Where's the hope now? And I thought Barack Hussein Obama’s response to the jobs numbers yesterday was clueless. Obama proposed spending $800 million to create 5,000 jobs, which would install broadband technology where it hasn’t already expanded because of demand, which will cost $160,000 per job. Today, Obama has refined his approach in his weekly address, proposing to spend even more money... 

Will the internet be "jailed" in Australia as it is in China and Iran? Let's hope not... The future of the great Australian firewall is beginning to look decidedly shaky, as electoral calculations and widespread condemnation from politicians and industry alike begin to take their toll. That’s the analysis from Greens communications spokesman Scott Ludlam, who believes the proposed... 

Three judges on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are beginning to review a case that alleges Barack Obama is not eligible to be president and may not even be American. The federal court case, brought by attorney Mario Apuzzo on behalf of plaintiffs Charles Kerchner and others, had been dismissed at the district-court level. Arguments earlier had been scheduled for June 29 in the dispute,... 

* Ringtone ended with Sieg Heil * Phone also had picture of Hitler * Penalty could be three years’ jail A MAN who had a speech by Adolf Hitler as his ringtone could face up to three years in jail. Police seized the 54-year-old’s phone at Harburg station, near the northern city of Hamburg, after fellow train passengers, shocked by the sound of Hitler screaming, alerted police. “It... 

President Barack Obama has declared a federal emergency exists in Texas as Tropical Storm Alex builds toward hurricane strength and approaches south Texas and northern Mexico. According to a White House statement issued Tuesday, Obama gas ordered federal help to augment the state and local responses to the developing emergency. The declaration authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency “to... 

An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that every person be vaccinated for the seasonal flu yearly, except in a few cases where the vaccine is known to be unsafe. “Now no one should say ‘Should I or shouldn’t I?’” said CDC flu specialist Anthony Fiore. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 11-0 with one abstention to... 

Wayne Madsen, the investigative reporter, has a new for-subscribers report out. He says that CEMA — the state of California’s version of FEMA — has been alerted by its counterparts in the Gulf coast on mass evacuation plans. For Madsen’s previous report on mass evacuation, CLICK HERE. Gulf state emergency preparedness agencies confirm mass evacuation plans A well-placed source in California... 

B.James’s title of the album is: “Only Hate” and it is freely distributed in France. So, where is the hate exactly situated? “Just one goal: leaving the Hexagon in bits” “I want these Republican dogs to die and then defecate on their graves” “I defecate on the French flag” “I walk in the streets with bombs” “We take your money,... 

Nicolas Cocaign A French convict who killed his cellmate and ate his lung was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday. Nicolas Cocaign and Thierry Baudry had a fight when Cocaign asked Baudry to wash his hands after he had used the toilet during the night of January 2, 2007. Cocaign strangled Baudry and cut open his chest with a razor blade. Thinking it was the heart, Cocaign then ripped out a... 

In Ohio, your maternity leave might be permanent. Even in the enlightened, family-friendly world of 2010, you can still get fired for getting pregnant. In Ohio, anyway. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled this week that companies can fire relatively new employees who take time off for pregnancy. Justices ruled 5-1 that new employees risk getting fired when they take extended leaves for any reason. It’s... 

Bedridden and on oxygen, Lona Varner of El Reno, Oklahoma, was zapped by police using Taser guns after she acted in an “aggressive” manner in her bed. Officers showed up at Varner’s residence after her grandson, Lonnie Tinsley, called 911 seeking medical assistance for his grandmother. But instead of helping the 86-year-old woman, police officers Thomas Duran and Joseph Sandberg Tasered... 

Mexico has jumped on the surreal bandwagon and is suing Arizona over their decision to enforce federal immigration law. Mexico on Tuesday asked a federal court in Arizona to declare the state’s new immigration law unconstitutional, arguing that the country’s own interests and its citizens’ rights are at stake. Lawyers for Mexico on Tuesday submitted a legal brief in support of one of five... 

One of the ships impounded by Israel when it raided the flotilla of aid vessels off Gaza. Boarding party troops in deadly flotilla raid confiscated cards and spent on them, claim campaigners who were on board. Israeli troops have been accused of stealing from activists arrested in the assault on the Gaza flotilla after confiscated debit cards belonging to activists were subsequently used. In their... 

FGM Collecting Evidence, Testimonies To Sue Israeli Over Flotilla Attack Members of the Free Gaza Movement are collecting testimonies and evidence by contacting activists who were onboard the Turkish ship that was attacking by the Israeli occupation forces while heading to Gaza as part of the Freedom Flotilla humanitarian aid convoy. Member of Free Gaza Movement, Audrey Bomse, stated that testimonies... 

A boat captain working to rescue sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico says he has seen BP ships burning sea turtles and other wildlife alive. Captain Mike Ellis said in an interview posted on You Tube that the boats are conducting controlled burns to get rid of the oil. “They drag a boom between two shrimp boats and whatever gets caught between the two boats, they circle it up and catch it on fire....