US President Barack Obama has characterized the Sunday's congressional vote on his sprawling healthcare reform as historic, saying he would expect a tough vote this weekend.

A US antiwar organization says it has been targeted by the government because it wants US troops to immediately return from Afghanistan and Iraq.

US Department of Justice Asked to Regulate AIPAC as a Foreign Agent of the Israeli Government.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denies US-Israel relations are in crisis amid a row over Jerusalem settlements.

Hamas has designated this day, in this place, its Day of Rage. Why, then, the smiles on the faces of Mahmoud Zahar and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

Perhaps it's because after more than 22 years of costly trial and error, Hamas has finally come upon the secret of how to bring down the Jewish state:

Let the ship sink itself.

This month, down here in the engine room of the Titanic, a single coherent order continues to sound from the officers shrouded in fog on the bridge: "More power!"

To the delight of Mahmoud Zahar and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Israel's homemade weapons of mass destruction - pro-settlement bureaucrats with conflicts of financial and ideological interest - have done in one meeting what Israel's foes have sought for generations: driving a stake through the heart of Israel's relationship with the White House.
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The Holy City, meanwhile, has the held-breath wariness of a fuse whose end had been lit, but whose other end was not in sight. For some on the right, there was evident relish in the situation, and not a little pride.

In one of the more remarkable, and ill-advised, editorials in its 77-year history, the Jerusalem Post poured oil on the smolder this week, rewriting Jewish history and tradition to declare that the newly dedicated Hurva synagogue in the Old City, "symbolizes, perhaps more than any other site, the Jewish people's yearnings to return to its homeland."

The piece is an extraordinary example of internal logic, and an indirect confirmation of fundamentalist Islamic fears of hopes to encroach on the Muslim shrine of Al Aqsa for the ultimate purpose of building a third Jewish Temple. Referring to the literal meaning of the Hurva, the editorial goes on to state that "To name something that is built a 'ruin' reveals a stubborn unwillingness to accept the present reality as unassailable."

"Israel has stabbed Obama in the back." U.S. President Barack Obama is said to be "incandescent with anger."
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It appears that British newspapers have sensed that Israel is now fair game. Papers that pointedly ignored George Galloway's efforts to break the siege of Gaza with convoys of trucks and ambulances are now publishing scathing columns.

Pressure mounts on Barack Obama as Jerusalem homes plan shatters talks hope TV show host Jay Leno made a cruel joke last week that will have hurt the White House more than a hundred critical comment pieces in the New York Times or Washington Post. Leno, host of the Tonight Show, said a poll showed some people in favour of Barack Obama's presidency so far and some opposed, but most reserving judgment until he had done something.

The US President Barack Obama has been cautioned about a humiliating defeat in mid-term elections next autumn if his Democratic Party fails to bring change in Washington.

US President Barack Obama has called for a speedy Congressional vote on his contentious healthcare overhaul bid despite obstacles for the bill's passage.

