How the Vatican sold its soul

A new book by the journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi lays bare a history of political bribes being paid through the Vatican’s central bank

MSM: Detainee claims to have lied under CIA torture

(AFP) – Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, an accused top Al-Qaeda operative and self-confessed mastermind of the September 11 attacks, claimed to have lied under torture by the CIA, according to government transcripts released Monday.

Indigenous ‘genocide’ in battle for oilfields

It has been called the world’s second “oil war” but the only similarity between Iraq and events in the jungles of northern Peru over the past few weeks has been the mismatch of force. On one side have been police armed with automatic weapons, tear gas, helicopter gunships and armoured cars. On the other are several thousand Awajun and Wambis Indians, many of them in war paint and armed with bows and arrows, and spears.

MSM: Brazil finds new strain of H1N1 virus

(Breitbart) – Brazilian scientists have identified a new strain of the H1N1 virus after examining samples from a patient in Sao Paulo, their institute said Tuesday.

Video: Banks Use Uninsured Titles to Steal Homes

This is becoming more and more common place and we need to stop this now. The banks and paid-for-governments do not care about us nor our liberties, this is all by design, please wake up people and take back your freedom.

MSM: Obama Plans to Cut Bank Regulators, Allow Fed to Supervise Financial Holding Companies

(Reuters) – The Obama administration plans to call for the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision to close as part of its overhaul of financial regulation, which would also include the elimination of the federal thrift charter for banks.

Cyberwarfare Begins in Iran

An apparently ad-hoc cyber protest against the results of recent Iranian elections has knocked key websites off-line.

Billions In Stimulus Funds Wasted

At least $55 billion of U.S. stimulus funds that President Barack Obama promised would jumpstart the economy and put Americans back to work will likely be lost to waste, fraud and abuse, according to an investigation that reviewed thousands of programs nationwide.

Chavez: Venezuela progressing towards food independence

(Xinhua) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that the government has set targets for exporting food to neighbor countries and is progressing towards food independence.

MSM: Brazil’s Lula calls for new world economic order

(Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged unions and workers on Monday to take advantage of the global financial crisis to help forge a new world economic order.

MSM: Ruling on NightJack author Richard Horton kills blogger anonymity

(Times) – Thousands of bloggers who operate behind the cloak of anonymity have no right to keep their identities secret, the High Court ruled today

MSM: Jimmy Carter to meet Hamas leaders after criticising Israeli PM

(Guardian) – The former US president Jimmy Carter will visit Gaza for a rare meeting with senior Hamas officials following his criticism of a key speech by Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, on Sunday night.

McCain: ‘I hope that we will act’

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday called the recent reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a “sham” and criticized President Barack Obama’s administration for not voicing strong opposition to the election’s result.

Federal Reserve To Be Given Sweeping New Powers

Bankers get what they lobbied for, media reports total lack of transparency as “regulation”

Video: The CIA’s Iranian Plan?

Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran: Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert “black” operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.

ABC News to Push Health Care Propaganda from White House

“On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care,” reports Drudge.

Germany Prepares to Censor Internet

Germany is on the verge of censoring its Internet: The government – a grand coalition between the German social democrats and conservative party – seems united in its decision: On Thursday the parliament is to vote on the erection of an internet censorship architecture.

Are You Ready for War with a Demonized Iran?

(Paul Craig Robers) – How much attention do elections in Japan, India, Argentina, or any other country, get from the U.S. media? How many Americans and American journalists even know who is in political office in other countries besides England, France, and Germany? Who can name the political leaders of Switzerland, Holland, Brazil, Japan, or even China?

The Real Reason for Gun Ownership

The State Creates It’s Own Enemies

Goulishly capitalizing on the tragedy of a mass murder, the anti-gun forces are surging forward with their plans for total gun confiscation. If law-abiding private citizens were disarmed, they claim, criminals and crazies would be unable to kill and maim.

Obama must prosecute Bush-era torture enablers

With Dick Cheney and the infamous torture memos making headlines, President Obama and our nation face a choice. Should they prosecute or protect those responsible for the torture of detainees in secret CIA detention centers? If our leaders wish to steer our country back to the right side of the law, they must act immediately and unequivocally to prosecute.

Zionist Lobby Holds “Human Rights” Hostage

“Human rights” have become dirty words in Canada because Zionists determine who has them. Welcome to the future.

MSM: Pre-election Iranian poll showed Ahmadinejad support

(Reuters) – A poll of Iran’s electorate three weeks before its election showed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leading by a 2-to-1 ratio, greater than the announced results of the contested vote, the pollsters said on Monday.

Industrialized Farming Endangers World Food Supply

Multi-national food corporations are increasingly using global food insecurity as a tool for political control. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) reports that “land grabbing” by foreign investors in developing countries has resulted in a new form of colonialism.