9/11
and the “American Inquisition”
Must Read - A
quote...."Today’s “Global War on Terrorism” is a modern form of
inquisition. It has all the essential ingredients of the French and
Spanish inquisitions. -- Going after ” Islamic terrorists”, carrying
out a Worldwide preemptive war to ” protect the Homeland” are used to
justify a military agenda. -- “The Global War on Terrorism” (GWOT) is
presented as a “Clash of Civilizations”, a war between competing values
and religions, when in reality it is an outright war of conquest,
guided by strategic and economic objectives." --
Also posted at AmericanEveryman
Twenty-Six
Things We Now Know Seven Years After 9/11
Must Read - A
quote...."Each year around the anniversary of 9/11, I summarize what we
ordinary citizens have learned since that awful day in 2001. This is
the seventh annual look backwards, a 2008 update that contains new
information and surmisings about those horrific events and what
followed." --
Also posted at AfterDowningSt
& 911Truth
& MM
FABLED ENEMIES -
Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Part6 - Part7 - Part8 - Part9 - Part10
Must View Videos -
(YouTube - aprox. 10min to 11 min each - Added: August 31, 2008)
A quote...." Seven years after 9/11, the supposed mastermind behind the
attacks is still at large, and the nation is entrenched in multiple
wars in the Middle East. - Is Bin Laden the evil behind the attack or a
mere front man in a larger picture, a Bogeyman? - We are told we are
fighting a War on Terror, and that the Terrorists hate us for our
freedom. If that is the case, why do our leaders take more and more of
those freedoms away every day? - 10 part documentary by Jason Bermas
and Alex Jones release date September 1st, 2008." --
For more on this issue see....9/11
& It's Fallout - Videos
9/11 And
The Great American Decline
Special Note - A
quote...."Yes, everything has changed," said the Israeli, looking not
at all displeased. He turned to resume taking photos of the great
smoking space that had been the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center,
and of the huge, low cloud that drifted across New York Bay to
Brooklyn. -- My fellow witnesses to the collapse of the second tower
were already positioned at the riverbank when I arrived at the scene on
foot after having rushed past police who blocked all vehicular entrance
to the park. The athletic, military age duo were clicking away with two
very expensive-looking cameras. They spoke excitedly to each other in
Hebrew - a language I instantly recognized from my two decades as a
Manhattanite - but clumsily claimed to be "Polish" when I asked where
they were from. I pretended to believe they were visitors from Poland."
The
Red White And Blue Roots Of Terrorism
Special Note - A
quote...."As far as I know, nobody has focused upon the real roots of
the war on terror, which are also the solution to it—American-sponsored
terrorism. Paid military extremist types, trained by us to carry-out
attack missions upon civilians are terrorists, our terrorists. They
attack civilians, often women and children, as an indirect method of
warfare, to topple governments who oppose American expansion. Has
anybody questioned what military challenge the world would face today,
if the US suddenly stopped all of these covert programs that perpetrate
most of the world's "terrorism"? -- If the CIA/Mossad simply stopped
training, arming, financing and transporting the (mostly Islamic)
fighters/mercenaries all over the world (as it has been deeply in the
business of doing for the past thirty or more years), would world peace
then break-out?"
The Falling
Land
Must Read - A
quote...."There is, apparently, to be no end to our falling. No bottom
to the pit of moral nullity through which we keep plunging, no act of
evil which we will not accept, and countenance, and even cheer."
Afghan
Massacre - The Convoy of Death - (Google Video - 50 min - Apr
10, 2006)
Must View Video - A
quote...."Produced and directed by Irish filmmaker and former BBC
producer Jamie Doran, the film tells the story of thousands of
prisoners who surrendered to the US military's Afghan allies after the
siege of Kunduz. According to the film, some three thousand of the
prisoners were forced into sealed containers and loaded onto trucks for
transport to Sheberghan prison. When the prisoners began shouting for
air, U.S.-allied Afghan soldiers fired directly into the truck, killing
many of them. The rest suffered through an appalling road trip lasting
up to four days, so thirsty they clawed at the skin of their fellow
prisoners as they licked perspiration and even drank blood from open
wounds. Witnesses say that when the trucks arrived and soldiers opened
the containers, most of the people inside were dead. They also say US
Special Forces re-directed the containers carrying the living and dead
into the desert and stood by as survivors were shot and buried. Now, up
to three thousand bodies lie buried in a mass grave."