President Obama has opted for a version of healthcare reform that was passed by the Senate and contains added sweeteners There have been so many versions of healthcare reform in the last year that people have lost count. But there have been none, until yesterday, with Barack Obama's name on. That is because when he first set out on this increasingly booby-trapped path, he thought he had learned from Hillary Clinton's (and her husband's) debacle in 1993, when the idea was to submit a fully formed plan to Congress and then strike a deal with Republicans. This time round, Mr Obama enunciated principles but remained haughtily vague on the details, leaving it up to Congress to hammer them out. That proved to be one of the biggest mistakes he has made, and the two houses of Congress passed different bills which have gridlocked the system. So the first break with recent practice in the 11-page summary published on the White House website yesterday was its title: The president's proposal. It turned out to be a modest one. Essentially, it is the version of healthcare reform that was passed by the Senate, with added sweeteners, the chief of which is the creation of a body that will have the power to regulate increases in insurance premiums. This is an element which had not surfaced in either the house or Senate bills, but which capitalises on the anger created by premium increases of up to 39% announced by an insurer in California. There are other changes, such as an end to the special deal to win the support of a wavering Democrat senator for Nebraska, and delays on a tax on high-end insurance plans. But there is no return to the public option contained in the house bill, a government-run insurance scheme which would drive down the premiums of private insurance companies, and this will anger some Democrats in the house. The president's proposal was presented as an opening bid of a bipartisan debate, part of which will take place on television tomorrow. In reality, all thoughts of getting Republicans onside have been abandoned. So a public debate is a way of turning the populist tables on the Republicans, of challenging them to produce their counter-proposals or appear obstructionist to a nation calling for answers in an election year. Mr Obama's problems lie not just with an opposition whose mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote. They lie also with his own party, which comprises such a variety of wildlife, from the radical reformer to the rabbit transfixed in headlights, as to make the very words "healthcare reform" optimistic. Mr Obama now has a policy, but it remains to be seen whether he has a process that would survive the centre ground of his own party. In any event, there is no way back for him and no obvious tactical retreat. If this attempt fails, his presidency will be bogged down. Obama administration Barack Obama US healthcare US domestic policy Health policy Healthcare industry US Congress guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

US President Barack Obama's Democratic Party has suffered another major setback as one more top Democratic senator has announced his retirement plans, hinting rifts in Congress.

US President Barack Obama says he is willing to cooperate on job creation, deficit reduction, and the health care overhaul, but warned Republicans they will be taken to task if they reject cooperation.

US President Barack Obama's approval rating has dropped to the lowest level since his inauguration for the way he has stirred the country's trouble-ridden economy through the financial crisis.

Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has sharply criticized US President Barack Obama over his national security policies.

US President Barack Obama has accused Republicans of caring more about scoring political points than resolving the country's major issues.

US President Barack Obama seeks a record $708 billion military spending for fiscal year 2011 despite earlier vows to trim Pentagon's 'wasteful' weapons programs.

US president vows "forceful response" after court lifts limits on corporate spending.

During his tour of Australia, Prince William sees first hand the devastation caused by bushfires calling their power "terrifying".

George Galloway MP, a once fervent supporter of Obama, is one of the disillusioned.

He said: "I fell out with most of my left-wing friends by supporting him. I feel a bit foolish now.

"He has lost a huge amount of support among progressive people and the conservatives really hate him. He is walking down the middle of the road and getting knocked by both sides.

"Guantanamo is one of the factors, the deepening of the war in Afghanistan is another.

"He has thrown trillions of dollars at the banks, continued sanctions against Cuba and backs Israel 100 per cent.

"His foreign policy has been identical to Bush's. He has failed on all fronts."

Galloway believes Obama could be another one-term president, like Jimmy Carter

Clive Stafford Smith, director of Reprieve, which have campaigned for the closure of Guantanamo, said: "In some areas, all that Obama has managed to do is compromise his own beliefs in his effort to accommodate the extremists in his own country.

"This is sad and it may yet come to be his political epitaph."

The Republican upset in the race for the U.S. Senate seat held for nearly half a century by liberal Edward M. Kennedy reflects a huge victory for opponents of U.S. president Barack Obama ? and also for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ...

Announcement follows questioning of top bank executives over their role in financial crisis.

Announcement follows questioning of top bank executives over their role in financial crisis.

Faced with criticism that he is too soft on terror, Obama has toughened his tone to one more akin to his predecessor

Iran's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it has found traces of US and Israel's involvement in the assassination of an Iranian nuclear physics scientist.

Pressure is growing on President Barack Obama to shake up the US intelligence community with dismissals in the wake of not one but two humiliating and highly damaging debacles – the thwarted Christmas Day bombing and the slaughter in Afghanistan of seven CIA officers by an informant who was in fact a double agent.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says insecurity in Yemen is a regional and global threat, as the White House prepares the ground for a new war in the region.

President Obama's plans to reduce US nuclear arms run aground amid tense debate with officials in the Pentagon and other agencies scowling at the president's pledge.

