Tuesday August 19th 2008
The US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 10 articles - Tuesday - [ Day 12 ] =====
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Crisis in
the Caucasus. What Were They Smoking in the White House?
Must Read - A
quote...."August 19, 2008 -- The Bush administration appears to have
pulled off its latest military fiasco in the Caucasus. What was
supposed to have been a swift and painless takeover of rebellious South
Ossetia by America’s favorite new ally, Georgia, has turned into a
disaster that left Georgia battered, Russia enraged, and NATO badly
demoralized. Not bad for two days work." -- Also posted at ICH
The New
Cold War Turns Hot:How Washington’s encirclement of Russia threatens us
all
Must Read - A
quote...."August 18, 2008 -- Fairytales are wonderful things – except
when they are
employed by adults to supplant a complex reality. Or, indeed, to turn
that reality on its head. Nevertheless, it is precisely the word
‘fairytale’ that best describes the West’s reaction to the outbreak of
hostilities in Georgia as even a cursory look at these events, and at
the recent historical and political context of Eurasia, make abundantly
clear." -- Also posted at ICH
Russia won't
be lectured by NATO - Lavrov
A quote...."August 19, 2008, 19:07 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov has been briefing the media in Moscow. He stated that the
Russia-NATO council was created 'not for the purpose of disciplining
Russia or educating it in terms of how it should behave.'"
In
west Georgia, few signs of damage by Russia
A quote...."August 19, 2008 -- POTI, GEORGIA — Government officials of
this small, war-weary country invited a group of journalists for a
180-mile trip aboard a Russian-made Mi-8 helicopter Monday to Georgia's
western provinces to show the damage wrought by the recent Russian
military incursion."
Georgian
authorities block Russian aid for Gori - link posted at AntiWar
A quote...."August 19, 2008, 15:47 -- The city authorities of Gori have
refused humanitarian aid from Russia. A convoy carrying food for the
Georgian city was ordered on Monday to return to Tskhinvali, according
to the Russian Emergencies Ministry."
Georgia cuts
access to Russian websites, TV news - link posted at AntiWar
A quote...."Aug 19, 2008 02:52 EST -- TBILISI, Aug 19 (Reuters) -
Georgian authorities have blocked most access to Russian news
broadcasters and websites since the outbreak of the conflict with
Moscow.
Russia
seizes US vehicles
A quote...."Tuesday, 19 August 2008 -- Russian soldiers today held
blindfolded Georgian servicemen at gunpoint and commandeered US Humvees
in a dramatic sequence of events in Poti, a key Black Sea port."
Trophies
from the Kodori Gorge: confiscated weapons shown to tourists
Video - A quote...."19:07
- 19/08/2008 -- On display are small arms, equipment and uniforms
confiscated by peacekeepers as they disarmed Georgian units in the
conflict zone. (107 sec./4.26Mb, shows: 1272)"
U.S.
Trainers Say Georgian Troops Weren't Ready
A quote...."20 August 2008 -- TBILISI, Georgia -- U.S. military
trainers -- the only American boots on the ground -- say the Georgian
soldiers they knew who were sent to battle the Russians had fighting
spirit but were not ready for war. -- The Georgians were "beginning to
walk, but by no means were they running," said U.S. Army Captain Jeff
Barta, who helped train a Georgian brigade for peacekeeping service in
Iraq. "If that was a U.S. brigade, it would not have gone into combat."
How
Israel Trained and Equipped Georgia's Army
A quote...."August 19, 2008 | 2:48:00 PM -- The Russian military
blasted Israel today for supplying weapons and training to its
adversaries in Georgia. -- "Israel armed the Georgian army," Russian
Deputy Chief of General Staff Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn told a Moscow
press conference. Jerusalem provided Tblisi with "eight types of
military vehicles, explosives, landmines and special explosives for the
clearing minefields [sic]. "
For more on this issue see....American
Selective Attention Deficit Disorder (ASADD) - 08-16-08 - mpg
End - The US Neocon's New Proxy
War in
Georgia - 10 articles - Tuesday - [ Day 12 ]
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Dubious
Security
A quote...."The United States is installing a missile defense system in
Poland. For starters, this will deepen the split in NATO even more than
the Caucasus war was first thought to have done."
India,
Russia sign protocol on military technical cooperation
A quote...."NEW DELHI, Aug 19 (KUNA) — India and Russia Tuesday signed
a protocol on military technical cooperation, as part of efforts to
boost bilateral military ties."
Syria
says ready to consider Russian air defense deal - paper
A quote...."MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti) - Syria is ready to discuss
deploying Iskander missile-defense systems on its territory, but it has
not received any proposals from Russia, the country's president told a
Russian business daily."
Federal
Anti Monopoly Service says Mechel is guilty of competition law
violations
A quote...."Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has declared
Mechel Group guilty of violating competition law." -- Something you'll never see in the US
(N.R.E.) anytime soon, an anti-trust action. - mpg
Russia’s
financial crisis of 1998 plotted by IMF
A favor the IMF tries to do for
everybody who's not part of the "big club". - mpg -- A
quote...."As it turns out, the default, which hit Russia ten years ago,
was not merely a consequence of the ungifted economic policy of the
Russian government during the second half of the 1990s. The devaluation
of the Russian ruble occurred because of the efforts taken by the
International Monetary Fund, which triggered the massive economic
crisis in Russia nationwide and impoverished the majority of Russians
in an instant."
Venezuela to
Launch Its First Satellite from China in November
A quote...."Mérida, August 18, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com)--
Venezuela’s first satellite will be launched from Chinese soil on
November 1st, President Hugo Chávez announced on his weekly
Sunday talk show Aló Presidente, which was broadcast from the
satellite control station located at an air base on the vast plains of
the state of Guárico, Venezuela."
Foreign
Investors Show Growing Interest in Iran's Petrochem
A quote...." TEHRAN (FNA)- The total foreign investment in the National
Petrochemical Company of Iran (NPC) in the previous three years has
touched a record US$4.5 bln, a senior oil ministry official said."
US
to take over Afghan mission
A quote...."The United States is planning to take control of all
military operations in Afghanistan next year with an Iraq-style troop
surge after becoming frustrated at Nato’s failure to defeat the
Taliban. -- Plans are being drawn up to send as many as 15,000 extra
troops to Afghanistan with a single US general always in command, as in
Iraq, defence sources said."
Pentagon
Plans to Send More Than 12,000 Additional Troops to Afghanistan
A quote...."The Pentagon will be sending 12,000 to 15,000 additional
U.S. troops to Afghanistan, possibly as soon as the end of this year,
with planning underway for a further force buildup in 2009." -- More cannon fodder for the New Roman
Empire, one has to ask oneself why anyone would lay down his or her
life for a bunch of lying, old, bastards so these filthy rich jerks can
become even
wealthier than they all ready are? It all seems pretty stupid. --
For more on this issue see....War
is a Racket - mpg
Resurgent
Taleban kill 10 French troops and assault US base
A quote...."The Taleban have staged two of their most spectacular
operations in Afghanistan, killing ten French troops in a battle just
outside Kabul and launching a frontal assault on a big US base near the
Pakistani border."
The
Mindlessness is Total Are You Ready for Nuclear War?
A quote...."Pervez Musharraf, the puppet installed by the US to rule
Pakistan in the interest of US hegemony, resigned August 18 to avoid
impeachment. Karl Rove and the Diebold electronic voting machines
were unable to control the result of the last election in Pakistan, the
result of which gave Pakistanis a bigger voice in their government than
America’s. - It was obvious to anyone with any sense -- which excludes
the entire Bush Regime and almost all of the “foreign policy community
-- that the illegal and gratuitous US invasions of Afghanistan and
Iraq, and Israel’s 2006 bombing of Lebanon civilians with US blessing,
would result in the overthrow of America’s Pakistani puppet."
Shiia
Hezbollah and Sunni Salafists forging an unlikely alliance?
A quote...."Lebanon’s Shiia Hezbollah and Sunni Salafi extremists may
be nearing an agreement of mutual respect and coordination, which could
be signed-and-sealed over the next 24-to-48 hours." -- The US played these guys off against each
other for years. Whenever it was convenient we'd blame the Shi'a
Iranians for insurgent activity in Sunni provinces. When they
needed a propaganda boost to put pressure on Iran during the Nuke
negotiations the US
military would say the EFP's and IED's being
assembled by Sunni Salafists in Sunni controlled provinces of Iraq were
from Shi'a Iran. thousands of articles were published by this
nation's mass-faux-media about these "alleged connections" Now
after seven long years of continuous outright lies from the sluts in
our government guess what's in the news.....Aw My Gawd!!, a Sunni faction
and a Shi'a faction in Lebanon are creating a truce and are going to
agree not to attack
each other. How utterly embarrassing for our
mass media, and our so called military "analysts". - mpg
Hezbollah,
Salafists sign unity accord
A quote...."Lebanon's Shia Hezbollah and Sunni Salafist groups have
signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at defusing tension in the
country. " -- By the way, the Saudi
Royals under Cheney's urging have been financially supporting the Sunni
Salafists for quite some time now, if they're legitimately joining
forces with Hezbollah (and assuming they're not going to act as agent
provocateurs) than Cheney's little plans of mayhem and murder for
Lebanon may be going the same way as did his plans for the
Caucasus....poor little Cheney, you almost feel sorry for the sick,
twisted, mass murdering, sociopathic, money worshiping, diseased, low
life, scum. - mpg -- For
more on
this issue see....US
Support of Terror - Al-Qaeda Lite &
Al
Qaeda - Always There for the US Elites - 03-09-08 - mpg
The Secret Deal
For Iraq's Oil
Must Read - A
quote...."Four months before the United States invaded Iraq, the
Department of Defense was secretly working with Vice President Dick
Cheney's old company, Halliburton Corp., on a secret deal that would
give the world's second largest oil services company total control over
Iraq's oil fields, according to interviews with Halliburton's most
senior executives." -- Also posted
at AfterDowningStreet
& Uruknet -- For more on this issue see....War
Resource 9/11
The
High-Fivers - More proof the Israelis were shadowing the 9/11 hijackers
From the history file --
A quote...."Date - 16/02/07 --
"Antiwar" -- It was the tail-end of a bleak November 2001: a pall of
shocked numbness hung over the country, and a rising war hysteria
had nearly everyone cowed. Americans were just beginning to pick
themselves up, dust themselves off, and focus on what had
happened, and how to react. It was very early on the morning of the
23rd when, scanning the headlines, I came across a Washington Post
story by John Mintz: "60 Israelis Detained on Tourist Visas Since Sept.
11." Odd, I thought, why go after the Israelis, probably the least
likely suspects?"
How
Bush's 'Official Conspiracy Theory of 911" Covers Up the Crimes of Mass
Murder and High Treason
A quote...."To Bush administration chagrin and despite its best efforts
to cover up the crime of 911, various independent investigations and
courageous web warriors continue to expose Bush's lies about 911."
Antiwar
Activists Win $2 Million Settlement from New York City in Major Victory
for Free Speech Rights
A quote...."August 19, 2008, New York, NY – A group of 52 local
activists today announced a $2 million settlement in their lawsuit
against the City of New York. The activists were illegally arrested on
April 7, 2003 while protesting against the Iraq war in front of a
military contractor's offices in midtown. The settlement in
Kunstler et al v. New York City follows the dismissal in 2003 of all
criminal charges brought against these individuals and four costly
years of delays by the City in negotiating an end to the civil lawsuit."
Senate
Judiciary Pressures WH for Torture Documents
A quote...."Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
and Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-PA) crossed the aisle once again to
issue a renewed demand for documents on detainee interrogation policies
from the White House today."
Breaking:
Judge May Hold CIA In Contempt For Destruction Of Evidence
A quote...."Late yesterday, a federal judge said he is considering
holding the Central Intelligence Agency in contempt for destroying
videotapes depicting the interrogation of al Qaeda detainees." -- Probably because he was saying things
like...."Why are you torturing me, I did exactly what you guys told me
to do" - mpg
The
Breaking Point - A New Age of Torture
A quote...."The recent appearance of Dr Aafia Siddiqi in a New York
court (August 5, 2008) has brought another disturbing episode in the
'war on terror' of President George W. Bush to light. According to
a lawyer acting for Dr Siddiqui, an American-educated scientist
of Pakistani origin, her client was brought to New York after spending
several years in US custody at an unknown place, thought to be the
Bagram air base in Afghanistan. While in detention, she suffered
'horrendous physical and psychological torture'."
A
push to ban psychologists' role in torture
A quote...."Holding signs that read, "Do no harm" and "Abolish
torture," about 100 people attended a rally outside the American
Psychological Association's annual convention yesterday, urging the
organizations to ban its members from being involved in military
interrogations and torture as part of the war on terrorism." -- The fact that people have to protest
against US (N.R.E.) psychologists participating in torture speaks
volumes about how far this country has descended into the pit moral
degeneracy. Physicians and Psychologists take an OATH “to do no harm", and these
people, who may have committed war crimes by their acts, are now oath
breakers. To paraphrase "A Man for all Seasons"..'They held their
future in their cupped hands, than with
little regard for themselves they opened them, and like water they let
their honor,
their word, their bond, their morality, their compassion and their very
humanity flow into the sand', NEVER to
be recovered again. One should ask oneself, would you take your
child to be "helped" by one of
these people, your daughter, your son, your wife or your husband?
Think about it. - mpg
The
Anthrax Attacks Attempted
Cover-up - Tuesday round-up - 4 articles - [ Day 19 ] ===
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The
FBI Admits It Has No Case Against Ivins
A quote...."The FBI has admitted that it has no case against Ivins."
Parallels
Between the Anthrax and 9/11 Investigations
Some quotes...."1. Continuously-Changing Story When Caught in
Misstatements" -- "2. Pre-Ordained Conclusions" -- "3. Failure to
Follow Leads" -- "4. Suppression of Evidence" -- "5. Destruction of
Evidence" -- "6. Allegations of Bribery" -- "7. Skeptical Congressmen "
and finally "8.
Skeptical Experts"
The
Bruce Ivins Anthrax Case coverage, not so good.
A quote...."This entire story has been one embarrassing peep show of
the AP, the Washington Post and the LA Times caught with their drawers
down. Or, with their palms out, it’s hard to tell which. May it's just
a matter of bad journalistic proxemics."
The
Anthrax Files
A quote...."The FBI claims to have caught the killer. But so much
evidence has been neglected or mishandled that many experts still have
doubts."
End - The
Anthrax Attacks Attempted
Cover-up - Tuesday round-up - 4 articles - [ Day 19 ] ==========
The
Greenback Blues: Something's Gotta Give
A quote...." 19/08/08 "ICH" --- - In a matter of weeks, the euro has
been pounded into ground-chuck while the dollar has regained much of
its former glory. What gives? The mighty greenback has surged 6% in the
last month alone. Apparently, the early reports of the dollar's demise
have been greatly exaggerated. The euro is caught in the same
recessionary downdraft that is buffeting a number of currencies, all of
which are unwinding at the same time although unevenly. Currency
markets don't move in straight lines. But, don't be fooled, most paper
money is steadily losing value due to the wild expansion of credit
which started at the Federal Reserve. Investors are moving to cash and
hunkering down. Who can blame them? As the massive equity bubble loses
gas, balance sheets will have to be mended and lending will slow to a
crawl."
