Wednesday September 23rd 2009

"First, clearly, the continuation of the current circumstances in the world is impossible.  Current inequitable and unfavorable conditions run counter to the very nature of human kind.  And move in a direction which contravenes the truth and the goal behind the creation of the world.  It is no longer possible to inject thousands of billions of dollars of unreal wealth to the world economy simply by printing worthless paper assets or transferring inflation as well as social and economic problems to others through creating severe budget deficits. 

The engine of unbridled capitalism with its unfair system of thought has reached the end of the road and is unable to move.  The era of capitalist thinking and the imposition of one’s thoughts on the international community intended to dominate the world in the name of globalization and the age of setting up empires is over.

It is no longer possible to humiliate nations and impose double standards on the world community.  It is necessary to de-legitimize and reject any approach which views the realization of the interests of certain powers as the only measurement of democracy and uses despicable forms of intimidation and deceit in the name of freedom or democratic practices." -- *Ahmadinejad*

Tuesday September 22nd 2009

Obama Asks Kangaroo Court to Hop Slower
Obama™ Update -- A quote...."Military defense attorneys have asked a military judge to halt the pending kangaroo trials of several Guantanamo prisoners accused of participation in the 9/11 attacks, and the Obama administration has responded by asking for yet another delay. -- It's time to call bullsh*t on this whole sham-a-rama. The USA, alleged beacon of liberty and bastion of democracy, has been holding these alleged suspects for years, but they can't tried in ordinary courts because — because why, exactly? Because the evidence just ain't there, or everything prosecutors "know" came by way of torture, or the facts must remain classified for vague reasons that can't be explained, or yada yada yada. It's all just wrong, legally, morally, and every which way anything can be wrong." -- also posted at OhBummer

ACLU Sues For Bagram Records
A quote...."NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking the disclosure of documents related to the detention and treatment of prisoners at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. According to the complaint, the government should promptly make public the Bagram records, including a list of vital information about detainees being held there, the rules that govern the facility and documents pertaining to the conditions of confinement and status review process afforded prisoners."

CIA Experiments on U.S. Soldiers Linked to Torture Program
Special Note - A quote...."This report looks at those recent charges, and reveals that experiments by a CIA researcher on human subjects undergoing SERE training went unreported in the legal memos the Bush administration drafted to approve their torture program. It will also connect major military and intelligence figures to the SERE experiments, and tie some of them to major science and "experimental" directorates at the CIA and Special Operations Command."

Brutal Destruction Of Iraq's Archaeological Sites Continues (Photogallery)
A quote...."Buried in Iraq's clay and dirt is the history of Western civilization. Great empires once thrived here, cultures that produced the world's first wheel, first cities, first agriculture, first code of law, first base-sixty number system, and very possibly the first writing. A brutal plundering of this rich cultural heritage has been taking place in broad daylight ever since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. These days Ancient Mesopotamia looks more like a scene from the movie Holes. -- "I still find it hard to believe this is happening," Clemens Reichel told the Huffington Post. "Since the 2003 Iraq War, my work as a field archaeologist has changed forever. Sometimes it feels more like an undertaker's work." -- For more on this issue see....The Method - 05-07-07 - mpg

Turkey seeks tie-up with Iraq
A quote...."The parties agreed to sign agreements or memorandums of understanding in over 40 areas. The detailed technical work on these projects will continue before final approval at the Turkish-Iraqi inter-governmental meeting during Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Baghdad in October."

Still Evil (And Twisting Facts) After All These Years
A quote...."In a sickeningly ass-kissing interview that calls Rice "the should-be face of the GOP," Rice is portrayed as  an "eloquent and elegant figure," concert pianist, Russian scholar and football fan who is "something of a rock star among the 'tween girl set," though documentation of this particularly bizarre claim is noticeably absent. Mostly, she is here to remind us once again that, "Every day, terrorists plot and plan to try to attack us." - bold by website editor - And Condi's absolutely right!!  Former Bush officials, current Obama officials, the Saudi Royals, Israel's Mossad, the CIA's al-Qaeda division, elements from the DOD's "black program" (which receives about fifty billion dollars a year), various thugs and criminals from the Department of Homeland Insecurity.....the list goes on and on....mpg

The Huge Hole in Gen. McChrystal's Afghan Counterinsurgency Strategy
A quote...."Of course, there is nothing new in General McChrystal's strategy, it is merely a rehash of the failed oil spot (tache d'huile) strategy, first tried by French colonialist General Louis-Hubert-Gonsalve Lyautey, and then tried again under various guises, again without lasting success, by the Americans in Vietnam."

Britain Sending Mixed Signals on Afghan Escalation
Oh Please!  It's just the typical, lying, Anglo-American, bait & switch, two-step maneuver. Brown will be sending more troops for the slaughter, a lot more. - mpg -- A quote...."One day after it became public that the British military was drawing up plans to add another 1,000 troops to its combat force in Afghanistan to support Gen. McChrystal’s call for escalation, Prime Minister Gordon Brown was sending very different signals."

German Peace Movement Demands Withdrawal From Afghanistan
A quote...."On Sept. 4, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force conducted an air strike on a fuel tank hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan. The attack killed dozens of people, including civilians, according to NATO sources. However, the German minister of defense, Franz Josef Jung, has stubbornly denied that the attack harmed civilians, insisting instead that “only Taliban were killed.” Jung even verbally attacked NATO and EU statements on the topic, saying that “other countries should not interfere.”

Iranian leader says ready to repair ties with U.S.
A quote...."MOSCOW, September 23 (RIA Novosti) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is ready to build friendly relations with the United States, the presidential website quoted him as saying in a French TV interview. -- The Iranian leader is currently in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, where he will deliver a speech later in the day. -- In response to a question on the possibility of meeting President Barack Obama, Ahmadinejad told France 2: "We consider ourselves as a friend of all nations and anybody who holds out his hands in a friendly manner, we will warmly shake his hands."

Iran Shows Modern Ballistic Missiles
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Armed Forces displayed the most modern home-made ballistic missiles during military parades here in Tehran on Tuesday."

Iran hails nuclear advance ahead of talks with big powers
A quote...."Iran on Tuesday hailed a major boost to its capacity to produce nuclear fuel as it prepared to join talks with the major powers next week that the West hopes will lead to a suspension of the sensitive process. -- The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Ali Akbar Salehi, said that improved centrifuges were now being tested that would enable uranium to be enriched more rapidly."

Jalili: Iran Ready for Fair Talks with 5+1
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian national security official on Tuesday once again underlined Tehran's preparedness to sit to the negotiating table with the six world powers for just and fair talks."

Iran calls on Arab states visit its nuclear facilities: Salehi
A quote...." TEHRAN, Sept. 21 (MNA) -- Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Director Ali Akbar Salehi has called on Persian Gulf states to visit Iran’s nuclear facilities. -- “Arab states of the Persian Gulf could make use of Iran’s experience in building nuclear plants. We invite them to come and visit to our nuclear facilities,” Salehi told reporters at a press conference here today/yesterday."

IAEA demands that Israel open nuclear facility to inspection -- This'll be fun. - mpg
Video - Special Note - Alt - (YouTube - 3 min 21 sec - September 21, 2009) -- A quote...."The International Atomic Energy Agency passed a resolution Thursday calling on the state of Israel to open its nuclear facility in Dimona to international inspection, and to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. This is the first time in 18 years that such a resolution has managed to pass the IAEA General Assembly, as it has been blocked in previous years by Israel and the US."

