Financial Elite Have No Shame

By Linda McQuaig
January 27, 2009 “Toronto Star” — – Let’s imagine, for a moment, how different the public debate would be today if it had been unions that had caused the current economic turmoil.
In other words, try to imagine a scenario in which union leaders – not financial managers – were the ones whose reckless [...]

Iran protests to Egypt over Gaza aid ship

TEHRAN, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Iran lodged a protest with Egypt on Tuesday over its failure to allow an Iranian ship to unload aid for Gaza in an Egyptian port, Iranian media reported.
Israel, which Iran does not recognise, ordered the Iranian ship away from the Gaza area in mid-January.
Iran said at the time that the [...]

Controversial Bestseller Shakes the Foundation of the Israeli State

by Joshua Holland
What if the entire tale of the Jewish Diaspora is historically wrong?

What if the Palestinian Arabs who have lived for decades under the heel of the modern Israeli state are in fact descended from the very same “children of Israel” described in the Old Testament?
And what if most modern Israelis aren’t descended from [...]

Quote of the Day – The Great Depression was not accidental…

“(The Great Depression resulting from the Stock Market crash) was not accidental. It was a carefully contrived occurrence….The international bankers sought to bring about a condition of despair here so they might emerge as rulers of us all.”
Louis McFadden
(1876-1936) US Congressman (R-PA) (1915-1935), Chairman of House Banking and Currency Committee.
Poisoned in 1936.
Source: testified in [...]

Mysterious Prison Buses in the Desert

By Ellen Brown
Prison buses are driving around empty in the Tucson area.  Are Wackenhut and the DHS preparing for civil unrest?
On a recent visit to Tucson, where I was invited to give a presentation on monetary reform, I was disturbed by a story of strange goings on in the desert. A little over a year [...]

Video – Ron Paul Talks About the Economy on Morning Joe 1-27-09

On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Ron Paul answers questions about fixing the economy.

A VERY REAL NEW WORLD ORDER

By Chuck Baldwin
January 27, 2009
NewsWithViews.com
It is hard to believe, but a majority of Americans (including Christians and conservatives) seem oblivious to the [...]

Quote of the Day – The true meaning of life is to plant trees…

The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
- Nelson Henderson

Our Melamine: There’s Mercury in High Fructose Corn Syrup, and the FDA Has Known for Years

By Leslie Hatfield
Maybe Jeremy Piven didn’t get mercury poisoning from fish at all — according to the results of a new study released by the Institute for Agriculture and Trace Policy (IATP), the actor may well have been sickened by soda or candy or anything that contains high fructose corn syrup, which, if you eat [...]

Turley: Obama ‘accessory’ to war crimes if no prosecution

By David Edwards and Ron Brynaert
A few weeks ago, George Washington University Constitutional Law professor Jonathan Turley, while appearing on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, essentially said that the Obama administration would “own” any war crimes — such as the reported waterboarding of 9/11 suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — if it chose to look the [...]