A driving force behind that super PAC is Sheldon Adelson, a Las Vegas casino tycoon who has translated his deep friendship with Gingrich into a financial bonanza to buoy his candidacy. Adelson gave the PAC, Winning Our Future, $5 million just before the South Carolina primary, and this week, his wife gave the group another $5 million.

The Adelsons make Mitt Romney look like Tom Joad. Adelson, the eighth-richest American, is worth more than $20 billion. He built the iconic Venetian hotel (and another in Macao to match) and has given to a host of Jewish causes — in addition to funding a nonprofit group that led to Gingrich's presidential run.

Adelson met Gingrich when he was the speaker of the House, and they bonded over their dedication to support Israel as Congress debated passing a bill that would encourage the American Embassy in Tel Aviv to be moved to Jerusalem, the capital. Since then they've been friends, with obvious benefits.

http://news.yahoo.com/behind-gingrichs-rise-billionaire-pal-sheldon-adelson-150006162--abc-news.html

The U.S. Secret Service is looking into a controversial column by an Atlanta Jewish newspaper publisher that mulled the assassination of an American president.

Andrew Adler, owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, wrote a January 13 column about the threat of Iran to Israel. He posed three options for the Jewish state to counter the Iranian regime.

One of them called for a "hit on a president in order to preserve Israel's existence."

"Give the go-ahead for U.S. based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice president to take his place and forcefully dictate that the United States' policy includes its helping the Jewish state obliterate its enemies."

http://articles.cnn.com/2012-01-21/us/us_jewish-president-threat_1_jewish-state-atlanta-jewish-times-column?_s=PM:US

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Four police officers, including the president of the local police union, were arrested Tuesday by the FBI on charges that they used excessive force against illegal immigrants and covered up abuses in a New Haven suburb where a federal investigation found life was made miserable for Hispanics.

The East Haven officers assaulted people while they were handcuffed, unlawfully searched Latino businesses and harassed and intimidated people, including advocates, witnesses and other officers who tried to investigate or report misconduct or abuse the officers committed, the federal indictment said.

Police treatment of Hispanics in the seaside city of East Haven has been under federal scrutiny since 2009, when the U.S. Department of Justice launched a civil rights probe that found a pattern of discrimination and biased policing.

The arrests were welcomed by local Hispanic business owners, including Luis Rodriguez, an immigrant from Ecuador who had complained of harassment by police at his Los Amigos Grocery store.

http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-arrests-4-police-officers-conn-bias-probe-002311815.html

SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) -- A neo-Nazi music festival has been allowed to go ahead in Australia, "appalling" Jewish community leaders.

Jason Steinberg, president of the Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies, said the Hammered Music Festival scheduled for April in Brisbane was “not acceptable to any decent organization or to any religious groups.”

The annual festival has been linked to white supremacist groups and neo-Nazis.

The police and city council say nothing can be done to stop the festival unless the law is broken. The location has not been publicized.

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/01/10/3091097/australian-jeiwsh-leaders-appalled-by-neo-nazi-festival

Children are being abandoned on Greece's streets by their poverty-stricken families who cannot afford to look after them any more.

Youngsters are being dumped by their parents who are struggling to make ends meet in what is fast becoming the most tragic human consequence of the Euro crisis.

It comes as pharmacists revealed the country had almost run out of aspirin, as multi-billion euro austerity measures filter their way through society.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2085163/Children-dumped-streets-Greek-parents-afford-them.html

A group of St. Petersburg teenagers used a neo-Nazi slogan as their team name as they won a quiz contest marking International Tolerance Day.

The competition was part of a wider program of combating xenophobia introduced in schools all over Russia.

Joining the government’s efforts to boost tolerance among pupils, the teachers of Petersburg School No. 420 organized a quiz that would award the team with the most right answers.

