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Putin pushes nuclear, space defense reform
S-300V and S-300VM anti-aircraft long distance missile systems
President Putin has said Russia is not planning to enter a new arms race, but urged senior officials to develop the nuclear arsenal further, along with Russia’s own air and space defenses, so that no one in the world doubts their effectiveness.
Putin was speaking at a special meeting on the state weapon program that took place in the...
Supreme Court upholds Arizona immigration law
The US Supreme Court finally ruled on the constitutionality of Arizona’s controversial immigration law Monday, striking down three provisions of the legislation while upholding the scandalous “show me your papers” section.
The Court has struck down most of Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration legislation, which was enacted two years earlier.
The high court ruled that Arizona’s policy of imprisoning...
Finland will lose sovereignty if joins NATO - Putin
Saying that Finland will surrender its right to act independently in the event it joins the western military alliance, Putin added that Moscow will respond to deployment of any NATO attack missiles based in the Nordic country.
“The involvement of any country in a military bloc deprives it of a certain degree of sovereignty, and some decisions are made at a different level,” the Russian...
Spain takes UK to UN over Gibraltar
Spain will take its dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Gibraltar Rock to the United Nations, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs says, after the provocative projection of British Queen’s giant image on the Rock earlier this week.
The image of the Queen was projected on the northern face of the rock next to Britain’s flag on Tuesday night as the youngest son of the Queen and his wife...
Argentina’s president to personally attend UN committee on Malvinas
Argentina’s president plans to personally attend a session of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization on June 14 as her country tries to assert its sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, Press TV reports.
June 14th marks the anniversary of the end of the war between Argentina and Britain over the islands in 1982.
Ahead of President Cristina Fernandez’s address in New York, a group of local...
Iran to sue US over airspace violation
Lawmaker Kazem Jalali
A senior Iranian lawmaker calls on the Foreign Ministry to lodge a complaint against the US over the recent violation of Iran’s airspace by an American reconnaissance drone.
Member of the Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Kazem Jalali said Sunday that the US has a long history of violating the sovereignty of other countries, ICANA news agency...
David Cameron protects UK's Sovereignty against EU Federalism
For once, I find myself on the same side as David Cameron, the David who stands alone against the fiendish Goliath of the European Union, that all-engulfing rampaging monster which gobbles up national identities, disregarding its citizens as it makes sweeping decisions over their heads, sending the lemmings scurrying over the cliff-edge…
I could not have disagreed more with David Cameron over...
Putin: Russia-Belarus Merger 'Possible' And 'Desirable'
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he supports calls for Russia to merge with its western neighbor Belarus.
Belarus has been an independent state since the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991.
Speaking at a Kremlin youth camp, Putin said Monday the return to Soviet-style unity is “possible, desirable and wholly dependent on the will of the Belarusian people.”
Russia and Belarus already have...
Israeli troops fire at Palestinian demonstrators in Syria, killing 23
Pro-Palestinians protesters take cover from Israeli forces shooting near the village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Sunday, June 5, 2011.
Israeli troops fired at Palestinian demonstrators in Syria who rushed to the frontier fence in what Israel called a challenge to its sovereignty. Syrian state-run media said 23 were killed.
“Anyone who tries to cross the border will be...
Missouri Lawmakers' Bill to Assert Their Sovereignty and disregard Federal Laws
This is great, and Missouri isn’t the only State doing this. What this bill will do is tell the Federal Government that citizens of Missouri will NOT be bound by any law the Federal Government makes which is unconstitutional (like Obamacare, for example). It would allow Federal taxes to be drawn into the State’s Treasury and given to the Federal Government based on how well the Feds perform...
At least 11 US States to fight healthcare bill in court
At least 11 US states say they plan to launch a legal battle against President Barack Obama’s sweeping reforms of the healthcare system in the United States.
The House of Representatives passed the president’s healthcare bill on Sunday.
The Republican-controlled states say they will not accept the introduction of mandatory basic health insurance.
They argue that it goes against the US...
Ireland Votes 67% In Favor Of Lisbon Treaty
DUBLIN – (Dow Jones)- Ireland voted 67% in favor of the Lisbon Treaty with just 33% voting against, according to the final count announced Saturday.
The big swing to a Yes vote was helped by a 6% rise in voter turnout to 59%.
But there was a big swing vote from No to Yes due to a series of EU protocols clarifying Irish neutrality and maintaining its antiabortion laws, safeguarded independence...
Edgar J. Steele on the States Sovereignty Movement and Running for Governor of Idaho
Idaho – You Can See New America From Here
By Edgar J. Steele
“The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in the face of constituted authority … it is the one guarantee of human freedom to the American people.” — Frank Cobb, Editor, New York World (1920)
My name is Edgar J. Steele.
America is sick. No news there. Like a patient with a...
Why Western Europe should thank Eastern Europe
Stephen The Great of Romania fighting against the Ottoman Empire
Is Eastern Europe inferior to Western Europe? Definitely! What’s the biggest difference between Western Europe and Eastern Europe? Economy! Now this has been a long known moral conflict between Western Europe and Eastern Europe. Western Europeans like to call themselves “Occidentals” while they are calling Eastern...