Four More
Years!
Must Read - A
quote...."Sure, both Obama and McCain are running on a platform of
changing Washington. They both distance themselves from the last eight
years of governance. -- But what exactly is the Bush legacy? It is the
continuation of the Clinton legacy, but with even greater reliance on
power and more disdain for freedom. It is huge and expanding
government. It comprises a growing, bellicose warfare state; a spying,
lying police state; and handouts for Wall Street, for homeowners, for
farmers, for the elderly and for so many others in between. -- And both
candidates promise more yet."
F is for Failure The Bush
Doctrine in Ruins
A quote...."On the brief occasions when the President now appears in
the Rose Garden to "comfort" or "reassure" a shock-and-awed nation, you
can almost hear those legions of ducks quacking lamely in the
background. Once upon a time, George W. Bush, along with his top
officials and advisors, hoped to preside over a global Pax Americana
and a domestic Pax Republicana -- a legacy for the generations. More
recently, their highest hope seems to have been to slip out of town in
January before the you-know-what hits the fan. No such luck."
George
W. Bush Called to Order
A quote...."Everyone was aware that their conversation would be
extremely difficult. After all, they’ve come to ask Bush to agree to
consultations on an unprecedentedly-high level, which would most likely
result in the destruction of the global economic governance model which
has been used over the past sixty years. And it is no secret that it
was because of this model that the U.S. had become the most powerful
economy in the world. -- The persuasion lasted three hours. After that,
self-content Barroso and Sarkozy came out with the clearly befuddled
Bush to face the press. Based on everything they said, it was clear
that the White House had raised the white flag. The only thing which
the President of the U.S. was able to insist was to hold the first
summit on American soil. Apparently, Washington expects that the home
advantage will make it easier for them to defend their interests during
the development of the new model for the global economy. And maybe
after some time, Americans will be able to once again declare on the
Discovery Channel that they are ahead of the whole world--this time,
claiming that they were the first to understand that the changes were
necessary, and that they “graciously" provided their services to gather
all of the leaders."
The War
Party Embraces Obama - Just remember: you've been warned…
A quote...."So at a time when the U.S.-supported government is moving
rapidly toward a Taliban-type theocracy – even as that government moves
toward some type of accommodation with the radical Islamic former
rulers of the country – Obama is telling us we must pour more troops,
more money, and more of our hopes into the Afghan front, which has
supposedly been "neglected" by the Bushies. -- No wonder he's been
endorsed by none other than Ken "Cakewalk" Adelman, and given support
(albeit indirectly) by any number of neocons, such as Charles
Krauthammer – who, after pummeling Obama for weeks, has suddenly
discovered the Democratic candidate is possessed of a "first-class
intellect and a first-class temperament," which "will likely be enough
to make him president."
Democracy’s
decline in North America: Canadian elections a warning to Americans
-
posted at the Online
Journal
A quote...."Could it be that no politicians are addressing the burning
issues? That voters realise there is no difference between the two
ruling parties? The US political system was aptly described by Carroll
Quigley, Bill Clinton’s politics professor, as follows: “The two
parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can
‘throw the rascals out’ at any election without leading to any profound
or extensive shifts in policy.” This is easily applied to the Canadian
situation."
President
Bush Asserts Right to Control Iraqi Oil -
Yeah right, we did it to give them
"freedom and democracy"
A quote...."Washington, DC… President George W. Bush this week rejected
a Congressional effort to bar the U. S. military from controlling
Iraq’s oil resources. -- Before signing a bill authorizing military
funding earlier this week, the president issued a
“signing statement”,
saying that he would not be bound by a provision in the bill
prohibiting expenditure of funds “to exercise United States control of
the oil resources of Iraq.” - bold by website editor --
A
thug by any other name would be just as brazen. - mpg --
For more on this issue see....War
Resource 9/11
Why
Listen to Colin Powell, or Brokaw?
A quote...."Retired Gen. Colin Powell made what sounded like a
heartfelt endorsement of Barack Obama – hailing the Democrat’s
presidential qualities and criticizing the nasty tone of John McCain’s
campaign. But why should anyone care what George W. Bush’s first
Secretary of State thinks?"
