Wednesday, June 29, 2011 by: J. D. Heyes

When you reward failure, what do you get?

The objective of the war against Libya is not just its oil reserves (now estimated at 60 billion barrels), which are the greatest in Africa and whose extraction costs are among the lowest in the world, nor the…

It's possible to subsist almost entirely on items found in Walmart (you can even buy tents if you don't have a home), but…

By Fiona

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Last updated at 3:31 AM on 26th June 2011

The former mayor of New Orleans has revealed how he became so paranoid after Hurricane Katrina he was convinced the government was trying to poison him.

Ray Nagin also tells the bizarre story of how heavily-armed men in combat suits allegedly stormed his command centre and attempted to plant bugs, as he led the response to the 2005 disaster.

He makes the revelations in a self-published memoir, Katrina's…

Which country do these people serve?

http://www.military.com/news/article/senator-wants-us-israeli-op-against-flotilla.html

A U.S. senator wants U.S. special operations forces to help Israel halt a Gaza-bound international aid flotilla that includes a vessel carrying a number of American veterans, one of whom is a Sailor who served aboard the USS Liberty, the…

Can You Blame Him?  We All Want to Do It But We’d Be Arrested

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By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau, a former furniture salesman, addressed…

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…

by Ian Richardson, Andrew Kakabadse, Nada Kakabadse

Bilderberg People explores the hidden mechanisms of influence at work in the private world and personal interactions of the transnational power elite. It is not concerned with conspiracy theories; instead it is about certain fundamental forces that shape the world in which…

By Jack Mullen | goldseek.com

Were people consciously aware something was about to change in a very bad way…

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s major sources of instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly imperiled by its devastation.

It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power – and duty – to bring a resolution.

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Athens - Greece's largest unions began a 48-hour nationwide strike on Tuesday, paralysing transport and public services as lawmakers debated a new round of…