Washington's $8 Billion Shadow
A quote...."Mega-contractors such as Halliburton and Bechtel supply the government with brawn. But the biggest, most powerful of the "body shops"—SAIC, which employs 44,000 people and took in $8 billion last year—sells brainpower, including a lot of the "expertise" behind the Iraq war."

If you want to know who SAIC belongs to, just spell the company's name backwards....CIA's. - mpg
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American-backed killer militias strut across Iraq - posted at AntiWar
A quote...."Members of the Baghdad Brigade receive $300 a man each month from the Americans, who also provide vehicles, uniforms and flak jackets. In return the brigade keeps out Al-Qaeda, dismantles roadside bombs and patrols the area, a task performed with considerable swagger by many of its 4,000 recruits."

For more on this see....The Method - 05-07-07 - mpg
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A Little Justice: Mass Murder Accomplice Gets Slap on the Wrist
A quote...."Jonathan Schwarz seizes upon the defeat of the odious Australian prime minister, John Howard, to remind us once again how brazenly, how egregiously, and how transparently the leaders of the "Anglosphere" lied in order to manipulate their countries into a war of aggression against Iraq. (You can find the piece here and here.)"

Australia's Labor sweeps to power in elections
Related article - A quote...." SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Labor Party swept into power at national elections on Saturday, propelling 50-year-old former diplomat Kevin Rudd into office on a wave of support for generational change. - The surge to Labor left conservative Prime Minister John Howard struggling to hold on to even his own parliamentary seat, which he has held since 1974, putting him in danger of becoming the first prime minister since 1929 to lose his constituency." - italics by website author

Howard in Danger of Being First Leader in 78 Years to Lose Seat  - posted at BuzzFlash
Related article - A quote...."Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- John Howard said he is likely to lose his seat, becoming the first Australian Prime Minister to be voted out of parliament since 1929 as his 11-year-old government was swept from power."

Another Bush lackey bites the dust. - mpg
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Darkness Falls on the Middle East  - posted at CounterPunch
A quote...."So where do we go from here? I am talking into blackness because there is no electricity in Beirut. And everyone, of course, is frightened. A president was supposed to be elected today. He was not elected. The corniche outside my home is empty. No one wants to walk beside the sea."
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posted at Informed Comment
A quote...."Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien says that it was among the great victories in his life that he stood against US pressure to join in the Iraq War."

"Uh, the purpose of a wise and mature US foreign policy is to avoid close allies ending up speaking like that. Bush has destroyed half a century of good will among NATO allies, most of whom now think they are better off not following Washington's lead. Leaders who threw in with Bush, like Aznar of Spain and Berlusconi of Italy, have been ushered off the political stage by enraged publics. As someone who grew up when the US (and its currency) was respected by most Europeans and other North Americans, I am sad to see the way W. has debased our position and humiliated our country."

"Among the biggest irritants in NATO countries against the US now is the mission in Afghanistan, which seems both open-ended and ultimately fruitless. Canada did not dodge that bullet, and has lost dozens of soldiers there, though you would not know it from reading US newspapers." --  Juan Cole  --
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New Polish prime minister to loosen ties with US
A quote...."Poland's newly elected prime minister moved yesterday to distance his country from America, raising questions about plans to site a US missile defence system on Polish soil and announcing the withdrawal of Polish troops from Iraq next year. - "In a year's time I will tell you here in this chamber that our military mission in Iraq is over," Donald Tusk said in his inaugural speech to the Sejm or Polish parliament. "We have taken the decision - as far as the government powers go - to make 2008 the year when the pullout of Poland's military mission is started and completed." The pullout had formed part of his election campaign and has the support of the majority of Poles."

Shut Up (About) Chavez
A quote...."It gets tiresome to hear the one-sided media coverage of Hugo Chavez. Yes, he’s authoritarian. He’s also abrasive, arrogant, stubborn, and all too human. But he knows what happened to leaders in Iran and Guatemala and Chile and Haiti over the past half-century when they tried to defy the western world by nationalizing oil and other industries. He’s influenced by the memory of the US-backed attempt to depose him in 2002. And he can see the effects of unregulated multinational companies in Nigeria, where in 2004 80% of the revenue from the oil industry went to only 1% of the population, and only 2% of Shell Oil’s employees were from the local population."

Iran completes enrichment process
A quote...."Director of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization says Tehran has completed the enrichment process and can produce its own nuclear fuel. - Gholam-Reza Aqazadeh said the pellets applicable in the 40-megawatt Arak heavy water research reactor meet international standards. - He added that the fuel manufacturing plant would be ready by September 2008 to provide fuel for the Arak research reactor."

Iran to Launch Home-Made Submarine, Destroyer
A quote...."Iranian army's naval commander said that the country is due to launch a home-made destroyer and a submarine on Wednesday. - Speaking to reporters in a press conference here on Saturday, Admiral Habib Sayyari further pointed to the production of missile-launching PT boats by the navy, and added, "A home-made destroyer called 'Jamaran' and a (home-made) submarine of 'Ghadir' class will launch operation on November 28."

Iran's navy to carry out military maneuvers in Feb.
A quote...."TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iran's navy commander said on Saturday that his forces will launch military maneuvers in Hormuz Strait and Gulf of Oman in February to exercise their naval capabilities, the official IRNA news agency reported. - Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari told reporters that the military exercises, code named, "Ettehad 86," or "Unity 86," will continue for a week. - The war games aim to exercise technical tactics, test the navy's equipment and promote power of the naval forces in the field of different surface-to-surface and air-to-sea operations, he said."

Annapolis, As Seen From Gaza
A quote...."Even in the worst of times, there's one thing we're never short of in our troubled part of the world: another conference, meeting, declaration, summit, agreement. Something to save the day, to "steer" us back to whatever predetermined path it is we are or were meant to be on. And to help us navigate that path."

Oligarchs vie for power in Georgia
A quote...."President Mikhail Saakashvili’s attempts to outflank the Georgian United Opposition are not running according to plan. Commentators are even beginning to question his ability to salvage his political career.

Russia slams U.S. written proposals on missile shield, CFE
Some quotes...."MOSCOW, November 23 (RIA Novosti) - The United States has gone back on previous initiatives concerning its missile shield in Europe in a written proposal earlier received by Russia, a source in Russia's Foreign Ministry said Friday."  --  "This time [in written proposals], there is no mention of a joint assessment of threats, the presence of Russian experts at U.S. missile defense sites in Europe. The document does not confirm U.S. willingness not to activate the [missile] shield if there is no real threat," the source said."