UN set for fireworks at annual assembly - Everybody's coming to the party, it's going to be one wild show!
A quote...."UNITED NATIONS - Some of the world's most firebrand and charismatic leaders step into the global spotlight Wednesday. -- Libya's Moamer Gathafi, known for his long speeches more usually delivered in his nomad tent, will step up to the UN podium for the first time in his four-decade rule."

Black Sea Wars
Special Note - A quote...."In August, the Georgian navy seized a Turkish tanker carrying fuel to Abkhazia, Georgia’s former province whose declaration of independence a year ago is recognized by Russia but not the West." -- also posted at LewRockwell

Missile Impossible: How the Russians View America's AMD Backdown
Special Note - A quote...."Pentagon hawks don't usually transform into doves. Likewise, US presidents are known for bombing small - if somewhat wayward - countries into a pulp rather than making conciliatory moves. Still, when Barack Obama pulled the plug on the much maligned anti-missile defense (AMD), it wasn't entirely unexpected. -- Neither were the reactions. While cries of betrayal haven't stopped echoing through the capitals of Eastern and Central Europe, people from countries without as serious a death wish as Poland have hailed Obama's move. The response from American commentators was entirely on predictable lines - from "Poland for Russia, not a bad trade!" to "OK, we've done our part, now will the Russians please deliver Ahmadijenad's head. -- But Russia is unaware of any tradeoff. From their side of the fence the picture doesn't look rosy at all. "By temporarily dropping its missile shield, the US is just trying to sell a dead cat for good money," says Konstantin Sivkov, the Vice President of the Moscow-based Academy of Geopolitical Problems."

Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine
Special Note - A quote...."The Perimeter system is very, very nice," he says. "We remove unique responsibility from high politicians and the military." He looks around again. -- Yarynich is talking about Russia's doomsday machine. That's right, an actual doomsday device—a real, functioning version of the ultimate weapon, always presumed to exist only as a fantasy of apocalypse-obsessed science fiction writers and paranoid über-hawks. The thing that historian Lewis Mumford called "the central symbol of this scientifically organized nightmare of mass extermination." Turns out Yarynich, a 30-year veteran of the Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces and Soviet General Staff, helped build one."

Venezuela to donate combat planes to Ecuador
Everybody's started to arm up since the US-NRE announced its plans to occupy seven bases in Columbia. - mpg -- A quote...."QUITO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela plans to donate a fleet of combat planes to Ecuador, local media reported on Tuesday. -- TV Ecuavisa quoted Ecuadorian military sources as saying that Venezuela would donate Ecuador a fleet of Mirage-50 planes made in the 1970s, a kind of planes that the Ecuadorian Air Force also has."

Argentina, Jordan sign nuclear agreement
A quote...."BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Argentina and Jordan signed a cooperation agreement on the pacific use of nuclear energy Tuesday, the Argentine Foreign Ministry announced."

Morales Draws High Electoral Support in Bolivia
A quote...."(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Bolivian president Evo Morales will likely secure another term in office in an upcoming election, according to a poll by Encuestas & Estudios Gallup International. 57.7 per cent of respondents would vote for Morales in the December ballot."

SOUTH AMERICA-AFRICA:  New Summit to Boost Cooperation
A quote...."CARACAS, Sep 22 (IPS) - Heads of state and other officials from 54 African and 12 South American nations will meet for the Second Africa-South America Summit this Saturday and Sunday on Isla Margarita, Venezuela, to boost cooperation in a score of areas with potential for greater bi-regional exchange."

The Parable of the Skyjacking -- Mexico Convulsed by Paranoia
This article is actually quite funny. - mpg - A quote...."To illustrate the paranoia that this unrelenting orgy of homicidal violence had bred, this September 9th a Bolivian-born evangelical preacher Jose Mar Flores Peyrera "skyjacked" an Aeromexico Boeing 737 with 104 passengers aboard, including a number of U.S. citizens, bound from Cancun to Mexico City.  Initially identified as a Venezuelan or a Colombian or some such dangerous South American, Flores turned out to be neither a drug thug or a"21st Century Socialist" but rather a self-anointed messenger of Jesus Christ sent to save Mexico. "
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US embassy in Dubai 'is a recruiting ground for Iranian spies'
A quote...."The CIA uses the American consulate in Dubai as a recruiting ground for Iranian spies, according to a new book, giving out visas only in exchange for inside information on the country."

"The Mysterious Collapse of World Trade Center 7"
A quote....."David Ray Griffin interviewed by Michel Chossudovsky on the Global Research News Hour on RBN radio, September 10, 2009. -- Prof. Griffin's discusses themes raised in his new book, The Mysterious Collapse of World Trade Center 7: Why the Final Official Report About 9/11 Is Unscientific and False."

Nosferatu and Michael Chertoff: Separated at birth?
Special Note - A quote....""Nosferatu" was the original vampire movie, made in 1922. Notice how the 'undead' Nosferatu and 'Mikey Chertoff look similar?

FBI says imam Ahmad Afzali worked both sides and tipped off suspects
No sooner than this website editor had written that this case might actually involve "real" terrorists, than it turns out it might just involve more "manufactured" terrorists (like all the others).  Just read the article and think about it. – mpg -- A quote...."The Queens imam arrested in the Denver terrorism probe is an FBI informant the feds say became a double agent - tipping suspects that they were in the government's crosshairs. -- Ahmad Afzali, 37, insisted he's been loyally helping the government root out extremists since 9/11. -- His lawyer, Ron Kuby, calls him a fall guy. -- "I think the FBI is angry that they blew this case, and they want to blame poor Imam Afzali for blowing the investigation," Kuby said."

Media hypes terror plot, despite the fact no one is charged with terror
Related Article - A quote...."It has a familiar ring: “Investigators are looking for about a dozen more people in connection with a wide-ranging terror investigation that has already netted arrests in Colorado and New York City, a source familiar with the investigation said Tuesday.” -- also posted at RogueGov

GERMANY: Terror Plot Emerges as Secret Service Game
Related Article - Some quotes...."It was announced as a terror plot busted. German police had captured three young Muslim men in the small village Medebach-Oberschledor, some 450 km southwest of Berlin Sep. 4 in 2007. The police declared they had seized 730 kilograms of hydrogen peroxide, enough to make 550 kg of explosives." -- "But now, the case has ceased to be "the serious terrorist threat" it was called. It is now a mysterious puzzle of secret service games, prosecutors' alarmism spread by the media, and basic failures of justice. The supposedly dangerous group members have emerged as no more than some muddle-heads. They had no links whatsoever to international Islamic terror groups."

In Germany, 'al Qaeda' warnings spice up election
Related Article - A quote...."Reports have suggested that the timing of the threats could help the current government, which is facing increasing criticism over the unpopular war in Afghanistan." -- For more on the articles shown above, see article below....


MSM: Another Microbiology Researcher Dies - It seems to be a very dangerous profession. - mpg
A quote...."(ABC7) – A University of Chicago researcher died after being exposed to a strain of bacteria that causes plague. And Malcolm Casadaban’s family wants answers."

