As of
Tuesday January 31, 2012
University of Colorado Boulder and the National Center for Atmospheric Research
scientists' study concludes Little Ice Age triggered by volcanic aerosols
Chinese buying record quantities of gold
Invasion: Burmese pythons devastating native Everglades wildlife
Ron Paul likely to win more delegates than rivals this week
USA Today/Gallup poll sees Ron Paul competitive with Obama in hypothetical
general election matchup
Police militarization: South Pasadena buys armored vehicle from city of Burbank
for $1
First Amendment
dead: Occupy Oakland protestors arrested en masse without dispersal order and
avenue to leave
Iranian state TV announces impressive production of laser-guided munitions and
other advanced military equipment
Damascus
suburb of Saqba under control of Free Syrian Army
Failure of fascism: U.S. Treasury Department boosts estimate of government
losses in $85 billion auto bailout by $170 million
Iraqis express outrage over U.S. State Department drones; yet another military
function passed on
Met Office rips Daily Mail piece's distortion of science; researchers affirm it
"is absolutely clear is that we have continued to see a trend of warming"
NASA:
despite unusually low solar activity between 2005 and 2010, Earth continued to
absorb more energy than it returned to space
NASA: 2011
ninth-warmest year on record; continues trend in which 9 of 10 warmest years in
modern record have occurred since 2000
Michael Pento: Federal Reserve putting middle class at top of proverbial
endangered species list; net worth systematically destroyed with inflation at 7
to 9 percent in real terms
New Jersey
bill adds additional criminal penalties in use of "defaced" firearms
New Jersey
bill subjects wide variety of ammunition to ban under guise of police safety
Iranian Deputy
Oil Minister Qalebani underlines preparedness to cut oil supply to Europe; draft
bill in parliament to end exports
Iranian
President Ahmadinejad says U.S. militarism preventing spread of democracy and
freedom for all nations
Amphibious
transport dock setting up as base for U.S. Navy SEAL action against Iran
Toxic
chemical releases from 2009 to 2010 increase 16 percent due to mining firms
Peru fish stocks decimated by corruption and growing fishmeal demand
Investigator
and bombing survivor sees Government involvement in OKC bombing "entirely
possible"
New
documentary examines Government involvement in OKC bombing
Georgia
homeowner and real estate agent files lawsuit against Bank of America to expose
racketeering, deceptive practices and abuse of government programs
Sleeping with
the enemy: The Atlanta Jewish Times suggest assassination of American
president may be necessary to secure Israel's future
Taliban negotiators meeting with American officials in Qatar, possible prisoner
transfer
Prime Minister Netanyahu says peace prospects poor with Palestinians unbending
to Israeli security demands
Jewish Defense League demand removal of Canadian mayor critical of Israel
Scores
killed as Syrian troops fight to retake Damascus suburbs
Gunmen bomb police station outside Nigeria's Kano, long gun battles follow
Scientific study finds reduction of greenhouse gases most certain way to ensure
food security; geo-engineering benefits uneven and side effects uncertain
Daily Mail piece suggests Met Office and University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit data
shows
rising trend in world temperatures ended in 1997; emphasize sun heading toward grand
minimum in output in upcoming cycle; scientists stress "reduction of solar activity...
