Tuesday June 10th 2008 - links page

The Truth is Out There  ---  http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=61431
A quote...."When Cynthia McKinney speaks the words of Martin Luther King Jr, they resound through the church with some of King’s cadence. “A time comes,” declares the former US congresswoman from Georgia, “when silence is betrayal.” The congregation answers with whoops and calls of “That’s right!” King was talking about America’s war in Vietnam. More than 40 years later, before the packed pews of the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, McKinney is speaking of the American government’s war on its own people. The shock and awe phase of this conflict, we had been told earlier, began on September 11 2001, when the Bush administration launched attacks on New York and Washington, or at least waved them through."
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Bush Political Prisoner Gets Her Day in Court  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/Bush-Political-Prisoner-Ge-by-Michael-Collins-080610-137.html
Special Note - A quote...."A year after her last letter to Card, Lindauer contacted staff for Senator John McCain and Senator Trent Lott offering to testify before the committees investigating intelligence activities prior to the Iraq invasion. At that point, the government turned her file over to a grand jury. Lindauer notes, "They failed to tell the grand jury that I'd been working for them for nine years." -- For more on this issue see....Fake Intel / Propaganda - Intell Process
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/fakeintell-weblist-mpg-090206#INTELL_PROCESS
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WPost's Enduring Bush Cover-up  ---  http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/061008.html
 posted at ConsortiumNews  ---  https://secure.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/consortiumnews/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=2043
A quote...."In a kind of Watergate in reverse, the Washington Post has rallied once again to defend George W. Bush’s honesty, with the paper’s editorial-page editor swatting away the latest swarm of evidence showing how the President took the nation to war in Iraq via a series of lies."
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NYT circulates fear-mongering claims on FISA debate  ---  http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/10/lichtblau/index.html
A quote...."The New York Times' Eric Lichtblau has a long, prominent article today on the pending debate over FISA and telecom amnesty -- headlined: "Return to Old Spy Rules Is Seen as Deadline Nears" -- that features (and endorses) virtually every blatant falsehood that has distorted these spying issues from the beginning, and which is built on every shoddy journalistic practice that has made clear debate over these issues almost impossible. The article strongly suggests that a so-called "compromise" is imminent, a "compromise" which will deliver to the President virtually everything he seeks in the way of new warrantless eavesdropping powers and telecom amnesty."
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Wyo. Guard team heading to Denver for convention  ---  http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=61476
False Flag Alert - A quote...."CHEYENNE -- Amid the thousands of spectators, delegates and Secret Service, a select group of Wyoming National Guard soldiers and airmen will be present during the Democratic National Convention in Denver from Aug. 25-28."
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Likud MK: Israel will no longer fund terror against its own citizens  ---  http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/991520.html
A quote...."The bill, initiated by Justice Minster Daniel Friedmann, attempts to circumvent a High Court of Justice ruling to the contrary. The High Court has already anulled the first "Intifada Law" which aimed to similarly exempt the state from responsibility. - The law, if approved in the second and third readings, would make it impossible for Palestinians living in what is termed enemy territory to sue the state for damages incurred during Israel Defense Forces operations." -- For more on this sort of issue see....
Rule Thirteen - Go After the Money 05-14-08 - mpg  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/rulethirteengoafterthemoney-blog-mpg-051408
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On “farewell tour” of Europe: Bush steps up threats against Iran  ---  http://wsws.org/articles/2008/jun2008/bush-j11.shtml
A quote...."The meeting came on the first day of George W. Bush’s final tour of the European continent as US President. The six-day, six-nation visit is expected to yield little else in terms of substantive agreements. With barely seven months left in the White House, most European governments see Bush as a lame duck whose departure cannot come soon enough."
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EU to freeze Iranian bank assets if nuclear enrichment continues  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/10/iran.eu
A quote...."European Union member states have agreed to intensify financial sanctions against Iran, going beyond existing UN measures aimed at containing Tehran's nuclear programme, it emerged last night. Diplomats said the agreement was reached last week and would be announced today in a joint communique at the US-EU summit in Slovenia."
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Iran pulls assets out of European banks  ---  http://www.payvand.com/news/08/jun/1073.html
A quote...."Iran has withdrawn a huge sum of its foreign exchange reserves from European banks and has deposited some of it into Asian banks."
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Iran to Start Development of Arash Oil, Gas Field  ---  http://www.farsnews.com/English/newstext.php?nn=8703211170
A quote...." TEHRAN (FNA)- Manager of the National Iranian Oil Co. Seifollah Jashnsaz said that NIOC will start development work on the offshore Arash oil and gas field."
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Pervez Musharraf: The fall of a dictator
  ---  http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=1655&updaterx=2008-06-10+12%3A02%3A36
Video - A quote...."The fall of a dictator is always a great pleasure to watch. Nominally, of course, Pervez Musharraf continues to be the president of Pakistan. After some nine years of great power, though, the sun seems to be setting for the general. Asif Zardari, self-appointed chairman of the party that heads the government in Parliament, calls Musharraf a relic of the past. His party's spokesman refers to Musharraf now as a de facto president and a one-man demolition squad who demolished the Constitution, the judiciary, and the Parliament."
