Disinformation
Tactics:
The
Methods
Used
To
Keep
You
In
The
Dark
---
http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/disinformation-tactics-the-methods-used-to-keep-you-in-the-dark/
Must Read Analysis
-- A quote....There was a time, not too long ago (relatively speaking),
that governments and the groups of elites that controlled them did not
find it necessary to conscript themselves into wars of disinformation.
Propaganda was relatively straightforward. The lies were much simpler.
The control of information flow was easily directed. In fact, during
the early Middle-Ages in most European countries commoners were not
even allowed to own a Bible, nor was the Bible allowed to be
interpreted from Latin to another language, let alone any other tome
that might breed “dangerous ideas”. This was due in large part to the
established feudal system and its hierarchy of royals and clergy. Rules
were enforced with the threat of property confiscation and execution
for anyone who strayed from the rigid socio-political structure. Those
who had theological, metaphysical, or scientific information outside of
the conventional and scripted collective world view were tortured and
slaughtered. The elites kept the information to themselves, and removed
its remnants from mainstream recognition, sometimes for centuries
before it was rediscovered." -
also
posted at DProgram
---
http://dprogram.net/2010/02/08/disinformation-tactics-the-methods-used-to-keep-you-in-the-dark/
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Wars
sending
U.S.
into
ruin
-
Obama
the
peace
president
is
fighting
battles
his
country
cannot
afford
---
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/eric_margolis/2010/02/05/12758511-qmi.html
Must Read -
Quote of the Day...."The
U.S.
clearly
has
reached
the
point
of
imperial
overreach.
Military
spending
and
debt-servicing
are
cannibalizing
the
U.S.
economy,
the
real
basis
of
its
world
power.
Besides
the
late
U.S.S.R.,
the
U.S.
also
increasingly
resembles
the
dying
British
Empire
in
1945,
crushed
by
immense
debts
incurred
to
wage
the
Second World War, unable to continue
financing or defending the imperium, yet still imbued with imperial
pretensions. -- It is increasingly clear the president is not in
control of America’s runaway military juggernaut. Sixty years ago, the
great President Dwight Eisenhower, whose portrait I keep by my desk,
warned Americans to beware of the military-industrial complex. Six
decades later, partisans of permanent war and world domination have
joined Wall Street’s money lenders to put America into thrall." --
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63069&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Martin
Luther
King's
plan
for
peace
compared
with
Bush,
Obama
hypocrisy
for
endless
wars --- http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-
18425-LA-County-Nonpartisan-Examiner%7Ey2010m2d8-Martin-Luther-Kings-plan-for-peace-compared-with-Bush-Obama-hypocrisy-for-endless-wars
Must Read - A
quote...."The only trial on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King
found the US government guilty of his murder. Corporate media did not
headline this news, and history textbooks excise this essential
understanding of Dr. King’s life; providing an excellent case study of
what the US Senate Church Committee disclosed as an active US
propaganda program to disinform the American public. For comparison,
please consider the corporate media coverage to inform in every detail
of O.J. Simpson’s trials."
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The
Useless
Logic
of
Round
Numbers:
War
is
Criminal
Any
Day ---
http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15734
Special Note - A
quote...."But truly, do Palestinians in Gaza care much for round
numbers? I doubt it. Nor do Iraqis, Afghanis, and, now, Yemenis. Misery
is misery, any day, every day; war is an inferno. The smell of death,
the scenes of blood in Kabul and Baghdad and Gaza, will remain the same
on a Friday, or a Tuesday, 100 day into Obama’s presidency or 514 days
later. -- Every minute in a victim’s or potential victim’s life counts.
Those who have lived in war zones can comprehend this truth. That’s why
Gaza wants to see the end of its misery now, instead of waiting for
CNN’s next roundtable discussion assessing the next round number in
Obama’s presidency. Iraqis and Afghanis similarly listen to words and
judge deeds, caring little for numbers."