You mean the MIOC elites have gone back on their prior commitments....this website editor is shocked!  Shocked I tell you. – mpg
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Railroading A Journalist In Iraq
A quote...."In the 19 months since he was picked up, Bilal has not been charged with any crime, although the military has sent out a flurry of ever-changing claims. Every claim we've checked out has proved to be false, overblown or microscopic in significance. Now, suddenly, the military plans to seek a criminal case against Bilal in the Iraqi court system in just days. But the military won't tell us what the charges are, what evidence it will be submitting or even when the hearing will be held."

Q&A:  ‘U.S. Politics Turning Communities Against Each Other’
Interview - IPS Interviews Gilbert Achcar - A quote...."ATHENS, Nov 23 (IPS) - "As long as the U.S. troops stay in Iraq there will be violence," warns Gilbert Achcar, professor of development studies and international relations at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. - Achcar -- a vehement critic of U.S. policy in the Middle East since Sep. 11, 2001 -- was born in Senegal and lived in Lebanon until moving to France in 1983. - He has served as professor of politics and international relations at the University of Paris VIII, and has written many books about the impact of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East during the post Sep. 11 era."

Executions Not Leading To Reconciliation
A quote...."BAGHDAD, Nov 22 (IPS) - The executions of former regime officials are creating greater division, rather than reconciliation, among Iraqis. - Special courts formed by the American occupation authorities in Iraq are issuing death sentences -- like that carried out on former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, on 30 December 2006 -- on what many Iraqis are interpreting as a political basis."

The Primary Point of the Occupation of Iraq is the Occupation Itself
A quote...."....There's a persistent belief that if opponents of the occupation could only win the "debate" over Iraq on the merits, then a U.S. withdrawal will somehow follow. - There are a number of problems with this idea, not least of which is the fact that to a very significant degree we've already won the debate...."

Nigeria: No to U.S. Army Base
A quote...."I am normally a fan of the United States of America. In fact, just this time a year ago, I was invited by the State Department, among nine other journalists, to tour the US, understand its system and processes better and to observe the mid-term elections that renewed the mandates of members Congress and some state officials  -  But over this matter of plans by the United States to establish what it calls the Africa Command or Africom in the Gulf of Guinea, it is time to call for deep caution and to agree with Nigerian officials that we should take the American initiative with a pinch of salt...."

The Africans are rightly afraid of what will happen to them if the US tries to "help" them.  Everybody out there in the international community is taking the Iraq lesson to heart.

If you do "business" with America's elites, Iraq is the example of what will happen to you. - mpg
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US is‘worst’ imperialist: archbishop
A quote...."THE Archbishop of Canterbury has said that the United States wields its power in a way that is worse than Britain during its imperial heyday. - Rowan Williams claimed that America’s attempt to intervene overseas by “clearing the decks” with a “quick burst of violent action” had led to “the worst of all worlds”.

We fret over Europe, but the real threat to sovereignty has long been the US
A quote...."Britain's biggest foreign influence is the one politicians don't dare debate: not immigration, not Brussels, but America "

US knew Musharraf planned to institute emergency rule: report - posted at Raw Story
A quote...."The Bush Administration knew that Pakistani strongman Pervez Musharraf planned to institute emergency rule but did not act or speak out about the plan, according to officials with knowledge of the discussion who spoke anonymously in Friday's Wall Street Journal."

Flight logs reveal secret rendition
A quote...."THE secret flight plans of American military planes have revealed for the first time how European countries helped send prisoners, including British citizens, to the Guantanamo Bay prison camp."

The Bush Rules of Evidence
A quote...."In the history of the American Republic, perhaps no political family has been more protected from scandal than the Bushes.  -  When the Bushes are involved in dirty deals or even criminal activity, standards of evidence change. Instead of proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” that would lock up an average citizen, the evidence must be perfect."

They Lied
A tiny sample of Bush's lies. - mpg

HR 1955: Bringing the "War on Terrorism" Home
A quote...."Congress Considers How to ‘Disrupt’ Radical Movements in the United States - Under the guise of a bill that calls for the study of “homegrown terrorism,” Congress is apparently trying to broaden the definition of terrorism to encompass both First Amendment political activity and traditional forms of protest such as nonviolent civil disobedience, according to civil liberties advocates, scholars and historians."

A Moment of Sanity: Retired General Says Time For An Iraq Timetable
A quote...."In the Democrats' weekly radio address, retired Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez said he supports legislation that calls for most troops to come home within a year."

Elizabeth Kucinich: My Husband Would Absolutely Consider Running With Ron Paul
A quote...."Watch Elizabeth Kucinich discuss the possibility of her husband, Dennis, running alongside GOP Candidate Ron Paul. She also says the 9/11 investigation should be reopened because there are "so many unanswered questions".

Ron Paul: Smear Attempts Reflect "Frightened," "Insecure," "Panicking" Establishment
A quote...."Congressman says detractors who linked his supporters with terrorists don't understand freedom and are losing control  -  Speaking about recent smear attempts on behalf of people like Glenn Beck, David Horowitz and Bill O'Reilly to link Ron Paul supporters with violence and Islamic terrorists, the Congressman himself said that the attacks were symptomatic of a frightened and insecure establishment who are dumbfounded that people are turning away from authoritarianism and embracing freedom."

Greenspan says housing bubble is a global phenomenon
A quote...."Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan speaking in Norway on Friday said he has “no particular regrets” and that the deepening slump in the US housing market isn't a result of his policies."

Well....what else would you expect him to say? - mpg
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"A Generalized Meltdown of Financial Institutions"
A quote...."11/24/07 "ICH" -- - Reality has finally caught up to the stock market. The American consumer is underwater, the banks are buried in dept, and the housing market is in terminal distress. The Dow is now below its 200-Day Moving Average -- the first big "sell" signal. Anything below 12,500 could trigger program-trading and crash the market. The increased volatility suggests that we are watching a "real time" meltdown."

See....Standard Disclaimer


The Financial Tsunami: Sub-Prime Mortgage Debt is but the Tip of the Iceberg
Must Read - A quote...."A US Federal Judge, C.A. Boyko in Federal District Court in Cleveland Ohio ruled to dismiss a claim by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company. DB’s US subsidiary was seeking to take possession of 14 homes from Cleveland residents living in them, in order to claim the assets.

