Tuesday September 30th 2008
Three-Card
Capitalists: The Financial Disappearing Act of 2008
Must Read - A
quote...."The financial markets are in a crisis of confidence because
the US government is debasing its currency and stiffing its creditors.
Uncle Sam is a deadbeat and the world knows it. The world is worrying
what to do about the useless paper it's holding. That's what the panic
is about. -- It's a strange day when Barry Goldwater and the Chinese
Communists are in agreement ....And they are both right." -- For more on this issue see....Debt
Doesn't Matter When the Rubes Pay 02-29-08 - mpg
Latin
America leftists slam U.S. on financial crisis
A quote...."MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - Latin America's leftist leaders
on Tuesday accused the United States of "irresponsibility" in its
handling of the financial crisis that has pummeled markets and
threatens economies around the world."
The Current
Crisis: A Socialist Perspective
Must Read - A
quote...."The fundamental relationship between capitalist states and
financial markets cannot be understood in terms of how much or little
regulation the former puts upon the latter. It needs to be understood
in terms of the guarantee the state provides to property, above all in
the form of the promise not to default on its bonds – which are
themselves the foundation of financial markets' role in capital
accumulation."
How Can
Anyone Think Voting Matters? - It could,
if people would
just not
vote for the DemoRepubs.
- mpg
A quote...."Voting for President of the U.S. is a waste because the
issues that should garner the most interest and cause decisive
post-election changes will remain unchanged no matter who is elected.
This is absolute, undisputed, unmitigated, hard, cold,
polished-to-a-high-gloss, quick-fried-to-a-crackly-crunch,
naturally-seasoned, artificially-flavored fact."
Bush Had
No Plan to Catch Bin Laden After 9/11
A quote....."New evidence from former U.S. officials reveals that the
George W. Bush administration failed to adopt any plan to block the
retreat of Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders from Afghanistan
to Pakistan in the first weeks after 9/11." -- For more on this issue see....US
Support of Terror
FBI
won’t release documents on anthrax suspect
A quote...."WASHINGTON — The FBI is declining to release at least
15,000 pages of documents related to the now-deceased prime suspect in
the 2001 anthrax attacks despite lingering suspicions that the bureau
has accused the wrong man."
The Anthrax Case
Reopens: Why Did the FBI Let the Fort Detrick Scientists Investigate
Themselves?
A quote...."The Congressional anthrax hearings of September 16-17
revealed that public pressure is keeping the doors open in the anthrax
case. FBI Director Robert Mueller promised that the FBI will provide
their evidence to a panel of experts for scientific evaluation. The
battle will now turn to the independence of this panel, and whether
"all evidence" or merely "scientific evidence" will be under review."
For more on the two articles
shown above see....9/11
the Sequel - Return of the
Jihadi - 08-23-08 - mpg
2008
election results to be routed to private middlemen in Illinois,
Colorado & Kentucky
A quote...."A screen shot on ePluribusMedia shows that the Ohio
election site was -- oddly -- transferred to Smartech hosting shortly
before the Nov. 2004 election, then transferred back to the state of
Ohio. Even more damning, the election results were again temporarily
transferred to the Smartech server shortly before the 2006 primary,
then transferred back again afterwards."
8/31/2008:
9/11 Commission, Anthrax - Additions as of August 31, 2008
A very small sample of new
additions to the 9/11 timeline.... mpg -- A quote...."Many of
the new entries this week focus on the 9/11 Commission and, in
particular, its executive director Philip Zelikow, who co-authored a
book with National
Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice in the mid-1990s, but was not
offered
a full-time job in the Bush administration despite serving on the
transition team. Some of the other commissioners were unhappy with
Zelikow’s appointment and the degree
of control he exercised. For example, Zelikow had control over the hiring
process, which he used to appoint a current
CIA officer to lead the commission’s investigation of the CIA. The
commissioners rarely
visited the commission’s offices, further enhancing Zelikow’s
power, which he used to assume close control of a key
investigative team. He also tried to prevent
staff from talking to the commissioners."
Top
Barclays Banker Murdered, Also 5 Presidents who opposed the Fed (3
successfully)
A quote...."Gang who killed top banker Frank McGarahan caught on CCTV
-- This murder of a banking executive just happened, and the article
reads as if it were a random or coincindental murder. In the times we
are living in that is not necessary true."
The
Pentagon's new Africa command raises suspicions about U.S. motives
-- It's come back from the dead.
- mpg
A quote...."NAIROBI, Kenya — The U.S. Africa Command, the Pentagon's
first effort to unite its counterterrorism, training and humanitarian
operations on the continent, launches Wednesday amid questions at home
about its mission and deep suspicions in Africa about its intentions."
-- For more on this issue see....Africa
- the Next Target - 02-28-08 - mpg
10,000
Fort Lewis Troops Going To Iraq - And
the ants go marching one by one, hoo rah, hoo rah.... mpg
A quote...."FORT LEWIS, Wash. -- The Army is sending 10,000 Fort Lewis
soldiers to Iraq, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. The I Corps, 3rd and
5th Stryker Brigades will deploy to Iraq in 2009, said the Fort Lewis
Public Affairs Office. I Corps will deploy in the spring, in its first
combat deployment in more than half a century. "I Corps will be in
charge of the ground fight in Iraq," said Lt. Gen. Charles Jacoby Jr.,
commanding general, I Corps."
Pentagon
announces 2009 deployments to Iraq
A quote...."Six Army brigades, a National Guard unit and three military
headquarters have been ordered to Iraq next summer in a move that would
allow the U.S. to keep the number of
troops largely steady there through much of next year." -- Bold
by website editor -- By now, there
shouldn't be a single, solitary, person even attempting to pretend
surprise at this announcement. All those sheeple out there should just
give up the pretense, no one could possibly be that stupid, the bases
are there
forever and so are all those N.R.E. troops, everyone knows it. -
mpg
Air Force says officer stole launch control device
A quote...."29 Sep 2008 A Minot Air Force Base officer accused of
stealing a classified missile launch control device faces a hearing to
determine whether he will face a court martial. The Air Force said a
hearing is scheduled Tuesday at the base to evaluate evidence against
Capt. Paul Borowiecki, a missile combat crew member assigned to the
91st Missile Wing. [See: Minot AFB Clandestine Nukes 'Oddities'.] -- See also....False
Flag Ops - Barksdale -- Paragraph quoted from CLG
Soldiers
who hand prisoners to US could face legal action, MPs warned
Special Note - A
quote...."British troops who hand over
prisoners in Iraq to US military personnel could find themselves facing
prosecution, according to a legal opinion compiled for
parliament. The finding has led to calls for the British government to
rethink its current policy and investigate how the US treats its
prisoners, and whether torture is employed against them." -- bold by
website editor.
A
Bad India Deal - Posted at
BuzzFlash - The NPT is now hanging by a thread.
- mpg
A quote...."For 30 years, ever since India used its civilian nuclear
program to produce a bomb, the world has been barred from selling any
nuclear technology to India. The deal — pressed hard by American
business and India’s lobbyists — would allow the United States to break
that ban and open the way for the rest of the world to sell reactors
and fuel to India as well."
IAEA
chief: Nuclear states set example for others
A quote...."The chief U.N. atomic inspector suggested Tuesday that
nuclear weapons states bore some blame for other countries seeking such
arms, because they are modernizing arsenals rather than scrapping
them." -- There you go, that's using
the old noggin. Non-nuclear states are essentially “jealous” of
the nuclear states getting all those make-overs. Personally this
website editor thought
non-nuclear states wanted the bomb because one particular nuclear state
who had
loads of them, kept attacking and obliterating those states who didn't,
especially those
states
who possessed desirable natural resources. But
who is this website editor to
question such an "expert" as ElBaradei -- jealousy, or keeping up
with
the
Joneses, seems to be more of a motivating factor according to some
people than
having your
country possibly reduced to utter ruins. - mpg -- For more on this issue see....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
Israel
irked by IAEA move on its nukes
A quote...."An initiative by Iran and Arab League member states to put
the Israeli regime's nuclear activities under scrutiny has irked Tel
Aviv."
Iran
may limit IAEA access to nuclear sites: MP
A quote...."Iran had generously allowed the International Atomic Energy
Agency access to prove its good will but soon the level of the agency's
access to our nuclear facilities will be revised," Mousa Ghorbani told
the state news agency IRNA. -- "There are discussions in parliament to
apply some new limitations on cooperation with the IAEA," said the
conservative MP, who is a member of the presiding board of the house.
-- "The issuing of a new resolution by the (UN) Security Council has
raised the question of how long we should continue a useless
cooperation with the agency," he said."
Washington
imposes sanctions on Bolivia
A quote...."The Bush administration has imposed fresh sanctions on
Bolivia in retaliation for the decision of the country’s president Evo
Morales to expel the US ambasssador and close down US programs in the
country."
Ambassador:
Russia looking to boost Bolivia ties
A quote...."LA PAZ, Bolivia - The Russian ambassador to Bolivia hopes
the Andean nation's plan to purchase five civil defense helicopters is
only a "first step" in deepening ties."
Russian
warship visits naval base near Kyoto
A quote...."MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian warship from
the Pacific Fleet has made a port call at the Maizuru naval base in
Japan's Kyoto Prefecture, a Navy spokesman said on Tuesday."
America’s
Cosmic Convulsions
A quote...."America’s manned spaceflight program calls to mind the
image of the Titanic having already hit the iceberg but still floating
on the surface of the sea."
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The
US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 2 articles - Tuesday - [ Day 54 ] =====
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Russian
troops let EU monitors into buffer zone
A quote...."17 minutes ago -- 12:45 am PST -- GORI, Georgia (AP) —
Russian troops have allowed a group of European Union monitors to enter
a buffer zone on the edge of Georgia's separatist province of South
Ossetia despite an earlier warning to them to stay out of the area. -
Unarmed EU monitors in light armored vehicles launched patrols
Wednesday in several areas near South Ossetia, in line with a
French-brokered truce."
PACE recognizes
ethnic cleansing in South Ossetia
A quote...."29.09.2008 -- Last week, a mission of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) studied the
history of the conflict in the Caucasus. Delegates visited Tbilisi and
Tskhinvali and later shared their impressions at a press conference
attended by local and Western journalists in the Georgian capital."
End - The
US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 2 articles - Tuesday - [ Day 54 ] =====
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Record
16% drop in July home prices
A quote...."July home prices plunge 16.3% in 12 months, according to
the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city housing index."
A
changed financial landscape
A quote...."Sep 30, 2008 -- Unless some dramatic development reverses
the current course, it will not be long before a self-reinforcing cycle
of company payroll and spending cutbacks takes hold. At the same time,
the municipal bond market is in disarray. The economic impact from
major cutbacks in state and local government spending will be
significant. Today's finance-related economic headwinds are Cat-4 (and
gaining) Hurricane Systemic Credit Seizure, compared with last year's
Tropical Storm Subprime. Federal Reserve-dictated interest rates are
extremely low - and the Fed and global central bankers have injected
unfathomable amounts of liquidity - yet credit conditions have turned
the tightest they've been in decades."
Bush
authorizes ESF to back some money market funds
Special Note - Some
quotes...."WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on
Monday authorized the Treasury Department to use money from the
Exchange Stabilization Fund to back some money market mutual funds,
according to a memorandum released by the White House." -- "It said
this memorandum supersedes a similar one Bush signed earlier this
month. The Treasury said on Sept. 19 it would use $50 billion to back
such funds who asset values fall below $1...."
Global
liquidity crisis runs on unabated - Libor spikes; onus on central
bankers as U.S. bailout stalls
Special Note - A
quote...."LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Massive liquidity injections
haven't freed up crucial money markets, leaving the world's central
bankers little choice but to try more radical measures in order to
dampen the odds of a wider economic collapse, economists said Tuesday."
Euro
Falls Most Against Dollar Amid European Banking Failures
A quote...."There's a dollar shortage globally,'' said Alan Ruskin,
head of international currency strategy in North America at RBS
Greenwich Capital Markets Inc. in Greenwich, Connecticut. ``Demand for
liquidity trumps the fundamentals. Fundamentally, the U.S. is awful,
and Europe is awful. Fundamentals are irrelevant today.'' -- Foreign
banks are paying the highest premiums in at least a decade to borrow in
dollars in the swaps market even after the Federal
Reserve more than
doubled the amount of funds available to other central banks
yesterday
by expanding swap lines."
Australia:
Shares crash amid warnings of prolonged recession
A quote...."Tens of billions of dollars were lost on the Australian
share market on Monday and Tuesday, both before and after the
congressional defeat of the US Wall Street bailout plan."
Ireland
implements stand-by rescue plan of 400 billion Euro
A quote...."Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen defended a radical 400
billion Euro state move to shore up its financial system and in the
continent France, Belgium and Luxembourg bailed out a second bank ."
Too
much complacency
War Update - A
quote...."ANNANDALE, Va. (MarketWatch) -- Nine-tenths of one percentage
point. - That is the sum total of how much the average short-term stock
market timer lowered his recommended stock market exposure in the wake
of Monday's record-setting stock market plunge. -- Therein lies a tale
that is not encouraging." -- See
also....Standard
Disclaimer and the Ten Year Cycle
Breaking:
Senate to Vote On Bailout Package Wednesday
A quote...."POSTED: 12:38 am - UPDATED: 7:27 pm PDT -- 30 Sep 2008
Senate leaders have scheduled a vote for Wednesday on the $700 billion
Wall Street rescue plan rejected by the House. Majority Leader Harry
Reid and GOP Leader Mitch McConnell say, however, that they're going to
add a tax cut package [!] already rejected by the House on
Monday." -- Paragraph quoted from
CLG
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America,
Where It Pays to Fail - NEVER where truer words ever spoken.
- mpg
Must Read - A
quote...."In the current financial crisis, the model of US capitalism
has imploded with a big bang. But the Bush administration is trying to
douse the flames with yet more fuel instead of water, and it wants to
see Wall Street's gamblers rewarded for failure."
The
Democratic Party and Wall Street
A quote...."The role of the Democratic Party in promoting the plan
devised by the Bush administration and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
to bail out Wall Street has exposed the real social interests that this
party defends. -- From the moment Paulson broached the idea of using at
least $700 billion in taxpayer funds to buy worthless mortgage-backed
securities from the major banks, the Democratic leadership, including
the party’s presidential candidate, Barack Obama, backed the scheme."
Failure
on all fronts is Bush legacy
A quote...."Not so long ago, even the most reputed financial seer would
have been ridiculed if he or she had divined the fire sale of Bear
Stearns and Washington Mutual or the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. --
Bear Stearns managed to survive the crash of 1929, Washington Mutual
has been in business since 1889 and Lehman Brothers was founded even
earlier in 1847. Is it mere coincidence that three “rock solid”
institutions should collapse on Bush’s watch?"
The
Trouble With Fractional Reserve Banking - audio commentary
Obama
Demands Bailout - There goes
Obama again, asking for another social program - for the Banksters. - mpg
House
members who voted ‘yes’ on bailout received 54 percent more from
banks/securities firms.
