On Sept. 30, 2008 the national debt reached $10,024,724,896,912.49. That is over $10 trillion, and before the massive bailout package will add nearly another $1 trillion in debt.

Bailout for Wall Street and tax cuts for people affected by AMT.

The Bush administration has repeatedly claimed that the prisoners in Gitmo are all terrorists, yet all 17 of the Uighurs prisoners have been removed from the “enemy combatant” list and will be released.

Multiple prisoners have been held in Ethiopia without charge for two years. The US has interrogated some of them, but denies any responsibility.

A new factory in New Zealand turns organic waste into charcoal. At full capacity, the factory will sink one ton of CO2 each day.

The Senate has modified the bailout that failed in the House on Monday by adding tax cuts, but no spending cuts, to the bill. What is the best way to pass a $700 billion expenditure? Lower taxes!

Two videos explaining the mortgage financial crisis and offering a simple, real, practical solution to the problem.

A US drone fired a missile inside Pakistan again today. Four dead and nine wounded.

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev may be forming a new political party in Russia to help steer the country back towards democracy.

Chief nuke inspector: “‘How can I go with a straight face to the non-nuclear-weapon states and tell them nuclear weapons are no good for you, while the weapon states continue to modernize and to say ‘we absolutely need nuclear weapons?’”