MPG'S DAILY RAPSHEET AND BLOTTER  ON THE "GREAT GAME"  --  09-03-08  to  09-09-08 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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Tuesday September 9th 2008 - links page

American Public Rejects Media  ---  http://watchingamerica.com/News/5753/americans-are-less-informed-and-read-less-newspapers/
Special Note - A quote...."A new media deal? This trend is being confirmed by the Pew Research Center Institute. Even though TV remains the most used information source in the U.S., the public now consults internet news sources as often as the traditional paper press. One thing, however, continues to increase: skepticism towards the media."
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Washington's Kleptocratic State: 'More Communist Than China'  ---  http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w43.html
A quote...."Unlike the Creator, Who rested from his labors on the seventh day, the architects of our kleptocratic State do their most important work over the weekend. - The arrival of each week's two-day market sabbath is heralded by the announcement of yet another bank failure tied to the collapse of the real estate/mortgage/debt refinancing bubble, with the bad tidings disclosed after the final bell sounds on Wall Street."
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The Federal Reserve's War Against the Human Race  ---  http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/schembrie8.html
A quote...."American foreign policy is corrupted by a powerful influence so arrogantly reckless it endangers the human race. This influence isn't Big Oil or Zionism, which are merely tools of the real power. The real power that controls US foreign policy is Big Money – the central banking institution known as the Federal Reserve System."
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US warned over raids in Pakistan  ---  http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JI10Df01.html
A quote...."WASHINGTON - The National Intelligence Council (NIC), the US intelligence community's focal point for estimating future developments, warned the George W Bush administration last month that a decision to launch commando raids by US troops against al-Qaeda-related targets in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province region would carry a high risk of further destabilizing the Pakistani military and government, according to sources familiar with the intelligence community's response to the issue." -- Exactly, it's called the "never ending war on terror".  For more on this issue see.....They Own You Now - 08-28-08 - mpg  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/theyownyounow-mpg-blog-082808
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Pakistan: The War Party's New Frontier -- The more things change…  ---  http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=13427
A quote...."What a world! What a world!" That's what the Wicked Witch of the West exclaimed as she melted in one of the final scenes of The Wizard of Oz, and today her plaintive cry seems the only possible reaction to the headlines reporting trouble every which way: Pakistan about to explode, the Taliban retaking Afghanistan, Iran spreading its influence deep into "liberated" Iraq, and a new cold war brewing in the steppes of the Caucasus. From Eastern Europe to the Far Eastern reaches of Central Asia, a storm is gathering. Whoever is president in 2009 is going to be facing some of the most dangerous crises since the Great War, when a single shot fired in Sarajevo sparked a global conflagration, giving rise to two world wars and the bloodiest century in the history of mankind."
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US 'in need of rebellion'  ---  http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/09/20089814415795791.html
Ain't ever gonna happen.  Sixty percent of this nation's population are money worshipping idolaters, those little green pieces of paper the elites keep printing are gods to them and are more important to them than covenants such as the constitution of the United States, their freedoms as enumerated in the bill of rights, or even the lives and well being of themselves or their families, much less the lives and well being of foreigners.  This will never change. - mpg -- A quote...."Al Jazeera speaks to Howard Zinn, the author, American historian, social critic and activist, about how the Iraq war damaged attitudes towards the US and why the US "empire" is close to collapse." -- Also posted at CommonDreams  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/09/09-0
& ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20721.htm
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Article V Convention: A Uniquely American Solution to Tyranny
  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/One-Way-Of-Looking-At-Thi-by-john-de-herrera-080908-292.html
A quote...."Conventions, as a means of amending written constitutions, are a distinctly American institution. In fact, written constitutions originated in this country. The word constitution is used on both sides of the Atlantic to signify something superior to legislative acts: a single text of fundamental principles of government beyond the control of a legislature."
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Dirty Wars in Baghdad  ---  http://www.juancole.com/2008/09/dirty-wars-in-baghdad.html
A quote...."We know Iraq has been the scene of several wars in recent years. But it seems increasingly clear that it has been a set of dirty wars."
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500 children in US custody in Iraq, 1000 detained by Iraqi forces: UN  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/174812
A quote...."official GENEVA, Sept 9 (KUNA) — Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy said Tuesday that some 500 children are in the custody of the US forces in Iraq, some 1000 with the Iraqi forces."
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Shell Agrees Landmark $4 Bln Gas Deal with Iraq  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/09/09-5
Some quotes...."The deal to capture unwanted gas burned off during oil production for sale both inside Iraq and abroad is expected to be signed in Baghdad next month, ministry spokesman Assem Jihad told AFP." -- "Iraq's cabinet approved the contract, giving the state-owned Southern Oil Company 51 percent and Shell 49 percent in the venture based in the main southern city of Basra."
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Iran in oil talks with India and China  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=68965&sectionid=351020103
A quote...."Iran's Oil Minister, Gholam-Hossein Nozari, says his country is engaged in talks with Chinese and Indian oil and gas companies."
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Iran Oil, Gas Revenues Top $80bln in 2007-8  ---  http://www.farsnews.com/English/newstext.php?nn=8706191347
A quote...." TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's income from oil and gas exports topped 81 billion dollars in the year to March, a 31 percent jump on the previous year thanks to soaring prices, a central bank report released on Monday said."
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Iran to US: Don't go against Iraqis' will  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=68919&sectionid=351020101
A quote...."Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki urges US officials to recognize the realities of Iraq and respect the will of the Iraqi nation."
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OPEC to cut output by 520,000 bpd  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=68970&sectionid=3510213
A quote...."OPEC announces that it has agreed to cut oil output by 520,000 barrels per day in the next 40 days as it says the market is oversupplied."
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Foreign investors to construct oil refineries in south  ---  http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2008-09-09%5Ckurd.htm
A quote...."Foreign investors from Germany, the United Arab Emirates and Iran are offering to set up oil refineries in southern Iraq. - These entrepreneurs, both individuals and companies, want to set a foot in the country with signs that conditions are returning to normal, said Kadhem Ismael head of the Investment Commission in the southern Province of Dhi Qar."
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The Nature of the Beast... [Is to "play" off the tribes and nations against each other untill "it" wins. - mpg]
  ---  http://arabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2008/09/nature-of-beast.html
A quote...."Native Americans lived for scores of years in Chicago, on the shores of Lake Michigan...They lived peacefully until the year 1673 when a traveler and mapmaker by the name of Louis Joliet, accompanied by a French Jesuit monk named Jacques Marquette "discovered" Chicago. Soon thousands of colonists descended upon it just like ants on a pot of honey."

Now the author's blast at "Amerika" and her contention that Iraqis were living "peacefully" is not quite an accurate reflection of the true state of affairs and needs some clarification.  After all, stating Iraq was "living peacefully" before the US's second invasion of that country reflects poorly on the US and its current policies.

One has to keep in mind that it was the US's CIA which helped Saddam into power, supplied him with lists of thousands of "leftists" all of whom we encouraged him to round up and murder.  It was also the US which thought it would be a real nifty idea if he would invade Iran and it was official US policy (think that photo of a happy smiling Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam) to supply, and encourage many other countries to supply, as much armaments as possible to "bleed both sides" in the war, including those lovely gas weapons which Saddam used on some of his own people (with nary a word of discouragement from the US).

After that exhausting seven year struggle it was the US who slyly told Kuwait pump as much oil as possible to prevent Saddam and Iraq from recovering from the war while at the same time telling our ambassador to Iraq
April   ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/glaspiesaddam-nyt-tnscpt-092390  ---
Glispie  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/glaspiesaddam-everything2-080502  ---  
to give the green light to the -- by than -- highly irritated, short of funds, Saddam, regarding his upcoming planned invasion of Kuwait.

And of course after the invasion and the US's subsequent deployment of forces throughout Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Emirates and Kuwait, it was the US who than encouraged the Kurds and Shi'as to "rise up" against Saddam only to later stand idly by, watching while Saddam crushed them.

And finally let’s not forgot it was the US imposed sanctions which according to many estimates resulted in the premature deaths of over five hundred thousand Iraqi children.  A tragedy commented on by none other than Madeleine Albright who, when asked about these terrible losses, stated rather pithily "we think the price is worth it."
On second thought....maybe it's better if we think of Iraq as just living "peacefully". - mpg
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Darfur Deception  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/09
A quote...."....over the past two years 1.1 million Somalis have been displaced by the Ethiopian army1 with the assistance of Rwandan army (both of which have been funded by our own government with the assistance of US military advisors and equipment)2and Somalia has displaced Sudan's Darfur, as the world's most dangerous region, awful as the Darfur crimes might be3.  We must also note that the attacks on Muslim Somalis by "Christian"  Ethiopians/Rwandans have not been characterized as a "genocide" by US leaders, despite its larger-than-Darfur scale, although others have.....4"
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Large picture lost  ---  http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/913/re2.htm
A quote...."Despite largely facetious denials, the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA) has been carrying out a vindictive campaign against Hamas sympathisers and supporters. According to various sources, hundreds of schoolteachers, college students, journalists, and other professionals as well as ordinary citizens have been arrested and imprisoned on largely amorphous charges such as "constituting a threat to state security" -- when the PA is neither a state nor a sovereign entity -- and "violating the rule of law".
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Italian politicians 'praise' fascist era of Benito Mussolini -- Ahhh, the boys in black are back. Duce! Duce! Duce! - mpg
  ---  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/2706408/Italian-politicians-praise-fascist-era-of-Benito-Mussolini.html
A quote...."Two of Italy's most senior politicians have sparked a debate about the country's dark past and uncertain future after voicing sympathy for the fascist era of Benito Mussolini."
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New security database angers many in France  ---  http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-09-09-France-security_N.htm
A quote...."PARIS (AP) — A new French security database that could track anyone deemed a "possible threat to public order" — even minors as young as 13 — has outraged privacy crusaders and put France's conservative government on the defensive."
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Briton held in Guantanamo hits out at 'disgraceful' UK Government
  ---  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/briton-held-in-guantanamo-hits-out-at-disgraceful-uk-government-924512.html
A quote...."Britain's last resident being held in Guantanamo Bay has spoken for the first time about his sense of betrayal over the Government's refusal to release evidence which he claims will help prove his innocence."
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Stuffed ballots, biased campaign tainted Georgia vote: OSCE
  ---  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/09/AR2008090901221.html
A quote...."MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ballot-box stuffing, beatings of opposition activists, biased news coverage and government officials campaigning for President Mikheil Saakashvili's party tainted Georgia's parliamentary elections this year, Europe's main election watchdog said on Tuesday."
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The US Neocon's New Proxy War in Georgia - 8 articles - Tuesday - [ Day 33 ] =====  ==========

Connecting the Dots: The Axis of Evil Steps on the Bear's Tail Under a Nuclear Fallout
  ---  http://www.sott.net/articles/show/165022-Connecting-the-Dots-The-Axis-of-Evil-Steps-on-the-Bear-s-Tail-Under-a-Nuclear-Fallout
A quote...."Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:55 EDT -- While the world slept through the month-long cyclic dream of the Olympic Games, the Axis of Evil took the opportunity to move its pieces onto Russia's doorstep. The Eastern bear responded, and the US/UK/Israeli propaganda machine went into overdrive."
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Schroeder warns against encircling Russia  ---  http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/09/asia/AS-Kazakhstan-Georgia-Schroeder.php
A quote...."AP - Published: September 9, 2008 -- ALMATY, Kazakhstan: Georgia is to blame for initiating last month's war with Russia, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Tuesday as he criticized Western policy toward Russia."
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Czech president blames Georgia for military conflict in Caucasus  ---  http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13048960&PageNum=0
A quote...."08.09.2008, 10.52 -- TOKYO, September 8 (Itar-Tass) - President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus has put the blame on Georgia for the military conflict in the Caucasus. He made this statement in an interview published by the Yomiuri newspaper on Monday."
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New countries gain Russian troop pledge  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/30141
A quote...."September 9, 2008, 23:44 -- Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia and Abkhazia will be replaced by regular army troops, according to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The announcement came after Russia established formal diplomatic relations with the newly independent countries. Meanwhile, Russian checkpoints in Georgia are being closed down."
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Russia calls for arms embargo against Georgia  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/30195
A quote...."September 10, 2008, 1:33 -- Moscow has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council calling for an end to Georgia's militarisation. Russia is urging other countries to stop direct or indirect supply or sale of weapons to Georgia."
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Russia Cautions Georgia Against Provoking the EU  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/174818
A quote...."09.09.2008 [18:44 ] -- By sending observers to the buffer zones around South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the European Union gives “a very clear signal” to Georgia that the EU, U.N. and OSCE will be completely responsible for security in those territories, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the reporters. Any provocation in the region will be aimed at the EU, Lavrov specified."
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Georgian Police Arrest Ex-President's Son on Coup, Spy Charges  ---  http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-04-voa23.cfm
A quote...."04 September 2008 -- Georgian police have arrested the son of the country's first post-Soviet president on charges of planning a coup against the government and spying for Russia."
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Ukraine: US-Russia conflict provokes government collapse  ---  http://wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/ukra-s10.shtml
A quote...."10 September 2008 -- The coalition government of Ukraine, made up of the party of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the smaller Our Ukraine party of President Viktor Yushchenko, collapsed in bitter acrimony on Wednesday, September 3."
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The Lies and Crimes of 911: A Canadian View of the War on Terror's Origins
  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Lies-and-Crimes-of-911-by-Anthony-J-Hall--080908-802.html
A quote...."During this, the season of the seventh anniversary of 911, we must continue to increase the effectiveness of our transnational peace lobby aimed at extending the Nuremberg process towards an international investigation into the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the name of the War on Terror. Such an investigation must begin by asking some foundational questions about the underlying crime that gave rise to the War on Terror. Were the events of 911 orchestrated by a very different cast of characters and for very different motives than those identified in the trial by media that began with unseemly haste on the very day of the Great Shock?[i] Is the War on Terror a War on Truth? Did the official conspiracy theory originate in a web of lies, distortions and cover-ups expressed to this day in the dense shroud of public mythology surrounding the events of 911?"
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Kucinich Ramps Up Impeachment Efforts Against Bush  ---  http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/35916
A quote...."Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and groups supporting the impeachment of President George W. Bush will hold a press conference Wednesday announcing the results of a continuing grassroots campaign to gather signatures in support of Kucinich’s impeachment resolution which calls for the president to be held accountable for taking the country to war against Iraq based on lies."
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Are Progressive/Liberal Blogs Being Marginalized by Internet Security Software Vendors?
  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/Are-Progressive-Liberal-Bl-by-William-Cormier-080908-454.html
Special Note - Web Restriction Alert - A quote...."A funny thing happened to me as I attempted to access my site to post an article; like any savvy Internet user, my virus and malware protection, as well as a software firewall compliments my home system. I don’t need down-time because of viruses and spyware, and there have been several instances where my home computer was hacked, as well as this site. Imagine my surprise when I attempted to access Justanothercoverup – and my security suite responded that Justanothercoverup was a dangerous site and wouldn’t allow me to access the site."
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Original Anthrax Patsy Says Ivins “Didn’t Kill Himself”
  ---  http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/09/09/original-anthrax-patsy-says-ivins-%E2%80%9Cdidn%E2%80%99t-kill-himself%E2%80%9D/
A quote...."A former colleague and friend of Bruce Ivins, and the original suspect in the FBI’s investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks, has declared that Ivins did not kill himself and was not behind the attack that killed five people shortly after 9/11."
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World’s Top Anthrax Experts Say The Killer Anthrax was Weaponized
  ---  http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2008/09/worlds-top-anthrax-experts-say-killer.html
A quote...."Some of the top anthrax experts in the world say that the killer anthrax was weaponized:" -- So much for Sandia Lab’s theory where they stated the "silicon" was "inherent" and "naturally occurring" in the Anthrax samples they analyzed with their (unproven, un-peer reviewed) "new method" that they developed.  Sure....just like that "new phenomenon" NIST discovered called "thermal expansion" (yeah right, that's new) which they claim took down WTC7,  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/911-wtc7-weblist-mpg-082308  ---  (now that really would be new....because it's never happened before to a steel framed building).  You really have to wonder if these guys just make it all up as they go along to please this nation's wealthy elites? - mpg -- For more on this issue see....9/11 the Sequel - Return of the Jihadi - 08-23-08 - mpg
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/911thesequel-returnofthejahadi-mpg-blog-082308
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Liquid Bomb “Terror Plot” Collapses In Court  ---  http://www.prisonplanet.com/liquid-bomb-terror-plot-collapses-in-court.html
A quote...."None of suspects charged with headline-grabbing plan to blow up airlines, alleged ringleader completely acquitted."
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NBC and Roger Cressey Warn of “White Terrorists” Plotting and Planning in the U.S.
  ---  http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/nbc-warns-of-white-terrorists-plotting-and-planning-in-the-us/
A quote...."Think back to HR1955, Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, the bill that promises to crack down on meetings of peace groups and the internet activity of “dissidents” like myself (and most of you reading this now). That bill has been sitting in committee, just waiting for the right moment to spring on a terrified nation. Remember the resistance HR 1955 received when they first came out with it?  Well, just like the Patriot Act, sometimes bad bills just need a little good timing to get passed in congress without much complaint.  So what is Joe Lieberman waiting for?"
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The city has a policy allowing police to inject unruly people that they encounter on the street with a strong sedative. Are Forced Injections the New Taser?
  ---  http://www.legitgov.org/police_forced_injections_100908.html
A quote...."A 2-year-old policy allows the police to have people injected with the drug to immobilize them and give them amnesia. By Gerri L. Elder 29 Jul 2008 While most people are aware of police use of Taser weapons, many may be fairly shocked to learn of an alternate method used by police in Nashville, Tennessee to subdue "unruly" people. The city has a policy allowing police to inject unruly people that they encounter on the street with a strong sedative... The drug used by police is Midazolam, which is better known as Versed... It has an amnesia side effect, according to biomedical ethics and law enforcement expert Dr. Steven Miles."  --  Paragraph quoted from CLG  ---  -- So now the police inject you with a drug so you forget what they did to you???  This is becoming one SICK, TWISTED, country. - mpg
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Update on CIA drug plane owned by “Donna Blue Aircraft, Inc”  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-1438-0-20-20--.html
A quote...."Here's an update on the strange story of the Gulfstream II jet filled with 3.7 tons of cocaine that crashed in the Yucatan last year. The Mexico City newspaper El Universal reports that European Parliament was investigating the circumstances surrounding the plane, which had previously been used by the CIA for "extraordinary rendition" flights."
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Twin Cities Police Thug-O-Thon - 5 articles - Tuesday - [ Day 10 ] =========  ========== =======