The
Idiots Who Rule America
A quote...."Our oligarchic class is incompetent at governing, managing
the economy, coping with natural disasters, educating our young,
handling foreign affairs, providing basic services like health care and
safeguarding individual rights. That it is still in power, and will
remain in power after this election, is a testament to our inability to
separate illusion from reality. We still believe in “the experts.” They
still believe in themselves. They are clustered like flies swarming
around John McCain and Barack Obama. It is only when these elites are
exposed as incompetent parasites and dethroned that we will have any
hope of restoring social, economic and political order." --
Also posted at CommonDreams & ICH
Colin
Powell Warns Of Coming Crisis "We Don't Even Know About Right Now"
False Flag Warning -
Gulf of Tonkin Redux Warning -- A
quote...."Colin Powell has made bizarre comments that echo the recent
declaration by Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden that there will be an
"international crisis" early into Barack Obama's presidency that will
test the new president by forcing him to make unpopular decisions."
Concerns
about deployment of military on U.S. soil growing — while mainstream
media buries its head in the sand.
A quote...."The following is the spin of military spokespeople in
response to questions about the deployment of the First Brigade on US
soil for the first time in over 200 years. - The Army Times initially
reported that the First Brigade would handle domestic crowd control and
subduing ‘unruly individuals’ and that they had ‘lethal and nonlethal
technologies’ to do so. Then it issued a correction....."
ACLU
demands info on domestic military deployments
A quote...."Following reports that US troops will be permanently on
call to work inside the United States handling "civil unrest," "crowd
control" and other functions traditionally carried out by civilian law
enforcement agencies, activists are demanding to know why the Pentagon
is reversing a longstanding prohibition on domestic deployment of the
military."
Obama
Assembles U.S.'s `Largest Law Firm' for Voting (Update1)
A quote...."Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats accused Republicans
of trying to improperly disqualify voters. - In Florida,
[alone!!] Democratic lawyer
Charles H. Lichtman has assembled almost 5,000 lawyers to monitor
precincts, assist voters turned away at the polls and litigate any
disputes that can't be resolved out of court." --
For some odd reason there currently seems
to be a lack of trust in America's election process. - mpg
U.S.
Drops Charges Against 5 Gitmo Prisoners
Full quote...."SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The U.S. military says it is
dropping war-crimes charges against five Guantanamo Bay detainees. - A
military spokesman says the government can renew the charges later. [
What?] The chief prosecutor — Army
Col. Lawrence Morris — will review material, coordinate with
intelligence agencies and recommend appropriate action in each case. -
Spokesman Joseph DellaVedova said Tuesday the charges were dropped
against Noor Uthman Muhammed, Binyam Mohamed, Sufyiam Barhoumi, Ghassan
Abdullah al Sharbi and Jabran Said Bin al Qahtani. - The move comes
after a prosecutor for another detainee resigned, alleging the military
was suppressing evidence favorable to the defense." --
For more on this issue see....The
Convenient Silence of Guantanamo Bay - 05-31-08 - mpg
WeAreChangeLA
'debriefs' former CIA Case Officer Robert Baer about apparent Mossad
and White House 9/11 foreknowledge, and more -- A quote...."Before
Mid-January 2002: Top CIA Official Reportedly Describes 9/11 as
Triumph" -- According to former CIA officer Robert Baer, a high-ranking
CIA official tells a reporter off-the-record that, "when the dust
finally clears, Americans will see that September 11 was a triumph for
the intelligence community, not a failure." It is unclear why the CIA
officer thinks this and the reporter who tells Baer this story is not
named. However, Baer comments that if that is what the CIA thinks, "Im
scared to death of what lies ahead."
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Iraqi
ministers reject SOFA draft
A quote...."Iraqi ministers have not endorsed the latest draft of a
controversial security agreement between the United States and the
country."
Why
the U.S. Plan Failed in Afghanistan and Iraq
A quote...."After five years of occupation, Iraq got nothing but more
damages and destruction of its infrastructure, a fact that has led the
Iraqi citizen to lose faith in the promises Bush made to him."
Danish soldiers
retreat from Taleban stronghold
A quote...."The lack of Afghan soldiers forces Danish troops to pull
back from Taleban areas The commander of the Danish forces in
Afghanistan, Colonel Keld R. J. Rasmussen, said the soldiers have been
forced to retreat from large parts of the.Helmand province."
Confirmation
Special Note - A
quote...."Where did al Qaeda in Iraq go wrong? In a paper prepared for
the recent annual meeting of the American Political Science
Association, the Australian political scientist Andrew Phillips argues
persuasively that, by their nature, al Qaeda affiliates tend to
alienate their hosts…." --
For more
on this issue see....The
Kingdom of Leprosy - 10-07-08 - mpg &
Al
Qaeda - Always There for the US Elites - 03-09-08 - mpg
Iran
Urges End to Occupation of Afghanistan
A quote...."Speaking to reporters in a press conference, Iranian
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi also urged the big powers
not to intervene in the Afghan domestic affairs. - On Afghan future
elections, he underscored the need for respecting the Afghan public
opinion and called for holding a free election."
Iran's
Air Force Completes 5-Day War Games
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Air Force completed on Monday a
five-day series of large-scale exercises in the northwest of the
country."
A
special relationship
A quote...."The lobbying influence of the Zionist regime seems to
dominate the United States’ Middle East policy. Pat Buchanan once
described the U.S. Capitol as “Israeli-occupied territory”, which can
be surmised from the following quote by Senator Mitch McConnell:
“Lawmakers depend on AIPAC for good, honest information and that’s
exactly what we’ve gotten.” And in return for that “good, honest
information”, Israel has gotten a 10-year, $30 billion security
agreement, with $2.55 billion in aid for fiscal year 2009. "
On
Gaza's Suffocating Siege - posted at the Palistine
Chronicle
A quote...."The movement of people and goods from and to the strip is
paralyzed, and all commercial transactions have been stopped in a
manner that contradicts all agreements, intents, commitments and
accords the occupation took upon itself with international
organizations to facilitate the movement of goods and people within and
outside Palestinian territories. They made three agreements on the
matter, the last of which was reached in November 2005, relative to
movement and transit. Yet, the occupation proceeded with its
antagonistic and criminal policy that resulted in shredding the lives
of Palestinian Arabs in the West Bank and the Strip."
Ukraine
goes from orange to red
A quote...."MONTREAL - The International Monetary Fund is preparing a
US$14 billion standby facility for Ukraine as the stock market
crumbles, the value of its currency tumbles and a bank requires
rescuing. All that hasn't put an end to political infighting, although
IMF terms may include halting elections that would further drain
limited resources."
Iran,
Qatar, Russia discuss gas-OPEC
A quote...."The Iranian Oil Minister says Iran, Qatar and Russia will
seriously pursue the formation of a gas-exporting group similar to
OPEC. "
Gas
exporters agree deal for OPEC-style alliance
A quote...."Russia, Iran and Qatar have agreed to form a powerful
OPEC-style group for exporting gas. The consortium would control over
60% of the global natural gas reserves - and spark fears in the West
that it could lead to higher prices."
Chinese
Premier to visit Russia, Kazakhstan
A quote...."BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
will pay official visits to Russia and Kazakhstan from Oct. 27 to 31,
and attend relevant meetings, announced Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin
Gang Tuesday."
China to
help build 2 Pakistan nuclear plants
A quote...."ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan said
China will help build two more nuclear power plants in the
energy-starved Muslim nation, tightening its bonds with Beijing as
rising militant violence strains its anti-terror alliance with the
United States." --
Also posted at
BLN
US mistakes have
damaged Russian economy – Medvedev
A quote...."Russia is being made to pay for the financial blunders made
by the US as it fights the effects of the global financial crisis,
according to Dmitry Medvedev. The Russian President was speaking at the
opening of the Square of Russia in the Armenian capital, Yerevan."
U.S.
