Listen to Dr. No

On July 9th, Congressman Ron Paul warned the House of Representatives that a major economic calamity was immanent. Two months later, and we now see it unfolding, a financial crisis that will likely go down in history as the collapse of the post-Bretton Woods monetary system. Dr. Paul, nicknamed "Dr. No" by his congressional colleagues for his proclivity to vote No against anything not specifically mandated by the Constitution, has long been a critic of the "fiat money" of the Federal Reserve.

Here are a few of his exchanges with fed chairman Ben Bernanke:

February 19 2007

November 9 2007

February 27 2008

April 2 2008

July 16 2008

and most recently...

September 25 2008

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Update, Sept 29

Ron Paul wasn't the only "Dr. No" in congress today, as he was joined by 227 others in voting down the Wall St. bailout bill. Here are a few...

Denis Kucinich

Marcy Kaptur

Brad Sherman

Ted Poe

Michael Burgess

And finally, Ron Paul

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Update, Oct. 3

As it turns out, the nixing was only temporary. The bill, dubbed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (H.R. 1424) - described by some as the consummation of corporate socialism - was passed by the Senate late Wednesday, and by the House on Friday.

For his part, John McCain lamented the initial failure, but given his aspirations, today he has something to look forward to...

Happy Birthday Tony Alamo

As the "Big Tone" turned 74 on Saturday, state and federal authorities celebrated by raiding his Fouke Arkansas compound, on a hunt for child pornography.

But Alamo told AP: "We don't go into pornography; nobody in the church is into that... Where do these allegations stem from? The anti-Christ government. The Catholics don't like me because I have cut their congregation in half. They hate true Christianity."

Alamo has been accused by former followers of practicing polygamy and marrying child brides in recent years. While Alamo often denies these allegations in his radio broadcasts, he cites the scriptures that allow for polygamy and marraige after puberty. Alamo vehemently repudiates pornography, however; and, to our knowledge, the possesion or production of pornography, involving adults or children, has never been alleged.

The child porn charges are notable in the light of a recorded phone conversation between one John Garry Peeler and Alamo follower Don Sweat in April 2003. Peeler had called claiming to be an ex FBI, BATF, DEA undercover agent, saying that Alamo was on a federal "hit list," and that one way he might be targeted could be through the surreptitious planting of child pornography on his computer. From the transcript:

And one of the things they do now is one of the guys I know named Gregory Holt, I don’t know where he is now, I think the feds put him in jail for something, because he went around trying to expose the feds and write notices and letters about what they’re doing and stuff. Gregory Holt, the government got him on some bogus charges and stuff, this guy I know, and what they did, they wanted him to do to Tony Alamo too, but the way they wanted him to do it, is they wanted him to get in with a Tony Alamo mission and to put child pornography on Tony Alamo’s computer. You see what I’m saying? To try to discredit him with child pornography. But I mean, that’s one of the easiest things to do nowadays. I’ve never done that. I’m an old guy. I’m fifty-four and I’m not into computers, but I’m saying, he’s a younger guy and into computers. But some of these people that they want him to do deals on, they want him to get into their home computers and stuff and put child pornography in their computers.

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For some backround on Alamo (and vintage footage), give these THV Extra reports a look:

Feb. 11, 2008

Feb. 12, 2008

And from KARK:

April 23, 2008

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Update, Sept. 26

Alamo was arrested Thursday at the Little America Hotel in Flagstaff AZ

Russia Rolls Out Death Beam

Pravda reports the development of Nika, a billion watt table-top device.
(For technical details, see Abstracts)

Among its potential targets...

Russia Ready to Vaporize the Jewish State

Roughie Arrests at the RNC

Here are some piggies who like it rough, but apparently their wives won't staisfy on that score, so what do they do? Take it out on hippie wenches at the Republican National Convention....

Get Down on Your Face!

Later, Amy Goodman was arrested for not wearing make-up on the convention floor...

Full coverage from Democracy Now!

And in the interest of bipartisanship...

Gestapo Storm Troopers Slam 15 Year-Old Girls to the Ground & Handcuff Them at the DNC