The
government, the media and Afghanistan
Special Note - A
quote...."On the night of August 22, the U.S. committed what Chris
Floyd, in a richly detailed and amply documented piece, calls an
"atrocity" in the Afghan village of Azizabad, near the western city of
Herat. The U.S. conducted a massive midnight airstrike on the village,
killing scores of unarmed civilians, including large numbers of women
and children. That was preceded just weeks earlier by another U.S.
airstrike in Eastern Afghanistan which "killed 27 people in a wedding
party -- most of them women and children, including the bride." -- What
makes the Azizabad attack particularly notable is the blatant and now
clearly demonstrated lying engaged in by the U.S. Government regarding
this incident, with the eager propagandistic assistance of what we are
constantly told is the "legitimate news arm" of Fox News -- namely,
Brit Hume's show and his stable of "legitimate news reporters." --
Also posted at CommonDreams
On
Morning Of 9/11 Attacks, McCain Immediately Began Making The Case For
Iraq War
A quote...."On the morning of the 9/11, just moments after the World
Trade Center collapsed from the terrorist strikes, Sen. John McCain
(R-AZ) went on television and immediately began focusing the nation’s
attention on Iraq. In an interview with CBS’ Dan Rather on 9/11, McCain
said:"
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Electoral
Truce for 9/11
A quote...."Seven years after the attacks, Osama Bin Laden is still on
the run and George W. Bush has only four months left to catch the Al
Qaida leader "dead or alive" "
Remembering
9/11 and Moving Forward
A quote...."Posted on Sep 11, 2008 -- By Rep. Dennis Kucinich --
America must move from the errant, retributive justice of 9/11 to a
healing, restorative process of truth and reconciliation.- Before the
Congress adjourns, I will bring forth a new proposal for the
establishment of a National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation,
which will have the power to compel testimony and gather official
documents to reveal to the American people not only the underlying
deception which has divided us, but in that process of truth-seeking to
set our nation on a path of reconciliation."
A
Murderous Theatre of the Absurd
A quote...." 11/09/08 "ICH" -- - Try to laugh, please. The news is now
officially parody and a game for all the family to play. -- First
question: Why are “we” in Afghanistan? Answer: “To try to help in the
country’s rebuilding programme.” Who says so? Huw Edwards, the BBC’s
principal newsreader. What wags the Welsh are."
Pakistan
backs army chief over US rebuke
A quote...."General Kayani's criticism of US for incursion into
Pakistan territory 'reflects government opinion' says prime minister -
Pakistan's civilian leadership today endorsed the head of the army
after he took the unusual step of criticising the US for launching
unilateral attacks on Pakistani soil."
US,
Pakistan Heading Toward A Complete War
A quote...."All of sudden the situation has changed as close partners
in war on terror--Pakistan and United States--have locked in heated
verbal brawl. US President George W. Bush has shown his intention that
he wants to attack Pakistan in the near future. Generals of both
countries have threatened each other. Pakistani media has created a
war-like situation in the country. It is ironic that Pakistan has
already been fighting a fierce battle against terrorists in tribal
areas situated on Pak-Afghan border."
Russia
and Turkey tango in the Black Sea
A quote...."Amid the flurry of diplomatic activity in Moscow last week
over the Caucasus, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov took time off for an
exceptionally important mission to Turkey, which might prove a turning
point in the security and stability of the vast region that the two
powers historically shared."
Persian
Gulf States Set to Start FTA Talks with Iran
A quote...." TEHRAN (FNA)- Experts say a free trade agreement between
the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council countries and Iran would benefit
both sides as it would open PGCC markets for Iranian products and vice
versa."
Europe
Turns to Iran to Secure Energy Future
A quote...." TEHRAN (FNA)- Many high ranking financial and political
delegations are on their way to Tehran to secure the future of energy
supplies to Europe."
Vietnam
and Venezuela in oily embrace
A quote...."SINGAPORE - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is bringing
his controversial brand of petroleum diplomacy to Vietnam, a
geopolitical move in line with South American fuel exporter's bid to
ship less oil to the US and more to Asia. - Vietnam's state-owned oil
company, PetroVietnam, and its Venezuelan counterpart, Petroleos de
Venezuela (PDVSA), announced big new plans in August for joint upstream
and downstream oil projects. In one multi-million dollar deal, PDVSA
plans to export crude oil and invest in the establishment of a
Vietnam-based refinery to take and process the fuel."
Chavez
Says U.S. Ambassador Must Leave
A quote...."President Hugo Chavez said the U.S. ambassador has 72 hours
to leave Venezuela and that he's recalling his ambassador from
Washington. - Chavez said Thursday night that he is asking U.S.
Ambassador Patrick Duddy to leave in part to show solidarity with
Bolivian President Evo Morales, who expelled Washington's envoy in La
Paz. - "They're trying to do here what they were doing in Bolivia,"
Chavez said. - "That's enough ... from you, Yankees," he said, using an
expletive."