Police State: 14-Year-Old Girl Tasered In The Head - Of course it's dangerous just to be a "citizen" these days.
Thugs in Blue Alert -- A quote...."Hatcher said he shot two Taser darts at Kailee Martinez, 14, Thursday while responding to a domestic dispute between the girl and her mother. One hit her in the head and the other struck her back. -- Martinez said she was released from Albuquerques University of New Mexico Hospital on Sunday following a two-hour surgery to remove one of the darts from her head. The surgery left her with 18 staples and six stitches. “I feel good being home,” Martinez said Tuesday."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Haniyeh to UN chief: Hamas accepts Palestinian state in '67 borders
A quote...."The head of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip has told United Nations Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon that the group supports any steps leading to the creation of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, according to the Palestinian news agency Ramattan. -- The letter - written by Ismail Haniyeh on Tuesday to coincide with a UN conference currently underway in New York - stated that, "We would never thwart efforts to create an independent Palestinian state with borders [from] June 4, 1967, with Jerusalem as its capital."  -- also posted at ICH

Exclusive: Hamas leader interview
A quote...."No major conflict can be resolved without each side talking to the other. That was the case in South Africa, Ireland and countless other situations where people said they would never talk to their opponents. I was vilified in the Eighties for saying that, to resolve the Irish conflict, you had to talk to Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness. -- In the Middle East, peace can only be achieved through discussion between the elected representatives of both the Israelis and the Palestinians - and that means Hamas, which won a big majority in the last Palestinian parliamentary election, as well as Fatah." -- also posted at ICH

Settlers destroy Palestinian owned lands and the military kidnapped four farmers
A quote...."A group of armed Israeli settlers destroyed on Monday Palestinian owned lands in northern West Bank while the military kidnapped four farmers who tired to stop the attack." -- also posted at AtheoNews

Time to Break Free from Partition Straightjacket
Obama™ Update -- A quote...."The desperate and desultory New York 'summit' among Barack Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas and the evident capitulation of Obama to Israeli defiance of even his minimalist effort to achieve mere maintenance of the status quo have left most observers who genuinely seek peace with some measure of justice in an understandable state of despair." -- It's all those false expectations that leave people in despair, which is sort of confusing, because after twice watching the most obsequious and craven performance ever given before AIPAC by a candidate for the office of president of the United States, and also watching this same person's laughing indifference to Gaza's savage bombardment, death and misery for a whole month right before his coronation as Emperor, one finds it hard to believe how anyone could have had any expectations that this lackey of AIPAC would do anything but get on bended knee to service Israel's needs. – mpg

UN SUMMIT~GAZA RESPONDS
Must Read - Obama™ Update -- Great short satirical video loop, which just about sums up the whole sorry situation - mpg -- A quote...."While the US Government celebrates its Summit Victory for Israel with a cruise around New York.....  There is absolute outrage in Gaza (and the rest of the normal world) happening live right now, There is a huge public speaking engagement going on now in Gaza outside in the streets, people are shouting and angry. I am listening to the shouting in Gaza as I type this. People there are very angry over the summit that just concluded between Obama/Netanyahu and Abbas. Obama has achieved nothing, and in fact has made matters worse. They see this as a victory for Israel and a defeat for Abbas and Palestine, and I agree." -- also posted at Uruknet

Ali Hattar – Israel's thirst for the Nile's water
A quote...."What is taking place regarding the Nile’s water is not a simple matter… Without exaggeration… It is as important as war itself…"

“Free yourselves from the shackles of Israeli pressure,” the man said
You ever notice how shekel is so similar to shackle, there's a reason for that folks, just think about it for awhile. - mpg -- A quote...."British Zionist minister froths at Ken Livingstone interview with Hamas leader. -- Stuart Littlewood views the rabid reaction of a notorious Israeli agent of influence, British Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis, to an interview with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, conducted by former London Mayor Ken Livingstone and published in the New Statesmen."

Settlement university dropped from prestigious architecture competition
Action Update - Boycott, Divest, Sanction - it works folks, it really truly works. - mpg -- A quote...."On this basis, the UK-based Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine (APJP) initiated a campaign backed by UK and international architects and academics, which was also taken up by the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) in Palestine, against official Spanish recognition of the illegal Israeli university in occupied Palestinian territory. The support of many individuals and organizations in Spain for the cancellation of AUCS's participation in the Solar Decathlon culminated in a parliamentary question in the Spanish Parliament and the eventual exclusion of the illegal settlement's academic institution from the competition." -- For more on how to boycott Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website. - mpg
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More on the US-NRE's Honduran Coup....

US 'likely behind' Chavez coup
Obama™ Update -- A quote...."Jimmy Carter, a former US president, has said that Washington knew about an abortive coup against Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, in 2002, and that it may even have taken part. -- "I think there is no doubt that in 2002, the United States had at the very least full knowledge about the coup, and could even have been directly involved," Carter said in an interview with Colombian El Tiempo newspaper published on Sunday."

Honduran forces lay siege to embassy sheltering deposed President
A quote...."Honduras stood on the brink of widespread civil unrest last night as security forces laid siege to an embassy where the deposed President, Manuel Zelaya, had taken refuge, and clashed with protesters flooding the capital." -- also posted at WarInIraq

Soldiers Should Stop Repressing People, Zelaya
A quote...."Tegucigalpa, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) Honduras Constitutional President Manuel Zelaya demanded Tuesday armed forces to stop repressing people and withdraw to their barracks to achieve restitution of democracy in the country."

The One-Sided War on the Streets of Honduras
A quote...."TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009: Government forces attacked a peaceful crowd outside the Brazilian Embassy Tuesday morning, in an apparent attempt to dispel support for deposed President Mel Zelaya. Mr. Zelaya had returned to the country on Monday after almost three months in exile."

The Road to Zelaya’s Return: Money, Guns and Social Movements in Honduras
A quote...."At least 11 anti-coup activists have been killed since Zelaya was ousted.(2) Following the coup, approximately 1,500 people have been jailed for political purposes, and many Zelaya supporters have been beaten.(3) Via Campesina offices have been attacked, and the Feminists of Honduras in Resistance said that there have been 19 documented cases of rape by police officers since the coup took place.(4) The newspaper El Tiempo reported that armed groups in Colombia have been recruiting demobilized paramilitaries for mercenary work in Honduras. Honduras business leaders are hiring these paramilitaries for their own private security.(5)" -- More ol'dat US-NRE styled "freedom and democracy" in action! - mpg
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Arguments for Deflation: Unemployment, Debt and Deleveraging, the Pension Crisis, Collapse of the Shadow Banking System, and Interest on Reserves. -- Special Note - "As Absolute Return Partners wrote in its July newsletter:"


"So which is it, inflation or deflation"?

'Dr. Deflation' Changes His Mind After 27+ Years - Gary North thinks there is going to be inflation. - mpg
Special Note - A quote...."Dr. Martin Weiss has reversed course. He now thinks price inflation lies ahead. - This is the equivalent of Steve Jobs announcing: "The future of computing over the next decade is with Microsoft Windows 7."

Report: China weighs purchase of IMF gold
A quote...."BEIJING, Sept 21 (Reuters) - China is considering buying gold being offered for sale by the International Monetary Fund, Market News International said on Monday, citing two unnamed government sources, but the report could not immediately be confirmed."

And Now… FDIC Could Seek Bailout from Banks -- Haaaa haaaa haaaa!  It's just so funny! - mpg
A quote...."Regulators may borrow billions from big banks to shore up the dwindling fund that insures regular deposit accounts. -- The loans would go to the fund maintained by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that insure depositors when banks fail, said one industry and one government official familiar with the FDIC board’s thinking, who requested anonymity because the plans are still evolving." -- For on this issue see....Michel Chossudovsky's "Circular Process" - 09-17-09 - mpg

Obamacare and the $13 rule
On the health care issue - A quote...."In the capitalist haven of Hong Kong, my adopted home, anybody who can scrape together the equivalent of US$13 can receive generous, timely and usually first-rate health care in an emergency ward. By contrast, US hospitals are turning away the sick, the injured and the dying, even though they might be carrying a lot more than $13 bucks in their pockets."
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Monday September 21st 2009

"I am concerned that if the direction of the news is all blogosphere, all opinions, with no serious fact-checking, no serious attempts to put stories in context, that what you will end up getting is people shouting at each other across the void but not a lot of mutual understanding."