Stagflation
is Here, and It is a Weapon of Mass Destruction
Special Note regarding this quote...."The
government counts any financial transaction that can be taxed as part
of the GDP whether or not it results in the creation of goods and
services of tangible value. Bizarrely, a transaction can add to GDP
even if it is based on money that has been borrowed and must be repaid
with interest in the future. -- So this type of debt-based GDP growth
can actually be destructive in the long-run. This has happened in the
U.S., where total household, student, business, and government debt
will soon be pushing $70 trillion against an annual GDP in 2007 of
$13.8 trillion."
Exclusive
Interview: Jim Rogers Predicts Bigger Financial Shocks Loom, Fueling a
Malaise That May Last for Years
A quote...."VANCOUVER, B.C. – The U.S. financial crisis has cut so deep
– and the government has taken on so much debt in misguided attempts to
bail out such companies as Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) –
that even larger financial shocks are still to come, global investing
guru Jim Rogers said in an exclusive interview with Money Morning." -- Also posted at ICH
Wholesale
inflation surged by 1.2 percent in July, more than double what had been
expected
A quote...."Wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving prices for the
past year rising at the fastest pace
in 27 years, according to government data released Tuesday." -
bold by website editor
Single-family
housing permits fall to 26-year low
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. home builders sharply
reduced the number of new homes starting construction in July [the lowest level for housing starts in 17
years] and dropped the number
of new single-family permits to the
lowest level in 26 years, the
Commerce Department estimated Tuesday. - bold by website editor
Lehman
write-down may hit $4 bln: J.P. Morgan
A quote...."BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Lehman Brothers Holdings
Inc. (LEH: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc) lost 13% Tuesday
on growing fears the company will be forced to sell assets or take
other capital-raising measures to offset mortgage-related losses."
Monday August 18th 2008
Hegemon
Hijinks
Must Read - This one was a lot of fun. - mpg --
A quote...."On Friday August 15 the Bush administration sent
Condoleezza Rice to meet with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili as
a "show of U.S. support." Yikes. They sent Condi?
Talk about giving somebody the goodbye look. If this were a Marty
Scorsese movie, Saakashvili would have been sleeping with the fishes
come Saturday morning. You'd think Keystone Kondi would have lent
sufficient slapstick to the Georgian situation, but no. Adding to
the antics, John McCain announced on Friday August 15 that he would
send along as his personal representatives Joe Lieberman and Lindsey
Graham, the Bea Arthur and Betty White of neoconservatism. Then,
to cap things off, McCain himself dropped the atomic punchline: "In the
twenty-first century, nations don't invade other nations." -- You could
hear irony clawing at its coffin lid."
Condi’s
piano rendition of “Georgia on My Mind”
A quote...."Can anyone imagine Don Corleone asking for “his favors” at
the very start; then later, have all grantors queue at his door to
request an audience so they may ask for the return favors? Strange, you
say? Perhaps, but America has become this new Don Corleone when it
comes to this business of favor-exchanges in affairs of state . . . and
bullyism."
The US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 11 articles - Monday - [ Day 11 ] =====
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Washington's
hypocrisy
A quote...."Published: August 18, 2008 -- BRUSSELS: The U.S.
administration is trying to stick the label of "bad guy" on Russia for
exceeding the peacekeeping mandate and using "disproportionate force"
in the peace-enforcement operation in Georgia. -- Maybe our American
friends have gone blind and deaf at the same time. Mikheil Saakashvili,
the president of Georgia, is known as a tough nationalist who didn't
hide his intentions of forcing Ossetians and Abkhazians to live in his
country." -- *Dmitry Rogozin*,
Russian Ambassador to NATO. -- Article
also posted at ICH
Why
the west has got it so wrong over Georgia
A quote...."One minute you're looking for South Ossetia on a map; the
next everyone's talking about nuclear confrontation. The escalation of
the conflict in the Caucasus into a kind of post-modern Cold War has
been breathtaking. But great international conflicts have a habit of
starting in "far-away places of which we know nothing": Sarajevo,
Poland, Pearl Harbour and now South Ossetia." -- Article also posted at ICH
Huffing
and Puffing at the Pentagon
A quote...."August 18, 2008 at 10:54:46 -- American Secretary of War
Robert Gates knows a real leader
when he sees one. “Clearly, as far as I’m concerned,” he said,
Vladimir Putin, and not President Dmitry Medvedev, "has the upper hand
right now."
War in Georgia
Shows U.S. Foreign Policy Is a Bust
A quote...."August 15, 2006 -- The tragic events in the nation of
Georgia show that U.S. foreign policy is a bust. In particular, NATO
must go. This may seem counterintuitive, but this relic of the Cold War
has nothing to contribute to peace. On the contrary, it is a
destabilizing tool of America’s provocative imperial foreign policy."
Medvedev
supports European watchdog role
A quote...." MOSCOW, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitri Medvedev
Sunday supported a larger role for a European human rights and military
watchdog group in the South Ossetia conflict zone."
At
center of conflict, South Ossetians direct bitterness at Georgia
A quote...."TSKHINVALI, Georgia - Washington Post / August
18, 2008 -- The windows were blown out of the old synagogue here, and
the wooden bimah splintered and partly collapsed. Shattered glass
covered the floor, and parts of the ornately painted walls were torn
off."
Russian General
Says Georgia May Commit False Flag Terror Attacks
Special Note -- A
quote...."Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff
Anatoly Nogovitsyn warns that Georgia may be planning to commit false
flag terror attacks by using mercenaries dressed in Russian uniforms,
as Russia moved to guard sensitive infrastructure against terrorist
attacks." -- Looks like the Russians
are finally learning about Cheney and the Neocons, hopefully the rest
of the world will catch up soon. - mpg
"One
could say Georgia is a chip off the old block....the New Roman Empire
block that is? Or perhaps they learn from the best? Like
farther, like son? Mini-NRE? - Quote posted 08-15-08 -- *mpg*
Aug 18, 2008
South Ossetian TV to start work among ruins - (YouTube - 1 min 54
sec - Added: August 18, 2008)
Special Note - Video - A
quote...."August 18, 2008 -- South Ossetian TV to start work among
ruins." -- RT-TV
Article -- RT-TV
Video Alt
Biased
broadcast? Moscow accuses U.S. TV of gagging victims' - (YouTube -
3 min 22
sec - Added: Aug. 18, 2008)
Special Note - Video - A
quote...."Aug. 18, 2008 -- Moscow has accused an American TV network of
bias after a
channel broke off from a live interview with victims of Georgian
violence in South Ossetia. A 12 year old girl and her aunt were
describing how Russian soldiers saved them from the Georgian attack --
but were bizarrely cut off after just two minutes." -- RT-TV Article --
RT-TV
Video Alt -- This item is posted
solely to show how Fox (Faux)-News cut them off. - mpg
BBC
Video Proves Georgia to Blame for Hostilities
Must View - Read - A
quote...."Sunday, Aug 17, 2008 -- The BBC video here was aired two days
before Russia intervened to stop Georgia’s ethnic cleansing operation
in South Ossetia. It needs to be viewed by Bush, Condi, Robert Kagan,
Charles Krauthammer, little Billy Kristol and all the neocons and their
associated slavering bloggers and newspaper columnists calling for war
against Russia...." -- Also posted at
BLN
No
signs of Russia claim of genocide by Georgia in South Ossetia
A quote...."August 18, 2008 -- South Ossetia's capital, Tskhinvali,
slowly emerges from
shell shock, but the damage doesn't appear to be on the scale Russia
claimed. Residents blame the bloodshed on Georgia and regard Russia as
savior."
This is what would be
considered a "balanced" article by most people. There are a few
problems however....
1) The US
media establishment has NEVER, EVER, expressed
an interest in, or properly reported on, or gave ANY
sign of concern for, the death toll caused by the US's (N.R.E.'s)
murderous six year occupation
of Iraq -- now they're expressing
an interest in the death toll caused by Georgia's two day invasion of tiny
South Ossetia, because it might "prove" the Russians wrong, it might
"only" be three or five or twelve hundred people killed??? To be
honest about the matter....that demonstrates a pretty sick set of
"journalistic" priorities.
And 2) Russia
claimed a death toll of roughly fifteen hundred to two thousand dead in
south Ossetia while simultaneously
calling it genocide....now the claim of genocide is an obvious stretch,
so how about we all simply concentrate on
the
figure of fifteen hundred to two thousand dead?
More importantly
how about we concentrate on the over
one million Iraq deaths caused by the US's invasion of that country
which was justified by nothing but a series of lies, or after SIX LONG YEARS of thunderous and
almost complete silence by the "mass-media" in this country is that just to difficult a task for
those poor over-worked reporters at the LA Times and all those other
mass-faux-media outlets?
For more on this
issue see....American
Selective Attention Deficit Disorder (ASADD) - 08-16-08 - mpg
End - The US Neocon's New Proxy
War in
Georgia - 11 articles - Monday - [ Day 11 ] =====
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Military
Judge Finds Political Manipulation in Gitmo, Again - link posted at AntiWar
Special Note -- A
quote...."The proceedings in the Guantánamo military commissions
continue, and the professional participants continue to grapple with
the poorly disguised efforts of the Bush Administration to fix the
outcome. JAG attorneys active in the commissions have frequently cited
Thomas W. Hartmann as the source of their concerns. Hartmann, whose
civilian job is general counsel to Mxenergy Holdings Inc., the
Stamford, Connecticut gas producer and distributor, was handpicked and
brought out of the JAG reserves to serve as the Bush Administration’s
stage manager for the Guantánamo productions. His formal
position is as “legal advisor” to Susan J. Crawford, the convening
authority. Crawford, a retired military judge, previously worked for
Dick Cheney and is known as a crony of David Addington."
Journalist
Says US Target was Al-Jazeera
Special Note -- A
quote...."After more than six years as a prisoner of the United States,
former TV cameraman Sami al-Hajj is back at work with Al-Jazeera, the
largest broadcaster in the Arab world, a thorn in the side of most Arab
governments - and, by most indications, a target of deep hostility from
the Bush administration." -- Also
posted at CommonDreams
-- For more on this issue see....
Sami al-Hajj
released from Guantanamo - 02 May 08 - (YouTube - 15 min 19 sec -
Added: May 02, 2008)
Must View Video -- A
quote...."Sami al-Hajj, the Al Jazeera cameraman who was held by the US
in its controversial Guantanamo prison, has been freed. - Al-Hajj, who
had been on hunger strike for months in protest over his treatment in
Guantanamo, was flown to Khartoum and taken immediately to hospital. -
Later he was reunited with his family."
See also....US
- Killing the Messenger - Sami al-Hajj
See also....The
Convenient Silence of Guantanamo Bay - 05-31-08 - mpg
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Sibel
Edmonds Case: FBI files "formal complaint" with Sunday Times
Must Read - A quote...."Last week, Scott Horton interviewed (audio)
investigative journalist Joe Lauria. Lauria was one of the co-authors
of the three-part (1,
2,
3)
series on the case of former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds for the UK's
Sunday Times. -- In the interview Lauria discusses the Sibel Edmonds
case, the state of
the US media, and the Military Industrial Complex in the context of his
new book with presidential candidate Mike Gravel: "A
Political Odyssey: The Rise of American Militarism and One Mans Fight
to Stop It"
My oh my oh my....the FBI
spends tens of millions of dollars and thousands of man hours, at the
very best
repeatedly making mistakes in their "case" against Dr. Ivins, or at
worst, trying desperately to manufacture "evidence" to frame him.
And yet they can still take the time to threaten someone for telling
the truth. Your tax dollars hard at work folks. - mpg
The
Anthrax Attacks Attempted
Cover-up - Monday round-up - 2 articles - [ Day 18 ] ===
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FBI
sweeps anthrax under the rug
A quote...."US Attorney Jeff Taylor was sweating on August 6, as he
laid out his case against the late Dr. Bruce Ivins at a news
conference—and with good reason. Anyone familiar with the case is well
aware that Dr. Ivins was railroaded, and that the news conference was a
flimsy web of lies. -- Ivins had nothing to do with the 2001 anthrax
attacks. The attacks were almost certainly carried out by the only
group that had the means to produce the highly weaponized anthrax in
the letters: the CIA, its contractor Battelle Memorial Institute of
West Jefferson, Ohio., and the Army at Dugway in Utah."
FBI
Admits It Destroyed Evidence In Anthrax Case
A quote...."The FBI's excuse for destroying the anthrax sample which
Ivins gave them?
"The sample kept at the FBI lab was destroyed because
the bureau believed it might not have been allowed as evidence at
trial."
"However, every trial lawyer in the country will tell you that
prosecutors don't destroy evidence just because they are not sure a
judge will allow the evidence to be introduced at trial. Instead,
lawyers keep all the evidence. If more bullet-proof evidence comes
along, only then would a prosecutor be less attached to the earlier
evidence."
End - The
Anthrax Attacks Attempted
Cover-up - Monday round-up - 2 articles - [ Day 18 ]
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300,000
flee as jihadis [are] attacked
A quote...."ISLAMABAD: A human tide of more than 300,000 civilians has
fled the al-Qa'ida badlands, amid indications that the fighting there
has reached unprecedented levels, with the Pakistani army using massive
firepower to attack jihadi militant strongholds."
How Long
Before the Military is Back at the Helm? - Pakistan After Musharraf
A quote...."Pakistan’s military dictators never go quietly.
Field-Marshal Ayub was removed by a three-month long popular
insurrection in March 1969. General Yahya Khan destroyed Pakistan
before he departed in 1972. General Zia-ul-Haq (the worst of the lot)
was blown up in his military pl;ane rtogether with the US Ambassador in
1988. And now General Musharraf is digging his heels. There is a
temporary stalemate in Pakistan. The Army is in favour of him going
quietly, but is against impeachment. Washington is prepared for him to
go, but quietly. And last Friday the chief of Saudi intelligence
agency, Prince Muqrin bin Abdul Aziz, had secretly arrived in Pakistan
and held talks with coalition leaders and President Musharraf. He wants
a ‘safe exit’ for the president. Sanctuaries in Manhattan, Texas and
the Turkish island of Büyükada (Prinkipo) are being actively
considered. The General would prefer a large estate in Pakistan,
preferably near a golf course, but security considerations alone would
make that infeasible."
Musharraf
Announces Resignation
A quote...."President Musharraf of Pakistan has announced his
resignation this morning, in an address to his nation in advance of
impeachment charges which were expected to be filed tomorrow. -- In a
one-hour long televised address, Musharraf defended his nearly
nine-year rule and rejected accusations against him, but said he was
leaving office."