TRNN journalists charged with unlawful assembly - (RN - YouTube - 7 min 52 sec - September 9, 2008)
  ---  http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2269&updaterx=2008-09-09+16%3A08%3A12
Must View Video - A quote...."Documentary report by Real News team arrested along with 818 people during the RNC."
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How the GOP Turned the US Into a Hideous Police State  ---  http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2008/09/gop-turns-us-into-hideous-police-state.html
Must Read - A quote...."When laws become unjust, tyrannical and stupid, everyone becomes a terrorist. The GOP 'national convention is a picture of the continuing GOP police state. Otherwise peaceful demonstrators, exercising free speech guaranteed them by the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights were arrested, roughed-up, jailed, and accused of being terrorists! Under GOP supported laws, opposition to Bush is a 'terrorist' act.Patriot Act II laid the ground work!"
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Trickle-Down Preemption: Baghdad on the Mississippi  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/09-5
A quote...."Ten days ago, as the nation focused attention on the hurricane nearing the Mississippi delta, another storm was brewing far upstream in St. Paul, Minnesota -- a storm far more dangerous, it turned out, but one by and large overlooked by the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM). "
Also posted at ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20719.htm
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The “Shock and Awe” of the Rising Police State  ---  http://elainebrower.com/?p=16
A quote...."The events of police repression over the last 2 weeks, from the Denver Democratic National Convention to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Republican National Convention should not come as a surprise to anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock for the past 8 years."
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Organizations Ready Lawsuits Against Police In Convention Cities  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/09/09-2
A quote...."Political activists and legal groups are preparing to file multiple lawsuits against the cities and police departments of Denver and St. Paul because of their treatment of convention protesters. The groups say protesters demonstrating against the war in Iraq and other issues in both cities were mistreated and their civil rights were violated."
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End - Twin Cities Police Thug-O-Thon - 5 articles - Tuesday - [ Day 10 ] =========  ========== =======

Comrades Bush, Paulson and Bernanke Welcome You to the USSRA (United Socialist State Republic of America)
  ---  http://www.rgemonitor.com/roubini-monitor/253529/comrades_bush_paulson_and
  ---  _bernanke_welcome_you_to_the_ussra_united_socialist_state_republic_of_america
Must Read - A quote...."Today instead the US has performed the greatest nationalization in the history of humanity. By nationalizing Fannie and Freddie the US has increased its public assets by almost $6 trillion and has increased its public debt/liabilities by another $6 trillion. The US has also turned itself into the largest government-owned hedge fund in the world: by injecting a likely $200 billion of capital into Fannie and Freddie and taking on almost $6 trillion of liabilities of such GSEs the US has also undertaken the biggest and most levered LBO (“leveraged buy-out”) in human history that has a debt to equity ratio of 30 ($6,000 billion of debt against $200 billion of equity)." -- Also posted at ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20720.htm
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Charlie Rose - Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac - (Charlie Rose Google Video - 56 min 1 sec - 09-08-2008)
  ---  http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/09/08/1/a-discussion-about-the-acquisition-of-fanny-mae-and-freddie-mac
 Alt ---  http://econvideo.blogspot.com/2008/09/charlie-rose-on-fannie-and-freddie.html
Must View Video - A quote...."A discussion about the U.S. government's takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with Mohamed El-Erian, co-CEO co-CIO for PIMCO, Gretchen Morgenson, Floyd Norris both of The New York Times and Nouriel Roubini of New York University.
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China frets at US risk after Fannie/Freddie bailout - As well they should. - mpg  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-1439-0-13-13--.html
A quote....""China has bought a lot of asset-backed securities, and there might be short-term improvement in price," said He Fan, an economist with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. -  But, taking a longer view, he said the bailout posed a problem: if the Treasury issues new debt to fund the rescue, should China be a buyer or not?" -- It's called "throwing good money after bad."  As long as dreams of the New Roman Empire financed by cheap foreign credit continue to fill our elites' pin sized heads, things will just keep getting worse. - mpg
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Mortgage giants axed from stock index
  ---  http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/mortgage-giants-axed-stock-index/story.aspx?
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A quote...."SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae will be removed from the S&P 500 stock index due to their depleted market values, Standard & Poor's said Tuesday."
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Pending home sales fall 3.2 percent  ---  http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080909/pending_home_sales.html
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pending U.S. home sales fell more than expected in July as the housing market's struggles continued, an industry group said Tuesday."
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Lehman Brothers in freefall as hopes fade for new capital  ---  http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Lehman_Brothers_in_freefall_as_hope_09092008.html
Special Note -- A quote...."Shares of Lehman Brothers went into a freefall Tuesday as hopes faded for an injection of fresh capital for the ailing Wall Street investment bank, analysts said. - Lehman, one of Wall Street's most prominent investment firms, saw its shares tumble 34 percent to 9.38 dollars at 1815 GMT. The shares have plunged some 85 percent since February. -  Selling pressure accelerated Tuesday after the Wall Street Journal reported the Korea Development Bank, the state-run South Korean firm, had put talks on hold with the US firm. KDB had reportedly been eyeing a 25 percent stake for some four billion dollars." -- Good for the Koreans, all they have to do is wait about a year and there'll be much better looking, much less expensive corpses, laying all over the place. Besides think of it this way, why should the Koreans do the Federal Government's job anyway? - mpg -- For more on this issue see....The Green Light 01-16-08 - mpg  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/thegreenlight-blog-mpg-011608
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Temporary Respites from Permanent Decline  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/Temporary-Respites-from-Pe-by-Paul-Craig-Roberts-080909-620.html
A quote...." In declines, as in rises, speculation can run ahead of fundamentals.  Just as speculators in oil futures markets can drive the price too high, currency speculators can drive a currency too low."
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Air France Plans High-Speed Train Business - Something the US will never, ever, do. - mpg
  ---  http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,577256,00.html
A quote...."With fuel costs rising and profit margins on short-haul flights getting thinner and thinner, Air France-KLM and Veolia have announced a joint venture to enter into the high-speed train passenger business by 2010."
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Monday September 8th 2008 - links page

“Modern Debt Peonage”?  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20709.htm
Must Read - A quote...."The best that this weekend’s bailout can do is to postpone the losses on bad mortgage debts. But this is a far cry from actually restoring the ability of debtors to pay. Mr. Paulson talks about more lending to support real estate prices. But this will prevent housing from falling to levels that people can afford without running deeper and deeper into mortgage debt. Housing prices are still way, way above the traditional definition of equilibrium – prices whose carrying charges are just about equal to what it would cost to rent over time."
Also posted at DissentMag  ---  http://dissentmag.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/debt-deflation-turning-economic-democracy-into-a-financial-oligarchy/
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At Least 23 Killed as US Drones Attack School in North Waziristan
  ---  http://news.antiwar.com/2008/09/08/at-least-20-civilians-killed-as-us-drones-attack-school-in-north-waziristan/
A quote...."This morning two US Predator Drones attacked a small village two miles north of Miramshah in Pakistan’s North Waziristan Agency, killing at least 23 and wounding 20 others. Ten of those killed were said by officials to be militants, although a previous official was quoted as saying “no foreign militant was killed” in the strike. At least four women and two children were reported among the dead and most of the wounded are also reported to be women and children."
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Film Backs Afghans’ Claims of US Killings - This doesn't like....actually surprise anybody, does it? - mpg
  ---  http://news.antiwar.com/2008/09/07/us-to-reexamine-herat-investigation-as-afghan-discontent-rises/
A quote...."On August 22, the US military reported that an airstrike in Herat province killed 30 militants and no civilians. It didn’t take long for locals and Afghan officials to dispute this report, claiming that the toll included scores of civilians. The toll rose as bodies were pulled from the rubble, rising to at least 90 civilians, a count later confirmed by a United Nations investigator. The US however stuck to its original account, revising the number only slightly to include seven civilians killed. The US has also accused villagers who claimed higher numbers killed of spreading Taliban propaganda. However, a video has emerged which seems to dispute the US military’s account and support the accounts of every other agency.
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Video Shows US Carnage In Afghanistan  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20705.htm
A quote...."08/09/08 "The Times" -- - As the doctor walks between rows of bodies, people lift funeral shrouds to reveal the faces of children and babies, some with severe head injuries. - Women are heard wailing in the background. “Oh God, this is just a child,” shouts one villager. Another cries: “My mother, my mother.”
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Atrocity in Azizabad: More Child Sacrifices on the Terror War Altar  ---  http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1601/135/
A quote...."Every day, the shame mounts, the lies grow more brazen and more brutal, and the dishonor spreads and deepens -- ineradicable, like a white garment soaked with blood."
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Coup against Iraqi gov't exposed  ---  http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=68816&sectionid=351020201
A quote...."Iraqi sources have unveiled efforts by top officials from the former Baath party to carry out a bloodless coup against Maliki's government." -- This article is highly suspect, somebody seems to be trying to trouble the waters to do a little fishing, the question is who? - mpg
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Stratfor: Geopolitical Diary: The Deafening Silence on Iran  ---  http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m47080&s1=h1
Special Note - A quote...."U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, visiting Libya, said on Thursday that Iran and North Korea should emulate Libya's example. What she meant by that was, like Libya, they should reach an accommodation with the United States while abandoning policies that the United States opposes. -- That seems like a fairly uninteresting statement, except for the fact that Iran was mentioned. We have heard nothing from the Bush administration on Iran since before the war in Georgia — although a State Department official told us on Thursday that the last official statement was issued by the U.S. Treasury on Aug. 12. Certainly, the constant barrage of comments by the Bush administration on the Iranian threat has decreased dramatically. Frankly, while there might have been passing mentions, the administration appears to have simply dropped the subject."
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Al-Qaida new tape blasts Iran for working with US  ---  http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=335752  ---  That's like the pot calling the kettle black.  - mpg
A quote...."Al-Qaida marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with an hour and a half video message Monday summarizing the state of jihad, or holy war, around the world and slamming Iran for collaborating with the United States."
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Pakistan reopens supply lines to Western forces  ---  http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=335189
A quote...."ISLAMABAD, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Pakistan has reopened supply lines to Western forces in Afghanistan, after the road through the Khyber Pass was blocked on Saturday, days after a raid by U.S. commandos on a Pakistani village, a minister said on Monday."
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MIDEAST:  Israel Moves to Judaise East Jerusalem  ---  http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43833
A quote...."EAST JERUSALEM, Sep 9 (IPS) - The Israeli government is attempting to Judaise Palestinian East Jerusalem, and maintain a Jewish majority against the demographic threat of a higher Palestinian birth rate."
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Zardari to visit China to negotiate nuclear deal  ---  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Zardari_to_visit_China_to_discuss_N-deal/rssarticleshow/3457950.cms
A quote...." ISLAMABAD: Asif Ali Zardari, the president-elect of Pakistan, will visit China next week to negotiate a nuclear deal similar to the one between India and the US, an official said on Monday. "
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U.S. plans $7 billion missile-defense sale to UAE  ---  http://rawstory.com/news/2008/U.S._plans_7_billion_missiledefense_sale_0908.html
A quote...."WASHINGTON, Sept 8 - The Bush administration is planning to sell the United Arab Emirates an advanced U.S. missile defense system valued at up to $7 billion that could be used to defend against Iran, people who have attended briefings on the matter said on Monday."
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India jubilant over nuclear trade waiver  ---  http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=334265
A quote...."India's government and business groups were jubilant Sunday over a hard-won endorsement from nations that supply nuclear material and technology, a decision that paves the way for a landmark civil nuclear energy accord between India and the United States."
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Ukraine president Viktor Yushchenko accuses PM Yulia Tymoshenko of treason  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/174742
A quote...."Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko has accused Yulia Tymoshenko, the Prime Minister, of high treason amid a bitter political struggle over whether the country's future lies with the West or with Russia."
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Russia to send naval squadron, planes to Venezuela  ---  http://yorkdispatch.inyork.com/yd/nationworld/ci_10409854
A quote...."MOSCOW—Russia said Monday it will send a naval squadron and long-range patrol planes to Venezuela this year for a joint military exercise in the Caribbean, an announcement made at a time of increasingly tense relations with the United States. -- The apparently retaliatory move follows the U.S. deployment of warships to deliver aid to the former Soviet nation of Georgia, barely a month after Russian armor and aircraft crushed the Georgian military in a five-day war."
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Russia says to send nuclear warship to Caribbean  ---  http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=335590
A quote...."MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday it would send a heavily-armed nuclear-powered cruiser to the Caribbean for a joint naval exercise with Venezuela, its first major manoeuvres on the United States' doorstep since the Cold War."
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The US Neocon's New Proxy War in Georgia - 6 articles - Monday - [ Day 32 ] =====  ==========

