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As Murder And Mayhem Skyrocket, Chicagoland Police Partner Up With 'Anti-Violence' Group CeaseFire

from suntimes.com: “The Interrupters,” the acclaimed documentary about the Chicago-based anti-violence group CeaseFire, caught Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s attention. Worried about the city’s rising tide of bloodshed, Emanuel was impressed with CeaseFire’s strategy of sending ex-felons into the streets to mediate gang conflicts and stop shootings.

The mayor decided to put his police superintendent, Garry McCarthy, and CeaseFire founder Gary Slutkin in the same room a few months ago to discuss a possible partnership, according to City Hall sources. The negotiations were anything but smooth.

Behind the scenes, McCarthy complained about having to deal with an organization full of ex-felons that refuses to share information with the police department about brewing conflicts. And CeaseFire initially balked at demands the police department placed on the group before they could become partners.

But on Tuesday, police officials and CeaseFire announced they had forged a deal. CeaseFire will receive $1 million in city money to put 20 workers each in the Grand-Crossing District on the South Side and the Ogden District on the West Side, both of which have seen recent spikes in gang-related killings. The pilot program will begin July 13.

Camp David, Not Chicagoland, to Host G8

from nytimes.com: President Obama has boasted for months about playing host to the annual summit meeting of the Group of 8 industrialized nations this May in his hometown, Chicago. But on Monday, without explanation, the White House announced a shift to the secluded setting of Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland.

Administration officials and associates, speaking only on condition of anonymity, said the president in recent weeks began discussing the idea of a more intimate setting for the world leaders — both to ease their communications and to cut down on the security concerns and traffic tie-ups of a big-city meeting.

Also, several noted, attendees will include Vladimir V. Putin, a harsh critic of the United States, who will return as Russia’s president after his election on Sunday.

“To facilitate a free-flowing discussion with our close G-8 partners, the president is inviting his fellow G-8 leaders to Camp David on May 18-19 for the G-8 Summit, which will address a broad range of economic, political and security issues,” the brief White House statement said. Camp David is about an hour from Washington and open only to the president and people he invites.

Still, the change was unusual given the months-long lead time that such events require.

#Newspurge: Gimme the Finga

Geopolitiks:
Prize-winning NYTimes writer dies on assignment in Syria*
2 More Western Journalists Killed as Syria Shells Homs*
Marie Colvin's killing piles pressure on Assad as civilian death toll rises*
Clinton Suggests Syrian Rebels Will Get Arms*
Video: Washington WarWhores Call for Arming Syrian Rebels*
Meanwhile, Airborne Laser Program Dumped After 16 Years and Billions Spent in Development*
India Allows Request to Charge U.S. Citizen in 2008 Attacks*
Video: US Senate Backs Military Force on Iran*

Media/Memes:
Nicki Minaj kind of blue for Vogue's eye-catching photo shoot*
Adele flips the bird at Brit Awards*
Betty White Flips Off Shocked Driver in LA*
Video: Black Sheep 'Gimme the Finga'*
'Amazing Race' prod. Jeff Rice may have died from cocaine overdose, not poison attack*

Obamessiah Updates:
Rahm, Daley Named Obama's Chicagoland Campaign Muscle Co-Chairs*
Maher pledges $1M to Obama PAC*
Sheriff says he's gay, quits Mitt*
Santorum Criticizes Education System*

Oregon Oddities:
NY Judge Sets $5M Bail for Head of Oregon Firm*
Detention hearing for man in fraud case*
U.S. Postal Service To Close 4 Oregon Mail Processing Facilities*

Police State Updates:
Supreme Court Justices Remain Security Exceptions*
Northampton "opts out" of federal law*
Video: NYPD monitored Muslim college students*
Terror scenario rehearsed in pre-Olympics security test*
Video: C-SPAN audience rejects 'Underwear Bomber' farce*

WV Worry:
West Virginia mine boss charged with fraud*
West Virginia Report On Mine Disaster Points To State's Shortcomings*

chicago's willis tower: on 'the ledge' with echoes of the world trade center

There's growing chatter in the alternative media about the question: "Will There Be A New False Flag Attack On Chicago's Sears Tower?" In the past, we have covered the Tower's connections to Silverstein, Emanuel & the Private Intelligence Complex. But now there may be a new piece to add to the puzzle.

