'Credible Deterrence': Germany Plans to Deploy Armed Drones

By Veit Medick

A document obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE indicates the German government is preparing to procure armed drones for foreign combat. Opposition politicians are outraged by the…

Israel 'secretly deports' 1,000 Sudanese who may face persecution at home

Published time: February 26, 2013 05:46

Israel has deported at least 1,000 Sudanese on 'voluntary leave,' Haaretz reported. The UN Refugee agency said it was not informed of the move, and that the deportees were forced to return to Sudan where visiting or living in Israel is a crime.

The repatriation was…

NATO's Pandora’s Box: W. Africa flooded with Libyan weapons

Published time: February 26, 2013 06:50

An estimated 10,000 to 20,000 Libyan firearms have been trafficked to other African nations, the UN reported. Ousted ruler Muammar Gaddafi's uncontrolled arsenal is reportedly a major source of instability in Mali, and the entire region.…

Will oil soon be traded in a currency that is thousands of years old? What would a "gold for oil" system mean for the petrodollar and the U.S. economy? Are Russia and China hoarding massive amounts of gold because they plan to kill the petrodollar? 



Since the 1970s, the U.S. dollar has been the currency that the international community has used to trade oil around the globe. This has created an overwhelming demand for U.S. dollars and U.S. debt. But what happens when the rest of the…

WASHINGTON — 

COLUMBIA, SC --

The South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill Tuesday afternoon that would allow concealed weapons permit holders to carry their guns into bars and restaurants that serve alcohol.

Anyone carrying a concealed weapon would not be allowed to drink, and bars and restaurants would still have the option of posting signs saying concealed weapons are not allowed.

The bill passed by a vote of 15-7, with opponents…

Best interview I have heard for a long time. This is a lengthy video, but well worth the listining.

The brainwashing starts the very second our arses are slapped in the 'delivery' room.  Who came up with the short, sharp, shock-treatment to welcome us to the world knew we'd instantly respond with a bellowing-out cry, for there we've been in the sanctuary of a lovely warm and secure safe place for three quarters of a year or…

Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise of a black Messiah that would mobilize the African-American community into a meaningful political force.

This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960′s and early…

One man’s hammer of the gods is another man’s fire of the Great Satan.

Drones are the perfect way to fight a war, so long as you are not a child of some prehistoric tribe scuttling for a hiding place on a lunar-pocked piece of scorched earth as Hellfire missiles rain down from a flying death tube thousands of feet above. Even if you are a sworn militant, fighting America with the latest AK-47 or rocket-launcher technology, the unmanned aircraft spewing preemptive strikes upon you, and…

The White House finally agreed to allow lawmakers (not the public) to see the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel memo authorizing the use of drone strikes on civilians, the New York Times reports, but as a Sunlight analysis has shown, the administration is still withholding 37% of these crucially important legal opinions from public view (that were issued from inauguration in 2009 until March 2012).

The administration is even holding on to much older opinions. 39% of OLC opinions issued…

Petition Background

The U.S. Navy is seeking permission to kill, permanently injure, or otherwise seriously harm whales and dolphins more than 31 million times over the next five years throughout Southern California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and along the Atlantic Coast, using sonar and other equipment. This staggering and unprecedented amount of harm is the Navy’s own estimate of impacts from its training and testing activities to more than 40 marine mammal…

Greetings Governor Brown (your gov name),

I am writing for the purpose of asking for public statements from the Governor, County Commissioners, all California Mayors, all California Sheriffs and Police Chief’s regarding the issue of your (and their) stand on the US Constitution and California Constitution, and the peoples rights as guaranteed under the uninfringeable (uninfringeable: unbreakable, sacrosanct, firm, unchallengeable, inviolate) Bill of Rights, versus the…

Actor, writer-singer and documentary maker Mark Windows, has triumphantly won a court case against troubled Waltham Forest Council after it was proved and agreed by the Magistrate; that the council had blatantly lied and tried their utmost to deceive the rest of the community that ultimately would affect everyone else in the country who too faced a similar dilemma. …

The Dick Act of 1902 also known as the Efficiency of Militia Bill H.R. 11654, of June 28, 1902 invalidates all so-called gun-control laws. It also divides the militia into three distinct and separate entities.

The three classes H.R. 11654 provides for are the organized militia, henceforth known as the National Guard of the State, Territory and District of Columbia, the…

“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” -Patrick Henry

About 45 days ago I wrote an article entitled…