Congress
Didn't Dare Say Yes - But they
will, one way or another, sooner or later....they WILL. - mpg
Fight
the bailout; stop the hostile takeover of the United States
Ammunition
To Use Against the "New, Improved" Bailout Proposal
Americans
Have Little To Be Proud Of
Congratulations,
Corporate Crime Fighters! Coup Averted for Three Days! ...From Michael
Moore
Let
Risk-Taking Financial Institutions Fail
The
free market preachers have long practised state welfare for the rich
ECONOMY-US:
Bush Plan Down but Not Out
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Monday September 29th 2008
The
Facts Speak For Themselves -
posted at 911Truth dot Org
Must Read - A
quote...."Before I begin, I would like to say that theorizing about
what happened on 9/11, when you're not being given answers to your
questions about that day by the people who SHOULD be able to do so, is
PERFECTLY normal. As is suspecting that the reason these answers aren't
being given is "sinister" in nature. As Ray McGovern said, "for people
to dismiss these questioners as "conspiratorial advocates", or
"conspiratorial theorists"... that's completely out of line because
the... The questions remain because the President who should be able to
answer them, WILL NOT." When you think about everything this
Administration has done in almost 8 years, the idea that they might not
be giving us the answers we seek because of something "sinister" is not
crazy. In fact, it's the most logical conclusion one can come to at
this point. After seven plus years of obfuscation, spin, lies, and
cover-ups regarding the 9/11 attacks, it is unavoidable to think that
criminal complicity is the reason why." -- For more on this issue see....
9/11
is the Litmus Test
A quote...."There is one thing that defines everyone over the course of
these early years of this new century. That thing is the 9/11 attack.
Everyone in government and every field of endeavor the world over is
defined by their position on this event. It is not necessary to know
the truth. It is only necessary to know the extent of the lies in order
to define any leader in any position anywhere in the world. By what
they have said and by what they have not said, one can accurately judge
who is an enemy of the people’s of the world. One can accurately
determine who is a tool of the psychopaths or one of them.
-- Think about what you allow yourself to know. Think about what
you pass by; ignore, deny and defend ...that defines you. It defines
the degree of your personal courage, your relationship to the truth,
your values, your principles and what you will pass on to your children
and everyone you meet. It tells you in that place where your conscience
must once have lived whether you are a hypocrite and a fool or whether
something greater still lives within you." --
posted 02-26-08
A
Nation of Jerks? Culpably Accepting of Basic Dishonesty and of
Unscrupulous Big Shots
Must Read - A
quote...."For it is quite easy to discount the suffering of Iraqis,
Somalis, Afghanis, or earlier, the Vietnamese, along with the poor half
of mankind who live on less than two dollars a day, but quite difficult
to stomach discomfort of Americans in America. And so this complete
bailout of corporations and banks becomes a 'real damn shame'. Its just
too close to home. -- However there is something silly about Americans
belatedly directing their outrage solely at its elected government
leaders and their corporate finance buddies, as if Americans nationwide
were pure and innocent children victimized by a big bad world; if
America is big and bad, it is Americans that have made it that way."
Wrecking,
Wrecking, Wrecked
Must Read - A
quote...."As you watch the world crumble, try taking your Armageddon
with this sprinkling of irony: Over the last three decades, business
has got virtually everything it wanted, and its doomsday scenario from
the 1970s has come true because of it. The regulators have indeed
killed the regulated--not by intrusive meddling but by doing nothing,
by taking a nap while the financial sector puffed up the bubble and
blew itself to pieces."
The
Crisis is Far from Over
Must Read - This one's fun - mpg -- A
quote...."Before anything else, a lesson (I don’t know the author) to
illustrate the current financial crisis in the USA:"
The
Small at the Table of the Big
A quote...."In the UN hall, the small and the big sit next to one
another. The General Assembly misleads small nations; they are led to
believe that international legitimacy guarantees equality and preserves
rights. It is just a fleeting sensation. It is sufficient for one to be
there when the master of the American empire arrives. The streets of
New York become congested with security measures. Traffic breaks down.
The taxi driver will not take you to the building that falls in the
custody of Ban Ki-moon. He informs you that the city will not return to
normalcy until he leaves. He means George Bush." -- To turn a very old phrase...."It's like
making a moron into a mountain." - mpg
Crazy
or Liars?
Audio Commentary -- A
quote...."Karen Kwiatkowski podcast on the lying warmongers called
neoconservatives."
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[Iraq]
Parliament further marginalizes Iraqi minorities
A quote...."A new decision by the Iraqi parliament leaves Iraqi
minorities with no representation in the country’s provincial councils
as well as the legislature. -- By an overwhelming majority, the
parliament early this week revoked paragraph 50 from the constitution
under which Iraqi minorities were assigned a set of seats in
legislative and municipal councils."
Al-Maliki:
US Cannot Afford to Stay;
A quote...."In an interview with the Associated Press, PM Nuri
al-Maliki warned that the future is dark if Iraq and the US do not
agree on a security pact. And without a pact, he said, all the security
progress made in the last year would be at risk. He points out that the
alternative is to go back to the UN security council for an extension
of Chapter 7 authorization of foreign troops in Iraq, and that UNSC
approval is no longer assured because Russia may be in a bad mood after
the Georgia tiff. He says Iraq still insists that US troops who are off
base and not on a military mission, who commit crimes in Iraq, must be
tried in Iraqi courts. -- Al-Maliki, who wants a timetable for US
withdrawal by the end of 2010, ended the interview with a clever appeal
over Bush's head to the American public:"
Cleaning
up of Jewish cemetery in Basra
A quote...."Municipal authorities in the southern city of Basra have
mounted a campaign to clean up the Jewish cemetery there. -- The
cemetery is seen as one of Basra’s ‘cultural landmarks’ and the
authorities want to keep it clean and tidy, said Ahmad al-Yasseri who
heads the cleaning-up campaign."
Ahmadinejad
accepts Israel's right to exist
A quote...."The Iranian president has said he would accept a two-state
solution if the Palestinians agree. So where are the headlines?" -- Also posted at ICH
Iran
criticizes Security Council for politicizing nuclear program
A quote...."Iran-Security Council-Nuclear Iran on Saturday criticized
the Security Council for passing a new resolution as an effort to
politicize the technical dispute between Iran and the International
Atomic Energy Agency."
China
Urges West to Give up Force against Iran
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- China called for an end to the use of force
against Tehran in a move that will further complicate the push for new
anti-Iran sanctions."
NATO:
Afghan policeman fires on U.S. troops, 1 dead
Special Note - A
quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan
policeman opened fire on U.S. troops inside a police station in eastern
Afghanistan, killing an American soldier and wounding several other
people, officials said Monday."
Taliban
leadership denies report of Afghan talks
A quote...."KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban leadership on Monday denied a
report they were negotiating with the Afghan government to end the war
and the insurgents repeated their pledge to keep fighting till foreign
troops were expelled from the country." -- Or in the Taliban's own words....Statement of Islamic
Emirate of Afghanistan regarding the untrue news about peace talk
Fatah
official admits U.S. vetoes national Palestinian dialogue
A quote...."RAMALLAH, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A leader from Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement on Sunday admitted that
Washington vetoes talks between Fatah and its rival Hamas movement." --
For more on this issue see....US
Sponsored Civil Wars - Palestine
The
Mischief-Makers - The real troublemakers in the Middle East
A quote...."What the heck is going on in Syria? The news of a huge
explosion in Damascus, caused by a car bomb, has shaken the region, and
it isn't at all clear who or what is responsible. Whatever the source,
however, the attack – which killed 17 bystanders, including possibly a
top Syrian intelligence official – augurs ill for the future of peace
in the Middle East (an increasingly elusive goal). -- The attack
occurred Saturday morning, near a major Syrian intelligence facility,
although news reports in the West are focusing on the proximity of the
Shi'ite shrine. Israeli media are emphasizing the possibility of an
internal struggle within the Syrian regime itself, while the Iranians
are saying the blast was the work of the Mossad and/or CIA. Suffice to
say that this incident is shrouded in mystery, as the Syrians hint of
attackers from beyond their borders, and the context – a series of
equally mysterious attacks on targets in Syria over the past few years
– indicates they may be correct."
Arab
newspapers see Israel behind deadly bombing in Syria
A quote...."AMMAN: Israel's Mossad spy agency was behind a deadly car
bomb attack in Damascus on Saturday which killed 17 people, according
to a columnist in the semi-official Jordanian daily Ad-Dustour. "It's a
US-backed Israeli conspiracy to destabilize the Syrian regime and
create enough chaos to produce an opposition that would develop and
grow under the sponsorship of Israel and the United States," Hashem
al-Khaledi wrote in an editorial published on Sunday."
Syria says
'terrorists' coming from outside border
A quote...."Syria on Sunday hinted at foreign involvement in a deadly
weekend car bombing, with its state-run media saying the objective was
to undermine Damascus' efforts to emerge from years of international
isolation."
We
run the road
A quote...."At the edge of town, several hundred men with automatic
rifles, rocket propelled grenade launchers, pistols and hand grenades
stood before earthen barriers and fires. Some wore masks. There was
nobody in command – this was a mob, not a militia. The men were angry,
afraid, suspicious, shouting at strangers and each other, each one an
authority unto himself, carelessly swinging weapons around, oblivious
to where they were pointing. Some rested the barrels of their rifles on
top of their feet, a sign they had no professional training."
Is
Pakistan's Zardari creating new dictatorship?
Video - A quote...."Tariq
Khan: Pak President Zardari is not rescinding legal framework of
dictatorship." -- Yeah...so?
Neither will "Bombs Away O-Bomb-a" or "Mad Dog McCain" in what was once
called the U.S. (now known as the N.R.E.) See....Thirty
Five Acts to Restore Americans' Rights 11-10-06 - mpg
Pakistan's
powerful intel agency gets new chief
A quote...."ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan has named a new chief for
its main intelligence service, an agency whose loyalties in the war on
terror have long been a concern to the United States. -- Lt. Gen. Ahmed
Shujaa Pasha, previously the director general of military operations,
was named the new head of Inter-Services Intelligence, according to an
army statement late Monday."
Israel
in Focus at IAEA Conference
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- The UN nuclear watchdog's annual conference
started Monday with the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and Islamic
countries railing against Israel's nuclear program."
ECUADOR:
Correa May Cancel Payment of Some "Illegitimate" Debt
A quote...."QUITO, Sep 29 (IPS) - The day after the new constitution
promoted by his government won 63 percent support in a referendum,
according to the preliminary returns, Ecuadorean President Rafael
Correa said Monday that he may cancel payment of some loans, but that
the country would not default on its foreign debt."
South Korea
to develop oil resources in Russia’s Far East
A quote...."Russia and South Korea will closely co-operate on energy
developments on Russia’s continental shelf, including those in western
Kamchatka. The announcement comes following President Medvedev’s
meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Moscow on Monday."
Russia
to build four reactors in India
A quote...."NEW DELHI: India will sign a deal with Russia to construct
four nuclear reactors for electricity generation. The deal will be
signed during President Dmitry Medvedav’s visit to New Delhi in
December. “We are planning to build four reactors with Russia’s
assistance in Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu,” Atomic Energy Commission
Chairman Anil Kakodkar was quoted by a Russian television channel as
saying."
Russia
to start MiG fighter deliveries to India in spring 2009
A quote...."NEW DELHI, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will start
deliveries of MiG-29K Fulcrum-D carrier fighters to India in the spring
of 2009, the aircraft manufacturer's marketing director said Monday. (MiG-29
K/KUB fighters for India - Image gallery) "
New
hypersonic missile to be 'uninterceptable'
A quote...."A joint Russian-Indian company has started the development
of a cruise missile capable of flying at Mach 5, which will make it
'impossible to intercept'. BrahMos-2 will be the next generation of the
highly successful the BrahMos missile already used by Indian military."
Ukrainian
PM Yulia Tymoshenko to visit Russia on Thursday
A quote...."MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian Prime
Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will pay a working visit to Moscow on
Thursday at the invitation of her Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin,
the Russian government said Monday."
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The
US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 3 articles - Monday - [ Day 53 ] =====
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U.S.
Should Recognize South Ossetia
A quote...."29 September 2008 -- The United States should recognize the
independence of South Ossetia. Short of a major war, South Ossetia will
never be part of Georgia again, and half of the country -- North
Ossetia -- is already part of Russia. In addition, the Ossetians wish
to be united under Russian rule, as any impartial, internationally
monitored referendum would show."
Comparing
South Ossetia to Kosovo
A quote...."Sep 29, 2008 -- After the recognition of the
independence of Kosovo by the United States and a minority of world
states (45 for now), Russia replied by exposing what it perceived as
the inconsistency and hypocrisy of their position. Why not grant
independence of the Georgian breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and
Abkhazia, since their populations also claim to fear majority rule in
their larger country?"
South
Ossetia prepares a low blow for Saakashvili
A quote...."September 29, 2008, 17:54 -- South Ossetian authorities are
planning to put Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili on an
international wanted list. The South Ossetian Prosecutor General's
Office will complete all necessary procedures next week."
END - The
US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 3 articles - Monday - [ Day 53 ] ===
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Former
CIA executive pleads guilty to defrauding government
A quote...."Prosecutors said Kyle Dustin Foggo, along with convicted
Congressman Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, helped steer an estimated $100
million in contracts to San Diego-area firms run by Foggo's old
roommate."
The CIA
has been tickling people to death for years
A quote...."Michael Hayden said the clandestine agency is using
Predator missile attacks to “tickle” enemy groups to provoke a
reaction. -- “We use military operations to excite the enemy, prompting
him to respond.” -- The agency director was jokingly referring to the
policy of committing multiple mass-murders of innocent citizens of
Pakistan, as a tactic for provoking retaliation by their relatives.
This immoral terrorist act is considered to be a legitimate military
strategy by the demented CIA mind. It sees no wrong in committing
criminal acts to cause others to commit further criminal acts as a
rationale for starting a divisive world war for resources, under the
guise of “self-defense.”
Australia
Plans Mass Surveillance System
A quote...."CRIMTRAC's planned automatic number plate recognition
(ANPR) system could become a mass surveillance system, taking as many
as 70 million photos of cars and drivers every day across a vast
network of roadside cameras." -- For
more on this issue see....White
Man's Burden - 12-20-06 - mpg
Republican
IT consultant subpoenaed in case alleging tampering with 2004 election
A quote...."COLUMBUS -- A high-level Republican consultant has been
subpoenaed in a case regarding alleged tampering with the 2004
election."
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The
Credit Markets Are ALREADY Frozen, Folks...
Must Read - A
quote...."No
self-respecting shylock is going to loan a thin dime to any consumer in
these waters. In fact, only the surest of sure bets in the
commercial
market is going to see a nickel of any money we throw out into the
ether. -- This bailout bill is a bill to stall the inevitable and make
it the problem of the next administration to deal with. Pure and
simple. No one in a position to spend money in this economy is
going
to get a thin dime out of any Washington bailout."
House
Rejects $700 Billion Rescue Plan - For now. But it will come back again...and
again....and again. - mpg
A quote...."The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday defeated a $700
billion emergency rescue package, ignoring urgent pleas from President
Bush and bipartisan congressional leaders to quickly bail out the
staggering financial industry."
House
Democrats Planning To Revive Bailout Bill -
Well, that didn't take long. - mpg
A quote...."
Breaking News | 29 Sep
2008 | 07:20 PM ET -- Democratic leaders in the House of
Representatives are going to try to put together another financial
rescue bill after a $700 billion plan was rejected in a House vote, a
senior House Democrat said."
US
wealth in shrink mode
A quote...."If the wealth-to-income ratio falls back to its 1989 level,
the net worth of Americans would fall by a third. That is a frightening
prospect, but it is not necessarily the bottom."
