The most important news for Friday, September 18th, 2009.....
The New York Times is reporting that Barack Obama sent a secret letter to Russia’s president last month offering to back off deploying a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help stop Iran from developing long-range weapons.
Vladimir Putin has announced that he now expects the United States to back a joint bid by Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to join the WTO.
Russia has announced that they plan to help Cuba modernize their weaponry and train their military.
A shocking leaked report has revealed that the U.N. nuclear inspection agency believes that Iran has "sufficient information" to make a nuclear weapon and has "probably tested" a key component.
House Republicans are vigorously denouncing Speaker Nancy Pelosi's comments that appeared to question whether today's angry conservative protests are similar to anti-gay rallies in the late 1970s that preceded the assassination of two San Francisco political leaders.
The Washington Times is reporting that Obama said this week that his health care plan won't cover illegal immigrants, but that he also argued that's all the more reason to legalize them and ensure they eventually do get health care coverage.
Australia has formally approved a swine flu vaccine and says that it will start administering the vaccine this month to its most "at-risk" citizens, including medical staff, pregnant women and the chronically ill.
The World Health Organization says that production of H1N1 swine flu vaccines over the next year will be "substantially less" than the 4.9 billion doses previously forecast.
Scientists in the U.K. are warning that a "deadly second wave" of the swine flu is on the way.
Bill Gates is donating even more of his money for research on experimental genetic modification and vaccine research.
Public schools and colleges across the United States are experiencing an early and robust flu season thanks to the H1N1 swine flu virus.
Authorities in the Phoenix area are searching for a Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant engineer who has been missing since Saturday evening.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is admitting that his policies are influenced by the Council on Foreign Relations.
The incomes of young American adults have experienced an 8 year nose dive.
The Health Ranger is asking this question: "Why are so many celebrities dying after chemotherapy?"
VW has unveiled a two-seater that gets 180 miles per gallon.
4 million Kenyans are on food aid as the drought deepens over there.
Are there occult themes in Beyonce's "Sweet Dreams" video?
A Missouri veteran injured by a vaccine has been ruled ineligible to receive benefits.
75 percent of Oklahoma high school students cannot name the first president of the United States.
The Texas State Board of Education has decided to replace Christmas and Rosh Hashanah with the Hindu holiday of Diwali in its review of religious holidays.
Lastly, a man who roasted his pet dog to enjoy as a meal with his family and friends has escaped prosecution after authorities in New Zealand determined that the dog was "killed humanely".
The most important news for Thursday, September 17th, 2009.....
Dr. Marc Lipsitch of Harvard University says that the swine flu death rate is similar to the death rate of the seasonal flu during a normal year.
Boston is creating a citywide registry of everyone who has had a flu vaccination.
An Indian tribe in Manitoba asked the Canadian government for some supplies to help them battle the swine flu, and so Health Canada sent them body bags.
A former Israeli defense official claims that Israel will attack Iran's nuclear facilities before the end of the year if the West has not hit that regime with crippling sanctions by that time.
U.N. inspectors say that Iran's uranium enrichment has already produced enough raw fuel for one nuclear weapon.
Meanwhile, Newsweek is reporting that the U.S. intelligence community is telling the White House that Iran has not restarted its nuclear-weapons development program.
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to de-fund ACORN.
In case you have not seen it, you can find the video of Barack Obama saying exactly what he thinks of Kanye West on Raw Story.
The U.S. Special Operations Command has given General Dynamics a $10 million contract to set up a network of psychological-warfare "influence websites" supporting the Global War On Terror.
China has announced a 16 billion dollar oil exploration deal with Venezuela. Shouldn't someone be concerned about China's massively growing influence in South America?
The World Health Organization is complaining that the African condom shortage is going to make global warming worse.
California communities are bracing for a "tsunami" of parolees due to budget cuts and prison overcrowding. Aren't you glad that you don't live in California?
South Africa is considering "shoot to kill" policing ahead of next year's World Cup.
Lastly, four teens in Panama have killed an incredibly bizarre creature that is being called "The Blue Hill Horror". Do you have any idea what this thing is?
The most important news for Wednesday, September 16th, 2009.....
According to a new poll, two out of every three practicing physicians oppose Obama's health care reform plan, and 45 percent would think about shutting down their practices or retiring early if it were adopted.
The Obama administration has privately concluded that the cap and trade law would cost the average American family $1,761 per year. Do you have that much extra money sitting around?