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63083&hd=&size=1&l=e
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USA
Has
A
History
Of
Attacking
Themselves
To
Go
To
War! -
http://dprogram.net/2010/02/07/video-usa-has-a-history-of-attacking-themselves-to-go-to-war/
Alt
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkE94ayHlNg ---
(YouTube -
10 min 58 sec - Feb. 03, 2010)
Video - A quote...."This
film
exposes how every major war in US history was based on a complete fraud
with video of insiders themselves admitting it. Battleship Maine,
Sinking of the Lusitania, Pearl Harbor, Gulf of Tonkin, USS Liberty
(not covered in this clip), 911 … The film is “The New American
Century”.
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Christmas
Day
Crotch
Bomber
tied
to
Israel,
FBI ---
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_5559.shtml
posted
at Online
Journal ---
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4869.shtml
Special Note - A
quote...."The Christmas Day “terrorist” is the latest in a series of
staged incidents meant to make The Clash of Civilizations appear
plausible and “the war on terrorism” rational. - The storyline does not
hold together. Not even a little bit. As usual, the source of this
media-fueled fear campaign traces directly to Tel Aviv -- with a
supporting role by the FBI." --
For
more on the seven articles shown above
see....US-False
Flag
Ops
-
Detroit's
"Lap-Bomber"
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/falseflagops-weblist-mpg-082006#LAPBOMBER
& 9/11-NORAD
-
ICTS ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/911norad-weblist-mpg-091308#ICTS
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Israel
and
the
US
preparing
for
Iran
Part
1
-
The
Military
Perspective
---
http://www.paltelegraph.com/columnists/peter-eyre/4075-israel-and-the-us-preparing-for-iran-part-1-the-military-perspective
War Warning - Special Note
- A quote...."UK, February 8, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) -This year saw an
Israeli-US joint exercise "Juniper Cobra 10" take place off the coast
of Israel which involved the IDF and the US Navy 6th Fleet. The purpose
of the exercise was to participate in countering simulated attacks by
ballistic, medium-range and short-range missiles and rockets by Iran on
Israel. -- As part of this build up the US Military has more than
doubled its stockpile of weapons in Israel which it states "Israel can
use." One would assume that just like the preparation in the build up
to the Lebanon Crisis in 2006 and pre Cast Lead in 2008 that this is a
very clear indication that both the US and Israel are preparing for a
strike on the nuclear facilities in Iran. The US Navy already has a
significant naval force in the Gulf and we are now seeing the slow
deployment of Israeli Naval Vessels into the region. In order for the
Israeli Navy to position to such a location it requires the permission
of the Gulf States to enter their waters. One cannot fully understand
how these Islamic States could allow Israeli vessels to transit their
zone with the intention of carrying out an attack on another Islamic
country (Iran). Nothing surprises me anymore when we saw those same
states turn their back on Gaza and Palestine." -
also posted at DProgram
---
http://dprogram.net/2010/02/08/israel-and-the-us-preparing-for-iran-part-1-the-military-perspective/
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Vancouver
Olympics
–
Expecting
a
False-Flag
operation! ---
http://rehmat1.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/vancouver-olympics-expecting-a-false-flag-operation/
A quote...."The truth is there is no Islamic army or terrorist group
called Al-Qaeda. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But,
there is propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence
of an identified entity representing the ‘devil’ only in order to drive
TV watchers to accept a unified international leadership for a war
against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the US….”
Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook."
For more on the two articles
shown above see also....The
Vancouver False Flag Red
Warning & Red War
Warning
- (to be updated when needed) - 02-01-10 - mpg ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/thevancouverfalseflagredwarningandredwarwarning-mpg-reficultnias-020110
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Intelligence
Community
Sets
Precedent
for
Exterminating
U.S.