How
bad was Monday, really? Commentary: From long-term perspective, Monday
plunge isn't unique
Special Note -- Dow Jones
(-777.68 or 7% ) Nasdaq (-199.61 or 9.1%) S&P 500
(-106.85 or 8.8%) -- A quote...."Monday's market plunge may have been the worst point drop
ever for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 10,365.45,
-777.68) , but in percentage terms it came nowhere close. It dropped 7%
on Monday, or just one-third as much as the 22.6% decline in the 1987
crash. -- In fact, there have
been 16 other occasions since the Dow was created in 1896 in which the
Dow's percentage drop was greater than it was Monday. That works
out to an average of [one] every seven years. -- bold by website editor
Citi
to buy Wachovia banking business for $2.16 bln
Special Note - A
quote...."FDIC backs roughly $300 bln of Wachovia assets to avoid
another huge failure. -- BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Wachovia Corp. became
the latest financial-services giant to succumb to the global credit
crunch when regulators announced Monday that the company's banking
operations were being bought by Citigroup Inc. for a knock-down price
of $2.16 billion in stock."
Fed
Pumps Further $630 Billion Into Financial System (Update3)
Special Note - A
quote....."The Fed increased its
existing currency swaps with foreign central banks by $330 billion to
$620 billion to make more dollars available worldwide. The Term
Auction Facility, the Fed's emergency loan program, will expand by $300
billion to $450 billion. The European Central Bank, the Bank of England
and the Bank of Japan are among the participating authorities." -- bold
by website editor
ECB
Cuts Gold Sales
Special Note - A
quote...."European central banks have cut their sales of gold to the
lowest level in almost a decade, reversing the practice of recent years
when hefty sales helped depress prices."
Consumer spending
slows as stimulus fades August report was weakest in six months, shows
threat to economy
A quote...."WASHINGTON - Consumer spending in August turned in the
weakest performance in six months, underscoring the threat the economy
faces as the government's stimulus program fades into the past."
The
Shadow of the Pitchfork: Elite Panic Attack as Bailout Goes Bust
A quote...."The vote by the House of Representatives to defeat the Wall
Street bailout plan is the first act of political courage that the
Congress of the United States has mounted in the last seven years. The
fact that it was due largely to right-wing Republicans afraid of going
down with the sinking ship of the witless leader they have followed
blindly throughout his reign is a delicious irony -- but the whys and
wherefores of the vote are not important. What matters is that one of
America's moribund institutions has flickered to life long enough to
derail a disastrous action that would have shoved the nation even
deeper into the pit of corruption and ruin where it has been mired for
so long."
Bush
Wants To Bankrupt America: There is Method To His Madness
A quote...."The plan is very simple, but not obvious on first blush.
Make sure that all the money is gone from the U.S. treasury, make sure
the deficits are so great that all social and educational programs are
cut, increase the military and security budgets to "protect our nation"
with all these monies going to corporations and security firms who are
extra-national (not tied to any country, but actually more than
multi-national in that they are outside the purview of any nation at
any single moment) and stave in the social security fund by allowing it
to go to private corporations for "investment"-and you have the perfect
scenario for saying, "only the private sector can save us-we're broke
and they have the money to run every program, fund every program, but
of course, at huge costs and profits for the private corporations."
The
Bailout Round II: Adult Version?
The
Financial Collapse and the Housing Market - Hell to Pay
House
and Global Investors Vote "No" on Paulson Bailout - Black Monday?
I've
watched the economy for 30 years. Now I'm truly scared
The
Paulson Plan - The Rise Of The American Oligarch Class
Global
banks expect to fall under U. S. bailout umbrella
Giuliani's
law firm seeking bailout business - Will he be wearing a pink tutu? -
mpg
Paulson Will Have No
Peer
Understanding
the Bank Bailout
The Power of
"No" and the Need to Keep the Pressure on Congress
Protests
on Wall Street - what the news media isn't showing you - contains video
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Lula
blames rich nations for crisis
A quote...."The Brazilian president has accused wealthy nations of
being responsible for the global financial crisis, saying their
"irresponsibility" could destroy fiscal progress made in the developing
world."
Brazilean
Real drops to nine year record past 2 dollar level
A quote...."Brazil's Real plummeted the most in nine years, weakening
past the 2-per-dollar level, as a direct consequence of the US House of
Representatives rejection of the 700 billion US dollars bailout package
for the financial system."
Chilean
peso looses 22% value in dollar terms in 6 months
A quote...."Chile's Central Bank on Monday called an early halt to the
8 billion US dollars foreign-exchange intervention plan that has seen
the peso depreciate 22% against the US dollar since April arguing the
impact of international financial markets."
Argentina
and Brazil ready to trade in local currencies
A quote...."Argentina and Brazil will be launching in a week’s time a
“de-dollarized” trade system for small and medium companies which
should considerably reduce financial costs that could be extended in
the near future to the tourism industry, according to banking sources
quoted in Buenos Aires La Nacion."
Sunday September 28th 2008
The
Obama-McCain debate: Right-wing politicians agree on bailout and
militarism
A quote...."Friday night’s presidential election debate between
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain demonstrated that
there is no choice in the 2008 presidential election within the
confines of the official two-party system. Two candidates stood facing
each other, espousing nearly identical positions in defense of Wall
Street and American militarism which would, in any other country in the
world, immediately identify them as representatives of the
ultra-right." -- If true Americans
want "change" than they'll have to vote for someone other than the
McCain/Obama ticket. People must get it through their thick heads
that there's one party called the DemoRepubs....but you can actually
vote for other parties and other candidates, they actually do
exist! Don't believe that, check out....You
Have a Choice Democracy or Empire 07-24-08 - mpg
Tomgram:
Chalmers Johnson, The Pentagon Bailout Fraud
Must Read - A
quote...."the war in Iraq. According to the June congressional
testimony of William Beach, director of the Center for Data Analysis,
the war has cost $646 billion so far. The new defense budget for 2009
tacks on another $68.6 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan in the coming
year. However, military expert Bill Hartung of the New America
Foundation puts a conservative estimate of the costs of a single week
of the Iraq War at approximately $3.5 billion (or about $180 billion a
year)."
Will
NATO's Expansion Bubble Burst?
A quote...."U.S. imperialism's every effort to assert itself and
reverse its declining global domination confirms its weakened position.
Washington increasingly looks to threats of sanctions and/or military
attack to resolve its every problem and challenge. But the Bush
administration finds it more difficult to line up its imperialist
allies for each new aggression. Even some U.S. puppet and client states
now try to distance themselves from U.S. initiatives."
Unipolar
world unacceptable – Russian FM - YouTube - RTvideo -
(15 min 3 sec - Added: September 27, 2008)
Video - Some
quote...."Russia's Foreign Minister has used an appearance at the UN
General Assembly to lash out at the world's unipolar security system
controlled by the U.S. Referring to the recent conflict in South
Ossetia, Sergey Lavrov said efforts to resolve conflicts are hampered
by what he called a distortion of reality."
"The illusion of the existence of
a unipolar world confused many. For some people it generated a
desire to place all their eggs in it's basket. In exchange for
absolute loyalty, they expected to enjoy a carte blanche to resolve all
their problems using any means.
The emerging, all permissive, syndrome that they acquired went on a
rampage on the night of the eighth of August when aggression was
unleashed on South Ossetia...." -- *Sergey
Lavrov*, In his address to the United Nations
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Russia
and Venezuela create gas and oil consortium
A quote...."ORENBURG, September 26 (Itar-Tass) -- A bilateral
consortium Russia and Venezuela are creating in the oil and gas sector
will maintain operations not only in Venezuela, but also in third
countries in Latin America, including Cuba and Bolivia, Russian Energy
Minister Sergei Shmatko said after a meeting between Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev and his visiting Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez on
Friday."
Revealed:
secret Taliban peace bid
A quote...."The Taliban have been engaged in secret talks about ending
the conflict in Afghanistan in a wide-ranging 'peace process' sponsored
by Saudi Arabia and supported by Britain, The Observer can reveal."
Pakistan,
the Media and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons -- The Unspoken War
A quote...."We're on the brink of war with Pakistan…the fact remains
that American forces have and are violating Pakistani sovereignty…the
Bush administration's decision to step up attacks in Pakistan is
fatally reckless, because the cross-border operations' chances of
capturing or killing al Qaeda's leadership are slim."
U.S. jets violate
Pakistan’s airspace again
Full quote...."September 28, 2008 -- PESHAWAR: Two US jetfighters
Saturday night again intruded into Pakistan airspace over South
Waziristan area, causing panic among the tribesman. However, neither
the security forces nor the tribesmen fired upon the fighter planes.
Sources in the tribal agency confirmed to The News that two US
jetfighters for about 25 minutes hovered over Angoor Adda, Baghar and
Momin Tangi area of the agency. The planes that came across the border
from troubled Paktika province of Afghanistan, after the flight over
the area went back without any action."
Chavez
says Venezuela will develop nuclear power
A quote...."CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday
Venezuela will develop a nuclear reactor for peaceful purposes, in
another challenge to Washington just days after Russia offered nuclear
assistance to the socialist Latin American leader."
Correa
hails 'crushing victory' in constitutional referendum
A quote...."Ecuador's President Rafal Correa said Sunday his
constitutional referendum won a "crushing victory," after exit polls
showed some 66 to 70 percent of voters backed his socialist reform
proposal."
Fears
of Turmoil Persist as Powerful President Reshapes Bitterly Divided
Bolivia
Some quotea...."SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia — At first glance around this
rebellious city, President Evo Morales seemed to have suffered a sharp
setback this month. Mobs looted nearly every federal building, strewing
offices with broken furniture and spraying walls with graffiti calling
him a vassal of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela in explicitly
racist language." -- "Without offering proof, Mr.
Morales accused his critics of plotting a “civil coup” with the help of
the American ambassador, Philip S. Goldberg, whom he expelled abruptly
on Sept. 10. - Indeed, considerable ill will toward the United States
persists in Mr. Morales’s government, particularly in relation to a
United States agency called the Office of Transition Initiatives. -
Washington ended the office’s operations in Bolivia last year, after dispensing grants aimed at
strengthening departmental governments, which have taken the lead in
opposing Mr. Morales." -- bold by website editor.
Belarus
votes in parliamentary election
A quote...."MINSK, September 28 (RIA Novosti) - Belarussians are voting
on Sunday in a parliamentary election, which the authorities say will
be the most fair in the country's history."
Airbus
launches Chinese plant
A quote...."The aircraft manufacturer Airbus unveiled its first
assembly plant outside Europe yesterday as it sought to make headway in
the heavily targeted Chinese market."
China's landmark
spacewalk mission ends
Videos & Photos - A quote...."The Shenzhou-7 space module carrying
three taikonauts landed safely by parachute Sunday afternoon in China's
northern grassland, after a landmark spacewalk mission that leads the
country further in its space exploration."
The
US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 2 articles - Sunday - [ Day 52 ] =====
==========
“Let’s
once again sit together for the improvement of our peoples, peace and
security”
Interview - Current
Concern
interviews Russian Ambassador Valery Loshchinin -- A quote...."Current
Concerns: The first question is to the conflict on Georgia and we want
to know what happened there because the media, in the West are always
saying now that Russia is guilty, it’s not a discussion what has
Georgia done, it’s only the discussion of Russia, I know we want to get
some information which we can present our readers, what really happens
in this area?"
“The US
is not a superpower. It is a bankrupt farce”
A quote...."The neoconned Bush Regime and the Israeli-occupied American
media are heading the innocent world toward nuclear war. Back in
the Reagan years the National Endowment for Democracy was created as a
cold war tool. Today the NED is a neocon-controlled agent for US world
hegemony. Its main function is to pour US money and election-rigging
into former constituent parts of the Soviet Union in order to ring
Russia with American puppet states."
End - The
US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 2 articles - Sunday - [ Day 52 ] =====
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Ignoring
Keating - posted at BuzzFlash
A quote...."But the week's most striking indication that the media are
inadequately scrutinizing McCain rather than, as he claims, unfairly
doing so is that in the midst of a banking crisis, there is virtually
no media examination of McCain's role in a similar crisis 20 years ago."
Context
of 'September 12-14, 2001: Apparently Fake Military Official Helps with
Pentagon Recovery, then Disappears'
Item Added -- September
28, 2008 -- Complete
911 Timeline -- A quote...."A mysterious man, who is initially
assumed to be working for the military, assists firefighters involved
in the Pentagon recovery efforts, but then disappears without trace and
is thought to have been an impostor who had managed to slip inside the
Pentagon grounds. -- JJohnny" - Arlington firefighter Bob Gray is
introduced by his colleague Bobby Beer to a man wearing a hard hat.
Beer introduces the man only as “Johnny,” and adds, “He’s our
go-between with PenRen [the Pentagon Renovation Program], and he knows
some of the military guys too.” Although “Johnny” is not wearing any
identifying badge or ID, he seems knowledgeable, appears “taut and
serious, with a purposeful military stance,” and even introduces Gray
and Beer to a couple of friends of his who say they work for Special
Forces." -- For more on this issue
see....9/11
- NORAD
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The
Resurrectionists: Beltway's Big Money Cultists Bail Out the Dead
Must Read - A
quote...."As usual -- as always -- the Democrats have handed their
ostensible opponents a razor-sharp sword. You can hear it now: "That
radical liberal feminist from San Francisco, that stubby little
Massachusetts homo -- they're the ones who did this to you! Liberals
and Jews and homos, they've stabbed you in the back again!"
Chris's article seems to imply
that there
might be some faint difference between the Demo and Repub parts of the
DemoRepub party. Evidence that hope springs eternal even for
someone as well schooled in the real world and who happens to be such a
staunch advocate of the "fact based" community as Chris.
Let's make
this as clear as possible to everyone reading this blog; there is
absolutely no fundamental difference between the two factions of the
DemoRepub party except that the Repubs viscerally enjoy torture,
murder and mayhem while some Demos "regret" what they have to do.
That's it,
and if anyone out there goes ahead and votes for these criminals all
you'll get is more of the same identical crap all over again.
It’s your choice.
For more
on this issue see....You
Have a Choice - Democracy or Empire 07-24-08 - mpg
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>>>
AIG, Goldman Sachs, Paulson And Buffet <<<
Or How Warren Buffet Went From Being a Value Investor to Being a Well
Connected Investor
Behind
Insurer’s Crisis, Blind Eye to a Web of Risk
Special Note - A
quote...."Two weeks ago, the nation’s most powerful regulators and
bankers huddled in the Lower Manhattan fortress that is the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, desperately trying to stave off disaster. --
As the group, led by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., pondered
the collapse of one of America’s oldest investment banks, Lehman
Brothers, a more dangerous threat emerged: American International
Group, the world’s largest insurer, was teetering. A.I.G. needed
billions of dollars to right itself and had suddenly begged for help.
-- The only Wall Street chief
executive participating in the meeting was Lloyd C. Blankfein of
Goldman Sachs, Mr. Paulson’s former firm. Mr. Blankfein had
particular reason for concern.Although it was not widely known,
Goldman, a Wall Street stalwart that had seemed immune to its rivals’
woes, was A.I.G.’s largest trading partner, according to six people
close to the insurer who requested anonymity because of confidentiality
agreements. A collapse of the insurer
threatened to leave a hole of as much as $20 billion in Goldman’s side,
several of these people said. - Days later, federal officials, who had
let Lehman die and initially balked at tossing a lifeline to A.I.G.,
ended up bailing out the insurer for $85 billion." -- bold by website
editor -- For more on this issue
see....$1.3
Quadrillion and Counting - 09-18-08 - mpg -- See also....Bring a
Friend, Hank & the article
shown below....