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Pakistan at the mercy of marching lawyers  ---  http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JF11Df01.html
A quote...."KARACHI - Pakistan is engulfed in its own version of the Long March, and just as that pivotal event changed the face of China in the mid-1930s, Pakistan's political landscape could be significantly altered, as could that of its neighbor Afghanistan. -- Thousands of black-suited lawyers gathered in Karachi on Monday for the beginning of a country-wide protest that is scheduled to finish outside parliament in the capital Islamabad on Thursday."
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No In NOvember!!!  ---  http://www.truthawaits.com/no_in_november.html
A quote...."The world has given us the benefit of the doubt for a long time, hoping that we as a people were not as corrupt as our government. But I chat with activists all over the world online every day and they're wondering why we continue to vote in rigged elections where peace candidates cannot win, and the candidates who win cannot be held accountable. If we oppose crimes against humanity, they want to know why we keep delegating our power to those who do not." -- Editor's Note:  This editor agrees with the sentiments, but not the prescription, it's your right to vote - just vote right....how about the phrase "Anybody but a DemoRepub"?? - mpg
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Stimulus" Spending: Making The Dead Parrot Twitch  ---  http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2008/06/stimulus-spending-making-dead-parrot.html
A quote...."Last week, published comments by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert regarding the likelihood of war between the U.S. and Iran caused the price of oil to surge to roughly $138 a barrel -- and the Dow to shed nearly 400 points. -- Delphic utterances delivered today by Federal Reserve commissary Ben Bernanke, and Timothy Geithner of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York prompted a mild market rally and lent some transient luster to the ever-depreciating greenback."
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Swiss banks eager to attract Muslim investors  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLo7aApbRPc
Video - A quote...."Islamic Banking is well on it's way to becoming the world's fastest growing financial sector. -- The Islamic banking sector is now thought to be worth up to 800 billion dollars and it's growing by around 20 percent each year on the back of soaring oil prices."
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Most World Stock Markets to End 2008 in Redhttp://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-6-10/71660.html
A quote...."LONDON—Global stock markets will not be able to overcome a lethal mix of rising inflation and a spill-out from the global credit crisis this year, with most indexes likely to end 2008 with annual losses, a Reuters poll showed."
See....Standard Disclaimer and the Ten Year Cycle  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/disclaimer-blog-mpg-070207
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The U.S. Has No Remaining Grain Reserves  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=6899
A quote...."According to the May 1, 2008 CCC inventory report there are o­nly 24.1 million bushels of wheat in inventory, so after this sale there will be o­nly 2.7 million bushels of wheat left the entire CCC inventory,”
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Trade deficit hits $60.9b in April - Oil is crucial factor, as both imports and exports set records
  ---  http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/06/11/trade_deficit_hits_609b_in_april/
A quote...."WASHINGTON - The US trade deficit widened in April as the surge in oil prices propelled imports to a record, overshadowing the biggest gain in exports in four years."
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Brazil GDP expands 5.8% in first quarter; overheat concern  ---  http://mercopress.handsoft.com.uy/vernoticia.do?id=13663&formato=HTML
A quote...."Brazil's Gross Domestic Product, GDP, expanded 5.8% in the first quarter compared to the same period a year ago, and 0.7% over the previous quarter, according to the latest release from the Brazilian Statistics and Geography Institute, IBGE."
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Japan's economy surges ahead in first quarter  ---  http://www.axilltv.com/at/news.php?id=11360
A quote...."It was the third straight positive quarter for the world's second-largest economy, which is gradually recovering from a series of slumps since the 1990s. Growth was also much faster than the initial estimate of 3.3 percent."
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Pentagon blocked Cheney's attack on Iran  ---  http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF10Ak01.html
Special Note - A quote...."WASHINGTON - Pentagon officials firmly opposed a proposal by Vice President Dick Cheney last summer for airstrikes against the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) bases by insisting that the administration would have to make clear decisions about how far the United States would go in escalating the conflict with Iran, according to a former George W Bush administration official." -- bold by website editor -- For more on this issue see....False Flag Ops - Barksdale  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/falseflagops-weblist-mpg-082006#BARKSDALE
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The 911 stink that won't go away  ---  http://www.opednews.com/Poll/The-911-stink-that-wont-go-by-Michael-McCoy-080607-552.html
A quote...."Considering the extensive body of verifiable evidence that sharply contradicts the official version of the 911 attacks, if you were one person in a group that is preparing to address a large audience of fence-sitters, what single aspect of the crime would you find most compelling and choose to explore?"
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Senator Karen Johnson Blasts Congress for Failure to Defend U.S.  ---  http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20080609232458306
A quote...." In a formal Floor speech in the Arizona Senate tomorrow (Tuesday, June 10), Senator Karen S. Johnson plans to blast Congress for their failure to defend U.S. citizens who were killed on September 11, 2001, and their failure to properly investigate those attacks. -- “It has been nearly seven years,” says Johnson, “and we are faced with new evidence that turns the conclusions of the 9/11 Commission upside down. We are fighting a war because of 9/11 – and we still don’t really know what happened. We have spent billions of dollars on the war, with an additional $340 million per day. Thousands of U.S. servicemen and women have lost their lives, not to mention the lives of innocent Iraqi and Afghan civilians.”
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9/11 - From The History File...Dick Cheney commanded NORAD - (YouTube - 3 min 34 sec - December 26, 2006)
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Guantánamo Bay: Interrogators told to destroy torture notes, US lawyer claims  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/09/guantanamo.humanrights
A quote...."Interrogators at Guantánamo Bay were told to destroy their notes to stop them potentially being used to highlight the mistreatment of detainees, according to a US military lawyer." -- Also posted at CommonDreams   ---  http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/09/9496/  ---  The destruction of the notes may not have been due solely to the US military's cover-up of torture, they may have done it to cover-up other things.  For more on this issue see....The Convenient Silence of Guantanamo Bay - 05-31-08 - mpg
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/theconvenientsilenceofgitmo-blog-mpg-053108
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Kucinich presents Bush impeachment articles  ---  http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Kucinich_presents_Bush_impeachment_articles_0609.html
Video - A quote...."An Ohio Democratic lawmaker and former presidential candidate has presented articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush to Congress. - Thirty-five articles were presented by Rep. Dennis Kucinich to the House of Representatives late Monday evening, airing live on C-SPAN."
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Castrated U.S. Media Remains Obediently Silent On Bilderberg  ---  http://prisonplanet.com/articles/june2008/060908_castrated_media.htm
A quote...."The mainstream American corporate press has once again proven itself to be no better than the state controlled media in places like Communist China or Zimbabwe, by steadfastly refusing to print even a mention of over a hundred global power brokers meeting in secret to discuss the future of the planet."
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Bilderbergers Leave Confab To Initiate Fresh Orders  ---  http://infowars.net/articles/june2008/090608Bilderberger.htm
Special Note - A quote...."For all those who still deny Bilderberg is a major player in terms of international policy making, this provides another example of the influence and sway the elite group has on the rest of the political and corporate world -- Despite this weekend gathering of so many heads of global finance, as well as David Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, the secretary general of NATO, CEO's of the world's biggest corporations, U.S. politicians and European royalty, the corporate media has stayed completely silent, a factor that cannot fail to worry even the most staunch naysayers."
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Records Could Shed Light on Iraq Group  ---  http://www.truthout.org/article/records-could-shed-light-iraq-group
Some auotes...."There is an important line in last week's Senate intelligence committee report on the Bush administration's prewar exaggerations of the threat posed by Saddam Hussein. It says that the panel did not review "less formal communications between intelligence agencies and other parts of the Executive Branch." -- "One obvious target for such an expanded inquiry would have been the records of the White House Iraq Group (WHIG), a group set up in August 2002 by then-White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr."
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Some Call It 'Counterinsurgency' - It sounds better than 'brutal military occupation'  ---  http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/bacon4.html
Must Read - A quote...."It is widely reported that the US military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, continuing on for over five years, have been "counterinsurgencies" (COIN) led in Iraq by the expert on COIN General David Petraeus. Petraeus has been highly praised for his COIN abilities and soon will be able to expand his influence to Afghanistan, the almost-seven-year quagmire."
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U.S. seeking 58 bases in Iraq, Shiite lawmakers say  ---  http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/40372.html
A quote...." BAGHDAD -Iraqi lawmakers say the United States is demanding 58 bases as part of a proposed "status of forces" agreement that will allow U.S. troops to remain in the country indefinitely. -- Leading members of the two ruling Shiite parties said in a series of interviews the Iraqi government rejected this proposal along with another U.S. demand that would have effectively handed over to the United States the power to determine if a hostile act from another country is aggression against Iraq. Lawmakers said they fear this power would drag Iraq into a war between the United States and Iran."
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Iraqi MPs against US bases
  ---  http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=1643&updaterx=2008-06-09+10%3A35%3A37
Video - A quote...."Nadim al-Jaberi is a senior member and former secretary-general of Fadhila, a Shiite party that controls the Basra provincial government. The group, which holds 15 seats in parliament, withdrew last year from talks to join al-Maliki's cabinet after complaining of US interference. - Khalaf al-Ilyan is one of the three leaders of the Iraq Accordance Front, parliament's largest Sunni Arab bloc with 44 of the House's 275 seats. Last year, he played a prominent role in the Sunni decision to walk out of the Cabinet in protest of al-Maliki's policies."
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Iraq Tells US It Wants Troops Back in Barracks  ---  http://rinf.com/alt-news/war-terrorism/iraq-tells-us-it-wants-troops-back-in-barracks/3773/
A quote...."American troops in Iraq would be confined to their bases and private security guards subject to local law if Iraq gets its way in negotiations with the US over the future status of American forces. -- According to a senior Iraqi official, the negotiations between the two allies became so fraught recently that President Bush intervened personally to defuse the situation. On Thursday he telephoned Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi Prime Minister, to assure him that Washington was not seeking to undermine Iraq’s sovereignty and that America would reconsider any contentious part of the agreement." -- And Maliki believed him?  What an idiot! - mpg
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Iraq seeks to allay Iran's concern over U.S. bases  ---  http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=203392
A quote...."TEHRAN, June 8 (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister used a visit to Tehran on Sunday to soothe Iranian concerns that negotiations between Baghdad and Washington on a new military agreement will lead to permanent U.S. bases across its border."
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The Iran Trap  ---  http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080608_the_iran_trap/
Must Read - A quote...."The failure by Barack Obama to chart another course in the Middle East, to defy the Israel lobby and to denounce the Bush administration’s inexorable march toward a conflict with Iran is a failure to challenge the collective insanity that has gripped the political leadership in the United States and Israel.  -- Obama, in a miscalculation that will have grave consequences, has given his blessing to the widening circle of violence and abuse of the Palestinians by Israel and, most dangerously, to those in the Bush White House and Jerusalem now plotting a war against Iran. He illustrates how the lust for power is morally corrosive. And while he may win the White House, by the time he takes power he will be trapped in George Bush’s alternative reality."
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Obama, Israel and AIPAC  ---  http://jevdet.blogspot.com/2008/06/obama-israel-and-aipacsay-it-aint-so.html
A quote...."After months of a tough and bitter race, a merciless struggle, Barack Obama has defeated his formidable opponent, Hillary Clinton. He has wrought a miracle: for the first time in history a black person has become a credible candidate for the presidency of the most powerful country in the world. -- And what was the first thing he did after his astounding victory? He ran to the conference of the Israel lobby, AIPAC, and made a speech that broke all records for obsequiousness and fawning."
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New forces fraying U.S.-Saudi oil ties  ---  http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-ussaudi8-2008jun08,0,169219.story
A quote...."In the 1980s, the U.S.-Saudi bond that kept oil prices low was credited with helping weaken the Soviet Union during the waning days of the Cold War. And it helped keep markets stable after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. -- But the Saudi government has been dismayed by the consequences of the war in Iraq and by what it sees as a weak Bush administration commitment to the Palestinians."
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U.S. quits as observer at UN Human Rights Council under war-crimes accusations  ---  http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/alerts/357
A quote...."The White House quietly pulled out of the UN Human Rights Council as the Bush Administration came under fire by the House of Representatives for possible war crimes violations. Separately, Guantanamo Bay prosecutors prepare for their own war-crimes tribunals and secret negotiations continue over the role of the U.S. in Iraq."
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Broken Engagement: Rare Honesty from Bush Gang  ---  http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1529/135/
A quote...."Human Rights Watch has issued a denunciation of the Bush Administration for its disengagement from the UN's Human Rights Council. As HRW puts it:"
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Supporting Palestinian Farmers: Olive Oil Until They're Free  ---  http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=13867
A quote...."Mahmud was a tall, strong young man. His black hair and thick eyebrows hinted at a shy nature, but he was a born leader. His popularity reigned among the families of Jenin’s refugee camp, the West Bank, and the surrounding Arab countries. Mahmud feared nothing but submission to Israeli occupation. Working to end this occupation, which encapsulated his every breath on Earth, was how he spent his waking hours."
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U.S., German lawyers seek extraditions of CIA agents  ---  http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-06-09-Germany-CIA_N.htm
A quote...."BERLIN (AP) — A group of German and American civil rights attorneys on Monday sued the German government to demand that it pursue the extradition of 13 CIA agents sought in the alleged kidnapping of a German citizen." -- For more on this issue see....Fun & Torture - It's a Pleasure.
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/funandtorture-blog-mpg-020307
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[UK] ‘Big Brother’ database for phones and e-mails  ---  http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article3965033.ece
A quote...."A massive government database holding details of every phone call, e-mail and time spent on the internet by the public is being planned as part of the fight against crime and terrorism. Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms companies would hand over the records to the Home Office under plans put forward by officials."
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Abramoff Had Closer Ties to Bush  ---  http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/060908a.html
A quote...."Imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff was photographed with President George W. Bush at least five times and had hundreds of lobbying contacts with White House staff, a House committee’s draft report says. -- Hundreds of pages of documents, released Monday by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, show that Abramoff regularly communicated with former White House political adviser Karl Rove and his deputies regarding the administration’s domestic agenda."
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Warning to Sen. Vitter: DC Madam Case Not Over?   ---  link posted at CLG  ---  http://www.legitgov.org/#contribute
  ---  http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/06/warning_to_sen_vitter_dc_madam.html
A quote...."Maybe Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) isn't completely off the hook when it comes to the late "D.C. Madam," Deborah Jean Palfrey. And other Washington Johns who used the late Palfrey's escort service and whose names remained below the radar screen may want to find a nice hiding place."
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Cindy Sheehan Salutes Ron Paul and Exposes Obama - (YouTube - 1 min 43 sec - Added:  April 06, 2008)
  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptu81SGQfLw&feature=related
Video - A quote...."Cindy Sheehan at the libertarian church in San Francisco March 16, 08. talks about Obama, the war and her son."
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Ron Paul: Nancy Pelosi pulled Iran bill on orders of Israel - (YouTube - 58 sec - Added:  June 08, 2008)
  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWLBhgTQ46o
Video - A quote...."In a speech given on 06 June 2008, in Reston, Virginia, at the Hyatt Regency, Reston, to the Future of Freedom Foundation, 'restoring the republic 2008: foreign policy and civil liberties' conference, congressman Ron Paul, tells how speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi, 'deliberately' pulled a supplemental bill requiring congressional approval for attacking iran on orders of israel and AIPAC."
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Potential Future Hyperinflation  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/Potential-Future-Hyperinfl-by-Stephen-Lendman-080609-867.html
A quote...."Walter "John" Williams thinks out of the box. He makes disquieting reading, but you won't find him in the mainstream. At least not often. He runs a "Shadow Government Statistics" site with an electronic by-subscription newsletter. Anyone can access some of his data and occasional special reports. They can also assess his reasoning. In his judgment, government data are manipulated, corrupted and unreliable. He's not alone thinking that." -- Also posted at GlobalResearch  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9256
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Mortgages With No Money Down Still Available -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/08/AR2008060801426.html?hpid=topnews
A quote...."Despite the bursting of the housing bubble, it's still possible to buy homes with no money down. In fact, it's possible to borrow up to 105 percent of the purchase price, leaving the buyer with more debt than the house is worth."