"Here comes the hair in the soup. The Judge asked DB to show documents proving legal title to the 14 homes. DB could not. All DB attorneys could show was a document showing only an “intent to convey the rights in the mortgages.” They could not produce the actual mortgage, the heart of Western property rights since the Magna Charta if not longer. - bold/italics by website author

This website editor naively assumed that the bundled mortgages could eventually be traced to, or related to, or correlated with, their underlying physical assets (the houses and properties).  If this ruling is correct and the CDO's and CMO's cannot be matched with the underlying assets than every single bank and institutional investor has an immediate and extremely serious problem.

At best these "fantasy" securities will involve years of litigation to determine their true value, at worst all of them are already effectively worthless. - mpg
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Manufacturing Consent for World War III
Must Read - A quote...."The key role the mainstream media plays in manufacturing public consent for elite decision makers has a long and inglorious history that has wreaked havoc on progressive aspirations for the development a truly democratic globa l p olity. While the antidemocratic implications of Manufacturing Consent were first popularized in the late 1980s by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky’s (1988) classic book of the same title, the methods of manufacturing public consent were honed much earlier by communications researchers participating in the seminal (Rockefeller Foundation funded) Communications Group, and many of the founding fathers of mass communication research.[1] "

US steps up plans for military intervention in Pakistan
A quote...."While the Pentagon admits to only about 50 US troops currently stationed in Pakistan as “advisors” to the Pakistani armed forces, that number would swell substantially under the proposed escalation. The Times cites a briefing prepared by the Special Operations Command that claims the beefed-up US forces would not be engaged in “conventional combat” in Pakistan. It quotes unnamed military officials as acknowledging, however, that they “might be involved in strikes against senior militant leaders, under specific conditions.”

Just some more advisors?  "The beefed-up US forces would not be engaged in 'conventional combat'"?

Do these sorts of reassurances sound familiar to everyone out there?

This editor knows they're lowering the entrance standards for those in the military but for God's sake can't the Defense Department in the interest of maintaining their own pride and what little remains of their reputation, at least try not to use the same exact stupid lies they used during the Vietnam War.

It's truly, pitifully, embarrassing. -  mpg
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U.S. Navy steps up fuel deliveries to Gulf forces - posted at BuzzFlash
War Warning - A quote...."LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has stepped up chartering of tankers and requests for extra fuel in the U.S. Central Command area, which includes the Gulf, shipping and oil industry sources say."

Dave Lindorff: Iran Attack Gains Credence - posted at BuzzFlash
War Update - A quote...."As someone who has been writing about this crazed administration's plans to launch an attack on Iran now for over a year, I have always noted that the real sign that it might happen would be when oil industry analysts started to worry about it."

Iran to announce oil exploration bid
A quote...."Iran says it plans to launch an international tender to invite bids for oil exploration in the Islamic republic's northeastern regions. - Oil exploration in Moghan, in Ardebil province, will revolutionize the region's economy, said Iran's Deputy Oil Minister Ali Kordan. - Feasibility studies have been completed at 17 exploration blocks and if foreign enterprises fail to take part in the project, domestic firms will be invited to implement it, he added."

Prosecutor dismisses Rumsfeld torture complaint
A quote...."PARIS: A Paris prosecutor has thrown out a complaint against former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for torture in Iraq and at the Guantanamo military base, a lawyer for one of the four groups that filed the case said Friday."

Bush's newest pet poodle (Sarkozy) has done a favor for Bush's favorite pet war criminal (Rumsfeld).

Isn't it nice to have pets in high places? - mpg
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Posted at Jaun Cole
A treasure trove of guerrilla documents, according to the NYT, shows that 41% of the foreign jihadis in Iraq come from Saudi Arabia, which is also a major source of funding for them. Another big group comes from Libya, with Yemenis the third largest cohort. There were none from Lebanon, despite constant US accusations of Hizbullah involvement. Of the some 25,000 alleged insurgents in US custody in Iraq, only 390 are foreigners. 4/5s of the Iraqis and nearly all the foreigners are Sunni Arabs. (The US appears to have never captured a Shiite Iranian fighter in Iraq.) The statistics raise the question of why US military officials are always focusing on Iran and Hizbullah so much, when they clearly are not very much of the problem, while never, ever, mentioning the Saudi issue. The Guardian has more.
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Israeli sky-hack switched off Syrian radars countrywide
A quote...."More rumours are starting to leak out regarding the mysterious Israeli air raid against Syria in September. It is now suggested that "computer to computer" techniques and "air-to-ground network penetration" took place."

China Takes Aim at U.S. GPS System
A quote...."China has deployed special vans equipped with sophisticated electronics designed to jam U.S. GPS (global positioning satellite) satellite navigation signals. The fear inside the Pentagon is that China will deploy large numbers of these vans to jam GPS signals over large sections of its territory."

Israel to assess access to Iraq's oil
A quote...."The US has asked Israel to assess the possibility of pumping oil from Iraqi oil refineries to Haifa, according to Israeli reports."

Isn't it just all so wonderful?  Israel will get their cut from Iraq's oil, Sarkozy will get his cut from Iraq's oil, the US's MIOC elites will get their cut from Iraq's oil, Britain might get their cut from Iraq's oil and the Iraqis will get a few pennies on the dollar from what used to be their national heritage.

All of this after the US, with Israel cheering on the sidelines, helped kill over one million Iraqis while making over five million of them into refugees.

Who says crime doesn't pay. - mpg
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Iraq sees "catastrophe" with new cholera cases
A quote...."BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq is facing a health "catastrophe" in the capital Baghdad, with reports of cholera rising sharply over the past weeks to more than 80 new cases, the Health Ministry said on Thursday."

Lebanon faces fresh turmoil as presidency ends in chaos
A quote...."Lebanon faced an explosive power vacuum Saturday as President Emile Lahoud stepped down at the end of his term with no elected successor and a raging feud over who was in charge in the politically divided nation."

