Google, CIA Invest in ‘Future’ of Web Monitoring
The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real time — and says it uses that information to predict the future.
Detergent company puts GPS into product to track consumers to their homes
Is Your Detergent Stalking You? Unilever's Omo detergent is adding an unusual ingredient to its two-pound detergent box in Brazil: a GPS device.
Illegal immigrants leave tons of trash in Arizona desert, devastating environment
The Arizona Bureau of Land Management reports that in 2009 alone environmental groups collected over 234 tons of trash, 800 tires, 404 bicycles, and 62 vehicles left behind by illegals crossing the border.
OUTRAGE: State workers who ID'd illegal aliens face criminal charges
"Suddenly our nation is prosecuting patriots while protecting lawbreakers."
WH proposal would grant FBI access to Internet activity records without court order
The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual's Internet activity without a court order if agents deem the information relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation.
FBI Access to E-mail and Web Records Raises Fears
Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.
Communist China now second largest economy; on course to overtake U.S. for number one spot
Depending on how fast its exchange rate rises, China is on course to overtake the United States and vault into the No.1 spot sometime around 2025, according to projections by the World Bank, Goldman Sachs and others.
Urgent: Nancy Pelosi And Harry Reid Are Taking Your Land
If you liked CARA, Eminent Domain or Condemnation of private land, you’ll love the new Multi-Billion Dollar Land Acquisition Trust Fund being rushed through Congress by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.
US officials advise curfew for citizens in Monterrey
Consular officials recommend travel restrictions for U.S. citizens...
US Consulate in Ciudad Juarez closes for security
The U.S. Consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez will temporarily close pending a review of its security protocols.
Forest Service bans humans from caves
The U.S. Forest Service said Tuesday it was barring entry to caves on service-owned land in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas and South Dakota because of white-nose syndrome, which has killed nearly a million bats...
BP Oil Spill: Clean-Up Crews Can't Find Crude in the Gulf
For 86 days, oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's damaged well, dumping some 200 million gallons of crude into sensitive ecosystems. BP and the federal government have amassed an army to clean the oil up, but there's one problem -- they're having trouble finding it.
Forest Service to cut sheep grazing by 70%
The Payette National Forest aims to protect wild bighorn sheep by reducing rangeland suited for domestic sheep and goat grazing by 70% by 2013.
Forest Service Proposes to Close Over Half of Santa Fe National Forest Roads
The Forest Service is proposing to close over 2900 miles (53%) of the existing roads on the Forest. This will affect all motorized vehicles and have a profound impact on all members of the public who use the Forest including hunters.
Ranchers oppose natural gas pipeline deal
Nevada ranchers concerned about the potential impact on livestock grazing are upset about a deal between the builder of a 680-mile natural gas pipeline and two environmental groups...
USA - Smallest cattle herd in 37 years
Cattle producers may make about $51.53 per cow this year, after losses in 2009 and 2008 because of high feed costs and declining beef demand.
MIGRATION: Arizona Morgue Grows Crowded as Desert Deaths Grow
The Pima County morgue is running out of space as the number of Latin American immigrants found dead in the deserts around Tucson has soared this year during a heat wave.
Leaked files indicate U.S. pays Afghan media to run friendly stories
Buried among the 92,000 classified documents released Sunday by WikiLeaks is some intriguing evidence that the U.S. military in Afghanistan has adopted a PR strategy that got it into trouble in Iraq: paying local media outlets to run friendly stories.
FBI defends guidelines for domestic surveillance
The FBI is defending domestic surveillance guidelines that critics fear could unfairly target innocent Muslims in terrorism and other criminal investigations.
Mexican Officials to Patrol New York's Staten Island to Protect Immigrants
Police are investigating another assault on a Hispanic man in Staten Island as a possible hate crime -- and the Mexican government is now getting involved as well.
Doomsday shelters making a comeback
Jason Hodge, father of four children from Barstow, Calif., says he's "not paranoid" but he is concerned, and that's why he bought space in what might be labeled a doomsday shelter.
NH: Nation's oldest running family farm put on market
"I don’t see much opportunity for small farms to thrive."
Study: Receipts Could Be Harmful to Your Health
Cash-register receipts from many fast-food outlets, groceries, pharmacies, big-box stores and U.S. post offices contain high levels of the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A.
Iran will pay for new babies to boost population
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated a new policy on Tuesday to encourage population growth, dismissing Iran's decades of family planning as ungodly and a Western import.
Army of civilian patrols to walk streets of Britain
50,000 extra special constables to flood crime-plagued neighbourhoods with an army of volunteers. It has not been decided whether the civilian patrollers will wear special clothing or to what level they will be vetted – leading to fears that vigilantes or busybodies will try to become involved.