Show Us
the Money
A quote..."Taxpayers should wake up the politicians and ask them to
tell Wall Street: "We want the same deal Warren Buffett got." The Omaha
billionaire announced he is playing White Knight to Goldman Sachs by
investing $5 billion in the endangered investment house. What a
big-hearted guy. Buffett is an old-fashioned capitalist who invests in
companies for the long term and I am a big admirer. But Warren Buffett
did not get to be a billionaire by committing public-spirited acts of
charity. He plays to win." --
Also
posted at ICH
Not
to mention the fact that Hank
Paulson, the man in charge of this plan, the
man who wants unlimited power to carry it out, the man who knows where all the toxic
waste is buried, just happens to have joined Goldman
Sachs in 1974 working his way up
till he became "Chief
Operating Officer from December 1994 to June 1998; eventually succeeding Jon Corzine (now
Governor of New Jersey) as its chief executive" -- Warren Buffett is
one of the smartest investors around, however by making this
investment, he is implicitly giving
his blessing, and participating in a racket, that's going to rob
tens of millions of hard working Americans of their life savings. --
Frank Paulson is to Goldman Sachs what Dick Cheney is to Haliburton,
it's a true shame that Warren Buffet has chosen to associate himself,
along with his hard earned reputation for prudent investing, with an
arrangement of this sort. - mpg --
Posted below
on 09-24-08
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Bush
Proves Karl Marx Right About 'Capitalism'
A quote...."Unfairly, a bailout price tag of some 700 billion dollars
will be picked up by the American middle and poorer classes. None of
those actually bearing the brunt of this transfer of wealth will
benefit from it directly. The beneficiaries are those among some one
percent of the nation who own about 99 percent of its total wealth."
This
Is The System We Are Saving
Video - A
quote...."Dennis Kucinich, a real liberal democrat and one of the last
honest politicians that really gives a sh-t about the people of this
country."
Secret
Bailouts Coming?
A quote...."It’s bad enough that the federal government wants to spend
trillions of dollars of your children’s money to bail out financial
institutions that should be allowed to collapse for the good of the
economy. But under the terms of the proposed bailout plan, the
government will be able to rescue bad banks in secret."
[Blanking] You to Death: Blackmail,
A $5 Trillion Price Tag, and A Criminal Government
A quote...."You may consider my title to be unforgivably vulgar [the author didn't say blanking] and
crude. It is the truth of what the U.S. government is doing to the vast
majority of the citizens it rules. To varying degrees, the government
has been behaving in the identical manner for well over a century;
rarely has it done so in such a blatantly dishonest and criminal
manner."
Paulson
The Junk Dealer
Vampire Tales!
With Pictures!
The
Real Costs of the Bailouts - charts
Demos
take charge of pushing Bush's bailout - Not ONE
person should even PRETEND
they're surprised. - mpg
Bush
+ Reid + Pelosi + Frank + Obama + Paulson trillion dollar bailout laced
with corruption, insider dealing
Treasury
Would Emerge With Vast New Power
Bailout
Bill Gives Go Ahead to Questionable Foreclosure Fees
Banks Love Bailout,
Hate Credit Card Curbs
Demonstrators
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Support
for Bailout Plan Now Down to 24% - As Cheney would say..."so"? Only 1% counts
in this country. - mpg
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Hyperinflation?
Must Listen - Special Note
- Audio - A quote...."Covering
the US government's economic depredations, police state enactments, and
wars of aggression."
Wachovia's
fate in balance as takeover deal falters
Special Note - A
quote...."The future of America's fourth-largest bank, Wachovia, is in
the balance as attempts to find a buyer for the group faltered over the
weekend. Analysts have started to bet that, rather than doing a deal
with the bank now, potential suitors could wait until the bank was
seized by the authorities and then pick off the best assets at a
knock-down price."
Gold
and silver dealer reports an ‘unprecedented’ shortage of metals
A quote...."A surge for demand in gold and silver has resulted in an
unprecedented shortage of the metals for retail investors in recent
days, according to Gold and Silver Investments, a Dublin-based firm
that allows retail investors to speculate on movements in the value of
precious metals." -- Website editor's caution: Gold and Silver do not rise in price
during depressions, they rise during stagflationary and inflationary
periods, or they are safe havens in the extreme event of a currency
failure. - mpg
B&B
and Fortis both in crisis
Special Note - A
quote...."BELGIUM’s Fortis is this weekend poised to become the first
large continental bank to fall victim to the credit crunch, as the
global chaos continues with Bradford & Bingley and American savings
giant Wachovia both teetering on the brink."
Financial
crisis: Bradford & Bingley nationalisation will cost [British]
taxpayers £150bn
A quote...."British taxpayers will be liable for more than £150
billion of potentially toxic mortgage debt following the
nationalisation of Bradford & Bingley, one of the country’s biggest
mortgage lenders. "
Saturday September 27th 2008
U.S. Raids
on Pakistan - Violations of Sovereignty
Must Read - A
quote...."Henry Kissinger was no amateur when it came to illegally
bombing and invading countries that he and the evil President Nixon
considered did not meet American requirements of unconditional
servility, but even he must be intrigued about the latest antics of
Washington’s finest. The vice president of the United States, a
charmless and despotic bully, and his president, he of the close-set
eyeballs and pretensions to dignity, recently excelled themselves in
self-delusion concerning their unlawful invasion of Iraq and their fury
with nations whose governments fail to toe the Washington line." -- Also posted at ICH
Tariq
Ali's The Duel - Pakistan Through the Eyes of a Native Son
Special Note - A
quote...."Tariq Ali opens his new book "The Duel: Pakistan on the
Flight Path of American Power", [Gogl Srch] with
the declaration that the struggle in Pakistan is not a battle between
Islamists and tribal residents of Waziristan and the Pakistani
government, but between the government and the bulk of the Pakistani
population. In fact, continues Ali, this has always been the
case. He then continues by explaining historically why and how
this is so."
Debate
Evades Dark Realities
A quote...."Perhaps it’s unrealistic to expect a U.S. presidential
debate to deal
substantively – and honestly – with wrongful actions by the American
government, even at the end of George W. Bush’s eight-year reign as one
of the planet’s preeminent rogue operatives."
Obama--
Minimalist Debater?
A quote...."A few weeks ago, a friend sent me an e-mail. "Here is a
future dictionary entry for Afghanistan," he wrote. -- "Afghanistan.
The place where the dreams and hopes of the Obama Presidency are
buried." -- I flinched when I read the note. But it rang true. Obama
risks creating a bipartisan consensus that will entrap the US in
another costly occupation ---draining resources needed to fulfill his
(already limited) promises for economic growth, health care and social
justice at home. -- You could put it
this way gentle reader....everything for the New Romen Empire,
absolutely nothing for you. - mpg
Robert
Fisk: ‘The Middle East Is Not a Complex Place’ - Telling it like it is. - mpg
Must View Video - A
quote...."Truthdig interviews Robert Fisk -- The acclaimed journalist
stopped by our offices this week, where he told Truthdig Editor Robert
Scheer that the Middle East is a lot less puzzling than it’s made out
to be: “It’s we who are there, not the other way round. ... It’s not
our land. It’s not our religion. Our soldiers are in the Muslim world
and they should not be there.”
The Happening
- Also telling it like it is.
- mpg
Must Read - A
quote...."It seems like a belabored point, but there is just no
escaping it. Mainstream media continues to be the most critical ( and
probably the most accessible ) impediment to the evolution of the
species. The American ( and global ) populous remain physiologically
corralled by the mock reality the media delivers, which makes any
attempt to impart or understand the truth extremely difficult. -- The
problem is that once you are part of the lie, you are part of the lie.
This is why I repeatedly stress the importance of being honest with
oneself at all times. It’s not a matter of being caught in the lie,
it’s the fact that the lie will catch you. It is inescapable because
you have made it part of your reality. As long as you choose to live by
that lie that you have accepted, you have to support ( and do )
whatever is necessary to sustain that lie. -- This country is up to its
neck ( actually well over its head ) in lies, and Obama has
unfortunately accepted several of them."
A Vote
For Obama Is A Vote For McCain
A quote...."As we get ever closer to the November election, more and
more of my friends who are Obama supporters are upbraiding me for my
support of Cynthia McKinney, on their belief that a vote for her is a
"vote for McCain." Many of them agree that she or some other third
party candidate is a better choice than either McCain or Obama for
President but has no chance of winning, is not a "viable" candidate,
and that I should support Obama as the decidedly "lesser evil"
alternative to McCain." -- There ARE
alternative choices. See....You
Have a Choice Democracy or Empire 07-24-08 - mpg
With
All Eyes on the Bailout, House Passes Trillion-Dollar Defense Bill
Special Note - A
quote...."The number that the House sent to the Senate for "defense" --
$612 billion for the coming year -- is eye-popping. Imagine a stack of
612,000 million-dollar bills. Quite a pile. -- That number's a sham,
however. The budget calls for $68.6 billion for the occupations of Iraq
and Afghanistan in 2009. War costs this year totaled $182 billion,
according to the Federation of American Scientists."
Is
Our "Financial Crisis" A New 9/11? Chumps Think So, And I Do Too
Must Read - A
quote...."The most prominent common features, in my view, between the
so-called "terrorist attacks" of 2001 and the so-called "financial
crisis" of 2008 are: -- It's an inside job -- a terrorist attack of
unprecedented scope and scale -- enabled by statements from politicians
and the media which are chock-full of lies and spin. -- There was
nothing sudden about it; it was forseen by many and could have been
prevented if the government had wanted to prevent it. -- Instead it has
been encouraged, and facilitated, by the very people who claim to be
keeping you safe. But you can see that they don't want you to feel
safe. They want you to be afraid, very afraid."
Pretexts
for War
Special Note - Related
article - A quote...."The use of force in international relations is a
common practice in the world today, as it has historically been, with
the responsible party never failing to claim some noble cause or worthy
justification for its actions. Such declarations of benevolence aside,
the reasons publicly stated as pretext for wars are almost never true."
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EuCom
deploys radar, troops to Israel
War Alert - A
quote...."U.S. European Command has deployed to Israel a high-powered
X-band radar and the supporting people and equipment needed for
coordinated defense against Iranian missile attack, marking the first
permanent U.S. military presence on Israeli soil."
Iran calls on
Shiites to block U.S. pact
A quote...."BAGHDAD — Thousands of Shiites rallied yesterday against a
proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact, while one of Iran's most influential
politicians urged Iraq's government and religious leaders to block the
deal."
Envoy
Reiterates Iran-Pakistan Close Relations
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Pakistan enjoy close brotherly
relations, said Tehran's Ambassador to Islamabad Mashallah Shakri."
Ahmadinejad
Highlights Iran's Close Ties with Pakistan, Afghanistan
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan are part of a
"larger family", given their historic ties and their cultural links,
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a news conference at the
United Nations Headquarters on Tuesday."
Palestinian
Economy: From Bad to Wretched
A quote...."The numbers are grim, whether in the West Bank or the Gaza
Strip. The Palestinian economy is in one of its most wretched states,
and the disaster is mostly, if not entirely manmade, thus reversible."
Marathon
for Children: Running for the Right to Play
A quote...."I was ecstatic as I read an email sent by a manager at a
Canadian toy company. The company donates a large number of toys each
year to inner city kids throughout North America, using various NGOs. A
few years ago, they decided to ship several thousand toys to
Palestinian children. They asked for my help. -- The feeling of joy
that I felt that day was unparalleled. Rarely do I experience in my job
as a writer, whose main focus is war and conflict, this overpowering
sense of elation."
Bush
seeks to suspend Bolivia trade benefits
A quote...."I propose to suspend Bolivia's designation as a beneficiary
country under the Andean Trade Preference Act ... and as an Andean
Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act beneficiary country," Bush
said in the letter." -- In case you
don't know, this has absolutely nothing to do with the "drug trade"
(think "our
friend" in Columbia) and everything to do with what remains of
America's (read the New Roman Empire's) crime syndicate operation in
South America.
- mpg
US
House approves historic India nuclear deal - The NPT is almost dead, just one more vote
to go. - mpg
A quote...."The House of Representatives Saturday passed a civilian
nuclear pact with India that lifts a three decade-old ban on civilian
nuclear trade with India. -- The agreement, passed by a 298-117 vote,
will now head to the Senate for its vote, but it was unclear if it
would be passed before Congress adjourns ahead of the November 4
elections."
Ecuadorian
President Comes Into Conflict with Both Right and Left
A quote...."As Ecuadorians prepare to vote on a proposed constitution
this Sunday, President Rafael Correa is coming into conflict not only
with the conservative elite but also with the Left, including
rebellious members of his own party. While social movements are by and
large hailing the constitution as progressive, indigenous and other
activists are concerned about what they see as Correa's increasing
moves to the Right."
ECUADOR:
Gearing Up for a New Constitution
A quote...."QUITO, Sep 26 (IPS) - Voters in Ecuador are getting ready
to go to the polls Sunday, where they are expected to approve a new
constitution that recognises ethnic diversity and expands social and
environmental rights."
Human
Rights Watch in Venezuela: Lies, Crimes and Cover-ups
Special Note - A
quote...."....the National Endowment for Democracy, has issued a report
“A Decade Under Chavez: Political Intolerance and Lost Opportunities
for Advancing Human Rights in Venezuela” (9/21/2008 hrw.org). The
publication of the “Report” directed by Jose Miguel Vivanco and
sub-director Daniel Walkinson led to their expulsion from Venezuela for
repeated political-partisan intervention in the internal affairs of the
country. -- A close reading of the “Report” reveals an astonishing
number of blatant falsifications and outright fabrications, glaring
deletions of essential facts, deliberate omissions of key contextual
and comparative considerations and especially a cover-up of systematic
long-term, large-scale security threats to Venezuelan democracy posed
by Washington."
Astronaut
takes historic walk in space
Photos & Video -- A quote...."Astronaut Zhai Zhigang became the
first Chinese man to walk in space on Saturday, clambering out of
China's Shenzhou VII space craft in a technological feat that made the
Chinese people excited." -- See also
Video - (YouTube
- 54 sec - Added: September 27, 2008)
Violence
pushes Russia's Ingushetia towards civil war
A quote...." NAZRAN, Russia (Reuters) - Russia thought it had tamed the
Muslim regions on its southern flank when it quelled a rebellion in
Chechnya, but trouble is brewing again. - Barely noticed by the outside
world, increasing violence and clashes between federal forces and
rebels in Ingushetia, just west of Chechnya, threaten to destabilize
the north Caucasus."
Russia
successfully launches Bulava
A quote...."MOSCOW. (Nikita Petrov for RIA Novosti) - On September 18,
the heavy Akula-class Project 941 nuclear submarine cruiser Dmitry
Donskoi (NATO's reporting name Typhoon), side number TK-208, launched
an intercontinental ballistic missile, RSM-56 Bulava-M (NATO code
SS-NX-30)."
Lavrov:
new Europe security pact needed
A quote...."Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has criticized the
current security system in Europe calling for a more 'reliable' and
'collective' one."
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The
US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 2 articles - Saturday - [ Day 51 ] =====
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Talks about
Georgia’s territorial integrity senseless - Lavrov
A quote...."All talk about the territorial integrity of Georgia after
its aggression against South Ossetia has become senseless. That’s
according to Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov who addressed the
United Nations General Assembly on Saturday."
The
Truth About the War in South Ossetia
A quote...."I heard so many lies about the conflict between Russia and
Georgia (in the presidential foreign policy debate), that I had to set
the record straight. Georgia attacked South Ossetia, Georgia was the
aggressor! The other half-truth that's out there is that poor little
Georgia was simply defending its own sovereign territory. While this is
technically true, South Ossetia did hold a referendum on voting for
independence in which the vote came out in favor of independence in the
90th percentile. This is an extremely pro-Russian region! -- What
Americans have to understand is that this may be the start of ginning
up a new cold war (perhaps the war on terror isn't producing enough bodybags? [inflation])."
-- 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 - 2 articles - Saturday - [ Day 51 ] ===
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Greg
Palast: Rove Has Already Fixed the 2008 Election - This is an edited version of the speech
shown below - mpg
Video - A quote...."Greg
Palast speaks about the potential for stealing the 2008 presidential
election."
