by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky

Global Research, June 1, 2011

A new phase of the war is unfolding leading to a process of military escalation as well as the eventual landing of US-NATO commandos on Libya's shores.

An unprecedented deployment of naval power in the Mediterranean is occurring.

On June 1st, the member states of the Atlantic Alliance (NATO) meeting in Brussels decided to "renew the mission", namely extend…

Anti-Gun Groups To Buy

The Passage Of A Global Gun Ban?

EXPOSED: Pro-Gun Groups Blocked From Arms Trade Treaty Discussions

Kurt Nimmo

Infowars.com

June 2, 2011

Techdirt reports that Senate bill 978 – a bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes – may be used to prosecute people for embedding YouTube videos.

According to Mark Masnick, if a website embeds a YouTube video that is determined to have infringed on copyright and more than 10 people view it on that website, the owner or others associated…

GOP Presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) on Tuesday warned of too much "dictatorship in Washington D.C." while on a campaign stop in Mason City, Iowa. 

"We're not on the verge of having a king, but we are on the verge of having way too much dictatorship in Washington, D.C.," Paul said, comparing the U.S.'s current situation to a Biblical tale in which the ancient Israelites…

From Simon Black of Sovereign Man

This would never happen where you live

Here’s a great story.

I left Santiago yesterday, quite happy that I had managed to lock up a major property deal at the 11th hour right before…

Our Goose is Cooked



By Mike Whitney



June 02, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- This must be what it was like in Russia before the Soviet Union collapsed. The government's so crooked that nothing works right, the infrastructure's in…

COVINGTON, La. -- It's unusual, but not unheard of -- a 35-year-old Northshore man was sentenced this month to life in prison following his fourth conviction on marijuana charges.Cornell Hood's attorney said his client plans to appeal his sentence, which sends him to jail for life under the state's habitual offender law."The punishment is not so much for…

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Maryland Transit Administration says more training may be called for after three MTA officers detained a man for taking pictures at a light rail station.

Pat Warren has more on the incident.

According to the ACLU, this isn’t the first time MTA Police have overstepped their bounds.

In a YouTube posting, Christopher…

• Posted on 05.31.11
• By Stephen C. Webster
• Categories: Activism, Featured

A protest by the infamous Westboro Baptist Church was not…

Wednesday, June 01, 2011 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

Source: London Guardian

Food prices are expected to hit new highs in the coming weeks, tightening the squeeze on UK households and potentially triggering further unrest in developing countries unless there is heavy rainfall across drought-affected Europe, the…

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/SARAH-PALINS-STAR-122981193.html

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

You couldn't miss it, the big Star of David hanging around Sarah Palin's neck as she toured the…

(Part one of a four-part series)

The Four Horsemen of Banking (Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo) own the Four Horsemen of Oil (Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, BP Amoco and Chevron Texaco); in tandem with Deutsche Bank, BNP, Barclays and other European old money behemoths.  But their…