Russia courts old allies, steps up defiance of the West  ---  http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0908/p01s06-woeu.html
A quote...."from the September 8, 2008 edition -- Moscow -  Russia is groping for fresh ways to engage with the world after its lightning-fast summer war with Georgia chilled relations with the West and dismayed even some of its closest regional allies."
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Russia to set up embassies in Georgia rebel regions  ---  http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=335629
A quote...."MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Russia will establish diplomatic links on Tuesday with the Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday, less than two weeks after recognising their independence."
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Saakashvili lied once again – Russian FM  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/30165
A quote...."September 9, 2008, 12:39 -- Mikhail Saakashvili’s claims are a blatant lie, according to Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who spoke to journalists in Moscow ahead of a meeting regarding the establishment of diplomatic ties with his counterparts from South Ossetia and Abkhazia."
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Russia promises full pullout from Georgia within a month  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/174696
A quote...."Published: September 9, 2008  -- MOSCOW: Russia's president pledged Monday to withdraw troops from key areas of Georgia after 200 European Union monitors deploy later this month as part of a revised cease-fire agreement."
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Georgians Question Wisdom of War With Russia  ---  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/08/AR2008090802449_pf.html
A quote...."TBILISI, Georgia, Sept. 8 -- As open war between Georgia and Russia has subsided into a tense standoff among world powers, Georgians inside and outside the government have begun to question the wisdom of the costly confrontation, and of the leaders who set it in motion. - They are doing so carefully, saying they don't want to be seen as supporting the Kremlin's call for the ouster of President Mikheil Saakashvili. But whispers of discontent first heard during the early days of the war have grown louder and bolder."
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US shrinks from arming Georgia  ---  http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/JI09Ag01.html
A quote...."Sep 9, 2008 -- WASHINGTON - As if the outgoing administration of US President George W Bush didn't already have enough on its plate, the question of whether and how to re-arm Georgia in the aftermath of its thrashing last month by Russia is moving steadily up an increasingly crowded foreign policy agenda."
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FBI arrests former lobbyist in growing Abramoff case  ---  http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/08/1362171.aspx
A quote...."The FBI today arrested Kevin Ring, a former lobbyist, for his alleged role in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. Justice Department officials said that the FBI arrested Ring this morning at his Maryland home. He is charged in a 10-count public-corruption indictment, the officials said. Ring is a former congressional staffer for Rep. John Doolittle (R-Ca.)"
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What Really Happened on September 11?  ---  http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20080909034709830
A quote...."On September 11, I entertained a couple of house guests, senior journalists from Scandinavia. I remember watching in horror and disbelief the unfolding drama, as the United States was being subjected to multiple deadly attacks on-screen. I turned to the international affairs editor of a major Danish paper and told her "This could not have been done by al-Qaida." I am an Israeli and, as such, I have a fair "sixth sense" as to the capabilities of terrorists and their potential reach."
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Filmmaker Urges International Tribunal to Probe 9/11  ---  http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3626100,00.html
Special Note - A quote...."Italian film-maker Giulietto Chiesa, who was in Berlin for a screening of his documentary which questions the official US version of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has called for an international tribunal to probe events. -- Chiesa was in Berlin at the weekend for a screening of his film which features, among others, novelist Gore Vidal and playwright Dario Fo as well as retired American professor of philosophy David Ray Griffin who advances conspiracy theories that contradict mainstream accounts of events of 11 September, 2001."
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The Top Ten Connections Between NIST and Nano-Thermites  ---  http://911review.com/articles/ryan/nist_thermite_connection.html
A quote...."The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has had considerable difficulty determining a politically correct sequence of events for the unprecedented destruction of three World Trade Center (WTC) buildings on 9/11 (Douglas 2006, Ryan 2006, Gourley 2007). But despite a number of variations in NIST’s story, it never considered explosives or pyrotechnic materials in any of its hypotheses. This omission is at odds with several other striking facts; first, the requirement of the national standard for fire investigation (NFPA 921), which calls for testing related to thermite and other pyrotechnics, and second, the extensive experience NIST investigators have with explosive and thermite materials."
For more on WTC7 see....9/11 - WTC7  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/911-wtc7-weblist-mpg-082308
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Lawmakers Seek Anthrax Details  ---  http://www.truthout.org/article/congress-fbi-continue-anthrax-probe
Special Note -- A quote...."Washington - A month after the F.B.I. declared that an Army scientist was the anthrax killer, leading members of Congress are demanding more information about the seven-year investigation, saying they do not think the bureau has proved its case." -- For more on this issue see....9/11 the Sequel - Return of the Jihadi - 08-23-08 - mpg  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/911thesequel-returnofthejahadi-mpg-blog-082308
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It's the Issues, Stupid The Obama Poll Drop  ---  http://www.counterpunch.org/
A quote...."Oh no, guess what? The liberals are nervous. Yep, the obedient lib-Dems are finally starting to realize that the little party they were having in the immediate aftermath of the Sarah Palin selection may have been a bit premature. Oops."
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Twin Cities Police Thug-O-Thon - 3 articles - Monday - [ Day 9 ] =========  ========== =======

Tyranny on Display at the Republican Convention  ---  http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080908_tyranny_on_display_at_the_republican_convention/
A quote...."St. Paul is a window into our future. It is a future where, as one protester told me by phone, “people have been pepper-gassed, thrown on the ground by police who had drawn their weapons, had their documents seized and their tattoos photographed before being taken away to jail.” It is a future where illegal house raids are carried out. It is a future where vans containing heavily armed paramilitary units circle and film protesters. It is a future where, as the protester said, “people have been pulled from cars because their license plates were on a database and handcuffed, thrown in the back of a squad car and then watched as their vehicles were ransacked and their personal possessions from computers to literature seized.” It is a future where constitutional rights mean nothing and where lawful dissent is branded a form of terrorism. " -- Also posted at CommonDreams  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/08-0
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Storm Troopers at the RNC  ---  http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/090808a.html
A quote...."Ten days ago, as the nation focused attention on the hurricane nearing the Mississippi delta, another storm was brewing far upstream in St. Paul, Minnesota — a storm far more dangerous, it turned out, but one by and large overlooked by the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM)."
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Use of Force Against RNC Protesters “Disproportionate,” Charges Amnesty International
http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/use-of-force-against-rnc-protesters-%e2%80%9cdisproportionate%e2%80%9d-charges-amnesty-international/
A quote...."[London]–Amnesty International is concerned by allegations of excessive use of force and mass arrests by police at demonstrations in St. Paul, Minnesota during the Republican National Convention (RNC) from September 1-4, 2008. The human rights organization is calling on the city and county authorities to ensure that all allegations of ill-treatment and other abuses are impartially investigated, with a review of police tactics and weapons in the policing of demonstrations."
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Why The Fannie-Freddie Bailout Will Fail  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20707.htm
A quote...."08/09/08 "ICH" - -- With yesterday's announcement of the most massive federal bailout of all time, it's now official: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two largest mortgage lenders on Earth, are bankrupt. -- Some Washington bigwigs and bureaucrats will inevitably try to spin it. They'll avoid the "b" word with vengeance. They'll push the "c" word (conservatorship) with passion. And in the newspeak of 21st century bailouts, they'll tell you "it all depends on what the definition of solvency is." -- For more on this issue see....What Ben Bernanke Said - 03-18-08 - mpg
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/whatbenbernankesaid-blog-mpg-031808
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Brazil, Argentina drop dollar for bilateral trade  ---  http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/07/business/LA-Brazil-Argentina.php
A quote...."BRASILIA, Brazil: Brazil and Argentina are ready to stop using U.S. dollars to trade goods between them. -
Brazil's president tells the Buenos Aires-based Clarin newspaper that exports and imports between the two nations will be bought and sold in local currency — reals and pesos."
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Sunday September 7th 2008 - links page
 
Is it the 1930s all over again? By William Bowles  ---  http://www.creative-i.info/?p=514
Must Read - A quote...."The parallels with the situation in Europe prior to the outbreak of WWII surely cannot be avoided, for not only do we have an economic crisis that closely resembles the ‘29 Crash in its magnitude, the US-engineered invasion of South Ossetia could very well be a prelude to more dangerous provocations on the part of the US, in much the same way that German support for the fascist coup in Spain served as a testing ground not only for Hitler’s military machine but also to sew chaos and to test the reactions of two of the leading imperialist powers of the time, Britain and France. For what they all shared was a hatred of Bolshevism and ultimately, that’s what WWII was really all about, the destruction of the Soviet Union."
Also posted at Uruknet   ---  http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m47054&s1=h1  ---  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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Addressing America's "Deeper Malignancies"  ---  http://www.walter-c-uhler.com/Reviews/malig.html
Must Read - Missed this one - mpg -A quote...."If you want to know what's wrong with the foreign policy establishment in the United States, look no further than Condoleezza Rice's article, "The New American Realism," published in the July/August 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs." Not only has the Council on Foreign Relations spread its pages wide open for an infamous interventionist -- a lying and deceitful enabler of the Bush administration's illegal, immoral unprovoked invasion of Iraq - it also readmitted Ms. Rice without requiring anything resembling a mea culpa for the crimes against humanity that have lowered her, the Bush administration and the United States to the depths of moral disrepute around the world."
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The mighty, scary press corps  ---  http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/09/06/carney/
Must Read - A quote...."But if there's one indisputable lesson from the last eight years, it's that political propaganda works exceedingly well -- not despite an aggressively adversarial press but precisely because we don't have one. Carney's idealistic claims about the short life-span of propaganda in American democracy are empirically false:" -- Also posted at CommonDreams  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/07-4
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Graph: White House Lies to make the wars 9/11/01 to 9/11/03. 935 False statements by Month
  ---  http://morris108.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/graph-white-house-lies-to-make-the-wars-91101-to-91103-935-false-statements-by-month/
Chart - A quote...."935 False statements by Month The lies to make the wars." -- For more on this issue see...."Fake Intel / Propaganda - 935 Lies
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/fakeintell-weblist-mpg-090206#935LIES
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Predator and Prey  ---  http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2008/09/predator-and-prey.html
A quote...."For millions of years, predator and prey have competed. -- Some of the fastest periods of biological evolution have occurred when predator and prey were locked in an "arm's race", each side adapting as quickly as possible to gain the upper hand. When predator developed a fierce new weapon, the prey would develop a new defense. The predator would then develop a new attack strategy, etc. -- Now, predator and prey are engaging in an arm's race among humans."
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Hypocrisy of this Magnitude has to be Respected  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20701.htm
Special Note - A quote...." 06/09/08 "ICH" - -- Im sorry to say that I think that John McCain is going to be the next president of the United States. After the long night of Bush horror any Democrat should easily win, but the Dems are screwing it up and McCain has been running more-or-less even with Barack Obama in the polls. The Democrats should run on the slogan "If you liked Bush, you'll love McCain", but that would be too outspoken, too direct for the spineless Nancy Pelosi and her spineless party. Or, "If you liked Iraq, you'll love Iran." But the Democrat leadership is not on record as categorically opposing either conflict."
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Why Do Neocons Wish for Another Cold War?  ---  http://watchingamerica.com/News/5316/why-do-the-neocons-want-a-new-cold-war/
A quote...."The neocons and military-industrial complex are closely connected by a food chain; the former creating demand for weapons by inciting wars, the latter providing positions and huge projects. As the special demands of the Iraq War slumped, neocons devoted all their strength to develop a missile defense system in Eastern Europe. Until now, over $100 billion dollars have been invested as a development cost for a missile defense system, and additional expenses are estimated to be a few hundred billion. From the military-industrial complex’s position it’s like a golden goose."
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Sound: Scott Ritter, Political analysis on Middle East, justice revolutions in USA, and 9-11
  ---  http://morris108.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/mp3-sound-scott-ritter-political-analysis-on-middle-east-justice-revolutions-in-usa-and-9-11/
Audio Interview -- A quote...."TruthAlliance.net Editor Jason Charles had a few questions for Mr. Ritter which he graciously allowed us to film. -- We explored 3 topics:"