US President Barack Obama has said a "potentially catastrophic breach" of security led to an attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines jet on Christmas Day.

In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell described a superstate called Oceania, whose language of war inverted lies that “passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’, ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past’.”

Barack Obama is the leader of a contemporary Oceania. In two speeches at the close of the decade, the Nobel Peace Prize winner affirmed that peace was no longer peace, but rather a permanent war that “extends well beyond Afghanistan and Pakistan” to “disorderly regions and diffuse enemies”. He called this “global security” and invited our gratitude. To the people of Afghanistan, which America has invaded and occupied, he said wittily: “We have no interest in occupying your country.”

In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell described a superstate called Oceania, whose language of war inverted lies that “passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past’, ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past’.”

Barack Obama is the leader of a contemporary Oceania. In two speeches at the close of the decade, the Nobel Peace Prize winner affirmed that peace was no longer peace, but rather a permanent war that “extends well beyond Afghanistan and Pakistan” to “disorderly regions and diffuse enemies”. He called this “global security” and invited our gratitude. To the people of Afghanistan, which America has invaded and occupied, he said wittily: “We have no interest in occupying your country.”

US President Barack Obama has ordered a review of air security following an attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines jet on Christmas Day.

A reward is offered after a bush, trimmed to resemble a helicopter, was stolen from a Leicestershire garden.

Many countries hold election debates – but we know the most about America's America is not the only country in the world that has televised debates between political leaders and last night Mark Pack at Liberal Democrat Voice had a pop at the Guardian for ignoring the fact that there are other countries in the world that do the same, some of which have political systems that are more similar to Britain's than the American one is. But there is a reason why Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg should look to the US if they want to know how the forthcoming debates are going to pan out. It's simple: we just know much more about the American debates. Much more that has been written about the presidential debates, and what impact they have on elections, than about similar contests in places like Australia, Canada and Sweden. So, what are the lessons for the three leaders? I can think of five. 1. Expectations matter — a lot. This is true of many political situations (eg byelections) but it is particularly true of television debates. The standard trick is to play down expectations, so that a competent performance becomes a success. George Bush tried this before he debated John Kerry in 2004 and Barack Obama tried it before he took on John McCain in a "town hall" debating format last year. According to Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe (who has just published a book about the 2008 election), the Obama camp described McCain "as the best town hall performer in the history of American politics". I expect that within the next few weeks we'll hear someone from Labour – probably Lord Mandelson – conceding that Cameron is likely to win the UK debates because he's a more polished television performer than Brown. Cameron's problem is that this is true. In some respects the Tory leader may find it hard to "win" the debates whatever he does because many in the commentariat are already taking victory for granted. 2. Television debates are about character as much as policy. Elections aren't just popularity contests and the debates will be about policy, and not about whether candidates prefer The X Factor to Strictly Come Dancing. But the most memorable moments in American presidential debates have been those that have provided a vivid insight into character. Debates are a test of emotional intelligence. According to Drew Westen (who analysed debates extensively in his book The Political Brain), "we are not moved by leaders with whom we do not feel an emotional resonance". The classic example of this came in 1992, when Bill Clinton was debating George Bush. A woman in the audience asked the candidates how "national debt" had affected them personally. She meant "recession", but Bush did not pick up on this and he did not understand the question. Even after the moderator explained what she intended to say, Bush was still flummoxed and he waffled about a meeting that he had attended recently in a church. In his book The Natural (about Clinton), Joe Klein described what happened next. After much struggle, it was Clinton's turn – and he did something quite extraordinary. He took three steps toward the woman and he asked her, "Tell me how it's affected you again?" The woman was speechless. Clinton helped her along, describing some of the terrible economic stories he'd heard as governor of Arkansas. But the words weren't as important as the body language. The three steps he had taken toward the woman spoke volumes about his empathy, his concern, his desire to respond to the needs of the public. Bush, by contrast, was caught gazing at his wristwatch – hoping desperately that this awkward moment would soon be done. And, indeed, it was. The presidential campaign was, in effect, over. 3. Some of the best lines are the ones that are spontaneous. Candidates prepare endlessly for televised debates, and they should. But they also need the wit to be able to come up with a spontaneous response, and the confidence to use it without........