On the other hand it looks like no sooner than the article shown above had been written , Obama appeared to cave,  (no surprise there) which of course would imply that he supported the investigation in the first place, which most assuredly is not true.  But this website editor was getting tired of calling Obama that “craven boot-licking butt-kissing lackey of this nation's twisted elites”, although it’s a spot on description of his behavior, or even using that tried and true....and always accurate phrase ...."when are you ObamaTrolls ever going to learn", so for one brief shining moment of sheer lunacy this website editor entertained the notion that maybe, just possibly, deep down inside that seething mass of rotted obsequiousness that is Obama, the thing that looks like a man but acts like a toad, there might have been one teeny, tiny, itsy, bitsy, spark of human morality....that finally got snuffed out. - mpg -- See article shown below....

Sunday September 20th 2009

No posts. - mpg

Saturday September 19th 2009

Military & Govt. oath: Defend the US Constitution against all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC
Must Read - A quote...."Among hundreds of writers, I’ve documented overwhelming evidence that the US is waging illegal Wars of Aggression, the worst crime a nation can commit. I’ve also documented the OBVIOUS lies political “leadership” from both parties told and still tell to justify these campaigns for empire. I’ve given historical context of Abraham Lincoln doing the same as a freshman in Congress pointing out the OBVIOUS lies justifying invasion of Mexico.  -- The Left and Right arms of the one oligarchic political body will not prosecute each other, of course. These politicians are not merely lying sacks of spin; their crimes are treason against the United States because they’ve killed over 5,000 American troops. They betray their oath of office to protect and defend the US Constitution each and every day." -- also posted at DProgram

Australian adviser to US military provides chilling insight into neo-colonial mentality
Must Read - A quote...."The theme of Kilcullen’s lecture was “Defeating Global Terrorism”. What it actually contained was a presentation of the tactics that were used in Iraq, described as “clear, hold, build” in current military manuals, and outlined how they should be applied in Afghanistan. The central tenet of Kilcullen’s COIN theory is “support follows strength”—in other words, that force convinces. Perhaps sensing the audience had not grasped his meaning, he cited Mao Zedong’s dictum that “power comes from the barrel of a gun”. -- Kilcullen asserts that most armed resistance to the US-led occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq is carried out by “accidental guerillas”—people who are fighting only because foreign powers “are intruding in their space”. This formulation deliberately obscures the fact that insurgencies reflect a legitimate, political rejection of neo-colonial oppression by the occupied populations. According to Kilcullen, people are primarily motivated by self-interest and will therefore “do almost anything or support anyone for the gift of safety”. Providing the occupying forces prove they are stronger than the insurgency, the population will ultimately accept being ruled by a US puppet state." - bold by website editor - also posted at ThePeoplesVoice -- A policy of brutal, unapologetic, racist, murderous, colonial, thuggery, openly declared for all the world to see by a person who works for two out of the four countries currently promoting "White Man's Burden". - mpg

Taliban leader tells 'invaders' to study history
Must Read - Some quotes...."The Taliban's reclusive leader said in a Muslim holiday message Saturday that the U.S. and NATO should study Afghanistan's long history of war, in a pointed reminder that foreign forces have had limited military success in the country." -- "In his message for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which ends the fasting month of Ramadan, Omar said the U.S. and NATO should study the history of Alexander the Great, whose forces were defeated by Pashtun tribesmen in the 4th century.  "We would like to point out that we fought against the British invaders for 80 years from 1839 to 1919 and ultimately got independence by defeating" Britain, a statement attributed to Omar said.

CIA Adding Bases in Afghanistan as Taliban Gains, Panetta Says - link posted at ICH
A quote...."Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The growing strength of the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan prompted the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency to establish more bases there, the agency’s director said."

Al Jazeera exposes Iraq's booming, 'endemic' drug trade
Special Note - A quote...."A little-noticed report by Arab news network Al Jazeera on Friday shined a light on an often overlooked aspect of occupied Iraq: Its blossoming drug trade, fueled by Afghanistan and Iran, the profits from which have begun to spill over from the drug cartels to the militias." -- The two countries currently being occupied by the US-NRE, Afghanistan and Iraq, are now exporting drugs like crazy. No doubt with a goodly portion being shipped by the CIA to support their black ops. Where as before these ruinous and merciless occupations, Saddam hadn't allowed any drugs to be produced in Iraq, and the Taliban had eliminated them (through harsh measures) in Afghanistan.  Does everyone get the point?  Does everyone understand? This is what the US-NRE DOES; IT IS ALL THAT IT DOES!!  - mpg

Shoe thrower shot by US troops dies - The "other one", not the Bush Basher. - mpg
Special Note - A quote...."A man who lived through the "cleansing" of Fallujah by occupation forces. Two battles - not one. He saw his city burn, his friends killed, his neighbours maimed. His mind broke, and he became imbalanced. He roamed the streets with long unkempt hair, disheveled clothes and a wild look in his eyes. Whenever he saw an American military convoy pass, he would shake his fists in the air and raise his voice and swear at them. He would sometimes pick up a pebble and hurl it at them."

Pakistan police raid US-contracted security firm
Special Note - Ahhh Haa, Pakistan isn't just going to roll over and play dead under the US-NRE's jack boots! - mpg -- A quote...."Pakistani police raided a local security firm that helps protect the U.S. Embassy on Saturday, seizing dozens of allegedly unlicensed weapons at a time when unusually intense media scrutiny of America's use of private contractors has deepened anti-U.S. sentiment. -- Two employees of the Inter-Risk company were arrested during the raids in Islamabad, police official Rana Akram said. Reporters were shown the seized weapons — 61 assault rifles and nine pistols. Akram said police were seeking the firm's owner."

NAM urges IAEA to protect nuclear sites
A quote...."On the final day of the 53rd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Egypt's ambassador read out a statement on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, in support of a 1985 non-binding resolution that bans military attacks on nuclear sites." -- also posted at AtheoNews

New Poll Finds Strong Domestic Support for Iran Regime
A quote...."Despite persistent mass demonstrations protesting June’s disputed reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a new survey of Iranian public opinion released here Saturday suggests majority domestic support for both him and the country’s basic governing institutions."

Iran Wins One Against the USA
Special Note - A quote...."Tut, tut America, It's not nice to play favorites.Clinton warns Iran: talk to us about your weapons or face isolation So what does Iran say about this?

Iran ready to pay for probe into Israeli nukes
A quote...."Iran is prepared to allocate a budget for a probe into Israel's largely clandestine nuclear industry, Tehran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says." -- also posted at AtheoNews

What Did Ahmadinejad Really Say? - Article also posted at ICH
A quote...."September 19, 2009 "Consortium News" -- It is an important principle of journalism that when someone makes a statement, especially a controversial one with grave implications, the comment should be put in the fullest possible context so the reader can make an informed judgment. But that rule doesn’t seem to apply when the New York Times writes about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad." -- also posted at AtheoNews

In Missile ‘Backdown,’ Obama Moves Toward War on Iran
Special Note -- Well wad'da'ya know, the US-NRE caught in another lie....again....for the thousandth time.- mpg -- A quote...."The countries previously in the Soviet satellite (and currently in the US satellite) may be sycophantic but they’re not stupid. Though the US administration had insisted for years that placing missiles on Czech and Polish soil was all about Iran, had nothing to do with Russia, and that only a paranoid Russian nationalist would suggest otherwise, the Poles knew better. Upon President Obama’s announcement that the Polish and Czech deal was off, these two NATO “allies” screamed: “Betrayal! The U.S. sold us to Russia and stabbed us in the back.” Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski, himself the product of spooky US and British think-tanks like the neo-conservative American Enterprise Institute, wagged a finger at his handlers back in the US and called the timing of the announcement “clumsy.” Why clumsy? Because it came on the 70th anniversary of the Soviet occupation of parts of Poland!"