Increased Tension in Europe
A quote...."The President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko said that the
United States “increased the degree of tension” in Europe when it
decided to deploy elements of missile defense in Poland and the Czech
Republic. He made this statement at a meeting of the Security Council
of the Republic. The Head of State is certain, “The balance of power in
Europe is disturbed, and it’s through no fault of our own.” -- He
stressed that the main factor of instability in Europe is the U.S.,
which withdrew from the ABM Treaty. Interfax quotes the Belarusian
President as saying, “Our neighbor Russia considers these actions
unfounded, and regards them as a direct threat to its security.”
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Absent
at the Creation Wealth's Apostles
Special Note - A
quote...."Germany’s Peer Steinbruck looked ill. A long-time SPD man,
now in charge of his country’s checkbook in this grand alliance of hard
right and right, Steinbruck came to Washington having made the
strongest statement on the crisis. “The world will never be as it was
before the crisis. The United States will lose its superpower status in
the world financial system.” The system would, he argued, “become more
multi-polar.” These are fierce words, and it is doubtful that
Steinbruck earned any smiles from Paulson or his team. World Bank
president Robert Zoellick, the stooge of James Baker who took an active
role in stealing the 2000 election for Bush, was seen in his company.
Zoellick’s smile is like a cattle-prod, a warning to get in line. Any
other dissent could not be brooked. IMF Chief, the Frenchman Dominique
Strauss-Kahn said of the crisis that it is “the result of regulatory
failure to guard against excessive risk-taking in the financial system,
especially in the U. S.” (September 22). A few days after the October
meeting, Strauss-Kahn faced charges that he had, what the Japanese
call, a “lower half problem.” The IMF began investigations into an
affair Strauss-Kahn had with a senior official of the IMF’s Africa
division, Piroska Nagy. The dirty tricks squad released its file on
him."
Why Wont The
Bail Out Work? MUST SEE! - (YouTube - 6 min 52 sec - Added:
October 01, 2008)
Video - A
quote...."Voters are rightly furious at the proposal to spend
$700,000,000,000 that the government doesn't have to bail out Wall
Street bankers who created the current economic crisis in the first
place. But why then aren't we concerned about the trillions of dollars
the Federal Reserve is pumping into the system? Or the trillions
missing from the Pentagon? Or the quadrillion dollar derivatives
bubble." --
For more on this issue
see....$1.3
Quadrillion and Counting - 09-18-08 - mpg
This
Is How The Bail Out Will Screw You - (YouTube - 5 min 7 sec -
Added: September 22, 2008)
Missed this one -- Video -
Regarding the "millions" of dollars in
executive compensation see....
Wall
Street banks in $70 billion staff payout -
posted 101708
[British]
Bankers' £16 billion bonus bonanza -
posted 101708
WaMu
CEO could get $13.65 million for 18 days work -
posted 10-02-08
Fury
at $2.5 billion Lehman bonus -
posted
09-21-08
Lehman
sought millions for execs while seeking aid -
posted 10-06-08
If you havn't figured it
out yet folks, the jokes on you. - mpg
Feeling
Robbed? Wall Street Since the Bailout Shows No Signs of Changing and
Washington is Not Forcing a Change
A quote...."So far the U.S. taxpayer has given Wall Street, Fannie
Mae/Freddie Mac and the big banks $1.2 trillion. Did anyone hear
a thank you? How about an apology for their risky gambling with the
world’s economy? -- What we have seen has been
disconcerting. Big Finance seems is still living high on the hog,
spending freely on parties and bonuses while the world’s poor go deeper
into poverty and Americans worry about their jobs, retirement, health
care and making ends meet."
The
Government Has Given Banks YOUR MONEY, and You Won't Get Anything For It
A quote...."The government has given banks handfuls of YOUR MONEY and
you won't get anything for it."
Are
Our Governments Making Matters Worse? More Signs of a Coming Depression
A quote...."PARIS, FRANCE, OCTOBER 19: The word CRISE is
plastered all over every magazine, newspaper and newsstand in Paris. It
is big news and the French public seems to think that its government
acted swiftly to stem it. Le Figaro reports a 60 percent approval rate
for President Nicolas Sarkozy’s strategy of promptly injecting money
into banks to make the “crise financiere” go away."
Islamic
banking escapes fallout
A quote...."In the current financial turmoil, it is interesting to note
that Islamic financing may have prevented a majority of the mess
created by the conventional banking and financial institutions,' Kuwait
Finance House said in a report."