An Iranian proposal prohibiting military attacks against nuclear installations worldwide has been approved by the IAEA.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says that French intelligence agencies are absolutely certain that Iran is hiding a nuclear weapons program.
The Palestinians anticipate having their own state within the next two years with the help of Barack Obama.
One researcher has uncovered disturbing indications that the swine flu vaccine may indeed contain squalene along with a number of other very dangerous ingredients.
The Obama administration is pushing ahead with plans to require every single American to buy health insurance. But doesn't that violate the Constitution?
Will Obama's upcoming immigration bill make millions of illegal aliens eligible for health care benefits?
Did "Soros Money" finance the career of communist Van Jones?
The Obama administration supports extending three key provisions of the Patriot Act that are due to expire at the end of the year.
There will be a hearing for House Resolution 1207, which would subject the Federal Reserve to a real independent audit for the first time ever.
A recent poll conducted by highly respected Rasmussen Reports has found that 75 percent of Americans support an audit of the Federal Reserve.
U.S. commercial banks have roughly 202 trillion dollars tied up in incredibly shaky derivatives. Are there signs that the derivatives pyramid is about to crash like a house of cards?
A new study has revealed that the economic crisis has made Europe the richest region in the world, as North America has experienced a dramatic decline.
The Iraqi journalist jailed for throwing his shoes at President George W. Bush claims that he was water-boarded in prison.
According to a new book, former NFL player Pat Tillman who was killed in Afghanistan thought George W. Bush was a "cowboy" and that the Iraq war was an "imperial folly".
Bill Sardi has written a very insightful article about the swine flu vaccine with this provocative headline: "Eighteen Reasons Why You Should NOT Vaccinate Your Children Against The Flu This Season".
Be careful what comments you make on one of the White House's sites. The Obama administration is actually collecting and storing comments and videos put on its social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube without notifying or asking for the consent of the site users.
Will outdoor smoking soon be banned in New York City?
The mystery continues - was the "star child" skull from the remains of a deformed human child or is there a possibility that it could be from something else altogether?
Shades of Terminator? An American "Reaper" flying hunter-killer robot assassin in action in Afghanistan rebelled against its human controllers on Sunday, and a human-controlled U.S. fighter jet was forced to shoot the rogue machine down before it unilaterally invaded a neighbouring country.
Lastly, Muhammad is now the most popular name for baby boys in London.
The most important news for Tuesday, September 15th, 2009.....
The Food and Drug Administration formally approved the new swine flu vaccine on Tuesday. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says that she hopes to have the first supplies of the vaccine distributed in early October.
Researchers are reporting that some people who are infected with the swine flu appear to spread the virus for 10 days or more after they have been infected.
In the U.K., tens of thousands of samples of human tissue will be used in controversial human/animal hybrid embryo research without the consent of the patients who donated those samples.
The U.S. federal budget deficit surged even higher into record territory in the month of August, hitting a total of 1.38 trillion dollars with one month left in the budget year.
U.S. credit is shrinking at Great Depression levels, and this is leading many analysts to fear that we are facing a "double-dip recession".
Is Barack Obama pushing Israel towards war?
Hugo Chavez has announced that Russia has agreed to lend Venezuela over 2 billion dollars to buy weapons.
Is the U.S. winning the war on drugs? According to the F.B.I., there is one drug bust in the United States every 18 seconds.
A team of scientists in Sweden have made a "revolutionary discovery" that they say may mean that the world is not going to run out of oil. Of course many of us already knew this.
One teen girl has been denied U.S. citizenship because she refused to be injected with the Gardasil vaccine which many are claiming causes horrific side effects in other teen girls.
Is George Soros behind a lot of the societal changes that America is experiencing?
James McDonald, the chief executive officer of the New York investment firm Rockefeller & Co., died on Sunday from what is being called "a self-inflicted gunshot wound".
The Bellingham Herald recently ran an article with this startling headline: "A year after financial crisis, a new world order emerges".
Thousands of parents in the U.K. are prepared to go to court over plans to limit home schooling in that nation.
Did ancient man navigate his way across England using a crude version of satellite navigation based on stone circle markers?
Four giant stone hand axes have been recovered from the dry basin of Lake Makgadikgadi in the Kalahari Desert. Is this more evidence of ancient giants?
Lastly, one major U.K. publication is reporting on the epidemic of narcissism among women in modern society.