“After consultations with legal
advisers and close political supporters and on their advice, I’m taking
the decision of resigning,” a somber Musharraf said. “My resignation
will go to the speaker of the National Assembly today.”
And we still have Bush and Cheney....keep
saying to yourselves folks that this is a democracy, just keep saying
it to yourselves....maybe one day it will become true. - mpg
Musharraf
resignation formally accepted
A quote...."Pakistani lawmakers in the National Parliament have
formally passed a resolution accepting Pervez Musharraf's resignation
as President."
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Iraq's
Shiite-Led Government Cracks Down On US-Backed Sunni Fighters
A quote...."BAGHDAD — The Shiite-led government is cracking down on
U.S.-backed Sunni Arab fighters in one of Iraq's most turbulent
regions, arresting some leaders, disarming dozens of men and banning
them from manning checkpoints except alongside official security
forces."
How
many more Iraqis can you put behind bars without trial?
A quote...."Reports that U.S. and Iraqi government jails hold nearly
100,000 prisoners most of them languishing there without trial and
proof of wrong doing are appalling. - Most arrests in Iraq
whether by U.S. or Iraqi troops are arbitrary, carried out with little
or no evidence. - The U.S. was most vociferous in its condemnation of
the former regime for its arbitrary and summary arrests and inhuman
conditions of its prisons. - But for many Iraqis this so-called
‘beacon of democracy’ has even surpassed Saddam Hussein in human rights
violations."
Turkey
Boosts Efforts to Finalize Energy Deals with Iran
A quote...." TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkey hopes to finalize the planned energy
deals with Iran within a month after the sides failed to agree on the
deals during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit last week."
Iran
Proposes Investment Guarantees to German Firms
A quote...." TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is ready to offer investment guarantees
to German companies, an official said Monday."
The
Death Of Freedom
A quote..."History will mark these failures of the criminal dynasty of
the Bush Clan, with at least as much contempt as it has shown for
demented Nero and his follies." -- *Jim
Kirwan*, (Rense)
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Wall
Street Pulls Back As Financials Fall
A quote...."Wall Street retreated Monday after Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac fell to their lowest levels in nearly 20 years on concerns that the
government might need to bail out the mortgage financiers. Weakness in
the overall financial sector sent the Dow Jones industrial average down
more than 175 points."
Sharp
US money supply contraction points to Wall Street crunch ahead
War Warning - Financial Warning - Special Note -- A quote...."The US
money supply has experienced the sharpest contraction in modern
history, heightening the risk of a Wall Street crunch and a severe
economic slowdown in coming months. -- Data compiled by Lombard Street
Research shows that the M3 ''broad money" aggregates fell by almost
$50bn (£26.8bn) in July, the biggest one-month fall since modern
records began in 1959. -- "Monthly data for July show that the broad
money growth has almost collapsed," said Gabriel Stein, the group's
leading monetary economist." -- It
appears the Fed's attempts to inflate the economy may be failing.
- mpg -- For more on this issue see....Standard
Disclaimer & Some
Tentative Laws - 07-20-08 - mpg &
Effective
Fed Funds Rate 03-24-07 - mpg
The
perfect storm leading to a global recession
Special Note - A
quote...."The probability is growing that the global economy - not just
the US - will experience a serious recession. Recent developments
suggest that all G7 economies are already in recession or close to
tipping into one. Other advanced economies or emerging markets (the
rest of the eurozone; New Zealand, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, and some
Southeast European economies) are also nearing a recessionary hard
landing. When they reach it, there will be a sharp slowdown in the
BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) and other emerging markets."
Morgan Stanley Says
Financial Crisis Will Last: Report
Special Note - A
quote...."The financial crisis will probably not end until next year or
even 2010, Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper quoted Morgan Stanley
co-President Walid Chammah as saying in a preview of its Monday
edition. -- Chammah also expected more banks to fall victim to the
crisis, the paper said."
Sunday August 17th 2008
US
missile deal enrages Russia - Part I - YouTube Alt
Russian
General threatens Poland over missile deal - Part II - YouTube
Alt
Russians
checkmate US in Georgia - Part III - YouTube Alt
Videos - Must View -- A
quote...."Eric Margolis: It's like August 1914 - a movement of great
powers towards war - With the signing of an agreement between
Washington and Warsaw to erect a missile defence system in Poland,
echoes of the cold war between Russia and the United States are hard to
ignore. The agreement comes hot on the heels of the conflict between
Russia and Georgia."
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The Nuclear Rights Association - (N.R.A.) - Every Little Country Should
Have One
(Or How I Learned to Love the Bomb and Kiss the N.P.T. Goodbye)
08-17-08
mpg
Russia
considers nuclear missiles for Syria, Mediterranean, Baltic
Special Note - A
quote...."DEBKAfile's military sources report Moscow's planned
retaliation for America's missile interceptors in Poland and US-Israeli
military aid to Georgia may come in the form of installing Iskandar
surface missiles in Syria and its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad. --
Russian Baltic and Middle East warships, submarines and long-range
bombers may be armed with nuclear warheads, according to Sunday
newspapers in Europe."
HEY
FOLKS!!! This is getting way
out of hand, let's repeat the facts all over again
ad-nauseum. The US elites deliberately setup and murdered three
thousand of their own citizens, than callously used this event as a
pretext to invade a country they'd been greedily eying as far back
as 1992. In which process they have killed over one million of
its citizens, displaced over five million more and inflicted over three
hundred billion dollars worth of damage to said country. All the
excuses they've provided for invading this country have turned out to
be false, more to the point, they've actually turned out to be a bunch
of deliberately concocted lies....except for two, the US's desire for
this country's oil and its geo-strategic location.
And everybody in the world
knows it. We can all stop pretending now, it's boring, it's
childish, and it's fooling no one. Just because some Americans
are stupid morons and most don't seem to care what their elites do,
doesn't make the heavy
hitters leading all those "little" countries out there a bunch of
uncaring morons too.
THE
ONLY THING that seems to prevent this murderous crew from taking
a country over for its natural resources is if said country possesses
nuclear weapons. Russia is currently offering them; right now
they're offering them under their control to a few of their allies --
later on....who knows?
LET'S
TAKE A POLL shall we?
a) Who wants someday in the near
future to have their country ripped asunder and possibly get hanged in
the process by the US and a few of its chosen allies when they get the
hankering for some natural resources?
- or -
b) Who wants some
Russian, or for that matter Pakistani or even Chinese nuclear weapons
to protect their country from being ripped asunder or possibly
getting themselves hanged?
Is everybody out there in
Europe getting the point? You guys CANNOT
conceivably win this one. Because of Europe's acquiescence to US
actions during the last seven murderous years we now have dozens of
countries who possess natural resources deeply worried that they'll be
the next one on the hit list, and all
of them are now highly
motivated to buy some "protection".
What's happening right now is really, really
S T U P I D! - mpg
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Russia to send
naval fleet to Venezuela
Special Note - A
quote...."CARACAS • President Hugo Chavez said yesterday that Russian
President Dimitri Medvedev wants to send a Russian naval fleet to visit
Venezuela. -- "Russia has informed us they intend to visit Venezuela,
that is, the intention that a Russian fleet should come to the
Caribbean," Chavez said on his weekly radio programme."
The US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 4 articles - Sunday - [ Day 10 ] =====
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Scott
Horton Interviews Pat Buchanan
Must Listen - Audio Interview
- A quote...."August 16th, 2008 -- Pat Buchanan, conservative
commentator and author, most recently of Churchill, Hitler and the
Unnecessary War, discusses the crisis in Georgia, why he thinks the
Russian action on behalf of South Ossetia was justified, comparisons
between Russian moves in the Caucasus to interwar Germany and Britain,
the stupidity of the war guarantees and new missile defense systems
going into Eastern Europe, the limits of American imperial power and
the question of whether the administration gave Saakashvili the green
light to attack South Ossetia."
Neocon
Crybabies
Must Read - A
quote...."August 18, 2008 -- Although the unfolding drama in the
Caucasus has been a tragedy for its innocent victims, the response by
America’s political and media elites has been an entertaining and
delusional farce."
The
political realities of “democratic” Georgia
A quote...."18 August 2008 -- One of the constant themes in the US
government and media presentation of the conflict in the Caucasus is
the depiction of Georgia as a bastion of democracy. The Bush
administration has increasingly invoked the terminology of the Cold War
by referring to “democratic Georgia” as a symbol of the “free world”
and its struggle against authoritarian Russia."
The
geopolitics of Georgia - Part I
Nuclear
war by miscalculation - Part II
Russia-Asia
cooperation a nightmare for US hawks - Part III
Videos - A quote...."F
William Engdahl: There are far bigger stakes being played out in
Georgia than a territorial dispute. -- US attempts to get Georgia into
NATO, coupled with its desire to erect an anti-missile defense shield
in Poland and the Czech republic would give it first strike capability
towards Russia. Moscow sees this as a national security threat against
the sovereignty of Russia. Political economist F William Engdahl
believes this is the geopolitical endgame being played out in
Georgia." -- Some of
these videos were previously posted....but not all together as one. - mpg
End - The US Neocon's New Proxy
War in
Georgia - 4 articles - Sunday - [ Day 10 ] =====
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Fear,
Procurement, Profit: Permanent War and the American Way
A quote...."When it comes to determining the true thrust and
implication of world events, the old adage is still valid: "Follow the
money." -- This website editor's
favorite motto. - mpg
The
3rd Anti-Christ of Nostradamus
A quote...."His most famous predictions were the rise of Napoleon, his
1st anti-christ, Hitler, his second anti-christ, and his 3rd
anti-christ, yet to come and alive today, and 100 times worst than
Hitler, one who will gain destructive power, beat the drums of war, and
wreak havoc on all humankind. The most dangerous times for all mankind
are the years between 1998 and 2012 according to Nostradamus." -- Look, this sort of stuff isn't usually
posted here (except Mr. Reficul's two conversations of course) but you
gotta
give the guy credit for his predictions. - mpg
Iraq
oil talks break down - posted at AntiWar
A quote...."Charles Ries, co-ordinator for Iraq's economic transition
at the US embassy in Baghdad, admitted that talks between the Iraqi
government and a consortium led by US-based Anadarko had already fallen
through.
advertisement -- Others with Royal Dutch Shell, a joint venture between
Shell and BHP Billiton, BP, Exxon Mobil and a venture between Chevron
and Total now seem unlikely to go ahead." -- It's the Iraqi's oil, it belongs to them,
no
US oil company should EVER be allowed to harvest Iraq's oil wealth
after what the US did to that country. Crime, especially mass
murder, should never pay. - mpg
Iran
launches satellite carrier
A quote...."Iran says it has successfully launched a rocket capable of carrying its
first domestically built satellite. -- Officials said only the rocket
had been fired, correcting state media reports that the communications
satellite itself had been sent into orbit." -- Well, looks like Iran really can launch
long
range rockets. - mpg
AP's
Iran-Trained Hit Squads Story: Iraq News Nadir?
Must Read - A
quote...."In covering the story of Iran's role in Iraq, far too many
reporters have passed on blatant propaganda without the slightest
effort to point out its inconsistency with documented facts, much less
to try to uncover the truth. But a story by Pamela Hess of Associated
Press distributed Aug. 15 sets a new standard for abetting official
disinformation. -- In the story, she acts as an enthusiastic megaphone
for a patently phony story from an anonymous "senior intelligence
officer." -- The presstitutes just
keep right on doing their whorish best. - mpg -- Also posted at WarInIraq & AntiWar
PNAC
Goes AWOL
A quote...."The Project For The New American Century, PNAC, has gone
Absent Without Leave. They have seemingly vanished with the sands of
time. It sounds too good to be true which means, it probably is not
true."
Breaking:
Conyers Calls Committee Back from Summer Recess to Investigate Suskind
Allegations
A quote...."House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers has taken the highly
unusual step of calling his committee back from summer recess in order
to investigate allegations by Ron Suskind that the Bush administration
forged a letter to buttress the links made between Saddam and 9/11, and
Saddam and WMD."
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The
Anthrax Attacks Attempted
Cover-up - Sunday round-up - 5 articles - [ Day 17 ] ===
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Doubts
over the anthrax case intensify -- except among much of the media
Special Note -- A
quote...."Glenn Greenwald - Monday Aug. 18, 2008 08:04 EDT -- The more
that is revealed about the FBI's still largely-secret case against
Bruce Ivins, the more doubts that are raised about whether their
accusations are true. A particularly vivid episode illustrating how
shoddy the FBI's case seems to be occurred in the last several days."
Six
Things You Should Know About the Anthrax Attacks
Special Note -- A
quote...."posted August 18, 2008 11:14 am -- Oh, the spectacle of it
all -- and don't think I'm referring to those opening ceremonies in
Beijing, where North Korean-style synchronization seemed to fuse with
smiley-faced Walt Disney, or Michael Phelp's thrilling hunt for eight
gold medals and Speedo's one million dollar "bonus," a modernized
tribute to the ancient Greek tradition of amateurism in action." -- Also posted at PFP & ICH
& LewRockwell
& SmirkingChimp
FBI
Agrees To Release More Details From Anthrax Probe, Backpeddles On Key
Elements
Special Note -- Some
quotes...."August 18, 2008, 10:20AM -- Remember when the FBI told us
that military microbiologist Bruce Ivins gave investigators a bogus
sample of the anthrax from his lab in 2002 -- suggesting an effort to
mislead and cover up his own connection to the 2001 anthrax attacks?"
-- "According to those who attended last week's briefing, the FBI
appears to be backpeddling on some initial components of its case
against Ivins. - In addition
to the new version regarding the anthrax sample Ivins provided in 2002,
investigators now say the evelopes used in the mail attacks were more
widely available than initially suggested. - Investigators said
two weeks ago that the envelopes were unique and easily traced back to
the Maryland post office near Ivins' home. But reports from the
close-door session say that is not the case." - underline by website
editor.
FBI
had, then tossed anthrax type used in attacks
A quote...."30 minutes ago -- 3:10 pm PST --WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI
scientists early on had — but destroyed — the unique strain of anthrax
used in the deadly 2001 attacks that years later would lead them to Dr.
Bruce Ivins, the government's top suspect who committed suicide three
weeks ago."
Daschle
says there are still questions on anthrax
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle
— one of the targets of the 2001 anthrax attacks — said Monday that FBI
evidence against Army scientist Bruce Ivins is convincing, but he is
not completely persuaded that the investigation focused on the right
person."