While looking through the print edition of yesterday's New York Times, an article on C1 caught my attention: "Suspended in Space, 103 Stories Over Chicago". It's a travel piece about the renovation of the Skydeck at Sears/Willis Tower and how 'The Ledge' has become a tourist attraction. This should raise a red (false) flag with you if - that is, if you have a degree in 9/11 folklore.

In the months leading up to 9/11, there was an event known as 'The B Thing' which allegedly involved building an observation deck on the 91st floor of World Trade Center Tower #1. This labyrinthine story is covered in great detail by Jonathan Elinoff's article: "Art Students in WTC Connected to Israeli Intelligence Service". Is this another case of predictive programming, that "subtle form of psychological conditioning provided by the media to acquaint the public with planned societal changes"? Or are we just chasing phantoms?

Suffice it to say: the eerie similarities, meta or otherwise, between the Willis & World Trade Center Towers keep growing as we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11. And since this story seems to have gone unnoticed in the alternative media, we were excited to break it for you on the June 1st episode of 'The Bob Tuskin Show'.

video update: is the willis tower set up for false flag terror?

new world next week - feb24

new world next week: episode064 -
japan's cia, cia in pakistan, mayor emanuel


Welcome back to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report & Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in alternative news & open source intelligence. This week:

Story #1: Cablegate Shows Japan Set Up Secret Intel Unit to Spy on China
Background: 'Gold Warriors' - Sterling Seagrave on Black Op Radio
Update: Portland's Joint Terrorism Task Force Decision Delayed Until Next Month

Story #2: US Admits American Arrested for Murder in Pakistan Worked for CIA
Update: Pakistan's ISI Ready to Split With CIA

Story #3: Rahm Emanuel Elected Chicago's First Jewish Mayor
Background: Meet Rahm Emanuel

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download audio version of 'new world next week'*

previous episode: feb17 -
pentagon sued, rumsfeld award, machine over man?

rahm emanuel elected chicago's first jewish mayor

video: rahm emanuel wins chicago mayoral race
from israel national news: Former Obama White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has been elected Chicago's first Jewish mayor.

He faces a series of challenges, beginning with the fact that his last name is not Daley. His predecessor, Richard M. Daley, and his father, Richard J. Daley, have controlled the city of 2.69 million for 42 of the past 55 years. The current economic crisis in the United States has affected the Midwestern city as it has others, leading to an estimated budget deficit of some $600 million.

Nevertheless, Emanuel's popularity may stand him in good stead, at least initially: the 51-year-old former Congressman won 55 per cent of the vote in a field of six candidates, thus ending the need for a run-off in April. Gery J. Chico, former chief of staff to incumbent Mayor Richard M. Daley, his closest competitor, garnered less than half with only 24 percent.

Emanuel is known as a tough pragmatist and for his blunt manner of speaking. During his tenure as chief of staff in the Obama White House, he told an Israeli diplomat that the United States was “fed up” with Israel. Less than a year later, however, as he considered a run in the Chicago mayoral race, he told rabbis that the Obama administration had “screwed up the messaging” and failed to convey its support for the Jewish State.

President Barack Obama called Tuesday night to congratulate Emanuel, saying, “As a Chicagoan and a friend, I couldn't be prouder.”

related obamessiah updates:
wisconsin gop governor in neo-fascist union-busting drive*
police would 'absolutely' use force on wisconsin protesters*
video: during prank phone call purporting to be from koch, walker says 'we thought about' planting 'troublemakers' in wisconsin protest*
wisconsin governor may have violated labor law in koch call*
walker pranker running for congress as green party candidate*
video flashback from candidate obama: "i'll walk the picket line with you"*
developing: wisconsin assembly passes bill taking away union rights*

obama continues elite's agenda of leading US to 'tragedy'

video: econ prof says 'no way forward for US'
from press tv: The US president is incapable of coping with the changing world, brought along by ignorance of its own internal welfare, a professor of binary economics says, describing the situation as a “tragedy” for Americans. “President Obama's foreign policy is bankrupt and his domestic policy is bankrupt as well," said Rodney Shakespeare, adding, “I regret to say that America has lost its way domestically in exactly the same way as it has lost its way in foreign policy.”