insufficient to offset the dominant influence of greenhouse gases"
Sectarian conflict intensifies between Alawite regime of and Sunni-rebel Free
Syrian Army
Ratings agency Fitch cuts the long-term issuer ratings of Belgium, Spain, Italy,
Cyprus, and Slovenia
Police state: Fort Lauderdale cops deploy hulking surveillance truck, some
residents in crime-ridden neighborhood embracing presence
Occupy Oakland
protesters enter City Hall, set American flag alight, more than 400 arrested
National Park Service bars Occupy DC protesters from camping in McPherson Square
and Freedom Plaza near White House
Real
2011 GDP growth, at 1.7 percent, less than 2010
Figures show Obama accelerating welfare culture through direct payments, food
stamps, disability, health care, and corporate subsidies and tax breaks
Ron Paul open to relations with Cuba
War machine: U.S. pursuing even bigger conventional bomb for attacking Iranian
bunkers
Vladimir Putin calls out antagonistic U.S. bent on world domination
Libya's new army and supporting militias continue torturing former regime
loyalists
Los Angeles Police Department conducts maneuvers with military forces; Dodgers
Stadium serves as staging ground for helicopters
Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism finds renewed
mainstream media blackout of Ron Paul candidacy
CATO Institute scholars dismantle fallacious State of the Union speech by Obama
Obama ignores subpoena by Georgia court in case to determine ballot eligibility;
no ruling in birth challenge
Police caught lying as airport video contradicts assertion of "irate" Senator
Rand Paul
Private company hoarding license-plate data; undermining rules designed to
protect law-abiding Americans from police overreach
Colorado Springs police walk away from armed standoff in rare de-escalation of
events
Ron Paul's ideas for the economy catching on in the mainstream
Ralph
Nader says, "[Obama] says one thing and does another... lawless militarism...
truly astonishing... committed to projecting the American empire"
Totalitarian America: Homeland Security monitoring journalists
Survivor of
1967 Israeli attack on USS Liberty reveals duplicity of U.S. Government and
pretext for nuclear strike on Cairo
Poverty in the
heart of the empire: 1.6 million American children now homeless
Obama
administration reportedly irked by brazen assassination of Iranians
Economic
warfare: ordinary Iranians bearing the brunt of western sanctions
Regime
change in Libya sowing seeds of chaos in Africa's Sahara-Sahel zone
Eight killed by car bombs in Baghdad
New York Police Department looking to deploy drones
Los Angeles
Police Department to provide support in urban warfare training exercises in
heart of city
International Monetary Fund expects eurozone recession
Police state: Charlotte, NC city council votes police more power to stop and
search in anticipation of upcoming Democratic Convention
Famed director Oliver Stone decries U.S. empire, praises Ron Paul
Supreme Court unanimously rules police violated Constitution attaching Global
Positioning System tracker to suspect's vehicle without valid search warrant
Former Gadaffi backers wrest control of Bani Walid from NTC forces
White House sides with Transportation Security Administration in detention of
Senator Paul
"The police state in this country is growing out of control,” says Congressman
Ron Paul on Senator-son Rand's detention
Police state
crushes the Constitution: U.S. Senator on way to Capitol detained by
Transportation Security Administration for refusing pat down
Iranian
deputy head of parliament's foreign affairs and national security committee says
Straight of Hormuz "definitely" will be closed in response to embargo
Provoking war: European Union agrees on oil embargo against Iran
Provoking war: western powers send six additional warships through Strait of
Hormuz
Renewed
conflict in Libya's Bani Walid; 5 NTC fighters killed in unfinished civil war
Israeli air strike kills two Palestinians in northern Gaza
Libyan
protestors storm National Transitional Council headquarters in Benghazi
demanding Sharia law in post-Gadaffi state
Free Syrian Army in full control of Syrian mountain town of Zabadani
Fourteen dead after bus transporting prisoners explodes in the northwestern
Syrian province of Idlib
Muslim Brotherhood wins biggest share of seats in new parliament
Gunmen kill 4 Iraqi troops in Fallujah
Bomb and gun attacks in Nigerian city of Kano kill hundreds
Arizona state legislature to open own investigation into Obama administration's
Fast and Furious gun-running program
Deaths in Mexican state of Chihuahua exceed number of civilians killed in all of
Afghanistan during same period
Ron Paul
introduces bill to repeal section 1021 of National Defense Authorization Act