The award itself was put on the school’s bulletin board, which is how it caught the attention of an Internet user who photographed it and published at LiveJournal. The diploma featured the team’s name: “14/88,” which contains two numbers used prominently in Nazi slogans. The first one, known as “The Fourteen Words,” was coined by David Lane, a member of 1980s white separatist organization The Order. The second symbolizes an 88-word statement from Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf,” and can also refer to the Nazi greeting “HH” ("Heil Hitler") – the eights representing the eighth letter of the alphabet.

http://rt.com/news/prime-time/nazi-torelance-contest-school-201/

ADV Broadcast Of January 21, 2012

Hello again, and welcome to this week’s edition of American Dissident Voices, the Internet radio program of the National Alliance. I’m your host and Chairman of the Alliance, Erich Gliebe.

I’d first like to announce today the release of National Alliance founder Dr. William Pierce’s final public speech, given just a few months before his unfortunate passing in 2002. Dr. Pierce’s videotaped talk, in which he discusses the uniqueness of the National Alliance and several other points of interest, was given in April of 2002 in Cleveland, Ohio, is now available in DVD format for only $17.95 postpaid, from National Vanguard Books, P.O. Box 330, Hillsboro, West Virginia 24946 USA. You may also order this monumental DVD online at www.natvanbooks.com.

There is no doubt that the National Alliance continues to make progress, but often it is slow progress, and moreover, we still have a long, long way to go. We have fought many battles – won some, and lost some – and there are many more uphill battles for us in the future. But life itself is a struggle, for the race as well as for the individual, and we must accept struggle as an inevitable companion of life. If we are not struggling to improve ourselves, we are not living. The same is true for our race. Assuming we succeed in achieving our most immediate goal of White living space, the struggle will continue, although in a different form.

At present, we are struggling against our racial enemies and against our own kinsmen who are unwilling to turn from their present course down the path of genetic annihilation. Our main focus now is on recruitment, organization, and action for the purpose of “breaking free” from the current multiracial society. Later, with the “breaking free” accomplished, the struggle will be directed toward organizing our White society in keeping with the values and traditions of Western man.

The Dutch government refuses to apologize for the apathetic and detached attitude of the Dutch government in exile in London toward the more than 100 000 persecuted, deported and murdered Dutch Jews during the second World War.

Queen Wilhelmina and her government found no time to protest or condemn what was happening in Holland under Nazi rule, with the cooperation of local law enforcement forces.

Last week it was widely publicized internationally that two former Dutch deputy Prime ministers, Els Borst and Gerrit Zalm, supported such apologies. They said so in a new book by Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld. Judging the Netherlands, the renewed holocaust restitution process 1997-2000.’

Freedom Party Leader Geert Wilders and his colleague Raymond de Roon asked Prime Minister Mark Rutte to offer such apologies last week.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/151673

(Reuters) - A Jewish man was under arrest on hate-crime charges on Monday, accused of making anti-Semitic telephone calls to his mother and other elderly women and putting swastikas on apartment doors, police said.

A family business dispute drove David Haddad, 56, of Manhattan, who is Jewish, to make threatening phone calls to his mother, 80, and two other women, ages 87 and 78, a police source said.

"He threatened to kill the other individual on the phone as well as her relatives," said a police spokesman. "He said basically that all Jews should die and go to hell."

Haddad, who was charged with aggravated harassment as a hate crime, also was accused of taping notes with anti-Semitic symbols including swastikas on five apartment doors and in the hallway of a building in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/16/us-crime-newyork-hate-idUSTRE80F1SL20120116

Debt-stricken Greece plans to rent out some of its most iconic archaelogical treasures to advertising firms and other commercial enterprises, it has been revealed.

The country's culture ministry says the initiative would help raise money for the maintenance of sites, although there would be strict controls imposed.