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ISDA®
INTERNATIONAL SWAPS AND DERIVATIVES ASSOCIATION, INC. NEWS RELEASE
Breaking -- Financial Warning
-- A quote...."For Immediate Release, -- NEW
YORK, Tuesday, October 21, 2008 – Robert Pickel, Chief Executive
Officer of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
(ISDA) today commented on the cash settlement of CDS trades on Lehman
Brothers and on certain misperceptions in relation to the CDS industry.
-- The cash settlement deadline for Lehman is today, October 21.
Based on industry estimates, a total of $6bn to $8bn is expected to
have changed hands by close of business.
This is approximately 1% to 2% of the $400
billion in CDS trades referencing Lehman and does not account for the
effects of collateral, which will further reduce the payment
amounts." -- bold by website editor
Majority
of States Now in Recession -
link
posted at BuzzFlash
A quote...."In March, 5 States Were in Recession; Now There are 27 With
14 More at Risk -- What started out as a housing problem in a few
states has now exploded into a full-fledged recession with a majority
of states now in or dangerously close to recession."
Fed
would grant up to $540B to money market funds --
What the @#$%^&* is the Fed DOING??
- mpg
A quote...."WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday that it
will provide up to $540 billion in financing to bolster the money
market mutual fund industry, its latest effort to get credit flowing
more freely again. - The Fed's
new
program, called the Money Market Investor Funding Facility, will
be used to support a private-sector initiative designed to provide
liquidity, or cash, to money market investors." - bold by website
editor. --
Just how many programs do
they have? Anybody keeping count? - mpg
Iceland's
Economic Meltdown Is a Big Flashing Warning Sign
A quote...."Iceland is now essentially bankrupt after the government
took over its three major banks to prevent them from failing.
It owes more than $60 billion overseas,
about six times the value of its annual economic output. As a
professor at London School of Economics said, "No Western country in
peacetime has crashed so quickly and so badly." -- bold by website
editor --
Just keep in mind the
derivatives market is aprox. $1.3 quadrillion. - mpg
France:
€360 billion to bail out the banks
A quote...."With minimal debate, the French National Assembly endorsed
the government’s €360 billion rescue plan for the banks, a massive
transfer of public funds to the financial elite, by a majority of 224
to 23. It is part of a coordinated €2.7 trillion action by the
governments of the euro zone (15 countries whose currency is the euro)
and Britain."
Non,
Je Ne Regrette Rien: Obama's New Advisor Stands By His War Crimes
Must Read - A
quote...."Just to be clear, Barack Obama's brand-new foreign policy
advisor, Colin Powell, wants you to know that he continues to support
the decision to launch a war of aggression against Iraq in March 2003
-- an act that, according to principles established by the United
States and its allies at Nuremberg in 1945, is a war crime punishable
by death. -- In fact, the only thing that Powell -- the wise and steady
statesman, the "grown-up," the "moderate" -- can find to criticize in
the conduct of the war he helped launch is the fact that it wasn't
savage enough to begin with. We should have "surged" those sand monkeys
from the git-go, he told CNN...."
Is
America Fascist?
Must Read - A
quote...."October 20, 2008 "Information Clearinghouse" If it hasn’t
gone the way of Mussolini’s Italy and Hitler’s Germany, it’s sure
teetering on the brink. America is a nation in deepening crisis, a
nation whose leaders repeatedly plunge their citizens into, and make
them pay for, serial wars abroad, while stealing their liberties at
home. USA has become a country that trashes its citizens(New Orleans),
tortures its enemies(Abu Ghraib), threatens other nations with nuclear
fire(Iran), flouts international treaties(UN Charter re Iraq), and
spies on(FISA), and intimidates, its critics(No Fly). Americans that
can clearly see the totalitarian machinations of Vladimir Putin in
Russia and Hu Jintao in China are blind to the fascism threatening to
envelop them as well."
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Saudis
resurrect a rival for Hezbollah -
a.k.a.