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his US counterpart Barack Obama talks of change but in reality is 'going down the same road' as his predecessor, George W. Bush.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his American counterpart Barack Obama should give his Nobel Peace Prize back as he is sending more soldiers to war-weary Afghanistan.

"He [Obama] got the Nobel Peace Prize almost the same day as he sent 30,000 soldiers to kill innocent people in Afghanistan," he said during a speech at a climate change conference in Denmark.

"Obama should give back the prize," Chavez added on Thursday.

The Venezuelan president also suggested that Bolivian President Evo Morales would have been a better choice for the award.

Obama collected the prize earlier this month following his decision to send 30,000 additional US forces to the war-torn country after eight years of conflict.

According to an opinion poll after the event, up to 60 percent of the respondents said that it was wrong for Obama to collect the prize.

Meanwhile, Chavez accused the Netherlands and the US of plotting to attack Venezuela as Washington sent military equipment to three Dutch islands off Venezuela's Caribbean coast, Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire.

"They are three islands in Venezuela's territorial waters, but they are still under an imperial regime: the Netherlands," the president noted.

"Europe should know that the North American empire is filling these islands with weapons, assassins, American intelligence units, and spy planes and war ships."

In response, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly denied that US military personnel in the Caribbean are planning to attack Venezuela.

"These allegations are baseless. These are routine exercises. We seek cooperation with the region," Kelly said.

Chavez, however, described the cooperation as part of a broader plan for weakening leftist governments throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, including Ecuador, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Cuba.

"It's a threat to all the people of Latin America and the Caribbean," he said.

Two private US organizations have published information on previous administration's deliberate misplacement of around 22 million White House e-mails to clean up acts.

Saudi Arabia blames the United States for the conflict in the Middle East, saying Washington has given Israel its "absolute support."

Fidel Castro has criticized the US empire for launching an offensive, this time with the help of a “friendly smile and African-American face.”

Former inmates prevented from taking action against top Bush administration officials.

Barack Obama ran for president as a man of the people, standing up to Wall Street as the global economy melted down in that fateful fall of 2008. He pushed a tax plan to soak the rich, ripped NAFTA for hurting the middle class and tore into John McCain for supporting a bankruptcy bill that sided with wealthy bankers "at the expense of hardworking Americans." Obama may not have run to the left of Samuel Gompers or Cesar Chavez, but it's not like you saw him on the campaign trail flanked by bankers from Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. What inspired supporters who pushed him to his historic win was the sense that a genuine outsider was finally breaking into an exclusive club, that walls were being torn down, that things were, for lack of a better or more specific term, changing.

Then he got elected.

What's taken place in the year since Obama won the presidency has turned out to be one of the most dramatic political about-faces in our history.

The White House condemns the torching of a mosque, yet respectable Americans contribute to a yeshiva whose rabbi said it's okay to kill gentile babies. It is no surprise that the American administration tacitly, if unenthusiastically, accepted the excuse that the map of national priority zones the cabinet approved on Sunday does not violate the decision to freeze construction in the settlements. ...

Iran's foreign minister says wrong US policies have led to the rise of extremism and militancy in Afghanistan and the region.

A growing number of Americans want their government to create jobs through additional spending, as many lose the initial optimism of the Obama administration.

The White House has slammed recent polls that show President Barack Obama's approval ratings stand at the lowest levels seen for any US president a year into office.

Renowned American sociopolitical analyst Noam Chomsky says Israel functions as Washington's main weapons storage base in the Middle East.

