02/04/10 - UPDATE: while the fake "Food Safety" Bill S510 remains stalled in the Senate, after our November Blitz sent more than 150,000 emails to the Senate over one long weekend, this week Sen John McCain announced that he was offering another "Safety" bill, this one aimed at t …
Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Italy's financial police are seizing 73.3 million euros ($102 million) of assets from Bank of America Corp. and a unit of Dexia SA as part of a probe into an alleged derivatives fraud in the region of Apulia.
With prices down and plenty of houses still for sale in California, new-home construction dropped to a record low in 2009, with fewer homes being built both statewide and in Santa Clara County than anytime in at least 55 years. Permits were issued to build 36,209 housing units i …
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators originally treated the New York Federal Reserve's bid to keep secret many of the details of the American International Group bailout like a request to protect matters of national security, according to emails obtained by Reuters.
Remember this? $125 billion of "slosh", or excess liquidity, drained from the system in the four days from 9/19 - 9/24/2008.
Trying to win the votes of fiscal moderates, President Barack Obama formally endorsed legislation Saturday creating an independent commission with the power to force Congress to vote on major deficit reduction steps this year, after the November elections.
The USA is going down this path so look out or shout out now! A hike in VAT is 'inevitable' after the election as the government grapples with a mounting debt crisis, experts warned yesterday.
Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators have begun a criminal investigation into whether two deputies helped smuggle drugs into a gang leader's jail cell in 2003, officials said Thursday.
Congressman Ron Paul has become the unofficial spokesman of a growing liberty movement. However many in the GOP establishment view the movement as a threat to their power.
THis video is in German but the demonstration is clearly not rigged.
Why should the international community be spending two hundred and fifty billion dollars of its taxpayers' hard-earned money to perform state-building in Afghanistan when this country now produces 40 times more heroin than ten years ago and when corruption accounts for 2.5 bill …
The US justice department is preparing a report which concludes that the FBI repeatedly broke the law by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist to obtain more than 2,000 telephone call records over four years from 2002, including those of journalists on US newspapers, …
Man surrenders after eight killed in Virginia shooting Shots fired at police helicopter during search for gunman Sheriff Wilson Staples said investigators believe Speight had weapons training based on the weapons found in his home, but he declined to elaborate.
Russia's central bank announced on Wednesday that it had started buying Canadian dollars and securities in a bid to diversify its foreign exchange reserves.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The airline industry suffered its largest drop ever in passenger revenue last year as a weak economy grounded many would-be travelers, an industry group said Wednesday.
FDIC Head Pins Crisis Blame On Fed
Reuters reports a spokesperson from the Islamist Al-Shabaab group in Somalia claiming that the US mercenary group Blackwater/Xe Services is in Somalia, is recruiting and is planning a series of spectacular terrorist attacks against civilians to discredit his movement in Mogadishu …
Google is, in fact, is a key participant in U.S. military and CIA intelligence operations involving torture; subversion of foreign governments; illegal wars of aggression; and military occupations of countries which have never attacked the U.S.
Company Trustees, Lawmakers Resist Calls for More Disclosure by Ben Protess
Could the Christmas day bomb attempt on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 have been a false flag set up by various intelligence agencies with the goal of tightening the grip of governments on its people while enriching a few well-connected individuals and corporations?
Holly Billen sat perched on the edge of her sofa, holding the bump of her unborn child and nervously biting her lip. "It's nothing to be proud of to say you don't have the money to feed yourself," she said. "But I'm not ashamed to say it."
Business travellers heading to the United States from 20 January must obtain electronic authorisation of their eligibility to travel or face not being able to board their plane.
It was the eleventh such attack since militants in the area orchestrated a deadly suicide bombing against the CIA in Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.
Anecdotal report thus far.... On the forum there is a report of a number of merchants dropping credit card processing entirely due to rampant (and bogus) chargebacks. Does anyone remember my Tickers on "Is The Government a Felon or a Cop" posts? Go read 'em again.
KABUL - Taliban militants struck in the heart of the Afghan capital Monday, launching suicide attacks at key government targets in a clear sign the insurgents plan to escalate their fight as the U.S. and its allies ramp up their own campaign to end the war.
I love it when liberals eat their own.
Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama will stop blocking Senate confirmation of about 70 government appointees nominated by President Barack Obama, his office said.
Take a desert of yellow-orange dust so flat it looks like Mars, with a freezing wind that blows so hard it can lift a large tent.
First lady Michelle Obama says she loves burgers and fries, but she wants her daughters — and the rest of America's children — to learn about better nutrition and exercise.
A nature conservation group said Monday it has reached a deal that would protect a huge swath of land near the world-famous Hollywood sign from being developed into luxury homes.
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Boy, this Ron Paul guy must be a genius AND a great debater. But what action has he taken to help this country's affairs. He also seems to be a great analyzer, after the fact. But you've got to do better than talk a good game. Be proactive, that will garner you a bigger following. Forgive me, but I must be missing something about Ron Paul. Where and what is he doing now?
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