corbett report: episode171/172 - fluoridation/meet rahm emanuel

corbett report: episode171 -
professional perspectives on water fluoridation
from corbett report: This week on Documentaries That Matter, The Corbett Report presents the audio of the informative documentary, Professional Perspectives on Water Fluoridation. This documentary (from the Fluoride Action Network at fluoridealert.org) provides concise, factual information on water fluoridation from doctors, dentists and a Nobel Laureate. Please spread this to others who may not know the dangers of fluoride in the water.
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corbett report: episode172 - meet rahm emanuel
from corbett report: The son of a terrorist. The brother of a eugenicist and a megalomaniac. An ex-member of the Israel Defense Force. A gun grabber. A “pick-up” basketball player. A White House veteran… And the next mayor of Chicago? Meet Rahm Emanuel.
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the latest corbett report videos:
sunday update - jan30: global awakening vs. internet kill switch

the latest corbett report interviews:
#280 – dr. paul connett & #281 – in the zone

promo: 2009 video archive dvd available now

previous: episode170 - the coming anastrophe

flight 3407 family member will attend state of the union

from wben: Karen Eckert, whose sister Beverly Eckert died in the crash of Flight 3407 in Clarence, will attend President Obama's State of the Union speech tonight as a guest of Senator Charles Schumer. Since the February 2009 crash, Eckert and other families of crash victims have worked to make historic improvements in flight safety. Her sister Beverly was a key leader of 9/11 family groups. Beverly Eckert lost her husband, Sean Rooney, when the Twin Towers fell. Schumer said Karen Eckert has worked to pressure decision makers to make much-needed improvements in pilot training and air passenger awareness and safety.

flashback: 9/11 widow & activist among 50 killed in ny plane crash & interview w/ alex constantine on flight 3407

sotu/stfu updates: obama begins speech at precisely 9:11pm*
empty promises: 5 reasons why obama's completely wrong about economy*
video: ron paul attacks state of the union theater*
video: on eve of sotu, manchin supports 'repair' of health care law*
video: obama makes fun of tsa molestation during sotu*

related obamessiah updates:
abercrombie fails to discover obama birth certificate*
video: hawaii governor says obama's birth record exists, but can't produce it*
beware of the patriot pied piper*
obama admin fires up military commissions (again)*
obama nominates riaa lawyer for solicitor general*
appeals court boots emanuel off chicago ballot*
illinois court throws emanuel off chicago ballot *
illinois court issues stay; rahm back on the ballot*
bush white house broke elections law, report says*

11/25 newspurge: the elite bleat, they're obsolete

national ransom: celebrating the genocide of native americans

9/11 updates:
thinktank: 92% of afghans never heard of 9/11*
most 9/11 workers settle over toxic ash*
7/7 tube driver told blasts were 'only a power surge' as he pleaded for help*

biowars/envirohealth:
gulf oil spill recovery exec dead in plane crash*
US scientists significantly more likely to publish fake research*
toxic waste dump ruled out as cause of kettleman, cali city birth defects*
letter from editor: moving plum island*
fda stops sales of darvocet…after more than 50yrs*
study shows smart people sleep late*

drugwar:
tx gov perry calls for US troops to fight mexico's drug war*
US moves to ban chemicals in synthetic marijuana*

econocrash:
black friday: festival of greed in a sea of pain & suffering*
video: pentagon, military actively war gaming 'large scale economic breakdown' & 'civil unrest'*
video: georgetown prof tells congress banksters are insolvent*
list of problem banks grows despite solid net income*
corporate profits hit record high*
rothschild & goldman bondholders getting US taxpayer billions in irish bailout*
could millionaires fleeing US cause a wildcard economic event?*
the fire next time: endgame for elite's one-way class war*
home sales drop once again*
actor wesley snipes headed to prison for tax evasion*
1939 batman comic sells for nearly $500k*
hacker arrested after cracking federal reserve*
video: the first 12hrs of a US dollar collapse*

