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Just hours ago, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The ICC, having never before issued an arrest warrent (sic) against a sitting head of state, sent a powerful message that no one, regardless of his or her status - including a head of state - has immunity from crimes under international law. However, some organizations and United Nations member states are quickly moving to defer the case against the Sudanese president. These international groups and countries are urging the UN Security Council to...

The sanctity of the secret Swiss bank account -- an icon of global finance -- is under growing pressure in a tax investigation due to come into public view on Wednesday at a U.S. congressional hearing. Senator Carl Levin, a long-time foe of offshore tax havens estimated to deprive the U.S. government of $100 billion in annual revenues, will convene the hearing before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that he chairs. Levin will grill Mark Branson, a top officer at UBS AG, over a tax case in which the U.S. government wants the giant Swiss bank to disclose the...

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) - German police raided 224 apartments and houses across the country Wednesday, confiscating 45,000 music CDs in a crackdown on the far-right music scene. Stuttgart prosecutors, who led the operation, said 204 people aged 21-45 are being investigated for allegedly distributing the music, which includes xenophobic and anti-Semitic lyrics. There were no immediate arrests. The production and sale of right-wing music that promotes an extremist agenda or racial hatred is against the law in Germany.

Join Eric Odom, founder of the Dontgo Movement (remember August!?), tonight LIVE with Michelle Malkin. Wednesday, March 4, 2009 @ 7pm Eastern Join Eric Odom and other Tax Day Tea Party organizers/sponsors as we discuss all things related to the Tea Party Protests

The scariest chart ever  East Coast Economics is "currently doing some research on the (likely) Treasury bubble, and the charts I’m coming across are nothing but scary - one more so than the other. Check out the following which shows the [dollar] amount borrowed by US banks from the Fed through Dec 2007; the spike marks the Savings & Loan Crisis at the end of the 1980s with borrowing maxing out at $8b..." 1919-2007 (Y-axis scales to $10B) "Now take a look at the following chart. It is the same graph as above, but updated through the beginning of November...

Turning on the Tears: Should Men Cry? Controversial 'Bachelor' Sparks Debate on Men Tearing Up By ANDREA CANNING and LEE FERRAN March 4, 2009 — The final tear-soaked episode of "The Bachelor" was remarkable for the star's dumping the winning bachelorette for the runner-up, but what really has people talking is the endless waterworks -- and the tears didn't come from the women. Jason Mesnick is likely the weepiest bachelor ever. He sloshed through the final episode, tearing up at least a dozen times, raising the question: When is it OK for men to cry? Mesnick's crying has endeared...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A cheap ingredient used in ice cream, cosmetics and found in breast milk helps protect monkeys against infection with a virus similar to AIDS and might work to protect women against the virus, researchers reported on Wednesday. The compound, called glycerol monolaurate, or GML, appears to stop inflammation and helps keep away the cells the AIDS virus usually infects, the researchers said. While it does not provide 100 percent protection, it might greatly reduce a woman's risk of being infected, and she could use it privately and without hurting her chances of pregnancy, the researchers reported in...

Two-faced California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency Friday, urging urban water systems to cut usage by 20%. “This drought is having a devastating impact on our people, our communities, our economy and our environment, making today’s action absolutely necessary,” the so-called Republican governor said. According to Brietbart.com,....

Sr. Sandra M. Schneiders, plainly unhappy with a recently announced apostolic visitation of women’s communities in America, wrote an email to some of her colleagues and friends which she later approved for publication in the National Catholic Reporter.In her email, Sr. Schneiders, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, writes, I am not inclined to get into too much of a panic about this investigation—which is what it is . . . I do not put any credence at all in the claim that this is friendly, transparent, aimed to be helpful, etc. It is...

Chrch sez stop txtn 4 lent. Or, put another way, the Italian branch of the Roman Catholic Church wants its followers to forswear text messaging, social-networking Web sites and computer games in the run-up to Easter. While many Italians traditionally give up fatty foods or, in extremis, alcohol, the appeal to go without some of the trappings of the modern world, including Facebook, iPhones and computer games, on Fridays — and on other days if possible — is unprecedented. It appears to stem partly from Pope Benedict XVI's recent warning to the young not to substitute "virtual friendship" for real...