New Polish prime minister to loosen ties with US
A quote...."Poland's newly elected prime minister moved yesterday to distance his country from America, raising questions about plans to site a US missile defence system on Polish soil and announcing the withdrawal of Polish troops from Iraq next year"

Australia's Howard behind in polls on election eve
A quote...."Some of Australia's major newspapers called on Friday for voters to dump Howard and two opinion polls predicted a victory for Labor, but with differing margins. - As Howard and Rudd embarked on a flurry of final campaign radio and television interviews, an AC Nielsen poll gave Labor a massive 14-point lead on preferences, which would see Howard's government swept from office. - But a rival Galaxy poll put Labor just 4 points clear, which would see the election go to the wire and put the conservatives near-even with Labor for the first time in a year. - "I believe the coalition can win this election," Howard told Australian radio. "I believe that there is a bit of a tide coming back. I sense it in the streets." -  bold/italics by website author.

Sort of like what happened in Ohio during the 2004 US presidential election?  Or Mexico's recent presidential election? - mpg
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GOP California Election Theft Update: Republican Movement to Steal California's Electoral Votes Raises Big Cash
A quote...."Backers of a California ballot initiative that would drastically increase Republican chances of retaining the White House in 2008 have raised $1.2 million, including $316,000 in eight days this month — and supporters say they’re on pace to qualify for the vote in June."

Did RAND Corporation Pen the Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act?
A quote...."According to Jessica Lee of Indypendent and Kamau Karl Franklin of the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act was penned with plenty of help from the RAND Corporation. -
“Rep. Jane Harman, Democrat from California, has had a lengthy relationship with the Rand Corporation,” Lee tells Democracy Now, although she was unable to determine if RAND wrote the bill.

Gravel Has His Own Debate
Must View - A quote...."Mike Gravel wasn’t invited to CNN’s Democratic debate last Thursday, but that didn’t stop him from taking on the other candidates anyway, armed with the power of TiVo. What follows is part history lesson and part Howard Beale polemic. Enjoy."

For more on this see....You Can STILL Vote to Stop the Madness 10-07-07 - mpg
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AP Challenges Photographer's Detention
A quote...." NEW YORK (AP) -- A series of accusations raised by the U.S. military against an Associated Press photographer detained for 19 months in Iraq are false or meaningless, according to an intensive AP investigation of the case made public Wednesday. - Evidence and testimony collected by the AP show no support for allegations that Bilal Hussein took part in insurgent activities or bomb-making, and few of the images he provided dealt directly with Iraqi insurgents. - "Despite the fact that Hussein has not been interrogated since May 2006, allegations have been dropped or modified over time, and new claims added, all without any explanation," said the nearly 50-page report compiled last spring by lawyer and former federal prosecutor Paul Gardephe."

Pentagon Sweeps 20,000 Veterans Under the Rug
A quote...."Roughly 20,000 soldiers who aren’t on the military’s list of combat wounded have signs of brain injury, according to an analysis of Army, Navy and Veterans Affairs data conducted by USA Today. The Pentagon’s official tally of troops who’ve suffered brain trauma in combat is 4,471—one-fifth the total gleaned from military records."

Suffering, Sacrifice and Truth
A quote...."The American psyche is suffering.  The psychological warfare comes from all sides – lies, manipulations and greed at the highest levels of government, billions of our tax dollars lost and stolen, over a million dead in Iraq – yet it’s called “winning,” the potential for yet another, immoral preemptive strike against a country with no nuclear weapons, the coddling of another with WMD to spare, spiraling costs for gasoline, heating fuel, food, insurance, property taxes, the unknowns of climate change, millions without healthcare, brain injured and suicidal Veterans with devastated families, job and pension losses, the yearly donut hole, the soaring cost of a college education, a disintegrating  dollar,  increasing  unemployment, foreclosures and jail populations - even the threat of being tasered, arrested or called a “terrorist” or an “enemy combatant”  if you dare ask a question about the 9/11 investigation, or happen to support Congressman Ron Paul.   And, if you are a Kucinich supporter, you can be called a socialist, or even a Communist.    What ever happened to the “middle ground?”

Howard Zinn's Rebel Voices: A Call for Civil Disobedience
A quote...."Rebel Voices, the dramatic counterpart to Howard Zinn's work, brings together American voices pulled from speeches, articles, memoirs and interviews to highlight a national tradition in short supply in recent years: civil disobedience."

Who killed David Kelly?
He began, he tells us, believing that while 'brutality, immorality and deception were to be found in totalitarian regimes across the world' he had not appreciated how 'these qualities can easily be found in Western democracies too. We fool ourselves if we think "It can't happen here". It can, and it does.' - If Baker's meticulous account is to be believed, what happened on that gentle English hillside was murder most foul, carelessly dressed up to look like suicide. He begins with a minute description of Dr Kelly's last hours - insofar as they emerged from the incomplete investigation of Lord Hutton's travesty of an inquiry - the only inquest that poor Kelly is likely to get."
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John F. Kennedy and the Monolithic and Ruthless Conspiracy
A quote...."As I mentioned in the previous chapter of the present series, I was 11 years old and in my 6th grade classroom when the news of John F. Kennedy's assassination was first broadcast. I was not ignorant of the idea that evil existed in the world, but I thought about it as something that was personal, local even, not some sort of global juggernaut stalking whole societies. John Kennedy's assassination was the event that changed all that."

9/11 was the event that changed it all for this website editor. - mpg

Alex Jones' JFK II - The Bush Connection - (YouTube - aprox 8-10 min -  Added:  November 22, 2007)
A quote...."Alex Jones' JFK II - The Bush Connection"
part 01 - part 02 - part 03 -  part 04  - part 05 - part 06 - part 07 - part 08 - part 09 - part 10

See also 9/11, the Ten Year Cycle and the JFK Assassination.
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9/11 - From The History File...General Myers
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'Frightening' projection: ice-free passage possible by 2010
A quote...."QUEBEC - The Arctic Ocean could be free of ice in the summer as soon as 2010 or 2015 - something that hasn't happened for more than a million years, according to a leading polar researcher." - bold/italics by website author.


Our Own Holocaust Denial
Must Read - A quote...." 11/22/07 "ICH' -- -- Institutionally unwilling to consider America’s responsibility for the bloodbath, the traditional media have refused to acknowledge the massive number of Iraqis killed since the invasion. - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad’s flirtation with those who deny the reality of the Nazi genocide has rightly been met with disgust. But another holocaust denial is taking place with little notice: the holocaust in Iraq. The average American believes that 10,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed since the US invasion in March 2003. The most commonly cited figure in the media is 70,000. But the actual number of people who have been killed is most likely more than one million."