murder/mayhem:
video: 'ugly betty' actor charged with sword murder*
twilight language: killed with a masonic sword*
man charged in alabama with death of bride in australia*
prosecutor says man's escondido home was 'bomb factory'*
100s of homeless & foster children in florida summer camps run by convicted criminals*

obamessiah:
obama on newsweek as shiva the destroyer*
obama to give bush sr presidential medal of freedom*
video: military pegs hourly air force one cost at $181k, as obama sets travel record*
obama pardons turkeys - but not people*
rahm 'ineligible' for chicago mayor race*
nj congressman fires aide over child sex solicitation charges*
video: barbara bush blames housekeeper for fetus in jar*

oregon oddities:
1000s line up in freezing rain for free oregon dental clinic*
oregon tech pioneer norm winningstad commits suicide at 85*

10/7 newspurge: people asking questions, lost in confusion

9/11 updates:
new foia video shows 9/11 firefighters discussing huge explosions before towers collapsed*
video: witnesses in defense dept report suggest coverup of 9/11 findings*
video: fox-animated 'cleveland show' sneaks in ’9/11 was an inside job’*



biowars/envirohealth:
white house 'blocked gulf oil spill studies'*
klaus challenges global governance idea*
hungary says clean-up of toxic spill could take a year*
shameless flu shot pushers use strip clubs to entice people into medically useless vaccinations*
charlie the smoking chimpanzee dies aged 52, exceeded average lifespan of a captive chimp by 12yrs*

drugwar:
US arrests 130 puerto ricans, including 90 cops, on charges related to drug trafficking*
fbi says judge's relationship with stripper led to gun-toting drug deals*

holy hexes:
uk recognizes druidry as religion for first time*
biden, 5 scotus justices attend controversial 'red mass'*
dutch prosecutors admit were wrong to drop catholic abuse cases*
meet geert wilders: globalist theater's brightest new star*
video: tea party candidate says “i'm not a witch"*


media/memes:
world still watching lennon's wheels go round & round*
stephen j. cannell, 'rockford files' & ‘a-team’ creator dead at 69*
who owns the media? the 6 monolithic corporations that control almost everything we watch, hear & read*
roger waters targeted by adl for criticizing globalist military industrial complex*
video: new album by killing joke 'absolute dissent' w/ single 'european super state'

murder/mayhem:
traffic deaths hit 60yr low*
video: nyc landmarks becoming suicide haven?*

obamessiah updates:
new face, same imperialism:
obama no better than bush*
of course the intel authorization would have a signing statement*
mtv stacks the deck for pre-election obama townhall?*
experts say rahm emanuel not a legal resident of city*

obama administration: goldman sachs from top to bottom

obama's change: owned & operated by great vampire squid
from kurt nimmo: Two articles on the FDL website detail the intimate and incestuous relationship between the Barry Obama administration and Goldman Sachs. FDL names names and provides expansive detail on the Goldie administration.

“At a time when Congressional hearings are set to call testimony from some Goldman Sachs employees, it is vital to understand how widespread that institution’s ties are to the Obama administration. This diary shows the pervasive influence of Goldman Sachs and Goldman created institutions (like the Hamilton Project embedded in the Brookings Institution), employees and influence peddlers in the Obama administration,” FDL wrote on April 27.

bush admin warned 9/11 commission about 'line' it 'should not cross'

from raw story: Senior Bush administration officials sternly cautioned the 9/11 Commission against probing too deeply into the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, according to a document recently obtained by the ACLU.

The notification came in a letter dated January 6, 2004, addressed by Attorney General John Ashcroft, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and CIA Director George J. Tenet [1.9mb PDF]. The ACLU described it as a fax sent by David Addington, then-counsel to former vice president Dick Cheney.

In the message, the officials denied the bipartisan commission's request to question terrorist detainees, informing its two senior-most members that doing so would "cross" a "line" and obstruct the administration's ability to protect the nation.

"In response to the Commission's expansive requests for access to secrets, the executive branch has provided such access in full cooperation," the letter read. "There is, however, a line that the Commission should not cross - the line separating the Commission's proper inquiry into the September 11, 2001 attacks from interference with the Government's ability to safeguard the national security, including protection of Americans from future terrorist attacks." ...

