MSM: Germany Blasts ‘Powers of the Fed’

(WSJ) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a rare public rebuke of central banks, suggested the European Central Bank and its counterparts in the U.S. and Britain have gone too far in fighting the financial crisis and may be laying the groundwork for another financial blowup.

If You Are Stressed Now, Just Wait – Policymakers Have Created A Perfect Storm

(Paul Craig Roberts) – Economic news remains focused on banks and housing, while the threat mounts to the US dollar from massive federal budget deficits in fiscal years 2009 and 2010.

Bond Market Blowout – Michael Whitney

Last week’s ructions in the bond market, leave little doubt that the financial crisis has entered a new and more lethal phase. Of particular concern is the spike in long-term Treasuries which are used to set interest rates on mortgages and other loans.

Obama’s Great Illusion

I wonder how many of you have woken up to the fact that America’s latest leader is really a political Houdini … an illusionist on a presidential scale.

$100 Billion Bailout For IMF Tagged On To War Funding Bill

Passage would see more billions in tax dollars handed to European banks

Democrats in Congress have agreed to provide a $100 billion credit line to the International Monetary Fund, tagging it onto the war supplemental intended for operations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq.

MSM: Obama Now Open To Taxing Health Benefits

(USNews) – President Obama met with 24 Democratic senators at the White House Tuesday to talk about healthcare reform legislation. During the meeting the president reportedly gave tentative support for taxing employer-provided health benefits, but the White House later stressed that Obama would rather use other methods to pay for reform.

Preparing for World War III: August 15, 1871

The following Glossary, abbreviations and essay will help the reader understand how Albert Pike Grand Master of the Luciferian group known as the Order of the Palladium wrote a letter dated August 15, 1871 that graphically outlined plans for World War III that was seen as necessary to bring about the One World Order.

Video: Alex Jones – Webster Griffin Tarpley – 6-2-09

Alex talks with author, journalist, lecturer, and GCN talk show host Webster Griffin Tarpley. Webster’s latest book, Obama – The Postmodern Coup, is available from Alex Jones’ Infowars Store.

Auschwitz survivor: “I can identify with Palestinian youth”

Hajo Meyer, author of the book The End of Judaism, was born in Bielefeld, in Germany, in 1924. In 1939, he fled on his own at age 14 to the Netherlands to escape the Nazi regime, and was unable to attend school.

MSM: Federal Court Says States Can Regulate Guns

(WSJ) – A federal appeals court in Chicago ruled Tuesday that the Second Amendment doesn’t bar state or local governments from regulating guns, adopting the same position that Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, did when faced with the same question earlier this year.

MSM: AstraZeneca gets $90 million U.S. flu vaccine order

(Reuters) – AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) MedImmune biotechnology unit has won an initial $90 million order from the U.S. government to make a live attentuated vaccine against the new H1N1 flu strain, it said on Monday.

U.S. Releases Secret List of Nuclear Sites Accidentally

The [USA] federal government mistakenly made public a 266-page report, its pages marked “highly confidential,” that gives detailed information about hundreds of the nation’s civilian nuclear sites and programs, including maps showing the precise locations of stockpiles of fuel for nuclear weapons.

Sarkozy’s Secret Plan for Mandatory Swine Flu Vaccination

The French Government is developing secret plans to impose mandatory vaccination of the entire French population, allegedly against possible Swine Flu disease according to reports leaked in a French newspaper. The plan is without precedent and even defies recommended public health advice.

MSM: Cruel And Inhuman Treatment Causes More Mental Damage Than Physical Torture, Study Suggests

(SciDaily) – New research findings by Dr Metin Başoğlu, Head of Section of Trauma Studies at King’s College London and the Istanbul Centre for Behaviour Research and Therapy, examines the psychological impact of war captivity, ‘cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment’ (CIDT) and physical torture.

MSM: Tiananmen memories spur desire for change

(Swiss) – Twenty years after the Tiananmen Square massacre, protest leader Han Dongfang tells swissinfo.ch China is making positive changes but needs to address corruption.

Britain leads world in police state survey

A recent survey from internet security consultancy, Cryptohippie, suggests that the UK is setting the pace in at least one area – though being classified as the West’s most repressive regime when it comes to electronic surveillance might not be a title that this government is entirely happy to wear.

Homeland Security Names New Cybersecurity Officials

Philip Reitinger, who worked in cybersecurity for Microsoft and fought cybercrime for the Department of Justice, will help to coordinate cybersecurity efforts across the government.

MSM: WHO official says world edging towards pandemic

(Reuters) – The spread of H1N1 flu in Australia, Britain, Chile, Japan and Spain has nudged the world closer to a pandemic, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.