Greg Palast and RFK in NYC- MayDay 2007 - Part1
- Part2
- Part3
- Part4
- Part5
- Part6
- Part7
- Part8
From the History File --
(YouTube - aprox 8 to 10 min each - Added: May 08, 2007) -- Videos - A quote...."Greg Palast
author of "Armed Madhouse" [GoGl Srch] (now out in the
expanded edition paperback) and Robert Kennedy Jr. speak Rove And
Rove's Brain, 'Should Be In Jail,' Not In Office-RFK Jr"
Palin's
Personal Connection To 9/11
Video - A quote...."Sarah
Palin's father was dispatched to Fresh Kills Landfill just months after
9/11 to help with the recovery efforts." - Interesting. - mpg
(12:15
p.m.) September 11, 2001: FBI Limits What Evidence Needs to Be
Photographed at Pentagon
Item Added -- Complete
911 Timeline -- "9/26 - FBI
Limits What Evidence Needs to Be Photographed at Pentagon, (12:15 p.m.)
September 11, 2001, posted by matt" -- A quote...."Photographers who
are taking pictures at the Pentagon, to document the scene of the
attack there in as close as possible to its original state, are told to
limit what evidence they photograph. FBI Special Agent Tom O’Connor—who
is in charge of the initial evidence recovery operation at the
Pentagon—and his superiors have put out the word that it is unnecessary
to document every piece of the airplane."
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Trouble
in Banktopia
Must Read - A
quote...."27/09/08 "ICH" -- - The financial system is blowing up. Don't
listen to the experts; just look at the numbers. Last week, according
to Reuters, "U.S. banks borrowed a record amount from the Federal
Reserve nearly $188 billion a day on average, showing the central bank
went to extremes to keep the banking system afloat amid the biggest
financial crisis since the Great Depression." The Fed opened the
various "auction facilities" to create the appearance that insolvent
banks were thriving businesses, but they are not. They're dead; their
liabilities exceed their assets. Now the Fed is desperate because the
hundreds of billions of dollars of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) in
the banks vaults have bankrupt the entire system and the Fed's balance
sheet is ballooning by the day. The market for MBS will not bounce back
in the foreseeable future and the banks are unable to roll-over their
short term debt. Game over. The Federal Reserve itself is in danger.
So, it's on to Plan B; which is to dump all the toxic sludge on the
taxpayer before he realizes that the whole system is cratering and his
life is about to change forever. It's called the Paulson Plan, a $700
billion boondoggle which has already been disparaged by every economist
of merit in the country. -- Also
posted at CounterPunch
How Economic
Crises Are Overcome - Their Assets; Our Debts
Must Read - A
quote...."Keynes’ message about the least painful way to bring about
the necessary redistribution of economic resources sufficient to get
the economy expanding profitably is set out in his “General Theory,”
where he underscores that inflation is the safest way to lower wage
workers’ consumption and their portion of production. Direct wage
cuts, he cautions, would turn the workers against their employers.
Significant injection of government spending into industrial
production, rather than into the production of “consumer goods,”
results in inflation. The price of daily necessities goes up due
to shortages or rationing, and the real value of workers’ wages goes
down. (Milton Friedman has also advocated inflation as a most efficient
tool for redistribution of economic resources and increasing
profitability.)"
'Germany
Will Pay a High Price for US Sins'
A quote...."German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück delivered an
impassioned speech before parliament Thursday denouncing greed and
government failures for the US financial meltdown. But German
commentators are asking for reassurance rather than more
finger-pointing." -- For more on
this issue see....Debt
Doesn't Matter When the Rubes Pay 02-29-08 - mpg
American
economic terrorism: love it or leave it!
A quote...."How many times have those of us of the non-conformist breed
been told . . . if you don’t love America as it is, why don’t you leave
it? Well, let me turn the tables in a different way . . . why don’t
most of us become true patriots, instead of ugly jingoes, and say no to
economic terrorism as it is being perpetrated in the United States? Not
just say love it or leave it, but, instead, reform this predatory
capitalism under whose thumb we exist. -- Bail out of Wall Street? Are
we nuts? Is this Bush’s final chapter of “Fear for America”?"
$700
billion or Armageddon? Sounds like sci-fi
MEMO
TO HANK PAULSON / FROM [the Nameless
One]
Mortgage
help for bankrupt homeowners dropped - Anyone surprised? If you are..you're
clinically brain dead.- mpg
$56 Billion Stimulus
Bill Fails in Senate - Hah, ha,
ha, hee, hee...morons, peons, peasents, rubes, all ol'you. -
mpg
Mega-Million
Dollar CEO Payouts - database
- You gotta check this out! - mpg
Pain
on Main Street - video -
(RN&ANP - 5 min 31 sec - September 28, 2008)
Bailout
sparks anger - video - (RN
- 1 min 47 sec - September 28, 2008)
Cong.
Leaders Announce Breakthrough in Bailout Bill Negotiations - breaking - Sun, Sept 28, 2008; 12:47
AM
Bush:
the Last Deal
Who
is Putting "Intense Pressure" on Bush and Congress to Pass the Bailout?
The
liar-in-chief hard sells the bailout
$700
Billion Bailout: Let’s Do Some Simple Arithmetic
King George
& Comrade Paulson
Bailout
extortion
Bridge
Loan to Nowhere
The
Money Party: Bailout blackmail -- just say no!
The
Muslim View on American Markets Meltdown. Sharia Economic rules…
America
Needs A New New Deal
Corruption
created this Crisis and this $700 Billion Bailout
The
Trillion Dollar Wrong Thing
The
Hanky Panky Banking Bailout Bill - warning:
rough langauge
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[British]
Treasury
will nationalise B&B as talks with white knights continue
A quote...."Treasury officials were on the threshold of taking ailing
Bradford & Bingley into public ownership last night, prior to
selling part of the business to Santander, HSBC, or Barclays."
British
Families, Drowning in Debt
A quote...."For 30 years, the British economy has been on a steady
climb skyward. Now it's being hit with a credit crisis that resembles
the American subprime disaster. And just like across the pond, the
victims are those who can least afford it."
Friday September 26th 2008
"How Major
U.S. Neo-Imperialist Wars End" by Robert Higgs
Videos - A quote...."On
June 6, 2008, Robert Higgs, Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute,
author of Crisis and Leviathan and Neither Liberty nor Safety, and
editor of The Independent Review, delivered the following speech, "How
Major U.S. Neo-imperialist Wars End," to the second Future of Freedom
Foundation conference, "Restoring the Republic," held in Reston,
Virginia. -- What must be done to make those in power believe that
their interests are best served by stopping the killing?"
Multipolar World
A quote...."The international financial crisis has suddenly accelerated
a tendency that has been manifest since the United States' first
setbacks in Iraq: American hegemony, and, one should say, Western
hegemony, which seemed to settle over the world after the fall of the
Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Communist system at the end of the
1980s-beginning of the 1990s, has seen its heyday."
Immortal
Technique: The Poverty of Philosophy (Repost)
Must View Video - Angry, truthful, classical,
radicalism....sort of refreshing
in a way.
- mpg -- A quote...."Note to Obamatrolls: “When you say you can change
the system from within, that is a lie. It is not you who will change
the system, but the system that will change you.”
Should
We Fear Iran? The Peter Principle Playoffs
A quote..."So here we sit, our heads jerking back and forth so rapidly
most of us are suffering severe whiplash. Will the US attack Iran? Will
Israel attack Iran? Or will the two war-mongering bullies join forces
and "bomb, bomb, bomb" that belligerent twit-nation into subservience?
-- It's a great game. A deadly game. The momentum to attack Iran has
been building for so long that we're conditioned to watching it like
some grotesque international tennis competition. It's the Peter
Principle Playoffs, with neoconsters and ziomonsters out on the court
milling around, working at their highest "levels of incompetence,"
feverishly plotting Iran's destruction. Foul lines mean nothing to
them. There are no rules, no officials, no scores, no accountability."
UN General Assembly Ahmadinejad
Speech / Transcript
& Videos - Part 1/4 - Part
2/4 - Part
3/4 - Part
4/4
Videos - (YouTube -
aprox. 10 min each - Added: September 26, 2007) -- A
quote...."The Speech of Ahmadinejad at the UN General Assembly."
President
Stresses Iran's Right to Produce N. Fuel
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran needs the ability to produce nuclear
fuel because it cannot rely on other nations to supply enriched uranium
to the Islamic Republic's planned reactors, the Iranian president said
Thursday."
Iran
escapes new sanctions in next U.N. resolution
A quote...."UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Six world powers handed the U.N.
Security Council a toothless draft resolution on Iran's nuclear program
on Friday after the United States, facing stiff Russian opposition,
failed to secure agreement for new sanctions."
Iran
Resolution Shelved in Rare Defeat for AIPAC
A quote...."In a significant and highly unusual defeat for the
so-called "Israel Lobby," the Democratic leadership of the House of
Representatives has decided to shelve a long-pending, albeit
nonbinding, resolution that called for President George W. Bush to
launch what critics called a blockade against Iran." -- See also quote
shown below....
WHAT!!
The DemoRepubs have decided it might not be such a wise plan to please
AIPAC by starting another war in the Middle East (they have two ongoing
already, possibly three if you count Pakistan) with a country that
could shut the straits of Hormuz down for years while at the SAME TIME the U.S.'s (N.R.E.'s)
economy is about to suffer its worst collapse (due to the self same
DemoRepubs' negligence) since 1929. My God these DemoRepubs are
so unbelievably smart, who would have thunk it!! - mpg -- Posted 09-25-08
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After
Firefight, Pakistan Tells US to Stay Away From Border
A quote...."One day after a
reported five minute exchange of fire between Pakistani and US troops
along the Afghan border, Pakistani government spokesman Akram Shaheedi
warned the US-led coalition forces “not
to violate territorial sovereignty of Pakistan as it is
counterproductive to the war on terror.” President Asif
Ali Zardari described US support as a “blessing,” however the
general trend appears to point to relations between the two countries
continuing to deteriorate."
Pakistan not to
seek weapons from US
Special Note - A quote...."ISLAMABAD, Sept 25: The government has
decided that it will not take technical assistance and weapons from the
United States under a comprehensive security strategy being devised by
a high-powered committee to combat terrorism."
Zardari lashes
out at US in UN speech
A quote...."Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has lashed out at the
United States over alleged violation of airspace on the border with
Afghanistan. - In a speech to the UN General Assembly, Zardari said
Pakistan would not tolerate violations of its sovereignty, even by its
allies." -- But what are "friends"
for? Remember, you always hurt the ones you "love". - mpg
Marriott
Was Set Ablaze by Americans
A quote...."The Marriott Hotel Islamabad has turned into ashes and
there seems almost nothing left. But the dubious activities of US
officials are still going on. And despite what U.S. officials say, the
fire at the Marriott was more complex than it looks."
New
Twist in Downed Drone Mystery
A quote...."The other day, an American-made Predator spy drone went
down in Pakistan. But, strangely, U.S. officials said they didn't know
a thing about the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) -- despite the pictures
of its wreckage on Pakistani television."
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British
troops 'will leave Iraq within a year'
A quote...."Britain's war in Iraq will end by this time next year, a
highly placed defence source said yesterday. But asked whether the
pullout from Iraq would mean reinforcements being sent to combat a
resurgent Taliban, the senior officer responded: "Emphatically no. We
have already mortgaged the Iraq dividend by boosting our force in
Afghanistan to 8,000. That is the limit."
Iraq:
The Biggest Hospitals Become Sick
A quote...."BAGHDAD, Sep 25 (IPS) - Not even the elevators work now at
Baghdad Medical City, built once as the centre for some of the best
medical care." -- For more on this
issue, see a blast from the past - must view video - Congressional
Progressive Caucus: Dr. Dahlia Wasfi at Iraq Forum - (YouTube - 6 min 14 sec - Added:
September 22, 2006) & The
Method - 05-07-07 - mpg
No
more British troops to be deployed despite Taleban resurgence
A quote...."Britain will not increase troop numbers in Afghanistan,
despite the escalation in violent attacks by the Taleban, a senior
defence official said yesterday."
POLITICS:
Mideast Peace-Making Quartet Gets Flunking Grade
A quote...."WASHINGTON, Sep 25 (IPS) - A new report from several
international aid organisations blasts the Quartet, an international
group assembled to facilitate the Middle East peace process, for
failing to meet their goals in advancing a lasting peace between Israel
and Palestinians."
Venezuela
arrests general on conspiracy
A quote...."Venezuela has arrested an air force general on charges he
was seeking to kill President Hugo Chavez, a lawmaker says."
New Coup
D'Etat Rumblings in Venezuela
A quote...."Throughout most of his tenure and since the Bush
administration took over, CIA and various misnamed US
quasi-governmental agencies have been active in Venezuela. Ones like
the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The International
Republican Institute (IRI) with John McCain as its chairman and its
ties to extremist Republican party elements, and the US Agency for
International Development (USAID). All are imperial instruments.
Undemocratic and for rule by the power of money."
“Ahead of
Financial Crisis,” Venezuela’s Chávez Spins through Europe
A quote...."During the visit, the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA
formed a mixed energy company with five Russian companies, Gazprom,
Lukoil, Rosneft, TNK-BP, and Surgutneftegaz. The company will exploit
Venezuelan oil and national gas and, in accordance with the Venezuelan
constitution, the majority share will be controlled by PDVSA."
Putin back
nuclear talks with Chavez
A quote...."Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he was ready to
consider helping Venezuela develop a nuclear energy programme after
meeting the country's President Hugo Chavez."
Russian ships to
take part in naval exercise in South Korea
A quote...."VLADIVOSTOK, September 26 (RIA Novosti) - Two Russian coast
guard vessels from the Far East port of Vladivostok are on their way to
South Korea to take part in a joint anti-terror exercise, a regional
coast guard official said on Friday."
Election? I
want them all! – Timoshenko
A quote...."Ukraine's Prime Minister, Yulia Timosheko, says an early
parliamentary election could take place alongside a presidential vote.
The statement came amid the country's third major political crisis in
four years, this time caused by the collapse of the governing ‘Orange’
coalition."
China's
lift-off into space - (Blinkx - 1 min 2 sec - September 26, 2008)
Video - A
quote...."China's third manned spacecraft blasts off on a mission which
is expected to include its first space walk."
US
House of Representatives approves NASA buying Russian spacecraft
Special Note - HAH!! Ha, Ha, Haaaaah!.... Them there New
Roman Empires can get to be really expensive, ain't that right?
The
NRE's NASA can't even afford to get itself to
the International Space Station without help. It's really quite
funny. - mpg
-- A quote...."Nasa's top achievement in Congress this year boils down
to a single sentence - one line in a huge spending bill that would
allow Nasa to circumvent an arms-control law and purchase Russian-made
Soyuz spacecraft. -- For Nasa administrator Michael Griffin, that might
be enough to enable him to retire the space shuttle in 2010 and still
get US astronauts to the international space station."
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The
US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 2 articles - Friday - [ Day 50 ] =====
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Putin
erases border between Russia and South Ossetia
A quote...."26.09.2008 - Source: Pravda.Ru -- The recently signed
interstate agreement between South Ossetia and Russia provides a legal
base to erase the border between the two nations, Itar-Tass reports
with reference to a statement from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin."
South
Ossetia and Abkhazia - Notes from the Inside
A quote...."Moscow waited for almost 24 hours, during which Georgian
artillery and planes were sending the capital of South Ossetia to
ruins. Almost 1600 people were killed in the shelling. Now it is being
presented by the mainstream media exclusively as Russia’s intervention
and expansionist policy.”