The letter can be found on page 26 of the ACLU's set of unveiled documents.

9/11 updates:
washington post publishes yukihisa fujita's rebuttal letter*
rahm emanuel helped gop sink 9/11 trial*
summer 2001: faa participates in exercise based around hijacking of boeing 767*
they could have stopped 9/11: coleen rowley on the moussaoui case
audio: coleen rowley on antiwar radio*
holder: osama never to be caught alive*
april gallop's case on 9/11-pentagon thrown out*
the 9/11 cat's out of the bag*
full el al flight took off on 9/11 from jfk to tel aviv?*
war games, blackwater, ksm - updates to the 9/11 timeline as of mar16*

obamessiah updates: healthscare, warcrimes, voodoo & economics

here, this one makes more sense: obama as two-face*
white house appears ready to drop 'public option'*
it's official: health reform is dead*
worse than herbert hoover*
majority of americans directly oppose obamanomics*
obama lies to defend US war of aggression*
cindy sheehan protests against obama continuing bush wars*
rahm emanuel wields power freely, but faces risks*
valerie jarrett: trust obama on blackwater*
obama's well organized community is falling apart*
video: texe marrs on
witchcraft in the white house*
witchcraft in the white house*
voodoo in obama's white house*
video: voodoo in obama's white house?*
'death to obama' sign holder detained by secret service*
westchester man charged with making false bomb threat against white house*
video: frank rich fears extremism will lead to assassination*
video: rockefeller regards holdren as a saint*
video: tom delay a 'birther,' wants to see obama 'gift certificate'*
4 arrested for protesting john yoo at berkeley*
ridge says bush admin pushed to raise terror alert for re-election*
top 50 US war criminals who need to be prosecuted:
from alberto to yoo & more*

obamessiah updates: secrets, lies and the give & take act

obama swaps teleprompters for giant tv monitor

obama is a 'manchurian candidate' because he uses a teleprompter

o'reilly: if cheney really had an 'executive assassination squad,' he would have killed seymour hersh a long time ago

'give' act strips 1st amendment from 'volunteers'
from kurt nimmo: On March 18, Rep. George Miller, a Democrat from California, tacked an amendment on H.R. 1388, entitled “Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act,” or GIVE (to government), Obama’s plan to require mandatory service for all able young people. Miller’s amendment will “prohibit organizations from attempting to influence legislation; organize or engage in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes; and assist, promote, or deter union organizing,” according to GovTrack.us, a site that tracks Congress. In other words, Obama’s “volunteer corps” act, passed by the House with a 321-105 margin and requiring the government to develop a plan for indentured servitude, would deny millions of people their right to oppose and organize against government legistation under the First Amendment. “This is as close to a sedition act, a violation of 1st Amendment rights, as has been proposed in recent history. A basic right as a part of our natural, inalienable rights, is to resist government. Our founders not only knew it was a right but it was a responsibility. This legislation begins to break that down significantly,” writes Gary Wood for the Examiner.

obama puts 'immigration reform' on docket
(or, more 'retroactive immunity'...)

obama's approach to protecting 'state secrets' at issue
from washington post: Civil liberties advocates are accusing the Obama administration of forsaking campaign rhetoric and adopting the same expansive arguments that his predecessor used to cloak some of the most sensitive intelligence-gathering programs of the Bush White House. The first signs have come just weeks into the new administration, in a case filed by an Oregon charity suspected of funding terrorism. President Obama's Justice Department not only sought to dismiss the lawsuit by arguing that it implicated "state secrets," but also escalated the standoff - proposing that government lawyers might take classified documents from the court's custody to keep the charity's representatives from reviewing them. The suit by the al-Haramain Islamic Foundation has proceeded further than any other in challenging the use of warrantless wiretaps, threatening to expose the inner workings of that program. It is the second time the new Justice Department has followed its predecessors in claiming the state-secrets privilege, which would allow the government to exclude evidence in a civil case on grounds that it jeopardizes national security.

is 'war on terror' being retired? no! gordon brown says "we are about to take the war against terror to a new level!"

