By Richard Wolf USA TODAY 2-8-10 WASHINGTON — Social Security’s annual surplus nearly evaporated in 2009 for the first time in 25 years as the recession led hundreds of thousands of workers... »

South Carolina forces “subversives” to register with the authorities or do hard time Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, February 8, 2010 Subversives who think government is corrupt and should be controlled by... »

An ominous preview of what a government regulated world wide web would look like as Infowars and Prison Planet go dark in New Zealand Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, February 8,... »

by Eric Margolis CommonDreams.org U.S. President Barack Obama calls the $3.8-trillion US budget he just sent to Congress a major step in restoring America’s economic health. In fact, it’s another potent fix... »

Robert Morley TheTrumpet.com Most Americans have no idea what is happening to the economy. Many people think America is emerging from a vicious little recession, and will soon be back on... »

By Simon Johnson The Baseline Scenario.com The entirely pointless G7 meeting this weekend only served to underline the fact that Europe is again entering a serious economic crisis. At the end of... »

WILLIAM SCHOMBERG AND UMESH DESAI Mail&GuardianOnline Feb 08 2010 The euro and growth-linked currencies fell on Monday as investors unwound risky trades amid growing worries about eurozone’s debt problems, dismissing assurances... »

by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. LewRockwell.com “There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus,” says St. Luke on why Mary and Joseph found themselves in Bethlehem, “that all the world should... »

by Richard Daughty LewRockwell.com From the AP I read the astonishing item that “In a face-to-face encounter, President Barack Obama chastised Republican lawmakers Friday for opposing him on health care, economic... »

by Jack D. Douglas LewRockwell.com The soaring, middle-class rage against government catastrophes, terrorism, and corruptions of all forms is in part due to the immense catastrophes they have seen government and... »

PART 8 By Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D. February 8, 2010 NewsWithViews.com [Note: My book September 11 Prior Knowledge was perhaps the first book published about that tragedy. In the book I wrote: “One... »

By Attorney Jonathan Emord February 8, 2010 NewsWithViews.com At a time of continuing recession, in the wake of government spending unparalleled in American history, and in the presence of rising unemployment rates... »

John Carney BusinessInsider.com Our nascent economic recovery may come too late to save many American cities from bankruptcy, which in turn will deal heavy losses to municipal bond investors and the... »

Any green shoots wither in Spain as jobless figures rise Fears rise for the country’s stability as unemployment reaches a 40-year high. Alasdair Fotheringham reports from Granada IndependentUK Sunday, 7 February 2010 High... »

James Moore: If the taxman plays hardball we’re all in trouble The taxman’s ‘pay now’ demand is enough to tip a business over the edge IndependentUK Monday, 8 February 2010 All things considered,... »

• Virgin chief and fellow business leaders call for action • Energy crisis threatens to be more serious than credit crunch Terry Macalister Guardian.co.uk Sunday 7 February 2010 Sir Richard Branson and fellow... »

by J. R. Nyquist FinancialSense.com On 11 November 2009 the Russian libertarian economist Andrei Illarionov spoke at a meeting of the “discussion club” of the OGF (United Citizens Front) in Moscow.... »

By William Fisher OpEdNews.com February 7, 2010 “In an admission that took the intelligence community and its critics by surprise, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair acknowledged in a congressional hearing... »

There’s a good chance you may be eating a livestock drug banned in 160 nations. By Martha Rosenberg Alternet.com While researchers and scientists investigate the cause of our diabetes, obesity, asthma... »

Recombinomics Commentary February 07, 2010 The level of disinformation in the media and internet continues to grow. The latest disinformation campaign has now started calling the 2009 pandemic and... »

By WILLIAM NEUMAN NYTimes.com Faced with stiff resistance from ranchers and farmers, the Obama administration has decided to scrap a national program intended to help authorities quickly identify and track livestock... »

PressTV.ir Sun, 07 Feb 2010 As Israel keeps threatening the regional countries with war, Egyptian maritime sources say the Israeli navy has deployed two missile ships to the Persian Gulf.... »