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More losses and fresh funding for US banking system  ---  http://mercopress.handsoft.com.uy/vernoticia.do?id=13655&formato=HTML
A quote...."United States investment bank Lehman Brothers is raising 6 billion US dollars to boost its finances after predicting a loss of 2.8 billion in the second quarter of 2008."
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Credit Default Swaps the next crisis -- subprime is just a ‘Vorspeise'  ---  http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3356.shtml
A quote...."The next phase of the unravelling crisis in the US-centered “revolution in finance” is emerging in the market for arcane instruments known as Credit Default Swaps or CDS. Wall Street bankers always have to have a short name for these things."
Also posted at GlobalResearch  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9202
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The Empire -- A Status Report  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20053.htm
Must Read - A quote...."  07/06/08 "ICH" -- - There are a number of expressions and slogans associated with the Nazi regime in Germany which have become commonly known in English.

     "Sieg Heil!" -- Victory Hail!
     "Arbeit macht frei" -- Work will make you free.
     "Denn heute gehört uns Deutschland und morgen die ganze Welt" -- Today Germany, tomorrow the world
     But none perhaps is better known than "Deutschland über alles" -- Germany above all.
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War and Inflation  ---  http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/war-and-inflation.html
Must Read - Special Note - A quote...."The U.S. central bank, called the Federal Reserve, was created in 1913. No one promoted this institution with the slogan that it would make wars more likely and guarantee that nearly half a million Americans would die in battle in foreign lands, along with millions of foreign soldiers and civilians. No one pointed out that this institution would permit Americans to fund, without taxes, the destruction of cities abroad and overthrow governments at will. No one said that the central bank would make it possible for the U.S. to be at large-scale war in one of every four years for a full century. It was never pointed out that this institution would make it possible for the U.S. government to establish a global empire that would make Imperial Rome and Britain look benign by comparison." -- For more on this issue see....Effective Fed Funds Rate 03-24-07 - mpg
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/fedfundschart-photopg-cached-032407
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Notes From a Convention  ---  http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer174.html
A quote....
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War, Inc.  ---  http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/33956
A quote...."When John Cusack’s film, “War, Inc.” opened in June 2008, I considered suing him for stealing my title and distorting the number of web hits for my “War, Inc.,” from a stable, long-standing total of about a dozen, to a million and a half...but decided my time could be better spent updating the original piece."
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Robert Fisk: The West's weapon of self-delusion  ---  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/fisk/robert-fisk-the-wests-weapon-of-selfdelusion-842117.html
A quote...."So they are it again, the great and the good of American democracy, grovelling and fawning to the Israeli lobbyists of American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), repeatedly allying themselves to the cause of another country and one that is continuing to steal Arab land." -- Also posted at ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20055.htm
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Israeli officials: We will invade Gaza before truce deal takes effect - http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m44723&s1=h1- Just think about the title for a moment. - mpg
A quote...."Israeli army officials told the Jerusalem Post news paper that the Israeli government will conduct a medium range ground offensive targeting Gaza before any truce deal with the Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza takes effect."
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Legislating Tyranny  ---  http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts248.html
A quote...."The George W. Bush administration responded to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon with an assault on U.S. civil liberty that Bush justified in the name of the “war on terror.” The government assured us that the draconian measures apply only to “terrorists.” The word terrorist, however, was not defined. The government claimed the discretionary power to decide who is a terrorist without having to present evidence or charges in a court of law."-- Also posted at ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20056.htm
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Bill Moyers addresses NCMR 2008 - (YouTube - 39 min 56 sec - Added:  June 07, 2008)
  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0r71L7cojE&eurl=http://www.truveo.com/Bill-Moyers-addresses-NCMR-2008/id/1588701838
Must View - Video - A quote...."Legendary journalist Bill Moyers address the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis, June 7, 2008. Presented by FreePress.net. For more speakers, press coverage, and info, visit: http://www.freepress.net/conference"
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Dan Rather addresses NCMR 2008 - (YouTube - 21 min 38 sec - Added:  June 08, 2008)
  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97SzcumnYdc&eurl=http://www.truveo.com/Dan-Rather-addresses-the-NCMR-2008/id/2112299572
Video - A quote...."Dan Rather addresses the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis, June 7, 2008. Presented by FreePress.net. For more speakers, press coverage, and info, visit: http://www.freepress.net/conference
Click here for a transcript  ---  http://www.truthout.org/article/dan-rather-slams-corporate-news-conference
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FCC Urged to Probe Pentagon Propaganda Program  ---  http://www.democracynow.org/2008/6/6/fcc_urged_to_probe_pentagon_propaganda
A quote...."Lawmakers are urging the Federal Communications Commission to investigate the Pentagon’s propaganda program to determine if the major TV networks or the Pentagon-backed analysts violated federal law. We speak to FCC Commissioner Michael Copps. [includes rush transcript]"
Real Video Stream  ||  ---  http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/2008/june/video/dnB20080606a.rm&proto=rtsp&start=24:38
Real Audio Stream  ||  ---  http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/2008/june/audio/dn20080606.ra&proto=rtsp&start=24:38
MP3 Download  ||  ---  http://media.switchpod.com/users/democracynow/ftp/dn2008-0606-1.mp3
More…  ||  ---  http://www.democracynow.org/2008/6/6/stream
For more on this issue see....Fake Intel/Propaganda - NYT Article
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/fakeintell-weblist-mpg-090206#NYT_ARTICLE
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Detained journalist sues Bush administration  ---  http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h6IvbUF4uz5ljalZB4C9i9uZy-1gD913HKS01
Special Note - A quote...."WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for a Canadian television journalist being held as an enemy combatant in Afghanistan filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing the Bush administration of holding him illegally and demanding his release." -- For more on this issue see....Rule Thirteen - Go After the Money 05-14-08 - mpg  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/rulethirteengoafterthemoney-blog-mpg-051408
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The People Who Did 911...Support Obama....News&Opinion  ---  http://www.nowpublic.com/world/people-who-did-911-support-obama-news-opinion-2
A quote...."People who believe the election is going to change America are in for a major awakening knowing that these guys are never going to be brought to Justice for the crimes these, Most Wanted have committed. Now that Hillary has conceded the race, she was the last hope for bringing on Impeachment. The news is Obama who promises change is leaving these guys in power as he rakes in his payoff from them. No matter who wins in November Obama or McCain, the Republicans have won already."
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9/11 - From The History File...Armed pilots banned 2 months before 9-11
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Genocide by design?' Bush Administration Plans to 'Stay' in Iraq for the Oil
  ---  http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2008/06/genocide-by-design-bush-administration.html
A quote...."Just as Bush's attack and invasion of Iraq had nothing to do with WMD, the Iragi resistance has nothing to do with 'terrorism'. The original code name --Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL) --gave the game away and was changed. Never called 'resistance', the Orwellian linguists inside the Bush White House called the resistance 'insurgents'. a term which implies an opposition to a 'legitimate' authority. But there is nothing legitimate about the US occupation, in fact, a theft of Iraq's most valuable natural resource. The US presence is, in fact, a war crime. Those resisting the US occupation are, therefore, not terrorists nor are they 'insurgents'"
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Ayatollah 'sets conditions for US pact'  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=58791&sectionid=351020201
A quote...."Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has set four conditions for any security pact between the US and Iraq, top Iraqi politician says." The cleric stressed that any long-term pact in Iraq should maintain four key terms including safeguarding Iraqis' interests, national sovereignty, national consensus and being presented to the Iraqi parliament for approval." leader of the largest bloc in Iraq's parliament, Seyyed Abdul Aziz al-Hakim said quoting Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani."
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Iraq May Request Extension For U.S.  ---  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060503687.html
A quote...."The Iraqi government may request an extension of the United Nations security mandate authorizing a U.S. military presence, due to expire in December, amid growing domestic criticism of new bilateral arrangements now being negotiated with the Bush administration, according to senior Iraqi officials."
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Demonstrations, Speeches Against Security Agreement; PM Faces Split in Own Party -- http://www.juancole.com/2008/06/demonstrations-speeches-against.html
A quote...."Thousands of Shiites demonstrated on Friday after prayers against the security agreement being imposed on Iraq by the Bush administration. In Sadr City, crowds set fire to the American flag. -- Even Iraqi government officials close to Washington are rejecting US demands that troops be allowed to undertake military missions without getting a go-ahead from the Iraqi government."
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Ex-Premier Is Expelled From Governing Party in Iraq  ---  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/world/middleeast/08iraq.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
Special Note - A quote...."BAGHDAD — In a shakeup at the top of Iraq’s Shiite power structure, former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari was expelled from the governing Dawa political party, officials said Saturday."
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Iraq's Maliki says wants stronger ties with Iran  ---  http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=202608
A quote...." TEHRAN, June 7 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday that Iraq wanted to strengthen ties with Iran, a news agency reported. -- Maliki arrived in Tehran on Saturday evening for a three-day visit. Iran is accused by the United States of supporting Shi'ite militias in Iraq."
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Iraqi Premier al-Maliki arrives in Tehran
  ---  http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1409876.php/Iraqi_Premier_al-Maliki_arrives_in_Tehran
A quote...." Tehran - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Tehran, official news agency IRNA reported early Sunday. -- He is to meet later Sunday morning with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to discuss the latest developments in Iraq, including an agreement between Iraq and the United States to be finalized next month."
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Iraqi PM assures Iran on security  ---  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7441329.stm
A quote...."Iraq will not allow its territory to be used to attack Iran, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has said during a visit to Tehran." -- bold by website editor.
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Poland to leave Iraq by October: minister  ---  http://rawstory.com/news/2008/_Poland_to_leave_Iraq_by_0607.html
A quote...."WARSAW - Polish forces will be out of Iraq by the middle of October, Defence Minister Bogdan Klich confirmed in a radio interview Saturday. -- "At the end of June, I will hand over to the Iraqis responsibility for the whole province" of Diwaniyah, south of Baghdad, Klich told Radio RMF FM."
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Will Dick Cheney be punished for the Nuclear B-52 Incident at Minot Air Force Base  ---  http://www.chycho.com/?q=node/1745
Special Note - A quote...."Two articles in September of 2007, one by  Project Censored award winning writer  Dave Lindorff entitled “Was That Nuclear-Armed B-52 Flight Destined for Iran?”, and the other by  Dr. Michael Salla, an international politics scholar, entitled “Was a Covert Attempt to Bomb Iran with Nuclear Weapons foiled by a Military Leak?”, both reported that the  August 2007 B-52 Incident in the United States  was an attempt to start a nuclear  war with Iran." -- For more on this issue see....False Flag Ops - Barksdale  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/falseflagops-weblist-mpg-082006#BARKSDALE
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House Democrats Want Bush Administration Investigated [by Bush Administration] for War Crimes  ---  http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/33957
A quote...."House Democrats sent a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey Friday requesting that he appoint a special prosecutor to investigate whether White House officials, including President Bush, violated the War Crimes Act when they allowed interrogators to use brutal interrogation methods against detainees suspected of ties to terrorist organizations."
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IAEA slams Mofaz remark that attack on Iran seems 'unavoidable'  ---  http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/990867.html
A quote...."Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohammed ElBaradei on Saturday rebuked remarks made by Transportation Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz, saying an attack against Iran seemed "unavoidable."
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A Cluster of Fallacies  ---  http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5270
A quote...."Well over half the world’s governments agreed last week to “consign cluster munitions to the trash bin of history,” in the words of the Cluster Munition Coalition, the civil society collective that delivered the treaty. Meeting in Dublin, Ireland, representatives of 110 governments completed negotiations on a new international treaty that bans the production, use, and export of all existing cluster munitions and commits them to destroy their stockpiles within eight years."
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United States pulls out of UN human rights body  ---  http://rawstory.com/news/2008/United_States_pulls_out_of_UN_0608.html
A quote...."In a State Department briefing on Friday, it was announced that the United States will no longer be regularly attending meetings held by the United Nations' Human Rights Council unless specifically compelled to, citing the Council's stance on relations between Israel and Palestine."
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Election Hypocrisy  ---  http://watchingamerica.com/News/1308/election-hypocrisy/
A quote...."Obama’s Zionist speech, the strongest of its kind, no doubt surprised many people who had placed their hopes in that young candidate, that he might save them from the legacy of one of the most evil American administrations (and for Arabs and Muslims the most dangerous); and that he might open a new page in relations with America which would end the state of war declared between the two sides for the last seven years. The outcome of this state of war is that, until now more than a million people have fallen in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon."
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Obama, McCain and the world
  ---  http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=1642&updaterx=2008-06-08+04%3A35%3A05
Video - Must View - Special Note - A quote...."I have grave concerns about Senator McCain and I’ll give you evidence of those concerns by saying I probably won’t vote for him - and I’m a Republican.”
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Oil, Israel, Iran, America and the High Cost of a Single War-Like Remark
  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/Oil--Israel--Iran--America-by-Dave-Lindorff-080607-223.html
A quote...."One remark by a minor Israeli cabinet officer hinting at a possible US or Israeli attack on Iran has sent oil prices up by a record $11/barrel to a record $139 per barrel Friday. That should tell us what would happen if the Bush administration were crazy enough to attack Iran, or to let its vassal state of Israel do it."
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Iran negotiating on Nabucco pipeline  ---  http://www.upi.com/Energy_Resources/2008/06/05/Iran_negotiating_on_Nabucco_pipeline/UPI-30151212717859/
Special Note - A quote...."BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 5 (UPI) -- Iranian Economic Minister Alireza Attar told officials in Azerbaijan Thursday joining the Nabucco natural gas pipeline project was in negotiations. -- Attar, the Iranian deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, spoke with officials in Azerbaijan, noting Iranian involvement in the planned project, intended to diversify regional gas supplies away from Russia, was good for bilateral relations. "Iran's participation in the Nabucco pipeline is (being) negotiated," he told the Azeri daily Today. -- Editor's note: This is both a carrot to the Europeans to lay off Iran on the sanctions, and a stick to get Russia to give Iran more support.  Only time will tell who gets the prize of Iranian energy cooperation.
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Afghan BBC journalist found dead in Afghanistan a day after he went missing - link posted at CLG  ---  http://www.legitgov.org/#contribute
  ---  http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i6HXX2jcrkzhW_cRyL2UcluYOVJg
A quote...."Taliban insurgents have kidnapped and killed Afghan journalists in recent years, but a spokesman for the militants, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, said the Taliban was not behind the Rohani's killing. Ahmadi said that the Taliban did not have any problem with Rohani's reporting and that he was upset about the reporter's death."  -- Nobody should be killing journalists....period. - mpg
For more on this issue see....US - Killing the Messenger  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/uskillingthemessenger-weblist-mpg-112907
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Chávez Suffers Military and Policy Setbacks
  ---  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/world/americas/08venez.html?_r=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
A quote...." Amid festering tension with Colombia, including claims that Colombian paramilitaries were fomenting destabilization plots, President Chávez quietly unveiled his intelligence law in late May, which would have abolished the DISIP secret police and DIM military intelligence, replacing them with new intelligence and counterintelligence agencies. -- But in a rare act of self-criticism on Saturday, Mr. Chávez acknowledged the ire that his intelligence overhaul had provoked among legal scholars and human rights groups, which said Mr. Chávez was attempting to introduce a police state by forcing judges to cooperate with intelligence services and criminalizing dissent. -- “Where we made mistakes we must accept that and not defend the indefensible,” Mr. Chávez said at a campaign rally in Zulia State for gubernatorial and mayoral candidates from his Socialist party."  --  It's just amazing how this "dictator" keeps bowing to political pressure, while here in the New Roman Empire (formally known as the United States) not one single politician pays the slightest attention to what the "people" (sheep, peons, cannon fodder, what-have-you) think or have to say. -mpg
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Ncmr2008 Video Collection  ---  http://www.truveo.com/tag/ncmr2008
Videos - From Truveo - mpg
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U.S. Corporate Media Blackout On Bilderberg Meeting  ---  http://prisonplanet.com/articles/june2008/060708_media_blackout.htm
A quote...."Ben Bernanke, Condoleezza Rice, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton amongst a host of other global power brokers have all convened in Chantilly Virginia to secretly discuss the future of the world - yet not one mainstream U.S. corporate media outlet has uttered a single word about the 2008 Bilderberg conference. -- Bilderbergers seem to enjoy visiting the U.S. because they can be assured that in the "land of the free," the American "free press" are certain to follow orders and not print even a puff piece about a confab of over 125 of the globe's most influential movers and shakers."
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Hillary & Obama In Secret Bilderberg Rendezvous  ---  http://prisonplanet.com/articles/june2008/060608_hillary_obama.htm
A quote...."According to news reports, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton went out of their way to hold their long-awaited private meeting in a very specific location - not at Hillary's mansion in Washington - but in Northern Virginia, which also just happens to be the scene of the 2008 Bilderberg meeting."
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US is 'the world's leading jailer:' HRW  ---  http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_is_the_world_s_leading_jailer_HR_06062008.html
Some quotes...."The United States has 2.3 million people behind bars, more than any other country in the world and more than ever before in its history, Human Rights Watch said Friday. -- The number represents an incarceration rate of 762 per 100,000 residents, compared to 152 per 100,000 in Britain, 108 in Canada, and 91 in France, HRW said in a statement commenting on Justice Department figures also released Friday." -- "The newly released figures show a sharp racial imbalance in the US prison population, with blacks outnumbering whites by six to one."
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Bush v. Chavez: Washington's War on Venezuela  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9245
Book Review - A quote...."Building on her earlier book "The Chavez Code" (Olive Branch Press, 2006), Eva Golinger has written "Bush vs. Chavez, Washington's War on Venezuela," (Monthly Review Press, 2008), a riveting, comprehensive rundown on continuing U.S. assaults against the Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez. Golinger is a lawyer living in Venezuela who grew up and was educated in the United States."
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Frost over the world -Rory Stewart - 07 June 08  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgFzruCrQOY
Video Interview - Note: only about half the video is about Rory Stewart - A quote...."In 2002 writer and historian, Rory Stewart, walked across Afghanistan. The following year, at the tender age of 30, he went on to become the deputy governor of two provinces in Southern Iraq.Stewa..."  -- This website editor's impressed. - mpg
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Russia blames U.S. for global financial crisis  ---  http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Russia_blames_U_S_for_global_financ_06072008.html
A quote...." ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev blamed "aggressive" United States policies on Saturday for the global financial crisis and said Moscow's growing economic muscle could be part of the solution. -- "Failure by the biggest financial firms in the world to adequately take risk into account, coupled with the aggressive financial policies of the biggest economy in the world, have led not only to corporate losses," Medvedev told Russia's main annual event for international investors in St Petersburg." -- The Russians just don't understand....little Bushy wanted to be "da'war president" and "da'great decider" along with using his toy soldiers to kill millions of "dem dare Aaaa-rabs".....now what's more important - the economic welfare of the entire planet, or Bushy's happiness? - mpg
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Day of economic shocks for the US  ---  http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/06/07/day_of_economic_shocks_for_the_us/
Charts - A quote...."An unexpected surge in the national unemployment rate set off shock waves that washed over financial, currency, and oil markets yesterday and delivered another blow to hopes that the sliding US economy would soon begin to rebound."
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Investors' Growing Appetite for Oil Evades Market Limits
  ---  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060504322.html?hpid=topnews
A quote...."Hedge funds and big Wall Street banks are taking advantage of loopholes in federal trading limits to buy massive amounts of oil contracts, according to a growing number of lawmakers and prominent investors, who blame the practice for helping to push oil prices to record highs."
Also posted at BLN  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=6865
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Gas hits national average of $4 for first time  ---  http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-gas-at-4,0,7274382.story
A quote...."NEW YORK - Drivers are paying an average of $4 for a gallon of gasoline for the first time. AAA and the Oil Price Information Service say the national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose to $4.005 overnight from $3.988. But consumers in many parts of the country have already been paying well above that price for some time."
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Saturday June 7th 2008 - links page

Friday June 6th 2008 - links page

"The majority of Iraqi representatives strongly reject any military-security, economic, commercial, agricultural, investment or political agreement with the United States that is not linked to clear mechanisms that obligate the occupying American military forces to fully withdraw from Iraq."  -- *Members of the Iraqi Parliment*

"I will do everything in my power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Everything in my power. Everything." -- *Barack Bombs away O-bomb-A"

Thursday June 5th 2008 - links page

Wednesday June 4th 2008 - links page