Citizens
---
http://www.infowars.com/intelligence-community-sets-precedent-for-exterminating-u-s-citizens/
A quote...."In the spring of 2009 the Department of Homeland Security
published
their
Domestic
Extremism
Lexicon. ---
http://www.infowars.com/dhs-extremist-lexicon-emerges/ ---
This document expanded the scope of the DHS mission from hunting
islamic suicide bombers an mass murderers to targeting American
Anti-Abortionists, Tax Protesters, Constitutionalists and any other
enemy of the state. This in itself was shocking enough but when
combined with DHS’s
Project Endgame -
PDF ---
http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/dhs/endgame.pdf --- is
clear
that the policy of the Department of Homeland Security is to
round up illegal immigrants and “potential terrorists” / domestic
extremists and lock them up in
detention
camps ---
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/04/national/04halliburton.html
--- built by Halliburton subsidiary KBR."
also posted at DProgram
---
http://dprogram.net/2010/02/08/intelligence-community-sets-precedent-for-exterminating-u-s-citizens/
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Frightening
Taste
Of
Internet
Censorship
As
Major
Free
Speech
Websites
Blocked
---
http://www.prisonplanet.com/frightening-taste-of-internet-censorship-as-major-free-speech-websites-blocked.html
Web Censorship Alert - A
quote...."With influential proponents recently calling for a newly
regulated world wide web, we got a preview of how that might look this
past weekend after both Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com were
completely blocked to many Internet users in New Zealand. -- The block
was only removed early this morning following a raft of complaints
after both websites were unavailable on many ISP’s since Friday." -
also posted at Dprogram
---
http://dprogram.net/2010/02/08/frightening-taste-of-internet-censorship-as-major-free-speech-websites-blocked/
---
For more on this
issue
see....Attempts to Control the Internet
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/attempttocontroltheinternet-weblist-mpg-053006.html
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Britain,
You
Better
Wake
Up ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24619.htm
Must Read - A
quote...."February 08, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- The more I
read about the Chilcot inquiry the more disturbed I am. The fallacy
imbued in the heart of British ‘democracy’ is staggering. While some
commentators are concerned with questions to do with the legality of
the war, the most crucial issue here is actually the disappearance of
ethical judgment from our public and political life. Rather than being
concerned with morality and ethics British politicians are concerned
with legalism. In other words, if someone would manage to prove that
the war was ‘legal’ then the murdering of a million and a half Iraqis
would be well justified. -- Let’s all face it, our
politicians are corrupted to the bone."
also posted at Uurknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63074&hd=&size=1&l=e
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'Hold
inquiry
into
[British]
Army
abuse
in
Iraq' ---
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hold-inquiry-into-army-abuse-in-iraq-1892270.html
Some quotes...."Ministers have been told by a senior judge to consider
opening an independent inquiry into all allegations of abuse made by
Iraqi civilians against the British Army. -- The move could lead to the
biggest investigation into military malpractice ever heard in this
country." -- "Mr Justice Silber says that the Ministry of
Defence has already shown itself to be "unable to give proper
disclosure" in the case of the Battle of Danny Boy in 2004 in southern
Iraq, where it is alleged that British soldiers murdered Iraqi
civilians. - He warns that not holding an independent single inquiry
could lead to a "further waste of valuable court time". - The judge's
letter emerged at the same time as the Government was served with the
first claim of abuse brought by an Iraqi woman."
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63067&hd=&size=1&l=e
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US
soldier
water-boards
4-year-old
daughter -
Well....it
sort'a speaks for itself,
doesn't it folks? - mpg
---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=118169§ionid=3510203
Special Note - A
quote...."An American soldier whose unit has served in Iraq and
Afghanistan wars admits to using brutal CIA torture techniques on his
young daughter because she could not recite the alphabet. -- Joshua
Tabor has admitted to water-boarding his little girl, whose custody he
won just a month ago, because he knew she was horrified of water. --
The 27-year-old soldier was arrested after he turned up in a Kevlar
military helmet, threatening to smash windows."
