Friday, 19 March 2010


Considering the number of times governments have been caught lying over the last few decades, we have to ask the question, should the belief that major world events and political developments happen as a result of a conspiracy of some form or other be the default position in contemporary thinking, or should we continue to blindly trust government and afford it the credibility it plainly doesn't deserve in order to maintain a perceived sense of order?

A bill currently awaiting Gov. Gary Herbert’s signature would allow Rocky Mountain Power to automatically enroll customers in its Cool Keeper program.

The United States has diverted a shipment of bunker-busters designated for Israel.

U.S. Banks have a solid incentive, dipped in gold, to keep people in a perpetual state of paying rent on debt while not saving a shiny penny.

Working for Uncle Sam comes with some great perks, like job stability, posh benefits packages, and in many cases, average salaries that are higher than what the same job pays in the private sector.

A NSW government rebate will be expanded to more than one million electricity consumers, to allay fears some families will be left in the dark by the state’s largest-ever electricity price increases.

Five children poisoned to death in a village in India may have been “sacrificed”, police say. Black magic is sometimes carried out in poorer parts of India by people who believe it will provide benefits.

The next step will be a staged “terrorist attack,” a “false flag” operation as per Operation Northwoods, for which Iran will be blamed. As Iran and its leadership have already been demonized, the “false flag” attack will suffice to obtain US and European public support for bombing Iran.

A truism perhaps, but before resorting to brute force and open repression to halt the “barbarians at the gates,” that would be us, the masters of declining empires (and the chattering classes who polish their boots) regale us with tales of “democracy on the march,” “hope” and other banalities before the mailed fist comes crashing down.

Tony Blair waged an extraordinary two-year battle to keep secret a lucrative deal with a multinational oil giant which has extensive interests in Iraq.

House Ways and Means Republicans on Thursday assailed a provision in the proposed health care reform bill under consideration this week.

After recovering from the “news” that the new film Camp FEMA is somehow racist, I thought it might behoove me to take another look. 

In the footnotes of a speech U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke would have given to the House Financial Services Committee on Feb. 10, lies a unique and startling disclosure.

Google may exit China on April 10, according to a report citing an unidentified sales agent for the company.