End - The
US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 2 articles - Friday - [ Day 50 ] ===
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Statement
Of September 11th Advocates Regarding The Release Of The NIST Final
Draft Of Collapse Of WTC7
A quote...."Essentially, the construction of WTC 7 utilized traditional
steel frame skeleton (uniformly spaced column and beam construction),
without the questionable bar joists and trusses used in the
construction of the WTC 1 and 2 Towers. WTC 7 was not a "tube" building
like the WTC Towers. It was a rectangular shape and was less than half
the height of WTC 1 and 2. -- Dr. Sunder also stated that WTC 7 met all
New York City codes. Yet, WTC 7 is the first steel high-rise building
of traditional construction in the United States – and the world, to
completely collapse as a result of fire." -- For more on this issue see....9/11
- WTC7
September
12, 2001: FBI and NTSB Limit Evidence Recovery Efforts at Pentagon
A quote...."Several FBI supervisors convene and discuss what the bureau
should be recovering. One of them says every airplane part is
significant and needs to be treated as valuable evidence. But Adams
counters: -- That can’t be. We know what happened here. Do we really
need to collect every piece of the airplane?” Adams goes over to some
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) crash experts at the site,
who are responsible for determining what happened to Flight 77. When he
asks them, “Do you guys want pieces of the plane?” an NTSB official
responds: “No, it’s clear what happened here. We don’t need pieces of
the wings and stuff like that. But we do need the black boxes.” [Creed
and Newman, 2008, pp. 351-352]" -- For
more on this issue see....9/11
- NORAD
Internet
attacks on 9/11 Truth intensify
Special Note - A
quote...."Internet censorship is once again in the news after legendary
YouTube user Nuffrespect posted a new video detailing the latest online
attack on 9/11 Truth: a user who is creating clones of respected user
accounts and truth movement leaders in order to smear 9/11 Truth by
posting racist comments. These have already led to the deletion of
several well-known accounts in what has been revealed as a coordinated
effort to eliminate 9/11 Truth from YouTube."
What
Did Bush Tell Gonzales?
A quote...."In March 2004, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales made a
now-famous late-night visit to the hospital room of Attorney General
John Ashcroft, seeking to get Ashcroft to sign a certification stating
that the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program was
legal. According to people familiar with statements recently made by
Gonzales to federal investigators, Gonzales is now saying that George
Bush personally directed him to make that hospital visit."
Documents
Reveal Massive DHS Border Spying Operations
A quote...."New documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier
Foundation (EFF) and the Asian Law Caucus (ALC) revealed that the
Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) subunit "reversed a two-decades-old policy that restricted
customs agents from reading and copying the personal papers carried by
travelers, including U.S. citizens."
Subpoena
for Office of Legal Counsel Documents Authorized
A quote...."The Senate Judiciary Committee has authorized the issuance
of a subpoena for a copy of opinions of the Justice Department Office
of Legal Counsel (OLC). -- OLC opinions interpret the law for executive
branch agencies. Controversially, they have been used to sanction
official departures from existing legal norms in domestic surveillance,
prisoner interrogation, and other areas. They have also frequently been
withheld from most members of Congress (though they have reportedly
been provided to the intelligence committees in many cases)."
Rep.
Baldwin Introduces Bill to Undo and Prosecute Bush-Cheney Crimes
A quote...."Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin has just introduced the
Executive Branch Accountability Act of 2008, which calls on the next
President of the United States to....."
Independent
U.S. presidential candidate banned from debates
A quote...."While millions of people around the world watched Barack
Obama and fellow U.S. presidential candidate John McCain debate each
other, another man running for the high office was ignored. Independent
Ralph Nader is not allowed to debate McCain and Obama because officials
say he doesn't qualify. However, Nader's influence on the tight
election may be greater than he's being given credit for." -- For more on this issue see....You
Have a Choice Democracy or Empire 07-24-08 - mpg
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Wall Street Meltdown
Primer
Special Note - A
quote...."Was it lack of regulation?
-- Yes. Everyone acknowledges by now that Wall Street’s
capacity to innovate and turn out more and more sophisticated financial
instruments had run far ahead of government’s regulatory capability.
This wasn’t because the government was incapable of regulating but
because the dominant neoliberal, laissez-faire attitude prevented
government from devising effective regulatory mechanisms."
But isn’t there something more
that is happening? -- We’re seeing the intensification of one
of the central crises or contradictions of global capitalism: the
crisis of overproduction, also known as overaccumulation or
overcapacity. - In other words, capitalism has a tendency to build up
tremendous productive capacity that outruns the population’s capacity
to consume owing to social inequalities that limit popular purchasing
power, thus eroding profitability." -- For more on this issue see....Effective
Fed Funds Rate 03-24-07 - mpg
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Democrats,
Republicans conspire to remove Wall Street bailout from election debate
A quote...."Closed-door talks continued throughout the day Friday
between congressional Democratic and Republican leaders and the Bush
administration, with all sides pledging to reach agreement on terms of
a $700 billion bailout package for the US financial system before the
Asian stock markets open Monday morning—Sunday afternoon in the US." --
If the American public goes
into the polls this November and are actually stupid enough to go vote
for
the DemoRepubs....they deserve exactly the government they're going to
get. More of the same. - mpg
Back
in the USSR
A quote...." Bolivian socialists nationalize to combat wealth
stratification, remove greed from human necessities like energy, and
allow the public to own the means of producing valuable commodities.
Amerika’s socialists nationalize to preserve inequality and force the
public to own the means of worthless production. Most recently,
taxpayers’ $85 billion will purchase bankrupt AIG and its means of
producing paper, all to let speculators continue profiteering off the
human need for housing. -- Close a factory in socialist Denmark, and
workers get immediate government help, along with their free health
care. Shutter one in Ohio, and workers get nothing, except politicians
saying their jobs are never returning and national health care is
“unaffordable.” But if investment banks teeter, those same politicians
quickly find billions for bailouts."
Bailout
can't hide it - the United States is broke
A quote...."Even leading Republicans in Congress, including
presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, recoiled from Treasury Secretary
Henry M. Paulson's proposal to take absolute power over $700 billion to
be borrowed by the federal government and used to purchase every sort
of bad debt without ever having to answer for it - not to the courts,
not to regulatory agencies, and only occasionally and incidentally to
Congress itself. -- The bad-debt bailout would be the biggest
government patronage program in history and would amount to declaring
martial law over the U.S. financial system and economy." -- Also posted at ICH
US
taxpayers are being enrolled in an economic chain gang
A quote....""To preserve their [the people's] independence, we must not
let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our selection
between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude" - Thomas
Jefferson -- There was a time, early in America's history, when its
leaders believed in financial discipline. No more. Perpetual debt,
which Jefferson feared would enslave future generations, is clamped on
Uncle Sam's undercarriage like a ball and chain. US public borrowing is
$9.8 trillion - and rising." -- Also
posted at ICH
S.E.C.
Concedes Oversight Flaws Fueled Collapse - One is seriously tempted to wax sarcastic.
- mpg
Bailout
bill, once 3 pages, swells in length [to 102 pages!] - Oh My Gawd! Congress is legislating again!
- mpg
Day
of Reckoning
The
Great Bailout: Is The Cure Worse Than The Disease?
Ron
Paul: Greenspan, Bernanke Should Be Criminally Charged
Bailout
Backlash: Five Surprising Things That Happened on Thursday
The
Pyramids Crumble
Corporate
Hogs at the Public Trough
Are We
On The Verge of The Deluge?
Paulson
proposal puts CEOs first, public last
ECONOMY-US:
Bailout for Who?
ECONOMY-US:
National Protests Erupt Over Bailout Plan
Credit
Default Swaps: The Insane Problem and the Radical but Sane Solution
Financial
Meltdown And The Madness Of Imperialism
Big
bailout is unlikely to work
Glaring
gaps in the financial system
The
Dumbing-Down of a Nation
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The
GDP Revision [3.3% down to 2.8%]
Raises Recession Risk
A quote...."Action Economics says the downward adjustment to
second-quarter growth may signal accelerated weakness in the third and
fourth quarters."
Confidence
in US banks nosedives after Washington Mutual collapse
A quote...."The failure of one of America's biggest retail banks
undermined confidence in a fresh clutch of US household names today as
investors digested the implications of the biggest collapse of a
high-street bank on record."
Wachovia
Stock Sinks On WaMu News
A quote...."Wachovia Corp. stock, which has been experiencing huge
swings throughout the credit crisis, was down big again Friday as a
potential bank bailout deal fizzled and Washington Mutual Inc. failed."
U.S.
Mint Suspends Sale Of Buffalo Gold Coins
Special Note - A
quote...."The U.S. Mint has temporarily halted distribution of its
one-ounce American buffalo gold coins a month after placing limits on
the sale of American eagle gold coins."
California:
foreclosures and homeless on the rise
A quote...."Stagnating wages, increasing unemployment and rising food
and fuel prices are driving a wave of foreclosures in California,
forcing hundreds of thousands into destitution."
Thursday September 25th 2008
European
reactions to the financial crisis -- Covering their tracks and
distancing themselves from the US
Must Read - A
quote...."The call for a form of “regulated capitalism—that can prevent
risky speculative transactions, cutting down to size the power of
finance capital and giving priority again to production and trade—runs
like a thread through the comments and statements of the press and
politicians of all stripes. But it is an illusion. -- The clock of
history cannot be rewound. The cancer-like growth of finance capital is
not simply the result of wrong decisions by individuals. Greed and
criminal intentions have certainly contributed, but these are rooted in
social conditions that can only be overcome through a revolutionary
transformation of society. -- The deregulation of the financial
markets, which began approximately 30 years ago, was the reaction of
the capitalist class worldwide to the economic crises and class warfare
of the 1960s and 1970s. The abolition of existing regulations and the
development of new forms of speculation served to overcome falling
profit rates. They were accompanied by non-stop attacks on the rights
and living standards of the working class, and with an aggressive
foreign policy that took on an increasingly military direction." -- For more on this issue see....Effective
Fed Funds Rate 03-24-07 - mpg
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A
bailout and a new world - The Good
A quote...."WASHINGTON and SAO PAULO - The George W Bush
administration's US$700 billion no-accountability scheme, globally,
informally dubbed "cash for trash", is making all the headlines.
Simultaneously, there's the small matter of the United Nations General
Assembly sanctioning the troubled birth of a new, multipolar world. As
a 21st-century counterpart to the Dadaist Manifesto, this chain of
events is priceless. -- One just had to listen to the speeches.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva passionately expounded the new
political, economic and commercial geography of the multipolar world.
He praised the Union of Latin American Nations (UNASUR) - the first
treaty uniting all South American nations in 200 years. He blasted
supranational economic institutions that now have no authority - and no
policies - to prevent "speculative anarchy"." -- Also posted at ICH
The
New World War The Silence Is A Lie - The Bad
A quote...."It is a war of the world. In Latin America, the Bush
administration is fomenting incipient military coups in Venezuela,
Bolivia, and possibly Paraguay, democracies whose governments have
opposed Washington's historic rapacious intervention in its "backyard".
Washington's "Plan Colombia" is the model for a mostly unreported
assault on Mexico."
Why
is a U.S. Army brigade being assigned to the "Homeland"? - And The Ugly
A quote...."Several bloggers today have pointed to this obviously
disturbing article from Army Times, which announces that "beginning
Oct. 1 for 12 months, the [1st Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry
Division] will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North" --
"the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to
NorthCom, a joint command established in 2002 to provide command and
control for federal homeland defense efforts and coordinate defense
support of civil authorities." The article details:" -- Also posted at CommonDreams
& ICH
Prepare
Yourselves: PD 51 Being Explained to Obama & McCain This Very
Evening
Related article - A quote...."It is true what Dubya says about this
being a, "dangerous world." As long as he and his friends are
permitted to freely operate within it, the world IS a dangerous
place. No president or head of state is safe, no treasury is
secure...anything not nailed down, including your own wife, is fair
game for these vermin. -- As you wake up tomorrow morning, be grateful
if we still have a country to move about freely in. In very short
order, even the thin fascia of what remains of our once great country
will be swept away." -- Only if
"Bombs Away O-bomb-a" ain't bought and paid for -- Regretfully however,
not only is he bought, he's as bent as a cork screw. - mpg
Pictures:
“Lego Block” Prison Cells Readied In Utah
Related article - A quote...."Pictures of concrete prison cells being
unloaded from wagons in Utah earlier this month have surfaced on the
internet, causing a storm of debate over their purpose."
The
Wicked Witch Is Dead. Why Aren't We Dancing in the Streets?
A quote...."Of course, there are good reasons to be scared. The failure
of capitalism, in the absence of a viable alternative, presents a
terrifying danger of deterioration into fascism: the merger of the
masters of corporate greed with political and military leaders; the
concentration of power in the hands of a demagogic executive branch;
the unraveling of democratic institutions and the rule of law; the
suppression of dissent; the stealing of elections; the waging of wars
of conquest; the scapegoating of unpopular minorities... wait, this is
starting to sound familiar. Failed capitalism sounds a lot like
successful capitalism."
U.S.
Titanic
A quote...."The 450 billionaires have a net worth of approximately $1
trillion and the 3,000,000 millionaires have a net worth of
approximately $11 trillion. So, .1% of the population currently owns
21% of the net worth in this country. Many of these billionaires and
millionaires have accumulated their wealth by managing other people’s
money. The customers never have the yachts. The money managers have the
yachts. The .1% ruling elite are deciding the fate of your
grandchildren in Washington D.C. this week out of public view. The
ruling elite have the most to lose. Whose best interest do you think
they are looking out for?"
One Million
Weapons to Iraq; Many Go Missing
A quote...."Clandestine gun suppliers, funded by the U.S. and Iraqi
governments, have flooded Iraq with a million weapons since 2003,
charges a new Amnesty International investigation. Because of faulty or
non-existent government tracking systems, many of those guns have gone
missing, and some have turned up in the hands of insurgents." -- For more on this issue see....US
Support of Terror - Money & Guns for Everyone
House
Dems Shelve Iran ‘Naval Blockade’ Bill for Now
A quote..."According to the Washington Times the Democratic leadership
in the House of Representatives has shelved H.R. 362, fearing that the
resolution would provoke a war with Iran." -- WHAT!!
The DemoRepubs have decided it might not be such a wise plan to please
AIPAC by starting another war in the Middle East (they have two ongoing
already, possibly three if you count Pakistan) with a country that
could shut the straits of Hormuz down for years while at the SAME TIME the U.S.'s (N.R.E.'s)
economy is about to suffer its worst collapse (due to the self same
DemoRepubs' negligence) since 1929. My God these DemoRepubs are
so unbelievably smart, who would have thunk it!! - mpg
Finally,
the Story of the Whistleblower Who Tried to Prevent the Iraq War
A quote..."Of course Katharine Gun was free to have a conscience, as
long as it didn't interfere with her work at a British intelligence
agency. To the authorities, practically speaking, a conscience was apt
to be less tangible than a pixel on a computer screen. But suddenly --
one routine morning, while she was scrolling through e-mail at her desk
-- conscience struck. It changed Katharine Gun's life, and it changed
history."
US,
Pakistani troops trade gunfire at border
A quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan (Map, News) - A U.S. military official
says American and Pakistani troops traded gunfire during a five-minute
skirmish on the Afghan-Pakistan border."
Pakistani
troops fire on US helicopters at border
A quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan - Pakistani soldiers fired at American
reconnaissance helicopters that were escorting Afghan and U.S. ground
troops along the volatile border on Thursday, sparking a five-minute
ground battle between the countries which have been allies in the war
on terrorism, officials said."