"Israel is essentially a US military base, the US positions weapons there, that's a very close military and intelligence tie,"

During his address at Boston University, the recognized professor also warned of the threat that the US and Israel posed to the world and said people may have more to fear from the two than those that Washington tries to associate with terrorism.

"[The US and Israel] consistently and regularly… resort to force and the threat of force… carry out aggression regularly and repeatedly… invade other countries, occupy other countries, [and] invoke terror and violence," he said.

Chomsky also pointed out that the US government and its media had spread exaggerated reports about Iran's nuclear program.

"There has been a massive propaganda campaign that demonizes Iran, that portrays it as a major threat to world peace that has been going on for the past three years," he said.

• Helmand deaths reflect efficacy of Taliban tactics • Hopes better equipment will cut toll next year The death of the 100th British soldier in Afghanistan this year is an event for which ministers and defence chiefs have been bracing themselves, bringing as it does the total of troops killed in Helmand province to very nearly double the 51 killed during all of last year. They have already warned that more will be killed. It is inevitable given that as more soldiers are deployed – 500 reinforcements are on their way to join the 9,000 already there – more will die. The more who die there, the more the number of people calling for their withdrawal, according to opinion polls. Yet, in common with Iraq, as the Chilcot inquiry is demonstrating, the government has agreed to deploy troops without preparing them properly. For more than three years, General Sir David Richards, now head of the army, has been demanding more troops but also more helicopters and better equipment to support them. Last night, Richards and Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, chief of the defence staff, were putting on a brave face, not playing down the difficulties ahead but saying that success – they do not talk about victory now – could be around the corner. This year has been the bloodiest in Helmand by far because the underestimated Taliban have proved resilient. During the summer, the government agreed to send an extra 700 troops to provide extra security for the August presidential election campaign. One major operation, Panther's Claw, designed to clear a populated area north of Lashkar Gah, Helmand's provincial capital, for the elections, resulted in the deaths of 10 British soldiers. Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, commander of 1st Battalion The Welsh Guards, was killed while returning from a visit to his soldiers on the frontline. He was killed in an armoured vehicle not robust enough to withstand increasingly sophisticated roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices, planted by the Taliban and their supporters. While British troops concentrated on trying to establish Taliban-free areas in central Helmand, soldiers trying to patrol other areas, notably in the Sangin valley to the north-east, were being killed by insurgents who had fled the areas targeted by Panther's Claw. It is likely 2009 will go down as the year in which defence chiefs, and army commanders in particular, pressed for more troops but were prevented from deploying them by a Downing Street increasingly worried about the domestic political consequences of obliging the generals. Promised deliveries of stronger armoured vehicles and helicopters were delayed. More recently, military chiefs, and the defence secretary, Bob Ainsworth, reflected growing impatience with Barack Obama's "dithering" as they called it before reaching his decision to increase the 68,000 US troops in Afghanistan by 30,000. It was the green light that the government was waiting for to enable the deployment of an extra 500 British troops which Richards and his colleagues had been insisting for months were needed to help protect those already there. Britain, over the last eight years, has spent more than £740m in aid to Afghanistan, and has promised an additional £510m over the next four years. But while the Foreign Office has insisted the money should be channelled through Hamid Karzai's government in Kabul, the military says it should be delivered directly to local governors and tribal chiefs. The US and UK now push for a new "Afghanisation" strategy, with plans, regarded by most independent observers as hopelessly optimistic, to step up the increase of the Afghan national army and police force. But 2009 might yet be the worst year as far as British fatalities are concerned. Better equipment, including unmanned aerial vehicles, able to closely survey the movement of insurgents and where they are placing roadside bombs – responsibe for some 75% of British deaths – are finally on their way. While....