Iraq's Laboratory of Repression
Must Read - A quote...."The Bush administration is turning Iraq into a test tube for modern techniques of repression, from sophisticated biometrics that track populations to devastating weapons systems that combine night-vision optics from drone aircraft, heat resonance imaging and deadly firepower from the sky to kill suspected insurgents."

Our Allies In Iraq (OAI)...
A quote...."Well, apparently (and again) we find out that the majority of the "terrorists" we are fighting "over there" are actually a our own allies, or as the terrorists call themselves, Our Allies in Iraq (OAI):"

Spreading Democracy
Must Read - A quote...." 11/22/07 "ICH" -- -- Deep in the bowels of a Washington DC Think Tank, a recent college graduate—selected for her unquestioning and eager embrace of their cynical ideology—labors under the watchful eye of a well-connected political strategist, creating “talking points” for the evening news. The large corporations that so generously fund the Think Tank will pleased with this latest fiction, the strategist muses as he inserts her virulent words into his email and clicks “send”. He is confident that corporate contributions will flow as long as the propaganda flows."

Hands Off Iran
A quote...."I will not pay my income tax if we go to war with Iran. I realize this is a desperate and perhaps futile gesture. But an attack on Iran--which appears increasingly likely before the coming presidential election--will unleash a regional conflict of catastrophic proportions. This war, and especially Iranian retaliatory strikes on American targets, will be used to silence domestic dissent and abolish what is left of our civil liberties. It will solidify the slow-motion coup d'état that has been under way since the 9/11 attacks. It could mean the death of the Republic."

Crackpot realism is riding high
Must Read - Some quotes...."In 1958, the New Left sociologist C. Wright Mills made a seminal contribution to political science in his book The Causes of World War Three, by introducing the concept of “crackpot realism.”  --  "Mills’s key insight was that although such people have indeed been movers and shakers, they have moved and shaken within such a constricted milieu of experience and training that in most respects they are fools. Despite having developed supreme confidence in their own judgment and a corresponding contempt for other people’s views, they are astonishingly ignorant of many workaday aspects of the world and bewildered in the face of unexpected difficulties. As government leaders responsible for matters of war and peace, they have a tendency to paint themselves into corners of their own making and, then, seeing no way out, to conclude that their only escape lies in dropping bombs on somebody. As Mills observed, “instead of the unknown fear, the anxiety without end, some men of the higher circles prefer the simplification of known catastrophe.”

The Tao of Non-Interventionism
Must Read - A quote...."Madeleine Albright, who quipped that the deaths of half a million Iraqi children were "worth it," infamously called America the "indispensable nation." Max Boot echoes her saying that "we guarantee the security of the world, protect our allies, keep critical seal-lanes open and lead the war on terror." Madeleine and Max and their neoliberal and neoconservative interventionist ilk would be wise to give ear to this parable told by the Chinese Taoist Chuang Tzu, translated here by Lin Yutang:"

Baghdad Bonanza: The Top 100 Private Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan
A quote...."KBR, Inc., the global engineering and construction giant, won more than $16 billion in U.S. government contracts for work in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2004 to 2006—far more than any other company, according to a new analysis by the Center for Public Integrity. In fact, the total dollar value of contracts that went to KBR—which used to be known as Kellogg, Brown, and Root and until April 2007 was a subsidiary of Halliburton—was nearly nine times greater than those awarded to DynCorp International, a private security firm that is No. 2 on the Center's list of the top 100 recipients of Iraq and Afghanistan reconstruction funds."

To all the men and women in the armed forces from all those in the defense industry....thank you for your sacrifice, we couldn't have done it without you. - see below – mpg

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Pentagon insists delayed war funding could hurt military
A quote...."WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday the Pentagon would not be able to carry on normal operations by mid-February without additional war funding, creating "real consequences for this department and for our men and women in uniform."

In otherwords the MIOC elites of this country might (gasp!) actually lose some money. - mpg
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Is Pres. Bush endorsing Senator Clinton?
A quote...."A red flag went up to day upon reading this story, President praises Clinton's political experience, the Newsday article written by Glenn Thrush states, "President George W. Bush is endorsing Hillary Clinton's claim that she's the most experienced candidate in the 2008 field - a plaudit that might cost her with rank-and-file Democrats." It goes onto report, "There is no question that Sen. Clinton understands pressure better than any of the candidates, you know, in the race," the president told ABC News yesterday." While this news article states that Bush has said that any Republican candidate can beat her, still it begs the question: Is he somehow endorsing her candidacy?"

Edwards Hits Anew at Clinton on Iran - posted at BuzzFlash
A quote...."Edwards told reporters after a campaign event in eastern Iowa that he and his presidential rival agree the election is about change. But he added, ``I think if you defend the system in Washington, you're for the status quo; if you want to continue the occupation in Iraq, you're for the status quo, and if you're not willing to stand up to Bush and Cheney on Iran, that's the status quo.''

For more on the two articles shown above see....You Can STILL Vote to Stop the Madness
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Britain is a US client state and should not forget it, says the neocons' oracle
A quote...."As Brown reins in critical colleagues, one American stays refreshingly candid about the nature of the special relationship "

The Biggest Lie Told To The American People: Ahmadinejad's Alleged Remarks On Israel
A quote...."Let's analyze what Ahmadinejad said. His exact words in Farsi were as follows: "Emam goft een rezhim-e eshghalgar-e qods bayad az safheh-ye ruzegar mahv shavad."

The correct translation of the statement is as follows: "Imam said this occupying regime in Jerusalem must vanish from the page of times."
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All private security firms must close: Afghanistan - posted at AntiWar
A quote...."KABUL (AFP) — Authorities in Afghanistan want to close down all private security firms operating in the country, many of them illegally, President Hamid Karzai's office said. - About nine unlicensed companies have already been shut down in a crackdown that has been under way in Kabul for weeks, according to city police."

Twenty missile shells land in Baghdad''s Green-Zone
Breaking News - Unconfirmed - A quote...."Military and Security 11/22/2007 6:16:00 PM  --  BAGHDAD, Nov 22 (KUNA) — The Iraqi capital witnessed a strong attack on Thursday with 20 missile shells landing in different parts of the heavyily fortified Green Zone area. - KUNA's correspondent said he heard at least 20 missile shells land in the area and smoke was seen there, along with the sound of sirens heard as a result of the attack."