Minister: Russia won't deploy missiles near Poland
A quote..."Russia will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland because the U.S. no longer wants to place a missile-defense system in Eastern Europe, a Russian deputy defense minister said Saturday."

Putin’s power play keeps the West guessing
Must Read - A quote...."Vladimir Putin personifies that magical moment when Russia went from being a crippled, post-Soviet state, to a relatively healthy, modern nation. Many will never forgive him for that. -- But before we understand what exactly it is that unnerves the West about Vladimir Putin, and his potential return to the Russian presidency, it is necessary to understand the political atmosphere in both the United States and in Russia just before his sudden rise to power."

Israel wants more of your money... NOW!
Quote of the Day....""Once we squeeze all we can out of the United States, it can dry up and blow away." -- Israeli CRIME Minister *'Bibi' Netanyahu*
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Records of Massive Explosions on 911:Down the Memory Hole in Service of the “nanothermite” Theory
Special Note - A quote...."Notice how HBO edits out the sounds of explosions when they run part of that same clip. In the clip, you can see the dust from the Twin Towers all around them, so the towers are down, already demoed, and Building 7 is still standing… and guess what? Explosions. -- So they didn’t use “nanothermite” to keep us from hearing explosions… they used EDITORS." -- For more on this issue see....9/11 - WTC7 & 9/11 - WTC-1&2

Germany boosts terrorism alert level
Special Note - A quote...."BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- The German government raised its terrorism alert level after al Qaeda posted a video on the Internet threatening attacks in Germany if this month's elections do not come out the way the terrorist organization wants." -- Right before the election where Chancellor Angela Merkel, who supports a continued German presence in Afghanistan, was losing support because of the most recent disastrous bombing in that country.  Why doesn't al Qaeda just publicly come fourth and state they work for the CIA? This is just a pathetic, kindergarten level Psyops electioneering attempt. Exactly how many times, in how many countries, is al Qaeda going to come to the rescue of various Neocon policies and politicians right before they're voted on by releasing "tapes"?  This is really childish, predictable and it's becoming truly boring....and please this website editor is not encouraging the security services of the US-NRE or Germany to "prove" that this threat is real.  The people of this world have had enough of their false flag "events' already. The Saudi Royals, Israel and the US-NRE should just give up the whole pretense, everyone knows about what they're doing so they should just stop it. – mpg

Krakauer Seethes Over Tillman Tragedy, Cover-up
A quote...."In "Where Men Win Glory," Jon Krakauer examines the killing by friendly fire of professional football player Pat Tillman, combining empathy and extensive reporting in an affecting portrait of the victim and a bitter condemnation of the cover-up that followed his death while on duty in Afghanistan. -- Krakauer also ties the tragedy into a long line of U.S. misfires with the Taliban and al-Qaida — a pointed exercise at a time when the Afghanistan campaign is losing political and public support." -- For more on this issue see....US Fake Intel / Propaganda - Pat Tillman

U.S. Agents Arrest Father and Son in Terror Inquiry
These might actually be the first "real" terrorists arrested in the US-NRE so far.  Given the past history of the FBI in these sorts of cases of course, we'll just have to wait and see.  But at least these aren't hobos, or crack-heads living in a warehouse somewhere who are accused of nefarious deeds after being wined, dined given loads of cash along with delusions of grandeur and taught plans for mayhem and murder by the FBI's "finest" for six months.  THAT is at least a start in the right direction.  Who knows, maybe one day the FBI will even be able to summon up enough courage to track down those really responsible for ordering and paying for the "hit" called 9/11!!  One can only hope. – mpg -- A quote...."Federal authorities arrested a 24-year-old Denver shuttle bus driver and his father on Saturday night, charging them both with making false statements to the government in an ongoing federal terrorism investigation stretching from New York to Colorado to overseas, government officials said."

Official: FCC to propose 'Net neutrality' rules
A quote...."The head of the FCC plans to propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks, an official at the agency said Saturday."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Those Dastardly Anti-Semites?
A quote...."September 19, 2009 "Information Clearing House" -- IS THERE no limit to the wiles of those dastardly anti-Semites? -- Now they have decided to slander the Jews with another blood libel. Not the old accusation of slaughtering Christian children to use their blood for baking Passover matzoth, as in the past, but of the mass slaughter of women and children in Gaza. -- And who did they put at the head of the commission which was charged with this task? Neither a British Holocaust-denier nor a German neo-Nazi, nor even an Iranian fanatic, but of all people a Jewish judge who bears the very Jewish name of Goldstone (originally Goldstein, of course). And not just a Jew with a Jewish name, but a Zionist, whose daughter, Nicole, is an enthusiastic Zionist who once “made Aliyah” and speaks fluent Hebrew. And not just a Jewish Zionist, but a South African who opposed apartheid and was appointed to the country’s Constitutional Court when that system was abolished. -- All this in order to defame the most moral army in the world, fresh from waging the most just war in history!"

Swedish paper cleared over Israeli organ claims
A quote...."A Swedish newspaper report which had said that Israeli soldiers stole and sold body parts of dead Palestinians did not constitute inciting racism. - Two written requests had been submitted to the Swedish Chancellor of Justice to probe whether the report in the Aftonbladet tabloid last month amounted to inciting racial hatred and violated freedom of expression laws. - On Saturday, the news agency TT reported that the country's Chancellor of Justice had decided not to open a preliminary investigation into the case." -- For more on this issue see....Israeli Organ Thefts

Shining a light on Israeli aggression in Gaza
A quote...."So, Stephen Harper and his ministers were defending possible war crimes and crimes against humanity, while Michael Ignatieff and senior Liberals were staying mostly mum. And much of our mainstream media were averting their gaze from, or excusing, the possible crimes. -- Now, no less an authority than Richard Goldstone, former chief prosecutor with the war crimes tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, says that the three-week Israeli onslaught on Gaza eight months ago amounted to "war crimes and possibly, in some respects, crimes against humanity."

Historic Palestine Photo Album - My Occupied Land - Alt - (BublShr - April 30, 2007 - Album photo: 1 of 82)
Must View Photo Gallery - A quote...."By Sabbah"


Palestine Pre-1947 - Alt - (YouTube - 5 min 32 sec - October 29, 2007)
Must View Video - A quote...."The old lie that Palestine was dry desert waiting for a people is just that--a lie. This clip for all people to see the Beauty of the Palestinian People before they were ethnically cleansed and murdered and made into refugees by the State of Israel." -- Music Joaquin Rodrigo, lyrics Helmut Lotti, sung by Lotti  -- All Photos (b&w) from http://fai.cyberia.net.lb/
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More on the US-NRE's Honduran Coup....

Honduras Resistance Remains Firm
A quote...."Tegucigalpa, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) The National Front against the coup d''Etat stated that the resistance to the de facto government remains firm and it could not be defeated despite repression."