PM says there is 'no question' of withdrawing British troops until Afghans can take over security control themselves Gordon Brown said today said there was "no question" of British troops being withdrawn from Afghanistan until the Afghans could take over security control themselves. He welcomed the pledge by the US president, Barack Obama,to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and told the Commons that a "very substantial" number of the extra US troops would be going to Helmand to assist British forces in dealing with Taliban insurgents. At prime minister's question time Brown also disclosed that the Nato conference in London in January would discuss troop commitments by coalition partners, and Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, would give details of political reforms. David Cameron, the Tory leader, warned Brown against giving "false expectations" or "mixed messages" over the date for the eventual withdrawal of British troops as he urged him to clarify reports on planned withdrawal. Cameron pointed to Obama's timetable for pulling out the first US troops by July 2011 and contrasted it to press reports over the weekend which suggested that Britain would start withdrawal by the end of 2010. The prime minister said he had already made clear the plans, and referred to an announcement on Monday in which he said that extra British troops would be sent to Afghanistan immediately to be "more densely concentrated" in certain areas. They would then transition to "partnering and mentoring" roles alongside Afghan troops next year. "There is no question of us withdrawing our British troops until the point where we are sure Afghans can take over security control themselves," said Brown. "We will continue to have our troops until that point." There are about 200,000 American, Afghan and coalition troops in the country now. By the end of next year that will be nearer 300,000, he said. Foreign policy Afghanistan Defence policy Military PMQs Gordon Brown David Cameron Hélène Mulholland guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

UK's Iraq war inquiry has revealed that ex-premier Tony Blair had assured George Bush of backing 'regime change' in Iraq, 11 months before the 2003 invasion.

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• Levy on City trading aimed at restoring trust in banks • Survey shows more than 50% of voters back plan Gordon Brown will take his radical proposal to tax City trading to Britain's business leaders today, as a survey shows that more than half of voters would back the plan, if the proceeds went to help the poorest in society. Speaking at the CBI's annual conference in London, Brown will press for a global levy on financial transactions as one way of restoring the "contract of trust" between banks and the rest of society. The prime minister's renewed commitment to the controversial levy, also known as a Tobin tax, comes as a survey carried out for Oxfam by pollsters YouGov and obtained exclusively by the Guardian, shows 53% of voters are in favour of the idea, with just 28% against. Even among Conservative voters, 43% back a transaction tax, compared to 39% against. Brown threw his weight behind the proposal earlier this month in a speech in Edinburgh, in which he warned that the "social contract" between finance and the public had broken down. After his surprise intervention, a G20 finance ministers meeting in St Andrews asked the International Monetary Fund to accelerate work on the practicalities of the tax, as part of a report about how to ensure the financial sector bears some of the costs of the crisis. He will tell the business leaders today: "Make no mistake, we must agree international action to redress the balance of risk and reward between the public and the financial sector so that it reflects fully the potential damage of financial failure and the cost of preventing it." The YouGov survey asked voters if they would support a levy on financial transactions – such as foreign currency trading, or share sales – to help cushion the impact of the financial crisis on the poor. "This is a rare example of a popular tax," said Max Lawson, senior policy adviser at Oxfam. "The UK public clearly support action to force banks to clean up their own mess. It is not fair to expect poor people in Leeds or Nairobi to pay the price of mistakes made by bankers in London or New York." The poll also showed that the public would prefer a transaction tax to cuts in public spending, as a way of dealing with the government's yawning deficit, which is expected to hit £175bn this year. Brendan Barber, general secretary of the TUC, who supports a transaction tax, said: "This latest survey shows tremendous public support here in the UK. We are talking about measures that could raise very significant resources rather than being faced with the grim consequences of savage cuts in public spending. It's one way in which the financial sector could start to repay the debt it owes to society." Oxfam is calling for the proceeds of a transaction levy to be split half-and-half between domestic and overseas projects. Independent research suggests that if a tax was levied at just 0.05%, it could raise $690bn (£420bn) internationally, with up to £100bn of that coming to the UK. The prime minister will reiterate today that he hopes to win international backing for the proposal. German chancellor Angela Merkel has suggested that taxing financial transactions could help to meet the costs of climate change for developing countries, and President Obama is also thought to be interested in the idea, despite the sceptical response of his Treasury secretary, Tim Geithner, in St Andrews. However, Barber urged Brown to pursue the idea unilaterally if he cannot win international support. "Even without progress globally, domestically it would be something that could be done." Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF's managing director, appeared to dismiss a Tobin tax at the G20 summit; but Olivier Blanchard, its chief economist, has since made clear that all options, including a Tobin tax, are on the table. Strauss-Kahn is another of the star speakers at today's CBI annual conference, and is likely to be pressed to confirm that the IMF is actively considering.....