Four Shocking Bombshells Bernanke Did NOT Tell Congress About
In his testimony before Congress last week, Bernanke lifted the Fed’s skirt and gave us a glimpse of the disasters now sweeping through the U.S. economy. But there are four bombshells he kept hidden.
Barge crashes into oil well in Gulf of Mexico, new oil leak reported
The US Coast Guard dispatched emergency teams Tuesday after a boat crashed into an oil well off the coast of New Orleans, reportedly sending crude spewing some 20 feet into the air.
Federal Judge blocks key provisions of Arizona immigration law
A federal judge in Phoenix on Wednesday blocked key provisions of Arizona's controversial immigration law from taking effect as scheduled Thursday, granting in part an injunction requested by the Obama administration.
California police raid stirs raw food controversy
"There's a medical marijuana shop a couple miles away, and they're raiding us because we're selling raw dairy products?"
Collecting rainwater now illegal in many states as Big Government claims ownership over our water
Many Western states, including Utah, Washington and Colorado, have long outlawed individuals from collecting rainwater on their own properties because, according to officials, that rain belongs to someone else.
Bavarian Nordic Delivers 1 Million Doses of First Vaccine Developed Under U.S. Biopreparedness Program to the Strategic National Stockpile
"We are gratified that the U.S. Government has added our vaccine to the Strategic National Stockpile. This represents a significant milestone for our company, our first major sale to the U.S."
DHS announces new aviation program to encourage snitches
“If You See Something, Say Something” national campaign was launched by the general aviation component of the DHS...
DHS Filtered Hundreds of Public Records Requests Through Political Appointees
Contrary to the Obama administration’s promised commitment to open government, the Department of Homeland Security, in a highly irregular move, filtered hundreds of public records requests through political appointees, allowing them to examine what was being requested and delay releasing sensitive material...
UK: Radical police shake-up plans 'a return to 1950s'
Goal is to “re-establish the links between the police and the public”.
THE POWER TO REGULATE: House passes bill to make Internet more accessible for disabled
More regulations imposed upon already cash-strapped businesses in the name of legislating "utopia".
Homeland Security Agent Sentenced to 4 Years in Sex-for-Greencard Case
Tricked woman into sex in exchange for green card
Los Zetas drug cartel seizes 2 U.S. ranches in Texas
In what could be deemed an act of war against the sovereign borders of the United States, Mexican drug cartels have seized control of at least two American ranches inside the U.S. territory near Laredo, Texas.
Cartels seizing ranches? What's really going on in Laredo, Texas?
What should we make of the story that cartels have seized ranches in Laredo?
Mexico: Prison guards let killers out, lent guns
Guards and officials at a prison in northern Mexico allegedly let inmates out, lent them guns and allowed them to use official vehicles to carry out drug-related killings.
8 severed heads found in northern Mexico
Officials say the severed heads of eight men were found left in pairs along highways in the northern Mexico state of Durango.
Who's Watching You on the Internet?
Your lack of privacy on the Internet.
Real ID Online? New Federal Online Identity Plan Raises Privacy and Free Speech Concerns
The White House's recent shift in strategy for online security reflects a radical — and concerning — expansion of the project’s scope.
FAT: Congress' Food Tab: $604,000 for Bottled Water, $152 at Quiznos
Crave ribs? Bagels and coffee or doughnuts? Seafood, subs or Chinese? So does CONgress! [Wonder if Michelle Obama will lecture CONgress about THEIR obesity problem. Probably not.]
BANKRUPT: 160,000+ Mich utility shutoffs from January to May 2010
Altogether 84,769 DTE customers saw their utilities turned off during the first five months of the year compared to 77,598 homes by Consumers, a whopping total of 162,367 households.
CONgress approves $60 Billion War Bill Amid Afghan Policy Criticism
The U.S. Congress sent to President Barack Obama a $60 billion war-funding bill amid attacks on his Afghanistan policies newly provoked by leaked reports suggesting that Pakistan secretly aided aiding Taliban forces.
PORNagon can't account for $8.7 billion in Iraqi funds
The reconstruction money spoils of war was from oil revenue it was entrusted with stole from the Iraqis between 2004 and 2007, according to a newly released audit that underscores a pattern of poor record-keeping blatant thievery. [They're too busy looking at kiddie porn on government computers to worry about record keeping.]
Pentagon workers tied to child porn; Security agencies were left at risk
Investigators have identified several dozen Pentagon Pentagram officials and contractors perverts with high-level security clearances who allegedly purchased and downloaded child pornography, some who used their government computers to obtain the illegal material...
Massive leak of secret files exposes truth of occupation
Hundreds of civilians killed by coalition troops, covert unit hunts leaders for 'kill or capture', steep rise in Taliban bomb attacks on Nato
Afghanistan war logs: How US marines sanitised record of bloodbath
The marines made a frenzied escape, opening fire with automatic weapons as they tore down a six-mile stretch of highway, hitting almost anyone in their way – teenage girls in fields, motorists in their cars, old men as they walked along the road.