The Employee Free Choice Act, also known as the Card Check legislation, seems to be bubbling near the surface of the news, although there been little indication that the bill will be in front of the President any time real soon. The latest is a report in the Wall Street Journal that President Obama has reached out to big labor and told them that Card Check remains a high priority for his agenda. According to the report, the President has promised that he is looking forward to signing the bill when it comes to him, but he apparently neglected to...

RUSH: It is on the record -- thanks to Politico.com -- since last fall, the White House, led by Rahm Emanuel, the chief of staff to Barack Obama, has been targeting me, your host, your harmless, lovable little fuzzball. Their standard operating procedure: they need a demon to distract and divert from what their agenda is. They need a demon about whom they can lie so as to persuade average Americans that they're the good guys, the benevolent good guys, and the mean SOBs are their enemies trying to stop this great young little president from doing miraculous and wonderful...

Gibbs Takes Off Gloves to Challenge Reporters, Hosts Who Cross Obama White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has singled out media personalities Jim Cramer, Rush Limbaugh and Rick Santelli in the course of less than two weeks. FOXNews.com Wednesday, March 04, 2009 Jim Cramer. Rush Limbaugh. Rick Santelli. What do they all have in common? Most likely, none of them is getting invited to the White House Christmas party. All three media personalities have been singled out by President Obama's press shop in the course of less than two weeks. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, in doing so, has...

The stock market is in free fall. A pork-laden budget is making its way through congress. Massive new taxes are proposed at a time when the economy is contracting. So much is happening, President Barack Obama didn't even take time to cozy up to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the latter's D.C. visit yesterday. Yet, both Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have the time to create and maintain enemy lists. In the case of Obama, his enemy list includes private citizen Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio talk show host. In the case of Pelosi, the list includes...

President Barack Obama plans to name Florida's state emergency director Craig Fugate to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, an official familiar with the appointment said Wednesday. Fugate has served as director of Florida's Division of Emergency Management since 2001, when he was tapped by former Gov. Jeb Bush. He was retained by current Gov. Charlie Crist. Both governors are Republicans. Fugate previously served as the agency's assistant director for nearly five years. Fugate has been praised for his efforts steering Florida through numerous hurricanes in the past decade.

Remember how Barack Obama used the word "crisis" about the economy more than 25 times in a Phoenix, Arizona speech meant to fearmonger the country into passing his massive social spending "stimulus" bill? Well, now he is just as sure that there's nothing but blue skies ahead. Sure with your money, at least. Bullish Obama Suggests Nation Should Buy! Buy!March 03, 2009 1:29 PM President Obama told Americans to take a look at investing in the stock market this afternoon, a remarkable utterance for an American president, especially as the Dow Jones Industrial Average proceeds on its course Southward. "What...

March 2009 Update on the racist Arab Muslim [Arab league backed] dictator Al Bashir's arrest warrant for genocide, crimes against humanity     Ban urges Sudan to ensure safety of UN bodies Reuters - [March, 4, 2009]UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Khartoum to cooperate with all UN entities and ensure their safety after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday for Sudan's leader.http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5234A520090304   World court issues arrest warrant for Sudan's Bashir Christian Science Monitor [Mar. 4, 2009]‎http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0305/p90s01-woaf.html   Court issues war crimes warrant for Sudan's Bashir The Associated Press  [Mar. 4, 2009]‎...charges...

Norm Coleman’s attorneys finished presenting their case to the election contest panel with a suggestion that Minnesota conduct a revote.  The recount effectively tainted the process so badly, attorney Jim Langdon told the three-judge panel, that it could not be rescued.  The Coleman campaign echoes what many have begun to consider, including the capital’s newspaper: For more than a month, Norm Coleman stressed flaws in Minnesota’s election system.And on Monday, Coleman lawyer Jim Langdon wrote the three-judge panel to suggest the problems are so serious they may not be able to declare a winner.“Some courts have held that when the...

Excerpt: It was confirmed today that the White House is running a campaign against Rush Limbaugh. Is this a smart strategy? Rush Limbaugh was a leading force in the Republican Revolution two years after Bill Clinton first won election. The freshmen Republicans dubbed themselves the “Dittohead Caucus” after their sweeping victory in 1994. Obviously Rush played a critical role in 94' election. Is it smart for the media and the White House to target Limbaugh at a time when a repeat of that 1994 revolution is most likely to occur? The problem for Obama and the White House is that...