Almost two months have now passed since that morning, March 9, 2009, around 11:45 am, when US federal agents arrested me – three squad cars – on a country road east of Sarver, Pennsylvania for a “visa violation.” As it quickly became known to me, in fact already during the car ride to the downtown Pittsburgh federal jail and even more so later in questioning, my arrest was politically motivated. The... 

“Obama Calls on World to ‘Stand Up to’ North Korea” read the headline. The United States, Obama said, was determined to protect “the peace and security of the world.” Shades of doublespeak, doublethink, 1984. North Korea is a small place. China alone could snuff it out in a few minutes. Yet the president of the U.S. thinks that nothing less than the entire world is a match for North... 

In a sobering holiday interview with C-SPAN, President Obama boldly told Americans: “We are out of money.” C-SPAN host Steve Scully broke from a meek Washington press corps with probing questions for the new president. SCULLY: You know the numbers, $1.7 trillion debt, a national deficit of $11 trillion. At what point do we run out of money? OBAMA: Well, we are out of money now. We are operating... 

There is no way Obama can spin or fast-talk his way out of this one. Nor can he blame it on Bush as this is happening months into Obama’s presidency. Chrysler has just gone bankrupt and GM is not far behind. An AFP article reports “Chrysler was forced into bankruptcy protection Thursday… Chrysler said most of its plants will be ‘temporarily’ idled until the transaction is complete… Senior... 

In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a new world order is emerging — with its center gravitating towards China. The statistics speak for themselves. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) will shrink by an alarming 1.3% this year. Yet, defying this global trend, China expects an annual economic growth rate... 

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Kabbalah is a Jewish discipline and school of thought discussing the mystical aspect of Judaism Madonna and rumored boyfriend Jesus Luz take the kids — David Banda, 3, and Lourdes Leon, 12 — for Saturday service at The Kabbalah Center in New York City. Page Six reports that the Material Mom’s ex-husband Guy Ritchie has been referring to Madonna as an “it” since their divorce. In response... 

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Scratch a counterintelligence officer in the U.S. government and they’ll tell you that Israel is not a friend to the United States. This is because Israel runs one of the most aggressive and damaging espionage networks targeting the U.S.. The fact of Israeli penetration into the country is not a subject oft-discussed in the media or in the circles of governance, due to the extreme sensitivity...