Syria reportedly to skip summit, as Haniyeh calls meet 'stillborn' - posted at BuzzFlash
A quote...."Hamas' Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh said Thursday that next week's U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference is stillborn and will achieve nothing for the Palestinians, as the London-based Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hayat reported that Syria has already decided not to attend the Annapolis, Maryland summit."

Hamas's Haniya says US peace meeting 'stillborn'
A quote...."The prime minister of the dismissed Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniya, said on Thursday that next week's Middle East peace conference in the United States will be "stillborn." - "This meeting will be stillborn and will not allow the Palestinian people to win their rights or realise their political aspirations," Haniya told reporters."

UN official says Israel's siege of Gaza breeds extremism and human suffering
A quote...."A senior United Nations official has issued an unprecedented appeal to British MPs to use their influence to try to alleviate the impact of "indiscriminate" and "illegal" Israeli sanctions in Gaza which display "profound inhumanity" and are "serving the agenda of extremists".

Japan opposition stands ground on Afghan mission - posted at AntiWar
A quote...."TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's opposition stood firm Thursday against resuming a naval mission supporting the US-led "war on terror" in Afghanistan as a ship returned home from the Indian Ocean."

Swiss pull military staff [all two of them] out of Afghanistan - posted at AntiWar
A quote...."Switzerland is ending four years' cooperation with the Nato-led International Security and Assistance Force (Isaf) in Afghanistan by recalling its military personnel."

Putin says trade with Italy to exceed $30 bln in 2007
A quote...."MOSCOW, November 22 (RIA Novosti) - Trade turnover between Russia and Italy this year is likely to exceed last year's figure of $30 billion, the Russian president said on Thursday during talks with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi."
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Russia, Italy sign pipeline deal - posted at BuzzFlash
A quote...."Russia and Italy moved forward Thursday on a joint project to build a natural gas pipeline under the Black Sea, a project that would strengthen Russia's position as Europe's dominant energy supplier."

Argentina/Brazil to jointly explore for South Atlantic oil
A quote...."Brazil’s Petrobras and Argentina’ energy company, Enarsa will cooperate in offshore hydrocarbons exploration in the South Atlantic was announced Monday in Brasilia following the meeting in Brasilia of President Lula da Silva with visiting elected president Cristina Kirchner."

Brazil, Colombia, Peru in Amazon jungle oil exploration
A quote...."Government oil corporations from Brazil, Colombia and Peru signed Thursday an agreement in Lima to jointly invest in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Peruvian Amazon." - bold/italics by website author.

Looks like everybody's got the message, don't EVER do business with Anglo/American oil companies or what happened to Iraq WILL happen to you. - mpg
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Brazilian signal for Venezuela’s Mercosur membership
A quote...."The Brazilian Lower House Constitution and Justice Committee passed on Wednesday a motion for the long awaited incorporation of Venezuela to the South American trade block, Mercosur. However Venezuelan membership still faces a full debate in the House and must convince the Brazilian Senate."

Putin Warns NATO Against Border Buildup
A quote...." Moscow - President Vladimir Putin warned NATO against "muscle-flexing" on Russia's border Tuesday and ordered top generals to raise the combat readiness of the country's nuclear missiles. - Meanwhile, the armed forces chief of staff, General Yury Baluyevsky, also confirmed that Russia would suspend adherence to a key Cold War arms treaty on December 12, news agencies reported. - "In violation of previous agreements, certain member countries of the NATO alliance are increasing their resources next to our borders," Putin told a meeting of defence chiefs in Moscow in comments broadcast on state television."

‘China-India plan joint mly exercise’ - posted at AntiWar
A quote...."BEIJING: Ground forces from China and India will hold their first-ever joint war games next month, in the latest sign of rapprochement between the rivals who fought a brief but bloody Himalayan border war 45 years ago. - The drills in southwest China’s Yunnan province will involve 100 troops from each side, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said in a brief report Thursday."

Cellphone Tracking Powers on Request
A quote...."Federal officials are routinely asking courts to order cellphone companies to furnish real-time tracking data so they can pinpoint the whereabouts of drug traffickers, fugitives and other criminal suspects, according to judges and industry lawyers. - In some cases, judges have granted the requests without requiring the government to demonstrate that there is probable cause to believe that a crime is taking place or that the inquiry will yield evidence of a crime."

The End of America? Naomi Wolf Thinks It Could Happen
Must Read - A quote...."An interview with author Naomi Wolf, whose new book, "The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot," may confirm your worries about democracy in America."
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>>>  9/11, the Ten Year Cycle and the JFK Assassination  <<<

44 Years After JFK's Death, New Assassination Plot Revealed
Must Read - A quote...."A former Secret Service agent has told WLS-TV there was a plot to kill President Kennedy in Chicago three weeks before he was assassinated in Dallas." - bold/italics by website author

Just remember it was a "lone gunman" that assassinated Kennedy....and 9/11 was caused by nineteen crazed cave dwelling malcontents who, while receiving absolutely no state sponsorship - or so our elites tell us - charged out of their caves from the other side of the world and attacked America.

Yeah right. - mpg


Kennedy just wasn't ready to plunge this nation into war for the furtherance of the next "ten year cycle"....so he had to be eliminated. - mpg
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Better Than Doyle': Camouflage In The JFK Assassination Would Have Fooled Sherlock
Related Article - A quote...."Forty-four years ago, it was relatively easy to get an open shot at the President of the United States, as long as you didn't mind getting caught. John F. Kennedy, the 35th President, used to wander into crowds to shake hands, and there were no metal detectors at the gates. Quite often there were no gates."

Lincoln Was Wrong: The Case Of Fooling Most Of The People Most Of The Time
Related Article - A quote...."This year marks the forty-fourth anniversary of John Kennedy’s assassination. What is most remarkable about this is the stunningly simple fact that, despite innumerable books and several official investigations, we still do not know what happened in 1963."
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Big Brother Boing Spying On Its Workers
A quote...."Within its bowels, The Boeing Co. holds volumes of proprietary information deemed so valuable that the company has entire teams dedicated to making sure that private information stays private. - One such team, dubbed "enterprise" investigators, has permission to read the private e-mails of employees, follow them and collect video footage or photos of them. Investigators can also secretly watch employee computer screens in real time and reproduce every keystroke a worker makes, the Seattle P-I has learned."
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Vengeance Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
A quote...."It's always struck me as odd that a country so passionate about freedom be so quick to deny it to so many of its own citizens.  --  When you read the numbers below, keep two facts in mind: (1) only 15 percent of arrests involve serious property theft or violence; (2) we keep 10 times more people in prison than we did in 1970 when the crime rate was actually higher.

