had become a cesspool of sewage and factory pollution oozing into Lake Michigan, the source of drinking water for the bustling metropolis....
Global warming fraud: Iconic polar bear on melting ice cap a hoax
(NaturalNews) Images of periled polar bears sinking into arctic seas because of melting polar ice caps have become an iconic symbol of the devastating consequences of so-called global warming. But a new government investigation into the supposed science...
| Science & Technology |
Hackers crack Purdue University server
Hackers illegally accessed a server containing the personal information, including Social Security numbers and course records, of more than 7,000 former Purdue University students. The West Lafayette, Ind., school sent letters on Monday (Aug. 15) notifying 7,093 students that their personal information may have been compromised by the hack, Indiana's Journal and Courier reported.
| Health |
Learn the truth - The erroneous beliefs about calcium bentonite clay
Before healing clays became so popular, there was very little information on the internet regarding these all-natural, drug-free, alternative healing modalities. Since the popularity of Calcium Bentonite Clays have increased, misconceptions...
DRUG SHORTAGE SCARE HITS USA
WASHINGTON — Federal officials and lawmakers, along with the drug industry and doctors’ groups, are rushing to find remedies for critical shortages of drugs to treat a number of life-threatening illnesses, including bacterial infection and several forms of cancer.
Be aware of the dangers of A1 beta casein
Dairy products are one of the most common foods consumed around the world. Some cultures survive on diets consisting of up to 80% raw cow, goat, &/or sheep milk. In the western world, however, dairy has become one of the most inflammatory...
Vitamin Water exposed as sugar water in Food Investigations video
(NaturalNews) In a new Food Investigations video entitled, "The Vitamin Water Deception," the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center (ConsumerWellness.org) takes aim at the misleading marketing and high sugar content of Vitamin Water (a Coca-Col
Academics who lend their names to Big Pharma ghostwriting schemes should be charged with fraud, say university professors
(NaturalNews) A college student who pays his friend to write a paper for him is guilty of plagiarism -- and if he is caught, he could receive a failing grade or even be expelled from school. But when drug companies secretly pay doctors or academics to...
Top five ingredients to avoid in deodorant
Deodorant is an essential toiletry that most Americans have in their medicine cabinet today. Many are still unaware of the hidden dangers in the active ingredients of modern day deodorant. They continue to use these potentially hazardous...
No bones about it: Eating dried plums helps prevent fractures and osteoporosis
When it comes to improving bone health in postmenopausal women — and people of all ages, actually — a Florida State University researcher has found a simple, proactive solution to help prevent fractures and osteoporosis: eating dried plums.
50% of Rats Given this Died -- Why is it On Your Dinner Plate?
Evidence now clearly shows that glyphosate is devastating crops, animal and human health around the world, even when the exposure is restricted to residues leftover in the soil. Clearly, its presence in air and rain water can only add to its destructive force.
Stop obsessive compulsive behaviors with inositol
Obsessive compulsions have been linked to specific imbalances in biochemicals in the body, and certain supplements like inositol have been shown to offer great help. Inositol is a viable solution for those who want to overcome their obsessive...
| Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
The Obama administration love affair with GMOs is selling America down the river to agricultural ruin
(NaturalNews) The freedom to grow one's own food is a foundational pillar of civilization, and one that absolutely must persist if humanity itself is to exist. But this freedom is rapidly disintegrating in the US, as multinational corporations like Monsanto...
Farmers speak out: GMOs are a trap that Monsanto is using to take over agriculture
(NaturalNews) Most Americans have no idea just how pervasive genetically-modified organisms (GMO) have become throughout the food supply. Predatory marketing practices...
Biotech industry at war over GMOs; millions of dollars funneled to lawmakers
(NaturalNews) A meeting among several key executives and CEOs of organic food producers, distributors, and retailers was held in Anaheim, CA in March, 2011. It was part of the Natural Products Expo West. The meeting focused...
Drought Costs Texas Farms Record $5.2 Billion
LUBBOCK, Texas — The blistering drought in Texas has caused an estimated $5.2 billion in crop and livestock losses so far this agricultural season, a record figure likely to rise further, state officials said Wednesday.
A Refrigerator that Runs Without Electricity
One modern day genius, mindful of this basic need to preserve food, has solved the problem for many. Mohammed Bah Abba, a Nigerian teacher, invented the ‘device’ — a refrigerator that doesn’t require electricity!
Food Swaps
I’m not talking about farmers’ markets or Community-Supported-Agriculture (CSA) delivery services, which are generally based on money-exchange. What I’m talking about is a small group of people getting together to regularly trade what they grow, hunt, gather or make in...
| Humor |
Silent Monks Singing Halleluia
Creative high schools students give a great rendition of Halleluia!