1/ If the Bush admin got its way in the mid-east what would it look like,
2/ How can these dis-separate yet justice driven revolutions in America unite,
3/ And his amazing thoughts on a new, fully empowered investigation into the cause of 9-11.
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Never forget why we are in Iraq, or what is happening there: 911 and some of its ramifications  ---  http://www.chycho.com/?q=node/1823
Contains Videos -- A quote...."In early May of 2006, the president of the United States, George W Bush, stated that  the attacks on 11 September 2001 were the beginning of World War III. If 911 started World War III isn’t about time we found out which parties committed this crime, especially since  Osama Bin Laden is NOT wanted by the FBI for 911."
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Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control
  ---  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/revealed-secret-plan-to-keep-iraq-under-us-control-840512.html
A quote...."Bush wants 50 military bases, control of Iraqi airspace and legal immunity for all American soldiers and contractors -- The terms of the impending deal, details of which have been leaked to The Independent, are likely to have an explosive political effect in Iraq. Iraqi officials fear that the accord, under which US troops would occupy permanent bases, conduct military operations, arrest Iraqis and enjoy immunity from Iraqi law, will destabilise Iraq's position in the Middle East and lay the basis for unending conflict in their country."
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Gitmo Remainders: The 'Worst of the Worst'?  ---  http://www.antiwar.com/orig/worthington.php?articleid=13426
A quote...."You would think, perhaps, with over 500 prisoners released from Guantánamo, that the remaining 263 might conform, in some way or another, to the administration's long-standing description of them as the "worst of the worst" terrorists." -- Also posted at Urknet  ---  http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m47050&s1=h1
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Afghans Fed Up With Government, US  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/09/07-3
Must Read - A quote...."GHANI KHIEL, Afghanistan - The bearded, turbaned men gather beneath a large, leafy tree in rural eastern Nangarhar province. When Malik Mohammed speaks on their behalf, his voice is soft but his words are harsh. Mohammed makes it clear that the tribal chiefs have lost all faith in both their own government and the foreign soldiers in their country."
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Evidence Points to Civilian Toll in Afghan Raid
  ---  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/world/asia/08afghan.html?_r=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
Don't want to cause any unnecessary alarm but it looks like the Pentagon lied....again.  Shocking isn't it? - mpg -- A quote...."AZIZABAD, Afghanistan — To the villagers here, there is no doubt what happened in an American airstrike on Aug. 22: more than 90 civilians, the majority of them women and children, were killed."
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Iraqis rise against open-ended US deal  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/174571
A quote...."Citizens, politicians and clerics in Iraq have expressed their opposition to US plans to legalize their presence in the oil-rich country."
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Iranian goods most popular in Iraq  ---  http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2008-09-07%5Ckurd.htm
A quote...."Iraqis snap up Iranian goods because they are cheaper than imported counterparts, Baghdad traders said. - They said Iran has flooded Iraqi markets with cheap commodities, which, despite their low quality in comparison to imports from western countries, meet basic needs of unsophisticated Iraqi customers. -  Iranian goods even rival those from China, a country known for its considerably cheap exports."
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34 projects for Sadr City  ---  http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2008-09-05%5Ckurd.htm
A quote...."The impoverished Sadr City is the scene of a flurry of reconstruction activities, according a senior government official. - Tahseen al-Shaikhli, a government spokesman, said 34 projects have been approved to rehabilitate the city’s rickety infrastructure."
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Russia-China: SCO Military Alliance Challenges US-NATO Unipolar World  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10104
Special Note - A quote...."The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or SCO, ought to boost its political clout in settling regional conflict in the immediate future. A statement to this effect was made earlier in the week by a group of the Russia-based noted analysts during a Moscow-Beijing video news conference. Aside from maintaining stability and security in Central Asia, the SCO’s vast potential will certainly make it possible for the organization to handle other pressing international problems."
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Pakistan cuts supply lines to Nato forces  ---  http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=17051
A quote...."BARA: In a major development, the federal government on Friday announced disconnection of supply lines to the allied forces stationed in Afghanistan through Pakistan in an apparent reaction to a ground attack on a border village in South Waziristan agency by the Nato forces."
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Fuel supply to Nato forces ‘suspended’  ---  http://www.dawn.com/2008/09/06/top3.htm
A quote...."LANDI KOTAL, Sept 5: The government is reported to have decided to stop fuel supplies to Nato forces in Afghanistan via the Torkham highway with effect from Saturday. - “An order to this effect has come from Islamabad and the Frontier Corps has been asked to stop oil supplies to Nato forces forthwith,” a senior government official said."
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The September 3 Attack on Pakistan  ---  http://www.counterpunch.org/leupp09062008.html
A quote...."In the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday, September 3, three U.S. helicopters carrying U.S. Special Operations Forces swooped down onto the Pakistani village of Musa Nika, in South Waziristan, killing fifteen to twenty people according to early reports. The U.S. press noted that this is the first known ground assault of U.S. troops in Pakistan. The provincial governor said twenty civilians including women and children were killed. The Foreign Minister denounced the attack, declaring that “no important terrorist or high-value target” was hit. The chief spokesman for the Pakistani Army registered its “strong objection.” Gen. Athar Abbas declared that the attack could provoke a general rebellion of local tribes against his government, and threaten NATO supply lines from Karachi into Afghanistan. The Foreign Minister angrily declared that “no important terrorist or high-value target” was hit. The U.S. ambassador was summoned to receive Islamabad’s official protest."
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Pakistan vows to defend its frontiers after deadly US raid  ---  http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cc5e2f06-7ae1-11dd-adbe-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
A quote...."Pakistan vowed to defend its territory against foreign intrusion yesterday as anger mounted after a raid on a border village, which US officials later confirmed had been carried out by their special forces."
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[Pakistan : ] Zardari President -- 65 Killed in Bombings, Clashes  ---  http://www.juancole.com/2008/09/zardari-president-65-killed-in-bombings.html
A quote...."For the nine years before 2005, Asaf Ali Zardari, widower of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was in prison facing corruption charges. On Saturday  Zardari was elected president of Pakistan. "
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Iran to launch series of military maneuvers Monday  ---  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3593120,00.html
A quote...."Three-day exercise to include examination of antiaircraft systems, aimed at upgrading army's combat preparedness, deterring US and Israeli from attacking Islamic Republic"
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Iran to hold presidential election in June 2009  ---  http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=334317
There go those nefarious towel-heads again, practicing democracy without a US license.  Don't these guys know you have to get approval from the US before you can have an election, and you can only vote for candidates we approve of?  Looks like we'll just have to bomb the hell out of them. - mpg  -- A quote...."TEHRAN, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Iran will hold its 2009 presidential election on June 12, when conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is widely expected to stand for a second four-year term despite criticism over his economic policies."
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Panic in Kuwait with Iraq -US security agreement  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/174604
A quote...."Kuwaiti MP Nasser Al-Duwaila said that Iraq- U.S. [pact] does not contain an article [which] confirms that the U.S. will defend Kuwait. -- i.e. that the US won't let Iraq attack Kuwait....not if Kuwait lets the US (N.R.E.) have all of Kuwait's lovely oil at rock bottom prices, else as Rumsfeld was so fond of saying...."stuff happens".  On the other hand we could invite April  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/glaspiesaddam-nyt-tnscpt-092390  ---   Glispie  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/glaspiesaddam-everything2-080502  ---  back as the N.R.E.'s ambassador so when Maliki asks her is it ok to go after Kuwait, she can once again say "we have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait." -- For more on this issue see....The Black Bull died today   ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article16019.htm  ---  mpg
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Police to decide on Olmert indictment Sunday: radio  ---  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080906/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelpoliticscorruptionolmert
Another jerk bites the dust, he SHOULD be indicted for warcrimes. - mpg -- A quote...."JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli police will decide on Sunday whether to recommend that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert be charged in several different cases of suspected graft, public radio reported."
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Report: UN to demand Israel pay Lebanon $1 billion - It should be ten billion. - mpg  ---  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3592764,00.html
A quote...."Lebanese media say Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to instruct Israel to take responsibility for environmental damages caused by 2006 war, including oil spill following bombing of Beirut power plant"
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US radar plans frightening Czechs  ---  http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=68467&sectionid=351020606
A quote...."The US is pushing through a plan to station a radar base in the Czech Republic despite public protests. "
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Gazprom Moves To Take Over Total In Iran  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-1402-0-13-13--.html
A quote...."Just days after French oil giant Total withdrew from its planned multibillion-dollar gas investment project in Iran, Gazprom decided to enter the market with its own multibilliondollar deal to develop Iranian oil and gas fields. Iran offered Gazprom an extended package for the development of oil and gas fields; construction of refineries; transfer of oil from the Caspian Sea to the Sea of Oman; development of Iran's North Azadegan oil field; exchange of technology and experience; and the possible participation of Gazprom in the planned pipeline between Iran, India and Pakistan. Azadegan is Iran's biggest onshore oil field with an estimated 42 billion barrels of crude oil. Iranian firms began working on the field in February after the Japanese partner, Inpex, quit the project." - Way To Go Sarkozy,  just keep being the N.R.E.'s French poodle and you'll soon lose for France any opportunities for investments anywhere else in the world.  After all, who would want to do "business" with another country's lapdog?  Nice job, Good Boy....good little doggy. You want a little milk-bone now?- mpg
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Venezuela plans Russia navy visit  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-1396-0-3-3--.html
A quote...."Venezuela says it plans to hold joint naval exercises in its territorial waters with Russian forces in November. - A senior Venezuelan naval officer said four Russian ships would take part in the exercises, which would also involve Venezuelan aircraft and submarines."
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Millions join Moscow’s birthday bash  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/entertainment/news/30073
A quote...."The Russian capital held its 861st birthday party this weekend, and the authorities say about seven million Muscovites took part in anniversary events held throughout city."
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Chavez Visits South Africa and Strengthens South-South Relations  ---  http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/3776
A quote...."Mérida, September 3, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com)— Hugo Chavez arrived in Pretoria, South Africa Tuesday morning with the aim of developing closer relations with Venezuela, to concretize cooperation and “to strengthen the world of the South,” he said."
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The US Neocon's New Proxy War in Georgia - 7 articles - Sunday - [ Day 31 ] =====  ==========

OSCE says monitors moving freely in Georgia  ---  http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=332881
A quote...."Sep 06, 2008 07:59 EST -- AVIGNON, France, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The OSCE security body said on Saturday Russia was allowing its observers to circulate freely throughout Georgia in a possible sign of easing tensions between Moscow and the West."
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Vladimir Putin set to bait US with nuclear aid for Tehran  ---  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4692237.ece
A quote...."September 7, 2008 -- Russia is considering increasing its assistance to Iran’s nuclear programme in response to America’s calls for Nato expansion eastwards and the presence of US Navy vessels in the Black Sea delivering aid to Georgia."
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Video shows Georgian troops shooting at civilians  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/29914
Must View Video - The YouTube video   ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-ukf3t8a38  ---  is much longer, better quality - (YouTube - 2 min 12 sec - posted by Ivan Canas - Added:  September 07, 2008) -- A quote...."September 7, 2008, 12:14 -- RT has obtained a video which shows Georgian troops firing on civilian buildings in the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinval."
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Russia's regions offer help to South Ossetia  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/30039
A quote...."Regional leaders in Russia have offered aid to South Ossetia as it struggles to recover from the war with Georgia. Governors made their pledge at a State Council meeting chaired by Dmitry Medvedev. The President said Russia was forced to take military action after Georgian forces killed civilians and Russian peacekeepers in the region."
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Russian, French presidents to hold talks on Georgia in Moscow  ---  http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080908/116608123.html
A quote...."10:14 | 08/ 09/ 2008 -- MOSCOW, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - The presidents of Russia and France will hold a meeting in Moscow on Monday to discuss developments in the Caucasus following the recent South Ossetia conflict."
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Georgia-Russia conflict to be heard in The Hague  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/30081
A quote...."September 8, 2008, 8:59 -- The International Court of Justice in The Hague is to start hearings on the alleged human rights abuses in Georgia by Russia."
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Georgia Is on Our Minds, But Abuses Are Ignored  ---  http://www.forward.com/articles/14141/
A quote...."The most well-documented abuses, however, are those against dissent and free expression. In the few weeks between the resignation of Shevardnadze and Saakashvili’s taking office, Saakashvili exploited the euphoria of the revolution’s success by ramming through parliament changes to the constitution that vastly increased the power of the presidency, decreased its accountability and weakened the multiparty system, according to Amnesty International’s 2005 country report on Georgia."
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Polish agents tell of CIA jails  ---  http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=68379
A quote...."Polish intelligence sources have for the first time confirmed that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ran a secret prison facility on Polish soil."
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CIA helped UK on Iraq dossier  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/174626
A quote...."London, Sept. 7: The CIA is claimed to have helped in drawing up the Iraq dossier for Britain which made the case for the Second Gulf War in that oil-rich nation. - The document contained some "false" claims, including warnings that Saddam Hussein could launch the weapons of mass destruction within "45 minutes" and that it was "beyond doubt" that the former Iraqi dictator was developing nuclear weapons."
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Exclusive: Ex-UK Army Chief in Iraq Confirms Peak Oil Motive for War; Praises Fraudulent Reconstruction Programmes
  ---  http://nafeez.blogspot.com/2008/06/exclusive-ex-uk-army-chief-in-iraq.html
A quote...."A former senior British Army official in Iraq, James Ellery, admits the link between peak oil and the Anglo-American occupation of Iraq. Currently director of British security firm and US defence contractor, AEGIS, Ellery also whitewashes the massive corruption in Iraqi reconstruction projects."
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Cave Dwellers: Biden Backs Down From Any Pursuit of Bush Crime  ---  http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1600/135/
A quote...."There was a flurry and flutter of hope among many of the progressive faithful last week after reports of a declaration by Joe Biden that an Obama administration might pursue criminal charges against top Bush officials. The happy cry went up: At last, the Democrats are laying it on the line, standing up to defend the Constitution, the rule of law and common human decency againt a vicious gang of mass murderers and tyrannical thugs! Fightin' Joe will lead the way!"
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9/11 Accomplices vie for US Presidency  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10099
A quote...."In his much-ballyhooed acceptance speech, Barack Obama declared that he would "finish the fight against the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11". If Obama wishes to be true to his promise, he could begin with his own running mate, Senator Joe Biden. - Biden was one of several top Washington officials who met with Lieutenant General Mahmoud Ahmad, [who likes to wire money]  the head of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) on and around September 11, 2001.- The ISI is a foreign branch of the CIA. "Al-Qaeda" is a covert operation that is managed by Anglo-American military-intelligence. Ahmad, the "9/11 money man" who delivered funds to alleged lead suicide hijacker Mohammed Atta prior to the attacks, met personally with Biden on September 13, 2001. " -- underline by website editor.
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High Treason: 'Pentagon Lied to the 911 Commission' ; Bush's Theory Falls Apart
  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/High-Treason--Pentagon-Li-by-Len-Hart-080907-677.html
A quote...."911 Commission co-chairs claim that they were misled, perhaps deliberately, by the Bush administration and Pentagon brass. Because 911 was an act of mass murder overtly covered up by the Bush administration, the many lies by Bush amount to more than mere obstructions of justice or cover ups. They amount to high treason --a mechanism by which this administration seized power unconstitutionally. Holes in Bush's theories are holes in Bush's theories. Lack of evidence in support of Bush does not refute his critics who point them out. Bush's many lies and overt efforts to obstruct justice, it is hoped, will bring about the 'controlled demolition' of this illegal and illegitimate regime."
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Dr. John Wyndham's comments to NIST (WTC7)  ---  http://www.911blogger.com/node/17578
A quote...."I have examined the documents you provided on your theory of the collapse of WTC 7 due to fires by way of thermal expansion. It is apparent that you have spent a great deal of time, effort, money and thought on this project. --
However, like Ptolemy's Theory of Epicycles, you begin with a faulty and unproven assumption. It is also the least likely assumption based on the evidence. Therefore, although your computer modeling may be intricate, your results are completely speculative and have no connection with the reality of what happened to that building." -- For more on this issue see....9/11 WTC7  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/911-wtc7-weblist-mpg-082308
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Why We're Planning To Prosecute Cheney And Bush  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10100
A quote...."Next weekend in Andover, Mass., a group of attorneys, academics, and activists will gather to plan the prosecution of Dick Cheney, George Bush, and the lawyers and advisors who, together with them, are responsible for war crimes. The conference is open to the public and expected to be well attended: http://war-crimes. info."
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As the FBI’s Case Against Dr. Ivins Collapses, Jean Duley’s Melodramatic Story Fades As Well
  ---  http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/as-the-fbis-case-against-dr-ivins-collapses-jean-duleys-dramatic-story-fades-away/
A quote...."The New York Times is running an article about leading members of congress demanding more information from the FBI about the anthrax attacks and how they came to the conclusion that this was the work of Dr. Ivins. Apparently they don’t think the FBI has proven their case." -- For more on this issue see....9/11 the Sequel - Return of the Jihadi - 08-23-08 - mpg
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/911thesequel-returnofthejahadi-mpg-blog-082308
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Nearly 600,000 Subject to Possible Caging in Ohio  ---  http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=68254
A quote...."How many voter-registration mass mailers are "returned to sender" in the run-up to Election Day may determine how many Ohio residents are eligible to vote."
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German Government Warns Against Google “Chrome”
  ---  http://watchingamerica.com/News/5495/german-government-issues-warning-about-google-%e2%80%9cchrome%e2%80%9d/
A quote...."The Federal Agency for Information Security (BSI) is advising against downloading and installing Google’s new internet browser “Chrome.” The officials are critical not only of the software, but of Google itself."
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Twin Cities Police Thug-O-Thon - 3 articles - Sunday - [ Day 8 ] =========  ========== =======

Sadism, Cruelty, Torture In The Twin Cities: Professional Cultural Norms For US “Law” Enforcement
  ---  http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/06/sadism-cruelty-torture-in-the-twin-cities-professional-cultural-norms-for-us-law-enforcement/
A quote...."The torture, sadism, and abuse the Minneapolis Police, St. Paul Police, Ramsey County Sheriffs (and out of town departments) unleashed upon protesters, press, passers-by, and community members took place while Homeland Security and the Secret Service they control were in direct command of all area "law" enforcement and had final authority over all decisions about protests and protesters. In other words, what we saw in the Twin Cities shows us how American local "law" enforcement act in broad daylight when the Feds are on the scene and supervising their work."
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Activist claims unmarked police vans abducted protesters  ---  http://www.prisonplanet.com/activist-claims-unmarked-police-vans-abducted-protesters-2.html
A quote...."A half-dozen representatives of the so-called Republican National Convention Welcoming Committee met with the media in a St. Paul, MN press conference on Thursday to condemn the widescale police raids and arrests that have targeted protesters in that city this week."
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What Are These Guys So Afraid Of?  ---  http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/what-are-these-guys-so-afraid-of/
A quote...."Apparently… cameras. Your Post 9/11 Homeland Security tax dollars hard at work. Feel safer? Hmmm? Now where were all those chemical weapons we were looking for in Iraq? Oh, there they are."
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Government to wipe out Fannie/Freddie shareholders by Sunday
  ---  http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/09/06/government-to-wipe-out-fannie-freddie-shareholders-by/
A quote...."Posted Sep 6th 2008 8:48AM -- And now what could become history's biggest transfer of tax dollars to bail out bad lending begins. Last month Congress passed a bill that gave the Treasury Department $800 billion to bail out Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE). And while it is unclear how much money will be used to bail them out, the general outlines of the soon-to-be-announced terms are becoming clearer than they were last night. - The New York Times and The Washington Post report on five key features as follows:"
Also posted at ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20697.htm
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US banks face losses after giant mortgage bail-out
  ---  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/us-banks-face-losses-after-giant-mortgage-bailout-922578.html
Special Note - A quote...."Dozens of small regional banks in the US could be plunged into financial difficulties as a result of the government bail-out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."
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Mortgage Giant Overstated the Size of Its Capital Base  ---  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/business/07fannie.html
Trust me folks, every bank, brokerage firm and investment house out there has overstated their "capital base", some of them by quite a bit. - mpg -- A quote...."The government’s planned takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, expected to be announced as early as this weekend, came together hurriedly after advisers poring over the companies’ books for the Treasury Department concluded that Freddie’s accounting methods had overstated its capital cushion, according to regulatory officials briefed on the matter." -- Also posted at Truthout - http://www.truthout.org/article/mortgage-giant-overstated-size-its-capital-base
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9% of homeowners are late with bill or in foreclosure, study says
  ---  http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2008-09-05-foreclosure_N.htm?csp=34
Special Note - A quote...."WASHINGTON — An industry group says a record 9.2% of American homeowners with a mortgage were either behind on their payments or in foreclosure at the end of June, as damage from the housing crisis continued to mount." -- We have at least another year to go regarding the housing down turn, just in time to be entering the bottom of this ten year cycle.
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/fedfundschart-photopg-cached-032407 --- In case anyone is in any doubt, that's not a good thing. - mpg
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Saturday September 6th 2008 - links page