Why
We Should Never Forget
A quote...."September 16 and 17 mark a very difficult anniversary for
the Palestinians. Twenty-six years ago, approximately 2,000 Palestinian
men, women and children were massacred in the refugee camps of Sabra
and Shatilla in Lebanon by Israeli-aligned Phalangist troops under the
chief of the Lebanese Intelligence Forces Elie Hobeika and Israeli
Defense Minister Ariel Sharon."
2
arrested in alleged plot to kill Chavez
A quote...."CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan authorities have arrested
two people suspected of plotting to kill Hugo Chavez by blowing up the
president's plane with an anti-tank weapon, the country's top security
official said Wednesday."
Chavez wants
stronger arms trade with Russia - One
wonders why? - mpg
A quote...."Strengthening economic and military ties is the main goal
of the Venezuelan President’s two-day visit to Russia. After talks with
the Prime Minister in Moscow, Hugo Chavez is in the city of Orenburg to
meet President Dmitry Medvedev."
The
US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 1 article - Thursday - [ Day 49 ] =====
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Ossetian war
aftermath 'shocking' - PACE
A quote...."Ossetian accounts of the war with Georgia are shocking,
according to the head of the Political Affairs Commission of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Goran Lindblad.
PACE delegation has visited South Ossetia to inspect the destruction
caused in the conflict."
End - The
US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 1 article - Thursday - [ Day 49 ] ==
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Anthrax
Links to 9-11
A quote...."The author is a Senior Military Affairs Journalist, and
former White House Policy Analyst and Special Assistant to the
Assistant to the President in the first Reagan Administration. Ms.
Honegger is the author of the 9/11 expose “The Pentagon Attack Papers” http://physics911.net/pdf/honegger.pdf
and October Surprise (Tudor, 1989), the first book to reveal the true
origins of the Iran side of the Iran/Contra scandal."
Foley
Investigation Ends; No Charges Expected
More "Tales From the New Roman
Empire" -- A quote...."Florida authorities say their
investigation was hampered when neither Foley nor the House would let
investigators examine his congressional computers. The Florida agency
had been working with the FBI and Foley's attorneys to gain access to
information on the computers."
When
24 pedophile priests from one town rape 60 children, it is a Public
Nuisance, per recent California lawsuit
More "Tales From the New Roman
Empire" -- A quote...."Since 1964, the Franciscan Friars of
Santa Barbara have produced 24 pedophiles, resulting in 60 settled
lawsuits, likely hundreds more victims. “This is a city of a hundred
thousand people, and the Franciscans still have perpetrators hidden
here,” said Tim Hale, who with his partners, obtained $28 million in
the late 1990s, for victims of serial pedophiles among the Franciscan
Friars."
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Ron Paul -
The Austrian School and the Meltdown
A quote...."The financial meltdown the economists of the Austrian
School predicted has arrived. -- We are in this crisis because of an
excess of artificially created credit at the hands of the Federal
Reserve System. The solution being proposed? More artificial credit by
the Federal Reserve. No liquidation of bad debt and malinvestment is to
be allowed. By doing more of the same, we will only continue and
intensify the distortions in our economy – all the capital
misallocation, all the malinvestment – and prevent the market's attempt
to re-establish rational pricing of houses and other assets."
Show Us
the Money
A quote..."Taxpayers should wake up the politicians and ask them to
tell Wall Street: "We want the same deal Warren Buffett got." The Omaha
billionaire announced he is playing White Knight to Goldman Sachs by
investing $5 billion in the endangered investment house. What a
big-hearted guy. Buffett is an old-fashioned capitalist who invests in
companies for the long term and I am a big admirer. But Warren Buffett
did not get to be a billionaire by committing public-spirited acts of
charity. He plays to win." -- Also
posted at ICH
Not
to mention the fact that Hank
Paulson, the man in charge of this plan, the
man who wants unlimited power to carry it out, the man who knows where all the toxic
waste is buried, just happens to have joined Goldman
Sachs in 1974 working his way up
till he became "Chief
Operating Officer from December 1994 to June 1998; eventually succeeding Jon Corzine (now
Governor of New Jersey) as its chief executive" -- Warren Buffett is
one of the smartest investors around, however by making this
investment, he is implicitly giving
his blessing, and participating in a racket, that's going to rob
tens of millions of hard working Americans of their life savings. --
Frank Paulson is to Goldman Sachs what Dick Cheney is to Haliburton,
it's a true shame that Warren Buffet has chosen to associate himself,
along with his hard earned reputation for prudent investing, with an
arrangement of this sort. - mpg --
Posted below
on 09-24-08
Main
Street Before Wall Street
Congressional
Backbone Needed
No
Bailout for Financial Firms
As
Bush Admin Pushes $700B for Wall Street, Ralph Nader Asks, “Why Is
There Need for a Bailout?”
FIRE!!!!
Are Americans and the World Missing the Boat in Diagnosing what has
occurred in the USA-i.e.
Prestigious
Group of 192 Economists - Including Nobel Prize Winners - Slams Bailout
The
Dallas Fed Reserve Bank Pres, Former Treas. Sec, Head of the Cong
Budget Off. [and others] - All
Slam Bailout
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New
home sales fall to 17-year low
A quote...."NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The pace of new home sales fell
to its lowest level in 17 years in August, according to a key
government report released Thursday that signaled more dismal news for
the housing sector in coming months."
Seattle
home sales plummet 41% from a year ago - posted at BuzzFlash
A quote...."Seattle and Portland were among the top 10 metro areas in
the nation with the most pronounced drop in sales of existing homes in
August versus a year ago, even as other cities in the West bucked a
national downward trend, according to two reports Wednesday."
Durable
goods orders fall 4.5%
A quote...."NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Orders for durable goods posted
the biggest decline in seven months in August, according to Thursday's
report from the Department of Commerce that raises economic caution
flags for the second half of 2008."
Jobless
claims soar near 7-year high
A quote...."NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- In the first economic reading
from the period since the Wall Street crisis erupted, a government
report Thursday showed initial unemployment claims rose last week much
more than expected."
WaMu
is largest U.S. bank failure
Special Note -- A
quote...."Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:32pm EDT -- NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters)
- Washington Mutual Inc was closed by the U.S. government in by far the
largest failure of a U.S. bank, and its banking assets were sold to
JPMorgan Chase & Co for $1.9 billion."
FDIC
May Need $150 Billion Bailout as More Banks Fail
Special Note - A
quote...."Deborah Horn tugs on the handle of the glass-paned entrance
of the IndyMac Bancorp Inc. branch in Manhattan Beach, California. The
door won't budge. The weekend is approaching, and Horn, 44, the sole
breadwinner in a family of three, needs cash."
China
banks told to halt lending to US banks-SCMP
A quote...."BEIJING, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Chinese regulators have told
domestic banks to stop interbank lending to U.S. financial institutions
to prevent possible losses during the financial crisis, the South China
Morning Post reported on Thursday."
Bank
Borrowing From Fed Already Exceeded Bailout Total in Last Week
Special Note - A quote...."U.S. banks
borrowed $188 billion per day on average in the latest week from
the Federal Reserve, meaning that the Fed loaned out more money than
the Treasury's proposed bailout in just one week, still barely managing
to keep the economy afloat." -- bold by website editor
U.S.
stocks strike solid gains on view bailout deal near
A quote...."NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks surged Thursday on
thinking lawmakers were close to agreement on a rescue package for the
embattled financial sector, helping overtake grim economic data...."
For more on the nine articles
shown above see....What
Ben Bernanke Said - 03-18-08 - mpg
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Ireland
leads euroland into recession as property crashes
A quote...."Ireland has become the first country in the eurozone to
slide into recession as the torrid housing boom of recent years turns
into a deep slump."
Wednesday September 24th 2008
Let's Play
"WALLSTREET BAILOUT" The Rules Are... Rep Kaptur - (YuTb - 5 min 35
sec - Sept. 22, 2008)
Must View Video - Action Alert -- She's
outstanding!! - Everybody who
sees this video, please post it and pass it on! - mpg
McDeregulation
- By Keith Olbermann - 6 Minute Video
Must View Video - A
quote...."
There is a man running for president who actually believes -- right now
-- that deregulation has been a great thing for the U-S economy... He
has surrounded himself with lobbyists who made millions pushing for the
regulatory changes that facilitated the current crisis... And he thinks
that deregulation of the banking industry has been so great... we
should do the exact same thing with -- make that "to" -- health care."
-- See also....You can
run, but you can't hide &
Source:
Freddie Mac paid McCain aide's firm
Thinking
the Unthinkable: A Debt Write Down, and Jubilee Year Clean Slate
Must Read - A
quote...."We have reached the point where it may finally be able to
break through the membrane of cognitive dissonance that has been
blinded people. The very first course in economics –starting in high
school, followed up in college and then refined in graduate school –
should explain to students why it is false to believe the advertisement
that Wall Street has been trying to sell for the past half century: The
deceptive promise that an economy can get rich off the mathematical
“magic of compound interest.”
Ron Paul -
The Creation of the Second Great Depression
A quote...."Whenever a Great Bipartisan Consensus is announced, and a
compliant media assures everyone that the wondrous actions of our wise
leaders are being taken for our own good, you can know with absolute
certainty that disaster is about to strike." -- For more on this issue see....You
Have a Choice Democracy
or Empire 07-24-08 - mpg
Bailout
plan not embraced - RN Video
Video - A quote...."The
proposal itself not only requests $700 billion dollars of money to
purchase worthless assets, it has a section in it that no one in
Washington seems to have pointed too that says at one time....at one
time....we can buy seven hundred billion dollars worth of assets,
meaning if they get written down to zero....which is very likely
because we are talking about them wanting to buy the most junky assets
that exist in finance....and they have a piece in the proposal too buy
even more...." -- *Nomi Prins*
$5
Trillion Cash Pool Needed to Stop Rout, Ohmae Says (Update1)
A quote...."Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's
$700 billion plan to buy devalued assets from financial companies is
``a joke'' because it doesn't go far enough to calm markets, said
Kenichi Ohmae, president of Business Breakthrough Inc."
Upheaval
on Wall St. Stirs Anger in the U.N. - Posted at BuzzFlash
A quote...."UNITED NATIONS — Wall Street and the Bush administration’s
record of financial oversight came under attack at the United Nations
on Tuesday, with one world leader after another saying that market
turmoil in the United States threatened the global economy. -- "We must
not allow the burden of the boundless greed of a few to be shouldered
by all,” said President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil in
an opening speech that reflected the tone of the gathering."
The
Paulson Put(sch)
A quote...."[Last Wednesday, Hank Paulson was installed as CEO of US
Government Incorporated, replacing the now defunct United States of
America]. "
Corporate
Media Journalists Just Love Rich Guys
Special Note - A
quote..." Buffett, whatever else he is, is no fool. He looks at Goldman
Sachs, its shares knocked for a loop by the current crisis, but about
to become a merged entity—bank and investment bank combined—with
government backing to unload its bad credit risks—and he buys $5
billion worth of it, and then turns around and tells Congress to step
up and vote for a bailout which would double his money almost
instantly. -- What a guy! A true hero." -- Not to mention the fact that Hank
Paulson, the man in charge of this plan, the
man who wants unlimited power to carry it out, the man who knows where all the toxic
waste is buried, just happens to have joined Goldman
Sachs in 1974 working his way up
till he became "Chief
Operating Officer from December 1994 to June 1998; eventually succeeding Jon Corzine (now
Governor of New Jersey) as its chief executive" -- Warren Buffett is
one of the smartest investors around, however by making this
investment, he is implicitly giving
his blessing, and participating in a racket, that's going to rob
tens of millions of hard working Americans of their life savings. --
Frank Paulson is to Goldman Sachs what Dick Cheney is to Haliburton,
it's a true shame that Warren Buffet has chosen to associate himself,
along with his hard earned reputation for prudent investing, with an
arrangement of this sort. - mpg
The
Elephants Among Us Chickens
A quote...."Andrew Sullivan, squawking the name “Milton Friedman” as if
it magically disappeared the ridiculous, sat on Bill Maher’s show
blaming the financial crisis on American consumers who bought houses
they couldn’t afford. He was arguing against Naomi Klein’s thesis
that the crisis belonged squarely at the doorstep of an
ideology-obsessed political class and its Wall Street allies."
The
Rescue of the Wealthy
A quote...."When a poor man is about to lose his house or is unemployed
and cannot repay his debt, this government and society is quite willing
to let such a person lose his home, even openly die on the streets of
America. I have personally seen it before in this country, and I
imagine I will continue to see it. -- If you're wealthy enough, or a
large and greedy enough capitalist, this government and society are
quite willing to openly help you out of your debts, even if they are
entirely of your own making. That Bush, a person whose entire business
career was formulated on failed companies that were bailed out by
government connected friends, should choose a rescue of the wealthy
while ignoring the very real plight of the workers in this country is
no surprise to me."
700
billion fluffy nothings - Staggering bailouts? Body counts? Global
warming stats? They're just numbers, silly
Bernanke
Admits Bailout is NOT Aimed at Helping Taxpayers
Citizens
Dumping Personal Junk on Wall Street to Protest Bailout
Socialism,
George W. Bush Style
Has
Deregulation Sired Fascism?
A
Special Prosecutor for Wall Street
Rescue
plan would elevate Paulson to 'dictator' of financial system
Next
Bad Deal Gone Down: The Comedy of Congressional 'Oversight'
Evasions,
half-truths and lies - Bush demands passage of Wall Street bailout
The
Bush administration’s bank rescue plan
Days
from Economic Meltdown: "Dr. Doom" says up to 33% of regional banks
could fail
European
Friends Write: "Are You Americans Crazy?"
Behind
The Financial Debacle: Conservative Misrule
Democrats
signal support for Wall Street bailout at Senate hearing
Half
a Trillion Bailout For The Creators of the Market Crisis
Goldman
Sachs Socialism
Financial
Meltdown: The Financial Edifice of U.S. Imperialism is in Danger of
Crumbling
Let’s
Stop the Greatest Theft in the History of Humankind
A
Fox to Protect the Henhouse?
The
$700,000,000,000 Power Punch - Socializing Debt, Privatizing Profits
and Power
Key
finance firms 'probed by FBI'
The
Bailout and the Liberal Response
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Coming
Attractions: War Without End, Amen
Must Read - A
quote...."While our national leaders quibble and carp over just how
much public money they should ladle out to Wall Street's den of
thieves, and how many people should be in charge of divvying up this
vast pork pie (one guy at Treasury? a panel of Establishment worthies?
a couple of goobers in Congress?), the real business of the American
empire -- war and rumors of war -- goes on without let or hindrance. --
Even now, the masters of war down at Hell's Bottom -- the fetid swamp
where they planted the Pentagon way back when -- are laying plans for
decades of "persistent conflict" against a host of targets: the poor,
the young, the desperate, the deprived, the Chinese, the Russians --
and the American people."
America Pays the
Piper, Big Time
Must Read - A
quote...."After a
28-year binge of drunken optimism and blind nationalism – often
punctuated by chants of “USA, USA!” and “We’re No. 1!” – Americans are
waking up with a painful hangover, facing a grim “morning in America,”
not the happy vision that Ronald Reagan famously sold them on.