Honduras Resistance Warns of Provocateurs on the Internet
A quote...."A sure sign that the Honduran people’s resistance against the June 28 coup d’etat continues to enjoy massive public support comes from the continued disinformation campaigns against it. After all, if the coup regime really had, as its defenders claim, won the battle for Honduran hearts and minds, it wouldn’t need to persist in its overstated PR and disinfo campaigns against coup opponents."
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Lehman Brothers Revisited
Must Read - A quote...."The most popular storyline offered by these Monday morning quarterbacks is that the mistaken decision to allow Lehman to fail resulted from the Bush Administration's misplaced faith in the free markets. In this telling, the real crises began in the days following the Lehman bankruptcy, which unleashed a financial panic that would have caused complete economic collapse – if not for the subsequent federal intervention. -- In reality, Lehman's demise was simply the result of an unfolding crisis that began years before. Popular belief aside, allowing the institution to succumb to the overwhelming debts on its balance sheet was perhaps the only correct decision made by government since this crisis began."

Negative Interest Rates
Must Read - A quote...."There is considerable discussion about the possibility that the Federal Reserve could and possibly should create a monetary environment in which interest rates are negative."

• First, why should it do this?
• Second, is this even possible?
• Third, if it is possible, under what conditions could/should the FED do this?

"I am not speaking here of real interest rates, i.e., the cost of borrowing discounted by the rate of price inflation. That environment existed in the late 1970s when Federal Reserve policy under the pipe-smoking Arthur Burns and then the long-forgotten G. William Miller produced negative real interest rates. Prices were rising at rates higher than T-bill rates or T-bond rates. Investors lost wealth by investing in these assets rather than gold or silver."

The rich still run the US
Must Read - A quote...."The United States is a rich country, so it seems obvious that our forms of corruption are preferable to those that plague developing countries. And they are, in the sense that it is always better to be a rich country and have rich country problems than to be a poor or middle-income country. But if we look at the US from the point of view of its potential – and I don't mean utopian dreams but merely what is quite feasible and practical in the immediate or near future – it seems that we have a very limited form of democracy. -- One year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and nearly two years into our worst recession since the Great Depression, we have almost nothing to show in the way of reforms that could prevent a recurrence. The financial sector is probably more concentrated than it was before the crisis, and financial firms are still gambling with taxpayer guarantees, and even subsidies."

Moody's Does Not Expect Housing To Return To Pre-Bust Levels Before 2020
Special Note - Map - (Click to enlarge) -- A quote...."Troubled rating agency Moody's, in its most recent Resi Landscape publication, has provided some very brutal projections for the housing market turnaround, which, if true, will promptly make any V-shaped recovery conversation moot. And for all homeowners who are holding on to underwater mortgages hoping for a quick bubble #2 inspired turnaround, you may want to reevaluate: quote Moody's "It will take more than a decade to completely recover from the 40% peak-to-trough decline in national home prices." - bold by website editor

Housing Agency's Cash Reserves Will Drop Below Requirement
A quote...."The Federal Housing Administration has been hit so hard by the mortgage crisis that for the first time, the agency's cash reserves will drop below the minimum level set by Congress, FHA officials said. -- The FHA guaranteed about a quarter of all U.S. home loans made this year, and the reserves are meant as a financial cushion to ensure that the agency can cover unexpected losses. -- "It's very serious," FHA Commissioner David H. Stevens said in an interview. "There's nothing more serious that we're addressing right now, outside the housing crisis in general, than this issue."

Are U.S. Treasury Bond Sales a Ponzi Scheme?
Must Read - A quote...."I have heard at least 5 different theories by very smart people about how U.S. treasury bond sales are being faked. -- I do not have either the background or the inside knowledge to be able to comment on whether any of them are true." -- also posted at BLN

U.S. Authorities Probing $100 Billion of Bonds Seized in Italy - link posted at ICH
Another one!!  What the HECK is going on??? -- A quote...."Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Secret Service is examining more than $100 billion of U.S. government bonds confiscated in northern Italy in August, just two months after $134 billion of allegedly fake securities were seized in a nearby town. "

French farmers dump milk to protest price slump
Photo Gallery - We should call these shots "Depression Memories" - mpg -- A quote...."French milk producers arrive to pour litres of milk on a field near Le Mont Saint Michel, western France, September 18, 2009 in protest over a growing industrial dispute over low prices. The banner reads "milk strike".(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)"
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Friday September 18th 2009

America's failed model for the world - Article also posted at ICH
Special Note - A quote...."Lounging one evening in one of Budapest's elegant thermal baths larger than an Olympic swimming pool, with Europeans of all ages and nationalities soaking their limbs in relaxed leisure, I was treated to a dose of the common wisdom that is taking hold here. Introducing myself as an American evinced a swift reaction from one sweating sauna companion: -- "I don't understand you Americans. You blow billions on a useless war in Afghanistan and Iraq, and billions more to bail out banks that nearly bankrupted the world economy, but you don't ensure healthcare for your own people. Even Obama can't make a difference. It's as if your democracy doesn't work anymore." -- He was Austrian but spoke in a near-perfect English that was as good grammatically as that spoken by some of my relatives."

The Day the SWAT Team Came Crashing Through My Door - We are all Gitmo prisoners now. - mpg
Special Note - A quote...."I remember thinking, as I kneeled at gunpoint with my hands bound on my living room floor, that there had been a terrible, terrible mistake. - An errant Prince George's County SWAT team had just forced its way into our home, shot dead our two black Labradors, Payton and Chase, and started ransacking our belongings as part of what would become a four-hour ordeal."

Another Victory for Gitmo Prisoner: Score Is Detainees 30, U.S. 7
A quote...."Late Thursday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., granted yet another detainee at Guantanamo Bay the right to go free. That makes 30 out of 37 habeas corpus cases decided so far in which Guantanamo prisoners have won orders for their release. In each case, a federal judge has concluded, after reviewing all of the government’s evidence, that there is no justification for continuing to keep the detainee behind bars." -- also posted at AftrDwngSt

ACLU: CIA Should Stop Suppressing Guantánamo Detainee Statement
A quote...."The American Civil Liberties Union today urged a federal court to review transcripts in which 14 prisoners now held at Guantánamo Bay describe abuse and torture suffered in CIA custody in order to determine whether the government can continue to withhold the records from the public. The filing came in an ACLU Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit to obtain uncensored transcripts from Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRTs) used to determine if Guantánamo detainees qualify as "enemy combatants."

9/11 Commission ‘played with fire’ - posted at Online Journal
A quote...."(WMR) -- Lebanese student pilot Ziad Jarrah, according to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the “911 Commission,” was said to have been the pilot of the United Airlines Boeing 757-200 that crashed into the ground near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on the morning of September 11, 2001."

US missile system’s track record: test delays, failed launches, missed targets
A quote...."For a system designed to protect the country from nuclear oblivion, the US national missile defence project’s history of failure has long raised eyebrows among scientists. -- Years of testing have seen rocket-propelled interceptors refuse to launch from their silos, fail to separate from their boosters and miss their targets, sometimes by hundreds of miles."