No posts. - mpg
Friday September 5th 2008 - links page

10 Reasons Why We Need a New (Cold?) War  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20695.htm
Must Read - This was fun. - mpg -- A quote...."05/09/08 "ICH" -- - 1.  Russia is too damned uppity.  After Georgian “peace-keepers” turned their guns on genuine Russian peace-keepers in South Ossetia, after Georgia bombed and killed 1500 South Ossetians, Russia had the nerve to counter-attack!"
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Surge Protectors: Obama Embraces Bush-McCain Spin on Iraq  ---  http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1599/135/
Special Note - A quote...."Barack Obama has now declared -- on Fox News, no less -- that George W. Bush's escalation of the flagrant war crime in Iraq has "succeeded beyond our wildest dreams." He also proclaimed his "absolute" belief in the "War on Terror," and pledged, once again, "never to take a military option off the table" (not even the nuclear option) against the "major threat" of Iran."
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Obama to Bill-O:The Surge “Succeeded Beyond Our Wildest Dreams”
  ---  http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/obamathe-surge-succeeded-beyond-our-wildest-dreams/
A quote...."Remember how we all stated and argued that “The Surge” wasn’t a success like Cheney and Bush and Bill-O all said? Remember how we took pains to research and expose the doctored numbers and changed requirements that the Bush Administration used to prove ”The Surge” worked?  Remember that part of the “Anbar Awakening” stategy was to  hand over Anbar (and monthly paychecks) to the same Sunni Militia forces that had been killing American soldiers - then turn a blind eye as they started the ethnic cleansing of the Shites out of the area?"
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Iraq govt reacts sharply to US spying allegations  ---  http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=331869
A quote...."The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report were true."
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U.S. military detains two Iraqi journalists [Again!]  ---  http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/04/iraq.journalists.detained/
A quote...."BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Two Iraqi cameramen remain in U.S. military custody amid a media watchdog group's warning of "an upsurge" in the arrest of journalists working in Iraq. The U.S. military said Thursday both men, picked up in separate raids this week, were a "threat" to security in Iraq." -- For more on this issue see....US - Killing the Messenger  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/uskillingthemessenger-weblist-mpg-112907
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Inside Iraq - Who controls Khanaqin? - 05 Sep 08 - Part 1  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRGYIg4H5as  ---  (YouTube - 13m 07s - Sept 05, 2008)
Inside Iraq - Who controls Khanaqin? - 05 Sep 08 - Part 2  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hPZkbxZHXo  ---  (YouTube - 9m 52s - Sept 05, 2008)
Videos - A quote...."A new flashpoint is brewing between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), over the city of Khanaqin, in northern Iraq's Diyala province."
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Ahmad Chalabi survives assassination attempt  ---  http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m47000&s1=h1
A quote...."Chalabi, who has survived at least three previous attempts on his life, was returning to his home in the west Baghdad district of Mansour when the bomber in a sports utility vehicle struck, spokesman Iyad Kadhim Sabti said. At least 17 people were wounded, including nine of Chalabi's guards, police said."
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AP IMPACT: Dozens of interviews show Afghans fed up with US and their own government  ---  http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=331772
A quote...."The bearded, turbaned men gather beneath a large, leafy tree in rural eastern Nangarhar province. When Malik Mohammed speaks on their behalf, his voice is soft but his words are harsh. Mohammed makes it clear that the tribal chiefs have lost all faith in both their own government and the foreign soldiers in their country."
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German Defense Minister Slams US Ground Strike in Pakistan  ---  http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3622079,00.html
A quote...."During a visit to Pakistan Friday, German Defense Minister Jung slammed US ground strikes in the country that killed civilians but said Islamabad needed to do more to curb militants operating near the Afghanistan border."
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Pakistan cuts supply lines to NATO troops in Afghanistan  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/174430
A quote...."In a move seen as the latest fallout from Wednesday morning’s US attack on South Waziristan, the Pakistani government has ordered that supply lines to NATO troops in Afghanistan be immediately severed for an indefinite period of time. - The move comes as thousands of protesters marched through South Waziristan’s capital of Wana chanting “death to America”.
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Qatar warns against attacking Iran  ---  http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=68479&sectionid=351020205
A quote...."The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, has warned that Doha will not allow any country to turn the Persian Gulf into a war zone."
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World can't stand consequence of Iran war'  ---  http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=68395&sectionid=351020104
A quote...."French president says Iran is entitled to use nuclear energy, calling on Syria to play a role in solving Tehran's nuclear dispute. "
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Iran, Russia agree on intelligence sharing  ---  http://www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=605195
A quote...."Iran`s Minister of Information, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejeie, on Friday met new head of Russian Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov. - The two sides in the meeting discussed mutual extensive cooperation for information and intelligence sharing, Iran's Embassy to Russia said on Friday."
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Russia plans to sell $6.1 bln worth of weaponry in 2008  ---  http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080905/116580478.html
A quote...."GELENDZHIK (South Russia), September 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russian arms exports may reach at least $6.1 billion by the end of 2008, a senior official at Rosoboronexport, Russia's largest state arms exporter, said on Friday."
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BP's Russian defeat a market victory  ---  http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/JI06Ag01.html
A quote...."MOSCOW - If anyone needed convincing, the paper that BP, formerly known as British Petroleum, signed on Thursday with Mikhail Fridman and his Russian shareholding partners proves that defying the law of gravity is unlikely to succeed for long; even if the world's weakest prime minister, Gordon Brown, and his disloyal foreign minister, David Miliband, have tried to stake their short-term political careers on it; and even if the Financial Times of London has tried to make the inevitable fall appear to be a masterly exercise in BP negotiating skill."
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Coexistence with Occupation Not an Option  ---  http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9811.shtml
A quote...."Palestinians have been historically outmaneuvered, politically neutralized, and made totally dependent on international handouts. Or have they? A newly released Palestinian strategy document which outlines strategic political options gives witness to a renewed breath of fresh air in the Palestinians’ struggle for freedom and independence." - - Also posted at PC  ---  http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=14136
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India vows to avoid new arms race as talks resume  ---  http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jfsmyTI61jxHn8eL4VMUO9w_mu_wD930H7100
A quote...."VIENNA, Austria (AP) — India pledged Friday not to engage in a new arms race as talks continued in Vienna over whether to let the United States sell India nuclear material and technology for civilian use. - It remained unclear whether the U.S. would win its push to get a waiver on a nuclear trade ban. - More than a dozen nations have balked at the deal, pointing out that India has conducted atomic test blasts and has refused to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty."
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The Indian Left and the Indo-US Nuclear Deal  ---  http://www.counterpunch.org/prashad09032008.html
A quote...."In the 2004 general election, the Indian electorate denied the intransigent right-wing power over the State. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance lost out to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, although the latter were also short of a majority in the 545 seat lower house of Parliament."
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Britain: Alistair Darling and the implosion of the Labour government  ---  http://wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/darl-s06.shtml
A quote...."The August 30 Guardian interview with Britain’s Chancellor Alistair Darling was extraordinary in many respects. In the first place there can be few occasions that so dramatically reveal the sense of profound crisis within ruling circles in Britain."
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Twin Cities Police Thug-O-Thon - 3 articles - Friday - [ Day 6 ] =========  ========== =======

America, Wake-Up! Your govmnt. is crucifying your children, family and friends: Applying the Patriot Act in the USA  ---  http://www.chycho.com/?q=node/1822
Contains Videos -- A quote...."Prosecutors charge 8 alleged leaders of RNC WC with Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism: “In what appears to be the first use of criminal charges under the 2002 Minnesota version of the Federal Patriot Act, Ramsey County Prosecutors have formally charged 8 alleged leaders of the RNC Welcoming Committee with Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism. Monica Bicking, Eryn Trimmer, Luce Guillen Givins, Erik Oseland, Nathanael Secor, Robert Czernik, Garrett Fitzgerald, and Max Spector, face up to 7 1/2 years in prison under the terrorism enhancement charge which allows for a 50% increase in the maximum penalty."
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RNC: Media Intimidation Condemned  ---  http://us.oneworld.net/article/357286-rnc-media-intimidation-condemned
A quote...."MINNEAPOLIS, Sep 4 (OneWorld) - Police and local and federal officials in St. Paul, Minnesota are under fire from independent media groups for their crackdown on reporters at this week's Republican National Convention."
Also posted at CommonDreams  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/09/05-2
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Convention Police Bust the Press  ---  http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/090508a.html
A quote....A quote...."Chronicling his life as a journalist in the colonial British Raj, a young Winston Churchill wrote that “nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” Nor, I’d add, is there anything in life quite so discombobulating as to turn a corner and unexpectedly walk into a wall of tear gas."
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The Lone Assassins?  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20694.htm
A quote...." 05/09/08 "ICH" -- - Do you remember the scene from the movie “the Godfather” where Al Pacino was attending a church ceremonial, while at the same time many of his enemies were getting assassinated by his henchmen."
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WTC 7 Collapsed at the Same Speed as Known Controlled Demolitions
  ---  http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2008/09/wtc-7-collapsed-at-same-speed-as-known.html
Contains Video - A quote...."Here is a video of the demolition of the Landmark Tower, Fort Worth, Texas:"
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Witness To WTC Explosions On 9/11 Kills Himself  ---  http://infowars.net/articles/September2008/050908Witness.htm
A quote...."A janitor who worked in one of the World Trade Center towers and helped save lives on 9/11, in addition to witnessing what he described as "explosions" in the tower basement, has committed suicide."

For more regarding the three articles shown above see....9/11 the Sequel - Return of the Jihadi - 08-23-08 - mpg
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/911thesequel-returnofthejahadi-mpg-blog-082308
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Ichabod!  ---  http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance148.html
A quote...."It’s done, it’s over, it’s official: The Republican Party nominated John McCain to be its 2008 presidential candidate. Conversely, and more importantly, this means that the Republican Party failed to nominate Ron Paul to be its 2008 presidential candidate."
Also posted at ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20692.htm
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Secret Service confiscates books & buttons from Ron Paul delegates - Updated
  ---  http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=68141
Special Note - A quote...."Today at the Republican National Convention, as the Ron Paul Delegates were taking a picture in front of the model White House inside the Convention Center, they were surrounded by Secret Service which proceeded to search the bags of all the delegates. They took any and everything related to Ron Paul including signs, buttons, videos, slim jims, cards, even books."
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Ron Paul supporters' magical disappearing act  ---  http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/ron-paul-suppor.html
Special Note - A quote...."Ron Paul, the Texas congressman who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president, has been said to resemble Gandalf, the magician from the movie version of "The Lord of the Rings." -- Republican officials seemed to make Paul's supporters magically disappear during Wednesday night's roll call vote, in which the GOP convention officially nominated John McCain as the party's presidential candidate."
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Oklahomans' votes silenced at convention  ---  http://newsok.com/article/3293264/?print=1
Related Article - A quote...."ST. PAUL, Minn. — U.S. Rep. Ron Paul received two votes from Oklahoma during Wednesday's Republican National Convention roll call, but no one heard it. The microphone was cut off after U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, announced the 39 delegate votes for U.S. Sen. John McCain, but before he could announce the two votes for Paul."
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Riz Khan - Ron Paul's revolution - 3 Sep 08  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76se34N1K28  ---  (YouTube - 10 min 16 sec - Added:  Sept. 04, 2008)
Video - A quote...."Ron Paul, the US Republican congressman for Texas and former presidential candidate, talks to Al Jazeera's Riz Khan about why the US needs a "third way" in its political system, foreign policy, and how the web is revolutionising politics."
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The unsettling issue of John McCain's emotional instability  ---  http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/16972
A quote...."Most Americans are unaware that John McCain is infamous on Capitol Hill for repeated displays of volatile temper, often laced with language so foul that his "values-oriented" backers would be shocked to see how wildly vulgar their man can get."
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NY Times confirms US involvement in Nuclear Black Market  ---  http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20080905192113174
A quote...."The involvement of domestic US agencies in the decision to destroy evidence in the Tinner case in Switzerland proves that there is a domestic US component to the nuclear black market. Five years after the public exposure of the AQ Khan network, the US government still refuses to bring indictments against a number of criminal US participants." -- For more on this issue see....US - Nukes for Everyone
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/nukesforeveryone-weblist-mpg-010608#TINNER
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Mexico drug plane used for US 'rendition' flights: report  ---  http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080904/wl_afp/mexicouscrimedrugs
Special Note - A quote...."MEXICO CITY (AFP) - A private jet that crash-landed almost one year ago in eastern Mexico carrying 3.3 tons of cocaine had previously been used for CIA "rendition" flights, a newspaper report said here Thursday, citing documents from the United States and the European Parliament."
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History Commons Projects, [Iran-Contra Timeline] Update on September 4, 2008  ---  http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20080904142224773
A quote...."One of the most active projects this week is the newly-established Iran-Contra Timeline, where there is more about kidnappings by Iranian-backed terrorists, missile shipments to Iran, and money movements to the Contras. You can also find out about CIA Director William Casey’s illness, attorney general Ed Meese’s investigatory prowess, and Ronald Reagan’s coherence."
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Is Google Turning Into Big Brother?  ---  http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=11764
A quote...."While we're transfixed by the presidential election, in the world of high tech another duel between two well-funded, take-no-quarter candidates has just emerged & and in the long run the impact on our daily lives may be nearly as great -- and perhaps even sinister."
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Abramoff sentenced to 4 years in prison  ---  http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=68186
A quote...."WASHINGTON — Jack Abramoff, the former super lobbyist who wined and dined the Republican political elite, was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for his role in an influence-peddling scheme that ushered in sweeping lobbying reforms in Washington."
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The US Neocon's New Proxy War in Georgia - 9 articles - Friday - [ Day 29 ] =====  ==========