Congress says that with no way to actually pay back our debts, faking a coup to eliminate financial obligations is the best plan for the U.S. economy.

If you were to ask someone in the Middle East why the US is fighting two wars over there, about half of the responses you'd hear would be that the US is trying to impose Christianity on the...

Covers the economy (@ 3 minutes) and then covers Israeli's control of American policy (@ 5 minutes in)

Max Keiser interviews Alex Jones on civil liberties, the clamping down on the internet, the growing unrest in the USA and the crisis of confidence in the government, and the associated...

Countdown's Keith Olbermann names former CIA bin Laden analyst Mark Scheur Worst Person in the World for saying, "The only change we have as a country right now is for Osama bin Laden to...

Postcards of this and other images can be bought at www.leonkuhn.org.uk

Music by Akemi Kuniyoshi, Paul Moss and Russell Lambert available from www.akemikuniyoshi.co.uk also...

The Obama Deception is a hard-hitting film that completely destroys the myth that Barack Obama is working for the best interests of the American people.

The Obama phenomenon is a hoax...

A must see video which urges Americans to stand up against Congress and reclaim their republic now – or perhaps lose it forever.

Bob Basso, who posts videos under the name...

Vincent Bugliosi presents a tight, meticulously researched legal case that puts George W. Bush on trial in an American courtroom for the murder of nearly 4,000 American soldiers fighting in...

George Galloway's Siege Buster Tour appearance was very well attended, at the MCA Santa Clara California sponsored by the Palestine Awareness League. Respect MP Galloway appealed for a...

Keith Olbermann: Dick Cheney on Face The Nation

I stumbled on a stunning disconnect between the major media version of election coverage and candidate appearance trends on the internet. The Mainstream Media seems to have largely ignored...

Jewish Scholar: Israel commited MASSIVE atrocities in Gaza

Finkelstein also lambasts Barack Obama saying if he was white people would see right through him.

The Audio/Visual is...

The great Robin Williams at his best taking the **** out of Bush, total respect.

A journalist throws his shoes at George W Bush during a Press Conference. Bush shows good reflexes dodging BOTH shoes at close range! Fox might report this as an assassination attempt by...

Tavakoli has been pen pals with Warren Buffett for 3 years; Tavakoli: We bailed out a lot of bad guys; Analysis by Janet Tavakoli, author of 'Dear Mr. Buffett'

Barack Obama's policies will unleash a greater economic crisis than the world is now facing, believes US financial forecaster, Peter Schiff.

Dr. Paul discusses the invasion of Gaza on 3 January 2009 and its implications for America.

With Dick Cheneys admission that he authorised the use of TORTURE including Waterboarding, should he be prosecuted as a War Criminal. It makes no difference WHAT provoked him to do such a...

"Joe the Plumber" the Republican Poster boy says that a vote for Obama is a vote for the "Death of Israel", Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith after 5 minutes of talking to the "meathead"...

Bill O'Reilly says that John McCains close friendship with Watergate Criminal G Gordon Liddy is a FABRICATION by Left Wing elements!, Call yourself a Journalist O'Reilly? John McCain admitted...

Colin "My Lai" Powell the man who lied us into the current War in Iraq (And attempted to whitewash the My Lai Massacre) has endorsed Barack Obama, will it be a Poison Chalice to him or will...

"Heroic" Journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi has reportedly been beaten and tortured whilst in detention. Where does this case lead the "New" Iraqi "Democracy" into a Brave New World or back into...