update: US officials say no ban on 'global war on terror' as 4,000 more US troops to be sent to afghanistan as 'trainers'

obama doesn’t talk like bush, he just acts like him
from ted rall: You can’t blame Dick Cheney for being annoyed at Barack Obama. Obama is closing Guantánamo. He’s ordering the CIA to interrogate prisoners according to the rules written in the Army Field Manual, which doesn’t allow torture. He’s even phasing out such classic Bushian phrases as “enemy combatant” and “war on terror.” But the dark prince of neoconservatism should relax. Obama’s inaugural address may have promised to “reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals,” but — in all the ways that matter — he’s keeping all of Bush’s outrageous policies in place. Sure, he talks a good game about “moving forward.” But nothing has really changed. From reading your e-mails to asserting the right to assassinate American citizens to bailing out companies whose executives pay themselves big bonuses, Obama’s changes are nothing but toothless rhetoric.

nsc's jim jones: 'i take my daily orders from dr kissinger'

obama nominates former freddie exec as 'housing commissioner'
from cnsnews: President Barack Obama has named a former Freddie Mac executive to head the federal housing commission. The White House on Monday named David Stevens as assistant secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The position requires Senate confirmation and would put Stevens in charge of the government's housing mortgage-insurance program. Stevens now is the head of Long and Foster Companies, a real estate and mortgage firm. He previously worked at World Savings bank and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. At Freddie Mac, Stevens was a senior vice president in charge of affordable lending, sales and marketing.

scotus watches 'hillary: the movie' (and you can, too)

obama opens secret laboratories to germany
(like truman & the paperclip nazis?)
from spiegel: The Americans have always kept their research into anti-terrorism technologies top secret - until now. A new treaty between Germany and the US will give German scientists access to highly restricted laboratories. It was a productive start to the week for US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and German Research Minister Annette Schavan. The two women met at 7:15 a.m. on Monday for breakfast at a five-star hotel in Berlin to discuss one of the most explosive issues in the era of international terrorism: How can the population and infrastructure be protected against catastrophic attacks without Western democracies being turned into Orwellian regimes? ... The research offensive began after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and has been fueled with huge sums of money ever since. Universities, companies and secret laboratories are carrying out research into highly sensitive surveillance cameras, bomb detectors, biometric analysis software and vaccines against biological weapons, among other things. Until now, neither the general public nor the governments of the US's Western allies have learned much about the contents of that research.

obama secretly ends program that let pilots carry guns (or did he?)

is there anything obama can do about US collapse?

US 2010 apocalypse avoidable

obamessiah: 9/11, taxes & the 'buy american' remorse

obama to meet victims & relatives of 9/11 attacks
from washington post: President Obama will gather tomorrow with victims and families of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and U.S.S. Cole bombing for a face-to-face meeting as his administration struggles to decide how to handle detainees at Guatanamo Bay, Cuba, several of those invited said. The previously undisclosed meeting at the White House tomorrow afternoon will give the new president a chance to explain his decision to close the controversial prison facility where the U.S. has placed many suspected terrorists since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Obama has been assailed by conservative critics who say the decision to close the facility within a year will lead to putting many of those terrorists back on the street. In a recent interview, former vice president Dick Cheney, an architect of the Bush administration's war on terror, criticized the decision as reckless. In an interview with Politico.com, Cheney accused the Obama administration of following "campaign rhetoric" on Guantanamo and warned that the new president's policies could put the country at greater risk of a new attack... One 9/11 activist, who declined to be identified talking about the meeting, said "fireworks" are likely at the gathering because it will include both relatives who oppose and those who support Obama's plan to close Guantanamo Bay. "There's been some noise that some families don't like the idea and others do, so this is a chance to discuss that," the activist said.

obama & 9/11: part2

obama scrambles after daschle's fall in tax controversy
from mcclatchy: President Barack Obama scrambled to regain control of his political message Tuesday after a series of tax and vetting scandals forced one of his most important nominees to withdraw and raised questions about the new president's central campaign pledge to change politics as usual.

