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One has needed a score card to keep up with the twists and turns of the situation in Libya and what will follow over the weekend is still unclear. My point is while we wish the people of Libya and their color revolution victory over crazy Gaddafi, they have likely been the unwitting pawns in a major deception by Washington to hide a dramatic Middle East foreign policy shift. Highlights and Timeline 2/15 – Libyan color revolution begins. 3/3 – Obama finally says "Gaddafi must go" following previous two weeks of "It's up to the people of Libya to decide"....

Obama to speak again on Libya from Brazil within the hour (about 3:45 p.m. EDT.)Fox News Channel reporting first U.S. Tomahawk missiles launched against Libya.Earlier, the AP reported the U.S. was planning such attacks on Libya's air defense systems.A Pentagon briefing will follow Obama's remarks.

<p>James O'Keefe JamesOKeefeIII James O'Keefe Report: House votes to Defund NPR. Video was "the last straw" http://fb.me/VAPNNUVF 10 hours ago Favorite Retweet Reply in reply to @JamesOKeefeIII ↑ mikeclark2 @mikeclark2 mikeclark2 @ @JamesOKeefeIII someone needs to f**king find you and assassinate you. like, seriously. you get off by fucking up the truth. i should do it.</p>

Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) vowed to have Congress investigate the Obama Administration for sending illegal guns to Mexico! This historic announcement was made during an evening March 16 interview on The Roger Hedgecock Show, wherein Issa credited Hedgecock as being the impetus for his decision to investigate Eric Holder and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) for their scandalous and deadly Operation Gun Walker sting-gone-South. During Hedgecock’s interview, Darrell Issa said the House Oversight Committee has dispatched four investigators to look into Operation Gun Walker at the BATFE. The announcement comes at 1:35 into the following video:...

The current inflation scenario is reminiscent of the 1970s and the transition of economic dominance from the United States to China is already well under way, Harvard Professor Niall Ferguson told CNBC Monday. Geopolitical events all add up "to a pretty bearish scenario because of all the inflation implications we're seeing right now," Ferguson said. "You already had massive deficits and money printing in the developed world," he said. "On top of that you had enormous demand-side pressure from China relative to commodities." "Now you've got the prospect of massive geopolitical disturbance in the great oil-producing centers of the world,"...

Legislation that would crack down on illegal immigrants would hurt Georgia’s economy, about two dozen people told a state Senate Committee. Almost everyone who spoke Saturday in Savannah at the third hearing of a Democrat-led study panel opposed the bills, one of which has passed in the House. The latter would let police check to see whether people they arrest are illegal immigrants. It also would require employers to use a federal database to check the status of their workers. Jerry Gonzalez, executive director of the Georgia Association of Latin American Elected Officials, said passing the measures could trigger an...

Indiana State Police are investigating the reported battery of a state worker Thursday during the large union rally outside the Statehouse. First Sgt. Dave Bursten says a 33-year-old employee of the Indiana Department of Child Services told Capitol Police she was taking a smoking break around 12:15 p.m. at the west end of the Indiana Government Center South building when she was approached by three white men. The men reportedly asked to use her electronic pass to enter the building, but she declined. When she pointed them toward a public entrance, they allegedly pushed her. The incident caused her to...