Greece presses European Union to ease forthcoming Iran oil sanctions
Report describes Afghan soldiers killing more U.S. and coalition troops and
deep-seated animosity between forces
Palestinians mull third, technology driven, non-violent intifada alongside bid
for UN membership
Police state: Florida man arrested for spitting on sidewalk after "mouthing off"
to Daytona Beach officers
Congress, under pressure, indefinitely postpones SOPA and PIPA web censorship
legislation
U.S. Government charges Megaupload executives with racketeering, money
laundering and presiding over "massive" online piracy
Ron Paul pauses election campaign to vote against debt ceiling raise
Iran on full alert with submarines ready to "ambush and hit enemy vessels"
War on
Drugs: Blackwater mercenaries to take over fight in Central and South America
Pseudo-conservative Mark Levin laments post-Constitutional America
Journal of the American Medical Association reports over one-third of American
adults obese
Multiple technology companies stage online protests of Stop Online Privacy Act
and Protect IP Act
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov warns an attack on Iran "will not be an easy
walk, and it's impossible to calculate all of the possible consequences"
Obama
administration rejects Keystone pipeline
Constitution in tatters: NYPD teaming up with Department of Defense in
totalitarian program to scan public for guns
Drug war: former DEA supervisor says beheadings in U.S. look like the work of
Mexican drug cartels
Savings rate falls as Americans raid personal savings to survive dismal economy
CNN poll finds Obama tied with Ron Paul in general election match-up
NASA study
suggests shifting greenhouse emissions focus to black carbon and methane to
mitigate near-term climate impact
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans says unemployment rate
drop may reverse; “can’t discount the possibility” that “headwinds” facing
economy could cause growth to slow
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, headed for
talks in Israel on unannounced agenda
United Nations peacekeepers carried virulent strain of
cholera into
Haiti
Car bombs support assault on Ramadi police station meant to free terrorist
suspects
Hungary's Jobbik party calls for departure from oppressive European Union
Israel and U.S. postpone massive defense drill to reduce tension with Iran
Forty two percent of Indian children malnourished
Suicide attack kills 53 Shia pilgrims in Basra
False
flag: CIA memos describe Israeli Mossad agents posing as American spies to
recruit terrorists
Military Bible Association gives valuable evangelical endorsement to Ron Paul
South Carolina Tea Party champion, State Senator Tom Davis, to endorse Ron Paul
Rasmussen polling finds Ron Paul tied for third place in South Carolina; 16 % of
likely Republican primary voters
ARG polling
finds Ron Paul
in third place in South Carolina; 20 % of likely Republican primary voters
Standard & Poor's
reportedly cutting credit ratings of Italy, Spain and Portugal by two notches,
France and Austria by one notch
Bankers over humanity: Greek children abandoned on streets by poverty-stricken
families
Defense Secretary Panetta pledges full investigation of U.S. Marines desecrating
Afghan corpses
Lauren DiGioia spends 27 hours in police custody for protesting NDAA at Grand
Central
Protestors of National Defense Authorization Act arrested at Grand Central
Terminal
Deputy director
of Natanz uranium enrichment facility assassinated in Tehran
Transportation Security Administration officers jailed for stealing $40,000 in
passenger cash
U.S. building
hospitals, ports in Caucasus republic of Georgia
Car bomb attack in Pakistani market kills 35, over 60 wounded
Venezuelan President Chavez says his country will not recognize any World Bank
tribunal ruling in Exxon Mobil case
Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman acknowledges Iranian ability to close straight of
Hormuz
International Energy Agency discusses release of up to 14 million barrels per
day of government-owned oil in the United States, Europe, Japan, and elsewhere
in event of Iranian blockade
Royal Navy sends best destroyer to Persian Gulf
Illinois state law requires photo identification and signature to purchase drain
cleaners and caustic substances
Police state: Federal Protective Service set up armed checkpoint outside of
Social Security Administration office in Florida
Gravity-monitoring satellites find groundwater level has dropped globally over
past 9 years
Glenn Greenwald: Ron Paul candidacy spawning "political confusion" by
"advocating crucial views on vital issues"
Rick Santorum's nephew announces support for Ron Paul; describes his uncle as
big government, status quo politician