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THE AIDE who tweeted a misspelled alert for the president's remarks on Libya today will no doubt hear about it inside the White House.  However, we doubt the media, which would have ridiculed President Bush mercilessly for such a clueless mistake, will even mention it. Elsewhere: starving eagles "falling out of the sky"; four nuclear sites found in Syria; US and Pakistani military chiefs meet secr...

IT SEEMS another nation in the Middle East erupts with each passing day. Libya has nearly devolved into a civil war, and the Western media seems focused on the protests as struggles for freedom, and maybe they are. There is one aspect that is overlooked, however, which is that the first protests in Tunisia and Egypt were sparked by sharply rising food prices, which are being driven up by commodity...

WE WRAP up the week with a look at the latest from the Middle East: Egypt grants Iran permission to take two warships through the Suez Canal (one allegedly carrying long-range missiles for Hezbollah) and moves 4,000 troops into the Sinai; unrest continues in Kuwait, Yeman, Jordan, Libya, and Bahrain — home of the U.S. Fifth Fleet. Also: the patterns of history; a magma surprise; Tea Party betrayal...

IN WHICH we explain our hiatus and the delay in launching P.I.D. Video: we're moving once again, this time from Indiana to Illinois. We'll be in our new home within the next six weeks — and as of now, we have only a general idea of where that will be. Also: unrest spreads in the Middle East; Iran sends warships through Suez; the secret plan to destroy WikiLeaks; and the unanswered questions about...

AS THE eastern half of the U.S. prepares for a large and dangerous winter storm (again), the Middle East looks to the future with anxiety, anticipation, and dread. The end game is unclear to us, but Israeli observers are furious at what they see as the Obama administration's abandonment of Hosni Mubarak. Also: Stuxnet returns to Iran's nuclear reactor with a potential bang; a possible false flag i...

PROTESTS IN Egypt continued for a fourth day Friday, this time with the assistance of the Muslim Brotherhood.  This is disturbing; a government potentially dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood could undo the 30 years of peace between Egypt and Israel. For background, see John Loftus' article "The Muslim Brotherhood, Nazis and Al-Qaeda". And late this afternoon comes a report from The Telegraph that...

PROTESTS CONTINUE on the streets of Tunisia, Egypt, and now Yemen as hacktivists use social media to organize flash mobs.  In Tunisia, it's now semi-officially called the Jasmine Revolution, which echoes the Rose, Orange, Tulip, Cedar, and Green revolutions of recent years — some of which have been funded by Western interests — like George Soros' Open Society Institute and the US government. In Eg...

PRESIDENT OBAMA gave a pretty strong SOTU address last night, as performances go. Content-wise, it was what presidents usually deliver: promises of lots of government for absolutely no cost to you. Elsewhere: Italian cops find $20 billion in phony US bonds; World Economic Forum opens; "kingdom" economic summit coming; and Chinese high-speed rail in California.

AT LEAST 11 police officers around the U.S. have been shot since Sunday. Some law enforcement officials believe that officers are being targeted. Also: Obama officials caught lying about WikiLeaks; water could soon be world's major catalyst for war; and progressives declare words like "target", "crosshairs" and "lock, stock, and barrel" too offensive for prime time.

WHILE RUSSIA deals with the horrific aftermath of what looks like a terrorist bombing at its largest airport, tensions in the Middle East rise with news of Iranian warships on the way to the eastern Mediterranean to support what some are calling "Hezbollah's coup".  The powers and principalities are busy behind the scenes. Meanwhile: Chicago PD develops a department of pre-crime; Rahm Emanuel kick...

INTERNET DOOM seekers have picked up on a story from Australia about the red supergiant star Betelgeuse and spun it into a dire warning of impending destruction in 2012.  First, it's based on a careless reading of the story; second, if it does happen, it might not be for another million years.  Personally, we're more concerned with the threat posed by the Green Bay Packers' offense. Also: Yellowst...

ONE YEAR after the disastrous earthquake, Haiti has all but disappeared from the public's awareness.  That's good for somebody; one year on, only 10% of the aid money donated to help rebuild Haiti has been spent there, and only 5% of the rubble in Port-au-Prince has been cleared. Also: rumor of Nelson Mandela's death unfounded; Blackwater founder backs mercenaries in Somalia; and the US government...