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NATO
arrests
Afghan
official
accused
of
aiding
insurgents ---
http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_14355391?&nclick_check=1
A quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO forces swooped down on the home
of a senior Afghan police official, arrested him and accused him of
helping insurgents make and plant roadside bombs, Western military
officials said Sunday. -- The incident, which took place last week in
Kapisa province, east of the capital, Kabul, is likely to raise
tensions between foreign forces and the national police. That
partnership is considered a crucial element of plans by the Obama
administration to pave the way for a drawdown of American forces
starting next year." --
also posted
at WarInIraq
---
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/217281
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Tomgram:
Pratap
Chatterjee,
Destabilizing
Pakistan ---
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175203/tomgram%3A_pratap_chatterjee%2C_destabilizing_pakistan/
A quote...."Almost every day, reports come back from the CIA’s “secret”
battlefield in the Pakistani tribal borderlands. Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles -- that is,
pilot-less
drones ---
http://www.tomdispatch.com/archive/175195/nick_turse_the_forty-year_drone_war
---
shoot
missiles
(
18
of
them ---
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/02/02/at-least-17-killed-as-us-drones-fire-salvo-of-missiles-against-pakistan-village/
---
in
a
single
attack
on
a
tiny
village
last
week)
or
drop
bombs
and
then
the
news
comes
in:
a
certain
number
of
al-Qaeda
or
Taliban
leaders
or
suspected
Arab
---
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/us_drone_kills_in_pakistan_P58OBzWoyo6isJBUSI7yZP
---
or
Uzbek
or
Afghan
“militants”
---
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i73T738BIqIhMoKExwKH17MudV5g
---
have
died.
The
numbers
are
often
remarkably
precise. ---
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/world/asia/31pstan.html
--- Sometimes they are attributed to U.S. sources, sometimes to
the
Pakistanis; sometimes, it’s hard to tell where the information comes
from. In the Pakistani press, on the other hand, the numbers that
come
back are usually of civilian dead. They, too,
tend to be
precise. ---
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=221847 ---
Don’t let that precision fool you. Here’s the reality:
There are
no reporters on the ground and none of these figures can be taken as
accurate. Let’s just consider the CIA side of things. Any
information
that comes from American sources (i.e. the CIA) has to be looked at
with great wariness. As a start, the CIA’s history is one of
deception. There’s no reason to take anything its sources say at
face
value. They will report just what they think it’s in their
interest to
report -- and the ongoing “success” of their drone strikes is
distinctly in their interest." --
also
posted
at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63054&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Iran
to
make
'advanced'
attack
drones ---
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7187418/Iran-to-make-advanced-attack-drones.html
A quote...."Ahmad Vahidi, the Iranian defence minister, opened two
production lines for the manufacture of the aircraft, the Fars news
agency reported. -- The drones would be able to carry out
"surveillance, detection and even assaults with high precision", the
report said."
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Iran
asks
UN
atomic
body
to
oversee
fuel
production ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=118172§ionid=351020104
A quote...."
Iran on Monday informed
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in an official letter
that from Tuesday, it will begin enriching higher-grade nuclear fuel.
-- "Today we handed over the letter," Iran's envoy to the IAEA, Ali
Asghar Soltanieh, told Press TV. -- He said
Iran has asked the UN nuclear agency to dispatch its
inspectors to the country to oversee the process of the 20 percent
enrichment work." - bold by website editor
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Iran
detains
7
’spies’
tied
to
US-funded
radio
station ---
http://rawstory.com/2010/02/iran-detains-7-spies-tied-usfunded-radio-station/
A quote...."Iran has arrested seven people linked to a Farsi-language
radio station funded in part by the United States, accusing them of
fomenting unrest."
