Upping the Anti | As it quietly turns into official policy, the “Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America” (SPP) agreement mixes the neoliberalism of NAFTA with the repression of homeland security.

Los Angeles Times | Only Ireland’s constitution requires a referendum — and that could make or break the long-awaited constitution.

Jim Lobe | It seems that Murdoch and the neo-cons really have it in for Condoleezza Rice these days, quite a change from when they greeted her replacement of Colin Powell with undisguised glee at the beginning of Bush’s second term.

Blue Ridge Now | Customs officers wave in vehicles filled with illegal immigrants, drugs or other contraband. A Border Patrol agent acts as a scout for smugglers. Trusted officers fall prey to temptation and begin taking bribes.

Bloomberg | Foreclosure filings surged 65 percent and bank seizures more than doubled in April compared with a year earlier as rates on adjustable mortgages increased.

Alexander Cockburn | Roman emperors knew well that political tranquility marched arm in arm with the cost of bread.

Raw Story | Cop doesn’t like the news videotaping, so he attacks KOR videographer, detains him.

The New York Times | “The dollar doesn’t buy anything anymore. The way the economy is going, people are too scared to spend.”

The Times of India | The Pentagon said that an audit of $8.2 billion spending related to the Iraq war showed that $7.8 billion had been improperly spent.

Editor & Publisher | In the wake of the revelations in Scott McClellan’s new book, former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw offers Exhibit A in the continuing denial by the media of their complicity in the catastrophe that is the Iraq war.

Los Angeles Times | An opinion piece by the former German foreign minister published today in a leading Middle East paper says that Israel is planning to attack Iran over its nuclear program.

Al Bawaba | Iran’s “response will have no time or geographical limit,” declares Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar.

Washington Post | In an ironic but predictable twist, the court has ruled against 34 people who protested outside the Supreme Court against conditions at Guantanamo Bay.

Star Tribune | Ruling against the Fourth Amendment will allow police to avoid going “through what we sort of felt were unnecessary hoops.”

Kurt Nimmo | It is the logic of Agenda 21, “smart growth,” and “sustainable development,” that is to say no development, in fact a rollback of modern society to the Stone Age.

Homeland Stupidity | Homeland security expert James Carafano calls it “checkbooks gone wild.”

New York Daily News | Terrorizing minors is all in a day’s work for three Westchester County cops.

Associated Press | Man buys house, is denied “occupancy permit” because he is not married to girlfriend.

San Diego Union-Tribune | Mothers Against Drunk Driving team up with the state to scare the hell out of teenagers.

Orange Punch | What’s most likely to happen with warmer temperatures? Yes, you’re right! There will be more food.

Times Online | Relatively junior council officials are giving permission for operations to spy on people.

Kurt Nimmo | Video posted documenting We Are Change’s attempt to question Oliver North on REX 84 and COG.

Michael Dickinson | After more than ten years in the making and at a cost of over 40 million dollars, ‘Silent Guardian’, or Active Denial System, (ADS, in it’s formal mood), is almost ready for public release.

YouTube Is this the first time Hillary Clinton has refused to drop out of a race? Never before seen footage of a Young Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

YouTube If you get a brochure like this in the mail, do what the Africans do when the white man shows up with his needles — head for the hills!

Kurt Nimmo | Only you can make media and television something other than the destructive trap it now is.

Jones Report | In his magnum opus ‘Tragedy & Hope’, Dr. Carroll Quigley revealed the nefarious goal of Cecil Rhodes’ secret society in calling for an American Union, which is today coming to fruition as the “North American Union.”

Richie Taylor | Neocons did it, says Jim Corr of the popular Irish band.

YouTube | Do the Elite, through government and private sector scientists, create and distribute deadly viruses to world populations? Duh.

Orange County Register | For Mike Huckabee, the threat is not liberalism, but libertarianism.

Blog of Rights | CIA response to FOIA on waterboarding make a mockery of freedom of information.

Secrecy News | Science Applications International Corporation receives your tax money to state the obvious, even the banal.

Paul Joseph Watson | Infowars Money Bomb – Saturday May 31st – your chance to help us make history!

Steve Watson | Activist group calls for defense of right to exemption in New York State

Kurt Nimmo | The “non-conspiracy-prone left” cannot fathom there is such a thing as an elite, determined to implement world government and global neo-feudalism.

Kurt Nimmo | Airbus snoop cameras are only the cutting edge of the control freak grid.

Reuters | Israel’s “strict security measures” may not only be implemented in airports, but “other public places” as well.

Toni Solo | G7 governments rig outcomes so as to protect and promote the interests of their corporate elites. Their corporate propaganda media call this the “free market.” They are talking only to themselves.

Lee Rogers | The threat of man made carbon emissions causing global warming is a documented fraud.

Reuters | Sen. Barack Obama said on Wednesday he expected to become the Democratic U.S. presidential nominee after next week and he is considering an overseas trip that may include Iraq.

DPA | Czech President Vaclav Klaus said Tuesday he is ready to debate Al Gore about global warming

Channel 4 News | Scientists train a monkey to control a robotic arm using only its thoughts.

Euronews | Five countries around the Arctic rim have agreed to let the United Nations decide their conflicting territorial claims over the region’s seabed.

Global Research | The hot-button issue of retroactive immunity for telecom companies in cahoots with illegal Bush administration surveillance programs is close to reaching its inevitable dénouement.

Queens Gazette | A new study by Mount Sinai School of Medicine showing high rates of psychological distress among Ground Zero workers underscores the need for a strong federal response to the health impacts of the 9/11 attacks, several New York area lawmakers declared last week.

Associated Press | Once upon a time, upon coming to America, one had to learn English. Now? In certain parts of the country, Americans born in the United States have to learn Spanish if they want to get along.

George Washington’s Blog | Polls show that the majority of Americans questions the government’s version of 9/11 and other basic tenets of the “war on terror”. So why aren’t people doing anything to fix things?

Raw Story | Key neocon sincerely disappointed more Americans were not killed.

Daily Show There is a vast right and left-wing conspiracy against Hillary Clinton.

Steve Watson | Circle City to be site of three week long urban warfare training.