Oct. 14: In a brief Special Comment, Keith Olbermann expresses his disapproval of the McCain/Palin campaigns lynch-mob mentality and their refusal to discourage surrogates and supporters from...

From a philosopher of our Times, the late great Bill Hicks, who although has now been gone from us for over 14 years, his insights are still so relevant and true. Listen and marvel at the...

McCain I believe realises he and his campaign have gone to far, trys to defend Obama and gets booed

An investigation into HOW the US Election could be stolen(again)
Accusations of BOTH Republicans AND Democrats are raised.

As Stalin once noted, "It is not who votes who makes a...

Repeated invoking of a dead nemesis makes the candidates look ridiculous, Benazir Bhutto announced to the world that Bin Laden had been killed and that his SON Hamza had been charged with...

On the eleventh day of the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, two UN schools were bombed by Israeli jets. The schools were housing people who had been displaced from their homes as...

Video of Sarah Palin sending her support to the Alaskan Independence Party(AIP). Founded by Joe Vogler who was killed buying Plastic explosives, he is on record as saying,

"I'm an...

Interview with John McCain by the Notorious G Gordon Liddy, convicted of his role in the Watergate Scandal that cost President Nixon his Administration. A Personal Friend and financial...

‘Gorgeous’ George has shared company with some of the world’s most colourful figures like former president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, and Cuban chief, Fidel Castro and now he wants to share his...

Sarah Palin smears Obama with Terrorist association! The Times article she mentioned concluded that Obama and Ayers did not appear to be close.

Obama spokesman Hari Sevugan released a...

A condensed version of the VP debate of the Would be, (Could be) President Sarah Palin. Set to an appropriate song it shows how Pretty Vacant she really is, shows the repeated mantra that is...

When asked about Supreme Court Rulings, she can only refer to one over 30 years ago, yet one that happened just FOUR MONTHS ago in ALASKA (Exxon Vs Baker), escapes her memory, even though she...

Interesting their is NO discernible smile or shame as he says it this is NOT "dry humour" this is intent. The admission is at 0:35

After Bush admitted the same over THREE times it...

The $700 Billion Dollar bailout of Wall Street was rejected today. Wall Street should NOT be looking for a Bailout, they should be seeking BAIL for their Criminal actions

So grave are...

Sounds like he was thinking "Black man in a dinner jacket" not Ahmadinejad: For a guy who wants to destroy Iran NOT to be able to pronounce the Leaders name whom he wants to depose is just...

Sarah Palin takes time during her visit to NYC for her second legitimate interview, with Katie Couric of CBS.

George Galloway's very popular radio show covering current topical discussions, including heavy weight interviews with Tony Benn (the best Prime Minister Britain never had), David Davis...

George W Bush has clearly lost his marbles and is seeing in the mirror all he has done but is seeing it as other Countries doing his crimes. Look at this Video and judge for yourself

Militants torched 160 vehicles, including dozens of Humvees destined for U.S. and allied forces fighting in Afghanistan, in the boldest attack so far on the critical military supply line...

The Republican walk across the dead victims and laugh in the face of the survivors. It is a disgrace that a party that uses this imagery for its own campaign purposes when the jury is still...

Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were arrested by the Minneapolis Police Department. Charged with conspiracy to riot. Footage from Rick Rowley and Brandon...

George Galloway's very popular radio show covering current topical discussions, including covering RBS continuing to hand out, with our money, mega bonuses to failed executives who drove...

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THE VIDEO THE USA TRIED TO BAN: The torturer is seen to strangle this man with a cable tie and then chillingly tell him, "You have 3 minutes to live"

Is this really how the United...

This is supposed to be a day of remembrance. Remembrance of the attack, remembrance of the national unity which followed it.

Most important of all, remembrance of the dead.

But...

George Galloway's very popular radio show covering current topical discussions, including a discussion on the sorry state of the financial markets and an interview with John LeBoutillier...

George Galloway in parliament talking on Palestine, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan.