MPG'S
DAILY
RAPSHEET
AND
BLOTTER
ON
THE
"GREAT GAME" -- 03-18-10 to 03-24-10 -- links
page
@ www.reficultnias.org
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Editor's note : From now on each weekly blog page will have
several items
culled from the past called "9/11 - From The History
File" : It's for those who didn't know, and also for those who
forgot....or are trying to forget.
Editor's note - War Update, War Alert, War Warning, Red War Warning
and War
Imminent
- refer to articles
regarding the upcoming war with Iran. In the order they appear as
shown above, they represent less serious to more serious possible
threats of war. - mpg
As of 08-08-08 a new category of war warning will be included, the
above warnings will have the prefix (WWIII) added to them to indicate
the
possible outbreak of greater hostilities. - mpg
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Wednesday March 24th 2010 - links
page
Truth
Has Fallen and Has Taken Liberty With It ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25066.htm
Must Read - A
quote...."March 24, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- There was a
time when the pen was mightier than the sword. That was a time when
people believed in truth and regarded truth as an independent power and
not as an auxiliary for government, class, race, ideological, personal,
or financial interest. -- Today Americans are ruled by propaganda.
Americans have little regard for truth, little access to it, and little
ability to recognize it. -- Truth is an unwelcome entity. It is
disturbing. It is off limits. Those who speak it run the risk of being
branded “anti-American,” “anti-semite” or “conspiracy theorist.” - also posted at DProgram
---
http://dprogram.net/2010/03/24/good-bye-truth-has-fallen-and-taken-liberty-with-it-paul-craig-roberts/#more-33341
& CounterPunch
---
http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts03242010.html
& AmericanEveryman
---
http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/goodbye-truth-has-fallen-and-taken-liberty-with-it/
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America’s
‘Islamists’
go
where
oilmen
fear
to
tread ---
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_5728.shtml
posted at Online
Journal ---
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4869.shtml
Must Read - Geo-Political Analysis -- Some
quotes...."By following the trail of militant terrorists, US forces and
American interests have gained access deep in Central Asia, where oil
companies have had little luck gaining a foothold on their own. -- To
students of American foreign policy in Afghanistan and throughout the
world, it is common knowledge that the United States military and
Central Intelligence Agency often act in a manner that is contradictory
to the words of American leaders. To those who care to look behind the
curtain of American duplicity, which casts a veneer of benevolence over
our actions, it becomes readily apparent that “Islamic militants” tend
to show up wherever American oil companies have expressed an interest.
America’s historical usage of the same militant groups in the past
casts suspicion on their reappearance today, all along the pathway of
the projected pipelines." --- "To study the Afghan Islamists is to
conduct a forensic dissection of a psyop. From the very beginning,
before the Soviets even invaded, the Afghan revolution was manufactured
by a coalition of foreign powers led by the CIA. Even the political
form of Wahabi “Islam” which was taught to combatants in local
madrassas, using American-created “Islamic” textbooks from the
University of Nebraska, was really a deviation from true Islam that
incorporated behavioral modification techniques. “Suicide bombers” are
a CIA mind-control phenomenon."
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Essay: ‘Our
Terrorists’ by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed ---
http://empirestrikesblack.com/archives/81
Must Read - Geo-Political Analysis -- A
quote...."The myth that Islamic fundamentalist militants are the
enemies of Israel and Western governments no longer needs debunking. In
his latest work, Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed provides a concise summary of
the deep politics of the ’War on Terror’ spanning several decades and
continents. Articulated around an intricate network of chilling
complicity between Western intelligence agencies and Islamist
extremism, the shadowy ’War on Terror’ is designed to disrupt and
destabilize regions of geostrategic value for penetration and control
by Western powers."
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Are
the
feds
planting
terrorists? ---
http://factsnotfairies.blogspot.com/2010/03/are-feds-planting-terrorists.html
Must Read - Contains Video - Alt
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkkzmlrOWDE --- A
quote...."Defense attorneys say an alleged plot to bomb New York
synagogues was hatched and directed by a federal informant. They said
the informant badgered the defendants until they got involved in the
plot, and the 4 men are also saying the FBI tried to bully them into
targeting planes. Jason Bermas comments."
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The
US is at a Precipice ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25065.htm
Must Read - A
quote...."March 24, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- We are at a
precipice. This is the end of one era and the beginning of another. The
“real” world that so many people believe in, here in America is not the
world you see on your TV sets, that is the world that the government
and the media want you to believe in. We are so accustomed to believing
in our own American ideology that we can’t understand the ramifications
of what we have done. So many people in this country continue to
believe that what we have done can’t be undone. This is the reason we
have come to this point. We are not “invincible”. We are not
“exceptional”. We must abide by the same financial tenants that rest of
the world must obey. We cannot spend above our means. We cannot spend
1.4 Trillion dollars on the military and get nothing back. We cannot
give trillions in fiat money to prop up the bankers and financiers on
Wall Street."
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Ahmadinejad
aide
slams
Obama
for
hollow
promises ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121524§ionid=351020101
Special Note - A
quote...."Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's senior aide Mojtaba
Samareh Hashemi said that US policies during the Obama administration
were sometimes worse than "the dark era of [former president] George W.
Bush." -- "Today we witness that the US is increasing the number of its
forces in Afghanistan and Iraq instead of withdrawing its troops from
these countries and is behind the massacre of people and the expansion
of poverty in these countries more than before," Samareh Hashemi told
the Arab language Al-Alam news channel."
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Iran,
Turkey
near
$5.5
billion
gas
deal ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121561§ionid=351020103
A quote...."Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz says there is a
"complete political support" in Ankara for signing a 5.5-billion-dollar
gas deal with Iran."
also posted at WarInIraq
--- http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/220800
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Poll:
73%
of
Russians
view
US
as
aggressor ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121584§ionid=351020602
A quote...."The survey published on Wednesday indicates 73 percent of
respondents agreed that the United States was "an aggressor trying to
take control" of all countries in the world." - also posted at WarInIraq ---
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/220843 --- Yeah....it's called the PNAC Protocols ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/911-planningguidance-weblist-mpg-040409
---
mpg
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El
Salvador: Ghosts at the Polls ---
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2010/032410a.html
posted
at ConsortiumNews
---
https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1868/t/1636/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=2043
From the
history file - (Originally
published
June
24,
2009) -- A quote...."Editor’s Note:
Three decades ago today, Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was
murdered in cold blood while saying Mass, an event that marked a
troubling turn toward violent right-wing extremism in El Salvador and
beyond, a pattern that continues to this day even in the threatening
tone of U.S. politics. -- Romero was gunned down on March 24, 1980,
because he had emerged as an impassioned voice for impoverished
peasants seeking greater justice. The assassination of a high-level
Catholic cleric soon became a signal to global right-wing forces to do
whatever was necessary to reverse trends toward equality."
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(Un)
Covering
The
Death
Squads
in
El
Salvador ---
http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Showcase.view&showcaseid=00126
Related Article - A quote...."March 24 is the 30th anniversary of the
assassination of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero. He was
shot in the heart by a right wing death squad while saying mass in a
small chapel at a cancer hospital in San Salvador. -- The
archbishop, who started out as a conservative, had become the voice of
the poor and disenfranchised, documenting killings and disappearances
at the hands of the army and mysterious right-wing death squads during
his weekly sermons. Just before his murder, Romero had broadcast an
appeal to ordinary soldiers to stop the killing, counseling them that
they were not “obliged to obey an order contrary to the law of God.”
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Did
you
say
Molten
Steel?
But...but...
NIST....[said....] ---
http://factsnotfairies.blogspot.com/2010/03/did-you-say-molten-steel-butbut-nist.html
Special Note - Contains Video - Alt
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs_ogSbQFbM
A
quote..."UL did not certify any steel as suggested. In fact, in U.S.
practice, steel is not certified at all; rather structural assemblies
are tested for their fire resistance rating in accordance with a
standard procedure such as ASTM E 119 (see NCSTAR 1-6B). That the steel
was “certified ... to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit for six hours” is simply
not true." -- What if I told you NIST are Blatant LIARS?" -- For more on this issue see....9/11-WTC-1&2
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/911WTC1&2-weblist-mpg-030709
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"NY judge: CIA can keep secrets despite ACLU demand
---
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/24/AR2010032402920.html
---
24
Mar
2010
A
judge
for
a
second
time
has
denied
efforts
by
the
American
Civil
Liberties Union to force the CIA to release names and
documents relating to Sept. 11 detainees prisoners who were interrogated
harshly tortured. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein listened to lawyers
for the ACLU and the government for more than an hour Wednesday before
announcing he had not changed his mind and would issue a written ruling
later. He told attorney Larry Lustberg, who argued for the ACLU, that
he had made an impact. "However, I will adhere to the views I expressed
last time and deny the motion," the judge said." -- Paragraph quoted from CLG ---
http://www.legitgov.org/ --- And the 9/11 cover-up CONTINUES! - For more on this issue
see....9/11-Iraq-Torture
Fables
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/911&iraqtotturefables-weblist-mpg-052909
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CIA
may
face
prosecution
for
drone's
raids
in
Pakistan ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121594§ionid=351020401
A quote...."The US government's refusal to offer legal grounds for
CIA's drones bombing raids in Pakistan may result in CIA officers
facing prosecution for war crimes."
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"Gas line cut at home of Va. congressman's brother
---
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gcjZtRmovjWgMk7ejIoMmap6aN-
AD9EL64EO0 --- 24 Mar 2010
Authorities are investigating a severed propane line ---
http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/crime/article
/damage_at_home_of_perriello_brother_under_investigation/54038/
--- at the home of a Virginia
congressman's brother after tea party activists
posted the man's address online. Activists
are upset about U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello's (D) vote in favor of the
health care reform. Perriello's office said that a line to a propane
tank on a gas grill was cut at Bo Perriello's Charlottesville home on
Tuesday. Tea party activists had
posted the address online thinking it was the congressman's home,
telling opponents to drop by and "express their thanks" for his vote. [If
you're
a
corporaterrorist
thug
and
cut
a
gas
line
of
a
Congressman's
home
or
hurl
a
brick
through
a
window -- you're labeled an *activist*
by The Associated Press. POLITICO labeled the act an *incident. --- * If
you're
*leftwing*
and
appeared
with
a
Kerry
button
at
a
Bush
rally,
you
were
arrested.
See: Guns
OK
Outside
Obama
Town
Hall;
Kerry
Pins
Brought
Arrest
At
Bush
Rally
---
http://www.legitgov.org/guns_ok_at_obama_town_hall_120809.html
--- By Lori Price 12 Aug 2009 Bush's Waffen-SS arrested (and
strip-searched) people with Kerry-Edwards buttons pinned to their
T-shirts and paper protest signs at his at his GOP-only appearances.
But, when a Reichwinger attends a New Hampshire town hall meeting with
a gun -- merely yards from President Obama -- the protester not only
gets to remain at the meeting but also gets to be a guest on MSNBC's
'Hardball.']" -- Paragraph quoted
from CLG ---
http://www.legitgov.org/
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March
2010 Iraq War Protests ---
http://pjep.org/resources/detail.php?rid=2396
Alt
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85FX1rgaxQk ---
(YuTb -
6m6s - March 22, 2010)
Video - Action Update - A quote...."Iraq War
Protests and Demonstrations across the United States in Washington
D.C., Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Madison, Seattle, Tacoma and many
other cities. There was a protest or demonstration in over 150 cities
the week of March 20th. This video shows video and photos of maybe
twenty events across the country combining interviews, speeches, and
demonstration observations."
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The Dark Side
---
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/dark-side
Web Censorship Alert - A
quote...."In February of this year, Cryptome.org, a site run for the
last fifteen years by Architect John Young had its PayPal account
closed and in the process over $5,000 in donations
confiscated. Cryptome has made a name for itself over the years
by publishing "documents for publication that are prohibited by
governments worldwide, in particular material on freedom of expression,
privacy, cryptology, dual-use technologies, national security,
intelligence, and secret governance -- open, secret and classified
documents -- but not limited to those."
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More on
Obama's Insurance Bail-Out-Boondoggle No-Care Bill....
Health
Insurance
Bonanza ---
http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/health-insurance-bonanza/
Special Note - A
quote...."Let there be no doubt about it. The health care “reform” bill
voted into law Sunday in the House is a capitulation which will leave
30 million more Americans at the cruel mercies of the insurance
companies – precisely what the single-payer movement had been battling
against."
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ObamaCare
Reform
Updates ---
http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/obamacare-reform-updates/
A quote...."***UPDATE*** You know that clause in the bill, one of the
ones that is supposed to make this bill a real benefit for the people?
The clause that states that kids with pre-existing conditions can’t be
denied coverage? Guess what… it’s not true. Kids with pre-existing
conditions CAN be DENIED coverage… just thought you would like to know…"
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Loophole
Exempts
Washington
Insiders
From
Obamacare
Mandate ---
http://infowars.net/articles/march2010/240310Exempts.htm
A quote...."No Obamacare for Obama, his family, his staff, the vice
president, the vice president's staff, the rest of the administration,
Nancy Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi's staff, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,
Reid's staff, all other House and Senate leaders and their staff, all
committee members and their staff... the list goes on "
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G.O.P.
Forces
New
House
Vote
on
Package
of
Health
Bill
Changes ---
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/health/policy/26health.html
BREAKING - March 25 2010
-- A quote...."WASHINGTON — With the Senate working through an
all-night session on a package of changes to the Democrats’ sweeping
health care legislation, Republicans early Thursday morning identified
parliamentary problems with at least two provisions that will require
the measure to be sent back to the House for yet another vote, once the
Senate adopts it. "
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Rightist
[Israeli]
MK:
British
are
dogs,
who
are
they
to
judge? ---
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3866929,00.html
A quote...."After Britain accuses Israel of cloning passports used in
Mabhouh assassination, threatens to expel Israeli diplomat, MK Arieh
Eldad compares British to dogs: 'Who gave them right to judge us on war
on terror?'" -- For more on this
sort of issue see....A
Mortal
Threat
–
Europe’s
New
Frankenstein
Monster
-
01-26-09
-
mpg ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/amortalthreat-europesnewfrankenstein-mpg-reficultnias-012609
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Who
is
the
British
Dog?
By
Gilad
Atzmon ---
http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/who-is-the-british-dog-by-gilad-atzmon.html
A quote...."Israeli officials and politicians sharply criticized the
intention of the UK government to expel an ‘unnamed’ Israeli ‘diplomat’
in response to its passports being used in the Dubai assassination of
Hamas Freedom Fighter Mahmoud al-Mabhouh."
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64463&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Israel
fears
further
Mossad
expulsions
over
forged
passport
affair ---
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7074925.ece
A quote...."There were growing fears in Israel yesterday that other
countries whose passports were forged for use in the Dubai
assassination of a Hamas militant could follow Britain’s lead and expel
suspected Mossad operatives." - also
posted at WarInIraq
---
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/220841
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UN
rights
body
censures
Israel ---
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/03/2010324194843763504.html
A quote...."The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed three
resolutions condemning Israel over its policies in occupied Palestinian
and Syrian territories."
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BBC
puts
US
media
to
shame
on
E.
Jerusalem ---
http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/bbc-puts-us-media-to-shame-on-e-jerusalem/
A quote...."The BBC puts U.S. corporate and public media to shame,
violating taboos on Israel. On “BBC World News America” last
night, host Matt Frei asked Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen point-blank
about the Israeli government’s announcement yesterday (news ignored by
other outlets) of “another settlement in the heart of East
Jerusalem.” Frei even emphasized the gall of the new grab as
Netanyahu met privately with President Obama: “Talk about timing, there
was news today”–of Israel’s new seizures of Palestinian land." -- The reason the BBC does slightly better
than the "US" media in covering the Middle East is because the "US"
media is almost wholly owned by members of the Jewish Community, why
would they EVER want to talk
about what they're doing to the Palestinians and Arabs living in Israel?
-- For more on this issue see....Judeo-Christian
C/C
&
US
-
Media
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/judeochristianconflictcontrolwithinus-weblist-mpg-010409#MEDIA
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More On The
Palestinian Situation....
UNHRC
expected
to pass resolution for Gaza compensation ---
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271403
Special Note - A
quote...."Bethlehem - Ma'an - The 13th session of the UN Human Rights
Council is expected to pass a resolution demanding compensation for
Gaza residents who suffered losses during Israel's Operation Cast Lead,
observers said."
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Grasping
Beauty ---
http://ingaza.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/grasping-beauty/
A quote...."It’s one of those beautiful, sunny days, with a fresh sea
breeze and people strolling on the beach…one of those days in which you
can almost forget the manifold tragedies that unfold daily in Gaza
under siege. Under siege for four years, really, but fully under siege
since mid 2007, over 1000 days. One thousand days of compromises on
basic human rights and necessities for the human beings living here.
Compromises which deny the ill –the seriously ill –medical care, deny
students proper study materials or access to study abroad, deny access
to work outside a jobless Strip, deny dreams and hopes, breath and
life."
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64460&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Obama,
can
you
focus
on
your
hypocrisy
long
enough
to
count
to
1,712?
---
http://www.hybridstates.com/2010/03/obama-can-you-focus-on-your-hypocrisy-long-enough-to-count-to-1712/
A quote...."A fter nearly six months of pleading with Abbas and the PA
to talk to the Israelis while they continue the settler colonization of
their future state… After months of pressuring the Arab League to
provide a way for Abbas to sit down to said talks without losing the
final shred of credibility he (arguably) has left… After Mitchell
and VP Biden fly to Israel to try and jump-start these “indirect
proximity talks”…"
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Fisherman
injured
by
Israeli
naval
fire
west
of
Beit
Lahiya ---
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271454
A quote...."Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli gunboats opened fire on fishermen
off the Gaza coast near Beit Lahiya in the north of the Strip on
Thursday morning, injuring one man, medics said."
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Israeli
fire
in
southern
Gaza
critically
injures
one ---
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271435
A quote...."Gaza – Ma'an – A Palestinian worker was critically injured
on Thursday morning as the Israeli forces at the closed Sufa crossing
opened fire on a group of men collecting rubble for the
re-manufacturing of construction materials, medics said."
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IOF
soldiers
detain
20
Gazans ---
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s77DAQ4wGtvY
jECj8vkL%2fmLb6nfj%2fvuZVBlT3NTK6i52AYkLxbqNwAvKjV8b6TKqxm7R%2bDlTqZHFERK%2fK21D8LVfLzgMT8RLrew1zmwbUJh38%3d
A quote...."BEIT LAHIA, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF)
detained 20 Palestinian workers in northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday and
took them to an unknown location. - A human rights group told the PIC
reporter that a special IOF unit infiltrated near former Dugit
settlement and detained the workers while collecting
scrap."
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23
March
2010:
Soldiers
shoot
youth
gathering
wood
near
the
Gaza-Israel
border
---
http://www.btselem.org/English/Gaza_Strip/20100323_Shooting_near_Gaza_Fence.asp
A quote...."On the morning of 10 February, Muhammad Subuh, 17, Saleh
Abu Leylah, 16, and Maher Ghanem, 21, were in the area of the Israeli
settlements that had been evacuated in the northern Gaza Strip, near
the border with Israel. They were gathering wood, which they needed for
cooking. Gas for cooking is lacking in the area due to the reduction in
importation of cooking gas as part of the siege on the Strip."
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New
Home
Sales
Plunge
To
New
All
Time
Record
Low,
308K
SAAR
Is
2.2%
Frop
From
Revised
315K
In
January
---
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/new-home-sales-plunge-new-all-time-record-low-308k-saar-22-frop-revised-315k-january
Chart
- A quote...."New home sales drop to a record low adjusted annual rate
of 308K. All of the government's housing stabilizing measures are now a
disaster, as existing home sales inventory surges to nearly 9 months,
not counting the shadow inventory, which is more than double. The
plunge is in all regions except the West, where the pick up was from
77K to 93k. When is the last time anyone mentioned green shoots again?
And the computers ignore it all as nobody remember how to sell anymore.
In fact, we expect a green market within 10 minutes as king SPARC shows
all who is master."
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Bad
News
for
America:
U.S.
CDS
Now
Wider
Than
Europe,
Treasury
Auctions
Bomb
---
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/03/bad-news-for-us-american-cds-now-wider.html
Special Note - A
quote...."Three stories from the Wall Street Journal hint at bad news
for the U.S. -- Michael Casey notes that American CDS traders view the
U.S. as riskier than Europe:"
"Something troubling has occurred
in the market for default protection on the debt of the world's biggest
borrower." -- As the folks at Standard Poor's Valuation and Risk
Strategies division noted in a research note Monday, the difference
between the spread on U.S. sovereign credit default swaps and an
equivalent benchmark for AAA-rated euro-zone sovereigns flipped into
positive territory March 12. As U.S. CDS spreads expanded to their
widest levels in two years, that cross-region gap blew out to 5.7 basis
points last Friday before narrowing to 4.7 Tuesday."
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As
The
Fed
Runs
Out
Of
Low-Rate
Options,
The
UST
Is
Likely
Considering
An
Orchestrated
Move
Of
Risky
Asset
Into
Bills
---
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/fed-runs-out-low-rate-options-ust-must-be-considering-wholesale-shift-out-risky-assets-bills
Special Note - A quote...."A
recent
detailed analysis of the composition of US Federal debt has made us
question just how much dry powder the Fed has left to manipulate
interest rates. We ignore all tangential issues such as what the end of
QE will mean on MBS, and by implication 10 Year, rates, and focus
purely on the structural composition of the curve, which leads us to
some very troubling observations. In summary: the Treasury is running
out of time in which to orchestrate a massive rush away from risky
assets into the sweet spot for UST interest rates: risk-free Bill
holdings. In other words, a stock market crash is long-overdue if the
Treasury does not want to face a major spike in rates and drop in
Treasury demand in the immediate future."
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Treasury
Five-Year
Notes
Fall
Most
Since
August
After
Auction ---
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aLR.2efdnc2M&pos=1
A quote...." March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury five-year notes dropped
the most in seven months after a record-tying $42 billion auction of
the securities sold at the widest difference in yield over the average
forecast of primary dealers since July. -- Yields on 10-year notes
increased to the highest level since January as demand in the sale from a group of
investors that includes foreign central banks was the lowest in eight
months. U.S. interest-rate
swap spreads plunged to the lowest levels in more than two decades
after Fitch Ratings’ downgrade of Portugal raised the risk of owning
sovereign debt and corporate bond issuance surged. - bold by website
editor
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Weak
5
Year
Auction
Shakes
Treasury
Complex:
Enormous
Tail,
Indirects
Drop,
Bid
To
Cover
Weakest
Since
September
---
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/weak-5-year-auction-shakes-treasury-complex-enormous-tail-indirects-drop-bid-cover-weakest-s
Financial Warning - (This is the first "financial warning in a
long, long, time - mpg) - Chart
-- A quote...."
- $42
billion
5
year
prices
at
2.605
high
yield
(29.97
allotted
at
high
-
PDF) ---
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/instit/annceresult/press/preanre/2010/R_20100324_2.pdf
- Bid To Cover at 2.55 weakest since September 2009, last
2.75, average in last year 2.50
- Indirect take down meager 39.66, lowest since July 2009,
last 40.33, average in last year 46.03
- Directs continue to be major presence at 10.76,
last at 12.85%
- Enormous tail, as auction prices well above the WI,
which had been trading at 2.568%. This is the worst tail since July
2009, which was 5.3 bps
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Did
Gordon
Brown
Sell
UK's
Gold
To
Keep
AIG
And
Rothschild
Solvent;
More
Disclosures
On
How
The
NY
Fed
Manipulates
Gold
Prices
---
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/did-gordon-brown-sell-uks-gold-keep-aig-and-rothschild-solvent-more-disclosures-how-ny-fed-m
For all you Gold
Bugs
out there - mpg -- A
quote...."In the neverending saga of new
disclosure of gold price manipulation, here is the most recent pearl,
courtesy of Jesse's Cafe Americain:"In front of 3 witnesses, Bank of
England Governor Eddie George spoke to Nicholas J. Morrell (CEO of
Lonmin Plc) after the Washington Agreement gold price explosion in
Sept/Oct 1999. Mr. George said "We looked into the abyss if the gold
price rose further. A further rise would have taken down one or several
trading houses, which might have taken down all the rest in their wake.
Therefore at any price, at any cost, the central banks had to quell the
gold price, manage it. It was very difficult to get the gold price
under control but we have now succeeded. The US Fed was very active in getting the
gold price down. "
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Explain
why
you
sold
Britain's
gold,
Gordon
Brown
told - More
on the issue for
you Gold Bugs out there. mpg
---
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/investing/gold/7511589/Explain-why-you-sold-Britains-gold-Gordon-Brown-told.html
Related Article - A quote...."The decision to sell the gold – taken by
Mr Brown when he was Chancellor – is regarded as one of the Treasury's
worst financial mistakes and has cost taxpayers almost £7
billion. -- Mr Brown and the Treasury have repeatedly refused to
disclose information about the gold sale amid allegations that warnings
were ignored." - also posted at
Yahoo
---
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/explain-why-you-sold-britain-s-gold-gordon-brown-told-tele-2a118e333dd2.html?x=0
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Portugal’s
Debt
Rating
Lowered
by
Fitch
on
Worsening
Finances ---
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a02DCYEFIxuk&pos=2
A quote...."March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Portugal’s credit grade was cut by
Fitch Ratings, underscoring growing concern that Europe’s weakest
economies will struggle to meet their debt commitments as finances
deteriorate. "
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Dubai
to
offer
9.5
bln
dollars
in
aid
to
Dubai
World ---
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/business/2010-03/25/c_13224464.htm
A quote...."ABU DHABI, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The Dubai government said
on Thursday it would offer 9.5 billion U.S. dollars in aid to the
troubled Dubai World conglomerate as part of a restructuring plan."
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Russia
to
witness
robust
economic
recovery:
World
Bank ---
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-03/24/c_13223520.htm
A quote...."MOSCOW, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The Russian economy is
expected to see a robust recovery, with a GDP growth forecast of up to
5.5 percent in 2010, the World Bank said in a report published
Wednesday."
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Tuesday March 23rd 2010 - links
page
Social
Inequality
in
America:
Widening
Income
Disparities. ---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18281
Must Read -
Quote of the Day...."The
mid-twentieth century "deal" between the "opulent minority," the
government and the people left the "opulent minority" with the lion's
share of the country's wealth, but a little bit more of that wealth was
shared with the workers who created it. The government was the
referee who enforced the rules, and the years between the end of the
Second World War and 1970 were America's most prosperous overall,
producing the largest, wealthiest middle class in history.
-- Americans assumed that this was the new normal, that a solid
social contract was now standard operating procedure. But this
overall prosperity was only a glitch in minority rule, a safety valve
to stem the pressure of a popular, revolutionary mood that had been
building since the Civil War and had come to a head during the Great
Depression. Now the country is returning to its natural state,
including the immense chasm between the incomes of the "opulent
minority" and the rest of us, as squalor once again stands side by side
with splendor."
also posted at ICH
---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25067.htm
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"The
LOBBY's
1962
Blueprint
for
Taking
over
America..." -
http://careandwashingofthebrain.blogspot.com/2010/03/lobbys-1962-blueprint-for-taking-over.html
Special Note --
A
chilling description of just how far this nation has fallen. - mpg
-- "We have castrated society through fear and intimidation.
Its manhood exists only in combination with a feminine outward
appearance. Being so neutered, the populace has become docile and
easily ruled. As all geldings in nature, their thoughts are not
involved with the concerns of the future and their posterity, but only
with the present toil and the next meal." -- 48+ years of lies,
subterfuges, bribes, threats, assassinations, spying on the USA,
false-flags, infiltrating Christian groups, intimidating colleges and
brainwashing their students and control of the MSM have helped install
Israel as the de facto head of the USA." --
For more on this issue see....Judeo-Christian
C/C
&
US
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/judeochristianconflictcontrolwithinus-weblist-mpg-010409
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How
Sovereign
is Europe? Washington has Murdered Privacy Rights at Home And
Abroad ---
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18273
A quote...."In the Swiss newspaper Zeit Fragen, Professor Dr. Eberhard
Hamer from Germany asks, "How Sovereign is Europe?" -- He
examines the issue and concludes that Europe has little, if any,
sovereignty." -
also posted at
DProgram
---
http://dprogram.net/2010/03/23/how-sovereign-is-europe-washington-has-murdered-privacy-rights-at-home-and-abroad-paul-craig-roberts/
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AIPAC
is
in
Session
so
Lie
about
Iran ---
http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/aipac-is-in-session-so-lie-about-iran/
A quote...."As our elected “leaders” are paraded onstage, one after the
other, to swear allegiance to the service of another nation no matter
what laws they break, no matter who they illegally assassinate on
foreign soil, no matter how many innocent civilians they killed during
Operation Cast Lead, and no matter how blatantly they insult our Vice
President and our President… all elected leaders must bow and scrape to
the power of AIPAC’s lobbyists. And waht does AIPAC want? A war
with Iran, that’s what."
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Syria,
Iran,
Turkey
call
for
OIC
emergency
meeting ---
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-03/24/c_13222146.htm
A quote...."DAMASCUS, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Parliament speakers of
Syria, Iran and Turkey agreed on Tuesday to invite heads of
parliamentary councils of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
(OIC) to hold an emergency meeting on recent Palestinian-Israeli
clashes, the official SANA news agency reported." --
also posted at Mathaba ---
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=623115
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Maliki
Aide:
We
Won’t
Recognize
Election
Results ---
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/03/23/maliki-aide-we-wont-recognize-election-results/
A quote...."An aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki today
insisted that his State of Law party will not recognize the final
election results, expected later this week, because the election
commission declined their request for a manual recount."
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Destroying
educational
institutions
or
using
them
for
military
purposes
is
a
war
crime ---
http://www.brusselstribunal.org/Academics230310.htm
Special Note - A
quote...."The Education system in Iraq, prior to 1991, was one of the
best in the region; with over 100% Gross Enrolment Rate for primary
schooling and high levels of literacy, both of men and women. The
Higher Education, especially the scientific and technological
institutions, were of an international standard, staffed by high
quality personnel". (UNESCO Fact Sheet, March 28, 2003)[1]. -- As a
result of U.S. ongoing Occupation of Iraq, today Iraq is more
illiterate than it was five or a twenty-five years ago, because the
U.S. Administration and U.S. forces occupying Iraq began to root and
destroy every aspect of Iraq’s education. -- Iraqi educational system
was the target of U.S. military action, because education is the
backbone of any society. Without an efficient education system, no
society can function, writes Ghali Hassan in May 2005.[2] --
Facts
have proven him right. This is also one of the conclusions of the book "
Cultural
Cleansing
in
Iraq". ---
http://books.google.com/books?id=w-9VPgAACAAJ&dq=Cultural+Cleansing+in+Iraq&cd=1
---
[3]
-
[GoglBkSrch]"
---
http://books.google.com/books?id=w-9VPgAACAAJ&sitesec=buy&source=gbs_buy_s&cad=0
---
links
added
--
also posted
at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64446&hd=&size=1&l=e
---
& GlobalRsrch
---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18295
---
For more on this issue
see....The
Method
-
05-07-07
-
mpg
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/themethod-blog-mpg-050707
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Nimrud's
Lamentations,
Nimrud's
Wrath.
1 ---
http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2010/03/nimruds-lamentations-nimruds-wrath-1.html
A quote...."Who and What were you 6'000 years ago ? You and your
nations were NOTHING, you were not even in existence... you were
nothing, had nothing...not that it changed much since... I love
History, specially ancient History...History is a bit like God...it
enlightens and teaches the ignorant, humbles the arrogant...but in your
case, you are genetically predisposed for arrogance...and what an end
yours will be ! Forget about you, you ignorant barbaric hoards,
you uncultured, uncivilized, backward people...you covetous, jealous,
envious, Godless people... "
also
posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64432&hd=&size=1&l=e
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====
Nimrud's
Lamentations,
Nimrud's
Wrath.
2 ---
http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2010/03/nimruds-lamentations-nimruds-wrath-2.html
A quote...."I've been holding on to the pictures...for over 5 years
now...I hid them, refused to share them with anyone...I would take them
out every once in a while, study them, watch them closely, read the
faces...and stack them away again...and for over 5 years, the wrenching
pain, the fire I feel in my gut has not subsided not one iota...on the
contrary, it keeps growing...a smoldering braise...and nothing will
ever extinguish it..."
also posted
at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64439&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Civil
War
Certain
as
"Afghan
National
Army"
Now
Over
60%
Tajik ---
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2010/03/civil_war_certa.html
Special Note -
i.e. versus the Pashtons - mpg - A
quote...."There are any number of "Big lies" put forward by the USA in
Afghanistan and slavishly repeated by our politicians and media. Here
are a few of the "Big lies":
- The Karzai government is democratically elected
- The Afghan anti-occupation fighters are all Taliban
supporters
- Most opium is produced in Taliban controlled areas
- Women's rights are now respected in Afghanistan
But I want today to tackle this particular "Big lie":
- The Afghan National Army is ethnically balanced.
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China
seeks
Russia
alliance
to
counter
US
dominance ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121532§ionid=351020404
A quote...."Looking to form a counterbalance to the power of the US,
Beijing called on Moscow, as one of the emerging market economies, to
enter into an alliance with China seeking to increase their leverage in
global affairs." --
also posted at
WarInIraq
--- http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/220748
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Iran,
Turkey
plan
to
triple
trade
volume
to
$30bn ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121491§ionid=351020102
A quote...."Iran announces a joint Tehran - Ankara plan to triple
bilateral annual trade volume from the current $10 billion to $30
billion in the future."
also
posted at WarInIraq
---
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/220724
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Nationwide
strikes
in
France
against
Sarkozy ---
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/23/international/i045219D34.DTL
Action Update - A
quote...."Nationwide strikes in France hobbled public services from
transport to schools Tuesday, with unions hoping their action would put
the brakes on reforms planned by President Nicolas Sarkozy two days
after his party's stinging defeat in regional elections."
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Journalist
Attempts
Citizen's
Arrest
of
Blair
in
EU
Parliament ---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18300
Action Update - A
quote...."Brussels - A Brussels reporter attempted to place Tony Blair
under a citizen's arrest on Monday (22 March) for his role in the
invasion of Iraq, during a visit by the former UK prime minister to the
European Parliament for a hearing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."
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Whose
Streets?
(Our
Streets
between
1pm
and
4pm
With
a
Permit)
---
http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/2010/03/whose-streets-our-streets-between-1pm.html
Action Update - A
quote...."On the 7th commemoration of the illegal and immoral invasion
of Iraq, there was a rally and march in DC sponsored by the
A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition that was attended by about eight thousand
people."
also posted at ICH
---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25064.htm
& DesertPeace
---
http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/cindy-sheehans-arrest-in-her-own-words/
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More on
Obama's Insurance Bail-Out-Boondoggle No-Care Bill....
Closing
Time:
An
Historic
Confirmation
of
Corporate
Power
---
http://www.chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/1947-closing-time-an-historic-confirmation-of-corporate-power.html
A quote...."
Official transcript of
remarks by President Barack Obama after the March 21 vote in the
House of Representatives on H.R.3590: Motion to Concur in Senate
Amendments to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act....
"My fellow Americans. As many of
our more serious commentators have noted, Democrats and progressives
have sought genuine reform of our broken, bloated, unjust health care
system for almost a hundred years. Today, I am proud to say that we
have brought that century-long struggle to a close. Together with our
visionary partners in the House and the Senate, we have finally killed
genuine health care reform for many years to come -- perhaps even for
another century! -- The struggle is over, the deal is done,
the fix is in, and corporate power -- unbridled, unchallenged, coddled,
protected, and larded with the endless pork of government-guaranteed
profit -- has triumphed at last. This is an historic achievement. This
is a mighty legacy we will bequeath to future generations.
-- This, my friends, is what change looks like."
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64438&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Obamacare:
Culling
the
Baby
Boomers ---
http://www.infowars.com/obamacare-culling-the-baby-boomers/
Special Note - A
quote...."The bill passed last night attacks Medicare directly. It will
cut over $150 billion to hospitals, nursing homes, and hospices. Obama
and the Democrats expect to realize a “savings” by cutting over $200
billion to Medicare Advantage, nearly $40 billion to home health care
for seniors, and over $20 billion in reduced Medicare payments to
hospitals that service a large number of low-income patients, according
to the ARRA News Service."
also posted at DProgram
---
http://dprogram.net/2010/03/22/obamacare-culling-the-baby-boomers/
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Obama
health
bill sets the stage for assault on Medicare and Social Security
---
http://wsws.org/articles/2010/mar2010/pers-m24.shtml
Special Note - A
quote...."Behind the celebrations of the health care overhaul lies a
definite perspective. The authors of these commentaries see the
legislation as a major step in confronting profound problems facing
American and world capitalism. They are hailing what they consider a
breakthrough in reining in massive US deficits that are destabilizing
the world financial system. -- It has for decades been deemed
politically impossible to attack basic entitlement programs in the US,
such as Social Security and Medicare, which account for an enormous and
rising portion of the federal budget. Now, with Obama’s health care
plan, the stage has been set for slashing these programs. This is the
reason for the general jubilation in media and financial circles."
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Health-Care
Stocks
Up
After
House
OK's
Overhaul ---
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?
storyid=201003221132dowjonesdjonline000249&title=at-a-glancehealth-care-stocks-up-after-house-oks-overhaul
A quote...."THE NEWS: Health-care stocks led the stock market higher
Monday after the U.S. House Sunday approved a historic
health-care overhaul designed to bring health insurance to 32 million
more Americas while subjecting U.S. industries to a dramatically
redrawn and newly regulated marketplace."
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14
states
sue to block health care law ---
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/23/health.care.lawsuit/
A quote...."(CNN) -- Officials from 14 states have gone to court to
block the historic overhaul of the U.S. health care system that
President Obama signed into law Tuesday, arguing the law's requirement
that individuals buy health insurance violates the Constitution."
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UK
Expels Israeli Diplomat Over Dubai Case ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25059.htm
A quote...."March 23, 2010 "AP" -- LONDON – Britain took the
extraordinary step Tuesday of expelling an Israeli diplomat for the
first time in more than 20 years, after concluding there was compelling
evidence that Israel was responsible for the use of forged British
passports in the plot to slay a senior Hamas operative in Dubai."
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The
ties
that
bind
America
to
Israel
are
beginning
to
fray
and
break
---
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/21/israel-america-palestine-settlements
Special Note - A
quote...."It
was always striking to watch the smugness with which Israeli
politicians sold Americans the idea that the only issue in considering
the conflict with the Palestinians was what Ariel Sharon called, with
deeply rolling Rs, the "tehrroar". The ever-expanding Jewish
settlements, the annexing of land, expulsion of Palestinians, the
killings of Arab children, the crimes of occupation, were discarded as
an irrelevance. No one in George Bush's White House cared to challenge
Sharon on that." --
also posted at
ICH
---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25060.htm
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Tell
Me
Again,
Who
Made
The
Desert
Bloom? ---
http://lawrenceofcyberia.blogs.com/news/2010/03/palestinians-made-the-desert-bloom.html
Must View Photo Gallery -
Some quote...."In December 1945 and January 1946, the British Mandate
authorities
carried out an extensive survey of Palestine, in support of the work of
the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine. The results were
published in the
Survey of Palestine, ---
http://www.amazon.com/Survey-Palestine-Vol-Information-Anglo-American/dp/088728213X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268959450&sr=1-1
---
which
has
been
scanned
and
made
available
online
by
Palestine
Remembered; ---
http://www.palestineremembered.com/index.html --- all 1300
pages can be read
here. ---
http://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Books/Story831.html
--- One of the subjects investigated in the Survey of Palestine
is land use; specifically, which crops were Palestine's leading
agricultural products at the end of the British Mandate, and whose
farms were producing them." -- "
Photos:
All the photographs of Palestinian farmers
cultivating their crops in Palestine under the British Mandate are from
Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History Of The
Palestinians 1876 - 1948, ---
http://www.amazon.com/Before-Their-Diaspora-Photographic-Palestinians/dp/0887281443/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&
s=books&qid=1268959387&sr=8-1 --- by Walid
Khalidi." --
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64417&hd=&size=1&l=e
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More On The
Palestinian Situation....
American
Must
Never
Hear
the
Truth
About
Gaza -
Must
be more "ol'dat freedumb &
demockracy" - mpg
---
http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/americans-must-never-hear-the-truth-about-gaza/
Press Censorship Alert -
A quote...."During the Bush Administration, Mohammed Omer had a problem
obtaining a visa to enter the United States for a speaking engagement.
Condoleeza Rice intervened and the visa was granted. -- During the
Obama Administration, Mohammed Omer WAS DENIED a visa to enter the
United States for a speaking tour AND NO ONE INTERVENED. -- We were
promised a ‘CHANGE’….. it looks like we got it!"
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64418&hd=&size=1&l=e
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MACINTYRE:
Ramat
Shlomo:
Inside
the
town
that
will
test
Obama
to
the
limit
March
23,
2010
---
http://australiansforpalestine.com/macintyre-ramat-shlomo-inside-the-town-that-will-test-obama-to-the-limit
Map Graphic - A
quote...."Ask Rabbi Sam White what he thinks of the global political
row over plans to expand the community in which he lives, prays and
studies, and he answers bluntly: “I don’t see the problem. God gave us
the land of Israel.” The notion that the location of Ramat Shlomo, on
land occupied after the 1967 Six Day War and officially expropriated
six years later, might belong to another people is wholly alien to the
32- year-old Salford-born rabbi. “There’s no question. It’s in the
Torah, which says that God gave the land to the Jewish people.”
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Dr
Mads
Gilbert
on
Gaza
(3
parts)
March
23,
2010 ---
http://australiansforpalestine.com/video-dr-mads-gilbert-on-gaza-3-parts-9mar10
MG(1/3)
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3DQCQc3R64
MG(2/3)
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB2K52CwNg4
MG(3/3)
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KWI2beM8GI
Videos - (YouTube - 10m -
March 07, 2010) -- A quote...."Norwegian Doctor Mads Gilbert volunteers
in a hospital in Gaza, and reports about the international neglect
towards the Palestinians’ suffering."
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The
US'
choreographed
"outrage"
at
Israel ---
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11154.shtml?utm_source=
feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifada+%28Electronic+Intifada%29
A quote...."Obviously, the Obama Administration is hardly concerned
about Israeli violations of international law, previous agreements it
has signed, or the human rights of the Palestinians. The implication
throughout is that had the announcement come a week before Biden
visited (or even a day before, as the Bethlehem announcement did) there
would have been no problem. Indeed, just one week later, after the
Israeli government announced construction on an additional 426 East
Jerusalem settlement homes, Clinton "bolstered her support for the
Jewish state," according to The Washington Post."
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64447&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Israeli
forces
raid
Gaza
strip ---
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2070422&Language=en
A quote...."GAZA, March 23 (KUNA) -- Israeli army and tanks raided on
Tuesday afternoon the northern and southern parts of the Gaza Strip. --
Palestinian sources told KUNA here that four tanks and several
bulldozers entered near Beit Hanoun crossing, northern Gaza Strip. --
Sources added Israeli tanks fired on Palestinian lands in the area. --
The fire did not result in casualties and Israeli bulldozers
immediately razed the land, it noted. -- Also, Israeli forces raided
near the Sufa crossing east of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip."
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Israeli
forces
strike
northern
Gaza,
reports
of
injured ---
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=271111
A quote...."Gaza – Ma'an – The Israeli airforce launched two airstrikes
on the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya overnight Wednesday,
Palestinian sources said."
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Palestinian
organizer
tortured
in
Israeli
jail ---
http://palsolidarity.org/2010/03/11873?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=
feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+palsolidarity+%28International+Solidarity+Movement%29
A quote...."Omar Alaaeddin, who is involved in organizing
demonstrations in the village of alMa’asra south of Bethlehem, was
arrested a week ago on Sunday at the Container Checkpoint, as he was
making his way back home from Ramallah, with a group of students and
university professors. The groups was in Ramallah to see a theater
play. Alaaeddin was beaten repeatedly, both by the soldiers who
detained him, and later, in the Israeli Russian Compound jail in
Jerusalem. He reports to have been kicked, punched and even
electroshocked with a taser by the soldiers and his jailers."
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In
Australia, a day of solidarity with Palestine ---
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11156.shtml
Action Update - A
quote...."In an important show of solidarity, 500 individuals
participated in pro-Palestine activities on Friday 19 March in
Melbourne, Australia, protesting against both the brutality of Israel's
actions in recent weeks and the ongoing support of the Australian
government for Israeli apartheid."
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Keiser
Report
№27:
Markets!
Finance!
Scandal! ---
http://www.youtube.com/user/MaxKeiserTV#p/f/0/qJ-LOB_3bag
Alt
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ-LOB_3bag
--- (KRYuTb -
26 min 52 sec - March 23, 2010)
Video - A quote...."This
week Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert look at the scandals of Ben
Bernanke's zero reserve requirements proposal; the game of IMF chicken
between Greece and Germany; the sinister German hedge fund spy plan;
and Max Keiser for President of Greece?! Keiser also talks to Business
Insider's Gregory White about deflation, inflation and moving to Asia!"
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Bernanke
Running
Amuck ---
http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/bernanke-running-amuck-6-38429
Chart - A quote...."Fed
Chairman Bernanke is running amuck, and for the first time since the
birth of the U.S. dollar, our government is egregiously abusing its
power to print money. -- Specifically, from September 10, 2008 to March
10 of this year, he has increased the nation’s monetary base from $850
billion to $2.1 trillion — an irresponsible, irrational and insane
increase of 2.5 times in just 18 months. -- It is, by far, the greatest
monetary expansion in U.S. history.
And
you
must
not
underestimate
its
sweeping
historical
significance."
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US
Debt
Update:
6
Months
To
Revised
Debt
Ceiling
Breach ---
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/us-debt-update-6-months-revised-debt-ceiling-breach
Related Article - A quote...."Just in case some people forget what the
trade off to the market melt up is, today we are starting a periodic
daily report of the Treasury's total debt subject to the statutory
limit. Today's total: $12,607,140,000,000. We started March at
$12,383,717,000,000. We started the fiscal year (October 1) at
$11,853,434,000,000.
We have added
$223 billion of debt in the last three weeks, and $755 billion in just
5 months." - bold by website editor
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Federal
Housing
Administration
Head:
"We
Are
At
The
Point
Right
Now
Where
No
One
Trusts
the
American
Housing
Finance
System"
---
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/03/federal-housing-administration-head-we.html
A
quote...."Federal Housing Administration head David Stevens said
recently that no one trusts the housing finance system. As the
Washington Post writes...."
"In a recent speech, David
Stevens, the FHA's commissioner, recalled meeting a group of
international bankers who "peppered me with questions - very difficult
questions" about what the U.S. government was doing to bring back their
trust. -- They all have been burned, he noted, after buying mortgage
securities with triple-A ratings that turned out to be junk. -- "We are
at the point right now," Stevens said, "where no one trusts the
American housing finance system."
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Existing-home
sales
fall
for
third
straight
month ---
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/existing-home-sales-fall-for-3rd-straight-month-2010-03-23
Related Article - A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Resales of
U.S. homes and condominiums fell 0.6% in February to a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of 5.02 million, the lowest level in eight months,
raising doubts about the durability of the housing recovery, the
National Association of Realtors reported Tuesday."
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Existing
Home
Sales
Double
Dip
Deteriorates
With
Biggest
Increase
In
Months
Supply
Inventory
In
20
Years
---
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/existing-home-sales-double-dip-deteriorates-biggest-increase-months-supply-inventory-20-year
Charts -
(click to enlarge) - Related
Article -A quote...."The double dip in housing is getting worse by the
month. After hitting a nearly 6.6 million in existing home sales in
late 2009, the number has now plunged to 5.02 million, a decline of
0.9% sequentially, and a major drop from the artificially induced peak."
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Dallas-Fort
Worth
commercial
foreclosure
filings
top
$1
billion
---
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/032310dnbuscommercial.3b4450f.html
Related Article - A quote...." Commercial property foreclosure filings
in the Dallas-Fort Worth area top $1 billion for the upcoming
April sales. - That's much higher than commercial foreclosure posting
totals in recent months. - "It's certainly the highest we've seen in
this cycle," George Roddy of Foreclosure Listing Service said Monday."
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Japan's
export
jumps
45.3%
in
Feb ---
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/business/2010-03/24/c_13222536.htm
A quote...."TOKYO, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Japan's exports surged 45.3
percent from a year earlier to 5,128.67 billion yen (56.99 billion U.S.
dollars) in February, Financial Ministry data showed Wednesday. -- The
rise is the third straight monthly expansion, confirming the
export-oriented economy is recovering from the worst economic downturn
in decades."
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Monday March 22nd 2010 - links
page
"Georgie,
it's
our
Seventh
Anniversary,
did
you
get
me
something?"
---
http://careandwashingofthebrain.blogspot.com/2010/03/georgie-its-our-seventh-anniversary-did.html
Must Read - Contains Video
- A quote...."March 19, the seventh anniversary of the Iraq War
invasion passed yesterday. - No outrage on corporate television. No
accountability. No regrets over 4,400 Americans dead, 30,000-plus
wounded, and 100,000s traumatized for life. Most Americans know that
the war was begun and sustained by self-conscious lies. Most don’t
really care. - At least Haliburton, Israel and Iran were happy. And
Haliburton’s stock went from went from $9.53 (Jan 1, 2003) to a high of
$53.07 in 2008 in Bush’s last year in office before it caved in a sea
of corruption."
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Blair's
fight
to
keep
his
oil
cash
secret:
Former
PM's
deals
are
revealed
as
his
earnings
since
2007
reach
£20million
---
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1259030/Tony-Blairs-secret-dealings-South-Korean-oil-firm-UI-Energy-Corp.html
The politicians get rich and
the poor keep gratefully giving their lives for them. What is WRONG with people?!?! - mpg
-- A quote...."Tony Blair waged an extraordinary two-year battle to
keep secret a lucrative deal with a multinational oil giant which has
extensive interests in Iraq. -- The former Prime Minister tried to keep
the public in the dark over his dealings with South Korean oil firm UI
Energy Corporation. -- Mr Blair - who has made at least
£20million since leaving Downing Street in June 2007 - also went
to great efforts to keep hidden a £1million deal advising the
ruling royal family in Iraq's neighbour Kuwait. -- In an unprecedented
move, he persuaded the committee which vets the jobs of former
ministers to keep details of both deals from the public for 20 months,
claiming it was commercially sensitive. The deals emerged yesterday
when the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments finally lost
patience with Mr Blair and decided to ignore his objections and publish
the details." -
also posted at
Creative-i
---
http://www.creative-i.info/2010/03/21/how-criminals-profit-from-war-blairs-fight-to-keep-his-oil-cash-secret%C2%A0by-jason-groves/
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"My fellow
Americans, tonight I'm going to talk frankly about a pesky little
nation called Israel ... "
--- http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn03192010.html
Must Read - A
quote...."Don’t get excited. It’ll never happen. Is there really a
crisis in US-Israeli relations? Yes and No. Yes, because the
world’s premier power doesn’t care to have its vice president publicly
humiliated by a midget of a nation whose entire population is smaller
than that of Los Angeles county. No, because the elected politicians
nominally running the government of the world’s premier power live in
mortal fear of the Israel lobby in the United States. This time, as
always, No will carry the day. (You can find a detailed narrative by
Jeffrey Blankfort on this site today, from which much of this Diary is
drawn.)"
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Israelis
are
behaving
like
spoiled
rich
brats ---
http://palsolidarity.org/2010/03/11866?utm_source=
feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+palsolidarity+%28International+Solidarity+Movement%29
Must Read - A
quote...."The
terrifying specter of non-violent resistance to the occupation and the
apartheid regime is hovering over the State of Israel, and all the
state’s dignitaries have been recruited to battle it. -- This
non-violent resistance operates both in areas under Israel’s reign of
control, in the form of a popular struggle on both sides of the green
line, and across the globe, through the Israeli and international
affirmative response to the Palestinian call for boycotts, divestment
and sanctions on Israel, until it ends the occupation and grants full
equality to people from both nations living under its rule."
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A
Crisis in U.S. / Israeli Relations? Sure. But ... Why Israel
Always Prevails ---
http://www.counterpunch.org/blankfort03192010.html
A quote...."If the State Department had issued travel advisory warnings
to US government officials about to travel to Israel, Vice President
Joe Biden would have no doubt ignored them. A better friend to
Israel could not have been found in the 36 years that Biden represented
Delaware in the US Senate and there was speculation that his popularity
among Jewish voters and major Jewish donors was the primary reason he
was added to the Democratic ticket. According to all reports, Biden’s
trip was to mend fences with the Israeli officials and with the Israeli
Jewish public which had become disenchanted with the Obama
administration where the president’s popularity is measured in the low
single digits."
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Former Obama Aide
New Head of AIPAC ---
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/220637 ---
Oh, THAT
figures! - mpg
Related Article - Full quote...."(IsraelNN.com) Lee “Rosy” Rosenberg, a
jazz recording industry veteran capitalist who accompanied U.S.
President Barack Obama on his campaign trip to Israel two years ago,
takes over on Sunday as the new president of American Israel Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Rosenberg also served on the president’s
national campaign finance committee. -- The new AIPAC president hails
from Chicago, the home state of President Obama, and also is on
first-name terms with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and David
Axelrod, President Obama’s senior advisor…"
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Israeli
education
ministry
censors
Universal
Declaration
of
Human
Rights
---
http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/israeli-education-ministry-censors-universal-declaration-of-human-rights/
A quote...."On March 17, the following note appeared on the Promised
Land blog:"
"And this also happened this
week: the office of the minister of education forbade distributing a
booklet for kids about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
because it didn’t like two articles in the declaration, as well as some
of the illustration in the booklet."
"The relevant link was to an article in Hebrew. I asked Noam which two
articles had been specified, and he replied that the nrg.co.il article
implied Article 14 and Article 18. These two articles are as follows:"
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EU
official to Israel: Jerusalem is not Tel Aviv ---
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1158110.html
A quote...."European Union foreign ministers met in Brussels on Monday
to look for ways to pressure Israelis and Palestinians into launching
proxy peace talks, amidst fears that the peace process is in jeopardy."
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Mauritania
severs
all
diplomatic
ties
with
Israel ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121349§ionid=351020506
A quote...."Mauritania has officially ended its relations with Israel
one year after freezing all bilateral ties over Israel's deadly siege
on the Gaza Strip."
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Lebanese
army
fires
on
Israeli
jets ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121382§ionid=351020203
A quote...."The Lebanese army says it has opened fire on two Israeli
warplanes that were violating the country's airspace at medium
altitude. - "The army's anti-aircraft guns fired at two Israeli
warplanes overflying Hasbaya in southeastern Lebanon," the Lebanese
army said in statement late Sunday."
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U.S.-led
forces
in
Afghanistan
are
committing
atrocities,
lying,
and
getting
away
with
it
---
http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=background.view&backgroundid=00440
Presstitute Alert - A quote...."Jerome Starkey recently reported for
The Times of London about a night raid on Feb. 12 in which U.S. and
Afghan gunmen opened fire on two pregnant women, a teenage girl and two
local officials -- an atrocity which NATO’s Afghanistan headquarters
then tried to cover up. Now, in a blistering indictment of both NATO
and his own profession, Starkey writes for Nieman Watchdog that the
international forces led by U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal are rarely
called to account because
most
reporters are too dependent on
access, security and the 'embed culture' to venture out and see what's
happening for themselves." - bold by website editor -
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64406&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Brazil:
Iran,
Hamas,
Hezbollah
vital
to
peace ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121462§ionid=351020706
A quote...."Brazilian president says the potential for concluding a
Middle East peace deal requires the presence of Iran, Palestinian Hamas
movement and Lebanon's Hezbollah at the negotiating table." -
also posted at WarInIraq
--- http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/220677
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‘Kingmaker’
Sadr
Courted
by
Top
Iraqi
Parties ---
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/03/22/kingmaker-sadr-courted-by-top-iraqi-parties/
A quote...."The Iraqi election has produced a number of surprises, from
the Iraqiya Bloc’s dominance throughout the Sunni majority provinces of
the nation to the Kurdistan Alliance’s struggling to draw even a
plurality in Sulaymaniyah, the home province of President Jalal
Talabani."
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Sarkozy's
party loses [Big in] regional election ---
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8579232.stm
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
arrive at the townhall of the 16th district to vote for the second
round of the regional elections on March 21,2010 in Paris, France. -
President Sarkozy's centre-right UMP party has suffered a heavy defeat
in the French regional elections. - With over 97% of votes counted, the
Socialist-led opposition alliance took 52% of the vote with the UMP on
35%. - Prime Minister Francois Fillon acknowledged the defeat,
admitting the left's "success", and is expected to offer his
resignation."
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French
regional
elections:
second
round confirms rejection of ruling party ---
http://wsws.org/articles/2010/mar2010/fran-m23.shtml
Related Article - A quote...."The second round of the regional
elections on March 21 confirms the massive rejection, in the first
round a week ago, of the austerity policies associated with President
Nicolas Sarkozy."
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The
anti-Venezuela
election
campaign ---
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/mar/18/venezuela-election
A quote...."Venezuela has an election for its national assembly in
September, and the campaign has begun in earnest. I am referring to the
international campaign. This is carried out largely through the
international media, although some will spill over into the Venezuelan
media. It involves many public officials, especially in the US. The
goal will be to generate as much bad press as possible about Venezuela,
to discredit the government, and to delegitimise the September
elections – in case the opposition should choose to boycott, as they
did in the last legislative elections, or refuse to recognise the
results if they lose."
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Canada’s
Long
Embrace
of
the
Honduran
Dictatorship ---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18237
A quote...."Ignoring the ongoing abuses of human rights in the country
under the new coupist presidency of Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo, Kent has been
following through with his promise to promote the normalization of the
country's relations with the rest of the hemisphere. Lobo won
fraudulent elections held in November under the military dictatorship
in a context of repression and intimidation. The election was boycotted
by the anti-coup movement, and the Organization of American States and
European Union refused to send official observers. Despite this,
immediately following Lobo's inauguration on January 27, Kent declared
that Canada will “support President Lobo's efforts as he moves to fully
reintegrate Honduras into the international and hemispheric community,
including in the Organization of American States.”
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BWCF
–
Blair
War
Crimes
Foundation ---
http://blairfoundation.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/war-crimes/
Action Alert -
Grim Photos -
Your tax dollars at work folks, just
mutiply the images by about two million. Think about it. Than
think about it again. Than NEVER vote for a Demo or Repub again! - mpg
-- A quote...."Little Ali’s injuries were caused in Iraq during the
first week of “Operation Shock and Awe” by a very intense and
short-lived thermal radiation. He lost his arms – as the image shows,
they were incinerated."
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Gates
admits
concerns
on
US
assassins
in
S.
Asia -
You
gotta love this quote.....it says it
ALL - mpg
---
http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121448§ionid=3510203
Quote of the Day...."
Quite frankly, in
principle, I would have concerns about that but I don't know enough to
know whether... it took place and if so, whether there was value added,"
Gates
said
Monday
in
a
joint
press
conference
with
his
Canadian
counterpart,
Peter
MacKay,
AFP
reported.
-
bold/underline
by
website
editor
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Wealth
Creates
Poverty?
-
Dr.
Michael
Parenti:
"Terrorism,
Globalization
and
Conspiracy" ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11635.htm
Alt1
---
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6573660441809242121#
Alt2
---
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4200603918677393456#
Video -
From the History File
-
Oct. 9, 2002 -
(GoglVid - 1hr - Oct. 9, 2002) -- A quote...."Globalization is an
attempt to extend corporate monopoly control over the whole globe. Over
every national economy. Over every local economy Over every life."
||
Real Audio
|| --- http://www.workingtv.com/media5/parenti.rm
||
Win Media
|| --- http://www.workingtv.com/media5/parenti.wma
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Alex’s
Architects
&
Engineers
for
9/11
Truth
Speech
at
The
Doubletree
Hotel
in
Austin,
Texas
---
http://dprogram.net/2010/03/22/video-alexs-architects-engineers-for-911-truth-speech-at-the-doubletree-hotel-in-austin-texas/
Must View Videos -
posted by TheAlexJonesChannel ---
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel
AJ(1/4)
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=836XlX2YKy0
AJ(2/4) ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC5oLbAUd20
AJ(3/4) ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4RqCIajdRM
AJ(4/4)
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XE89KSCXdQ
(PPYuTb - aprox 10m each - March 22, 2010) -- A quote...."Alex Jones,
International journalist, Radio Talks Show Host, and Documentary film
maker, gave a speech on the importance of 9/11 truth on Saturday, March
20, 2010 at the Doubletree Hotel in Austin, Texas."
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9/11
Commission
Failed
the
Citizens
of
America ---
http://americansjourney.blogspot.com/2010/03/video-911-commission-failed-citizens-of.html
Alt
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aytlqvkTt8M ---
(RTYuTb -
6 min 2 sec - March 19, 2010)
RT-Video - posted by
91177info ---
http://www.youtube.com/user/91177info --- A
quote...."Thankyou
to RussiaToday for reporting this very important development into who
really was behind 9/11 which I reported on here" -
For more on this issue see....9/11-Iraq-Torture
Fables
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/911&iraqtotturefables-weblist-mpg-052909
& 9/11-Commission
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/911commission-weblist-mpg-091306
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========== ====
9/11:
Those
19
Ayyyrabs
and
Their
Mile
Wide
Trail
of
Evidence
---
http://careandwashingofthebrain.blogspot.com/2010/03/911-those-19-ayyyrabs-and-their-mile.html
A quote...."We're led to believe that 19 devout Muslims liked to drink
copious amounts of booze, snort dope, visit strips bars (leaving a copy
of the Koran), that U.S. airport security would fail four times within
a few minutes, that U.S. air defenses would fail across the board to
intercept the hijacked airliners and that hijackers lacking in flight
skills could conduct the exotic flight maneuvers that top gun fighter
pilots say are beyond their own skills?"
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========== ====
A
little
secret
about
Obama’s
transparency ---
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/21/nation/la-na-ticket21-2010mar21
A quote...."The current administration, challenged by the president to
be the most open, is now denying more Freedom of Information Act
requests than Bush did." -
also
posted at AlethoNews
---
http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/a-little-secret-about-obamas-transparency/
& WarInIraq
--- http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/220638
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A
Spy Unsettles US-India Ties ---
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LC23Df03.html
Special Note - Cover-Up Alert
-
(the other shoe finally drops)
-- A quote...."News that the United States Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) had reached a plea bargain with David Coleman
Headley, who played a key role in the planning of the terrorist strike
in Mumbai in November 2008 in which 166 people were killed, has caused
an uproar in India. -- The deal enables the US government to hold back
from formally producing any evidence against Headley in a court of law
that might have included details of his links with US intelligence or
oblige any cross-examination of Headley by the prosecution." --
For more on this issue see....Just
Give
it
a
Rest
OK!!
-
11-27-09
-
mpg ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/justgiveitarestok-mpg-reficultnias-112709
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US
Government Blocked 9/11 Commission ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl8EsR9OGg4 --- (YouTube -
54 sec - March 17,
2010)
Video - posted by
91177info ---
http://www.youtube.com/user/91177info
A quote...."Now why
would the BUSH administration do this? See the letter below...."
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9/11
Commission BLOCKED by Government FULL FOIA DOCUMENT ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqIPcctnrjA --- (YuTb 3m12s
- 03/18/10)
Video - posted by
91177info ---
http://www.youtube.com/user/91177info --- A
quote...."Hello?
Anyone out there?? How much more evidence does one need? 9/11 panel was
warned not to probe too deeply by the US government. Your staff
has advised us that the Commission seeks to participate in the
questioning of certain enemy combatants detained in the war against
terrorists of global reach. Such action by the Commission would
substantially interfere with the ability of the United States to
perform its law enforcement, defense and intelligence functions in the
protection of the American people."
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More on
Obama's Insurance Bail-Out-Boondoggle No-Care Bill....
Fact
Sheet:
The
Truth
About
the
Health
Care
Bill -
Too
late to do anything about it now....mpg
---
http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/03/19/fact-sheet-the-truth-about-the-health-care-bill/
Must Read - Table - (
FactSheetTable)
-
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/factsheetthetruthaboutthehealthcarebill-jhamsher-fdl-cached-032210
A
quote...."We
started
down a dangerous road with Wall Street banks in
the early 90s, allowing them to flood our political system with money
and write our laws so that taxpayers would subsidize their profits,
assume their losses and remove themselves from the necessity of
competition. By funneling so much money into the companies who
created the very problems we are now attempting to address, we
further empower them to hijack our legislative process and put more
than just our health care system at risk. We risk our entire
system of government. -- Congress may be too far down the road with
this bill to change course and save themselves — and us. But
before Democrats cast this vote, which could endanger not only their
Congressional majority but their ability to “fix” things later on, they
should consider the first rule of patient safety: first, do no
harm."
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The
Health
Care
Hindenburg
Has
Landed ---
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_health_care_hindenburg_has_landed_20100322
posted
at TruthDig
---
https://truthdig.wiredforchange.com/o/5225/t/3899/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=2264
Special Note - A
quote...."Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s decision to vote “yes” in Sunday’s
House action on the health care bill, although he had sworn to oppose
the legislation unless there was a public option, is a perfect example
of why I would never be a politician. I respect Kucinich. As
politicians go, he is about as good as they get, but he is still a
politician. He has to run for office. He has to raise money. He has to
placate the Democratic machine or risk retaliation and defeat. And so
he signed on to a bill that will do nothing to ameliorate the suffering
of many Americans, will force tens of millions of people to fork over a
lot of money for a defective product and, in the end, will add to the
ranks of our uninsured." -
also
posted at ICH
---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25051.htm
& AmericanEvryman
---
http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/the-health-care-hindenburg-has-landed/
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An
attack on health care in the guise of reform ---
http://wsws.org/articles/2010/mar2010/pers-m22.shtml
Special Note - A
quote...."After months of closed-door negotiations with insurance CEOs
and pharmaceutical executives, Obama made the absurd claim that the
measure came “from the bottom up.” In fact, the legislation was
entirely dictated from the top. It represents the opening shot in a
sweeping attack on health care for working people. -- A staggering
level of cynicism has been exhibited throughout the so-called health
care “debate.” Evasions and outright lies have been utilized to conceal
the real content of the bill. With its final passage, a media-led orgy
of self-congratulation will no doubt follow."
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Defeat
in
Victory:
the
Democrat's
Health
Care
Bill ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25050.htm
A quote...."March 22, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- What looks
like a big victory for Obama and the Democrats may be their greatest
undoing. It’s true that the passage of Obama’s health care bill
represents a significant political victory for the Democrats. But
sometimes a battle won could equal a lost war. -- It’s telling that
Obama had so much trouble in getting his own party to pass the bill on
a simple majority basis: the bill was so blatantly watered down with
the corporate hose that anyone with their name attached to it feared
future electoral doom."
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Virginia
Calls
Health
Bill
Unconstitutional,
Files
Suit ---
http://www.infowars.com/virginia-calls-health-bill-unconstitutional-files-suit/
A quote...."The State of Virginia has confirmed that it will sue the
federal government over the health care reform bill, declaring the
legislation unconstitutional and legally conflicting. -- The Attorney
General of Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli, issued a statement last night,
giving notification that the State will file suit as soon as the
president signs the bill into law, later this week."
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More On The
Palestinian Situation....
Never Again For Anyone
---
http://www.ijsn.net/436/
Contains Video - Alt - A
quote...."IJAN and the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign just
completed a ten-day, nine-city "Never Again for Anyone" tour in
England, Scotland and Ireland with Hajo Meyer, an 85-year old survivor
of Auschwitz, and with Haidar Eid, from Gaza via video and telephone.
The tour reached over 1200 people with most events attended by 100-150
people. Eid and Meyer received a standing ovation at each. "
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SHOOT
TO
KILL
POLICY ---
http://irish4palestine.blogspot.com/2010/03/shoot-to-kill-policy.html
Special Note - Like in
Ireland during our conflict the British had a "shoot to Kill" policy,
and now in Palestine the Zionists have a "shoot to kill" policy.The
problem with having a "shoot to kill" policy, is that it often causes
civilian murders. And sometimes it even backfires. -- For instance,
today Israel killed one of their own. Yup, a "friendly" fire incident
at the border. A few Palestinians were trying to cross illegally,
looking for work, because of the illegal Zionist siege on their
country. They were totally and 100% unarmed civilians, as stated by the
very same ZOF unit dealing with them. Suddenly another unit of ZOF
soldiers arrive, trigger happy and looking to get in on the fun of
shooting some Palestinians. Trouble is, they shot their own. serves
them right, as the alternative would have been to murder unarmed
civilians, rather than their fully armed comrades:"
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Who
is
killing
whom
in Israel/Palestine? ---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64399&hd=&size=1&l=e
A quote...."In Hebron, repeated settler violence has led to the
shooting and beating of Palestinian civilians in the Old City and
nearby neighbourhoods. Protests against these continual violations to
their lives have only invited more attacks on the Palestinians from
Israeli soldiers claiming to quell the protests. Tear gas and
rubber-coated bullets have recently injured some 47 residents, in
response, says Israel’s military, to stones thrown, although there is
no way of knowing who fired the first shot or threw the first stone."
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Pictures
From
A
Tragic
Weekend ---
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article1314
Photo Gallery -
Special Note - A quote...."A tragic
weekend in the villages around Nablus claimed the lives of four young
men. Two died following a demonstration in Iraq Burin, apparently with
live ammunition, a claim denied by the military. On Sunday two more
were killed in the Awarta checkpoint. Below are pictures of the
demonstration and its consequences. All Pictures by FLV."
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Gaza
civil
society
to
UN
chief:
siege
more
than
"unacceptable" ---
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11152.shtml?utm_source=
feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifada+%28Electronic+Intifada%29
A quote...."You are already well aware of the worsening humanitarian
situation in Gaza as a consequence of Israel's devastating military
attacks and its siege. As recently as 27 December 2009, you called the
blockade of Gaza "unacceptable." While this statement is certainly
valid, it constitutes a gross understatement of the actual situation
which amounts to slow genocide."
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“The
best
way
to
rob
a
bank
is
to
own
one”
Part
1
By
William
Black
---
http://www.creative-i.info/2010/03/20/the-best-way-to-rob-a-bank-is-to-own-one-part-1-by-william-black/
WB(1/3)
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA_MkJB84VA
WB(2/3)
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISsR7ZiWlsk
WB(3/3)
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_xdQyfNLnc
RN-Video -
Must View -
TheRealNews ---
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRealNews --- (RNYuTb -
aprox. 10m
each - March 19&20, 2010) -- A quote...."William Black, author of "
Best
way
to
rob
a
bank
is
to
own
one", ---
http://books.google.com/books?id=SI3F8wEuT24C&
dq=best+way+to+rob+a+bank+is+to+own+one&source=gbs_navlinks_s
---
[GoglBkSrch]* ---
http://books.google.com/books?id=SI3F8wEuT24C&
sitesec=buy&source=gbs_buy_s&cad=0 --- talks about
deliberate fraud on
Wall St." - *links added
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Bonds Show
U.S. Losing AAA ---
http://blacklistednews.com/?news_id=7912
A quote...."The bond market is saying that it’s safer to lend to Warren
Buffett than Barack Obama. -- Two-year notes sold by the billionaire’s
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in February yield 3.5 basis points less than
Treasuries of similar maturity, according to data compiled by
Bloomberg. Procter & Gamble Co., Johnson & Johnson and Lowe’s
Cos. debt also traded at lower yields in recent weeks, a situation
former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. chief fixed-income strategist Jack
Malvey calls an “exceedingly rare” event in the history of the bond
market." -
From Bloomberg
---
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYUeBnitz7nU
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Underemployment
At
Record
20%
According
To
Gallup ---
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/underemployment-record-20-according-gallup
Chart - A quote...."Just
in case anyone needed confirmation that the DOL data is just a little,
how should we say it, cooked, here comes Gallup with their March 15
undermployment number, which just hit a 2010, and series, high of 20%.
This is obviously worse compared to both the beginning of the year
(19.5%) and February (19.8%). Unlike the Dept of Labor's arcane voodoo
which lately is based more on executive confidential memos and snowfall
observations, Gallup's underemployment measure is based on more than
20,000 phone interviews collected over a 30-day period and reported
daily."
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One
Very
Tragic
Death ---
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/one-very-tragic-death
Website Editor's Note: FYI: If you're the senior
accountant, treasurer, VP in charge of finance, CFO, etc. and your firm
is under investigation and you're eventually going to be called to
testify, don't go skiing alone, or sky diving, or scuba diving, or take
any long lonely walks in the woods. Be sure to tell everybody
you're definitely NOT suicidal, stay off the freeways, have your car
checked frequently and NEVER go fly in your own plane, as a pilot, or
as a passenger. - mpg -- A quote..."Reilly was the point man on
Repo 105, the point person for E&Y's "investigation" into the
Matthew Lee whistleblower campaign, Lehman's Level 2 and Level 3 asset
valuation, the brain behind the idea to spin off Lehman's commercial
real estate business, Lehman's Archstone investment, and likely so much
more. Reilly stayed on at Lehman, solid as a rock, even as the CFO's
above him rotated one after another. Tragically, on December 29, 2008,
a 44-year old Gerald [sic] Reilly died while skiing alone on New York's
Whiteface mountain...."
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Multiple
strikes
over
new
tax
'cripple'
Athens ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121196§ionid=3510213
Resistance is NOT futile....Down with the
Banksters!! - mpg -- A quote...."Strikes over
government-proposed taxes to help rein in Greece's burgeoning public
debt have taken on new dimensions as more workers join the walkouts."
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China
threatens
US
over
currency
rate
dispute ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121383§ionid=351020404
A quote...."Beijing has threatened to retaliate if the United States
declares China a currency manipulator and imposes trade sanctions. --
The US Treasury is to rule whether China is unfairly holding down its
exchange rate to gain a competitive edge in global markets."
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The
multiple
ways
Monsanto
is
putting
normal
seeds
out
of
reach
---
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-multiple-ways-Monsanto-by-Linn-Cohen-Cole-090203-854.html
A quote...."People say if farmers don't want problems from Monsanto,
just don't buy their GMO seeds. -- Not so simple. Where are
farmers supposed to get normal seed these days? How are they
supposed to avoid contamination of their fields from GM-crops?
How are they supposed to stop Monsanto detectives from trespassing or
Monsanto from using helicopters to fly over spying on them? -- Monsanto
contaminates the fields, trespasses onto the land taking samples and if
they find any GMO plants growing there (or say they have), they then
sue, saying they own the crop. It's a way to make money since
farmers can't fight back and court and they settle because they have no
choice."
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========== ====
American
Farmers
Fighting
Monsanto
and
Big
Ag ---
http://buchanan.org/blog/video-american-farmers-fighting-monsanto-and-big-ag-3784
Alt
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1axAqJGEXI
--- (YouTube - 7 min 25 sec - March 12, 2010)
Related Video -
Special Note - A quote...."There are
2 million farmers and 300 million consumers in the US. Standing in
between are a handful of companies who control how food gets from one
side to the other. 250 independent family farmers and community
activists gathered for a town hall meeting to share their own
experiences with big ag."
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Sunday March 21st 2010 - links
page
No posts. - mpg
Saturday March 20th 2010 - links
page
Iraqi
Holocaust, Iraqi Genocide And 7th Anniversary Of Invasion Of Iraq
---
http://www.countercurrents.org/polya190310.htm
Article
---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25032.htm
also posted at ICH
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/ichsfundingpage-cached-reficultnias-111908
By The Numbers - A
quote...."It is the 7th anniversary of the illegal and war criminal
invasion of Iraq by US, UK and Australian forces on 20 March 2003. What
has been the human cost? -- As of 20 March 2010 post-invasion violent
deaths in Occupied Iraq total 1.4 million (according to the eminent US
Just Foreign Policy). -- Post-invasion under-5 infant deaths total 0.8
million and post-invasion non-violent excess deaths (avoidable deaths,
deaths that did not have to happen) total 1.1 million (based on 2006
revision data from the UN Population Division), this being identical to
an independent estimate from under-5 infant deaths." -
For more on this issue see....US
Fake
Intel
/
Propaganda
-
Iraq
Deaths
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/fakeintell-weblist-mpg-090206#IRAQDEATHS
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Night
Riders:
Afghan
Atrocity
and
American
Values
---
http://www.chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/1946-night-watch-afghan-atrocity-and-american-values.html
Special Note -- A
quote...."If you are an American -- or indeed, any denizen of "Western
Civilization" whose security and values are supposedly being "defended"
on the far-flung fields of the Terror War -- then take a good, long
look at what is being done in your name, with your money, by the
ever-surging Peace Laureate and his War Machine. From The Times:"
"Covert troops who killed two
pregnant women and a teenage girl in eastern Afghanistan went on to
inflict “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment” on the survivors of a
botched night raid, a report by the UN said. -- The family of the
victims in Paktiya province have accused Nato of trying to cover up the
atrocity after an investigation by The Times revealed that two men, who
were also killed, were not the intended targets of the raid. One was a
police commander and his brother was a district-attorney."
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War
After
War
After
War
-
Another
Year,
Another
Post
-
1 ---
http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2010/03/another-year-another-post-1.html
Article
---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25030.htm
also posted at ICH
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/ichsfundingpage-cached-reficultnias-111908
A quote...."March 19, 2010 "Arab Woman Blues" -- Remembering, not that
I have ever forgotten...remembering not that I have been given a chance
to forget... This post may not be a coherent, cohesive one... who
gives a fuck ? I certainly don't...there is nothing coherent or
cohesive about occupation and exile...and it's not like am up for a
Pulitzer price in Literature either... This post may be a
collection of rambling lines...so what ? I've heard nothing but
ramblings and rumblings for the past 7 years...and am no more royalist
than the king... This post might have no beginning and no end,
this post might be a reflection of a state of limbo...who cares? It's
been a limbo for two decades already... --
For more on this sort of issue see....Now
That's
Just
Sick
-
10-25-09
-
mpg ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/nowthatsjustsick-mpg-reficultnias-102509
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========== ====
Vanity
of
Vanities:
The
Iraq
War
Seven
Years
Later ---
http://www.truthout.org/vanity-vanities-the-iraq-war-seven-years-later57824
A quote...."We are still shocked. We were never awed. We have not
adjusted. The senseless waste of our blood and treasure, our honor and
our reputation continue. Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi
Freedom - the latter unleashed seven years ago today - have morphed
into a single Operation Enduring Occupation, set to bankrupt this
country financially as well as morally, to destroy our own security as
it has that of the over 31 million people who populate Iraq and 32
million people of Afghanistan." -
also
posted
at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64349&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Look
your
victims
in
the
eyes:
this
is
Iran,
these
are
Iranians
to
be
killed
in
the
next
US
war ---
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-18425-LA-County-
Nonpartisan-Examiner%7Ey2010m3d18-Look-your-victims-in-the-eyes-this-is-Iran-these-are-Iranians-to-be-killed-in-the-next-US-war
A quote...."
If you don’t already know that claims for war with
Iran are all
provable and absolute lies, start
here. ---
http://www.examiner.com/x-18425-LA-County-Nonpartisan-Examiner%7Ey2010m3d8-Its-time-Declare-lies-for-war-with-Iran-as-treason-against-our-soldiers-and-US-Constitution
---
If
you
don’t
know
that
US
political
and
media
“leaders”
lie
by
omission
that
the
US
overthrew
Iran’s
democracy
from
1953
to
1979 to install an oil-friendly dictator, and
that the US supplied and directly aided the invasion of Iran from 1980
to 1988 to reinstall an oil-friendly dictator, continue
here. ---
http://www.examiner.com/x-18425-LA-County-Nonpartisan-Examiner%7Ey2009m11d21-US-overthrew-Irans-democracy-19531979-helped-
Iraq-invade-19801988-now-US-lies-for-more-war ---
These acts killed up to a million Iranians. This
history is the proper context to consider lying US rhetoric for war
with Iran. And if you’re not absolutely comfortable that
“lying US rhetoric for war with Iran” is what is happening, go back to
the link in the first paragraph."
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========== ====
Chinese
report
documents
human rights disaster in the United States ---
http://wsws.org/articles/2010/mar2010/pers-m19.shtml
A quote...."On March 13, China’s Information Office of the State
Council published a report titled, “The Human Rights Record of the
United States in 2009.” - This document was clearly intended as a
rebuttal to the annual US State Department Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices for 2009, released two days earlier."
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Taliban
controlling
Marjah
by
night ---
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/88145
Article
---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25031.htm
---
also posted at ICH
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/ichsfundingpage-cached-reficultnias-111908
A quote...."Militants are regaining control of Marjah, residents have
reported, less than a month after Western military officials claimed to
have seized the Afghan town from the Taliban. - Marjah is now home to
an occupation force numbering more than one Nato soldier or Afghan
police officer for every eight residents. - But militants are stepping
up an underground campaign against officials loyal to the
Western-backed Karzai regime."
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========== ====
IED
attacks
in
Afghanistan
more
lethal ---
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-03-19-ieds_N.htm
Weapons Tactics Alert - A
quote...."WASHINGTON — Attacks on U.S. and allied forces with makeshift
bombs in Afghanistan are 50% more lethal than three years ago,
reflecting insurgents' use of more powerful explosives and the
increased vulnerability of troops who patrol more on foot than in the
past. -- Lt. Gen. Michael Oates, director of the Joint Improvised
Explosive Device (IED) Defeat Organization, told a House subcommittee
that the casualty rate was "disturbing" and half that of troops hit by
IEDs in Iraq."
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UN
envoy
slams
Afghan
peace
sabotage ---
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/88181
A quote...."The former UN envoy to Afghanistan has suggested that
Pakistan
[must likely US-NRE
"elements" within Pakistan] and the US may have deliberately
sabotaged efforts to find a peaceful solution to the war recently by
arresting senior Taliban militants at secret peace talks. -- Kai Eide,
a Norwegian diplomat who just stepped down from the UN post, said that
reconciliation talks that he and other UN officials had with senior
resistance fighters were beginning to bear fruit until the process
abruptly "halted following the arrests that took place in Pakistan."
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64345&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Military
Tribunal
charges
four
with
spying
for
Israel ---
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=112954
Full Quote...."BEIRUT: Four men suspected of collaborating with Israel
have been officially charged by the Military Tribunal. The government’s
representative at the tribunal, Judge Saqr Saqr, filed charges on
Friday against Musa Ali Musa, and two individuals believed to be in
Israel, Ali Mohammad Said and Hassan Hussein Abdullah. The three men
were suspected of collaborating with Israeli intelligence and providing
it with information about the offices and homes of Hizbullah officials.
They allegedly received large amounts of money via mail in return for
their services, and could face the death penalty if they are convicted.
Saqr also filed charges against Bassam Jamil Yassin for collaborating
with Israeli intelligence, communicating with it and providing it with
information about Lebanese civil and military locations."
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Brazil
steps between Israel and Iran ---
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LC18Ak03.html
A quote...."Talk about a Via Dolorosa. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is the
first Brazilian president to visit Israel officially. Lauded for his
charisma, swing and formidable negotiating powers - United States
President Barack Obama refers to him as "the man" - little did Lula
know that to engage his hosts this week he would have to give the
Prophet Abraham a run for his money, no less. -- In the end, he stood
his ground. He made no concessions. And unlike United States Vice
President Joseph Biden last week, he even managed not to be publicly
humiliated by his hosts."
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Lawmakers
assail
Ahmadinejad,
propose
debate ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121292§ionid=351020102
OH
MY
GAWD!! You mean the dictator Hitler-clone of Iran can't
simply issue God like "signing
statements" --- http://www.google.com
/search?hl=en&as_q=obama+signing+statements&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=10&lr=&as_filetype=&ft=i&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=all&
as_rights=&as_occt=any&cr=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&safe=images
---
and have them be
instantly obeyed as our own beloved
Emperor can?
That he has to actually abide by the rules of his legislature and
Iran's constitution? How utterly awful, it means Iran is both
more democratic and more constitutional than the US-NRE. We can't
let that happen now can we? Let's go bomb the HECK out of them! -
mpg -- A quote..."Three lawmakers on Saturday slammed President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for launching an attack on the elected
representatives of the people, saying he is legally obliged to execute
the economic reform plan approved by the Parliament (Majlis)."
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Preparations
for
a
Hit
against
Iran:
Stopping
Israel’s
Next
War ---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18235
War Alert - Special Note - Quote
of the Day...."That war is on the agenda, Selim noted, is beyond
doubt. Israeli political and military leaders have been broadcasting
such bellicose intentions loudly enough for the deaf to hear. Yossi
Peled said he thought conflict with Hezbollah was inevitable. Foreign
Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned the Syrian government that if it were
to intervene in an Israeli-Lebanese conflict, it would disintegrate. As
if that were not sufficient, the Israeli Mossad had staged a
Hollywood-style extravaganza to murder Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh
in Dubai on January 20. Four days later, Netanyahu declared that Israel
would maintain control over parts of the West Bank for all eternity. He
followed up with the announcement that Israel would designate three
sites on the West Bank as part of Israel’s national heritage.
These were all deliberately crafted
provocations, aimed solely at eliciting a violent response from the
other side: perhaps that Hezbollah would kidnap an Israeli
soldier, or that Hamas would lob a few rockets across the border to
Israel. Fortunately, to date, their response has been measured." - bold
by website editor --
This
article is classified as a "war alert" instead of a "war warning"
because in this website editor's opinion, there are still substantial
elements within the US-NRE that feel the scheduled attack against Iran
should take place at the bottom of the "ten
year
war/economic
cycle" ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles
/fedfundschart-photopg-cached-032407 ---
sometime in 2011 or 2012 (assuming it didn't bottom out in 2009) and
that launching an attack now would be
inefficient as far as the ten year war/economic cycle goes.
Israel
however feels that it's geo-strategic position is deteriorating and
that they may be unable to complete their long planned
extermination/forced relocation of the Palestinians as they had hoped.
It is difficult to tell who is winning the debate at the moment. - mpg
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Latvia
government
collapses
amid
economic
crisis
---
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/latvia/7466920/Latvia-government-collapses-amid-economic-crisis.html
A quote...."The People's Party, the largest group in a five-party
coalition, walked out amid disputes over how to cope with the country's
severe problems. - Unemployment has now hit 20 per cent and the economy
contracted by 18 per cent last year. - The People's Party quit
after its action plan failed to get the backing of Valdis Dombrovskis,
the Latvian prime minister, who labelled it "populist". - Mr
Dombrovskis warned the People's Party's departure could cause yet
further economic instability.
"
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Sudan
signs
peace
deal
with
Darfur group in Qatar ---
http://www.alalam.ir/english/detail.aspx?id=101121
A quote...."Sudan's government and Liberation and Justice Movement have
signed a cease-fire, opening the way for political negotiations ahead
of a full peace agreement." -
also
posted at WarInIraq
---
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/220415
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US-China
tensions
threaten
to
ignite
trade
war ---
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/mar2010/pers-m18.shtml
A quote...."The past week has seen a marked intensification of the
steady drumbeat of threats and provocations against China that has
characterized the policy of the Obama administration since last
September. That month, the White House signed an order imposing
punitive tariffs on Chinese tire imports. This was followed in December
by tariffs against Chinese steel pipe products."
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Blair's
secret
oil
links
to
Mideast
revealed ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121261§ionid=351020601
A quote...."A watchdog in Britain has revealed that former UK Premier
Tony Blair has secretly received cash from a South Korean energy
company and from Kuwaiti royals."
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Private
Army
Sets
Sights
on
Iceland ---
Hopefully it's not one
that's going to be hired by the Banksters. - mpg
---
http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-7888-0-22-22--.html
Special Note - Full
quote...."A private company offering military support has expressed
interest in working with the Icelandic government. Many Icelanders are
strongly opposed to the idea. - The company in question is known as ECA
Program. They are a private company that works in military training and
support for governments around the world, and have most recently worked
with India. Their interest in Iceland is apparently strong enough to
warrant the use of images from Keflavík – where the NATO base
used to be located until it closed in 2006 – on their website. They
have already asked the Icelandic government if they can utilize the
base for their private air force, and are willing to pay 200 billion
ISK to do so. - However, the Campaign Against Militarism – in Icelandic
group originally founded in opposition to the NATO base – is strongly
against the idea. They point out that the comany’s background is
shrouded in mystery, and that they amount to a mercenary group.
Furthermore, the company was denied operation permission in Canada."
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Subversive
Drive
against
Cuba,
Venezuela
Slammed
---
http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=172290&Itemid=1
A quote...."Caracas, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) The US encourages and funds
an international campaign to discredit Cuba and Venezuela, attempting
to stop the processes of change in the region, a solidarity group
denounced there Saturday."
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More on
Obama's Insurance Bail-Out-Boondoggle No-Care Bill....
CNN’s
Cafferty:
‘Beyond
Sleezy’
for
Pelosi
to
Use
Procedural
Tactic
on
Health
Bill --- http://willyloman.wordpress.com/
2010/03/18/cnn%E2%80%99s-cafferty-%E2%80%98beyond-sleezy%E2%80%99-for-pelosi-to-use-procedural-tactic-on-health-bill/
Alt
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZDwWW5WDPQ
Must View CNNVideo -
(CNNYuTb - 2m17s - 03/16/10) -- A quote...."Politically speaking, this
is beyond sleazy. It’s meant to protect
Democrats – especially those up for re-election in November – from
having to make a tough vote. Pelosi says of this process, ‘
I
like it… because people don’t have to vote on the Senate bill.’
In
Nancy
Pelosi’s
world,
accountability
is
a
dirty
word.”
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Impeach
Obama
Over
‘Slaughter
Solution’? ---
http://www.infowars.com/impeach-obama-over-slaughter-solution/
Related Article -
We've got the
"Demon Pass" strategy and the "Slaughter Solution"....what the HELL
ever happend to democracy in this country? - mpg -- A
quote...."The Democrats are assaulting the very pillars of our
democracy. As the debate on Obamacare reaches the long, painful end,
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is confronting a political nightmare. She
may not have the 216 votes necessary to pass the Senate’s health care
bill in the House."
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========== ====
Why
Did
Kucinich
Cave
In
To
Obama? ---
http://www.infowars.com/why-did-kucinich-cave-in-to-obama/
Special Note - A
quote...."I am totally shocked by what has happened. - It had appeared
that Dennis Kucinich had Obama worried, rather than the other way
around. - It appeared with Obama and Kucinich “discussing” Health Care
on Air Force 1 no less, that the opportunity existed where Obama might
possibly consider making a concession or two, just to secure Kucinich’s
vote. - Suddenly, and sadly, Kucinich just gave in, and got absolutely
nothing back in return." -
also
posted at AlethoNews
---
http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/why-did-kucinich-cave-in-to-obama/
& WarInIraq
--- http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/220412
For more on this issue see....When
the
Time
Comes
to
Actually
Make
a
Difference,
They
Capitulate
-
03-17-10
-
mpg
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/whenthetimecomestoactuallymakeadifferenc-mpg-reficultnias-031710
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Obamacare:
It’s
About
Enriching
Bankers
and
Wall
Street ---
http://www.infowars.com/obamacare-its-about-enriching-bankers-and-wall-street/
A quote...."In an effort to push through his totalitarian care bill,
Obama promised the sky. One such promise was that he would give federal
authorities the power to block unreasonable rate hikes. Just like the
promise to put negotiations on C-SPAN, the promise to check rate hikes
evaporated." --
For more on this
issue see....Double
Indemnity
-
12-21-09
-
mpg ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/doubleindemnity-mpg-reficultnias-122109
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A
History
of
Israeli-MOSSAD
False-Flags
Against
the
USA
and
others
---
http://careandwashingofthebrain.blogspot.com/2010/03/history-of-israeli-mossad-false-flags.html
A quote...."Israel, our only 'friend' in the ME, wouldn't attack us,
would they? --- OMG! Only a raving loonie and a certified 'anti-Semite'
would accuse that 'peace' loving nation of Israel as being behind
numerous false-flags, including 9/11 and preparing to set off another
one to get Americans enraged so we'll "Shock and Awe" Tehran into
oblivion."
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========== ====
9/11:
Strangeness
that
can't
be
explained,
even
by
NIST
---
http://careandwashingofthebrain.blogspot.com/2010/03/911-strangeness-that-cant-be-explained.html
A quote...."Ohio Task Force workers anchored this 600,000-pound beam
from the World Trade Center lodged in a nearby building."
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Antiwar
coalition
fined
by
US
government ---
http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/antiwar-coalition-fined-by-us-government/
A quote...."A US antiwar organization says it has been targeted by the
government because it wants US troops to immediately return from
Afghanistan and Iraq. The ANSWER Coalition, which stands for “Act Now
to Stop War and End Racism,” has been a staunch critic of the Bush and
Obama administrations for their role in the Iraqi and Afghan war." -
From PressTV
---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121213§ionid=3510203
also posted at WarInIraq
--- http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/220429
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John
Yoo
Says
War
Could
be
Used
to
Strike
“Suspected
Enemies”
with
Drones
Inside
U.S.
---
http://www.infowars.com/john-yoo-says-war-could-be-used-to-strike-suspected-enemies-with-drones-inside-u-s/
Contains Video -
THIS
is what happens when you let somebody like "John crush
a child's testicles ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info
/article11488.htm ---
Yoo",
the
torturer
enabler
extraordinaire,
run
around
scott
free!!
Would
SOMEBODY
please
arrest
him
before
more
true
Americans
are
tortured
or
murdered!
-
mpg -- A quote...."On
March 19th former United
States Attorney General John Yoo was confronted by author and activist
David Swanson (whose blog After Downing Streetis provided as one of the
links on this page) with the question, “Is there any law on the books
that would prevent a war time president from shooting a missile from a
drone at a suspected enemy within the United States?”
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Drones
may
be
sent
soon
to
help
with
border
security,
Napolitano
says
---
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-border_20tex.ART.State.Edition1.4c56cec.html
Related Article -
Hey folks, when
your family gets blown to bits while driving to see a new movie or
while
going to eat at their favorite restaurant (or
perhaps
even
attend
a
wedding
party) ---
http://www.truthdig.com/cartoon/item/droning_on_and_on_20100228/
---
....don't start whining
and crying
about it, because you've all now been WARNED! - mpg - A
quote...."AUSTIN –
The federal government may soon send unmanned aircraft to scour West
Texas and the state's coastal waters in an effort to boost border
security, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a
letter to the governor sent Friday."
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McCain
and
Lieberman's
"Enemy
Belligerent"
Act
Could
Set
U.S.
on
Path
to
Military
Dictatorship
---
http://www.alternet.org/rights/146081/mccain_and_lieberman%27s_%22enemy_belligerent%22_act_could_set_u.s._on_path_to_military_dictatorship
Is it really Lieberman's intention to make
all 320 million "goyum" residing in this country into "Palestinians"?
If
so
he
should
be
complemented
on
his,
Israel's
and
AIPAC's
rather
grand
ambitions.
Still,
with
only
five
and
a
half
million
members
of the Jewish community living in this country, many of whom don't
support this agenda, and only another five and a half million living in
Israel, many of whom support it fully, such ambitions may not only be
impossible to achieve, they
could even be highly counter productive, perhaps even dangerous. Maybe
he and his Israeli friends should rethink them? - mpg -- A
quote...."Glenn Greenwald calls the bill "probably the single most
extremist, tyrannical and dangerous bill introduced in the Senate in
the last several decades." -
also
posted at AmericanEveryman
---
http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/mccain-and-liebermans-enemy-belligerent-act-could-set-u-s-on-path-to-military-dictatorship/
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Special Note - "
Synagogue Bomb Suspects: Feds Badgered Us to Do It
---
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Synagogue-Bomb-Suspects-
The-Feds-Put-Us-Up-to-It-88579537.html ---
Lawyers:
Alleged NY bomb plot 'hatched and
directed' by federal informant 19 Mar 2010
Defense attorneys say an
alleged plot - PDF ---
http://media.nbcbayarea.com/documents/Cromitie+et+al++Arrests+PR+%282%29.pdf
---
to
bomb
New
York
synagogues
was
hatched
and
directed
by
a
federal
informant.
Lawyers
for
four
men
from
Newburgh
have
filed
a motion to dismiss the terror indictment against
them. They said the informant badgered the defendants until they got
involved in the plot.
They said the informant chose the targets,
supplied fake bombs for the synagogues and a fake missile to shoot down
planes. The motion said he also
offered
to pay the defendants, who attorneys alleged weren't
inclined toward any crime until the informant began recruiting them."
--
Paragraph quoted from CLG ---
http://www.legitgov.org/
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Retired U.S.
general`s anti-gay comments anger Dutch ---
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=623077
Weren't the Dutch the ones who
drew all those funny cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad? Tsk, tsk,
tsk,
guess they can dish it out but they sure can't take it.
Especially when what's coming their way might actually be true. By the
way folks, there's
no
such
thing
as
"gay". ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/letsbringbackpolygamy-mpg-reficultnias-082104.html
---
mpg -- A
quote...."Mar 19,
(vancouversun) -- Retired Marine Corps general John Sheehan made the
charge Thursday during a Senate hearing as he argued against ending the
U.S. military's ban on permitting openly gay soldiers to serve. --
Sheehan said Dutch leaders, including the former chief of staff of the
Dutch army, had told him that the presence of openly gay soldiers among
the 400-strong Dutch contingent had been "part of the problem" that led
to the fall of Srebrenica, and the subsequent massacre by Bosnian Serb
forces of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys."
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East
Jerusalem
isn’t
‘disputed,’
it’s
‘occupied’ ---
http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/
east-jerusalem-isn%E2%80%99t-%E2%80%98disputed%E2%80%99-it%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98occupied%E2%80%99/
A quote...."During the “Week in Review” segment of this morning’s
“Weekend Edition Saturday” show, Ron Elving referred at least twice to
East Jerusalem as a “disputed” area. “Disputed” is the term the Israeli
government and its advocates use and actively promote as an alternative
to “occupied,” in hopes they can get out of the legal implications of
occupation. -- But the U.S. government, the United Nations, the
International Court of Justice, the European Union, the UK, and the
International Committee of the Red Cross, among other entities, all
reject the Israeli usage and consistently use the term “occupied” in
reference to East Jerusalem...." --
also
posted
at WarInIraq
---
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/220407
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Hamas:
Learning from mistakes ---
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LC20Ak03.html
Special Note - A
quote...."DAMASCUS - Anyone who has watched the performance of Hamas or
followed its rhetoric since its founding in Palestine in the late 1980s
realizes that the Islamic group has greatly matured over the past 20
years."
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Israeli
forces
besiege
Jordan
Valley
village ---
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=270129
A quote...."Tubas – Ma'an – Israeli forces shut down all entrances to
the West Bank village of Bardala early Saturday morning, onlookers
said. -- Agricultural roads between the northern Jordan Valley village
and its lands were sealed off, and farmers were denied access to their
lands."
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64351&hd=&size=1&l=e
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More On The
Palestinian Situation....
HALPER:
The
second
battle
of
Gaza:
Israel’s
undermining
of
international
law
---
http://australiansforpalestine.com/halper-the-second-battle-of-gaza-israels-undermining-of-international-law-2
Special Note - A
quote...."The Israeli attack on Gaza in December 2008/January 2009 was
not merely a military assault on a primarily civilian population,
impoverished and the victim of occupation and besiegement these past 42
years. It was also part of an ongoing assault on international
humanitarian law by a highly coordinated team of Israeli lawyers,
military officers, PR people, and politicians, led by (no less) a
philosopher of ethics. It is an effort coordinated as well with
other governments whose political and military leaders are looking for
ways to pursue “asymmetrical warfare” against peoples resisting
domination and the plundering of their resources and labor without the
encumbrances of human rights and current international law. It is
a campaign that is making progress and had better be taken seriously by
us all."
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Dozens
of
Students
Injured
After
Israeli
Police
Storm
Negev
Secondary
School
---
http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/797-dozens-of-students-injured-after-israeli-police-storm-negev-secondary-school
A quote...."Eyewitness accounts given to our correspondent in the Negev
confirm that on Wednesday morning, the playground of the Secondary
Peace School in the town of Hurra in the Negev was turned into a bona
fide battlefield after a vast police force invaded the school yard and
threw stun grenades and tear gas, injuring dozens of students and
teachers." --
also posted at WarInIraq
--- http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/220408
& AlethoNews
-
http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/dozens-of-students-injured-after-israeli-police-storm-negev-secondary-school/
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Israeli
Army
Kills
[a]
16
Year
Old
Demonstrator
Near
Nablus ---
http://palsolidarity.org/2010/03/11844?utm_source=
feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+palsolidarity+%28International+Solidarity+Movement%29
A quote...."Mohammed Ibrahim Qaddous, 16, was shot dead with live
ammunition when a Border Police force raided his village of Iraq Burin
near Nablus to quash a demonstration this afternoon. Another 16 year
old was shot in the head and critically injured."
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ISM
volunteer
shot,
hospitalized;
ISM
co-founder
arrested ---
http://palsolidarity.org/2010/03/11832?utm_source=
feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+palsolidarity+%28International+Solidarity+Movement%29
Special Note - A
quote...."Friday’s demonstration in An Nabi Saleh saw an increase in
violence and collective punishment from the Israeli military, as
twenty-five demonstrators were injured, windows of cars and homes were
intentionally shattered, and three were arrested.
ISM volunteer Ellen Stark was shot at point
blank range (4 meters) with a rubber bullet as she stood with
medics, Popular Committee members and other internationals.
ISM co-founder Huwaida Arraf was arrested
while negotiating with the IOF to allow Ellen through the military line
to get to the hospital." - bold by website editor
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Gazan
Fisherman
Struggle
to
Stay
Afloat -
Especially
when your boats get shot up all
the time by the IOF.
---
http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15818
A quote...."Gazan 45 kilometers long, beautiful
Mediterranean coast is fished by 3,500 professional fisherman. Many
more people earn their daily bread doing jobs related to this trade,
such as producing and repairing nets, transporting fish and selling it
at the markets, running restaurateurs etc."
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IOA
to
demolish
two
Palestinian
homes
in
WB
village
---
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7VXEcO5uHQD1jf2B9zLugOFDzXzam
Dkczm%2fT9K7ESiHIAc%2fBZbkTjFbPAcApUeiX8wk5%2bQDoYo5eHONDYfd7tuuGONLooqOwRxVaQ0If5Wuc%3d
A quote...."BETHLEHEM, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation authority (IOA)
decided to demolish two Palestinian homes in the village of walaja,
east of Bethlehem, at the pretext that they were located in the path of
the separation wall."
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Protesters
challenge
village
closures ---
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=269938
A quote...."Bethlehem - Ma'an - Palestinian and international
protesters joined half a dozen demonstrations across the occupied West
Bank on Friday afternoon, in the first reaction to Israel's declaration
of two villages as "closed military zones" last week."
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64342&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Testimony:
Siege
prevents
reconstruction
of
schoolhouse
partially
destroyed
in
Operation
Cast
Lead,
Feb.
2010
---
http://www.btselem.org/English/testimonies/20100214_School_damaged_in_Cast_lead_Operation_still_unreparied_witness_Saed_Sultan.asp
A quote...."In August 2009 I became the principal of the Abu J’afer
al-Mansur Elementary and Middle School for Boys, which is comprised of
grades six to nine. The school was built in 1994, when the Palestinian
Authority came to Gaza, and has 24 classrooms, a principal’s office, a
teachers’ room, a science lab, a computer lab, a library, and a gym. --
The school was hit by gunfire and shelling during the war, and soldiers
also held detainees in it. Also, Israeli bulldozers destroyed part of
the school’s walls and damaged the electricity, water, and telephone
infrastructure."
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Time
to
bury
dead
ideas
about
Palestine ---
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11142.shtml?utm_source=
feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifada+%28Electronic+Intifada%29
A quote...."There is a growing recognition that the Israeli settlement
enterprise in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is, in practical
terms, irreversible. The two-state solution, which for decades has been
characterized as the preferred solution of an amorphous "international
consensus" has generally been understood to involve a return to the
pre-1967 occupation boundaries (referred to as the green line) with
minor territorial adjustments by the parties. By now, even optimists
refer to this solution as "unlikely" and "virtually impossible," while
realists recognize that the concept has outlived its usefulness as a
political aspiration."
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100,000
Indonesians
demonstrate
in
support
of
the
Aqsa
---
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/En/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7nsL4CkgVxZpHOIjsG43aGO9nS
FLv5ARzpvVOfGy5Zpd%2bFyA%2bw6L14XgsaVuK%2b6vlj9Ra1t8c5hyT9cTQ8LSo3ujjj%2bhBtZ8GG%2fEjHHlN%2bzo%3d
Action Update - A
quote...."Around 100,000 supporters of the Prosperous Justice Party
(PKS), a member of the ruling coalition, exploded onto the streets of
the capital, declaring that Palestinians are not alone in the battle
for the defense of the Aqsa."
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UC
Berkeley student senate votes in favor of divestment
--- http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11147.shtml
---
Hip Hip Hooray! -
mpg
Action Alert/Update --
Boycott, Divest and Sanction - Because if the world doesn't,
Israel will continue to defy the entire international community with
impunity.
-- A quote...."Early yesterday morning, the University of
California Berkeley Student Senate (ASUC) passed a bill to divest from
companies that provide military support for the Israeli occupation of
Palestine. Debate began the night before at 9:00pm and ended and six
hours later when the vote was held at 3:00am. The session was attended
by more than 150 students, educators and concerned community
supporters, forcing the meeting to be relocated to a larger room. Never
before has the senate chambers been so overcrowded, signifying the
importance and interest in the issue of Israel-Palestine on the
Berkeley campus. Ultimately, the bill passed with 16 senators in favor
and 4 against."
also posted at Uruknet
---
http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64335&hd=&size=1&l=e
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Don’t
Buy
Into
Occupation! ---
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article1306
Action Alert --
Boycott, Divest and Sanction - Because if it's not done, the
Israelis will keep on murdering Palestinians. - mpg -- A
quote...."On the 16th of March H&M will open its second store in
Israel, this time in Malcha Mall in Jerusalem. This establishment is
outrageous, given the Israeli claims for Jerusalem as the “united
capital of Israel” and the violent policies of ethnic cleansing of the
city that the Israeli state is currently involved in. It ties H&M
to a clear political position – support for the Israeli defiance of
international law." --
For
more on how
to
Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the
upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" ---
of this website. - mpg
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America's
"Houdini
Recovery"
under
IMF-Type
Austerity ---
http://www.uruknet.com/index.php?p=m64344&hd=&size=1&l=e
Must Read - A
quote...."It's what economist David Rosenberg calls recovery given
plenty of supportive evidence, including...."
- Over five million homeowners behind on their mortgage
payments;
- At record levels, foreclosures are alarmingly high;
moreover, "the
foreclosure pipeline is enormous;"
- "Housing, the quintessential leading indicator," turning
lower again in
starts, sales and prices;
- Instead of a normal 5 - 6 months home supply, the market
has a 21 month
overhang, including shadow inventory from the foreclosure pipeline;
- Mortgage applications for new home purchases down 13.9% on
top of last
year's 29.4%;
- Over six million Americans unemployed for at least six
months, "a
record 40% of the ranks of the joblessness;"
- Over 11 million full-time jobs lost since late 2007, and
well over four
and a half million since Obama took office, despite pledging to create
them;
- Millions of jobs lost despite massive economic stimulus,
and when it
slows, watch out;
- A federal deficit over 10% of GDP, twice the 1930s ratio;
- Private capital growing at its slowest rate in nearly two
decades;
- 30% of manufacturing capacity idle;
- 19 million vacant residential housing units - about 15% of
the total;
- One in six Americans unemployed or underemployed;
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U.S.
FDIC
shuts
down 7 banks, 2010 total now 37 ---
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1917001120100319
A quote...."WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - Regulators seized seven
more U.S. banks on Friday, as high unemployment and troubled loan
portfolios continue to weigh on the sector."
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Markets
spooked
as
Greek
rescue
plan
crumbles
---
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/7475531/Markets-spooked-as-Greek-rescue-plan-crumbles.html
A quote...."Europe’s rescue plan for Greece appears to be crumbling
after the country threatened to call in the International Monetary Fund
unless Brussels comes up with real money on acceptable terms within a
week."
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Divisions
Between
the
US
and
Europe
Widen
Over
Greek
Financial
Bailout
---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18243
A quote...."On Thursday, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou told
the European Parliament that the interest rate Greece is forced to
offer investors for servicing its debt is unsustainable, and that his
government had complained to the IMF. Papandreou said the inflated
borrowing costs would more than offset his government’s savings from
the sweeping austerity measures it has introduced."
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Friday March 19th 2010 - links
page
No posts. - mpg
Thursday March 18th 2010 - links
page
American
Naifs
Bringing
Ruin
to
Other
Lands ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25024.htm
posted
at ICH
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/ichsfundingpage-cached-reficultnias-111908
Must Read - A quote...."March 18, 2010 -- According to
news reports, the U.S. military is shipping "bunker-buster"
bombs to the U.S. Air Force base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
The Herald Scotland reports that experts say the bombs
are being assembled for an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The
newspaper quotes Dan Plesch,
---
http://www.danplesch.net/
---
director of the Centre for
International Studies and Diplomacy at the University of London:
---
http://www.cisd.soas.ac.uk/
---
"They are gearing
up totally for
the destruction of Iran."
[Final destination Iran?, --- March 14, 2010]
--- The next step will be a
staged "terrorist attack," a "false flag"
operation as per Operation
Northwoods, ---
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods --- for which Iran will be blamed. As Iran and its
leadership have already been demonized, the "false flag"
attack will suffice to obtain U.S. and European public support for
bombing Iran. The bombing will include more than the nuclear facilities
and will continue until the Iranians agree to regime change and the
installation of a puppet government. The corrupt American media will
present the new puppet as "freedom and democracy."
-
also posted at DProgram
---
http://dprogram.net/2010/03/19/expect-a-false-flag-terror-attack-to-precede-invasion-of-iran-paul-craig-roberts/
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Chairs
of
Both
the
9/11
Commission
and
the
Joint
Intelligence
Inquiry
into
9/11
Said
That
Government
Minders
Obstructed
the
9/11
Investigation
---
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/03/government-minders-obstructed-911.html
---
Must Read --
As I detailed
previously, both the Joint Intelligence Committee and 9/11 Commission
investigations into 9/11 had government "minders" intimidating
witnesses into not saying anything the government didn't like." -- also posted at PrisonPlanet
---
http://www.prisonplanet.com/chairs-of-both-the-911-commission-and-the-joint-intelligence-
inquiry-into-911-said-that-government-minders-obstructed-the-911-investigation.html
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"The
Reason
For
This
Cover-Up
Goes
Right
To
The
White
House"
---
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/03/did-government-warn-911-commission.html
Must Read - As I pointed
out in 2007: The 9/11 Commission Report was largely based on a
third-hand account of what tortured detainees said, with two of the
three parties in the communication being government employees."
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Should
Conspiratorial
Thinking
Be
The
Default
Position? ---
http://www.prisonplanet.com/should-conspiratorial-thinking-be-the-default-position.html
Contains Video - A
quote...."Considering the number of times governments have been caught
lying over the last few decades, we have to ask the question, should
the belief that major world events and political developments happen as
a result of a conspiracy of some form or other be the default position
in contemporary thinking, or should we continue to blindly trust
government and afford it the credibility it plainly doesn’t deserve in
order to maintain a perceived sense of order? -- Knowing their track
record, trusting governments has become the height of foolishness. It
would be like betting your mortgage on a horse that has lost every race
it ever ran to win the Kentucky Derby."
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The
Pentagon’s
Propaganda
Networks ---
http://original.antiwar.com/pratap-chatterjee/2010/03/18/the-pentagons-propaganda-networks/
Special Note - A
quote...."Propaganda networks that conduct "psychological warfare" for
the Pentagon have been in vogue for a long time. Mike Furlong, a senior
Pentagon official who is now being investigated for running a covert
network of contractors to supply information for drone strikes and
assassinations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, had a long history of
working in this field." -- For more
on this issue see....US
Fake
Intel
/
Propaganda
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/fakeintell-weblist-mpg-090206
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Zero
Point of Systemic Collapse ---
https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/88/chris-hedges.html
Article ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25022.htm
also posted at ICH
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/ichsfundingpage-cached-reficultnias-111908
Must Read - A quote...."
We stand on the cusp of one of the bleakest periods in human history
when the bright lights of a civilization blink out and we will descend
for decades, if not centuries, into barbarity. The elites have
successfully convinced us that we no longer have the capacity to
understand the revealed truths presented before us or to fight back
against the chaos caused by economic and environmental catastrophe. As
long as the mass of bewildered and frightened people, fed images that
permit them to perpetually hallucinate, exist in this state of
barbarism, they may periodically strike out with a blind fury against
increased state repression, widespread poverty and food shortages. But
they will lack the ability and self-confidence to challenge in big and
small ways the structures of control. The fantasy of widespread popular
revolts and mass movements breaking the hegemony of the corporate state
is just that – a fantasy." - also
posted at Alternet -
http://www.alternet.org/media/146005/we_stand_on_the_cusp_of_one_of_humanity%27s_most_dangerous_moments
& AmericanEveryman
---
http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/we-stand-on-the-cusp-of-one-of-humanitys-most-dangerous-moments/
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I'd
Kill For a Peace Prize ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25025.htm
posted
at ICH
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/ichsfundingpage-cached-reficultnias-111908
Must Read - A
quote...."It was just another of the many sideshows created by your
government to justify constant war. You see, the “undie bomber” was
mere political theatre designed to implement more war on behalf of the
military industrial complex and its myriad of investors. - If you
haven’t figured out that war is just a business and that America is
just another in a long line of warmongering empires conducting the
business of conquest – either you’ve not been paying attention or
you’re an idio… er… not paying attention! - One sure thing you all can
bet on is, as soon as “we the people” start to relax and forget about
“The War on Terror” – we can expect another visit from the al-Qaeda
terror fairy...."
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The
Last Hope ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25020.htm
posted at ICH
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/ichsfundingpage-cached-reficultnias-111908
A quote...." March 18, 2010 "Information Clearing House" --
Washington is out of control. It does as it likes, without restraint.
It spends American money and American lives to fight remote wars for
which it cannot provide a plausible reason. It determines what our
children will be taught, who we can hire and fire, to whom we can sell
our houses, whether we can defend ourselves, even what names we can
call each other. The feds read our email and track the web sites we
visit, make us hop around barefoot in airports at the command of surly
unaccountable rentacops. They search us at random in train stations
without even a pretense of probable cause. We have no influence over
them, no way of resisting."
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News
Reports
On
Possible
Iran
Attack
Pick
Up
Momentum
---
http://dprogram.net/2010/03/17/video-news-reports-on-possible-iran-attack-pick-up-momentum/
Alt
--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBQeyqoUDkM ---
(RTYuTb -
4 min 35 sec - March 17, 2010)
RTVideo - A quote...."On
March 14, the Herald Scotland reported on the delivery of hundreds of
U.S. bunker buster bombs to the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian
Ocean in preparation for a possible attack on Iran. Ten ammunition
containers were sent to the island in January, according to a cargo
manifest from the U.S. The Scottish newspaper report said Superior
Maritime Services, a shipping company based in Florida, was paid
$699,500 to transport military items from Concord, California, to Diego
Garcia, including 195 smart, guided, Blu-110 bombs and 192 massive
2000lb Blu-117 bombs. Bunker busters are designed to penetrate
underground structures."
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Pentagon
Sees
a
Threat
From
Online
Muckrakers ---
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/us/18wiki.html?ref=us
Web Censorship Alert - A
quote...."To the list of the enemies threatening the security of the
United States, the Pentagon has added WikiLeaks.org, a tiny online
source of information and documents that governments and corporations
around the world would prefer to keep secret. - The Pentagon assessed
the danger WikiLeaks.org posed to the Army in a report marked
“unauthorized disclosure subject to criminal sanctions.” It concluded
that “WikiLeaks.org represents a potential force protection,
counterintelligence, OPSEC and INFOSEC threat to the U.S. Army” — or,
in plain English, a threat to Army operations and information."
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More on Obama's
Insurance Bail-Out-Boondoggle No-Care Bill....
"This
Bill
is
a
Death
Sentence" ---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25021.htm
posted
at ICH
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/ichsfundingpage-cached-reficultnias-111908
Video - Special Note - Alt
---
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35917587#35917587
---
A
quote...."
Filmmaker
Michael
Moore
gives
his
take
on
whether
financial
and
health
care
reform
could
be
successful."
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Kucinich
Kisses
the
Ring
as
Obama
Deceptively
Sells
Totalitarian
Care
in
Ohio
---
http://dprogram.net/2010/03/18/kucinich-kisses-the-ring-as-obama-deceptively-sells-totalitarian-care-in-ohio/
Related Article - A quote...."Premiums are likely to keep going up even
if the health care bill passes, experts say. “There’s no question
premiums are still going to keep going up,” said Larry Levitt of the
Kaiser Family Foundation, a research clearinghouse on the health care
system. -- If cost controls work as advertised, annual increases would
level off with time. But don’t look for a rollback. Instead, the main
reason premiums would be more affordable is that new government tax
credits would help cover the cost for millions of people, according to
the Associated Press. -- Of course, any “tax credit” realized under the
scheme will be annihilated in the coming months and years as the
federal and state governments raise taxes to cover the losses to their
shakedown due to the engineered collapse of the economy."
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A
Snapshot:”Grassroots”
Healthcare
“Reform”
and
the
Insurance
Industry
Stocks
---
http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/a-snapshotgrassroots-healthcare-reform-and-the-insurance-industry-stocks/
Charts - Related Article
- A quote...."The public relation campaigns are in full swing doing
their level best to try and prop-up some kind of grass-roots looking
“movement” for this Obamacare Insurance Industry Bailout Plan. So I
thought I would post a few pictures of their astroturfing
demonstrations and along side of them some of the more somber “reality
based” results that just happen to be going on at the same time. Let’s
take a look at what’s going on."
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Dem
Congressman On Health Bill: Insurance Companies Are "Holding Hostages"
---
http://infowars.net/articles/march2010/190310Lynch.htm
Special Note - BREAKING -
Friday, March 19th, 2010 -- A quote...."A Democratic Congressman has
stated that he will refuse to vote yes on the pending health care
reform bill, declaring that the legislation represents a vastly bloated
giveaway to insurance companies and big pharma. -- Rep. Stephen Lynch
(D-MA) asserts that the Senate bill bankrolls the very companies that
president Obama says are taking advantage of the American people."
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Pelosi
"Demon
Pass"
Strategy
-
Yet
another
Obama
assault
on
the
Constitution
-
http://www.bignews.biz/?id=851740&keys=Pelosi-Obama-health-loopholes
"Take Impeachment Off the Table
Pelosi" obviously agreees with Bush and thinks the constitution is
"just a Goddamn piece of paper". - mpg -- A quote...."Are Obama
and Pelosi really ready to end their Don Quixote quest for health care
and actually vote? No, Pelosi and Obama have adopted the "demon pass"
procedure to avoid a vote yet get the bill."
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Idaho
first
to
sign
law
aimed
at
health
care
plan
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g0LSHNfmnWDnZ_JylqiFxeT5GKEQD9EGLNDO0
Related Article - A quote...."BOISE, Idaho — Idaho took the lead in a
growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when
its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state
attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced
to buy health insurance."
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A
mad
dash
to
the
Internet
cafe:
Iraq's
vote
tally
marked
by
chaos
and
calls
of
fraud
---
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jVFASfr7_bX0o9Utd-8vCiZmONEA
A quote...."BAGHDAD — Dozens of Iraqi journalists waited hours for
results in Iraq's election. What they finally got was a single CD
containing all the information and instructions to make copies
themselves, prompting a mad dash to the nearest Internet cafe where
they paid $1.20 each to find out who was ahead in the ballot count."
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Violations
of
Iraqi
Children's
Rights ---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18205
A quote...."I pride myself in being a scientist and a researcher. I
built my academic career on theories and numbers. As a teacher, I teach
my students that everything is based in science – everything has
a
reason. That is why, I am always frustrated with myself when I find I
am overwhelmed with feelings on specific topics. -- One such
topic is
the occupation of my country, Iraq. On this subject I find that I
cannot always be dispassionate. I cannot be the researcher and observer
and discuss it without feelings or emotions as I am sometimes expected
to do. I find myself doing research on the damages caused by the war
and occupation, and my head buzzes with anger, my eyes burn with tears
of desperation at the state of my country."
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Karzai
faces anger in Marjah ---
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LC19Df01.html
A quote...."HELMAND PROVINCE - Afghan President Hamid Karzai faced an
angry reception from people in the southern town of Marjah following a
major military assault against the Taliban."
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Taliban
arrests
thwart
Afghan
talks
-
ex-U.N.
envoy ---
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE62H1RA.htm
A quote...."LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - The arrests of senior Afghan
Taliban members in Pakistan have stopped most talks between the
insurgents and U.N. representatives, the former head of the U.N.
mission in Afghanistan said in a BBC interview."
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Pakistan
Won’t
Turn
Taliban
Leaders
Over
to
Afghanistan
or
US
---
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/03/18/pakistan-wont-turn-taliban-leaders-over-to-afghanistan-or-us/
A quote...."Officials say that the Pakistani government continues to
refuse to hand over top Taliban figure Mullah Baradar to either the
United States or Afghanistan, despite repeated calls to do so."
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Clinton,
Lavrov
Clash
Over
Iran
Nuclear
Plant ---
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/03/18/clinton-presses-russia-to-delay-iranian-nuclear-plant/
A quote...."Visiting Russia today with an eye toward negotiating a
nuclear arms reduction treaty, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
instead harangued Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over Iran’s
civilian nuclear program."
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Jundallah
members
killed
in
Iran ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121126§ionid=351020101
A quote...."Iranian security forces have killed several members of the
terrorist group, Jundallah during a clash southeast of Iran. - The
clash took place when the [US-NRE
sponsored] terrorists tried to enter Iran from Pakistan."
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Egypt
"about
to
explode,"
opposition
leader
warns
---
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1542030.php/Egypt-about-to-explode-opposition-leader-warns
A quote...."Cairo - Mohammed Badia, the leader of the Egyptian Muslim
Brotherhood, warned the country was 'about to explode,' in remarks
published in the independent daily al-Shorouq Thursday."
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Yemen
to
free
rebel
prisoners,
as
clashes
erupt
in
south ---
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=112907
A quote...."SANAA: Yemen will free northern Shiite rebel prisoners
within days under a truce to end a war that drew in Saudi Arabia last
year, an official said on Thursday, while clashes with armed
separatists erupted in the south."
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More On The
Palestinian Situation....
Settlers
pouring cement into spring ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZKjdDaZhwc --- (YouTube -
41 sec - March 08, 2010)
Video - Special Note - A
quote...."A group of Israeli settlers destroy a spring by the village
of Qarawat Bani Hassan in the Salfit district of the occupied West
Bank. Palestinian villagers were forced to watch helplessly as settlers
poured sand and cement into the spring, guarded by five armed members
of the Israeli military." -- For
more on this issue see....Israel's
Scorched
Earth -
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/israelsscorchedearth-weblist-mpg-022510
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Israeli
soldiers
arrest
five
Palestinian
children ---
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=121178§ionid=351020202
A quote...."Israeli soldiers detain five Palestinian children in the
West Bank city of Hebron (al-Khalil) after clashes break out."
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Palestinian
anger
fills
the
streets ---
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11145.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&
utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifada+%28Electronic+Intifada%29
A quote...."QALANDIA, occupied West Bank (IPS) - On Tuesday tens of
hundreds of Palestinians of all political persuasions took to the
streets, alleys and sidewalks as widespread rioting and protests spread
across occupied East Jerusalem, the rest of the West Bank, Gaza and
into Israel proper."
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Israeli
Military
Investigator
Admits
Failures
in
the
Military
Investigation
of
Rachel
Corrie’s
Killing --
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article1305
A quote...."On Wednesday March 17, 2010 the Haifa District Court saw a
fourth day of testimony in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s
family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah,
Gaza."
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Quartet
demands
real
settlement
freeze ---
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=269923 --- All talk and absolutely NO action. - mpg
A quote...."Bethlehem - Ma'an - In Moscow, the International Quartet
reiterated on Friday its call for Israelis and Palestinians to
implement their previous agreements and obligations, in particular
adherence to the Road Map peace plan."
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UN
Chief
Slams
Israel
Plan
to
Build
New
Settlements - Ditto!
-
mpg
---
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/news.php?id=327e52aac1055e34097714515a764182&mode=details#327e52aac1055e34097714515a764182
A quote...."UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned Israel's
announcement of 1,600 new housing units on the occupied Palestinian
lands. -- During a Thursday visit to Moscow, Ban Ki-moon told reporters
that he was deeply concerned over developments in the occupied
Palestinian territories, and called Israel's measure
"counterproductive" towards a peace process."
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LENDMAN:
Peace
process
hypocrisy:
stillborn
from
inception
---
http://australiansforpalestine.com/lendman-peace-process-hypocrisy-stillborn-from-inception
A quote...."Journalist Henry Siegman titled his August 2007 London
Review of Books article, “The Great Middle East Peace Process Scam,”
calling it likely “the most spectacular deception in modern diplomatic
history.” -- This writer omits most likely calling it the no-peace
peace process, stillborn from inception, while Haaretz writer Gideon
Levy, on March 7, 2010, wrote “There has never been an Israeli peace
camp,” saying “let’s call the child by its real name: The Israeli peace
camp is still an unborn baby,” the mother yet to become pregnant given
decades of Israeli-Washington rejectionism."
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Keiser
Report
№26:
Markets!
Finance!
Scandal! ---
http://www.youtube.com/user/MaxKeiserTV#p/f/0/J0nyR8pZaEg
Must View RTVideo - (RTYuTb -
26 min 57 sec - March 18, 2010) -- A
quote...."This time Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert look at the
scandals behind rigged market capitalism from intellectual property
rights to cooked books. They also expose how shenanigans and gimmicks
are the new words for fraud. Keiser talks to bestselling author, former
economist at the Irish Central Bank, and former UBS banker David
McWilliams about Irelands banking crisis and NAMA. McWilliams also
takes questions from viewers!"
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Now
Bernanke Wants To Eliminate Reserve Requirements Completely
--- http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-7862-0-13-13--.html
Special Note - Crazy Fed Alert - They're simply sick, they really intend to
destroy the ENTIRE economy! - mpg
-- A quote...."Up until now, the United States has operated under a
"fractional reserve" banking system. Banks have always been
required
to keep a small fraction of the money deposited with them for a
reserve, but were allowed to loan out the rest. But now it turns
out
that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke wants to completely
eliminate minimum reserve requirements, which he says "impose costs and
distortions on the banking system". At least that is what a footnote to
his testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on
Financial Services on February 10th says. So is Bernanke actually
proposing that banks should be allowed to have no reserves at all?"
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Germany
mulls
sending
spies
to
Wall
Street ---
http://rawstory.com/2010/03/germany-mulls-spies-wall-street/
A quote...."Many in Europe see currency speculation as 'economic
terrorism' -- Germany's finance minister says his government is
considering sending spies to London and New York to monitor the
activities of currency speculators. -- Finance Minister Wolfgang
Schaeuble told the German Parliament on Tuesday that he may have to
send spies to the world's two most important financial centers "to set
up surveillance of who is getting together with whom for which kinds of
speculative processes...."
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Creating
our
Own
Credit:
The
Growing
Movement
for
Publicly-Owned
Banks
---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18195
A quote...."As the states’ budget and credit crises deepen, four states
have initiated bills for state-owned banks, and candidates in seven
states have included that solution in their platforms.
"Hundreds of job-creating projects are
still on hold because Michigan businesses and entrepreneurs cannot get
bank financing. We can break the credit crunch and beat Wall Street at
their own game by keeping our money right here in Michigan and
investing it to retool our economy and create jobs." -- *Virg Bernero*, Mayor of Lansing in
the Detroit News, May 9, 2010
It won't work, if
the Fed and it's associated Banksters are still allowed to control the
economy through their cyclical ten year cycles AND print the currency,
they'll overwhelm any local attempts to level the credit playing field.
- mpg
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More
Homeowners
Are
Opting
for
'Strategic
Defaults' ---
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/homeowners-strategic-defaults.html
A quote...."Wynn Bloch has always dutifully paid her bills and socked
away money for retirement. But in December she defaulted on the
mortgage on her Palm Desert home, even though she could afford the
payments. -- Bloch paid $385,000 for the two-bedroom in 2006, when
prices were still surging. Comparable homes are now selling in the
low-$200,000s. At 66, the retired psychologist doubted she'd see her
investment rebound in her lifetime. Plus, she said she was duped into
an expensive loan. -- The way she sees it, big banks that helped fuel
the mess all got bailouts while small fry like her are left holding the
bag. No more." -- It's the
"capitalist-klepto-crony-rigged" system folks! It'll be ten to
fifteen
years MINIMUM before housing prices get back to where they were, do the
right thing, save yourselves a lot of grief and just go take a walk. -
mpg
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Congressman
Grayson
Demands
Release
of
AIG
Emails ---
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/03/congressman-grayson-demands-release-of.html
OH,
OH!! - mpg -- Some quotes...."Congressman Grayson sent the
following letter to AIG's
trustee:" -- "I write to request that you turn over to this office, and
the public, e-mails backed up on AIG’s servers, including internal
accounting documents and financial models developed by the company in
the last decade. The public owns AIG. We bought it, for an initial down
payment of $182 billion. You are the representatives of the public,
through your positions as the three trustees of the AIG Credit Facility
Trust."
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