Russia’s Monroe Doctrine and the end of Pax Americana
  ---  http://watchingamerica.com/News/5066/the-end-of-russia%e2%80%99s-monroe-doctrine-and-pax-americana/
Must Read - A quote...."August 21st, 2008 -- In the recent Georgia dispute, Washington fully supported President Saakashvili’s attempted “forced recovery” of South Ossetia since this was within the framework of U.S. “peace enforcement.” On the contrary, Moscow’s military response was deemed, in Bush’s words, “out of proportion,” shattering for the first time, America’s monopoly of power in war. Hence the Western media argues that this incident is of as much significance as the fall of the Berlin Wall."
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Window on Eurasia: Moscow Wins a Major Victory on Pipelines  ---  http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m46997&s1=h1
Must Read - A quote...."20:36 | 05/ 09/ 2008Vienna, September 5 – With Iran’s declaration that it opposes the construction of any undersea pipelines in the Caspian on "ecological grounds" and thus will block any delimitation of the seabed that allows for them and Baku’s decision not to back the West’s push NABUCCO project, Moscow can claim its first major political victory from its invasion of Georgia." -- Editors note:  The PKK is not controlled by Iran, they are a US ally. - mpg
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CSTO condemns Georgia's actions in S.Ossetia, backs Russia  ---  http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080905/116583797.html
A quote...."MOSCOW, September 5 (RIA Novosti) - Leaders of a post-Soviet regional security bloc have censured Georgia over its actions in South Ossetia and backed Moscow, the Russian president said Friday."
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China still on-side with Russia  ---  http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JI06Ad01.html
A quote...."Sep 6, 2008 -- Sino-Russian relations have been under intense scrutiny lately because of the Georgian-Russian conflict over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia. For many in the West, China's cautious "neutrality" is a departure from, if not a betrayal of, its strategic partnership with Russia."
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Cool reception for Cheney in Azerbaijan. Neither President or PM meet him in. He spurns gala dinner reception
  ---  http://morris108.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/cool-reception-for-cheney-in-azerbaijan/
Special Note - Full quote...."September 5, 2008 -- Azerbaijan has currently lost all oil income except for what it can transport through Iran. It would take a very short pipeline to connect the two countries. (Azeri oil is being shipped across the Caspian sea to Iran now). -- And the Azeris have seen an unnecesary war. That BP has just settled its conflict with Russia might also be a factor in Azeri independence from the Neocons. BP is the biggest player in Azerbaijan, (as well as the BTC pipeline). -- Cheney used to be on the board of the US Azerbaijan chamber of Commerce -- Georgia was a geopolitical tectonic shift at least from Turkey to Pakistan. The Neocons no doubt don’t know it."
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US military trained Georgian commandos  ---  http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bdffd9a6-7b71-11dd-b839-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
A quote...."Published: September 5, 2008 18:49 | Last updated: September 5 2008 18:49 -- The US military provided combat training to 80 Georgian special forces commandos only months prior to Georgia’s army assault in South Ossetia in August. -- The revelation, based on recruitment documents and interviews with US military trainers obtained by the Financial Times, could add fuel to accusations by Vlad­imir Putin, Russian prime minister, last month that the US had “orchestrated” the war in the Georgian enclave."
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EU wants truth about war in South Ossetia  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/29988
A quote...."September 6, 2008, 9:03 -- Foreign ministers of the European Union have called for an independent investigation to establish who was to blame for the war in South Ossetia. They also plan to discuss the EU mission in the region as 700 observers prepare to go there."
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Living in a Lying Nation  ---  http://inoodle.com/2008/09/living-in-lying-nation.html
A quote...."Monday, September 01, 2008 -- If one were to rely on the mainstream propaganda machine anywhere in the West, this statement would perhaps make sense. But when, instead, one actively seeks out news from beyond the mind-bending media machine, Cameron’s lie—like those told by the West’s other leading liars—is criminal in its assertion that Russia was the aggressor. A lie because despite it being known by all concerned, and by NATO leaders in particular, that Russia was responding to Georgia’s assault on South Ossetia...."
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Russian units raid Georgian airfields for use in Israeli strike against Iran – report  ---  http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=5559
 - Alt  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/russianunitsraidgeorgianairfield-debka-090508
A quote...."September 5, 2008, 12:58 PM (GMT+02:00) -- The raids were disclosed by UPI chief editor Arnaud de Borchgrave, who is also on the Washington Times staff, and picked up by the Iranian Fars news agency. The Russian raids of two Georgian airfields, which Tbilisi had allowed Israel to use for a potential strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities, followed the Georgian offensive against South Ossetia on Aug. 7."

End - The US Neocon's New Proxy War in Georgia - 9 articles - Friday - [ Day 29 ] =====  ==========

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America's Mortgage Crisis: Bailout or "Nationalization" of the Mortgage Giants?  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10082
A quote...."Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac own or guarantee nearly half the $12 trillion U.S. mortgage market. Not long ago, they were the darlings of Wall Street, ranking next to U.S. bonds as among the safest and most conservative investments in the world. They are called “government-sponsored enterprises” (GSEs), although they are entirely privately owned and specifically disclaim government backing on their prospectuses. The market has taken these disclaimers with a wink and a nod and has assumed that the GSEs are “too big to fail,” forcing the government to save them from their reckless investment schemes."
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U.S. Rescue Seen at Hand for 2 Mortgage Giants  ---  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/business/06fannie.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
A quote...."WASHINGTON — Senior officials from the Bush administration and the Federal Reserve on Friday called in top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance giants, and told them that the government was preparing to place the two companies under federal control, officials and company executives briefed on the discussions said."
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U.S. Mortgage Foreclosures, Delinquencies Reach Highs (Update3) -- http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aMA9irftpUpI&refer=home
Special Note - A quote...." Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Foreclosures accelerated to the fastest pace in almost three decades during the second quarter as interest rates increased and home values fell, prompting more Americans to walk away from homes they couldn't refinance or sell. -- New foreclosures increased to 1.19 percent, rising above 1 percent for the first time in the survey's 29 years, the Mortgage Bankers Association said in a report today. The total inventory of homes in foreclosure reached 2.75 percent, almost tripling since the five-year housing boom ended in 2005.
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Main Bank of China Is in Need of Capital  ---  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/business/worldbusiness/05yuan.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Special Note - A quote...."HONG KONG — China’s central bank is in a bind.  It has been on a buying binge in the United States over the last seven years, snapping up roughly $1 trillion worth of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed debt issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac." -- bold by webiste editor - For more on this issue see....Debt Doesn't Matter When the Rubes Pay 02-29-08 - mpg
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/debtdoesntmatter-blog-mpg-022908

Nevada State Bank Acquires the Insured Deposits of Silver State Bank, Henderson, Nevada  ---  http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2008/pr08077.html
A quote...."Silver State Bank, Henderson, Nevada, was closed today by the Nevada Financial Institutions Division, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a Purchase and Assumption Agreement with Nevada State Bank, Las Vegas, Nevada, to assume the Insured Deposits of Silver State Bank."
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Silver State Bancorp Announces Director Resignation  ---  http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS51176+26-Jul-2008+BW20080726
A quote...."Silver State Bancorp (NASDAQ:SSBX), the holding company for Silver State Bank, announced today that Andrew K. McCain [you know who's son he is? Let's give you a hint, a former member of the "(Ch)eating Five",  maybe it runs in the family?] submitted his resignation today as a director on the Boards of Directors of Silver State Bancorp and Silver State Bank, citing personal reasons.
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U.S. Economy: Payrolls Drop, Unemployment at 6.1% (Update2) -- http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aEog6yCtmRXQ&refer=home
A quote...."Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. lost more jobs than forecast in August and the unemployment rate climbed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent, a sign that the economic slowdown is worsening two months before Americans elect their next president."
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Newspaper sales fall record $3B in 6 mos.  ---  http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2008/09/newspaper-sales-fall-record-3b-in-6-mos.html
A quote...."Total newspaper advertising revenues fell by $3 billion in the first six months of this year to $18.8 billion, the lowest level in a dozen years, according to data published today by the Newspaper Association of America."
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Gustav Impact On Louisiana And Haiti  ---  http://www.countercurrents.org/quigley050908.htm
A quote...."Hurricane Gustav killed 18 people in Louisiana and displaced 1.9 million. Over 800,000 homes are without electricity, nearly half the state, and some will not see power for up to a month."
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US 2nd-quarter business productivity revised up  ---  http://www.reuters.com/article/economicNews/idUSN0328900720080904
A quote...."Productivity surged at a revised annual rate of 4.3 percent, much stronger than the 3.5 percent rate that economists polled by Reuters had forecast." -- Editor's caution: these figures could be highly misleading since "productivity measures output per hour. Output, or the value of finished goods and services, is adjusted for price changes" -- but not as far this editor can tell, for inflation.  Even if it is adjusted for inflation, assuming that's what they mean by "price changes", they'd be using the Fed's inflation figures in any adjustments....'nuff said. - mpg
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'The Worst Economic Downturn [In Britian] In 60 Years'  ---  http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north651.html
A quote...."So said the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the senior economic official in Great Britain. The story ran on August 30."
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Retail fish prices soar by nearly 23% in United Kingdom  ---  http://www4.mercopress.com/vernoticia.do?id=14462&formato=HTML
A quote...."United Kingdom prices have risen by 8.3%t since the beginning of the year amid fears that Britain is facing the worst economic conditions in decades, a report said Friday."
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Thursday September 4th 2008 - links page

A Major War: Not Just Rumors  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10053
Must Read - A quote...."The most stable model of international relations that is both historically recurrent and structurally repeatable in the future is the balance of power system in which no single great power is either physically able or politically willing to seek hegemony. This model was prevalent from the Peace of Westphalia (1648) until Napoleon, from Waterloo until around 1900, and from Versailles until 1933....."  --  "If one of the powers becomes markedly stronger than others and if its decision-making elite internalizes an ideology that demands or at least justifies hegemony, the inherently unstable system of asymmetrical multipolarity will develop. In all three known instances—Napoleonic France after 1799, the Kaiserreich from around 1900, and the Third Reich after 1933—the challenge could not be resolved without a major war."
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Russia, Europe and USA: Fundamental Geopolitics  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10062
Must Read - A quote...."As details of the larger strategic picture emerge over what is at stake in the Georgia and larger Caucasus crisis, it is becoming clearer that Moscow is not determined to roll back the borders of Stalin and the Cold War of 1948. What Putin and now Medvedev have begun is a process of defusing the highly dangerous NATO expansion, led by the Washington warhawks since the end of the Cold War in 1990."
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Going on an Imperial Bender - How the U.S. Garrisons the Planet and Doesn't Even Notice
  ---  http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174972/being_in_base_denial
Must Read - A quote...."At the height of the Roman Empire, the Romans had an estimated 37 major military bases scattered around their dominions. At the height of the British Empire, the British had 36 of them planetwide. Depending on just who you listen to and how you count, we have hundreds of bases. According to Pentagon records, in fact, there are 761 active military "sites" abroad." -- Also posted at ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20687.htm
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Opening the Gates of Hell in Pakistan  ---  http://www.counterpunch.org/junaid09042008.html
Must Read - A quote...."To conceal my American upbringing, I wore pants in the oppressive heat (shorts were derided as "underwear" at the time), grew my hair out of its crew-cut shape, and avoided slipping into English. If the merchants pegged me as a foreigner, my uncle warned, they would be less willing to field questions about their wares and more eager to sell them at high prices. -- Today, American leaders surveying options in the region display even less prudence than a child in an unfamiliar marketplace. They openly speak the language of violence, fail to ask necessary questions, and evince little concern about the costs of their decisions."
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Pakistan declares ceasefire when there is rising Russian US tension, is it hoping to align with Russia?  ---  http://morris108.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/us-in-pak/
Special Note - A quote...."The US escalates attacks -- The US knows exactly what it was doing when for the first time it launched ground troops into Pakistan. The decision came from the highest echelons of US strategic thinkers. Everyone in Pakistan has called it a red line. Even when Musharaf was powerful he said no active US troops on US soil."
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US Raid on Pakistan leaves 30 Dead; Pakistan Government Protests; [and other issues]
  ---  http://www.juancole.com/2008/09/us-raid-on-pakistan-leaves-30-dead.html
A Juan Cole round-up -- Contains Videos -- A quote...."US ground troops conducted a raid into Pakistan's tribal areas leaving an estimated 20 dead. The governor of the North-West Frontier Province, Owais Ahmed Ghani, said that the raid was 'outrageous," and the government charged that women and children were among the dead. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry called US ambassador Ann Patterson in for an explanation. - The US was already in trouble with people in this region because of an air raid in Afghanistan that killed civilians."
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Pakistani parliament condemns US-led attack  ---  http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92VVTA00&show_article=1
A quote...."     ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Parliament condemned an American-led attack in Pakistani territory on Thurday after the government summoned the U.S. ambassador to protest the unusually bold raid in a troubled border region."
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Pakistanis furious over U.S.-led border raid  ---  http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080904/wl_nm/pakistan_usa_dc
A quote...."ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is determined to defend its territorial integrity, the country's foreign minister said on Thursday, as anger mounted over a raid by U.S.-led troops on a remote border village."
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As Pakistan Election Looms, Fresh US Strike in Waziristan Kills Six Civilians
  ---  http://news.antiwar.com/2008/09/04/as-pakistan-election-looms-fresh-waziristan-strike-kills-six-civilians/
A quote...."As anger continues to mount in Pakistan over yesterday’s attack by US ground troops in South Waziristan, which reportedly killed 20 civilians, unnamed US officials have suggested that the raid was only the beginning of an increase in NATO operations in Pakistan’s tribal areas."
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Poll: US seeking to grab Pak nukes  ---  http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=68455&sectionid=351020401
A quote...."Many people believe that the United States is wreaking mayhem in Pakistan to take control of its nuclear arsenal, a new poll indicates."
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Work of Evil: Beyond the Worst-Case Scenario in Somalia  ---  http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1598/135/
Special Note - A quote...."Jim Lobe at Antiwar.com brings fresh news of what has become, proportionately, the most savage, brutal and ruinous front in the global campaign of military aggression known as the "War on Terror": Somalia. -- We have been tracking the situation in Somalia here since American military and security forces and their Ethiopian proxies invaded the country in December 2006, in a "regime change" operation to overthrow the first quasi-stable government Somalia had seen in 15 years." -- Also posted at Urknet  ---  http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m46970&s1=h1
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Jim Crow alive and well in Hebron  ---  http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m46968&s1=h1
A quote...."On 27 July, the children and I were walking home when a group of Israeli settlers assaulted us from a hilltop with fist-sized stones. Some narrowly missed my head. Focusing my video camera, I recorded an Israeli settler flinging stones at the children from his long-range slingshot. When he saw that I was filming him, he struck me in the leg with a rock. He chased me, kicked me and screamed that he was going to kill me."
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New Middle East Quartet established in Damascus  ---  http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20080904/116561120.html
A quote...."MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Maria Appakova) - It was not enough for Syria to break out of international isolation. Now it is claiming the laurels of peacemaker and the status of a key player in the Greater Middle East."
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Ecuador Giving U.S. [N.R.E.] Air Base the Boot  ---  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090303289_pf.html
A quote...."MANTA, Ecuador -- ....the government of Ecuador has decided, and Washington has apparently agreed, that one of the most important foreign outposts in the United States' war on drugs will close. The 450 U.S. Air Force personnel and contractors stationed at a military base that shares the airport's runway will be leaving next year."
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Ukraine parliament speaker says ruling coalition dead  ---  http://en.rian.ru/world/20080904/116550228.html
A quote...."KIEV, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - The Ukrainian parliamentary speaker said on Thursday the Our Ukraine party, headed by the country's president was pulling out of the pro-western ruling coalition after just nine months in power."
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Cheney colleague admits bribery in Halliburton oil deals
  ---  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cheney-colleague-admits-bribery-in-halliburton-oil-deals-918133.html
A quote...."A former colleague of the US Vice-President, Dick Cheney, has pleaded guilty to funnelling millions of dollars in bribes to win lucrative contracts in Nigeria for Halliburton, during the period in the Nineties when Mr Cheney ran the giant oil and gas services company."
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Petraeus: No Major Iraq Troop Drawdown in '08 - Don't anyone out ther even pretend you're surprised. - mpg
  ---  http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=5728393
A quote...."Gen. David Petraeus has recommended against any significant reduction of U.S. forces in Iraq before the end of the year, ABC News has learned."
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Army: soldier suicide rate may set record again  ---  http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1152ap_military_suicides.html?source=mypi
A quote...."WASHINGTON -- Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble prevention efforts for a force strained by two wars."