RICK WARREN'S "Daniel Plan" demonstrates again his willingness to bend scripture to his will.  We remind you that the real Daniel plan was about remaining obedient to God's word, not maintaining a heart-healthy diet. Also: "Baby Doc" returns to Haiti; bees fly out to sea; US Joint Special Ops Command stacked with Knights of Malta; and the Taiwanese create a video parody of Chinese President Hu's v...

THE SUN rose two days too early in western Greenland this year, according to a report in an Austrian newspaper (English language article at the Daily Mail).  Experts quoted in the report blame a huge meltoff of the Greenland ice sheet. Elsewhere: rebellion in Chile and Tunisia; American travelers losing their laptops to Homeland Security; WikiLeaks blamed by The Guardian for its own leak; mysterio...

LAST NIGHT'S memorial for the victims of the shooting in Tucson felt more like a political rally than a somber remembrance.  In fact, thousands of t-shirts with the slogan "Together We Thrive" were distributed to the attendees.  At the very least, it seems like a very odd tribute to the dead.  Don't miss the opening blessing (link opens YouTube video). Elsewhere, Rick Warren has partnered with thr...

WHILE THE media focuses on the shootings in Tucson Saturday, a crisis brews in the Middle East.  The government in Lebanon has collapsed as Hezbollah ministers resigned.  Indictments naming Hezbollah officials in the 2005 assassination of Prime Minister Rafic Hariri were "hours or days" away from being turned over to a pre-trial judge. The USS Enterprise carrier strike group, with 6,000 American s...

FEAR CAN be a useful tool to a government.  People who are intimidated are more easily led.  We look at how the U.S. government is using its power to discourage dissent — we mean serious dissent, not the pro-wrestling-in-designer-clothing that passes for political analysis on cable news. Also: headless bodies in Acapulco; leader of Saint Death cult arrested; and where our true allegiance lies.

TONIGHT'S SHOW focuses on the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 19 others at a Safeway in Tucson.  We pray for the recovery of Rep. Giffords and the wounded, for their families and the families of the six who were killed. The incident had barely been reported when conservative political talk was already being blamed for the incident.  Right-wing bloggers very quickly pointed out th...

WE LOVE technology, but we'd be naive not to recognize how it's being used against us.  For example, Apple filed a patent application in August for a phone that monitors its user's voice print, heartbeat, and facial features — and compares pictures of its surroundings and recordings of a vehicle's engine with ones in memory! — to determine whether it's been stolen. While this sounds like a great s...

HAS THE "God particle" been found? One science blogger reports rumors that the Tevatron particle collider near Chicago has identified a light Higgs. Scientists at Tevatron say the rumors are false. Here's a bit of interesting speculation: what if the rumors are true — and the discovery is responsible for the growing number of mysterious animal deaths all over the world (link opens a Google Map wit...

WELCOME TO 2011!  Time may be shorter than we think:  a number of Christians, following the lead of a radio host, are convinced that Judgment Day is scheduled for May 21, 2011. We respectfully disagree. Time is short, yes, but a lot has to happen before we arrive at the Day of the Lord. Also: mysterious bird and fish deaths; "black alerts" at U.K. hospitals over flu outbreak; angry white (Christia...

PFC. BRADLEY Manning has been kept in solitary confinement for most of 2010, allowed only one hour a day out of his cell even though he hasn't yet been tried and convicted of a crime. Is Manning a patsy, a convenient excuse to criminalize investigative journalism and a clampdown on the Internet? See Glenn Greenwald's column on the treatment of Bradley Manning at Salon.com. Also:  the UN mulls Inte...

THAT'S THE question of the day. Our federal government asserts the authority to tell us what to feed our children (and then do it for us), to buy health insurance for the privilege of breathing, and to assassinate American citizens without due process of law or oversight by Congress or the Judicial Branch. When the president claims the right to kill citizens who pose a threat to national security...

THERE ARE days when the headlines make you wish for Christ's return even more than usual. Today, we discuss the convicted murderer who posts to Facebook from prison, security contractor DynCorp's latest link to the sex trade (read the report by Frontline on Afghan "dancing boys", and watch the Frontline program online free at PBS.org), the bizarre rape and stabbing in Vacaville, California, and th...

TWO YEARS ago, a BBC cameraman caught a bizarre scene on tape: twin 40-year-old sisters from Sweden walking along the shoulder of the M6 motorway who deliberately ran into traffic when approached by police. This began a bizarre series of events that led to one of the sisters hospitalized after being run over by a truck and the other stabbing a man to death, running from police while hitting hersel...