Pentagon Looks to Breed Immortal ‘Synthetic Organisms,’ Molecular Kill-Switch Included By Katie Drummond Wired.com The Pentagon’s mad science arm may have come up with its most radical project yet. Darpa is looking... »

Pentagon draws plans for immortal ’synthetic organisms’ By Daniel Tencer RawStory.com The Pentagon’s advanced research division has set aside $6 million from its next budget for research on the creation of “synthetic... »

For the third time in 18 months the global financial system risks spinning out of control unless political leaders take immediate and radical action. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard TelegraphUK 07 Feb 2010 Flow... »

No joke: South Carolina now requires ’subversives’ to registerBy Daniel Tencer RawStory.com Five-dollar registration fee for persons planning to overthrow US government Terrorists who want to overthrow the United States government must... »

Clare Swinney infonews.co.nz Sunday, February 7th, 2010 Has Chinese-style internet censorship arrived in New Zealand this year? The question is posed because two major news websites, Infowars.com and Prisonplanet.com, both of... »

By: Bob Chapman GoldSeek.com Sunday, 7 February 2010 US MARKETS As we have been forecasting for the last two years, the second wave of mortgage defaults and foreclosures will hit the economy... »

By Joel Skousen Editor – World Affairs Brief February 2-6-10 Rense.com Foreign policy and war issues have taken a back seat to the Democratic administration’s push to cram a health care reform bill... »

by John Mauldin SafeHaven.com Should Greenspan and Bernanke have seen the bubble in housing and other assets and acted, or should we accept their defense that you can’t know whether there... »

by Alan Orfi WizBang.com February 7, 2010 President Obama’s repeated references to Friday’s surprising decline in the unemployment rate epitomize his utter disregard toward the intellect of our citizenry. His... »

Michael Sheridan TimesOnlineUK February 7, 2010 MORE than half of Chinese people questioned in a poll believe China and America are heading for a new “cold war”. The finding came after battles over... »

By BILL QUIGLEY Counterpunch.org February 5 – 7, 2010 You can walk down many of the streets of Port au Prince and see absolutely no evidence that the world community has helped... »

Ellen Brown WebofDebt.com Rumor has it that Timothy Geithner is on his way out as Treasury Secretary, due to his involvement in the AIG scandal that is now unraveling in hearings... »

by Declan McCullagh CNet.com WASHINGTON–The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years, a requirement that law enforcement believes... »

Margaret Wente TheGlobeandMail.com In 2007, the most comprehensive report to date on global warming, issued by the respected United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, made a shocking claim: The Himalayan... »

by Gary North LewRockwell.com I have just posted a video of my 90-minute seminar: “Retirement Armageddon.” It presents the background for a series of nasty surprises. For those of you who don’t... »

By Greg Evensen February 6, 2010 NewsWithViews.com As the celestial clock ticks down on history, there are millions upon millions who still do not know whether it is day or night. Among... »

Subverted Tea Party Movement Told to Embrace Republican Platform Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com February 5, 2010 The Tea Party movement is now almost completely unrecognizable from what it was a few short years... »

Recombinomics Commentary February 05, 2010 Region 4: AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN; The latest CDC report shows an overall rise (from 8.9% to 13%) in samples positive for... »

Recombinomics Commentary February 05, 2010 The latest data from the North Carolina website indicates the frequency of samples testing positive for H1N1 has risen to 25% (see Figure 2) from... »

The financial crisis is coming to a new, potentially more deadly phase By Jeremy Warner TelegraphUK 05 Feb 2010 Are we about to enter a third, and this time fatal, leg of... »

Dangerous and invasive radiation x-ray devices labeled stupid and pointless by experts Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Friday, February 5, 2010 More prominent public figures have slammed the slap-dash introduction of invasive naked... »

Will recent successes in fighting internet controls be enough to stave off tyranny? James Corbett The Corbett Report 5 February, 2010 The focus is back on Internet censorship this week as a... »

by John Michael Greer LifeAfterTheOilCrash.com I’ve mentioned more than once in these essays the foreshortening effect that textbook history can have on our understanding of the historical events going on around... »