End - The
Anthrax Attacks Attempted
Cover-up - Sunday round-up - 5 articles - [ Day 17 ]
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“The
Dollar Is Strengthening Because the U.S. Is Leading the Economies of
Other Countries Over a Cliff”
A quote...."The new narrative forming among the Goldilocks crowd is
that US economic supremacy reigns once again, as manifest in a
reawakened "King Dollar". The US dollar will continue to strengthen,
commodity prices will plummet, and the stock market can only rally from
here since all of the bad news has already been discounted. The Global
Goldilocks view is that the rest of the world slows just enough to
dampen commodity pressures and prices, but the world does not slow too
much to wreck the American economy. The dollar strengthens resulting in
capital flows into the US. And voila-- we have a return to the glory
days of the 1990s." -- For more on
this issue see....Obama,
the Yang to Bush's Yin - 06-20-08 - mpg
US
housing market recovery not until 2009: analysts
A quote...."As the US economy appears more than ever linked to the
health of the housing market, analysts see no end to falling prices or
recovery in the sector before 2009. - After several years of a sizzling
boom, housing prices in the United States have fallen for the past year
and a half, according to the closely watched S&P/Case-Shiller
index. In May, prices fell a record 16 percent from a year ago."
U.S.
likely to recapitalize Fannie, Freddie: report
Some quotes...."NEW YORK - The U.S. Treasury is growing increasingly
likely
to recapitalize Fannie Mae" -- "The weekly financial newspaper said
that such a move could wipe out existing holders of the agencies'
common stock, with preferred shareholders and even holders of the two
entities' $19 billion of subordinated debt also suffering losses. - An
insider in the Bush administration told Barron's that Fannie and
Freddie "are being jawboned" by the Treasury - Department and their new
regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), to raise more
equity. - But government officials don't expect the agencies to
succeed, Barron's reported."
Saturday August 16th 2008
After
Ron Suskind Reveals Bush Admin Ordered Iraq-9/11 Fakery, House
Judiciary Chair John Conyers Opens Congressional Probe -- A
quote...."Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind joins us for
part two of an interview on his new book, The Way of the World: A Story
of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism. Suskind reports that in 2003
the White House ordered the CIA to forge and disseminate false
intelligence documents linking al-Qaeda and Iraq. While much of the
attention on the book has focused on the forged letter, Suskind also
reveals that the Bush administration and the British government knew
prior to the war that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. We also
speak to Rep. John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee,
which is investigating some of the explosive findings in Suskind’s
book. [includes rush transcript]" -- || Real Video Stream || Real Audio Stream || MP3 Download || More…
|| -- For more on this
issue see....Fake
Intel / Propaganda
The US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 12 articles - Saturday - [ Day 9 ] =====
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Readjustments
in Pipelineistan
Must Read - A
quote...."Georgia has long been viewed as an alternative -- indeed, the
only alternative -- to trans-Russian transport of Central Asian oil and
gas to western markets. To that end, the crown jewel of the
movement was the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, which saw its
opening in May of 2006."
From Georgia
to the Brink of a New Cold War - A Pawn in Their Game
Must Read - A
quote...."It is often said that the first casualty of war is truth.
Behind the fog of disinformation coming from Washington, London,
Tbilisi and, indeed, Moscow, the fact remains that the Russian invasion
came after Georgia’s bombardment of the breakaway region of South
Ossetia. The vast majority of residents in the enclave are Russian
citizens and Moscow had deployed its peacekeepers there. Many experts
in Europe are depressed over the events in Georgia and blame hardliners
in the Bush administration for provoking the Georgian President,
Mikheil Saakasvili, to adopt the aggressive posture that has brought
this disaster."
America
Watches the War in Georgia with Dumb Goggles
Must Read - A
quote...."Ossetians have traditionally relied on their powerful
northern neighbor Russia for protection against Georgia. The Georgians,
in turn, have tried to counter Russian hegemony, for which they are no
match, by aligning closely with the United States, finding friendly
ears among old cold warriors and Bush-era neocons."
Six
days that broke one country - and reshaped the world order
Special Note - A
quote...."Pity Georgia's bedraggled first infantry
brigade. And its second. And its hapless navy. - For the past few
evenings in the foothills of the Southern Caucasus on the outskirts of
Joseph Stalin's hometown of Gori, reconnaissance units of Russia's 58th
army have been raking through the spoils of war at what was the
Georgian army's pride and joy, a shiny new military base inaugurated
only last January for the first infantry, the army engineers, and an
artillery brigade. - A couple of hours to the west, in the town of
Senaki, it's the same picture. A flagship military base, home to the
second infantry brigade, is in Russian hands. And down on the Black Sea
coast, the radars and installations for Georgia's sole naval base at
Poti have been scrupulously pinpointed by the Russians and destroyed."
Sky
News uses footage of ruins of South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, says
it is Georgia’s key town of Gori
Video - Special Note - A
quote...."Saturday, Aug 16, 2008 -- Sky New lies giving ruins of South
Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, for Georgia’s key town of Gori, which
they say Russian bombed. -- The channel simply used the footage of
Tskhinvali, which was literally ruined as a result of Georgia’s
attacks, to make reports about the situation in the town of Gori, which
the Russian aviation supposedly bombed."
No doubt they're laughing it
up at Sky News. Using the tragic deaths, suffering and
destruction caused to South Ossetia by the unpremeditated, merciless,
surprise attack of Mikhail Saakashvili in cahoots with the Bush
administration, for propaganda purposes against the Russians who later
tried to stop it all, must have tickled their funny bones. Way to go
guys, what a program you've got going there at Sky News, you guys must
be
really proud of yourselves. Are you going to do the same in Iraq
and Afghanistan? When the US bombs a wedding party are you going
to take the footage and pretend it was al Qaeda that did the
bombing....or have you done that already? - mpg
By the way, the Sky News copy
was removed, so lets give some thanks to YouTube for covering up for
them,
nice job, great going all around, you guys are just wonderful.
Guess
we can all expect the same regarding
future videos about 9/11, the anthrax attacks, the next false flag
event -- after all it's 1984...ain't that right? You hear that faint sucking sound
folks....that's called the Memory Hole- mpg.
Russian
Report: CNN used Fake Video in Coverage of Georgia War
CNN got their tapes mixed up
too....how utterly convenient for their Neocon friends' propaganda
efforts. - mpg - A
quote...."MOSCOW (MN) - Russian English-language television channel
Russia Today has acused the U.S. broadcaster CNN of using the wrong
pictures in their coverage of the conflict in South Ossetia. A Russian
cameraman says footage of wrecked tanks and ruined buildings, which was
purported to have been filmed in the town of Gori, in fact showed the
South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali, the RTTV reported on its web site."
Mr.
Bush, Enough!!
Must Read - A quote...."
14/08/08 "Pravda" -- - So you have the colossal audacity, Mr. Bush, to
“warn” Russia to pull back? As the wanton, perverse war criminal under
whose watch the world saw the crime known as “shock and awe” committed,
I’d say you were well out of your mind to suggest that Russia should
pull back."
Russians ask: Is
Condoleeza Rice stupid or Evil?
A quote...."8-16-8 -- Has the US Secretary of State got her cassette
stuck? For a week now she has been reiterating the same phrase "Russian
forces must leave Georgia now" and for a week now the world has been
informed of Georgian war crimes against Russians in Ossetia. The war
crimes happened, the Russians call the shots now, Ms. Rice. Like it or
lump it."
Georgia
forced to accept a Russian occupation
Special Note - A
quote...."August 16, 2008 -- President Saakashvili was forced to accept
defeat yesterday as he signed a peace agreement that gives the Russian
Army the right to patrol on Georgian soil."
Source: Secret
IDF material went unguarded in Georgia
A quote...."Former Israeli soldier returns disillusioned from training
Georgian soldiers for company owned by Brig.-Gen. Hirsch in preparation
for war with Russia; says confidential army material such as charts,
officers' names was revealed to foreign troops." -- How embarrassing. - mpg
Georgians
doing forced labor in South Ossetia
A quote...."On Saturday, three teams of ethnic Georgians were seen
cleaning the streets of Tskhinvali. When approached, one worker
confirmed that he was being forced to work.- One group of about two
dozen men was escorted through the streets by armed Ossetians and a
Russian officer. - "Labor even turns monkeys into humans," the Russian
officer said. He threatened to arrest an AP photographer if he took
pictures, and would not give his name."
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American Selective Attention Deficit Disorder (ASADD)
08-16-08
mpg
Germany's
Schroeder says Georgia sparked fighting
A quote...."16 Aug 2008 10:57:46 GMT -- BERLIN, Aug 16 (Reuters) -
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder blamed Tbilisi on Saturday
for sparking hostilities with Moscow and suggested its breakaway
regions could not remain part of Georgia following the violent clashes
of the past week."
There seems to be a problem
with people's memories lately regarding the Georgian / South Ossetian
conflict, and regrettably it's only
been nine days so far.
Perhaps it's all the junk food they eat, or the TV they continually
watch
(they don't call it the boob-tube for nothing), or perhaps they're just
plain stupid and don't care about the facts, or maybe they're just
liars and
try their level best, as do our illustrious wealthy elites, to
disregard them.
Whatever it is, many
people in the "West", especially those in what was once called the
United States (now known as the New Roman Empire) already seem to
have forgotten that Mikheil
Saakashvili....
- Received years of military supplies and training from
the US and Israel in
preparation for his action. -- (Commonly called a conspiracy or a plot.)
- Carefully marshaled his forces for the surprise attack. --
(Think Pearl Harbor, but don't think 9/11, that was a false flag
operation)
- Timed his attack for the first day of the Olympics. --
(Aggressors
often attack when peoples' attentions are elsewhere, usually
during holidays,
sporting events....that sort of stuff.)
- Received the go-ahead from the Bush administration. --
(i.e.
did it
in
conjunction with what is now the Evil Neo-Roman Empire, an action
that makes the NRE “an accessory before the fact” or "fellow
conspirator".)
- Was negotiating a peace treaty while planning the attack.
-- (This
is
commonly called deception.)
- Agreed to suspend hostilities less than two hours before he
ordered the strike. - (More deception.)
- Used all of his forces when he struck, both air and land.
-- (What the Germans used to call a blitzkrieg.)
- Massively bombarded all available targets including ten
towns and
the city of Tskhinvali. -- (Also known as a warcrime, or what the US
(N.R.E.) likes to call
"shock and awe")
- Crossed the border into South Ossetia with all of his
forces. -- (This is commonly called an invasion.)
- Proceeded to slaughter civilians in an attempt to
drive them out of South Ossetia. -- (This is known as ethnic cleansing
--
also a war crime.)
- Dug in to hold against the inevitable Russian response. --
(What some call "I stole it, now go ahead and try to take it back")
- Was surprised by Russia's overwhelming response. --
(That's
because Saakashvili and his US masters are stupid....and Putin is
smart.)
- Ran away in what can only be described as a complete and
total rout.
-- (For a historical example on the US's role in this, think the "Bay
of Pigs")
- Is now trying desperately, along with his deeply
embarrassed fellow
co-conspirators (the US and Israel), to win the "war" through a
propaganda
battle and pretend it all never happened. -- (The US's strong suit and
something "Americans" - a.k.a. Neo-Romans and their "mass-faux-media"
are very good at....pretending it all never happened, especially when
whatever it is that happened will make them look bad, or feel
bad....like getting
caught facilitating an act of naked aggression and having their proxy
get its you-know-what kicked and there's absolutely nothing they can
do about it....except whine a lot.) - mpg
A very small list of
articles....
Bank
analyst forecast Georgian crisis - ["two days in advance"] - 08-14-08
August 8th
Georgia
launches attack on rebel region: interior ministry - 08-08-08
Georgia
launches attack on rebel region - 08-08-08
Georgian
Forces Launch South Ossetia Offensive - 08-08-08
Georgian
military launches major attack to regain control of South Ossetia -
08-08-08
South
Ossetia under Georgian attack - 08-08-08
Georgian
forces surround breakaway capital: government - 08-07-08
Georgia
claims capture of South Ossetia capital - 08-08-08
Georgia
reports new air attacks at military bases - 08-08-08
August 9th
Russian
forces enter fray backing separatists against Georgian attack -08-09-08
Russian
jets attack Georgian air bases - 08-09-08
Georgia
attacks South Ossetia, Russia responds by attacking Georgia - 08-09-08
August 10th
Russia
takes control of South Ossetian capital after Georgian retreat -
08-10-08
2008
South
Ossetia war - wikipedia
The
U.S. green-light to Georgia?
Russia Seizes
Arsenal Of US Weapons In Georgia - Military
War
in Georgia: The Israeli connection
Tel
Aviv to Tbilisi: Israel's role in the Russia-Georgia war
Fear
of Russia ends Israeli support for Georgia
This list will be added to
extensively and built up as a seperate data base / time line. -
mpg
End - The US Neocon's New Proxy
War in
Georgia - 12 articles - Saturday - [ Day 9 ] =====
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The
loot in Iraq
A quote...."AS THE US occupation in Iraq prolongs, the skeletons keep
tumbling out of its cupboard. The latest one has set a new precedent as
for the first time a country has outsourced war!"
Stop
laughing at yourselves with your claims of ‘democracy’ in Iraq
A quote...."Both U.S. and Iraqi politicians have been laughing at each
other and themselves for years with claims of democracy in Iraq.
- For some it is the U.S. which is mocking Iraqis and the world
at large for propagating such claims. For others Iraqi politicians are
doing the mocking. - But one thing is clear. The U.S. is laughing
at itself and the Iraqi government by speaking of democracy in Iraq.
And Iraqi politicians are laughing at the U.S. and themselves when
telling others that there is democracy in Iraq."
China
begins work on $900 million power plant and agrees to develop oil field
in southern Iraq
A quote...."The Chinese firm, Shanghai, has started constructing a
major thermal power plant in the southern Province of Wasit, the
Ministry of electricity said. -- Electricity Minister Kareem Waheed
attended the laying down of the foundation stone for the plant, the
largest ever project a foreign firm begins constructing in Iraq since
the 2003 U.S. invasion." -- How
could the Neocons have let this happen....shouldn't this job have gone
to Halliburton as a no-bid contract? - mpg
Iraq,
Syria to reopen joint oil pipeline
A quote...."Iraq and Syria have agreed on terms to revitalize an idle
pipeline that used to carry Iraqi crude to Syrian terminals on the
Mediterranean, according to an official statement." -- Oh man! The Neocons are really slipping
big time, where the heck is Karl? Where the heck is Cheney?
- mpg
Indonesia
Rejects US Pressure over Al-Manar Channel
A quote...."Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation, has rejected
US pressure to stop a Lebanese Hezbollah television channel airing its
programs in the country, a minister said Thursday."
Full
scale military exercise to defend Brazil’s offshore oil
A quote...."Brazil announced Friday it will hold military exercises
next month to show its capability of defending new offshore oil
reserves that could convert the country into a global energy player."
-- One wonders exactly who Brazil
could be defending itself from, China doesn't have any aircraft
carriers, neither does Russia. Hmmmmm. - mpg
Why
is U.S.-Poland missile deal struck abruptly after 18 months of talks?
A quote...."BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. and Poland have
abruptly struck a deal to deploy parts of the U.S. global missile
shield in Poland, which prompted a warning from Russia that the
agreement may involve Warsaw in escalating Russian-U.S. tensions."
Iran
to Launch First Satellite by Next Weekend
A quote...." TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran will launch its first satellite in the
next few days, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday."