Eavesdropping
on Henry the K
A quote...."A batch of Henry Kissinger's phone conversations about
Chile in 1970 and 1973 has just today been declassified and released.
They offer new tantalizing information about one of the Cold War's most
enduring mysteries: How deeply involved were Nixon and Kissinger in the
Chilean coup that brought Pinochet to power?"
9/11
in Chile marks anniversary of coup against Allende
A quote...."Thirty-five years ago today on a different 9/11, army Gen.
Augusto Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected government of
Socialist President Salvador Allende in Chile," says this Los Angeles
Times editorial."
Chavez
says he's discovered new coup plot
A quote...." CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez said his
government has uncovered a plot to overthrow him and detained a group
of alleged conspirators. -- The military said more than three suspects
were detained, and Chavez accused them of trying to assassinate him
with tacit backing from his political opponents and the United States."
BOLIVIA:
U.S. Ambassador Expelled for Allegedly Supporting Violent Opposition
A quote...."LA PAZ, Sep 11 (IPS) - Bolivian President Evo Morales has
declared U.S. Ambassador to La Paz Philip Goldberg "persona non grata",
after accusing him of aiding and abetting pro-autonomy opposition
groups that are blocking highways and occupying government buildings,
reducing the supply of natural gas to Brazil."
The
Chicago School's long descent
A quote...."Today, the Chicago School is known for its censorial
intolerance. The first thing the "Chicago Boys" did in Chile after
1974, for example, was to close down every economics and social science
department in the country, except at the Catholic University where they
had a foothold with "the brick", ie Friedmanite doctrine. -- All this
was foreshadowed at the Lab School in the 1950s. Its social science
teacher Curtis Edgett posted a long banner up in his room saying "Give
'em all what the Rosenbergs got". I thought he meant communists, but on
talking privately with him, some of my classmates and I discovered that
he meant Jews."
New
impulse to Russian rockets
A quote...."MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei
Kislyakov) - Russian space launch vehicles are winning even more
popularity with potential customers, as domestic engine developers have
managed to create a versatile re-useable liquid-propellant engine,
bringing to life an old dream of the world's rocket engineers."
The US Neocon's New Proxy War in
Georgia - 4 articles - Thursday - [ Day 35 ] =====
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RT Expert
View: South Ossetian fallout
A quote...."September 11, 2008, 18:50 -- We launch a new weekly series
of publications called ‘RT Expert View’. World experts share their
ideas and comments on the hottest issues on the agenda. We start with
discussion about the fallout from the South Ossetian war and prospects
of a peace process between Georgia and Russia."
South
Ossetia 'Will Join Russia'
A quote...."Thursday, September 11 12:47 pm -- South Ossetia's
separatist leader has said his breakaway region will become part of
Russia. - Speaking in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, South
Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity told reporters: "Yes, we will be part
of the Russian Federation. - "We will do it according to the norms of
international law." --
On the other
hand....
South
Ossetia denies it will join Russia
A quote...."September 12, 2008, 1:27 -- South Ossetian president Eduard
Kokoity has denied media speculation about the possibility of the
republic joining North Osseia within the Russian Federation. Russian
foreign minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed these reports have no
substance and that South Ossetia will remain an independent state."
US
Politicians Admit Georgia Started the Conflict with Russia
A quote...."Thursday, September 11, 2008 -- Some U.S. politicians are
now beginning to admit that Georgia started the conflict with Russia. -
For example, the U.S. ambassador to Russia said a couple of weeks ago
that Russia's initial military response was legitimate after Russian
troops came under attack by Georgian forces."
End - The US Neocon's New Proxy
War in
Georgia - 4 articles - Thursday - [ Day 35 ] =====
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Did
Justice Order Forced Psych Medication?
A quote...."(Wash. DC) On 9/11 Susan Lindauer will have the
second of three hearings to prove her competence to stand trial as an
accused "unregistered foreign agent" for Iraq prior to the 2003 U.S.
invasion. She was indicted in April 2004 and has consistently
requested an open trial to prove her innocence."
Twin Cities Police Thug-O-Thon -
2 articles - Thursday - [ Day 12 ] =========
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EXCLUSIVE:
Democrats Pre-Authorized Use of Force at RNC
Must Read (
for the outrage) - A
quote...."Explosive News: Democrats' Collaboration at Republican
National Convention Exposed. Secret meetings authorized excessive use
of force. -- We know the stories of police abuse, mass arrests,
targeting journalists, street medics, use of rubber bullets, plastic
bullets, wooden baton rounds, mace, tear gas, tasering and other
differently lethal methods of crowd control in St Paul and Minneapolis
this week. What is not known is how the local Democratic Party and
other so called progressive elected officials collaborated with
authorities in the past weeks and months before the RNC Convention in
St Paul, giving them legal authority for their excesses and abuses of
power."