War leaks show Obama following Bush policies
Leaked US military documents detail how American-led NATO forces in Afghanistan have killed or wounded hundreds of civilians in unreported incidents.
U.S. Hunts For Leaker Of Afghan War Documents
The Pentagon said on Monday it was launching a manhunt to find whoever leaked tens of thousands of classified documents on the war in Afghanistan, one of the largest security breaches in U.S. military history.
CONTROLLED OPPOSITION: Wikileaks founder is 'annoyed' by 9/11 truth
"I'm constantly annoyed that people are distracted by false conspiracies such as 9/11, when all around we provide evidence of real conspiracies..."
Kabul: US-led forces kill 52 civilians
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has confirmed that a recent US-led NATO air strike killed at least 52 civilians including several women and children.
Nato probes reports raid killed 45 Afghan civilians
International forces in Afghanistan say they are urgently investigating reports as many as 45 civilians died in an air strike in Helmand province on Friday.
Top U.S. officer warns Afghan war will get worse
More NATO troops will die in Afghanistan as violence mounts over the summer, but Washington's goal of turning the tide against the insurgency by year's end is within reach, the top U.S. military officer said on Sunday.
No plans to quit Afghanistan, says US
WASHINGTON: The United States has assured its allies in South Asia that it has no plans to quit the region and will stay engaged with Afghanistan as well.
US drone strikes kill 8 in Pakistan
Two US drone attacks have left at least eight people dead in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region amid growing discontent over the issue.
Cancer rate in Fallujah worse than Hiroshima
The Iraqi city of Fallujah continues to suffer the ghastly consequences of a US military onslaught in late 2004.
25 killed as Iraq car bombings target shrine city, media
Twin car bombs killed 21 people in the Shiite holy city of Karbala in southern Iraq on Monday, while four people died in a suicide attack on a Saudi-funded television channel in Baghdad.
MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: State Dept. planning to field a small army in Iraq
In little more than a year, State Department contractors in Iraq could be driving armored vehicles, flying aircraft, operating surveillance systems, even retrieving casualties if there are violent incidents and disposing of unexploded ordnance.
EU approves tougher sanctions against Iran
EU foreign ministers endorsed tougher sanctions over Iran's [alleged] nuclear program.
Ex-CIA chief says clash with Iran more likely
CIA director Hayden says that Iran might soon have weapons of mass destruction. Now, where have we heard that one before?
Ahmadinejad: 'US psywar plan includes 2 hot wars
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the United States and Israel plan to attack two countries in the Middle East as part of a conspiracy to apply pressure on Iran.
'Blind terrorism begotten by US, UK'
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the intelligence services of the US, Israel and Britain were the main supporters of the recent terrorist attacks in Iran.
Iran to sue US for rights violations
An Iranian lawmaker says Tehran plans to file a lawsuit against the US over the inhumane policies adopted by Washington towards the people of Iran.
Israel deploys navy to stop aid ships
Israel has urged Lebanon to stop a Gaza-bound aid convoy, saying it will use "all necessary means" to stop the humanitarian convoy from reaching the blockaded coastal sliver.
IDF destroys West Bank village after declaring it military zone
Since 1967, Israel has prevented the growth of Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley by cutting off their water supply or declaring large areas as live fire zones.
Israel Gets Brutal With Media
The Foreign Press Association in Israel issued a statement recently condemning what it sees as a change in Israel Defence Forces (IDF) policy in their treatment of journalists covering the growing number of West Bank protests against Israel's separation barrier, illegal settlements and land expropriation.
Spanish activists sue Israeli PM
Two Spanish activists have filed a court case against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
US to fund Israel's Arrow 3 missiles
The United States has agreed to fund Israel's new anti-missile system while discussion is underway on Israeli plans to purchase US-made F-35 stealth fighter jets.
Uncovered: Britain's secret rendition programme
MI5 was directly involved in the rendition of a Moroccan national, illegally taken from a Belgian prison to work for Britain's Security Services in London, an investigation by The Independent has discovered.
Blogspot Equals Censorship: Google Censors Political Documentation
On July 18, 2010, it was announced that the Obama Administration had shut down 73,000 blogs hosted by Blogetery.com. News in the blogging world originally said the blogs were deleted under the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act passed in 1998.
Censored Gulf news: People bleeding internally, millions poisoned says 'EPA whistleblower'
"...we have dolphins that are hemorrhaging. People who work near it are hemorrhaging internally. And that’s what dispersants are supposed to do..."
BP boss Hayward to get immediate £600,000 pension
BP chief executive Tony Hayward will get an immediate annual pension worth about £600,000 ($930,000) when he leaves in October.
