Obama signs defense bill, pledges to maintain legal rights of U.S. citizens

The Washington Post President Obama expressed misgivings about several provisions of a sweeping defense bill he signed into law on Saturday, pledging that his administration will use broad discretion in interpreting the measure’s legal requirements to ensure that U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism are not detained indefinitely by the military. The $662 billion National Defense Authorization [...]

2011: Year of the Camera Phone

David Batty Guardian In 2011, cameraphones entered the mainstream of photojournalism due to a combination of the Arab uprisings, the Occupy protests and improved technology. The Guardian, wire agencies and major broadcasters used many more cameraphone and video images. The New York Times said its use has increased a hundredfold. “That’s largely because of the [...]

Big Brother Cab: Taxi CCTV to spy on passengers

NY Times Attacks Ron Paul For Living in the Real World

Gingrich-linked smear specialist Kirchick labels Paul “paranoid conspiracy theorist” for discussing manifestly provable issues Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Gingrich-linked smear specialist James Kirchick is presumably nonplussed that his attempt to regurgitate the 15-year-old debunked non-story of Ron Paul’s ‘racist’ newsletters has had absolutely no effect on the polls, but he is forging ahead anyway with further [...]

CNN Poll Fundamentally Flawed: Romney Is Not Leading Paul In Iowa

Steve Watson Infowars.com Contrary to what the Mainstream media would have you believe today, Mitt Romney is not “surging in Iowa”. A newly released CNN poll out of Iowa suggests that Mitt Romney is once again in the lead ahead of Ron Paul going into the caucuses. However, it is fundamentally flawed in that it does not [...]

Venezuela’s Chavez: did U.S. give Latin American leaders cancer?

Reuters Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speculated on Wednesday that the United States might have developed a way to give Latin American leaders cancer, after Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez joined the list of presidents diagnosed with the disease. It was a typically controversial statement by Venezuela’s socialist leader, who underwent surgery in June to remove a tumor [...]

Michele Bachmann chair defects to Ron Paul

ALEXANDER BURNS Politico In a shock announcement Wednesday night, Iowa state senator and onetime Michele Bachmanncampaign leader Kent Sorenson declared that he is now supportingRon Paul for president. Sorenson made the announcement at a Paul rally with veterans here in Des Moines, telling the crowd: “I believe we’re at a turning point in this campaign.” Calling the decision [...]

No longer just theories: The top 10 conspiracy facts of 2011

Mike Adams NaturalNews 2011 was the year in which many conspiracy “theories” became conspiracy FACTS. Articles that used to earn you a tinfoil hat designation suddenly were front-page news stories across the country. The world is stranger than we can imagine, it seems, and 2011 proved it yet again. Here are the top ten conspiracy [...]

Americans Shoplifted Almost $2 Billion Of Stuff This Christmas

Atlantic Wire Hope you have a Merry Christmas, America, because you’ve been extremely naughty at the mall this year. After surveying retailers in the U.S., the Global Retail Theft Barometer says that shoppers pinched $1.8 billion worth of merchandise during the four weeks leading up to Christmas, reports the AP. $1.8 billion! For context, $1.8 [...]

US warns Iran not to block Strait of Hormuz

AFP WASHINGTON (AFP)  – The United States warned Iran on Wednesday against any attempt to disrupt shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran issued threats over the vital oil route. “Interference with the transit… of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz will not be tolerated,” said Pentagon press secretary George Little. Iran’s Vice President [...]