MSM: Obama to regulate ‘pollutant’ CO2

The US government is to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, having decided that it and five other greenhouse gases may endanger human health and well-being. Continue reading

Change you have been told to believe in: A closer examination of Barack Obama’s foreign policy

“What you want in a media system is ostensible diversity that conceals actual uniformity”

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MSM: Fed Shrouding $2 Trillion in Bank Loans in ‘Secrecy,’ Suit Says

U.S. taxpayers need to know the risks behind the Federal Reserve’s $2 trillion in lending to financial institutions because the public is now an “involuntary investor” in the nation’s banks, according to a court filing by Bloomberg LP. Continue reading

MSM: IMF warns over parallels to Great Depression

The International Monetary Fund has warned of “worrisome parallels” between the current global crisis and the Great Depression, despite the unprecedented steps already taken by central banks and governments worldwide. Continue reading

The Economy – Hyping Hope While Peddling Fear

Barack Obama and Fed chairman Ben Bernanke were reading from the same playbook this week, hyping hope in the economy, but still wringing all the necessary leverage out of public fear to justify the certainty of future bailouts. Obama claimed he could see “signs of economic progress,” while Bernanke echoed the foolishly optimistic remarks of John McCain when he said “I am fundamentally optimistic about our economy.” Continue reading

Home of the Barricaded, Land of the ‘Fraid

There are few statistics as stunning as the following simple, single number: The United States spends two times more on its military than all the other countries of the world, combined.

Yes, that’s right. All 200 or so of them. Combined. Continue reading

Hopebroken and Hopesick: A Lexicon of Disappointment

All is not well in Obamafanland. It’s not clear exactly what accounts for the change of mood. Maybe it was the rancid smell emanating from Treasury’s latest bank bailout. Or the news that the president’s chief economic adviser, Larry Summers, earned millions from the very Wall Street banks and hedge funds he is protecting from reregulation now. Or perhaps it began earlier, with Obama’s silence during Israel’s Gaza attack. Continue reading

Navy Takes Next Step Towards Laser ‘Holy Grail’

U.S. Navy ships could one day knock down incoming missiles with energy weapons that never run out of shots, and tune themselves to slice through the ocean air. Continue reading

Darpa Wants Brainy Machines to Replace Bored G.I.s

With every new Darpa venture, it seems more like military machines are becoming human. Or humans are becoming military machines. Or some compu-human teamwork fusion of the two. Continue reading

MSM: Stiglitz Says White House Ties to Wall Street Doom Bank Rescue

(Bloomberg) – The Obama administration’s bank- rescue efforts will probably fail because the programs have been designed to help Wall Street rather than create a viable financial system, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said. Continue reading

MSM: A ‘Copper Standard’ for the world’s currency system?

Hard money enthusiasts have long watched for signs that China is switching its foreign reserves from US Treasury bonds into gold bullion. They may have been eyeing the wrong metal. Continue reading

MSM: Pirates Beware – Next-Gen Snipers Could Get Guided Bullets, Super Scope

American snipers are already center-of-the-bullseye accurate – just look at the three shots that ended the Somali pirate standoff in the Indian Ocean. But tomorrow’s sharpshooters could be even sharper still, if a slew of Pentagon research projects work out as planned. Continue reading

Kindergartens not exempted from Israeli raids

Israeli army forces have broken into Palestinian property including a kindergarten in the West Bank, kidnapping four teenagers. Continue reading

Video: Olbermann – ‘Mr. President, you are wrong’

In a “Special Comment” regarding the release by the Obama Administration of “the remainder of this nightmare of Bush Administration torture memos,” MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann offered the current Commander in Chief some praise for going “half-way,” then blasted him for issuing a statement which said that “nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past.” Continue reading

Peter Schiff’s advice on fighting inflationary depression

Amid an “inflationary depression” in the U.S., Peter Schiff, president and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, sees opportunities in the maelstrom. Facing a massive redistribution of wealth, he advises investors to act quickly and “divest U.S. dollar assets into physical precious metals, other currencies and equities outside the United States.” Continue reading

Obama Appointee Wants Soviet-styled Media

It’s bad enough the Obama administration has pledged trillions to “bailout” the bankers and has made moves to control business in the private sector. Now they want a Soviet-styled media financed and run by the government. Continue reading