US hero Pat Tillman thought Iraq war was 'imperial folly'
A quote...."The soldier and former American football player Pat Tillman who was killed in Afghanistan thought George W. Bush was a 'cowboy' and the Iraq an 'imperial folly'. " -- For more on this issue see....US Fake Intel / Propaganda - Pat Tillman
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Why I threw the shoe - Article also posted at ICH
Special Note - A quote...."I am free. But my country is still a prisoner of war. There has been a lot of talk about the action and about the person who took it, and about the hero and the heroic act, and the symbol and the symbolic act. But, simply, I answer: what compelled me to act is the injustice that befell my people, and how the occupation wanted to humiliate my homeland by putting it under its boot." -- also posted at CommonDreams

Iraqi Oil Minister Accused of Mother of All Sell-Outs
A quote...."To public fury, the country is handing over control of its oilfields to foreign companies. -- Furious protests threaten to undermine the Iraqi government's controversial plan to give international oil companies a stake in its giant oilfields in a desperate effort to raise declining oil production and revenues. -- In less than two weeks, on 29 and 30 June, the Iraqi Oil Minister, Hussain Shahristani, will award service contracts to the world's largest oil companies to develop six of Iraq's largest oil-producing fields over 20 to 25 years."  - also posted at DProgram -  These contracts are ILLEGAL!!  The country is under military occupation, as such any contracts that the occupying colonial powers force the government of Iraq to sign under the barrel of a gun are NOT WORTH THE PAPER THEY’RE WRITTEN ON. When the occupation is over, and it will be eventually, the Iraqi people can not only tear the contracts up, they can seize any assets of the companies which participated in this resource mugging for reparations and repayment of monies stolen. – mpg -- For more on this sort of issue see....War Resource 9/11

Afghanistan: Where Empires Go to Die
A quote...."On September 7 the Swedish aid agency Swedish Committee for Afghanistan reported that the previous week US soldiers raided one of its hospitals. According to the director of the aid agency, Anders Fange, troops stormed through both the men's and women's wards, where they frantically searched for wounded Taliban fighters. --
Soldiers demanded that hospital administrators inform the military of any incoming patients who might be insurgents, after which the military would then decide if said patients would be admitted or not. Fange called the incident "not only a clear violation of globally recognized humanitarian principles about the sanctity of health facilities and staff in areas of conflict, but also a clear breach of the civil-military agreement" between nongovernmental organizations and international forces."

Post-Vote Uncertainty Adds to US Problems in Afghanistan
A quote...."The months of political uncertainty that are almost certain to result from the massive voter fraud in last month’s Afghan election could linger into next spring, some Obama officials warn. This would be another disastrous complication for an already disastrous war."

Germany must pull out of Afghanistan - link posted at ICH
A quote...."Welcome to the land of make-believe. The harsh realities of the Afghan operation were ignored and Bundeswehr involvement strictly denied, be it over German participation in the overall planning process of the operations, the knowledge about the inhumane prison conditions in the US detention facility in Bagram or the questionable manhunt by US special forces in north Afghanistan. Bundeswehr operations miraculously didn't kill civilians, that was always the fault of the US, British or other coalition forces. -- Inevitably, this approach was bound to fail. The signs are on the wall for everybody to see: The security situation in all of Afghanistan, including the German area of responsibility, is deteriorating – producing record numbers of incidents and civilian casualties every month. More and more Afghan people are being alienated by the military focus of the international engagement in Afghanistan. Peace and reconstruction seem even further away than before. The presidential elections only accelerated the disillusionment. All in all, Nato's strategy has led us into a cul-de-sac."

Taliban put their heads together
A quote...."ISLAMABAD - In a significant development, rival Taliban commanders - including some of the most powerful in Afghanistan and Pakistan - have agreed to cooperate in the fight against coalition forces. They have also resolved to bury their differences in the Pakistani tribal areas, where security forces and United States drones have been exacting a heavy toll."

NATO supplies attacked in Pakistan
A quote...."Militants have reportedly set on fire a supply truck en route to US and NATO bases in Afghanistan in an overnight attack at Pakistan's south-western Baluchistan province." -- also posted at WarInIraq

The Worm's in the Apple - Who's really behind that "bipartisan" call to attack Iran?
Must Read - A quote...."Who or what is the "Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)," and what is the source of their foreign policy expertise? Formerly the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP), the group was a left-of-center alliance of big liberal foundations and their collaborators in the "environmentalist" movement, academia, and government. Their agenda: draconian restrictions on energy production. You would think that the energy industry would stay far away from this group, but no: included among this gaggle of radical environmentalists and anti-business academics were top executives or former executives with Ford, Exelon, and ConocoPhillips — corporations big enough to survive and even prosper under the new "environmentalist" regime, since BPC-backed regulations would cripple their competitors." --  also posted at CASMII & LewRockwell

Scott Horton Interviews Gareth Porter
Audio Interview -- A quote...."Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses his article “IAEA Conceals Evidence Iran Documents Were Forged,” the admission of an IAEA official that the “smoking laptop” contents were compiled from multiple sources and the mainstream media’s tendency to play fast and loose with the facts on Iran."

Israel ‘Deplores’ IAEA Call to Join NPT
A quote...."The Israeli government has officially said that it “deplores” the vote by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) member states to call on Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and submit their nuclear facilities to the same oversight as the rest of the world does."

Ahmadinejad Spews Raving Lunatic Anti-Semitism on 'Jerusalem Day'
Ahmadinejad should just SHUT UP!  If he really said these things he's on drugs, not taking his drugs, or the CIA has given him syphilis (they like to do that sort of stuff). What an idiot, what a moron, and it doesn't matter that he almost certainly said it for domestic consumption. If he's trying to dumb down the Iranian population, as our elites have already done here in the US-NRE, God (or Allah) help the Iranian people. - mpg -- A quote...."President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a sermon on Friday for "Jerusalem Day" that is full of the most vile crackpot anti-Semitism that can be imagined."

Ahmadinejad and Curry Teach us About Hypocrisy
Video - Related Article - On the other hand, Ahmadinejad appears to have done slightly better here at least with part one, in part two he didn't do so good. - mpg  -- A quote...."The first of Ann Curry’s two part interview with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad aired on NBC earlier tonight.  Curry directly questioned Ahmadinejad about the hotly contested election results, the murder of Neda Agha-Soltan and Iran’s nuclear power program.  Curry’s line of questioning was calculated and to the point but she was unable to rattle Ahmadinejad into stumbling for answers as she no doubt would have liked to." -- embedding disabled by request - watch on YouTube (don't know why it was disabled - mpg) -- For part two - click here - YouTube

Hezbollah unwilling to start war with Israel: chief
A quote...."Some Lebanese politicians are saying Israel may wage war on Lebanon, and this is possible, but we do not want this war," said Nasrallah in a televised speech during the commemoration of Al-Quds Day in Dahiyeh, southern Beirut suburb. -- Nasrallah said making deals and normalization with Israel is "religiously forbidden," and his group will neither recognize Israel, nor succumb to it, "even if the whole world recognizes its existence." 

Yemen announces conditional ceasefire with rebels
A quote...."Yemen's government said on Saturday its forces were suspending a five-week-long military operation against Shiite rebels in the mountainous north to mark the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. -- It also said the suspension would become a permanent ceasefire if the rebels abided by certain conditions. A rebel spokesman said they would "examine" the conditions."

Russia moves to revamp Cuba military
A quote...."Russia plans to dispatch its warships to Cuba for the second time since the Cold War, in line with plans to renovate the Communist regime's military." -- also posted at WarInIraq

Gref reaffirms car technology exports to Russia after Opel deal
A quote...."SOCHI, September 19 (RIA Novosti) -Russia's Sberbank CEO reaffirmed on Saturday that the state bank's deal with Austrian-Canadian parts supplier Magna to buy a stake in Opel was about car technology exports to Russia."

Sweden sweetens bid for Brazil fighter jet deal
A quote...."BRASILIA — Sweden has sweetened its bid for a lucrative contract to sell 36 fighter jets to Brazil, promising that 40 percent of the supersonic Gripen aircraft would be built in Brazil, officials said Thursday."

US Manta Base, Ecuadorian again - Hip Hip Hooray! - mpg
A quote...."Quito, Sep 18 (Prensa Latina) After the last US soldier withdraws from the Military Manta Base, that territory will become Ecuadorian again, as established by the Political Constitution approved by the people of this Andean country."