By Jacob Hornberger CampaignForLiberty.com 02/05/10 What happens when the military is used in a police capacity? You get a “war on terrorism,” one in which people think that the laws of... »

By Martin Hutchinson MoneyMorning.com The big story in the international markets so far in the New Year has been the increasing shakiness of a number of countries’ government bonds, with Greece... »

The Spiraling Debt of Greece and Other PIIGS By Fil Zucchi Minyanville.com Feb 04, 2010 I have Buzzed multiple times that what we’ve seen over the last 18 months has been a... »

The Greek debt crisis has spread to Spain and Portugal in a dangerous escalation as global markets test whether Europe is willing to shore up monetary union with muscle... »

Brad Macdonald TheTrumpet.com Last December, President Obama visited Europe twice within 18 days. His first trip was to Oslo to accept a medallion and a check. The second was to Copenhagen,... »

ChinaPost.com February 5, 2010 IQALUIT, Nuvavut — A bout of turmoil in global markets has provided sobering reminder to global financial leaders that the aftershocks from the worst recession... »

by Paul Craig Roberts TakiMag.com February 05, 2010 Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan answered that he had placed his trust in a flawed theory when he was called before Congress... »

by Bruce Gagnon Global Research February 5, 2010 The latest news is that Romania will be hosting the U.S. Army’s ground-based “missile defense” systems. Russia is not pleased with these developments. These... »

by Brian A. Krol LewRockwell.com With all the talk of bubbles bursting in terms of stocks, equities, currencies and real estate, one very troubling trend is brewing: the rising cost of... »

Will Obama Play the War Card? by Patrick J. Buchanan LewRockwell.com Republicans already counting the seats they will pick up this fall should keep in mind Obama has a big card yet... »

Passengers laid bare as full body scanners are introduced at Heathrow and Manchester airports By Anny Shaw DailyMailUK The introduction of full body scanners at Heathrow and Manchester airports has today... »

by Tom DeWeese January 5, 2010 NewsWithViews.com Many politicians are asking the question today: “Why are the American People so angry?” The following may lend a clue to the clueless. According to the... »

By Dr. Laurie Roth February 5, 2010 NewsWithViews.com We were told that the hundreds of billions of stimulus dollars that went to banks was to stimulate the economy and help hold off... »

Make The World A NATO Protectorate Hillary Clinton’s Prescription by Rick Rozoff Global Research U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was busy in London and Paris last week advancing the new Euro-Atlantic... »

By George Friedman Market Oracle Feb 04, 2010 This weekend’s newspapers were filled with stories about how the United States is providing ballistic missile defense (BMD) to four countries on the... »

Martin Hutchinson Market Oracle Feb 04, 2010 The big story in the international markets so far in the New Year has been the increasing shakiness of a number of countries’ government... »

Kurt Nimmo Prison Planet.com Wednesday, February 3, 2010 If we are to believe senator Harry Reid (see video below), the taxation system in the United States is voluntary. Reid admits that if... »

Google to enlist NSA to help it ward off cyberattacks By Ellen Nakashima WashingtonPost.com Thursday, February 4, 2010 The world’s largest Internet search company and the world’s most powerful electronic surveillance organization are... »

By DAVID STREITFELD NYTimes.com In 2006, Benjamin Koellmann bought a condominium in Miami Beach. By his calculation, it will be about the year 2025 before he can sell his modest home... »

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By: Bob Chapman Goldseek.com Wednesday, 3 February 2010 US MARKETS The recent election in Massachusetts of Republican Scott Brown to the Senate... »

The Mogambo Guru GoldSeek.com Wednesday, 3 February 2010 As I was standing in line at the grocery store, I was generously donating my Precious Mogambo Time (PMT) to educate all within... »

by Andrew McKillop FinancialSense.com Dire Warnings Global warming has pride of place among the claimed harbingers of catastrophe which a large and growing range of prestige institutions, agencies, political leaderships and economic... »

by Jonathan Weil BusinessWeek.com Look through President Barack Obama’s proposed 2011 budget, and you’ll see a line calling for a $235 million increase in the Justice Department’s funding to fight financial... »