More
time needed for gas deal with Iran: Turkey
A quote...." ANKARA - Turkey and Iran need more time to finalise amajor
natural gas deal, President Abdullah Gul said Saturday, playing down
reports that US pressure on Turkey to abandon the project is behind the
delay. - "We would have liked to move ahead with the project" when
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Turkish leaders in
Istanbul on Thursday and Friday, said Gul in televised remarks in the
central city of Nevsehir."
Bolivia
Gets the Change It Asked For
A quote...."Evo Morales changed the history of Bolivia when he was
elected in December 2005 as the country's first indigenous president,
and the first to get a majority of 54 percent. On Sunday he expanded
his mandate considerably in a referendum, with 68 percent of voters
opting to keep him in office."
Lebanon,
Syria ties resume in 2 months
A quote...."Lebanon's FM has expressed hope that full diplomatic ties
with Syria would be established and ambassadors exchanged within two
months."
The
West’s Confusion
A quote...."The war in the southern Caucasus is the fourth since
September 11, 2001 in a major area of the Middle East shaken by
militant Islamists. But have you noticed something? Islamists, and
Muslims in general, were completely absent from this conflict."
Don't
Know Much About History...
A quote...."They
obviously don’t teach cold war history at the law schools at Columbia
in New York or George Washington in the nation’s capital, otherwise
Georgia’s president, Mikheil Saakashvili, who attended both
institutions, would have thought twice about encouragement from the US
for his ill-fated attack on South Ossetia a week ago. Saakashvili could
have read vivid accounts of broadcasts, via the CIA-controlled Radio
Free Europe, encouraging the Hungarians in 1956 to believe that if they
rose against the Soviet occupier NATO troops would race to their aid."
(Mid
2004): 9/11 Commission Staff Doubts Cheney’s Account of Shootdown Order
on 9/11
A quote...."CoopRsrch, item added 08-16-08 -- The team of investigators
on the 9/11 Commission that is investigating the events of the morning
of September 11 comes to believe that a key part of Vice President Dick
Cheney’s account is false. The team, led by John Farmer, is convinced
that the decision to authorize the military to shoot down threatening
aircraft on 9/11 was made by Cheney alone, not by President Bush."
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The
Anthrax Attacks Attempted
Cover-up - Saturday round-up - 5 articles - [ Day 16 ] ===
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The
American Anthrax Cover Up
A quote...."Many people believe the perpetrators of the anthrax attack
were extremists in service to a hostile foreign power. The FBI is now
claiming that the perpetrator was an employee of the U.S. army. --
Bruce Edwards Ivins, a top anthrax researcher at the U.S. Government's
biological weapons research laboratories, died of an apparent suicide
last Tuesday, just as the Justice Department was about to charge him
with responsibility for the September 2001 anthrax attacks that killed
five people in the United States."
Anthrax fall guy Bruce
Ivins reminds Frederick locals of the Olson Case of 50 years ago.
Must Read - A
quote...."The story of Frank Olson was documented in the months before
9-11 in an article in the New York Times magazine section. Written by
his son's Harvard schoolmate, Michael Ignatieff, we learn from the
story that "Frank Olson's specialty...had been the development of
aerosols for the delivery of anthrax." In the years immediately
preceding his death, Olson was one of the top officials at the
government's biological weapons laboratory at Fort Detrick. -- In 1953,
Olson was found on a New York City sidewalk, his body bloodied and
broken, apparently after a fall from his hotel room. The details of his
death, ruled a suicide, remained a mystery for more than twenty years.
But in 1975, an article in the Washington Post revealed that, contained
in a report issued by the then-recently concluded U.S. President's
Commission on CIA Activities was an account of a scientist who had been
administered a dose of LSD without his knowledge, suffered side-effects
from the drug, went to New York under CIA escort for psychological
treatment, and jumped out of a hotel room window." --
Posted yesterday
08-15-08
The
Frank Olson Legacy Project
A site dedicated to reveling
what our government did to another anthrax scientist more than fifty
years ago. - mpg
The Frank
Olson Murder
A quote...."Frank Olson was an American citizen, born in 1910 and
murdered in New York City in 1953 by the CIA. Here's an outline of the
case: - Fort Detrick is the U.S. Army's biowarfare facility, founded in
1943. Frank Olson was one of the first scientists to work there. From
the final years of World War II through the Korean War and up to the
present time scientists at Fort Detrick developed biological weapons
including anthrax."
Part One: The
Mysterious Death of CIA Scientist Frank Olson
Part Two: The
Mysterious Death of CIA Scientist Frank Olson
A quote...."When CIA Scientist Frank Olson plunged to his death from
the 10th floor of a New York hotel in 1953, his death was ruled a
suicide. But in 1975 a government report prepared for the special
Presidential Commission investigating the CIA's development of potent
drugs for use in biological warfare and assassinations made its way
onto the front page of the Washington Post. The Post revealed that an
unnamed government employee "had jumped to his death from a New York
hotel window after he was unwittingly dosed with LSD while attending a
meeting on a test project that involved the administration of
mind-bending drugs to unsuspecting Americans."
German
documentary charges US used biological weapons in Korean War
A quote...."The claim by the Bush administration that Baghdad is
threatening the world with weapons of mass destruction is the main
pretext for its war preparations against Iraq. However, a documentary
recently broadcast by the German state television channel, ARD,
suggests that the US government is itself hiding biological warfare
programs from the rest of the world, and actually employed such weapons
in 1952 during the Korean War."
The
Anthrax Attacks Attempted
Cover-up - Saturday round-up - 5 articles - [ Day 16 ] ===
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How the
Smart Money Lost $1 Trillion, So Far
A quote...." When the best and the brightest investors in the world
lose $500 billion in one year in one market segment – mortgages – this
raises a question: What can the rest of us do to keep from losing our
shirts? -- Add to this another $500 billion in losses to non-bank firms
as a result of the credit crunch. This total – a trillion dollars – is
the estimate of the International Monetary Fund. -- Are the losses
winding down? Hardly."
Friday August 15th 2008
Bill
Moyers Interviews Andrew J. Bacevich - Part I
Bill Moyers Interviews Andrew J. Bacevich -
Part II
Must View -
Video -
Absolutely outstanding! - mpg -- A
quote...."As campaign ads urge voters to consider who will be a better
"Commander in Chief," Andrew J. Bacevich — Professor of International
Relations at Boston University, retired Army colonel, and West Point
graduate — joins Bill Moyers on the JOURNAL to encourage viewers to
take a step back and connect the dots between U.S. foreign policy,
consumerism, politics, and militarism." -- ||
Transcript
||
Podcast
- QT ||
Russia-Asia
cooperation a nightmare for US hawks -
YouTube-Alt
Video - A
quote...."August 15,
2008 -- F. William Engdahl believes that "Russia China and the nations
of Eurasia are beginning to cooperate politically and economically and
this is a nightmare for Washington." --
QUICK!! Let's play them off against each
other, India against Pakistan was a good start (just where did all
those bombers come from anyway?) but there's so much more to do, and
there's so little time left. - mpg
Turkish
prez says US must share power in 'new world order' -
Oh, oh, sombody just made the US's hit
list. - mpg
A quote...."For controversial Turkish President Abdullah Gül, the
recent war in Georgia signals a "new world order" that will emerge from
the rubble of South Ossetia and force the United States to share its
power, The Guardian reported." --
Oh,
here's an idea, the US could support the Kurds again, for the third
time, than betray them all over again when Turkey knuckles
under to our demands, how about that for an idea? - mpg
Behind
politics, a philosophy of fear
Must Read - A
quote...."George Orwell, in his novel "1984," described Oceania, a
society in which the prime motivating force for controlling the
populace was fear, both fear of its own government and its enemies. He
wrote of continual war, of enemies so horrendous that the public was
constrained to rigid compliance with its rulers in order to demonstrate
its patriotism. Much of Orwell’s description is found again in the
teachings of University of Chicago Professor Leo Strauss, who died in
1973." --
For more on this issue
see....Fake
Intel / Propaganda - Leo Strauss
The
Politics of Wishful Thinking Buyers Remorse Over Obama
Some quotes...."In the latest issue of The Nation, an “open letter”
appears in which the signatories position themselves as abject
supplicants to Obama, begging him to revert to his earlier stances in
his primary campaign." -- "When others have raised such
criticisms, Obama has responded that they have not been listening to
him. On this one, I am with Obama. How can one take this
guy seriously as an “antiwar” candidate when he has voted for hundreds
of billions of dollars to fund the Iraq war and to slaughter hundreds
of thousands of innocent Iraqis? Neither Ron Paul nor Dennis Kucinich,
both presidential candidates, nor Barbara Lee voted for these funds for
a “war of aggression,” as Ralph Nader has properly called it. On
this score Obama’s voting record is no different from McCain’s or
Hillary Clinton’s."
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9/11
Truth, Part 3- The 9/11 Commission Cover up
Special Note - A
quote...."This article is an overview of the 9/11 Commission's
conflicts and "failures", and some brief summaries of some of the many
important facts left out of or distorted in their final report, with
links for reference and additional research." -- Click here for
Part I
&
Part
II
Three
Weeks in September
Special Note - A
quote...."Do you remember the story of the “white Mitsubishi“? It’s a
hard to find article these days, as most MSM sources have scrubbed it
from their archives. But it’s still out there, if you look hard enough."
My
Lai, Zapruder and 9/11
Special Note - A
quote...."It is obvious that the government is hiding evidence
regarding 9/11. For example, the government has claimed that no flight
recorders were recovered from the airplanes which hit the Twin Towers.
However, firefighters stated they did recover the flight recorders. And
Dan Rather confirmed that they were recovered. - 9/11 activists have
repeatedly demanded that the government reveal the videos, photographs,
and other documentary evidence so that we can assess the truth for
ourselves Not only has the government refused to share the evidence, it
has threatened to dispose of it."
Was
9/11 an Inside Job? -
article posted at ICH
Must Read - A
quote...."15/08/08 "ICH" -- Regrettably, there is considerable evidence
that elements of the Bush administration were complicit in the 9/11
attack, and may even have helped stage it. Let us now examine some of
what I regard as the most compelling evidence. However, the following
discussion makes no claim to be comprehensive.
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9/11 - From The History File...Osama
bin Laden, among the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives": Why was he
never
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The US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 9 articles - Friday - [ Day 8 ] =====
==========
This Time, the
World Is Not Buying It
Must Read - A
quote...."August 16, 2008 -- The success of the Bush Regime's
propaganda, lies, and
deception with gullible and inattentive Americans since 9/11 has made
it difficult for intelligent, aware people to be optimistic about the
future of the United States. For almost 8 years the US media has served
as Ministry of Propaganda for a war criminal regime. Americans
incapable of thinking for themselves, reading between the lines, or
accessing foreign media on the Internet have been brainwashed." --
Also posted at CounterPunch
The
New York Times covers for US role in Georgia crisis
A quote...."The Times makes no attempt to explore the implications of
the version of events it is promoting. Even if one were to accept the
official line of the State Department, it would not diminish the
culpability of the United States in the war that erupted between its
client state and Russia." --
It's
sort of disgusting in a way, it's like watching an old, wrinkled, gray
haired, whore - do tricks. - mpg
All
the Propaganda That's Fit to Print: The New York Times, Again, Tells It
Like It Ain’t
A quote...." 15/08/08 "iNoodle" --- As part of an
all-out Western media campaign to bury the simple fact that Georgia
invaded South Ossetia a week ago -- an act of aggression which led,
subsequently, to Russia’s response -- Thursday’s NYT’s top headline
helps to further instill the lie, at home and abroad, that Bush and the
U.S government are truly concerned about the welfare of Georgians and
human beings generally." -- article from
iNodle
-- The NYT keeps doing it over
and over again,
there's no war or dictator too unsavory to support....not as long as
this
country's elites want them supported. - mpg
'I've
never heard anything so monstrous as people shelling a hospital'
A quote...."Wednesday August 13 2008 01:53 BST -- A convoy of three
buses and an escort of armed Russian
Special Forces soldiers travelled across the border with Russia into
South Ossetia yesterday, in a trip organised by the Kremlin for foreign
media to witness first hand the destruction in Tskhinvali." --
Regarding the quote...."
I've never heard anything so monstrous as
people shelling a hospital" -
Oh
how quickly people forget, how fickle are their memories, of course
it's difficult to remember all the crimes committed by the NRE, there's
just so many of them. - mpg
Commonsense
and the Russo-Georgian War
A quote...." 15/08/08 "ICH" --- Let me start this article with a
supposition. How long do you think it would take Russia to conquer
Georgia if that were their intent? I believe that if the war started at
say midnight, than the next midnight, Georgia would cease to exist.
They might last a little longer if it was a spur of the moment
decision, but if Russia was earnestly trying to take over little
Georgia, it would have already been a done deal."
Russia
launches genocide probe over S.Ossetia events
A quote...."14/08/2008 11:13 TSKHINVALI, August 14 (RIA Novosti) - Top
Russian investigators have opened a criminal case on charges of
genocide in connection with recent events in South Ossetia, a General
Prosecutor's Office spokesman said on Thursday."
U.S.
hidden hand pushes Ossetia war
A quote...."August 15, 2008 -- Aug. 13—Long before Aug. 8, when the
leaders of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus Mountains south of
Russia, attacked a small autonomous region known as South Ossetia, the
U.S. military was deeply involved in Georgia. Washington is no innocent
bystander in this bloody struggle, which provoked a response by Russia
that now dominates the news. Georgia’s well-organized and massive
military assault set the city of Tskhinvali, South Ossetia’s capital,
aflame within hours, destroying the parliament building, the university
and the main hospital. According to AP interviews with survivors, there
was hardly a single building left undamaged."
Russia
Seizes Arsenal Of U.S. Weapons
Full quote...."Published on 15-08-2008 -- Russian forces have seized a
"large arsenal" of U.S.-made weapons in the western Georgian city of
Senaki including hundreds of assault rifles, a military spokesman said
Friday. -- "In Senaki, we seized a large arsenal of weapons including
664 U.S.-made M-16 rifles" and a number of M-40 sniper rifles, General
Anatoly Nogovitsyn told a news conference in Moscow. "There were 1,728
weapons total."
US
concerned over false information from Mikhail Saakashvili [The Snake]
A quote...."Saturday 16th August, 2008 -- A false claim by US-backed
Georgia President Mikhail Saakashvili could have provoked a dangerous
response from the Kremlin. - The claim, that the United States was
preparing to take over airports and ports in the former Soviet republic
of Georgia was quickly denied by US officials. - It was just one of the
many statements made recently by Mr Saakashvili that have increased the
tension between the US and Russia."
End - The US Neocon's New Proxy
War in
Georgia - 9 articles - Friday - [ Day 8 ] =====
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Karl
Rove’s Ukrainian Sojourn
Special Note -
Ahhhh, you just can't keep those Neocons
down, always trying to start a war somewhere. - mpg -- A
quote...."Since Karl Rove skipped out on his subpoena to appear before
the House Judiciary Committee last month, the whereabouts of Bush’s
longtime political strategist have emerged—Rove was in Crimea, Ukraine,
for the fifth annual Yalta European Strategy summit. Also in
attendance: former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Georgian
President Mikheil Saakashvili."
