Pentagon: 2 Russian aircraft buzzed U.S. warship
A pair of Russian aircraft buzzed a U.S. warship off the Arctic coast of Russia on consecutive days last week, leading the U.S. Navy chief of naval operations to raise…
France, Spain, Greece urge global tax to raise poverty funding
Both he and French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for some form of financial tax to raise money to combat poverty, an idea already rejected by the International Monetary Fund and…
Fed Mulls Trillion-Dollar Policy Question
Skeptics say the economic recovery has just hit a weak patch. They argue that more easing could be ineffective in helping the economy, potentially damaging Fed credibility.
The food industry, like Big Pharma, controls the FDA and USDA
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) recently released a report highlighting the widespread influence of the food industry over food safety policies.
PopSci Investigation: What Kind Of Top-Secret Assassination Tech Does $58 Billion Buy?
Not since the end of the Cold War has the Pentagon spent so much to develop and deploy secret weapons. But now military researchers have turned their attention from mass…
UK Proposes All Paychecks Go to the State First
The UK’s tax collection agency is putting forth a proposal that all employers send employee paychecks to the government, after which the government would deduct what it deems as the…
U.S. Debt Actually $200 Trillion?
US Government 'hiding true amount of debt'
CNN reporter: Network censored footage of Iraq ‘war crime’
Michael Ware, who covered Iraq for CNN from 2006 until last year, describes the incident as “a small war crime, if there is such a thing.”
Global ‘internet treaty’ proposed
The proposal was presented at the Internet Governance Forum in Lithuania last week, and outlined 12 “principles of internet governance”, including a commitment from countries to sustain the technological foundations…
Obama Energy Czar To Decide What Household Appliances Americans Are Allowed To Own
Assistant Secretary of Energy Cathy Zoi said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Energy has a “mandate” to issue regulations to determine what household appliances are available to Americans in…
600 missing Iraqi artifacts found in PM’s storage
Iraq's tourism and antiquities minister says about 600 missing artifacts, smuggled out of Iraq and then returned, have been found in storage at the prime minister's office.
Renewing Privileges or Immunities
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Renewing Privileges or Immunities
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Weaponizing The World: From 2006-2009, the United States made $68.7 billion in conventional arms transfers to developing nations
This report is prepared annually to provide Congress with official, unclassified, quantitative data on conventional arms transfers to developing nations by the United States and foreign countries for the preceding…
Trapped in the Spiral of Basel III.
Tightening the Noose on Credit Spells Disaster – Punishing Your Local Bank for Wall Street’s Misdeeds – Dr. Ellen Brown
Partners in Crime: The U.S. Secret State and Mexico’s “War on Drugs”
For decades, investigative journalists, researchers and analysts have noted the symbiotic relationships forged amongst international drug syndicates, neofascists and U.S. intelligence agencies, documenting the long and bloody history of U.S.…
Gallup: 58% Of Americans Want A Third Party
Fifty-eight percent of Americans believe a third major political party is needed because the Republican and Democratic Parties do a poor job of representing the American people.
China Cuts Some High Level Talks with Japan Over Detained Trawler Captain
China has suspended ministerial exchanges with Japan, halted talks on increasing flights and postponed a meeting on coal, state television said.
FDA won’t allow food to be labeled free of genetic modification
That the Food and Drug Administration is opposed to labeling foods that are genetically modified is no surprise anymore, but a report in the Washington Post indicates the FDA won’t…