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Yemen
and
The
Militarization
of
Strategic
Waterways ---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17460
Special Note - Geopolitical Alert
- A quote...."Among the new programs, Saleh and Petraeus agreed to
allow the use of American aircraft, perhaps drones, as well as
"seaborne missiles"--as long as the operations have prior approval from
the Yemenis, according to a senior Yemeni official who requested
anonymity when speaking about sensitive subjects. U.S. officials say
the island of Socotra, 200 miles off the
Yemeni coast, will be beefed up from a small airstrip [under the
jurisdiction of the Yemeni military] to a full base in order to support
the larger aid program as well as battle Somali pirates. Petraeus is
also trying to provide the Yemeni forces with basic equipment such as
up-armored Humvees and possibly more helicopters." (Newsweek,
Newsweek, January 18, 2010, emphasis added)" - bold by website editor
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The
Orange
Revolution,
Peeled ---
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/02/07/the-orange-revolution-peeled/
posted
at AntiWar
--- http://antiwar.com/donate/
Special Note - A
quote...."To recall the media hype that accompanied Ukraine’s "Orange
Revolution" of 2004, which propelled Viktor Yushchenko, a former
central banker and alleged liberal democrat, into power, is like
remembering a fever-dream in the morning: the memory of the details are
blurred, and all that really remains is the sense that something
strenuous, and ultimately unreal, has been passed through. The disputed
election of 2004 – eventually decided in Yushchenko’s favor on account
of mass street protests – ended with the defeat of Viktor Yanukovich,
the candidate of the Russian-speaking eastern section of the country –
the man whose comeback in Sunday’s election represented a stunning
repudiation of the Orange Revolution and the regime that was born in
its wake. How that "revolution" came to be, and what it really
represented, is about to undergo a major revision, one in striking
contrast to the instant narrative provided by the Western media six
years ago."
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Yanukovich
wins
presidential
election:
preliminary
results ---
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-02/08/c_13168512.htm
Related Article - A quote...."KIEV, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian
opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich beat incumbent Prime Minister Yulia
Tymoshenko in Sunday's presidential runoff by a small margin, with
98.58 percent of the ballots counted, preliminary official results
showed Monday."
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Japan
balks
at
$2
billion
bill
to
host
U.S.
troops ---
http://nwotruth.com/japan-balks-at-2-billion-bill-to-host-u-s-troops/
A quote...."GINOWAN, Japan — In a country where land is a precious
commodity, many U.S. bases in Japan boast golf courses, football fields
and giant shopping malls whose food courts offer everything from Taco
Bell to Subway and Starbucks. -- They are the most visible point of
grievance in a sharpening debate about the cost to Japan of supporting
the 47,000 American service members here — about $2 billion a year.
That’s nearly a third of the total, and about three times what Germany
pays to host U.S. forces on its soil." --
Oh please!! Japan should just start
charging hte US-NRE rent. - mpg
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More On The
Palestinian Situation....
Gaza
Ground
Zero ---
http://factsnotfairies.blogspot.com/2010/02/gaza-ground-zero.html
--- (YouTube - 9 min 41 sec - Monday, February 08, 2010)
Must View Video -
It's a must view video, not only for the
pictures of Gaza's suffering, but most importantly for the clear,
precise and eloquent language used to describe Israel's barbarity. - mpg.
--
A
quote...."The
sociopathic
zionist
administration
of
Israel
deliberately
devastated
the
already
nearly-incapacitated
infrastructure
which
supports
the
existence
of
one-and-a-half-million
refugees."
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Boycott
Israeli
Products
Campaign ---
http://careandwashingofthebrain.blogspot.com/2010/02/boycott-israeli-products-campaign.html
Action Alert -
Boycott, Divest and Sanction - Bacause if we don't, many more
people will be murdered. - mpg -- A quote...."It's only a
matter of time before Apartheid Israel launches another "Blitzkreig"
campaign--to honor their Nazi heroes--against Lebanon.
It's way past the time to stop this rogue
regime from murdering any more non-Jews. -- One way to bring
that about is to BOYCOTT any and all things from or associated with
Apartheid Israel." - bold by website editor --
For
more on how
to
Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the
upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/ ---
of this website. - mpg
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United
solidarity
with
Gaza
---
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11060.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifada+%28Electronic+Intifada%29
A quote...."On the third night of my abduction by Egyptian authorities
last year, after intermittent interrogation and being handcuffed and
blindfolded in a two by two meter cell, a state security officer asked
me why I had so many "international relationships." The following night
my kidnappers drove me home. I was never given a reason for why state
security agents kidnapped me from a march protesting the ongoing siege
on Gaza. Though, judging from the focus of the interrogation, the
reason had something to do with the two years I lived and worked in
Gaza and solidarity efforts I have been involved in since then."