as 1st setbacks hit, obama calls in the networks

'hope is flickering' says aclu
from raw story: The American Civil Liberties Union, which has generally been harshly critical of President George W. Bush and praiseworthy of President Barack Obama, has fired a torpedo across the Obama bow... "Hope is flickering," Romero said in a statement. "The Obama administration's position is not change. It is more of the same. This represents a complete turn-around and undermining of the restoration of the rule of law. The new American administration shouldn't be complicit in hiding the abuses of its predecessors."

surely this isn't what obama meant when he vowed change

obama says US can't send protectionist trade message
from reuters: President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he did not want to send a protectionist message on world trade and would look at altering "Buy American" language in an economic stimulus bill coming out of Congress. "I think it would be a mistake ... at a time when worldwide trade is declining for us to start sending a message that somehow we're just looking after ourselves and not concerned with world trade," Obama said on the Fox television network.

video: obama has a ‘crush' on republicans

obama to bring nuke labs to the pentagon?
from danger room: The Albuquerque Journal has a real nuke scoop: The Obama administration is considering a plan to fold the U.S. nuclear weapons complex into the Department of Defense.

obama set to continue pakistan strikes

obama preserved rendition two days after taking office
from raw story: Two days after taking the helm of a country ready for change after eight years of George W. Bush, President Obama has allowed one controversial "War on Terror" tactic to remain in place: rendition. Despite frequent condemnation of the practice around the world, rendition - the secret capture, transportation and detention of suspected terrorists to foreign prisons in countries that cooperate with the U.S. - remains in the CIA's playbook, thanks to a Jan. 22 executive order issued by President Obama.

obama's al qaida initiative began months before his election

obama abandons ‘war on terror’ catchphrase
from thinkprogress: The AP notes that only once since taking office on Jan. 20 has President Obama used the phrase “war on terror,” which was always on the lips of President Bush. Obama has instead more broadly referenced the “enduring struggle against terrorism and extremism.” CSIS national security analyst Anthony Cordesman notes that Bush’s phrase “became associated in the minds of many people outside the Unites States and particularly in places where the countries are largely Islamic and Arab, as being anti-Islam and anti-Arab.” Indeed, a Pentagon-funded study last year recommended that the U.S. do away with the terminology as the strategy behind it was “not successful in undermining al Qai’da’s capabilities.”

the 'defense cut' falsehood from the post & kagan

video: rahm says if you're on no-fly list, no gun!
from youtube: Congressman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) speaking at DC’s annual Stand Up For a Safe America event sponsored by the Brady Center says if your name is on the terrorist no fly list you should not be allowed to own a gun.

video: defazio says white house spending more time with gop*
lax security around obama alarms some vip donors*
colorado man faces 10yrs for obama 'assassination' email*
geithner enlists goldman sachs lobbyist as top aide*
obama brother arrested over cannabis possession*
obama's angels of hope*
the entire fascist US game plan exposed in a single minor obama appointment*
are those obama's hands on cardboard cutout?*
obama1260 shuts down*
obama: trilateral commission endgame*
unhappy voters jam capitol hill phone lines*

a bitter end for blagojevich: illinois governor impeached

illinois senators vote 59-0 to oust 'devious' & 'unfit' governor

from washington post: The state senators stood up one by one in a hushed chamber on Thursday to call Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) a liar and a hypocrite who put his ego and his pocketbook ahead of the interests of Illinois. One called him "devious, cynical, crass and corrupt." Another said the evidence of abuse of power was "overwhelming." A third said he was "without a doubt unfit to govern." Together, they voted 59 to 0 to reject Blagojevich's theatrical last-minute pleas and remove him from office, ending a stormy tenure that left the nation's fifth-largest state paralyzed by its governor's alleged misdeeds and nationally ridiculed for its latest bout of corruption. "I believe our state must enter rehab," Sen. Randall Hultgren (R) told his colleagues before the vote. "Moral rehabilitation."

video: blago called for kennedy, mccain & emanuel to be fired
from raw replay: Speaking at his Illinois senate impeachment trial, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said that if he was being impeached then Sens. Ted Kennedy, John McCain and President Obama’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, should also be fired. RAW STORY has more details here. This video is from CNN.com, broadcast Jan. 29, 2009.

flashbacks: illinois gov arrested for trying to sell obama's senate seat & illinois gov may send natl guard into chicago to fight crime