Pole
Position: More U.S. Troops Sent to Russian Border
Special Note -
This one's a lot of fun to read -
mpg -- A quote...."First Georgia, now Poland. The Bush Administration
announced Thursday that American soldiers will begin manning missile
sites in Poland -- part of an agreement that surpasses even the NATO
treaty in binding Washington to an armed response to any attack on
Polish soil. -- Spokesminions for President George Butt-Thumper said
the installation of the missile base is designed to protect Poland from
an intercontinental missile attack from Iran. (The perfidious Persians'
long-standing plans to conquer Poland are well-known, of course.) The
minions say that the missiles and troops are not at all intended as a
threat to Russia, which is being slowly encircled by NATO bases and
American missiles -- despite solemn promises from Washington to refrain
from, er, encircling Russia with NATO bases and American missiles."
Taliban
rebels capture district in central Afghanistan
A quote...."KABUL, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Taliban militants on Friday
captured the Nawah district in central Afghanistan's Ghazni province
after days surrounding, said an official."
Security
fears paralyze Kabul
A quote...."KABUL - It used to take Esmazari 15 minutes to cross town
in his faded mustard-colored Corolla. But the police shutdown of nearly
half of Kabul's major roadways, in response to a spate of suicide
bombings that ripped across the capital city in recent months, means
that today Esmazari's taxi spends a full hour to make the same trip."
Iraq
Al-Sadr Urges Followers To Sign Blood Pact Vs Occupiers
A quote...." KUFA, Iraq (AFP)--Anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
Friday called on his followers to "sign with their blood" a pledge to
resist occupying forces in Iraq and other Muslim countries. -- Al-Sadr
urged "believers to sign with their blood an oath of allegiance to the
imam Mahdi," in a statement read during Friday prayers by Sheikh Assaad
al- Nasseri in the Shiite holy city of Kufa, south of Baghdad."
YouTube
video claims 9-year-old at US prison in Iraq
A quote...."A video released on YouTube shows American soldiers taking
a group of Iraqis on a tour of a prison camp. The soldier guiding the
group tells them that all the cases are currently being reviewed and
says, "I'm sure if someone didn't do anything wrong, they'll be
released."
Kahl:
Iran Tamed Mahdi Army; Al-Maliki May attack Sunni Awakening Councils
Special Note - Some
quotes...."1. US officials in Baghdad are genuinely worried that Prime
Minister Nuri al-Maliki has become "over-confident" about his military
capabilities and has therefore become unreasonably difficult to deal
with over the proposed status of forces agreement on the rules
governing US troops in Iraq." -- "2. Al-Maliki is not only
refusing to incorporate the Sunni Arab Awakening Councils or "Sons of
Iraq" into the Iraqi security forces, but may actually be planning to
make war on them. These are Sunni Arab militias, many former Salafi or
nationalist guerrillas, who have agreed to take a salary from the US
and to fight the Qutbist vigilantes ('al-Qaeda in Iraq'):" --
To put it more bluntly, the Awakening
Councils are fighting "al-Qaeda" elements, if one should even use that
term, that aren't currently
aligned with US forces.....Oh, didn't you know gentle reader, for the
over the last year the US has been paying off over eighty
five thousand "former"
insurgents, some of them former al-Qaeda members, not to attack US
forces - who says money can't buy you everything? If Maliki
doesn't cut them in on the oil profits however, there's going to be a
lot
of trouble. Guess he'll just have to cut Cheney and his buddies out of
their share. Hah, haaaah, that’ll be fun to watch. - mpg
Sayyed
Nasrallah: We Must Overcome Problems of Past
Some quotes...."5/08/2008 Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan
Nasrallah addressed the Lebanese Thursday night in a televised speech
to mark the 2nd anniversary of the 2006 victory on Israel." -- "Two
years on, the magnitude of the war, the extent of the aggression, the
danger, the huge military and security capabilities used by the enemy,
the extent of the regional and international collusion become clearer.
On the other hand, the steadfastness, the challenge taken by the
resistance, the people and the army to confront the war and the
collusion, confirm day after day that what had taken place in the July
war projects the magnitude of the potential energy in Lebanon and the
nation. Two years on, it becomes more evident that what happened in
this war was a real miracle and a a Divine victory."
Iran
Plans to Boost Oil Sales to China, India
A quote...." TEHRAN (FNA)- The world's fourth-largest oil exporter Iran
plans to boost shipments to fast-growing energy consumers China and
India and may reduce the flow to other buyers, a top Iranian oil
official said on Thursday."
Ahmadinejad,
Erdogan to Discuss Energy Deals
A quote...." TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will
meet Friday Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on the
second day of his visit to the neighboring country."
US
warns Turkey on terms of energy deal with Iran
A quote...."The US yesterday warned Turkey not to strike an energy deal
with Iran that undermined diplomatic efforts to halt Tehran's nuclear
programme, on the eve of a visit to Ankara by Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, the
Iranian president." --
How could
Turkey be so silly, don't they know that's the US's oil over there in
Iran, gee you'd think people would've learned by now that all of the
oil in the world belongs to the New Roman Empire, just how many
countries are going to have to be destroyed to get that point across to
everybody? - mpg
-- For more
on this
issue see....
The
US is After Europe Too! - 03-23-08 - mpg
RETROSPECTIVE
- 2008
Missed this one - mpg -- A
quote...."March 24, 2008 - I have owed you this update for a long time.
Things have evolved so much and so relentlessly that there was no solid
ground on which to plant my feet, take a look around and tell you what
I saw with a steady gaze. I can do that now." - *
Michael C. Ruppert*,
fromthewilderness.com
Sharpening
Occam's Razor on the Forged Intelligence Documents
A quote...."My first thought was, assuming that Ron Suskind’s reporting
is accurate, that the White House, with its disdain for pesky little
concepts like Separation of Powers and Congressional Oversight, simply
ignored the statute entirely and went directly with their hare-brained
scam to the C.I.A. "
Judiciary
Committee To Investigate Plot To Paint Plane In UN Colors And Provoke
Shootdown Over Iraq
A quote...."As part of a major examination into the evidence that the
Bush administration forged intelligence documents to justify the
invasion of Iraq, the House Judiciary Committee will also look into
various considerations, plots and attempts to provoke war, including
the idea of goading Saddam Hussein to shoot down a mock UN plane."
DNC
Warehouse "Concentration Camp" Uncovered By Reporters
A quote...."A CBS news crew has uncovered a huge warehouse holding
facility in Denver, consisting of steel cages topped with barbed wire,
ready to receive thousands of protesters at this year's Democratic
National Convention."
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The
Anthrax Attacks Attempted
Cover-up - Friday round-up - 4 articles - [ Day 15 ] ===
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Anthrax fall guy Bruce
Ivins reminds Frederick locals of the Olson Case of 50 years ago.
Must Read - A
quote...."The story of Frank Olson was documented in the months before
9-11 in an article in the New York Times magazine section. Written by
his son's Harvard schoolmate, Michael Ignatieff, we learn from the
story that "Frank Olson's specialty...had been the development of
aerosols for the delivery of anthrax." In the years immediately
preceding his death, Olson was one of the top officials at the
government's biological weapons laboratory at Fort Detrick. -- In 1953,
Olson was found on a New York City sidewalk, his body bloodied and
broken, apparently after a fall from his hotel room. The details of his
death, ruled a suicide, remained a mystery for more than twenty years.
But in 1975, an article in the Washington Post revealed that, contained
in a report issued by the then-recently concluded U.S. President's
Commission on CIA Activities was an account of a scientist who had been
administered a dose of LSD without his knowledge, suffered side-effects
from the drug, went to New York under CIA escort for psychological
treatment, and jumped out of a hotel room window."
Doubts
grow on FBI's anthrax evidence
A quote...."WASHINGTON: Growing doubts from scientists about the
strength of the government's case against the late Bruce Ivins, the
military researcher named as the anthrax killer, are forcing the
Justice Department to begin disclosing more fully the scientific
evidence it used to implicate him." --
The question is, will this evidence be
related to the act in question. Yes we know Doctor Ivins was
alive at the time he supposedly committed the acts, yes that does
indeed indicate he was probably breathing, yes he did own a car, and
all this will no doubt be "scientifically" proven by the FBI
Hopefully the FBI will present something a little more germane to the
issue on whether he did it or not, their prior history regarding these
issues however would indicate otherwise. - mpg
Senate Could
Grill FBI On Anthrax Investigation In September
A quote...."Congress is out of session until Sept. 7, so a regularly
scheduled Sept. 17 hearing may give legislators their first chance to
publicly question the FBI about its decision to name Fort Detrick
scientist Bruce Ivins as the sole suspect in the 2001 anthrax mailings.
-- On that day, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold an
oversight hearing on the FBI, and Director Robert Mueller III is
scheduled to attend." --
Given
Congresses record so far, there’ll be lots of flashing lights,
thunderous loud noises, black billowing smoke....and absolutely nothing
will be revealed and everything will be concealed - exactly what they
will have intended. - mpg
Anthrax
Foreknowledge? The DOJ & FBI Don’t Care
A quote...."The DOJ and FBI glibly dismiss questions about the
"Quantico letter" that attempted to frame Ayaad Assaad as a
bioterrorist- is this apparent foreknowledge of the false-flag
post-9/11 Anthrax attacks related to the White House's apparent
foreknowledge, given that staff were put on Cipro on 9/11?"
End - The
Anthrax Attacks Attempted
Cover-up - Friday round-up - 4 articles - [ Day 15 ] ===
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ECB
slammed as Europe crumbles
A quote...."The economies of Germany, France and Italy all contracted
in the first quarter and may now be in full recession, shattering
assumptions that Europe would prove able to shrug off the effects of
the credit crunch."
Factory
output up 0.4%, best gain in 10 months
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Led by an increase in motor
vehicles, the output of U.S. factories rose 0.4% in July, the best gain
in 10 months, the Federal Reserve reported Friday."
Thursday August 14th 2008
Polk:
Bases in Iraq, Provocation of Iran
Must Read - A
quote...."As the Bush Administration begins its final months in office,
it has embarked upon two courses of action that will pre-empt the scope
of the incoming Obama or McCain administration and will plague America
for years to come."
The US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 13 articles - Thursday - [ Day 7 ] =====
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PJB - Blowback From
Bear-Baiting -
article posted at
AntiWar
Must Read -
Analysis - A
quote...."August 15, 2008 -- After
shelling and attacking what he claims is his own country, killing
scores of his own Ossetian citizens and sending tens of thousands
fleeing into Russia, Saakashvili's army was whipped back into Georgia
in 48 hours. - Vladimir Putin took the opportunity to kick the Georgian
army out of Abkhazia, as well, to bomb Tbilisi, and to seize Gori,
birthplace of Stalin. - Reveling in his status as an intimate of George
Bush, Dick Cheney, and John McCain, and America's lone democratic ally
in the Caucasus, Saakashvili thought he could get away with a lightning
coup and present the world with a fait accompli. - Mikheil did not
reckon on the rage or resolve of the Bear." --
Also posted at LewRockwell
Is
the American Enterprise Really War in the Caucasus?
Amusing Analysis - A
quote...."Paying attention to
the real work of the AEI is almost enough to turn a person into an
anti-American world socialist… but perhaps that’s precisely the point,
given the ideological backgrounds of so many of the neoconservatives
there. -- Yet, the AEI remains, posing as an organization that
advocates for freedom of individuals rather than the state. It
continues to shill for war, global conquest, and to promote a kind of
fantastic Washington mastery-of-the-planet idea. The most recent case
in point is this week’s AEI policy panel entitled "The War in the
Caucasus."
EU
meeting on Georgia reveals tensions between European powers and US
Analysis - A
quote...."Despite intense pressure from a number of Eastern European
states, supported by Western European powers such as Great Britain and
Sweden, the declaration issued by European Union (EU) foreign ministers
meeting in emergency session in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss the
conflict between Georgia and Russia refrained from any criticism of
Russia. -- Rejecting an open conflict with Russia, the EU meeting
decided against dispatching troops to the region. Instead, the majority
of ministers followed German proposals to increase the number of
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) monitors in
Georgia from 100 to 300 and step up humanitarian aid."
Mikheil
Saakashvili: War Criminal
A quote...."August 15, 2008 -- Amid all the geopolitical analyses and
ideological posturing on the occasion of the Three-Day War between
Russia and Georgia, we are losing sight of the very real human costs of
this conflict: thousands of civilians killed and grievously wounded, a
city, Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, in ruins, and the hopes
and dreams of the inhabitants of this largely overlooked backwater
dashed on the rocks of a politician's hubris. -- That politician is
Mikheil Saakashvili, the all too glib president of Georgia, whose
slickness is so apparent that it seems to leave an oily residue on
every word he utters."
Russia
Warns US Against Encouraging New "Tragic Scenario" -
article posted at ICH
Full quote...."14/08/08 MOSCOW (AFP)--Russia on Thursday warned the
U.S. against encouraging Georgia's leaders to take action that might
lead to a repeat of the "tragic scenario" of recent days. -- "We expect
the United States to adopt a responsible approach. It is especially
important to refrain from any steps that could directly or indirectly
be taken by the Georgian leadership as encouragement of its revanchist
ambitions and prompt a repeated tragic scenario," Russia's Foreign
Ministry said."
Russia
Vows to Support Two Enclaves, in Retort to Bush -
link posted at ICH
A quote...."Published: August 14, 2008 - MOSCOW — Russia issued a
rebuke to President Bush on Thursday over the conflict in neighboring
Georgia, refusing an immediate withdrawal of its troops there,
affirming its support for two separatist enclaves and warning the
United States to avoid doing anything that would encourage its Georgian
ally to reignite hostilities."
Russia,
U.S. Trade Rhetorical Salvoes as Georgia Tensions Rise
A quote...."Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Russia said the U.S. and other
countries that armed and trained Georgia's military share blame for the
war there as a top American official said security relations with
Moscow may be ``adversely affected for years.''
FSB
Exposes Georgian Intelligence Network Operating in Russia
A quote...."Posted on: Thursday, 14 August 2008, 09:00 CDT -- The
Russian FSB has given details of the exposure and arrest of what it
describes as a network of Georgian intelligence agents operating on
Russian territory. A report on a military website tells of a Georgian
intelligence agent who bought a caf in Vladikavkaz where he acquired
information of a military-political nature from acquaintances. Some
agents were instructed to film strategic facilities in South Ossetia
and other parts of the South Federal District and were given monetary
rewards for their work, whereas others were given tasks to set up a
network of agents to gather intelligence about Russian army units in
the North Caucasus, the report said."
