April 16th 2008: Israeli Tank Kills Journalist Crew

(@12 seconds, the tank fires the shell and in less than 1/2 a second you see the “flachette” type munition detonate right at the top of the screen. You can see the gas released as the shell opens up and sprays the crew with it’s lethal payload. It’s the last thing the cameraman saw.)

LaRouche: Another Cover-up By Nancy Pelosi

from LPAC American statesman Lyndon LaRouche, briefed on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s treasonous “deep-sixing” of legislation for a Senate Select Committee modeled on the 1933 Senate Banking Committee’s investigation of financial crimes led by prosecutor Ferdinand Pecora, in favor of a hand-picked 10-member commission appointed by the congressional leadership, which will issue its report on Dec. [...]

U.S. Votes for 9/11 Style Commission To Probe Financial Crisis

by George Washington Am I excited that “US lawmakers voted Wednesday to create a 9/11-style commission of experts to probe the causes of last year’s devastating financial meltdown and to draw lessons to prevent its recurrence“? Of course. The 9/11 Commission has – in retrospect – expressed confidence in the whole process: The co-chairs of [...]

Criminalizing Criticism of Israel

by Paul Craig Roberts, CounterPunch October 16, 2004, President George W. Bush signed the Israel Lobby’s bill, the Global Anti-Semitism Review Act.  This legislation requires the US Department of State to monitor anti-semitism world wide. To monitor anti-semitism, it has to be defined.  What is the definition?  Basically, as defined by the Israel Lobby and [...]

Team DLC Obama™ Brand Forgives $7 Billion to Chrysler and Slashes $17 Billion in Social Programs

“Chrysler LLC will not repay U.S. taxpayers more than $7 billion in bailout money it received earlier this year and as part of its bankruptcy filing… This revelation was buried within Chrysler’s bankruptcy filings last week and confirmed by the Obama administration Tuesday.”  CNN Money “White House officials acknowledged the similarity between Mr. Obama’s 121 [...]

401(k)s Hit by Withdrawal Freezes

from the Wall Street Journal Some investors in 401(k) retirement funds who are moving to grab their money are finding they can’t. Even with recent gains in stocks such as Monday’s, the months of market turmoil have delivered a blow to some 401(k) participants: freezing their investments in certain plans. In some cases, individual investors [...]

US Justice Department report urges no prosecution over torture memos

(Looks like the Cheney Administration wrote it’s own “get out of jail “free” card before leaving office and then gave it to Team DLC Obama™ Brand.) by Bill Van Auken,  WSWS A draft report by the US Justice Department on the conduct of department lawyers who wrote memos justifying torture has reportedly been embraced by [...]