But the move is predicted to cause outrage among archaeologists who have for years branded the idea as irreverent in light of the country's long and rich heritage.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2088788/Greece-set-rent-ancient-ruins-help-pay-upkeep.html

BERLIN (AP) -- A state government in Germany is looking at legal measures to prevent a British publisher's plans to reproduce excerpts from Adolf Hitler's infamous memoir "Mein Kampf" in Germany.

The Finance Ministry of the German state of Bavaria said Tuesday that publisher Peter McGee's plans to reproduce three 16-page segments of "Mein Kampf" with critical commentary, starting next week, may violate the copyright on the book, which it holds.

The ministry said in a statement that it believes the segments are too long to be considered excerpts not covered by copyright.

McGee told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from London that his attorney has advised him otherwise, and that he plans to go ahead with the publication of the segments as an insert to his weekly "Zeitungszeugen" magazine. The magazine, a play on words mixing the German for "newspaper" and "eyewitness," reproduces historical newspapers from the Nazi era alongside expert commentary.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_GERMANY_MEIN_KAMPF?SITE=WCMHTV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&&sc_cid=CMH-NEWS-TopStories

She faced controversy back in 2008 when her skin appeared shades lighter in an advertisement.

But it appears Beyoncé - or her producers - have not learned their lesson.

A promotional picture has emerged of the pop princess looking much paler than her usual colour.

The new photo, taken before the 30-year-old fell pregnant with her newborn daughter, are being used to re-advertise her fourth album, 4, which was released last year.

In the seductive pose, Beyoncé dons a blonde wig and lies on a leopard-print couch, wearing a skimpy black crochet monokini. She also wears suspenders and a lashing of dark red lipstick.

Experts told The Sun the appearance may have been down to lighting used in the studio. Howeverm this is not the first time the wife of rapper Jay-Z has accused of appearing to 'lighten' her skin.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2087388/Beyonc-white-skin-row-Controversial-photo-shows-singer-looking-shades-lighter-usual-tone.html

ADV Broadcast Of January 14, 2012

Hello again, and welcome back to this week’s edition of American Dissident Voices, the Internet radio program of the National Alliance. I’m your host and Chairman of the Alliance, Erich Gliebe.

Every day, the National Alliance continues its struggle to attain a homogeneous White living space for our people. For the White men and women taking an active part in that struggle, it might be worth a few minutes of our time to take a step back and consider, once again, exactly why it is that we fight -- why, in fact, we must fight. In addition, for those Whites who are new to racialist philosophy, these thoughts may help to clear up certain misconceptions they have and -- I hope -- will spur them to make the decision to participate actively in Our Cause, the cause that we in the National Alliance believe to be the great mission of our people in this century.

Because most people in my audience already have leanings in favor of the ideals of the National Alliance, one might think that we should spend most of our time here reinforcing the convictions of the activists and motivating the fence-sitters -- those whose commitment is limited to stating, "I believe," those who are holding back in putting their shoulders to the wheel.

I do plan to "preach to the choir," so to speak, but we should also consider the mainstream Whites -- those who, at the moment, either oppose us or don't seem to care one way or the other about racial matters. After all, we White racialists -- not ideologically, but physically, at least -- live and work in the world of the mainstream. We see and talk to these people every day. These mainstream Whites share our blood, our cultural heritage, our history, and our destiny. And we hope that many of them, at some point, will awaken and join in our fight. Part of our task is to awaken them; we can't simply write them off.

Last January, four-term senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) announced that he would not seek reelection in the upcoming 2012 elections. This seems to have relieved any pressure of facing his constituency for approval, allowing him to push for some of the most draconian legislation in the history of the United States. Or, perhaps, he is just auditioning for a more powerful position like Secretary of Defense or Secretary of the DHS.

Besides his renewed pressure on Google and Twitter to openly censor the Internet, Lieberman's desire to crush all dissent against the war machine has manifested in bills like his Enemy Belligerent Act, his Internet Kill Switch bill, and the recently introduced Enemy Expatriation Act.

