By Nick Juliano & David Edwards | RawStory.com | Oct. 8, 2008
The last two years John McCain has spent on the presidential campaign trail seem to finally have transported the Republican candidate back to the Hanoi Hilton he called home for five and a half years. At a campaign stop in Pennsylvania Wednesday, McCain referred to his supporters as "fellow prisoners" in a botched attack on his Democratic opponent Barack Obama.

By Theodore Butler | InvestmentRarities.com | Oct. 7, 2008
When fear and emotion run high, as they presently do, it often creates exceptional profit opportunities. In other words, when everyone is running scared and is concerned about risk, it is precisely the time to look for rewards as well. We are currently positioned the best I have ever witnessed for risk and reward in silver. The downside looks extremely limited and the upside looks explosive. Yes, volatility is great, but everything is lined up perfectly.

SeekingAlpha.com | Oct. 5, 2008
A recent posting by Ted Butler analyzing the sudden sale of an additional 27,606 COMEX silver contracts by 2 banks as of August 5th has created renewed interest in the possibility that COMEX silver is manipulated. Not surprising, given a $6.00 collapse in silver concomitant with the placing of this short side bet.

LA Times | Oct. 4, 2008
The National Rifle Assn. is turning up the volume in its campaign against Barack Obama, airing more ads about his record on guns. Starting as early as Sunday, new spots will air in battlegrounds including Ohio, Virginia and Florida.

By Tom Burghardt | Intel Daily | Oct. 8, 2008
While America's attention has shifted to the economic meltdown and the presidential race between corporate favorites John McCain and Barack Obama, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) National Applications Office (NAO) "will proceed with the first phase of a controversial satellite-surveillance program, even though an independent review found the department hasn't yet ensured the program will comply with privacy laws."

By Paul Joseph Watson | Prisonplanet.com | Oct. 8, 2008
The world’s central bankers are gathering this week at the IMF-World Bank conference in Washington DC and are expected to grease the skids for the creation of a machinery of world economic governance under the pretext of preventing a repeat of the financial crisis, a global economic policeman to patrol a de-facto financial dictatorship.

By Jeff Poor | Business & Media Institute | Oct. 6, 2008
It seems anxiety from the financial crisis is reaching new highs, but the tipping point for one individual came at the Lehman Brothers gym in the midst of the company’s collapse.

By Brad Friedman | Computer World | Oct. 8, 2008
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner will be under the national spotlight next month, overseeing what's expected to be the state's largest-ever turnout for a presidential election. It will also be her first as the state's chief election official.

By Declan McCullagh | CNET | Oct. 7, 2008
The most extensive government report to date on whether terrorists can be identified through data mining has yielded an important conclusion: It doesn't really work.

WorldNetDaily.com | Oct. 7, 2008
The government of Kenya is holding WND senior staff reporter Jerome Corsi in custody at immigration headquarters after police picked him up at his hotel just prior to a scheduled news conference in which he planned to announce the findings of his investigation into Barack Obama's connections in the country.

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By Shelby Moore III | GoldWeTrust.com | Oct. 6, 2008
Careful analysis of the official historical supply & demand reports for silver, proves without a doubt that silver is between 0.25 to 5 times more rare than gold above ground, in terms of metal that can be brought to market within several years after a drastic rise in silver price (to that 0.25 to 5 ratio to gold price).

By David Rising | The Associated Press | Oct. 6, 2008
Germany's governing coalition partners want to change the constitution to allow for military deployment within the country if needed to combat terrorism, officials said Monday.

By Scott Lanman & John Brinsley | Bloomberg | Oct. 6, 2008
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may find the next fronts of the financial crisis to be just as chilling as last month's downfall of Wall Street titans: its spread to corporate America and state and local governments.

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Over 90% of America did not want to passage of HR3997. The US Congress was held at "Executive Gun Point" and told: "you either pass this bill or we will declare martial law."