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US prison system 'costly failure'
Related article - A quote...."The US prison population has risen eight-fold since 1970, with little impact on crime but at great cost to the taxpayer, researchers say. - There are more than 1.5 million people in US state and federal jails, a report by a Washington-based criminal justice research group, the JFA Institute says."

GDP Poor Gauge of Well-Being
A quote...."BRUSSELS, Nov 22 (IPS) - Conventional measures of economic success do not take sufficient account of the social and environmental challenges of the twenty-first century, according to senior European Union economists. - Speaking at a high-level conference here Monday titled Beyond GDP, Emeka Anyaoku, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature’s (WWF) president and former foreign minister of Nigeria said, "Economies are a means, not an end." -
"Governments and industry of today, never mind tomorrow, need to know how our ecological and social assets are performing, just as much as our economic ones," she stressed."


It’s Treason: Dems Stay Silent on Bush White House Crimes
Must Read - A quote...."The mainstream Democrats -- represented, say, by Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Joe Biden, and Christopher Dodd -- have not levied war against the United States. Their treason lies instead in committing the second offense: They adhere to enemies of the country, giving them aid and comfort. - The enemies are President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney. Like no other president and vice president in history, these men attacked their country.

Sign the Pledge! Trim Bush from American History
Must Read - A quote...."Now is the time. Write (an actual letter, not email) to your favorite presidential candidate and declare that you are a single-issue voter. Swear that, if he or she agrees to sign the following Pledge, your vote is assured. If not, promise to stay home or vote for someone else."

"I, ______________, hereby solemnly pledge that my first act upon assuming the office of President shall be to sign an American Renewal Act of 2009, which shall declare all laws, regulations, executive orders, treaties and actions undertaken by the federal government during the illegitimate and unlawful administration of George W. Bush to be null, void and without effect.”
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Shocked in Death, Shocked in Life: More Than a Taser Story
Must Read - A quote...."The world saw a video last week of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers using a Taser against a Polish man in the Vancouver International Airport in October. The man, Robert Dziekanski, died soon after the attack. In recent days, more details have come out about him. It turns out that the 40-year-old didn’t just die after being shocked — his life was marked by shock as well."

The Poodles of the U.S. News Media
A quote...."At times, long after laying the big flagstones on the path to war, mainstream US media outlets resolve to be more independent next time. And why not? As Mark Twain commented, "It's easy to quit smoking. I've done it hundreds of times."

"When the president and his team set out to prepare the media ground for war, they can rely on a repetition compulsion that's widespread in the American press. Major outlets seem unable to resist White House agenda-setting for war. Cases in point span decades, from Vietnam and the Dominican Republic to Grenada and Panama, to Iraq and Yugoslavia, to Afghanistan and Iraq again - with Iran likely to join the list next year."
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Ari Fleischer’s Freedom’s Watch Involved In ‘Marketing Sessions’ To ‘Sell’ Iran War
A quote...."In September, the New York Times reported that the White House front group Freedom’s Watch, led by former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, was considering a “national advertising campaign” to make the case for war with Iran, claiming that “Iran poses a direct threat” to U.S. security. Previously, Freedom’s Watch doled out $15 million to flack for the Iraq escalation."

Maliki thrown a political lifeline
A quote...."DAMASCUS - The Iraqi Accordance Front, the Sunni heavyweight in Iraqi politics, has decided to rejoin the cabinet of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, which it abandoned on August 1."

Foreign Fighters in Iraq Are Tied to Allies of U.S.
A quote...."BAGHDAD — Saudi Arabia and Libya, both considered allies by the United States in its fight against terrorism, were the source of about 60 percent of the foreign fighters who came to Iraq in the past year to serve as suicide bombers or to facilitate other attacks, according to senior American military officials. - The data come largely from a trove of documents and computers discovered in September, when American forces raided a tent camp in the desert near Sinjar, close to the Syrian border. The raid’s target was an insurgent cell believed to be responsible for smuggling the vast majority of foreign fighters into Iraq."

WOW!  After almost twenty years of continuous support by the US elites and the Department of Defense for every single "terrorist" organization in the Middle East and their strong encouragement for others to support such groups (the Saudi Royals and Pakistan's ISI as examples) the New York Times suddenly decides to report that Saudi Arabia and Libya (two countries the US hasn't decided to bomb yet) are supplying (gasp!) the "terrorists".

This editor guesses there's been at least a hundred thousand articles printed on this issue in the last ten years, a few of them no doubt accidentally included in the Times itself.  One would hope the Time's sudden new found penchant for the facts is not related to the Demo part of the DemoRepub party's expected ascension to political power in this country and their lack of direct ties to the Saudi Royals that the Bushes are well known to enjoy.

One would also hope the Times has not demonstrated such selectivity in reporting on other major issues such as 9/11 for instance.

One would probably hope in vain. – mpg
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Resurgent Taliban closing in on Kabul: report
A quote...."LONDON (Reuters) - The conflict in Afghanistan has reached "crisis proportions", with the resurgent Taliban present in more than half the country and closing in on Kabul, a report said on Wednesday."

Salvador Option Comes to Pakistan
A quote...."Presumably encouraged by the wonderful results from Iraq, where death squads reign by night even as rotting corpses terrorize streets by days, the United States is now considering grafting the Salvador Option — policy to arm factions to fight proxy wars on American behalf, a la death squads in Central America and, more recently, Iraq — to Pakistan. I hope the leadership in Pakistan is not stupid to play along. This could spiral out of control sooner than anyone can imagine, and literally mean the end of Pakistan."

We Are Living Through Another Hiroshima," Iraq Doctor Says
A quote...."As a number of Op Ed readers attacked the credentials of authorities Leuren Moret and Doug Rokke cited in my previous article on radioactive ammunition, here are a few more authorities that support their view the U.S., Great Britain and Israel are turning the Middle East into a slice of radioactive hell."