Robert
Fisk: Six years in Guantanamo
Must Read - A
quote...."Sami al-Haj, an Al Jazeera cameraman, was beaten, abused and
humiliated in the name of the war on terror. He tells our correspondent
about his struggle to rebuild a shattered life. -- Sami al-Haj walks
with pain on his steel crutch; almost six years in the nightmare of
Guantanamo have taken their toll on the Al Jazeera journalist and, now
in the safety of a hotel in the small Norwegian town of Lillehammer, he
is a figure of both dignity and shame. The Americans told him they were
sorry when they eventually freed him this year – after the beatings he
says he suffered, and the force-feeding, the humiliations and
interrogations by British, American and Canadian intelligence officers
– and now he hopes one day he'll be able to walk without his stick." --
Also posted at ICH
-- For more on this issue see....US
- Killing the Messenger
“Grim”
NIE on Afghanistan to Remain Classified
A quote...."With the Bush Administration reportedly conducting a major
review of Afghanistan policy, a soon-to-be-finished National
Intelligence Estimate on Afghanistan will remain classified and
unavailable to the general public. Officials say that a draft version
of the report paints a “grim” picture as the war approaches the seven
year mark."
US has no more
troops for Afghan war until spring
A quote...."WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will not have
enough forces available to meet a request for more troops from NATO's
top commander in Afghanistan until next spring at the earliest, the
U.S. defense chief said Tuesday."
US
told it must hold talks with Taliban's Mullah Omar
A quote...."The US must broker a power-sharing agreement with the head
of the Taliban, Mullah Omar, in order to establish peace in the region,
the Governor of Pakistan's lawless border areas has said."
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Obama
goes over the top in bashing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Special Note - A
quote...."Sept. 24, 2008 | Sen. Barack Obama responded with outrage to
the remarks made Tuesday by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
before the United Nations General Assembly, expressing regret that the
quirky little president was even allowed to speak. Obama's denunciation
was mild compared with that of Gov. Sarah Palin...." -- For more on this issue see....You
Have a Choice Democracy or Empire 07-24-08 - mpg
Iran
Leader Wants To Debate Obama
A quote...."Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered to take on
presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain in a debate."
Larry King Live - Ahmadinejad on Part 1 - Part
2 - Part
3 - Part
4 - Part
5
Video - (YouTube - aprox.
9-10 min - Added: September 24, 2008) -- A quote...."Freedom of
the press!"
Charlie Rose Interviews - Iran President - 2008 -- Part
1/6 - Part
2/6 - Part
3/6 - Part
4/6 - Part
5/6 - Part
6/6
Video - From the History File -- (YouTube -
aprox. 9-10 min - Added: September 24, 2008)
US
forces are surrounding Iran, says Ahmadinejad
A quote...."NEW YORK: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday
justified his policy of confronting the West by saying US troops are
surrounding Iran. Interviewed by National Public Radio (NPR) about his
stance, Ahmadinejad replied: “I’d like to ask you, is it the Iranian
(army) that’s around the territories around the country, or is it the
US troops that are around? “It is the US troops around our borders. It
is not ours around the American borders. So what exactly are they doing
over there?” he asked."
Ahmadinejad
Blasts Powers for Bullying World
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told
the UN General Assembly Tuesday that a few "bullying" world powers are
trying to thwart Iran's peaceful nuclear program."
‘US
at fault for financial collapse’
A quote...."IRAN’S president blamed US military interventions around
the world in part for the collapse of global financial markets. - “The
US government has made a series of mistakes in the past few decades,”
Ahmadinejad said. “The imposition on the US economy of the years of
heavy military engagement and involvement around the world... the war
in Iraq, for example. These are heavy costs imposed on the US
economy. - “The world economy can no longer tolerate the
budgetary deficit and the financial pressures occurring from markets
here in the United States, and by the US government,” he added."
Iran
asks Ban Ki-moon to hold referendum in entire Palestine
A quote...."President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday called on the
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to hold a free referendum
in Palestine for determining and establishing the type of state in the
entire Palestinian lands."
Russia
to equip Iran with 'game changer'?
A quote...."Russia plans to equip Iran with advanced antiaircraft
defense systems amid reports that Israel will soon acquire advanced
smart bombs."
Venezuela:
Iran to finance 25 factories
A quote...."Tehran, 24 Sept. (AKI) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
has announced that 25 Iranian-built factories will open in the country
in the near future. - The factories announced by Chavez in a televised
speech will draw on Iranian technology and financial backing. - The
factories will include corn flour mills, cement plants, dairies,
automobile parts manufacturing units and petrochemical plants."
Iran,
Pakistan to Raise Funds for Gas Pipeline
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran and Islamabad agreed on Tuesday to
float a joint company to raise funds for a multi-billion-dollar
pipeline which is due to take Iran's rich gas reserves to the energy
hungry Pakistan and India."
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BBC
uncovers lost Iraq billions
A quote...."A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn
(£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly
accounted for in Iraq."
Pakistan
Investigating US Marine Activity Inside Marriott Hotel Days Before Huge
Bombing
A quote...."Pakistani authorities investigating last Saturday's huge
bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad are looking into evidence
that US marines were occupying two floors just days prior to the blast
and were witnessed unloading a truckload of steel cases inside."
India,
Pakistan leaders agree to resume talks
A quote...."NEW YORK- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan
President Asif Ali Zardari agreed after summit talks on Wednesday to
resume their strained peace process be scheduling a new round of talks
by year's end."
How
Syria's Assad Is Steering His Country out of Isolation
Special Note - A
quote...."Washington still counts him as part of its axis of evil, but
Europe and Russia -- and, more recently, even archenemy Israel -- are
courting him as a negotiating partner. The ruler of Damascus, Syrian
President Bashar Assad, wants to lead his country back to the
international community."
Is a U.S.-Approved
Coup Under Way in Bolivia? - Posted
at BuzzFlash
A quote...."On Monday, Sept. 15, Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived
in Santiago, Chile for an emergency meeting of Latin American leaders
that convened to seek a resolution to the recent conflict in Bolivia.
Upon his arrival, Morales said, "I have come here to explain to the
presidents of South America the civic coup d'etat by governors in some
Bolivian states in recent days. This is a coup in the past few days by
the leaders of some provinces, with the takeover of some institutions,
the sacking and robbery of some government institutions and attempts to
assault the national police and the armed forces."
Bolivian
president censures United States
A quote...."UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales on
Tuesday said the United States has tried to thwart his political
ambitions and, more recently, failed to condemn a pro-autonomy movement
that uses "terrorist" tactics."
BOLIVIA:
Morales Cites "Evidence" of U.S. Meddling
A quote...."UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 (IPS) - Bolivian President Evo
Morales reiterated the charge Tuesday that the U.S. government was
plotting to overthrow his government and that Washington had a hand in
the recent episodes of violence in which a number of his supporters
were killed and wounded by opposition gangs."
Ecuadorians
march to support Bolivian president
A quote...."QUITO, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Ecuadorians went on
a peaceful demonstration here Tuesday to express their support for
Bolivian President Evo Morales, who was facing a political crisis at
home as the opposition-controlled provinces demanded more autonomy."
British
priest killed by Pinochet Navy could be lead case
A quote...."The sister of an Anglo-Chilean Catholic priest Miguel
Woodward, who disappeared in 1973 in Valparaiso after having been held
captive in a naval school vessel, called on the Chilean Navy to assume
“responsibilities” for human rights abuses committed during the
military regime."
Russia,
China thwart Iran sanctions
A quote...."NEW YORK (AP) — Russia and China are blocking U.S. and
European efforts to slap new sanctions on Iran over its disputed
nuclear program. -- But it is objections in particular from Moscow,
angered by Washington's criticism of its invasion of Georgia, that have
forced cancellation of high-level talks on Iran that were scheduled to
be held here this week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly,
officials said."
Iraq–China
oil deal made final next week
A quote...."BAGHDAD: An Iraqi oil ministry spokesman says Iraq and
China will finalize a US$3 billion oil agreement next week. - Assem
Jihad says a Chinese delegation will visit Baghdad to sign the deal.
Specific dates haven't been released for security reasons. Jihad spoke
Wednesday."
Venezuela
signs Chinese oil deal
A quote...."President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has signed a series of
energy co-operation deals with China. He said oil exports from
Venezuela to China could rise threefold by 2012, to one million barrels
a day. Venezuela, one of the world's largest oil producers, is seeking
new markets to reduce its dependency on exports to the United States."
Russian,
Venezuelan oil, gas companies may create consortium - Sechin
Full quote...." MOSCOW, September 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian and
Venezuelan oil and gas companies may create a consortium to produce
hydrocarbons in Latin America, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin
said on Monday, as he briefed the Cabinet’s presidium on the results of
his last week’s working trip, which took him to Cuba, Venezuela and
Nicaragua. - “With the participation of oil companies a consortium may
be created for operations in Venezuela and other countries of that
region,” he said."
Russia
may sell more MiG-29K carrier fighters to India
A quote...."MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Talks on additional
deliveries of MiG-29K Fulcrum-D carrier fighters to India will start in
the near future, the president of Russia's United Aircraft Corporation
said Wednesday."
Moscow
backs Serbia's objections over OSCE Kosovo mission chief
A quote...."18:38 | 22/ 09/ 2008MOSCOW, September 22 (RIA Novosti) -
Disregarding Serbian objections to the new head of the OSCE mission in
Kosovo erodes the legitimacy of the mission, the Russian Foreign
Ministry said Monday."
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The
US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 3 articles - Wednesday - [ Day 48 ] =====
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PACE to
inspect S. Ossetian destruction
A quote...."September 25, 2008, 9:14 -- A delegation from the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) arrives in South
Ossetia on Thursday to see the destruction caused by Georgia’s armed
forces. They will visit the capital Tskhinval to assess the damage and
meet locals. A report on their findings will be released on Monday."
Ukraine
refuses to side with Georgia at UN
A quote...."Despite great expectations, Ukraine didn’t support Georgia
in New York , where 63 session of United Nations Assembly was held
Tuesday . Ukrainian president Victor Yushchenko remained neutral in his
comments on being “the next Russia’s target”."
Iran’s
president lashes out at U.S.
A quote...."September 24, 2008, 23:56 -- The people of Georgia, South
Ossetia and Abkhazia have become the victims of NATO provocations,
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said at the UN General
Assembly. He also accused western powers of trying to thwart his
country's ‘peaceful nuclear programme’."
End - The
US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 3 articles - Wednesday - [ Day 48 ] =
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4th
Gitmo prosecutor quits over ethics
Must Read (for the outrage) -- A quote...."A
US prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay prison has resigned over the alleged
suppression of evidence against a young Afghan detainee." -- For more on this issue see....The
Convenient Silence of Guantanamo Bay - 05-31-08 - mpg
'Prosecutor's
office withheld exculpatory evidence.' - Report: Guantanamo
prosecutor quits, alleging evidence withheld from detainee -- A
quote...."24 Sep 2008 AP: A military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay has
resigned because his office withheld exculpatory evidence against an
Afghan detainee, the prisoner's lawyers say. The attorneys for Mohammed
Jawad say the prosecutor, Army Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, backs their
bid to get charges dismissed against Jawad, who is accused of throwing
a grenade [when he was age 16 or 17] that injured two U.S. soldiers.
Michael Berrigan, the tribunals' deputy chief defense counsel, said
today that Vandeveld told them the prosecutor's office was refusing to
hand over the evidence." -- Paragraph
quoted from CLG
Cheney’s
testimony in Valerie Plame leak case classified, DOJ says
A quote...."The Department of Justice, in refusing to release Vice
President Dick Cheney’s interview transcript with the special
prosecutor who investigated the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie
Plame Wilson, said for the first time last week that contents of
Cheney’s interview have been classified."
Documents:
Ivins bragged he knew anthrax killer
A quote...."WASHINGTON - Bruce Ivins, the Army scientist accused of
carrying out the 2001 anthrax attacks, e-mailed himself last year
saying he knew who the killer was, according to court documents
unsealed Wednesday."
When
Corporations Spy
A quote...."As if illegal spying and dirty tricks by state agencies
weren't threat enough to democratic institutions and grassroots
activist organizations, hundreds of corporate spy outfits are doing
their part--to defend the "homeland" and the bottom line--for the
multinational grifters who plunder the world's wealth."
U.S.
Troops In Homeland “Crowd Control” Patrols From October 1st
False Flag Update - A
quote...."U.S. troops returning from duty in Iraq will be carrying out
homeland patrols in America from October 1st in complete violation of
Posse Comitatus for the purposes of helping with “civil unrest and
crowd control” - which could include dealing with unruly Americans
after a complete economic collapse."
Brigade
homeland tours start Oct. 1
False Flag Update - A
quote...."3rd Infantry’s 1st BCT trains for a new dwell-time mission.
Helping ‘people at home’ may become a permanent part of the active
Army."
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Has
the Election Just Been Cancelled?
A quote...."CNN is reporting that McCain has "suspended his campaign"
and is asking Obama to do the same, due to the economic crisis:"
Diebold Keeps on
Truckin' in Ohio for McCain
A quote...."Disgraced E-voting vendor, with admittedly inaccurate
voting systems, seen back on the road for the Republican candidate in
the Buckeye state..."
I
ghost-wrote letters to the editor for the McCain campaign
A quote...."Editor's note: The following article was originally
published on Sept. 13 in Dutch in the newspaper NRC Handelsblad, where
Margriet Oostveen writes a weekly column called "Message From
Washington." Oostveen has volunteered in various political campaigns
and then written about the experience. She has worked for both John
McCain and Barack Obama in this election cycle. Click here to see
guidelines, talking points and sample letters the McCain campaign gave
her."
Newsweek:
McCain's campaign manager paid by Fannie and Freddie to do pretty much
nothing
Special Note - A
quote...."The implication being that McCain's campaign manager, Rick
Davis, was being paid money in order to keep him happy until McCain
became president, and then Fannie and Freddie could call in favors. I'm
sorry, but, if true, this story is corrupt as hell. It goes far beyond
lobbying. We are talking about potentially buying someone off. And
buying them off in order to buy John McCain:"
Battle
brewing in Ohio over voting-record discrepancies - Posted at BuzzFlash
A quote...."Activists worry that people who moved and failed to update
their records -- may of them young and minorities -- could be
disenfranchised Nov. 4. The issue could loom large in battleground
states."
Votes
being stolen, now, by hundreds of thousands; Dems doing nothing
A quote...."Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: There are about 30 scams the
Republicans are deliberately using, particularly in the swing states to
get Democratic voters off the rolls. These scams originate in the
so-called Help America Vote Act, which was passed after the Florida
debacle in the year 2000."
Election
officials in three states tell college students they can't vote
A quote...."WASHINGTON — Colorado Democrats accused a Republican county
clerk Wednesday of falsely informing Colorado College that students
from outside the state could not register to vote if their parents
claimed them as a dependent on their tax returns."
Was
the 2004 Election Stolen?
Must See Chart - They always cheat....it's in their nature
to do so.
- mpg
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Price of
US Existing Homes Sees Record Fall
Special Note - A
quote...."Prices of existing homes in the United States suffered a
record drop in August while the sales pace slowed and the overstock of
homes shrank, the National Association of Realtors said on Wednesday."
Fed
sets $30 billion swaps lines with Nordics, Australia
A quote...."WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve set new currency
swap lines worth $30 billion with central banks in Scandinavia and
Australia on Wednesday to boost short-term U.S. dollar liquidity and
help drive down interbank lending rates."
Hedge
funds move $100bn into safe havens
Stock Market Alert - A
quote...."Hedge funds charging hefty fees for sophisticated trading
strategies aimed at outperforming the wider market have collectively
parked $100bn in simple money market funds typically used by investors
seeking safe rather than spectacular returns. -- Citigroup estimates
that hedge funds have now placed $600bn in cash, and that $100bn of
this is held in money market funds, normally seen as some of the safest
places to invest cash."
Hong
Kong Savers Fret as Bank East Asia Fights Rumors (Update2)
A quote...."Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- For the first time since the Asian
financial crisis more than a decade ago, Hong Kong has faced a bank
run."
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