"Gori in
ruins"? You decide - (YouTube - 4 min 45 sec - Added: August
14, 2008)
Must View -- A
quote..."August
15, 2008, 6:23 -- Russia's ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin has
dismissed media reports that the Georgian city of Gori is "in ruins."
He called the allegations a "disinformation campaign" and pointed to
the fact that Russian peacekeepers have in fact performed a
humanitarian mission there." --
Everything
the NRE didn't
do in Iraq. -- also posted at RussiaToday
Russian
envoy to NATO speaks out on South Ossetian - (VodPod - 4 min 37 sec
- Added 14 Aug 08)
Video -Added 14 Aug 08 --
Dmitry Rogozin,
Russian Ambassador to NATO talks about the Georgian invasion of South
Ossetia, and Russia's position regarding the crisis. - mpg --
Also posted at YouTube - A
quote...."NATO has no moral right to call the Russian response to
Georgian aggression in South Ossetia disproportionate, says Russian
envoy to the alliance Dmitry Rogozin."
Russian
envoy to NATO speaks out + Justin Raimondo - (VodPod - 24 min 50
sec - Added 14 Aug 08 )
Video - Added 14 Aug 08
--
Eye witness accounts from the Russian and South Ossetian
perspective, contains some previous footage. - mpg
-- posted from Dandelion
Salad
Russian
forces sink Georgian ships - 13 Aug 2008 - (YouTube - 4 min 23 sec
- Added: August 13, 2008)
Video - A
quote...."From: AlJazeeraEnglish -- August 13, 2008 --
Following a dramatic day of developments in the Russia-Georgia
conflict, Russian forces have sunk several vessels in Georgia's
military port of Poti. Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from the
scene."
Georgia 'still
receives Israeli arms'
A quote...."Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:26:20 GMT -- Georgian President
Mikheil Saakashvili says Tbilisi is still receiving
military aid from Tel Aviv, rejecting Israeli media reports."
End - The US Neocon's New Proxy
War in
Georgia - 13 articles - Thursday - [ Day 7 ] =====
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U.S.
Armada En Route to the Persian Gulf: “Naval Blockade” or All Out War
Against Iran?
War Status - Undetermined--
A quote...."Dissent Mag Author’s Note: Shortly after this article
was released on August 13, US military sources as well as Stratfor ( a
Strategic Studies Think Tank) stated that the various press reports
(UPI, Middle East Times, Kuwait Times, Debka) regarding the naval
deployment to the Middle East were incorrect. -- According to the press
reports (see UPI, August 11, 2008), the war ships involved in the
“Operation Brimstone” war games off the US North Atlantic coast, had
set sail for the Middle East. This information is apparently incorrect,
according to the US Navy and Stratfor." -- For more on this issue see article
below.....
Update on the
rumored armada sailing to Iran
War Warning - A
quote...."August 13, 2008 -- Summary: The rumors about a US
armada sailing to the
Gulf continue to rattle around the Internet, despite having almost no
supporting evidence. Now Stratfor and Debkafile provide hard
information on these rumors. Specific but contradictory
information. For now I will stay with my original view:
these rumors are a tower of guesses built on a slight foundation." --
However Saakashvili would not have
launched his surprise attack against South Ossetia without US approval,
timed for the start of the Olympic games, while simultaneously the US
7th Fleet was deploying its ships from Japan. Bush (read Cheney) has
three months left to do something about Iran, the economy may be
entering a deflationary cycle which could use a war boost and finaly
it's just the sort of scheme that
would please that piece of black coal that Cheney uses for a
heart. Hence for the next ninety days people should be aware of
the
potential for a surprise attack and/or false flag event staged by this
nation's MIOC elites. -
posted
08-13-08 - mpg --
For
more on this issue see....Possible Order of Battle -- Iran Strike
Group - 08-08-08
Navy relieves commander of air recon squadron
False Flag Warning - Possible War Warning - A quote from
CLG...."13 Aug 2008 The commander of a Navy air reconnaissance squadron
that provides the president and the defense secretary the airborne
ability to command the nation's nuclear weapons has been relieved of
duty, the Navy said Tuesday. Cmdr. Shawn Bentley was relieved of duty
Monday by the Navy for loss of confidence in his ability to command, only
three months after taking the job. Capt. Brian Costello,
commander of the Navy's Strategic Communications Wing One, removed
Bentley from command, said Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown, a spokesman for the
Naval Air Forces. The primary duty of the squadron, nicknamed the
"Ironman," is to provide communication with ballistic missile
submarines, Brown said. It is also one of three squadrons that provides
airborne communications for the president and defense secretary to
command and control the nation's nuclear submarines, bombers and
missile silos, according to the Wing's official Web site. [See: Minot AFB Clandestine Nukes 'Oddities'.]" -- Paragraph quoted from CLG -- For more on this issue see....False
Flag Ops - Barksdale
US
court rules Saudis not liable for Sept 11 attacks
A quote...."A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled Saudi Arabia
could not be held liable for the September 11 attacks against the
United States despite charitable donations that ended up in the hands
of Al-Qaeda." --
For more on this
issue see....Ghawar
is Dead - Long Live PNAC - 03-07-07 - mpg & US
Support of Terror
The
800 lb. Gorilla Staring Pelosi in the Face
A quote....""It would appear that not only did the Bush administration
lie this nation into war and order documents forged, but they allegedly
tried to plant WMD in Iraq." Larisa noted this yesterday in her post
"Can't find WMD in Iraq? Plant it?" -- In the comments section I wrote:
-- Yet Nancy Pelosi is still saying the case has to
made for impeachment. Nancy Pelosi, our fearless leader who is
apparently scheduled to be one of the first speakers at the Democratic
National Convention."
Credit and
Credibility: Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Press
Must Read - A
quote...."There are plenty of cliches ("powerful spy service" and
"actively undermining" are splendid examples), but not a shred of hard
evidence in this important story. There is not one bit of material that
can be verified or even checked for accuracy. No names are named. There
are declarations by anonymous "American officials" concerning supposed
electronic intercepts of which no details are provided. But the New
York Times and other US newspapers chose to blare to the world the
unsupported conclusion that Pakistan is guilty of treason against
itself."
Pakistani
government moves to impeach President Musharraf
A quote...."Amid an ongoing political crisis, Pakistan’s ruling
coalition this week initiated a formal impeachment process against
President Pervez Musharraf, the country’s former military strongman. --
Musharraf is deeply detested by broad layers of the population for his
nine years of dictatorial rule and support for the bogus US “war on
terror”.
Musharraf
Set to Resign in Days, Officials Assert
A quote...."ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Faced with desertions by his
political supporters and the unsettling neutrality of the Pakistani
military, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan is expected to resign
in the next few days rather than face impeachment, Pakistani
politicians and Western diplomats said Thursday."
Russia
And China Settle Longstanding Territorial Disputes
A quote...."Russia and China signed a landmark deal on July 21,
officially ending all outstanding territorial disputes between the two
countries. Under the agreement, Russia will hand over Yinlong Island
(known as Tarabarov in Russia) and half of the Heixiazi Island (Bolshoi
Ussuriysky) at the confluence the of Amur and Ussuri rivers, clearing
the way for closer strategic and economic relations with China."
Wikipedia
founder aims to break Google stranglehold
Special Note - A quote...."SINGAPORE (AFP) - Watch out Google --
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales hopes that Wikia Search, a project he
spearheads, will break Google's domination of the world's Internet
search engine market."
The
Anthrax Attacks Attempted
Cover-up - Thursday round-up - 2 articles - [ Day 14 ] ===
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FBI's
Implausible, Ever-Changing Story
A quote...."You've seen it . . .A kid breaks something, and - not
understanding how transparent his false stories will sound to an adult
- gives a series of implausible, shifting explanations:
"There was an earthquake!"
[No there wasn't]
"The dog knocked it over!"
[The dog is at the vet]
"A big gust of wind blew it over!"
[The windows were closed]
"My little sister broke it!"
[She was outside]
Etc.
That's exactly how the FBI has been behaving in the anthrax
"investigation" of Dr. Ivins.
Special
Report: Ivins Anthrax Case Another Black Eye for Network News
A quote...."While cable news dutifully devotes nonstop coverage to the
latest random criminal cases — kidnappings, shootouts, murderous love
triangles, car chases — it’s telling when a supposed break in one of
the biggest manhunts in FBI history, for a terrorist who murdered and
poisoned multiple American citizens with anthrax, takes a backseat to
nearly every other story. That is, if it’s mentioned at all." --
The New Roman Empire's presstitutes hard
at work. Maybe our elites should have mercy on them and get
various flavors of boot polish. - mpg
End - The
Anthrax Attacks Attempted
Cover-up - Thursday round-up - 2 articles - [ Day 14 ]
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The
Myth of the Independent Fed
Special Note - A
quote...." Ever since its founding in 1913, the Fed has described
itself as an independent agency operated by selfless public servants
striving to fine-tune the economy through monetary policy. In reality,
however, a non- political governmental institution is as likely as a
barking cat. Yet, the myth of an independent Fed persists. One reason
this myth persists is that statist textbooks have helped perpetuate it
for decades."
FDR's
grandson to McCain: Keep your hands off our Social Security
A quote...."On the 73rd anniversary of the creation of Social Security,
the Democratic National Committee (DNC) took the opportunity to
criticize McCain for supporting the Bush plan for Social Security
privatization." --
For more on this
issue see....Go
Build Your Neo-Roman Empire - Just Leave Us Out Of It - 10-14-07 - mpg
Wag
the Dog: How to Conceal Massive Economic Collapse
A quote...."Formally known as the President’s Working Group on
Financial Markets, the PPT was once concealed and its very existence
denied as if it were a matter of strict national security. But the PPT
has now come out of the closet. What was once a legally questionable
"manipulator" of markets has become a sanctioned stabilizer and
protector of markets." --
For more
on this issue see....Obama,
the Yang to Bush's Yin - 06-20-08 - mpg
Inflation
Hits Annual Pace Not Seen Since 1991
A quote...."Inflation reached a 17-year high last month, fueled by high
gasoline and food prices, all but assuring that the Federal Reserve
will keep interest rates at their current level for the time being."
Home
foreclosure filings up 55 percent in July [from a year ago]
A quote...."Foreclosure filings -- default notices, auction sale
notices and bank repossessions -- rose 8 percent from June and 55
percent from July 2007 to 272,171, according to RealtyTrac, which
records property in various stages of foreclosure."
Foreclosure
fallout: Houses go for a $1
A quote...."DETROIT -- One dollar can get you a large soda at
McDonald's, a used VHS movie at 7-Eleven or a house in Detroit. - The
fact that a home on the city's east side was listed for $1 recently
shows how depressed the real estate market has become in one of
America's poorest big cities. - And it still took 19 days to find a
buyer."
Florida's
budget shortfall may hit $1.2B
A quote...."Florida's dwindling state budget could fall about $1
billion deeper into deficit due to a combination of record-high gas
prices, the crashing housing market and record job loss in the state."
European
Economy Shrinks For First Time Since Introduction Of The Euro
A quote...."BRUSSELS, Belgium — The euro-zone economy shrank 0.2
percent in the second quarter, EU statistics showed Thursday, raising
recession fears as Germany, France and Italy braked sharply with high
fuel and food prices holding back consumer spending."
Saudi
Should Drop Dollar Peg If Gulf Currency Delayed, IMF Says
A quote...."Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia should drop the riyal's
peg to the dollar and consider ``alternative exchange rate regimes'' if
inflation persists and the Gulf single currency is delayed, the
International Monetary Fund said." -- Also posted at
BLN
Honeybee
deaths reaching crisis point
A quote...."Britain's honeybees have suffered catastrophic losses this
year, according to a survey of the nation's beekeepers, contributing to
a shortage of honey and putting at risk the pollination of fruits and
vegetables." --
Also posted at
BLN
Wednesday August 13th 2008
Illusions
of Victory
Must Read - A
quote...."War is the great auditor of institutions," the historian
Corelli Barnett once observed. Since 9/11, the United States has
undergone such an audit and been found wanting. That adverse judgment
applies in full to America's armed forces." --
Also posted at Alternet
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Chopping Down the Forest - One Law at a Time
08-13-08
mpg
[Having a Few
Laughs]
Video - After preparing
[
a] controlled explosion of [
an] IED, US soldiers - instead of
warning an Iraqi
woman moving straight in [
the]
direction of the IED - the US soldiers joke
[
about her] and mock [
her]
They probably would have
thought it was truly hilarious if she'd actually been blown to
bits. No doubt if that had happened it would have been even
funnier to these jokers than throwing puppies off a cliff.
By the way, guys like this who are being desensitized to the point were
they think this sort of stuff is funny are coming back here to live
amongst us, to date our daughters, to drive our children to school, to
become security guards or policeman or teachers, or....
....become unemployed and desperate as the economy continues to head
down hill.
Casually killing people, or causing their deaths while thinking it’s
funny is contagious, it spreads like wildfire, like a malevolent
virus. It hardens and
twists people, it strips them of any moral restraint or a care for
their
own actions
including any fear of
turning on their former masters. Something the wealthy elites who
started all of these wars of conquest, who encouraged this sort of
behavior, who stood by enjoying the mayhem and murder they'd
unleashed, and who deliberately stripped this country bare of its laws
“planted thick as trees”, among them its own constitution, should think
long and hard about.
"And when the last law was down,
and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the
laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast
to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and
you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand
upright in the winds that would blow then?" -- *A Man For All Seasons*
This website editor for one will never stand upright against the winds
to come on
behalf of "our" wealthy elites, those who have by their
own volition renounced
this nation's constitution and who have willingly chosen to become
Neo-Romans.
It is "they" who have chosen to live by an unholy perversion of
legality, an
ugly hideous mockery of what were once the laws of this and many other
lands of men, the Magna Carta, the US Constitution, Habeas Corpus, and
the
Geneva Conventions. It is they who have twisted, bent and
sickened the mighty forest of laws planted by our forefathers down
through the centuries.....the
oaks, ash and redwoods that have stood and sheltered us for so many
years against the storms of tyranny....until these mighty pillars of
civilization have become rotted
to the core and come crashing
down.
It is they who have gleefully chopped up the fallen carcasses of these
laws
to feed the thundering flames of war and destruction. It is
they who now dance in evil revelry around the bonfires of injustice
and degradation they have created. It is they who brought forth
this new
paradigm of fear and hate. It is they who covet their ill gotten
gains from their sordid, murderous, adventures around the world.
It is a mark of true justice that one shall reap what one sows and
those who demand the wind shall receive what has been summoned forth
and reap the whirlwind.
This website editor can only hope the inevitable storm now approaching
will unleash its mighty, wrathful, fury, upon those who stand
naked, shivering and shelter-less on the treeless wasteland they
themselves
have created by their wonton destruction of humanity's laws. And
those who are spared are the ones who still remain in the tree
sheltered valleys,
protected by these self same laws -- laws,
oaths and covenants they still uphold, maintain, defend and believe in.