Big payoff for axed boss Hayward
BP was last night poised to boot out boss Tony Hayward - with a near £15MILLION pay-off.
BP Hires Prison Labor to Clean Up Spill While Coastal Residents Struggle
In the first few days after BP's Deepwater Horizon wellhead exploded, spewing crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, cleanup workers could be seen on Louisiana beaches wearing scarlet pants and white t-shirts with the words "Inmate Labor" printed in large red block letters.
Health plans may be raising premiums despite outsize surpluses, watchdog finds
Nonprofit health insurers may be setting aside unnecessarily large surpluses even as some of them continue to raise premiums, according to an analysis by a consumer rights group.
Iowa Dam Fails Causing 'Catastrophic' Release of Water
A 300-foot-long breach in Lake Delhi Dam Saturday sent water spilling downstream and hundreds of people fleeing for safety in eastern Iowa.
Gun Battles paralyze Nuevo Laredo
Eight suspected drug gang gunmen died in a battle with Mexican soldiers in the remote mountains of northern Chihuahua state, the federal Public Safety Department said Thursday.
Oil Rig Alarm Was Not Fully Turned On, Worker Says
The emergency alarm on the Deepwater Horizon was not fully activated on the day the oil rig caught fire and exploded...
Fed chief to Congress: Don't end stimulus spending
Bernanke told Congress Thursday that the fragile economy needs government stimulus spending to strengthen the recovery increase the indebtedness of future generations.
Mortgage rates fall to record low of 4.56 percent
Mortgage rates fell to a record low for the fourth time in five weeks. But low rates haven't been enough to lift a struggling housing market.
Europe to go public with bank stress test results
Europe faces another moment of truth in its simmering debt crisis on Friday as regulators release the results of "stress tests" on 91 banks across the continent, an exercise that some fear could fail to credibly answer markets' questions.
Judge holds hearing on Arizona immigration lawsuit
The hearing focused on one of seven lawsuits filed against Arizona over a law that has reignited the national immigration debate.
Senate Democrats abandon comprehensive energy bill
Senate Democrats are giving up on plans to pass an energy bill tax on human life that caps emissions of carbon dioxide...
ANOTHER HEGELIAN CRISIS: America's Dwindling Water Supply
It's time for the major press and the ultra-rich money powers who control them to make you feel guilty about using another renewable resource.
Water crisis seen big threat to U.S. West and South
More propaganda from the major media.
Gray wolf shot in AZ; officials probe use of radio tracking
Another endangered Mexican gray wolf was found shot to death this week in Arizona - and one of the possibilities authorities are looking into is that ranchers or others may have used radios to track and target radio-collared wolves.
Bear researchers gamble with lives of citizens
One June 17, the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team gambled that nobody would happen upon a trap site near Yellowstone Park where a 430# male grizzly had just been caught in a foot snare, tranquilized, and released. Wrong.
FDA: You Have No Right to be Healthy
The FDA wants to control everything we eat and has produced a “legal brief” stating that we have no right to consume or to feed our children any particular food.
37 states join probe into Google Wi-Fi data spying
A multistate investigation is raising more questions about how Google Inc. may have improperly gathered people's private information through their unsecured wireless networks while collecting data for its Street View feature.
The CLEAR Act of Another Federal Land Grab
The CLEAR Act is ambiguous so if the bill is passed, federal agencies will determine how it is implemented and how the land will be used.
Rice farmer is awarded $500,000 in case over crop contamination
A federal jury in St. Louis awarded $500,248 on Wednesday to a farmer who claimed that he and his family had lost just over $1.5 million when genetically modified rice contaminated the U.S. rice supply.
China tops USA as biggest energy consumer
Asian Giant Emerges as No. 1 Consumer of Power, Reshaping Oil Markets, Diplomacy
RECOVERY? The Scariest Unemployment Graph I've Seen Yet
The median duration of unemployment is higher today than any time in the last 50 years. That's an understatement. It is more than twice as high today than any time in the last 50 years.
Bernanke warns economic outlook 'uncertain'
... in other words, things are going according to plan.
FLASHBACK: World's richest 1% own 40% of all wealth, UN report discovers
The richest 1% of adults in the world own 40% of the planet's wealth, according to the largest study yet of wealth distribution.
'Bailout' THIEVERY reaches $3.7 Trillion
Increased housing commitments swelled U.S. taxpayers' total support for the financial system by $700 billion in the past year to around $3.7 trillion, a government watchdog said on Wednesday.
Bank of America admits hiding billions of dollars in debt
Details Come as SEC Is Set to Unveil Review of Wall Street 'Window Dressing'
Obama mortgage program not working; fails to help homeowners avoid foreclosure
Bailout watchdogs say Obama mortgage program is failing to help homeowners facing foreclosure
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