Iran Says U.S. Lacks Support for More Sanctions at UN (Update1)
A quote...."Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. and its European allies lack the support to impose further international sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, the Iranian government's new envoy to the United Nations said.  -  ``I do not think that in the near future we will witness another resolution in the Security Council on Iran,'' Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee said today in his first meeting with reporters since coming to New York three months ago. ``There is no reason, no strong excuse to refer the case to the Security Council.''

Lebanon’s decisive days
Editor's note: this is the semi-official view of the Iranian government. - A quote...."....the United States and European Union are trying to have someone elected who will serve their interests in Lebanon and the Middle East.  -  They favor a president who is capable of implementing Resolution 1559 which calls for disarming Hezbollah resistance forces. They do not want the future Lebanese president to be able to protect the country’s independence from foreign influence."

Pakistani Newspapers Critical of Bush Policy
A quote...."The USG Open Source Center translates excerpts from Pakistani newspaper editorials concerning the visit over the weekend of US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte to Islamabad."

Russian President Lashes Out at West
A quote...."MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin likened his critics to ``jackals'' fed by foreign funding, and he accused the West of meddling in Russian politics, telling a campaign rally Wednesday that foes at home and abroad want to weaken the country."

Ecuador protests mishandling of president at US airport
A quote...."QUITO (AFP) — Ecuador's foreign ministry said Tuesday it had lodged a formal protest to the government of the United States over the treatment last week of President Rafael Correa by immigration officials at Miami's International Airport."

India, Russia to jointly build stealth war planes
A quote...."India and Russia will jointly build a fighter plane which will incorporate stealth technology and carry "super" missiles, India's defence minister said Monday. - The announcement came after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flew to Moscow on November 12 and held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin."

Russia to build new space launch centre - deputy PM
A quote...."Russia is to construct a new space centre launch site in the far eastern region of the country, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Wednesday. - The new launch facility will be in the extreme eastern Amur region, which borders China, and is expected to be completed by 2015. It will launch both military and civilian rockets."

News Organizations Say Access Limited
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AP) — Five news organizations complained Wednesday that they are being denied access to much of the military commission proceeding against a Canadian terror suspect."

Cheering for Ron Paul
A quote...."What can you get for a trillion bucks?  Or make that $1.6 trillion, if you take the cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as tallied by the majority staff of Congress’ Joint Economic Committee (JEC).  Or is it the $3.5-trillion figure cited by Ron Paul, whose concern about the true cost of this war for ordinary Americans shames the leading Democrats, who prattle on about needed domestic programs that will never find funding because of future war-related government debt?"

Kucinich's message draws cheers at NJCU - posted at BuzzFlash
A quote...." "We attacked a country that did not attack us, and that's a crime," he said. "We have a sacred obligation only to call the troops forward when America is on the line." - Referring to Iraqi civilian casualties, he said, "One million people just like us are dead, based on lies. No one can maintain that killing a million innocent people makes us safer."

The Mystery of Minot: Loose nukes and a cluster of dead airmen raise troubling questions
A quote...."The unauthorized Aug. 29 cross-country flight of a B-52H Stratofortress armed with six nuclear-tipped AGM-29 Advanced Cruise missiles, which saw these 150-kiloton warheads go missing for 36 hours, has all the elements of two Hollywood movies. One would be a thriller about the theft from an armed weapons bunker of six nukes for some dark and murky purpose. The lead might be played by Matt Damon. The other movie would be a slapstick comedy about a bunch of bozos who couldn’t tell the difference between a nuclear weapon and a pile of dummy warheads. The lead might be played by Adam Sandler, backed by the cast of “Police Academy III.”

See also...False Flag Ops - Barksdale / B-52 Loose Nukes Incident
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Bush's Plame-gate Cover-up
A quote...."In early fall 2003, George W. Bush joined in what appears to have been a criminal cover-up to conceal the role of his White House in exposing the classified identity of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson."

It Is Time to Investigate the White House's Betrayal of Trust
Related article - A quote...."Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan was one of the key figures in the Bush administration's efforts to respond publicly to the investigation into the Plame leak. He spoke for the White House and he was the filter through which the public learned about which officials were and were not involved in the leak. Standing in front of the White House Seal, McClellan famously denied any White House involvement in the leak, "If anyone in this administration was involved in it, they would no longer be in this administration."  -  Yesterday we found out that this simple statement attesting to McClellan's faith in the Bush administration's lawful behavior appears to be patently untrue."

Did You Know? Of a plot to overthrow FDR in 1933 by right-wing American businessmen
A quote...."The coup was aimed at toppling President Franklin D Roosevelt with the help of half-a-million war veterans. The plotters, who were alleged to involve some of the most famous families in America, (owners of Heinz, Birds Eye, Goodtea, Maxwell Hse & George Bush's Grandfather, Prescott) believed that their country should adopt the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the great depression."

Posthumous book claims Ford knew of CIA coverup in Kennedy assassination
A quote...."Did the CIA orchestrate a cover-up in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? - According to the publisher of a new book, who appeared on Fox News Wednesday morning, the last living words of former President Gerald Ford fingered the CIA in the orchestration a cover-up of Kennedy's assassination."

Crunch time
A quote...."....subprime losses could eventually rise to between $250bn and $500bn - or twice previous estimates… behind the scenes - and occasionally in public view - the credit analyst community remains distinctly divided about just how big the final hit might be… Thus while some observers project a $100bn hit, others talk about $500bn… A decade ago, I covered the Japanese bank crisis and became embroiled in a bad-loan guessing game that continued for many years. The tally of Japanese bad loans was estimated to be about $100m at the start of the 1990s, but by 1999 had risen to 1,000 times that size. I am told that a similar game occurred during the Latin American debt crisis in the 1980s and the Savings and Loans crisis - or indeed in almost every other recent banking shock.”

More than 'sheets' hitting the fan
A quote...."....but he does reveal that these "financial services" charging a lousy l% annual deduction for the management fees of, for example, a 401(k) plan, "will reduce your retirement fund total by 17% after 20 years and 30% over 30 years". Yikes!  -  This means that almost a third of my money is sucked away by the guys doing a lousy job of managing my money, and then another chunk will be taken from me in taxes by a government doing a lousy job of governing. Yow! We're being screwed!"

Pet lion on loose chases cars in Ohio
A quote...."Pike County sheriff's deputies responded to a 911 call of a lion "attacking" vehicles on U.S. 23 Monday and found a man trying to capture a 550-pound feline near Wakefield."

It seems dogs and cats do share some things in common. - mpg