UNASUR Fails to Reach Full Consensus on U.S. Bases in Colombia
A quote...."Mérida, September 17th 2009 (Venezuelanalysis.com) - All defence and foreign ministers of South America met yesterday in a Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) meeting to discuss the situation of U.S. use of Colombian bases, and also general regional security measures. The meeting managed to reach consensus on three key proposals but Colombia stalled agreement on two others." - bold by website editor - Not Colombia, nor the people of that soon to be ravaged nation, it was Uribe that "stalled" the agreement.  It's already starting, the US-NRE's standard policy of divide and conquer is being implemented. - mpg
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Zionist Broadcasting System Welcomes You to our Fall Schedule!
Must Read Satire -- A quote...."ZBS, the world-wide net that circles the globe and is responsible for fine programs like "9/11: Why HAMAS and Hezbollah attacked New York" and the never ending Holocaust™ telethon for the 666,000 SHOAH™ survivors is pleased to add several programs to our Fall schedule that should enchant and keep peacefully chewing their cud our American audience."

'Protecting' Jewish girls from Arabs - Hope the "Goon Squad" adds this one to the broadcast line-up - mpg
A quote...."Every night, dozens of young men in Jerusalem's Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood take to the streets and go out searching for girls. But theirs is not a promiscuous search. In fact, the group of some 35 volunteers is looking to prevent such interaction and to stop what neighborhood residents have overwhelmingly complained is a growing problem in Pisgat Ze'ev - Arab men going out with Jewish girls. -- What was once a rare occurrence, residents say, has become the norm in this north Jerusalem suburb, which shares a side of the security barrier with the Palestinian village of Anata and the scattered dwellings on the edge of Shuafat refugee camp."

Iranians march in solidarity with Palestinians - link posted at ICH
A quote...."Millions of Iranians have taken to the streets across the country to mark the annual Quds Day march in solidarity with Palestinians."

A Lost Generation
A quote...."The Gaza strip is home to one of the youngest populations in the world, with an average age of 17.2 years. Of these, almost 70% are psychologically scarred by the effects of occupation, and with little prospect of recovery. With repeated exposure to traumas, any progress made can only be temporary."

Obama Regime Rejects U.N. Proposal to Compel War Crimes Probes of Operation Cast Lead
A quote...."UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 17 -- Susan E. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, rejected a U.N. proposal to compel Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip, to conduct credible investigations into war crimes during last winter's war in Gaza or face possible prosecution by an international prosecutor." -- also posted at WarInIraq -- For more on this issue see....No Leadership From Obama. - Oh Contraire! - 12-28-08 - revised 12-30-08 - mpg

Rail Firm Pays Price for Link to Settlements - Boycott Derails Jerusalem Rail Line
A quote...."An ill-fated light railway under construction in Jerusalem was originally heralded by Israeli officials as a way to cement the city’s “unification” four decades after the city’s Palestinian half was illegally annexed to Israel. -- But the only unity generated among Jewish and Palestinian residents after four years of disruptions to the city’s traffic and businesses is general agreement that the project is rapidly becoming a white elephant."

Mother Palestine, Netanyacula by ~Latuff2
Cartoon - Click on the image to make it larger. - mpg

A criminal state that must be isolated, boycotted
Action Alert - A quote...."Israel is unusually furious over the publication this week of the Goldstone commission report which accuses the apartheid regime of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip during the bloody blitz against the coastal Palestinian territory nearly nine months ago. -- Israeli officials and hasbara doctors have been railing against Goldstone, who is both Jewish and Zionist, to the extent of accusing him of "anti-Semitism," an increasingly stale and ineffective weapon which Israel resorts to when all other propaganda tools don’t work." - also posted at PalestinianThinkTank -- For more on how to boycott Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website. - mpg
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More on the US-NRE's Honduran Coup....

Honduras Resistance Still on Streets
A quote...."Tegucigalpa, Sep 18 (Prensa Latina) The National Front against the coup d'Etat in Honduras will continue popular mobilization in the country's streets, after 83rd consecutive days of opposition to the military coup."

My father has been punished for helping Honduras
A quote...."Following the removal by a military coup of José Manuel Zelaya on 28 June, the people of Honduras have been engaging in a peaceful struggle for his restoration as president, for their rights, and for the convening of a constituent national assembly. Much is said about a possible military intervention by the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez; of a supposed wish by President Zelaya to perpetuate himself in power; and of Zelaya's alleged crimes, but these are all being used simply to mask the real reasons for the coup."
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Albert Edwards: "The Global Credit Crunch Is Not Receding, It Is Intensifying"
Must View Article & Charts - Financial Warning - (click on the charts to make tham bigger) -- A quote...."Granted, you wouldn't know it if you followed the stock market melt up as the wild rush to eek out any and all P&L before tax loss selling season hits (assuming there even is one this year), but read on. If nothing else, SocGen's Albert Edwards, unlike many others, has stuck to his convictions." -- also posted at BLN & DProgram

Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Update: Week Of September 16
Chart - (Click on the chart to make it larger) -- A quote...."Total Federal Reserve balance sheet assets for the week of September 16 of $2,101 billion ($30.7 billion higher compared to the prior week's $2,071 bn), just $73 billion shy of the all time high of $2,174 billion recorded on April 22, consisting of:...."

Economic Duplicity: Recession and Record Profits
A quote...."In December 14, 2008, in his interview on the CBS sixty minutes show, Whitney Tilson an investment fund manager predicted that the subprime collapse was only half way of the total real estate bubble, and that the second half will begin take place around 2010 and will continue until about the year 2013. Tilson also discussed the two fancy Wall Street terms for bad mortgages namely Alt-A (Alternative-A paper) and option arms mortgages. These loans lured borrowers with teaser rates that will begin to reset this year. -- Tilson has also predicted that seventy percent of these loans will eventually default, based on existing evidence of pre-reset default rates [1]."

"Option" mortgages to explode, officials warn
A quote...."WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal government and states are girding themselves for the next foreclosure crisis in the country's housing downturn: payment option adjustable rate mortgages that are beginning to reset."

California's unemployment rate rises to 12.2% - link posted at ICH
A quote...."Despite signs that an economic recovery has begun in the state, California's unemployment rate set a new postwar [WWII] high of 12.2% in August, up from 11.9% in July."

42 states lose jobs in August, up from 29 in July
A quote...."WASHINGTON – Forty-two states lost jobs last month, up from 29 in July, with the biggest net payroll cuts coming in Texas, Michigan, Georgia and Ohio." -- also posted at Yahoo

2009 US bank failures reach 94: FDIC
A quote...."Two more US banks have closed down -- including the sixth largest bank bankruptcy this year -- to bring the total number of bank failures this year to 94, according to the government banking insurer."

IMF Selling One Eighth Of Its Gold Reserves, Will "Safeguard Against Disruption Of The Gold Market"
A quote...."In what can only be called a rather surprising development, the IMF has disclosed it is selling 403 metric tons of gold, or about one eighth of its total gold holdings. The reason: to continue providing lending to the poorest countries. Just so readers visualize who these "poorest countries" are, and who this current manipulation in the gold market will presumably benefit, here is a map of the IMF's most recent activities:" -- Before anyone gets too excited, (especially all you gold bugs out there) check out the comments. – mpg

Thursday September 17th 2009

"This is a crisis of solvency, not just liquidity, but true deleveraging has not begun yet because the losses of financial institutions have been socialised and put on government balance sheets. This limits the ability of banks to lend, households to spend and companies to invest......  The releveraging of the public sector through its build-up of large fiscal deficits risks crowding out a recovery in private sector spending."

"A settler tosses wine at a Palestinian woman on Shuhada Street in Hebron. The approach of some settlers towards neighboring Palestinians, especially around Nablus in the north and Hebron in the south, has often been one of contempt and violence. Photo: Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times"