Unfortunately, the most egregious parts of the above mentioned bills already found their way into law under the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which seemingly renders any further discussion of these bills as somewhat redundant, but they certainly won't be critically discussed in the corporate media.

http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/219844.html

Though all German children discuss the Third Reich as part of their school curriculum, not enough is being taught about modern ideas of human rights and discrimination – and teachers are often poorly equipped to counteract the extreme right wing’s aggressive recruiting of young people, the experts said.

“Short term projects which are time-limited from year to year are not enough,” said Eva-Maria Stange, a member of Saxony’s state legislature. “We need a stable structure.”

The November revelation of a neo-Nazi terror cell – three people are suspected of killing a policewoman and at least 9 people with a migration background between 2000 and 2007 – has heightened calls for authorities to do more to prevent young people from being lured into a life of extremism.

Finding solutions will take some effort, said the experts who have called for a consistent, large-scale effort to coordinate a fight against extremism among youth.

Freiburg University of Education sociologist Albert Scherr said there should be a federally funded foundation that spearheads anti-discrimination education efforts. Scherr said schools should incorporate more human rights and anti-racism education into the core curriculum.

http://www.thelocal.de/education/20120102-39873.html?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=233

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pepsi Beverages Co. will pay $3.1 million to settle federal charges of race discrimination for using criminal background checks to screen out job applicants - even if they weren't convicted of a crime.

The settlement announced Wednesday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is part of a national government crackdown on hiring policies that can hurt blacks and Hispanics.

EEOC officials said the company's policy of not hiring workers with arrest records disproportionately excluded more than 300 black applicants. The policy barred applicants who had been arrested, but not convicted of a crime, and denied employment to others who were convicted of minor offenses.

Using arrest and conviction records to deny employment can be illegal if it's irrelevant for the job, according to the EEOC, which enforces the nation's employment discrimination laws. The agency says such blanket policies can limit job opportunities for minorities with higher arrest and conviction rates than whites.

The company has since adopted a new criminal background policy and plans to make jobs available to victims of the old policy if they are still interested in jobs at Pepsi and are qualified for the openings.

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/16497034/pepsi-beverages-pays-31m-in-racial-bias-

A new technology designed to help pedestrians avoid bad neighborhoods has plenty of smartphone users up in arms

A new Microsoft technology that may help users avoid "unsafe neighborhoods" is generating controversy and eliciting claims of "racist undertones." Here, a brief guide to what's been dubbed the "avoid ghetto" app:

What exactly is this app?

Last week, Microsoft was awarded a patent for a feature on GPS devices. The feature, which will reportedly be part of future Windows phones, takes into account weather and crime statistics when suggesting routes for pedestrians. According to the patent filing, the technology will help a user avoid passing through an "unsafe neighborhood or being in an open area that is subject to harsh temperatures."

http://news.yahoo.com/microsofts-avoid-ghetto-app-racist-114300129.html

There is a symbiotic relationship between War and the Economic Crisis.

The planning of the Iran war is being carried out at the crossroads of a worldwide economic depression, which is conducive to widening social inequalities, mass unemployment and the impoverishment of large sectors of the world population.

Crushing social movements on the domestic front --including all forms of resistance to America's military agenda and its neoliberal economic policies-- is an integral part of the United States' hegemonic role Worldwide.

Does Constitutional Government in the eyes of the Obama Administration constitute an encroachment to "The Globalization of War"?

History tells us that an Empire cannot be built on the political foundations of a Republic.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28503

LANGLEY (NEWS1130) - Langley Mounties are searching for a man who tried to snatch a two-year-old boy from a playground Monday morning.

It happened around 9 a.m. near 206th Street and Douglas Crescent.

The dad was putting away his son's bike helmet and when he turned around, he saw that a man had picked up his kid.

Cpl. Holly Marks says the father did everything right.

http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/317881--mounties-looking-for-suspect-who-tried-to-snatch-2-year-old