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Permaculture
as
Necessity,
Not
Choice,
in
Palestine
---
http://norabf.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/on-huffington-post-permaculture-as-necessity-not-choice-in-palestine/
Must Read - A
quote...."This Earth Day in occupied Palestine, the last rain has
finished its wet sweep over the ancient land as carpets of deep red
hanoon (Rinunculus) flowers burst into another sparkling Spring. But
even within the renewed grace of a turning season, Israel’s 62-year old
colonial-military occupation disfigures the scenery as Palestinians
lose their land to settlements in the West Bank, bury another family
member in the wrecked, open-air prison of Gaza, or wait for hours at
Israeli checkpoints, and years inside prisons. As always in this part
of the world, exquisite beauty and bottomless despair interweave;
together they become a living, breathing microcosm of the human
capacity for both unmitigated suffering and resourceful tenacity." --
also posted at
Aussies4Palestine
---
http://australiansforpalestine.com/barrows-friedman-permaculture-as-necessity-not-choice-in-palestine
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Jewish
settlers
uproot
Palestinian
grape
[vines]
---
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7RGJfpgn2dR0xpvA5CZ6%2fYULhYC
1xf7Q7thZaonNow7uQ%2fd37TX89p%2bwxQVvrBFKqDtfzyhVsKE9htnM6OTvYvE46A4zRUozlaT4tTYh61Lc%3d
A quote...."AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Armed Jewish settlers have attacked and
uprooted grape trees in Al-Baqa area east of Al-Khalil city under the
protection of Israeli occupation forces (IOF), local sources said."
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Gaza's
recycled
rubble ---
http://palestinevideo.blogspot.com/2010/02/gazas-recycled-rubble.html
Alt
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIR8Ibvkcik ---
(YouTube -
3 min 23 sec - February 08, 2010)
Video - A
quote...."Palestinians are finding new ways to rebuild houses destroyed
during the war on Gaza a year ago.That's because an Israeli blockade is
preventing construction materials from getting into the Strip. --
Palestinians are finding new ways to rebuild houses destroyed during
the war on Gaza a year ago.That's because an Israeli blockade is
preventing construction materials from getting into the Strip."
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Flipping
the
Switch
in
Gaza ---
http://irish4palestine.blogspot.com/2010/02/flipping-switch-in-gaza.html
A quote...."This is an utter disgrace and a crime against humanity.
Israel causes more suffering and deaths in Gaza: -- Bassam Shalfoh has
an unenviable job. Unlike his counterparts in other parts of the world
working as power plant maintenance technicians who rush to repair
faulty lines and restore electrical power to the people, his job is to
do the opposite. -- Wearing a pair of rubber gloves and a hard hat, he
does the rounds across Gaza in a van, going from pylon to pylon
according to schedule to cut off entire neighbourhoods for stretches of
eight hours a day."
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Dozens
of Palestinians injured as Israelis raid refugee camp
--- http://en.rian.ru/world/20100208/157815090.html
A quote...."Israel police injured dozens of Palestinians in violence
that broke out after they raided a refugee camp on the edge of
Jerusalem on Monday, a Palestinian news agency reported. - Israeli
police moved into the camp early on Monday to arrest tax evaders while
Palestinians, mostly schoolchildren, retaliated in the afternoon by
hurling stones."
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Stop the
Wall offices hit in late night raid ---
http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/2177.shtml
A quote...."Late last night Occupation forces raided the Stop the Wall
offices in Ramallah. Some 10 military jeeps, hummers and an armoured
bus surrounded the building as soldiers searched rooms, turning the
office upside down and confiscating computer hard disks, laptops, and
video cameras along with paper documents, CDs, and video cassettes." -
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m63059&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Mishaal
in
Russia
on
official
visit
---
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7cVopwglexsR%2fS1nG
Ye5gY1xC1k73jNOAjXfs7gGy0OgMEFAdXtdyZY04Vgb0pAH9OQoMqri3reeXZZxETCDGJBxvTXY3o0iPxL1IKdvfGec%3d
A quote...."MOSCOW, (PIC)-- Khaled Mishaal, the chairman of the
political bureau of Hamas, arrived in Moscow on Monday at the head of a
delegation to confer with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on
latest Palestinian developments and means of ending the internal
Palestinian rift."