- mpg
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The US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 19 articles - Wednesday - [ Day 6 ] =====
==========
Putin
Walks into a Trap -
Actually not
quite yet, it appears he's leaving....for the momment. -mpg
Must Read - A quote...."
13/08/08 "ICH" --- - The American-armed and trained Georgian army
swarmed into South Ossetia last Thursday, killing an estimated 2,000
civilians, sending 40,000 South Ossetians fleeing over the Russian
border, and destroying much of the capital, Tskhinvali. The attack was
unprovoked and took place a full 24 hours before even ONE Russian
soldier set foot in South Ossetia. Nevertheless, the vast majority of
Americans still believe that the Russian army invaded Georgian
territory first. The BBC, AP, NPR, the New York Times and the rest of
the establishment media has consistently and deliberately misled its
readers into believing that the violence in South Ossetia was initiated
by the Kremlin. Let's be clear, it wasn't. In truth, there is NO
dispute about the facts except among the people who rely the western
press for their information. Despite its steady loss of credibility,
the corporate media continues to operate as the propaganda-arm of the
Pentagon."
Georgia
War a Neocon Election Ploy?
Must Read - A
quote...."Posted on Aug 12, 2008 -- Is it possible that this time the
October surprise was tried in August, and that the garbage issue of
brave little Georgia struggling for its survival from the grasp of the
Russian bear was stoked to influence the U.S. presidential election?"
Same
As the Old Boss: Both McCain and Obama's Advisors Want War in Georgia
Must Read - A
quote...."Wednesday, August 13, 2008 -- Georgia is
located
in Eurasia, is a gateway to other Eurasian countries, and possesses
important oil pipelines. - For months previous to the start of
hostilities in the Georgia-Russian war,
American
trainers have been getting the Georgians ready for war. - As
revealed in a July article in the
Atlanta
Journal Constitution:
"A large contingent of Georgia Army National Guard soldiers flew to the
Republic of Georgia on Sunday for joint military exercises at a time
when tension is brewing in the region". - And you won't hear it on the
tv news, but Georgia
started the
war. - It is clear that the U.S. has been behind Georgia's military
adventures."
PJB:
Should We Fight for
South Ossetia?
Must Read - Prescient Article
-
From
the history file -- A quote...."
April 1, 2008 -- Can any
sane man believe the United States should go to war with a
nuclear-armed Russia over Stalin’s birthplace, Georgia? -- Two
provinces of Georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, have seceded, with
the backing of Russia. And there are 10 million Russian-speaking
Ukrainians in the east of that country, and Moscow and Kiev are at odds
over which is sovereign on the Crimean Peninsula. -- To bring Ukraine
and Georgia into NATO would put America in the middle of these
quarrels."
This
is a tale of US expansion not Russian aggression
Some quotes...."The outcome of six grim days of bloodshed in the
Caucasus has triggered an outpouring of the most nauseating hypocrisy
from western politicians and their captive media." -- "Could these by
any chance be the leaders of the same governments that in 2003 invaded
and occupied - along with Georgia, as luck would have it - the
sovereign state of Iraq on a false pretext at the cost of hundreds of
thousands of lives? Or even the two governments that blocked a
ceasefire in the summer of 2006 as Israel pulverised Lebanon's
infrastructure and killed more than a thousand civilians in retaliation
for the capture or killing of five soldiers?"
South
Ossetia in ruins - (CNN Video / Adobe Flash Player 9 - 1 min 54 sec
- Source: ITN | Added August 13, 2008)
Video - A
quote...."August 13, 2008 -- ITN's Robert Moore reports from
Tskhinvali, South Ossetia on the conflict."
Russia
launches genocide probe over S.Ossetia events
A quote...."TSKHINVALI, August 14 (RIA Novosti) - Top Russian
investigators have opened a criminal case on charges of genocide in
connection with recent events in South Ossetia, a General Prosecutor's
Office spokesman said on Thursday."
2008 South
Ossetia, Georgia, Russia WAR! Photo [Video] Compilation - (YouTube
- 4m 39s - August 12, 2008)
Video - A
quote...."August 12, 2008 -- A recent photo compilation of the ongoing
war beetween Russia, and Georgia over a small breakaway state (South
Ossetia)"
Israel
and the US behind the Georgian aggression?**
First posted - 08/10/2008 : 21:27:26
-- A few choice comments about the
whole situation posted at Asia-Times. - mpg
Russia
Agrees to Halt War
A quote...."August 13, 2008; Page A1 -- Russia declared a provisional
cease-fire after battering Georgia for five days, a conflict that not
only gave the U.S. a bloody nose but threatens to upend a decade of
geopolitical thinking in Washington."
Why
Russia’s Response to Georgia was Right -
posted at ICH
A quote...."13/08/08 "Financial Times" - -- For some of those
witnessing the fighting in the Caucasus over the past few days, the
narrative is straightforward and easy. The plucky republic of Georgia,
with just a few million citizens, was attacked by its giant eastern
neighbour, Russia. Add to this all the stereotypes of the cold war era,
and you are presented with a truly David and Goliath interpretation –
with all its accompanying connotations of good and evil. While this
version of events is being written in much of the western media, the
facts present a different picture." --
article from FinancialTimes
Marching
Through Georgia V: U.S. Forces Moving Into Putin's Powderkeg
A quote...."Wednesday, 13 August 2008 -- Here's a great idea: Why not
U.S. military forces to Georgia, one of the most volatile places on
earth at the moment? That way, American troops, ships and planes can go
eyeball-to-eyeball with Russian forces on a war footing?"
Russian
forces sink Georgian ships
A quote...."Russian forces have sunk several coast guard vessels in
Georgia's military port of Poti, Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel Hamid has
reported from the scene."
Russian
Army Clears Out Georgian Army Bases
A quote...." 08/13/2008 -- The war is over but Russia continued
operations in Georgia on Wednesday. Moscow has confirmed that it has
been transporting military material out of Georgian army bases.
Russia's military has also closed the Georgian port of Poti."
Russian troops
down Georgian drone over S. Ossetia
A quote...."MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russian peacekeepers shot
down a Georgian unmanned reconnaissance plane over the capital of
breakaway South Ossetia on Wednesday, a Defense Ministry official said."
Captured map
shows Georgia planned to invade Abkhazia
A quote...."RussiaToday on: 13.08.2008 [13:14 ] -- Russian troops
have discovered what they believe are plans
for an invasion of Abkhazia in a captured Georgian command post
vehicle. On Wednesday, Abkhazian armed forces succeeded in pushing
Georgian troops out of the Upper Kodori Gorge in anticipation of such
an attack."
Pentagon
says no plans to control Georgia ports -
link posted at AntiWar
A quote...."Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:19pm BST -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
Pentagon said on Wednesday it did not plan to take control of Georgian
airports or ports as part of an aid mission, apparently contradicting a
statement by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili."
Russia:
US gave nod to Georgia
A quote...."Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:25:19 GMT -- Russia says
that Georgia's attack on the independence-seeking region of South
Ossetia was likely executed with the United States' approval."
Bush:
Why don’t you shut up?
A quote...."12.08.2008 -- Taking the words of the illustrious King of
Spain, in his imbecillic retort to President Hugo Chavez, we use them
not as a response to a diatribe but rather, a just retort to an
imbecile. President George W. Bush, why don’t you shut up?"
End - The US Neocon's New Proxy
War in
Georgia - 19 articles - Wednesday - [ Day 6 ] ===
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Update on the
rumored armada sailing to Iran
War Warning - A
quote...."August 13, 2008 -- Summary: The rumors about a US
armada sailing to the
Gulf continue to rattle around the Internet, despite having almost no
supporting evidence. Now Stratfor and Debkafile provide hard
information on these rumors. Specific but contradictory
information. For now I will stay with my original view:
these rumors are a tower of guesses built on a slight foundation." --
However Saakashvili would not have
launched his surprise attack against South Ossetia without US approval,
timed for the start of the Olympic games, while simultaneously the US
7th Fleet was deploying its ships from Japan. Bush (read Cheney) has
three months left to do something about Iran, the economy may be
entering a deflationary cycle which could use a war boost and finaly
it's just the sort of scheme that
would please that piece of black coal that Cheney uses for a
heart. Hence for the next ninety days people should be aware of
the
potential for a surprise attack and/or false flag event staged by this
nation's MIOC elites. - mpg --
For
more on this issue see....Possible Order of Battle -- Iran Strike
Group - 08-08-08
‘Where
Are the Weapons of Mass Destruction?’ -
posted at ICH
A quote...."In the past two decades I have had the opportunity to
participate in certain experiences pertaining to my work that fall into
the category of “no one will ever believe this.” I usually file these
away, calling on them only when events transpire that breathe new life
into these extraordinary memories. Ron Suskind, a noted and
accomplished journalist, has written a new book, “The Way of the World:
A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism,” in which he claims
that the “White House had concocted a fake letter from Habbush [Tahir
Jalil Habbush, the director of the Mukhabarat], to Saddam [Hussein],
backdated to July 1, 2001.” According to Suskind, the letter said that
“9/11 ringleader Mohammad Atta had actually trained for his mission in
Iraq—thus showing, finally, that there was an operational link between
Saddam and al Qaeda, something the Vice President’s Office had been
pressing CIA to prove since 9/11 as a justification to invade Iraq.” --
Also posted at TruthDig
NATO
soldiers kill, injure Afghan civilians: ISAF -
link posted at AntiWar
A quote...."KABUL (AFP) - NATO soldiers shot dead an Afghan man who
came close to a military patrol in southern Afghanistan fearing he was
going to launch an attack, the alliance's force said Wednesday."
Afghan
senators call for govt control over foreign troops -
link posted at ICH
A quote...."KABUL (AFP) - Afghan senators demanded Tuesday that
international troops operating in Afghanistan be brought under the
country's law to make them accountable for mounting civilian
casualties."
Taliban
win a fight - and settle scores
A quote...."KARACHI - When several hundred Pakistani troops backed by
paramilitary forces on Friday launched an operation against militants
in Bajaur Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan
on the border with Afghanistan, they received a most unwelcome
surprise."
Kurdish forces
refuse to quit Iraq battlefield province
A quote...."SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) — Kurdish commanders Wednesday
refused orders to pull their troops out of Kurdish-populated areas of
ethnically divided Diyala province, challenging the authority of
Baghdad." --
Oh, oh. - mpg
Iranians
Commemorate Lebanon's Victory over Israel
Photo Gallary
Syria,
Lebanon agree to start diplomatic ties
A quote...."DAMASCUS - Syria and Lebanon agreed on Wednesday to start
diplomatic ties for the first time since independence about 60 years
ago, during a landmark visit to Damascus by Lebanese President Michel
Sleiman."
U.S.
Imperial Presidency
A quote...."
by: Bill Moyers Journal, t r u t
h o u t | Programming Note
PBS Airtime: Friday, August 15, 2008, at 9:00 p.m. EDT on PBS (check
local listings here).
Is an imperial presidency destroying what America stands for? Bill
Moyers sits down with history and international relations expert and
former Army Col. Andrew J. Bacevich, who identifies three major
problems facing our democracy
Ill
and in Pain, Detainee Dies in U.S. Hands
A quote...."He was 17 when he came to New York from Hong Kong in 1992
with his parents and younger sister, eyeing the skyline like any
newcomer. Fifteen years later, Hiu Lui Ng was a New Yorker: a computer
engineer with a job in the Empire State Building, a house in Queens, a
wife who is a United States citizen and two American-born sons."
Air
Force Suspends Controversial Cyber Command
A quote...."The Air Force is about to suspend its controversial effort
to reorganize its forces to "dominate" cyberspace. The provisional,
8,000-man Cyber Command has been ordered to stop all activities, just
weeks before it was supposed to be declared operational. -- “Transfers
of manpower and resources, including activation and reassignment of
units, shall be halted,” according to an internal e-mail obtained by
Nextgov's Bob Brewin -- and confirmed by Air Force sources." --
One would guess they're having funding
problems, several simultaneous interminable wars will usually have that
affect on one's budget, or to put it another way, the New Roman Empire
is getting more expensive all the time. - mpg --
For more on this issue see....Attempts
to Control the Internet
The
Anthrax Attacks Attempted
Cover-up - Wednesday round-up - 4 articles - [ Day 13 ] ===
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Nagging
Questions in the Anthrax Case
A quote...."The FBI says the government biodefense researcher acted
alone in the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people and sickened
17. But as anthrax experts begin seeking hard data behind the eerie and
suggestive details of the case, they are left with nothing but
questions."
Hair
Samples in Anthrax Case Don't Match
A quote...."Federal investigators probing the deadly 2001 anthrax
attacks recovered samples of human hair from a mailbox in Princeton,
N.J., but the strands did not match the lead suspect in the case,
according to sources briefed on the probe."
A
Lone Anthrax Mailer? Skeptics Question FBI Case
A quote...."The story has all the ingredients for a good conspiracy
theory: a killer germ created in a secret government lab, a government
on the brink of war, a murder investigation with unanswered questions,
and a suspect who committed suicide before he could be charged."
FBI
Appears To Change Theory In Anthrax Case
A quote...."....Glenn Greenwald over at Salon drilled down into the
details and found that the whole story didn't make any sense -- and
that the timeline described by the FBI and the Post may actually give
Ivins an alibi, since the anthrax letter was stamped Sept. 18. -- Now
today's story in the Post appears to propose a new theory on when Ivins
allegedly drove to New Jersey." --
It's
like watching a tennis game; this editor can't wait for Glen's
response. There is one difference however; on one side are tens
of thousands of people in the Federal Government, the Mass Media with
their national mega-phone and our political establishment producing
different explanations, and "evidence" every day on why Ivins is the
sole suspect. On the other side we have a few dedicated voices
searching for the truth. It’s something to think about. –
mpg
End - The
Anthrax Attacks Attempted
Cover-up - Wednesday round-up - 4 articles - [ Day 13 ]
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The
US dollar on Roman steroids
A quote...."Inflation seems to be raging, to one degree or another, all
over the world now. In Europe as a whole it rose to 4.1%, which is (as
I hear) the most in 16 years. Curiously, the inflation rate in consumer
prices in Germany, Europe's largest economy, is still "only" 3.4%."
Sterling
slumps to 12-year low
A quote...."The pound has fallen to its weakest level in 12 years after
the Bank of England signalled that it is no longer prepared to raise
interest rates."
Bank
is powerless to rescue [Britain's] housing, King warns
A quote...."After six months of falling prices, a rising tide of
repossessions and the prospect of millions of families slipping into
negative equity, the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, said
yesterday that there was little the authorities could do to prevent a
housing crash, if that is what the market demanded."
US:
Retail sales fall as tax stimulus wears off
A quote...."Retail sales fell in July for the first time in five months
as the effects of the US government’s $160 billion consumer tax
stimulus began to fade."
Venezuela:
price rises of up to 50% for 15 basic foods
A quote...."Venezuela raised regulated prices of 15 basic foods ranging
from bread to beef by up to 50% and removed price controls from other
goods in an attempt to ease sporadic shortages in supermarkets."
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