FEATURED STORIES
Business Insider | If the outstanding votes tip for Ron Paul (and they might, since the outstanding votes are mostly from rural areas), Mitt Romney may be dealing with a replay of the Iowa Caucuses.
Infowars.com | “Liar!” shouted one supporter when state GOP Chairman Charlie Webster announced the results. “How many dead voted?” cried another.
Reuters | Terror group’s leader releases video message to Syrian rebels urging them against relying on West, Arab governments in efforts to topple Syrian president.
Ynet | London Times claims Mossad agent in Azerbaijan confirmed existence of intelligence agency’s base near Iran; says Baku is ‘ground zero for intelligence work’
Stephen Lendman | British Special Forces Supporting Rebels.
Mac Slavo | Very few had the foresight to predict that the economic system and social fabric of our nation would be threatened with upheaval and disarray.
Reuters | Results of Maine’s non-binding straw poll showed the former Massachusetts governor with 39 percent support; Paul with 36%.
Infowars.com | Harvard University Fellow Boyle discusses the preparations for war and the fallout of a possible attack on Iran and Syria.
U.S. NEWS
Reuters | Ron Paul could get his best shot at a victory in Maine.
Daily Mail | Head of the American Conservative Union has said that Republican turmoil might lead to a brokered convention in which Jeb Bush would emerge as a “possible alternative.”
CNN | Paul said the conservative momentum would come around to him eventually.
ECONOMIC CRISIS
Washington Post | New ndustry giant: Apple’s market cap is around $462 billion as of mid-Friday
Reuters | Move follows S&P’s downgrade of Italy’s sovereign rating last month to BBB+.
Reuters | When commodities brokerage MF Global imploded, it seemed obvious laws were broken.
BIG BROTHER
Washington Post | Germany decided not sign the treaty.
Christopher Babayode | European Union has approved the use of an airport liquid scanner.
RT | Hacker holiday culminated in Anonymous taking down the CIA’s website
SCI-TECH
MarketWatch | Plan will render all of its 17 reactors out of service for checks.
Reuters | Millions of healthy people – including shy or defiant children – may be wrongly labeled mentally ill by a new international diagnostic manual.
Mike Barrett | Vietnam here we come! At least that is what biotech giant Monsanto is saying.
CONSTITUTION & LAW
You Tube | Doug Wead on The Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC 2/10/12
Washington Times | NRA official says President will move to “destroy” gun rights and “erase” the Second Amendment if re-elected.
Ethan A. Huff | State and county officials in Wisconsin have charged Amish farmer Vernon Hershberger with violating state retail food laws.
WAR ON TERROR
Daily Mail | A police force has apologised to an animal rights campaigner after she posted footage on YouTube.
WashPo | Protesters regularly gather at the small airport to press their demand for an investigation into Aero Contractors, rumored to have ties to the CIA.
Washington Post | “I don’t want to live in a country that acts this way”
HOT NEWS
Godfather Politics | Is it God’s work, or is this a welcome concession to the atheists?
You Tube | The State of Tennessee and a Cardiologist have ended the need for me to prep, says man featured on hit prepping TV show.
AP/Washington Post | Lake Vostok, untouched for 20 million years, may be home to previously unknown life forms
WORLD NEWS
Washington Post | Turkish foreign minister insists that Iranians are prepared to negotiate curbs on nuclear program
Reuters | Thousands of Egyptians marched to the Defense Ministry to press demands for the generals to hand over power.
Washington Post | Afghan plan to rewrite the country’s history is being funded by U.S. military
WORLD AT WAR
Saman Mohammadi | In the last six months, tensions have risen between Israel and Iran.
Bloomberg | Gunmen killed a Syrian general outside his home in Damascus a day after two suicide bombers attacked a military security branch in Aleppo.
Reuters | Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi warned on Friday of an imminent uprising in Libya.
POLICE STATE
Fox 31 Denver | “They wouldn`t let me get on the plane because I`m female,” Winning said.
J. D. Heyes | “When he stated that he was a veteran, he was asked if he had firearms, to which he said yes…” He was later surrounded by police.
London Telegraph | Police officer “chased himself round the streets” after a CCTV operator mistook him for burglar
HEALTH
Tim McCoy | The FDA will accept the drug studies from the original GE drug for approval, and will only require animal or human testing if the FDA deems it appropriate.
Greenpeace | But Public Forced to Without Informed Consent Via Labeling, Or Warnings About Tests that Demonstrate Organ Failure, Sterility and Cancer.
Jonathan Benson | Research shows that pharmaceutical waste runoff is causing crustaceans to alter their normal behavior, making them more vulnerable to predators.
BORDER CONTROL
Fox News | Three other federal agencies knew about the operation.
Reuters | Smugglers using the surf and inshore waters south of San Diego, including marijuana piled onto a surfboard
Washington Post | Obama and Romney seem to be at odds over priority in the “immigration line” – what line?
SEPTEMBER 11
Reuters | Lawsuit accused former officials in the Bush administration of allowing the September 11 Pentagon attack to occur as part of a broad conspiracy.
Foxnews.com | Startling number of healthy, young New York City cops who responded to the 9/11 terror attacks have since been diagnosed with cancer.
911 Blogger.com | Video addresses the issue of shear studs in WTC7 and NIST’s denials and admissions of their existence.
GLOBAL CRISIS
CNN Money | Enter your zip code to locate your nearest nuclear facility
Deutsche Presse-Agentur | Pensioners and public servants are to bear a large part of the savings.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur | Thousands took to the streets of Athens during a nationwide strike.