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Wall
Street owners angry with their purchase ---
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/
A quote...."Political science professors could require students to read
this article from today's New York Times and little else would be
needed to convey the essence of the American political system.
The article describes how Wall Street -- which poured massive amounts
of money into the Obama campaign and the Democratic Party over the last
several years, ensuring unparalleled access and influence -- is now
threatening to support the Republicans if Obama keeps saying mean
things about them. Wall Street executives are angry that, after
duly purchasing the Democrats (they have receipts and everything), the
Obama White House is now rousing the dirty rabble with their
anti-banker rhetoric:" --
Awwwww,
the poor widdle babies, they're widdle feelings are hurt. - mpg
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What
Do
Rising
Sovereign
Credit
Default
Swaps
Mean? ---
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/02/global-sovereign-credit-default-swaps.html
Alt
---
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2010/02/global-sovereign-credit-default-swaps.html
Must Read - Chart - A
quote...."Here are
the CDS of Greece, Portugal, Spain and the U.S.: -- Rolfe Winkler
argues that - in the short-run - the PIIGS countries (Portugal,
Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) will slash their budgets and get
bailed out by the EU. -- Simon Johnson thinks that the weakening Euro
caused by the PIIGS' woes will hurt American exports (weaker Euro
equals stronger dollar), and could lead to problems for leading global
banks. -- Other commentators fear that the PIIGS' crisis has as much
potential as a financial "contagion" as the subprime meltdown and the
failure of Lehman. -- But for the long-term view, we need a little more
perspective. One of the world's leading economic historians."
also posted at DProgram
---
http://dprogram.net/2010/02/08/what-do-rising-sovereign-credit-default-swaps-mean/
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The
Bankruptcy of the United States is Now Certain ---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17468
Must Read - A
quote...."It's one of those numbers that's so unbelievable you have to
actually think about it for a while... Within the next 12 months, the
U.S. Treasury will have to refinance $2 trillion in short-term debt.
And that's not counting any additional deficit spending, which is
estimated to be around $1.5 trillion. Put the two numbers together.
Then ask yourself, how in the world can the Treasury borrow $3.5
trillion in only one year? That's an amount equal to nearly 30% of our
entire GDP. And we're the world's biggest economy. Where will the money
come from?"
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Government
debt:
a
new
stage
in
the
global
financial
crisis ---
http://wsws.org/articles/2010/feb2010/pers-f09.shtml
A quote...."The tremors that have passed through financial markets over
the past week signal a new stage in the global financial crisis brought
on by fears in ruling circles of the onset of vast social struggles as
governments attempt to pay for the cost of massive bank bailouts
through unprecedented cuts in jobs, wages and social services."
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Biggest
Bubble
in
History
Is
Growing
Every
Day ---
http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-7332-0-13-13--.html
It's
pretty
funny - mpg - A quote...."This is a titanically
large foreign-exchange trade,” says David Simmonds, London-based
analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc. “It’s the biggest one
history has ever seen and there’s nowhere for these reserves to go.” --
China aims to diversify out of U.S. Treasuries into other assets and
commodities. The question that governments are grappling with is which
markets are deep enough to absorb China’s riches? Gold? Oil? Euro-area
debt? The Madoff family’s next Ponzi scheme?" --
From Bloomberg
---
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=a4mPCXeGTl4Y
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No
Job
Growth
for
Small
Business
Spurs
Recovery
Doubt
(Update1)
---
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=apZULWyXpqhE&pos=10
A quote...."Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Small businesses are becoming the
Achilles heel of the U.S. recovery by limiting growth and job creation."
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