The
Party Police
A quote...."The Democratic and Republican national conventions have
passed, but controversy surrounds how they were funded and how they
were run. Mass arrests of peaceful protesters, excessive police
violence, wholesale disregard for the Bill of Rights and the targeting
and arrest of journalists marred what should have been celebrations of
democracy. The “host committees,” the legal entities that organize and
pay for the conventions, act as large party slush funds, outside of
campaign-finance restrictions. Scores of major corporations (and a
couple of unions), barred from giving unlimited funds to political
parties, could give whatever they wanted to the host committees of
Denver and St. Paul, Minn." --
Also
posted at CommonDreams
End - Twin Cities Police
Thug-O-Thon - 2 articles - Thursday - [ Day 12 ] =====
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Why
is Obama Losing
A quote...."Senator Obama is now trailing Senator McCain in many
national polls. In fact, his national popularity has been falling ever
since he received the nomination and made a decision to move toward
what the pundits describe as "the political center."
RON
PAUL: (update video added) Describes voting as more the pretense of
democracy than a real democracy. . .
Special Note - A
quote....“Vote for an alternative candidate” -- Kevin Zeese - Ron Paul
held a press conference that brought four third party and independent
candidates together around a statement of principles. . .The four
candidates:
Independent
Ralph Nader, the
Green
nominee Cynthia McKinney, the
Constitution
Party’s Chuck Baldwin and the
Libertarian
Party’s Bob Barr along with
Ron Paul agreed on the
following four key principles:"
McDermott
joins call to oust Bush - Impeachment group won't let even the election
stop it
A quote...."Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott wants to see George Bush
impeached, whether or not, he says, Bush is still in office. -- The
long-serving Democrat and outspoken advocate for liberal causes made
his displeasure with the president official Tuesday, joining a call
from Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, to launch impeachment proceedings
against Bush."
Mississippi’s
Ballot Trick
A quote...."Mississippi’s governor, Haley Barbour, and its secretary of
state have come up with a particularly cynical dirty trick for the
November election. Let’s call it: “Where’s the Senate race?” -- Defying
state law, they have decided to hide a hard-fought race for the United
States Senate at the bottom of the ballot, where they clearly are
hoping some voters will overlook it. Their proposed design is not only
illegal. It shows a deep contempt for Mississippi’s voters."
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Stop
the Bailout
A quote...."It was the singular achievement of Murray Rothbard's
America's Great Depression to have demonstrated that the Great
Depression was a crisis manufactured and prolonged by the attempts to
stop an inevitable downturn. The policy response – creating more money,
propping up prices, ginning up employment, and a host of other devices
– took a stock-market price collapse and a banking liquidation and
spread the mess throughout every sector of the economy. What might have
lasted a year to 18 months instead lasted 16 years."
Year Two of
the New Depression
A quote...."Anyone who doubts that we are a year into a Depression,
remember, these things do not hit you like a punch in the face; rather,
they are more like an untreated boil that slowly festers until body
parts have to be amputated from infection. Good morning to you, too,
and welcome back to my column after my summer off."
Housing
woes may topple 200 U.S. banks: Nobel winner
A quote...."SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The moribund U.S. housing market will
need another two to three years before it recovers, and 100 to 200
banks in the country may collapse in the next year, a Nobel economics
laureate said."
Washington
Mutual Tumbles 30%
A quote...."Washington Mutual Inc (WM.N) shares sank 30 percent to a
17-year low and the perceived risk of its debt soared on worries the
largest U.S. savings and loan will not find a buyer or raise enough
capital to combat soaring mortgage losses. -- The stock closed down 98
cents at $2.32 on the New York Stock Exchange, and are down 44 percent
in the last two days. It fell earlier to $2.30, the lowest since
January 1991, according to Reuters data."
Trade
deficit surged to 16-month high in July
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AP) — America's trade deficit shot up in July
to the highest level in 16 months as oil imports hit an all-time high,
offsetting strong export growth. The deficit with China climbed to the
second highest level on record."
Many
CEOs see more pink slips ahead
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly one-third of the country's top
executives expect to cut payrolls in the coming months as companies
cope with a weakened economy dogged by housing, credit and financial
problems."
Peru
tries to cool fastest growing regional economy
A quote...."The Peruvian Central Bank raised on Thursday its benchmark
interest rate to 6.5% from 6.25%, the latest of several measures to
curb inflation."