More of those cheap, expendable, easy to replace, biological weapons components self-destructing again....yawn. - Whoops, did that sound vampire elitish of this editor....so sorry, after writing about this nation's illustrious sociopaths for so long some of there thinking is beginning to rub off.  - mpg
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Twin Cities Police Thug-O-Thon - 5 articles - Thursday - [ Day 5 ] =========  ========== =======

Why We Were Falsely Arrested  ---  http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080903_why_we_were_falsely_arrested/
Special Note - A quote...."ST. PAUL, Minn.—Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy. As the Republican National Convention meets in St. Paul, Minn., this week, police are systematically targeting journalists. I was arrested with my two colleagues, “Democracy Now!” producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar, while reporting on the first day of the RNC. I have been wrongly charged with a misdemeanor. My co-workers, who were simply reporting, may be charged with felony riot."
Also posted at CommonDreams  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/04
& ICH  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20686.htm
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Update from the Streets of Minneapolis  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/Update-from-the-Streets-of-by-Rob-Kall-080904-952.html
A quote...."I just got off the phone with Kevin Gosztola, one of our OEN correspondents covering the street activities occurring during the Republican National Convention."
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Mass arrests of protesters at Republican National Convention  ---  http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/rnc-s04.shtml
A quote...."Authorities have carried out a massive mobilization of federal, state and local police and military forces to cordon off the Republican National Convention from protesters opposed to the party’s program of militarism and social reaction."
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In a Fascist State, Cameras Equal Terrorism  ---  http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2008/09/in-fascist-state-cameras-equal.html
A quote...."In Iraq, journalists are targeted and killed when they show what the military doesn't want shown. America and England are themselves now being treated like war zones. Anyone with a camera is being treated like a "foreign enemy combatant"and a terrorist. - Isn't that the core characteristic of a fascist police state . . . war zone rules being used inside the home country against its citizens? -- Well they're not shooting them down in the streets....yet.  -mpg
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FRIDAY: Delivery of 50,000 Letters Demanding St. Paul Drop Charges Against Journalists
  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/FRIDAY-Delivery-of-50-000-by-Free-Press-080904-339.html
A quote...."ST. PAUL, Minn. -- On Friday morning, local advocates and independent journalists will deliver more that 50,000 petitions to St. Paul City Hall calling on Mayor Chris Coleman and local law enforcement officials to drop all charges against journalists arrested while covering protests outside the Republican National Convention."
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A general strike is called for September 11, 2008, the  anniversary of the 9/11/2001 attacks on New York City and Arlington, Virginia.
  ---  http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=68042
Action Alert - A quote...."General strikes shut down the normal operations of a city, state, or nation for a period of time. These strikes aim to force action on a single issue or broader set of concerns. The 9/11/08 General Strike has a central location - http://www.votestrike.org - on the Internet, which is linked to and reproduced on a variety of other internet sites. The site states the rationale for the effort:"

Instead of calling it a "strike" how about we all call it a day of "Mourning for America" where we all remember those lost in the attacks on that fateful day, a "Day of Reflection” where we stand back, take a moment and see where this heinous act has led our nation, a "Day of Discovery" where we all get on the web and discover the truth of who was really behind 9/11, "A Day of Resolve" where we all make a solemn oath to track down all the people responsible, a "Day of Judgment" where we all agree to condemn these people, a "Day of Repentance" where those who are to be found guilty can possibly be absolved of their sins by coming forward and confessing their crimes and finally "A Day of Retribution" for those who don't.

In any event, everyone should take the day off. - mpg
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Bush Extends 9/11 National Emergency Yet Again  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10065
A quote....

Notice: Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks

Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency I declared on September 14, 2001, in Proclamation 7463, with respect to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, New York, New York, the Pentagon, and aboard United Airlines flight 93, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States.

Because the terrorist threat continues, the national emergency declared on September 14, 2001, and the powers and authorities adopted to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond September 14, 2008. Therefore, I am continuing in effect for an additional year the national emergency I declared on September 14, 2001, with respect to the terrorist threat.

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.

GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 28, 2008.[4]
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Attempted Statutory Immunity For The Executive's War Crimes.
  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/Attempted-Statutory-Immuni-by-Lawrence-Velvel-080904-243.html
A quote...."Based on fairly extensive readings from about 2002-2003 until today, it seems pretty clear that people who were responsible for or committed torture were well aware from the get - go that what they were doing constituted crimes.  That realization is why CIA officials, from 2002 to 2006 or 2007 demanded memoranda, from the Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice, falsely claiming that the abuse and torture were not criminal acts.  The officials wanted these OLC memos so that they could later avoid or defeat prosecutions by claiming that the decisionmaking office of the DOJ had approved the legality of what they were doing.  The officials wanted a “golden shield,” a “get out of jail free card.”

Law shopping.....it's exactly what the Bush administration did with the so-called "intelligence" they gathered to support their various war efforts, they shopped around till they found what they wanted and in some cases paid people to give it to them.

Extensively searching around for somebody who got their law degree in the mail - or it's equivalent - than pressuring them or offering them benefits while requesting a "favorable interpretation" of the law which directly contradicts the law's intentions, literally turning it on its head, is not only useless for a defense against charges of torture and murder, it's childishly immature and completely asinine, not to mention making any person who supplied such fraudulent interpretations criminally liable for the same crimes as the perpetrators. - mpg
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The US Neocon's New Proxy War in Georgia - 6 articles - Thursday - [ Day 28 ] =====  ==========

Georgia, Georgia, No Peace I Find*  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10066
Special Note - A quote...."September 4, 2008 -- In America, the Fourth Estate has become a Fifth Column"-Bill Moyers -- Georgia, a small country in the Balkans, shares borders with Russia on her north, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan on her south and a small shoreline of the Black Sea to the west. -- Georgia also almost surrounds three small independent countries, (termed autonomous republics), Abkhazan, South Ossetia and Ajaria-all remnants of the Soviet empire. That these three maintain strong cultural as well as political ties with Putin's present-day Russia, irritates both the president of Georgia and Washington."
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Put unbiased monitors in security zone - Lavrov  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/29946
A qutoe...."The Foreign Minister has set out Russia’s requirements for the policing of the security zone around South Ossetia. Sergey Lavrov is calling for the deployment of an unbiased international contingent to ensure Georgia does not resort to force in the future."
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Joint declaration on South Ossetia to be signed in Moscow  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/29953
A quote...."September 5, 2008, 9:07 -- The situation in the Caucasus continues to be at the forefront of the global politics. On Friday Russia hosts a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation in Moscow. Yesterday the countries’ foreign ministers expressed their support to Russia on its handling of Georgian aggression against South Ossetia."
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Russian embassy to open in Tskhinvali  ---  http://en.rian.ru/video/20080904/116555880.html
Video - A quote...."South Ossetian authorities are making every effort to establish diplomatic relations with Russia. The acting Foreign Minister of South Ossetia says the building to host the Russian Embassy has already been selected. (48 sec./1.62Mb, shows: 66)"
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Abkhazia today  ---  http://en.rian.ru/photolents/20080904/116540648.html
Must View Photo Gallary - A quote...."Independent Abkhazia plans to resume air traffic to Russia, to expand its tourist industry, to establish a film studio and to issue external passports to the local population." -- Nice photos, looks like a really nice place to live....hope the N.R.E. doesn't blow it up. - mpg
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Possibly Staged Pics Fueled Georgian Propaganda Push  ---  http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/09/fake-georgia-pi.html
Special Note - A quote...."Did major international media, including wire service Reuters, clumsily help spread pro-Georgian propaganda during the recent war with Russia? It appears so, based on apparently staged photos by George Abdaladze, a Reuters contributor." -- This is nowhere near as egregious as the false accusation that the Russians used cluster bombs, when it turned out it was the Georgians using Israeli supplied cluster bombs
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/rapsheetarch/rapsheet-mainpg-links#GCB  ---  against the South Ossetians, but it would be really nice if all the news organizations out there would finally stop making stuff up.  It keeps leading to MORE WARS!!! - mpg
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Dry times for hedge funds  ---  http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JI05Dj02.html
A quote...."Making money - gazillions and gazillions - isn't hard for hedge funds if the time is right. It is just about the easiest thing one can do in the markets. The problem is that now is not the right time."
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Jobless claims jump unexpectedly  ---  http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/04/news/economy/jobless_claims.ap/index.htm?cnn=yes
A quote...."New applications for unemployment insurance rise to 444,000, a figure worse than expected by economists; number doesn't include impact of Hurricane Gustav."
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Banks Borrow More Money From The Fed  ---  http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=11756
A quote...."A Fed report released Thursday said commercial banks averaged $18.98 billion in daily borrowing over the past week. That compared with a daily average of $18.47 billion in the previous week."
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ECB [European Central Bank] admits inflation and low growth prospects will persist --- http://www4.mercopress.com/vernoticia.do?id=14452&formato=HTML
A quote...."With annual inflation rates likely to remain “well above levels consistent with stability” and the latest data confirming the “weakening of real GDP growth in mid 2008”, the European Central Bank, ECB, has left interest rates unchanged at 4.25%."
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OPEC to Pump Record Amounts as $109 Oil Stunts Growth (Update2)
  ---  http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aKiA9hHBv7yY&refer=worldwide
A quote...."Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- OPEC, the supplier of 40 percent of the world's oil, will probably keep producing at a record pace as $109-a-barrel crude squeezes the global economy."
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Chile’s inflation seems to have peaked and begins to yield  ---  http://www4.mercopress.com/vernoticia.do?id=14451&formato=HTML
A quote...."Chile’s August Consumer Prices Index, CPI, increased 0.9% accumulating 6.5% in the first eight months of the year and 9.3% in the last twelve months (down from 9.5% in July/June), according to the latest release from the National Statistics Institute, INE."
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Wednesday September 3rd 2008 - links page

Another Reason to Vote Third Party  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/Another-Reason-to-Vote-Thi-by-Harold-Hellickson-080901-476.html
Must Read - A quote...."For 90 percent of Americans, wealth serves two functions. Firstly it assures our representative democracy will not be representative of the people; that we, as a plutocracy, will be governed by the wealthy. Secondly it enables philanthropy to exist. Neither serves the best interests of society."
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Ron Paul steals McCain's thunder  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1hDHCDh18Y
Must See - RT Video - Special Note - A quote...."Added:  September 03, 2008 -- Texas Congressman Ron Paul may not be the next US President. But the firebrand Republican, who failed to win the party's nomination this year, is still hugely popular with grassroots supporters. He staged a rally in Minneapolis as an alternative to John McCain's Republican Convention in nearby St Paul, stealing much of the limelight from the party's official presidential candidate."
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Ron Paul Minnesota Rally RNC 9/11
  ~  Part 1  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgCxmoi8r8w&feature=related
  ~  Part 2  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuDCL0hhmJA&feature=related
  ~  Part 3  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2xrzc_RZTU&feature=related
  ~  Part 4  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJtS9Bi8r88&feature=related
  ~  Part 5  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpSGGuFbqt0&feature=related
  ~  Part 6  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtwstU7H_mQ&feature=related
(YouTube - aprox 10 min each -Added:  September 03, 2008)
Videos -- A quote...."Ron Paul speaks during his campaign for Liberty Rally in Minnesota at the Target Center."
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Ventura "The two Parties are Destroying the Country
  ~  Part 1/3  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo3VIwWdlbU&feature=related
  ~  Part 2/3  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eytv1j0ZwII&feature=related
  ~  Part 3/3  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IZtYBtQ5vM&feature=related
(YouTube - aprox 10 min each - Added:  September 02, 2008)
Must View Videos - A quote...."During an impassioned speech in which he called for a revolution to take back the country, former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura voiced 9/11 truth to the 10,000 in attendance and the millions watching on C-Span and You Tube at the Rally For The Republic yesterday."
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Trying to Avoid Pain, Americans Have Only Delayed the Invevitable and Allowed the Cancer to Spread
  ---  http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2008/09/trying-to-avoid-pain-americans-have.html
Must Read - A quote...."I understand that people are afraid to face the fact that 9/11 and the anthrax attacks were inside jobs, because that would be painful. It would challenge their assumptions of benign father figures running our government, and would mean that there is no Santa Claus and governments sometimes do horrible things to their own people to justify power-grabs. (Despite my sarcasm, I actually try to sympathize with people who are locked in a prison of fear)."
Also posted at InfoWars  ---  http://infowars.net/articles/September2008/040908Cancer.htm
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Rebel Yell: Resistance and Renaissance in the Age of Terror  ---  http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1597/135/
Must Read - A quote...."The "War on Terror" is a brutal and criminal enterprise launched by George W. Bush and fully supported by John McCain and Barack Obama, both of whom have pledged not only to continue its deadly operations but to expand them to new killing fields. Iran, Pakistan, Russia's "soft underbelly" in the Caucasus – these and other regions have been moved into the cross-hairs of the voracious war machine that drives the foreign policy of both parties. And of course, the countless "covert ops" carried out by the plethora of secret armies and agents of Washington's hydra-headed "security organs" will likewise continue unabated. --  Three nations have already been destroyed (or driven into further ruin) by the Terror War: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia. More than a million innocent people have been murdered, either by direct military action by American forces and Washington's various proxy armies and hired killers, or indirectly, in the savage internal conflicts spawned by the vast state terror of invasion and occupation."
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Rupert Murdoch acted as peacemaker between Barack Obama and Fox News  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/sep/02/rupertmurdoch.usa
Special Note - A quote...."Rupert Murdoch helped broker a "tentative truce" between Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and key News Corporation lieutenant Roger Ailes, the boss of Fox News Channel, earlier this year, according to the media mogul's biographer."
Also posted at BLN  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-1346-0-15-15--.html
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Who Is Wrecking America?  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20683.htm
Book Review - Commentary - A quote...." 03/09/08 "ICH " -- Does the liberal-left have a clue? I sometimes think not. - In his book, “What’s the Matter With Kansas?,” Thomas Frank made the excellent point that the Karl Rove Republicans take advantage of ordinary’s people’s frustrations and resentments to lead them into voting against their best interest.- Frank’s new book, “The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule,” lacks the insight that distinguished his previous book. Why does Frank think that conservatives or liberals rule?"
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One Year After the Publication of The Shock Doctrine, A Response to the Attacks  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/02-7
Special Note - The Author Responds - by Naomi Klein -- Some quotes...."Exactly one year ago, I set off on a book tour to promote The Shock Doctrine. [Glgl Srch - Gogl List ] The plan was for it to last three months, quite long by publishing standards. Twelve months later, it is still going. But this has been no ordinary book tour. Everywhere I have traveled- from Calgary, Alberta to Cochabamba, Bolivia - I have heard more stories about how shock strategies have been used to impose unwanted pro-corporate policies."  --  "When I wrote the book, I fully expected to get hit back. Yet for eight months following publication, there was an eerie silence from the "free-market" ideologues." -- "Well, the silence from the right has certainly been broken. In recent months, several articles and reports have come out claiming to debunk my thesis."
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Bush pushes for more police power  ---  http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=428979&Category=14&subCategoryID=
A quote...."In his last months, President Bush is working to ensure that his successor will have the greatly expanded power of the executive branch — unprecedented in American history — that Bush instituted after 9/11. His chief enabler in this ever-increasing surveillance of American citizens is Attorney General Michael Mukasey." -- Also posted at CommonDreams  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/03-4
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Judge says gov't must produce waterboarding memos  ---  http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iPW0cuXBLSFZGuQtSV_0yX_xsGwwD92VD1G81
A quote...."NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ruled in New York that the government must either produce memos on waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods used by the CIA or explain why they should be kept secret."
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Think for Yourself  ---  http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/think-for-yourself/
Hilarious Video - A quote...."1950s “sheeple” test. A joke then, right? Not so funny now, is it? - If you think that the people running this country don’t already know this and count on it, think again."
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Twin Cities Police Thug-O-Thon - 5 articles - Wednesday - [ Day 4 ] =========  ========== =======

Whose Streets?  ---  http://www.chycho.com/?q=node/1820
Must View Videos - Several videos of the Twin Cities police riot. - mpg
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Open Challenge to Any Denver Cop:Let’s Play in the Octagon
  ---  http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/open-challenge-to-any-denver-coplets-play-in-the-octagon/
Must View Video - Full uncut video with narration of the "Lady in Pink Incident" - mpg
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RNC 8 Charged with "Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism"
  ---  http://tc.indymedia.org/2008/sep/breaking-rnc-8-charged-conspiracy-riot-furtherance-terrorism
A quote...."03 Sep 2008 In what appears to be the first use of criminal charges under the 2002 Minnesota version of the Federal Patriot Act, Ramsey County Prosecutors have formally charged 8 alleged leaders of the RNC Welcoming Committee with Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism. Those charged face up to 7 1/2 years in prison under the terrorism enhancement charge which allows for a 50% increase in the maximum penalty. [The *actual* RNC 8 who should be charged in the "Furtherance of Terrorism:" John (Insane) McCain, Sarah Palin, Mitt (I have 250 million dollars in Bank of America, but I detest Northeast elitists) Romney, Rudy (unindicted 9/11 co-conspirator) Giuliani, Joe LieberBush (R-Israel), Fred Thomspon, George (live from satellite) Bush and Dick (hiding in bunker) Cheney. --LRP]  --  Paragraph quoted from CLG  ---  http://www.legitgov.org/
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Media Coverage on the Arrest of Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers - article list
  ---  http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/9/3/media_coverage_on_the_arrest_of_amy_goodman_and_two_democracy_now_producers
A quote...."Articles & Blog Posts on the Arrests"
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St. Paul Mayor and Media Mum on Journalism Crackdown  ---  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/in-st-paul-mayor-and-medi_b_123525.html
A quote...."In St. Paul this week, a new generation of media makers is under assault by the city's mayor and law enforcement officers. - These local officials think freedom of the press extends only to their allies in mainstream media. -  For the rest of us, practicing journalism is a crime."
Also posted at CommonDreams  ---  http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/03-6
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Iraq said not to favor U.S. firms to develop oil fields  ---  http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2008-09-03%5Ckurd.htm
Special Note - A quote....."Iran is pressuring Iraqi authorities to exclude U.S. oil majors from contracts to develop the country’s massive oil fields, sources at the Oil Ministry said. -- The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the authorities currently favor Chinese and Russian companies to those of the United States." -- Oh My Gawd!!!  Now why would them there ignorant Iraqis feel that way?  Don't they understand that when we bomb them, play them off against each other in a never ending game of sectarian warfare, violence and bloodshed, killing over a million of them, displacing over five million more, destroying over three hundred billion dollars worth of their infrastructure, and having our oil companies take all their oil keeping ninety five cents on the dollar (or more).....that we're actually "helping" them.  That we’re graciously introducing them to the lovely benefits of capitalism "New Roman Empire" style.....that we're trying to do them A FAVOR,  Gee whiz just how ungrateful can some people be??? - mpg
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Iraq expects to gross $55 bln in China oil deal  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7771335
And if they'd done the deal with the US oil companies, they'd have grossed just five billion....that's if US Big Oil  were feeling at all generous. -- A quote...."BAGHDAD, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Iraq expects to gross $55 billion in a new 20-year oil deal it recently renegotiated with China, the government said on Wednesday."
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No Iraqi Doubts American Withdrawal  ---  http://watchingamerica.com/News/5194/america-in-iraq-crisis-of-staying-and-the-difficulty-of-leaving/
A quote...."More than 85% of the Iraqi people want American forces to leave as no other possible means of solving the crisis remains."
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U.S. Troops Kill 20 in Pakistan Attack  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20679.htm
03/09/08 --- -WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - "Suspected" U.S. commandos from Afghanistan killed 20 people, including women and children, in a pre-dawn raid inside Pakistan, officials said, an attack branded as an assault on the nation's sovereignty. - The attack is likely to spark uproar in Pakistan, where it will be seen as undermining sovereignty at a time when a new civilian government is struggling to assert authority in the turbulent nuclear-armed state. - "It is outrageous," Owais Ahmed Ghani, governor of North West Frontier province, said in a statement. - "This is a direct assault on the sovereignty of Pakistan and the people of Pakistan expect that the armed forces ... would rise to defend the sovereignty of the country and give a befitting reply," he said."
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Pakistani PM Yousaf Raza Gilani survives assassination attempt  ---  http://www.echoroukonline.com/eng/world/3203.html
Editor's note: It could have been anybody that tried to assassinate him. - mpg  --  A quote...."The Pakistani prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, survived an assassination attempt today, officials said.
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A Heartbroken Groom in Nangarhar  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20680.htm
A quote...." 03/09/08 "NBC" -- - "I thought American forces were in Afghanistan for our security," said Attiqullah, his voice trembling. "I could never have imagined that they would bomb my wedding party. They killed my entire family. I will never forgive them." - I sat with Attiqullah, who gives his age as around 15, near the graves where his family members are buried. He described what happened the day of July 6, 2008 -- his wedding day -- when his bride, two of his brothers and a sister, along with 45 relatives, were killed by a U.S. air strike on the remote village of Oghaza, in Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan."
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Patrick Cockburn: White House strategy is to help McCain win in November
  ---  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/patrick-cockburn-white-house-strategy-is-to-help-mccain-win-in-november-915712.html
A quote...."Political events in Iraq are seldom what they seem. The hand- over by the US military of control of Anbar province, once the heartland of the Sunni rebellion, to Iraqi forces is a case in point. The US will keep 25,000 American soldiers in Anbar, so the extent to which the Iraqi government will really take over is debatable. But the future of Anbar is a crucial pointer to the fate of Iraq. It is a vast area and one of the few parts of Iraq that is overwhelmingly Sunni." -- Also posted at WarInIraq  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/174181
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Palestinian leftist party offers plan to end internal divisions  ---  http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m46930&s1=h1
A quote...."As tensions remain high in Gaza between the two major Palestinian parties, Fateh and Hamas, the leftist Palestinian party, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, offers to intervene and help resolve the conflict."
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How the Taliban gave a French lesson  ---  http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JI04Df05.html
A quote...."Conflicting accounts of a Taliban ambush of an elite French military unit in the Surubi district of Kabul province on August 18 have raised new concerns about the future of France's politically unpopular deployment in Afghanistan."
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Russian nationalist advocates Eurasian alliance against the U.S. [New Roman Empire]  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/174237
A quote...."MOSCOW — Writer, political activist and father figure for contemporary Russian nationalism, Aleksandr Dugin is the founder of Russia's International Eurasian Movement and a popular theorist among Russia's hard-line elite. He envisions a strategic bloc comprising the former Soviet Union and the Middle East to rival the U.S.-dominated Atlantic alliance. The Times interviewed Dugin this week at his Moscow office, a room draped with flags bearing the slogan "Pax Russica." The following are excerpts."
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Russia boosts Topol ICBM to beat U.S.  [the New Roman Empire's] defenses  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/174237
A quote...."WASHINGTON - Russia announced another successful test launch of its RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile last week. -- The road-mobile Topol ICBM was test-fired from Russia's most modern Plesetsk space center Thursday and covered a distance of 3,700 miles to strike its preplanned target on the Kamchatka Peninsula facing the North Pacific Ocean, RIA Novosti reported Thursday."
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Iran and the left in Latin America  ---  http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JI04Ak01.html
A quote...."Bolivian President Evo Morales is in Tehran this week, ushering in a new chapter in his country's economic and strategic cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran, which has promised a hefty investment in Bolivia's energy sector and other joint ventures, some involving other Latin and Central American countries, such as Venezuela and Nicaragua, not to overlook Cuba."
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Reuters seeks information on Iraqi photographer's arrest
  ---  http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL350361320080903?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&sp=true
A quote...."BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Reuters is seeking additional information on the detention of a freelance photographer working for the international news agency in Iraq." -- For more on this issue see....US - Killing the Messenger - Reuters
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/uskillingthemessenger-weblist-mpg-112907#REUTERS
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EU approves proposal to try Britons in their absence in foreign courts  ---  http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article4664049.ece
A quote...."British citizens could be convicted in their absence by foreign courts for traffic, credit card or other criminal offences under plans approved in principle by the European Parliament." -- Also posted at BLN  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-1341-0-9-9--.html
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The US Neocon's New Proxy War in Georgia - 9 articles - Wednesday - [ Day 27 ] =====  ==========

New York Times’ Roger Cohen on Georgian crisis: A case of deliberate deception  ---  http://wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/geor-s04.shtml
A quote...."Mobilizing so huge an apparatus as the US media behind Washington’s propaganda line is a complex process, and not every journalist functions as a conscious agent of US imperialism. However, the manipulation of US public opinion does require conscious deception and bad faith from prominent figures within the media establishment. -- The New York Times, among the most prominent organs of American liberalism, has played a critical role in legitimizing the US government’s position." -- It really is sad to see the New York Times fall so far, it was a long, slow, painful, ugly, decline, but it finally appears they're nearing rock bottom.  There are rumors currently making the rounds that Rupert Murdoch might soon bid for the Times.  At this point if he buys them it will hardly make a difference in their coverage, after all, they've already sold their journalistic values, their reputation, their so-called vaunted standards and their heart and soul.....what's left to sell? - mpg
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Report: Israeli Bombers Planned to Use Georgian Airfields in Iran Strike
  ---  http://news.antiwar.com/2008/09/02/report-israeli-bombers-planned-to-use-georgian-airfields-in-iran-strike/
A quote...."Posted September 2, 2008 -- Last Updated 9/3 3:05 PM EST -- In part of what was termed Georgia’s “special relationship” with Israel, UPI Editor at Large Arnaud de Borchgrave reported in a commentary today that a secret agreement between Georgia and Israel had earmarked two military airfields in the south of Georgia for use by Israeli fighter-bombers in a potential pre-emptive strike against Iran."
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Did Georgia Wage a 'Propaganda War'?  ---  http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/09/georgias-propag.html
A quote...."If Tbilisi indeed staged weeks early for a war with Russia, as we reported yesterday, it raises the question of what went wrong. Did Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili (pictured) honestly believe his tiny country stood a chance against Russia?"
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US tries to create an 'iron curtain' around Russia
  ---  http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2212&updaterx=2008-09-03+16%3A28%3A48
Real News Video - Special Note - A quote...."September 3, 2008 -- President Dimitri Medvedev criticized the European Union for having a biased approach in regards to the Georgian conflict. Medvedev however stated that the EU acted in a rational manner by not implementing sanctions against the Russian Federation. F William Engdahl believes the EU response mirrors its dependence on Russian oil and gas. Engdahl goes on to further state that the US provoked Russia to respond militarily and the US as the dominant power is beginning to stumble and "to look desperately for ways to hold on to that power."
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Russia may suspend support for NATO operations in Afghanistan  ---  http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080904/116542151.html
A quote...."BRUSSELS, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's NATO envoy has said that Moscow could suspend cooperation with the military alliance on Afghanistan over the recent Georgia crisis."
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Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan ...backs Russia over Georgia Arms Embargo  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/174233
A quote...."YEREVAN, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - Heads of the security councils of a post-Soviet security bloc have backed a Russian proposal to impose an arms embargo on Georgia, the head of the Russian Security Council said on Wednesday. (Cache of Georgian arms found in Kodori Gorge - Image gallery) "
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Nicaragua recognises new Caucasus states  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/29888
A quote...."September 3, 2008, 23:28 -- Nicaragua has become the first country outside Russia to recognise the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The Central American state’s President, Daniel Ortega, said he backs Russia in its efforts to end tension in the Caucasus."
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Crisis in Ukraine: Coalition on the rocks again  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/29880
A quote...."Ukraine is in the grip of a fresh crisis, with another face-off between former Orange Bloc allies President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko underway. The president has accused Tymoshenko of 'high treason' and 'working with Russia' as she refused to condemn South Ossetia’s and Abkhazia's declarations of independence."
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Deluded Saakashvili Expected U.S., Israel to Act as Knights in Shining Armor  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-1345-0-5-5--.html
A quote...."According to UPI editor at large, Arnaud de Borchgrave, Georgia miscalculated in its attack on South Ossetia — and bad. “NATO guarantees that an attack against one member country is an attack against all are no longer what they used to be. Had Georgia been inside NATO, a number of European countries would no longer be willing to consider it an attack against their own soil,” writes de Borchgrave. -- In other words, a lot of people in Europe see the insanity of going up against Russia with its nukes only minutes away from Brussels, Paris, Berlin, etc. Georgia, with its tie-eating leader and deranged ethnic nationalism, simply was not worth it."
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End - The US Neocon's New Proxy War in Georgia - 9 articles - Wednesday - [ Day 27 ] ===== =======

Gold & Silver price going down. Their demand is up & production is down. Inflation is up. What is the scam?
  ---  http://morris108.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/gold-silver-price-going-down-there-
  ---  demand-is-up-production-is-down-inflation-is-up-what-is-the-scam/#more-1660
A quote...."Physical demand for gold is surging but the price keeps taking serious knocks. What’s happening."
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Russia becomes the 8th largest holder of United States public debt.  ---  http://www.russiatoday.com/business/news/29810
A quote...."Russia has moved into 8th position in the list of holder of US Public debt according to Russia’s Finance magazine. Russian holdings of U.S. Public debt total $65.3 Billion, or approximately 2.5% of American Public debt."
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Russian international reserves up $1 bln in week  ---  http://en.rian.ru/business/20080904/116540022.html
Full quote...."MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves grew $1 billion to $582.5 billion in the week from August 22 to August 29, the Central Bank said on Thursday."
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U.S. July factory orders rise 1.3%, stronger than forecast
  ---  http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/us-factory-orders-rise-13/story.aspx?
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A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Factory orders rose more than expected in July, as businesses stepped up their demand for core capital equipment, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday."
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Economy slow no matter how you slice it, Fed
  ---  http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/economy-slow-no-matter-how/story.aspx?
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A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - There are a lot of words to describe a slow economy and all of them were apt in August, according to the latest reading of economic conditions released Wednesday by the Federal Reserve."
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Report: Worst summer for job cuts since 2002  ---  http://dailyherald.com/story/?id=232187
A quote...."Job cuts announced by U.S. employers last month jumped 12 percent over a year ago to cap the busiest summer of downsizing in six years, according to a report released Wednesday."
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Ospraie to Close Flagship Hedge Fund After 38% Loss (Update2)  ---  http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aIVvdfesmczQ&refer=us
A quote...."Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Ospraie Management LLC, the investment firm run by Dwight Anderson, will close its biggest hedge fund after slumping 38.6 percent this year because of bad bets on commodity stocks." -- Also posted at BLN  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-1344-0-3-3--.html
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Koreans to the Rescue of American banks!  ---  http://watchingamerica.com/News/5230/koreans-to-the-rescue-for-american-banks/
A quote...."According to the Financial Times, KDB are willing to buy 50% of Lehman, half immediately and the rest over the medium term. For the moment, Lehman’s directors are asking too high a price although they may have to lower their expectations. The American investment bank has seen its share price fall by 70 % since the beginning of the year and, according to analysts, will be needing fresh investment to cover more losses to come." -- The Koreans should be very, very, careful.  They should wait till there's "blood running in the streets" before they make their move....after all, it's the "capitalist" way. - mpg -- For more on this issue see....The Green Light 01-16-08 - mpg  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/thegreenlight-blog-mpg-011608
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