Some stories of note in August...

Iran prepares for war...

Asia Times: Eyes on skies over Iran's reactor

Israel prepares for war...

WND: Israeli official declares 'We're preparing for war'

We've heard these war drums before however...

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We realize we violate sound epistemic manners in making conjectures such as this, but the dark pools of classified technology lures it in... Is the weather itself being utilized as a despoiling and destabilizing weapon of opportunity?...

Independent: Russians fear worst as fires reach Chernobyl fallout zone

AP: Insurgents, police clash amid Pakistan flooding

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BP oil spill update - efforts to sweep it under the "rug"...

Washington's blog: Gulf Chemist - Mercenaries Hired By BP Are Now Applying Toxic Dispersant - at Night and In an Uncontrolled Manner - Which BP Says It No Longer Uses

...are a huge "success"...

Science: Tracking Hydrocarbon Plume Transport and Biodegradation at Deepwater Horizon

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In police state news...

Forbes: Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed in Street Roving Vans

Another revelation on surveillance capabilities arises out of a legal dispute...

Narconews: Tech Firm Claims Its Software “Hacked” in CIA’s Quest for Drone Code

The lawsuit revolves around a series of claims and counterclaims related to a sophisticated, analytical software program developed by IISI that is capable of integrating at high speeds spatial data, such as maps and visual images, with non-visual data, such as names and phone numbers.

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Net Neutrality on the ropes...

EFF: A Review of Verizon and Google's Net Neutrality Proposal

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Wayne Madsen's bombshell: Obama literally a child of the CIA...

Prison Planet: Barack Obama conclusively outed as CIA creation

But if grandpa Dunham was with the CIA, what then was the nature of his friendship with communist Frank Marshall Davis?

Lyndon LaRouche's psychological profile of the "failed personality" of this creation is detailed in a short film...

LaRouchePAC: Obama's Failed Personality

But of course, everyone is comparing Obama to Hitler these days, even if for opposing reasons...

Telegraph: Blackstone chief Schwarzman likens Obama to Hitler over tax rises

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As the Fed indulges in more exercises of Gödelian monetarism...

MoneyWatch: Fed buys $2.55 billion in Treasury bonds

Ron Paul inquires into the Ft. Knox conundrum...

The Hill: Ron Paul questions whether there's gold at Ft. Knox, NY Fed