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Champlain CBP Officers Thwart Major Ecstasy Smuggling Attempt

The Ecstasy seized by CBP has a street value of approximately $2.1 million

(Champlain, N.Y.) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Field Operations today announced the seizure of approximately 62 pounds of methylene-dioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), better known as the club-drug “Ecstasy.” The seizure resulted in the arrest of two Canadian citizens.

9/11 Reflections Part 2: Interview with Simon Shack of September Clues

Out of 2,970 9/11 victims listed, only 446 appear in the Social Security death index. Of those only 249 have a confirmed death certificate on file. Maybe Simon Shack is not as crazy as it would seem at first glance.

(EUGENE, ORE.) - Simon Shack is emphatic: “nobody died on September eleventh.” I am talking to him in Rome, via Skype.

He has recently asked me if I believe that the moon landing was real, laughing derisively.

9/11 Reflections Part 1: The Elephant and the Mosquito

What the myths of the Taliban, Saddam Hussein, and Ahmadinejad have in common is that they represent a particular kind of propaganda spread by parties in the U.S. who advocate for war.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - What happens when a mosquito bites an elephant? The answer to this question lies at the intersection between myth and reality.

The Big Lies, Grand Illusions, and Great Myths of our age are stories of the elephant and the mosquito.

Anatomy of Conspiracy Theory

A conspiracy need only be proved by “circumstantial evidence” even “if it violates the rules against hearsay evidence”

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Some may rationally ponder that how is it, that such a long running global conspiracy for world government as outlined in Project Humanbeingsfirst’s report “The Enduring Capitalist Conspiracy for World Government”, can be kept alive across centuries and across geographies. This brief paper examines that question.

Noam Chomsky had once observed an insightful nature of such “conspiracies”, as the open shared natural goals stemming from the very nature of its definition, which could therefore, no more be termed a conspiracy than both GM and Ford endeavoring to maximize their profits at all cost be termed a ‘global corporate conspiracy’.

9/11 Planners Confess on Network Television

For our friends who still don't get it.

(CINCINNATI ) - How can a nation like the United States be duped into two wars and total bankruptcy? It would be one thing if the “truth” about 9/11 was internet conspiracy theory. This isn’t the case. It was all right there in everyone’s living room.

They fooled us once and then fooled us again and again. Yes, America has some tail to kick but this time, maybe we should make sure our boot goes up the right rear end for a change.

Controversy Over Muslim Cultural Center Near Ground Zero

Racism and bigotry are alive and well in America.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Lost in the shuffle about the protests of building a cultural center near Ground Zero is that a number of Muslims died at the towers that day -- not just the nut cases in the planes -- and that nearly all Muslims adamantly opposed the actions and events that took place on 9/11, and denounced them strongly, saying that the Islamic religion in no way condones it.

The controversy has been inaccurately dubbed the "Ground Zero mosque."

Montel Williams to NY Legislators: Pass Medical Marijuana Now

Former Talk Show Host, U.S. Marine and MS Patient Urges Albany Lawmakers to Act Without Delay.

(ALBANY, N.Y. ) - At a press conference in Albany on Tuesday, former talk show host, U.S. Navy officer and New York City resident Montel Williams urged New York Governor David Paterson and members of the Legislature to act quickly in order to pass New York’s medical marijuana bill.

The New York bill would create one of the best-regulated systems in the country for providing seriously ill patients with safe and effective access to medical marijuana.

Les Paul Foundation Launches Interactive Website and Community Outreach Programs

Guitar legend Jeff Beck will mark Les Paul's 95th birthday by performing at The Iridium Jazz Club in New York City on June 8th and 9th.

(NEW YORK) - Today would have been Les Paul's 95th birthday. To mark the occasion of the late guitar great, the Les Paul Foundation debuts a new, interactive website lespaulfoundation.org and announces the nonprofit organization's newly formed community programs.

"Les was such a people person that this intersection of community outreach and interactive website is very much his persona," says Les Paul Foundation trustee Jeff Salmon.

Is Israel Planning Act of Desperation ?

It still holds two stolen nukes for possible port attack.

(CINCINNATI, Ohio) - Whenever the gang that has seized power in Israel wants to move forward their agenda-their plan to use American lives to dominate not only the Middle East but Central Asia-they reach into their bag of tricks.

Sometimes it’s a simple story: “rockets from Gaza” or another phony Bin Laden audio tape. However, too often, as we have learned time and time again, something very bad happens at just the right time.

Investor Kenneth Starr Arrested

(SALEM, Ore.) - Bloomberg reports that New York investment adviser Kenneth Ira Starr, who has a client list that has included actors Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes, was charged with stealing money from his clients so he could buy luxury items including a $7 million apartment.