Headlines of note for February 2012

Black History Month gets off to a very bad start...

Soul Train: Don Cornelius Resting In Love, Peace, and Soul

It was ruled a suicide, as dubious theories abound of his motivation. But none of these account for why an icon of black history would choose the first day of this month - Black History Month - to commit suicide...

These days, we'd just as soon believe that Obama did it.

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Cryptome: Athens Protest Photos

ZeroHedge: Anonymous Hacks Greek Ministry Website, Demands IMF Withdrawal, Threatens It Will Wipe Away All Citizen Debts

Barring a hacked rescue by Anonymous, the deadline for Greece's debt default looms: the Ides of March...

Advisor Perspectives: Will Greece Survive the Ides of March?

Curiously, this occurs just prior to another potential economic shock to the West...

TehranTimes: Visions of violence in defense of the dollar

March 20, 2012, which is Noruz, the Iranian New Year, is the target date for the Iranian oil bourse to begin trading crude oil in currencies other than the U.S. dollar...

Or, this is how the Euro will be saved?

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GlobalResearch: TEXT OF LEAKED ARAB LEAGUE MISSION REPORT Report Reveals Media Lies Regarding Syria

RT: Russia, China veto UN Security Council resolution on Syria

It's about time - a veto last March might have thwarted much unneeded bloodshed and continuing chaos in Libya...

Telegraph: Libya - Militias out of control, says Amnesty International

But, Russia's and China's move only ups the ante towards what Michel Chossudovsky charts as...

The Globalization of War - The "Military Roadmap" to World War III

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More evidence that the USA is but a pantomime of a democratic republic...

Money Trends Research: Nevada Election Result Likely Fraudulent, Ron Paul Votes Seemingly Discarded

Black Box Voting: DEAR MAINE GOP: 1+1+1 DOES NOT = 4. OFFICIAL RESULTS WRONG.

This satire says it best...

The Onion: Why Ron Paul Will Not Win - Diebold Accidentally Leaks 2012 Election Results

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Police state developments...

ACLU: Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Dismiss ACLU Challenge to Warrantless Wiretapping Law

SecrecyNews: Congress Calls for Accelerated Use of Drones in U.S.

Government Security News: DHS looking for vendors to perform ‘remote sensing’ airborne photography

Further up the arc of tyranny (and give it a few more years or less for the good ol' USA)...

Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Obama terror drones - CIA tactics in Pakistan include targeting rescuers and funerals

As the war crimes tally piles up, what we hope most for Obama: utter humiliation...

DailyMail: They may revoke Obama's Nobel

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Another data dump from...

WikiLeaks: The Global Intelligence Files

In other updates on old news...

Veterans Today: Evacuate Tokyo and All US Forces From Japan

Al Jazeera: New evidence casts doubt in Lockerbie case

aangirfan: OIL EXECUTIVE, FLORIDA AND 9 11