"The
Redirection Deux"
Special Note - Future Terrorism
Warning - A quote...."DAMASCUS - Word is coming out of south
Lebanon that Saudi money
under United
States urging
is being pumped into the Shi'ite community - in vain - to create a bloc
among Lebanese Shi'ites against Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah." --
bold/undrline by website editor.
Another up and coming future al Qaeda
wannabe, courtesy the usual suspects....never ending Saudi Royal and US
(N.R.E.) support and financing. - mpg --
For more on this issue see....US
Support of Terror
"Bush
Guilty Of First Deg Murder" - (YouTube - 7 min 14 sec -
Added: July 25, 2008)
Video - A quote...."Former L.A. County Prosecutor, Vincent Bugliosi and
author of "The Prosecution of George W. Bush For Murder", which details
prosecutable evidence of murder by George Bush and Dick Cheney and
others."
On
the Terms of the Powerful - Translating Propaganda and Thinking the
Unthinkable
A quote...." Propaganda in the US rests mostly in what is not said, but
rather assumed. Such a system of indoctrination is extremely powerful
as it serves the purpose of making certain thoughts not so much
undesirable, but unthinkable, strikingly reminiscent of Orwell's
depiction of totalitarian control and manipulation of the English
language in his novel, 1984. -- The language of US propaganda is indeed
a foreign tongue to anyone who takes seriously the factual historical
record, the nature of powerful institutions, and fundamental human
decency with respect for human rights."
Judith Miller Lands at
Fox News
She finally got a job where she
actually belongs. - mpg
--
For more on Judy see....Fake
Intel / Propaganda - Judy Miller -- A quote...."Former New York
Times reporter Judith Miller, whose misleading stories about alleged
Iraqi weapons of mass destruction helped make the Bush administration's
case for war, has joined Fox News as a contributor, where she will
provide "commentary and analysis on national security issues,
counterterrorism, and international affairs."
Another
Million Iraqi demonstrators: Get out of our country
A quote...."Baghdad witnessed another demonstration with more than one
million Iraqi, Arabs and Kurds and others, Muslims and Christians and
others, Sunnis and Shiites and others demonstrated together against the
occupation and the long term agreement, asking for a complete
withdrawal the leaves no permanent bases, no troops, and no
mercenaries."
US
Presses Iraq on SOFA as Support Dries Up
A quote...."In a speech in Baghdad, US Ambassador Ryan Crocker defended
the latest draft of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) as “an
important agreement that fully restores Iraq’s sovereignty.” But
massive public opposition to the agreement has scared away political
support from even much of Iraq’s ruling coalition (who negotiated it in
the first place). They are now seeking further amendments to the deal."
US/IRAQ:
"We Have to Share This Pain"
A quote...."PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct 20 (IPS) - Veterans from the U.S.
occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, along with Iraqis, Afghanis,
Vietnam veterans, and family members of U.S. military personnel
converged in this west coast city over the weekend to share stories of
atrocities being committed daily in Iraq, in a continuation of the
"Winter Soldier" hearings held in Silver Spring, Maryland in March."
Pakistan
muzzles its guns
A quote...."KARACHI - Cash-strapped Pakistan, after the failure of
operations against militants in Bajaur Agency and the Swat Valley, has
had to call off an offensive in the North Waziristan tribal area, and
instead negotiate ceasefire deals."
Afghanistan:
Italian foreign minister rejects call for extra troops
A quote...."Islamabad, 20 Oct. (AKI) - On a visit to Pakistan, Italian
Foreign Minister,Franco Frattini, announced no extra troops would be
sent to war-torn Afghanistan."I do not think sending more troops is the
right solution today," Frattini told the media on Monday, while en
route to Pakistan. Frattini arrived in the country's capital,
Islamabad, for talks on bilateral ties and regional issues with his
counterpart, Makhdoom Qureshi. "
Video of
latest Israeli navy attack on Gazan fishermen
Video - A
quote...."October 19, 2008 -- At approximately 12:30, a Palestinian
fishing vessel from the port in Gaza City, was trawling 6km off the
coast of Deir Al Balah. An Israeli Dvora class gunboat (no. 831)
approached the fishing boat, began circling it and opened fire. The
incident lasted several minutes and was witnessed and documented by a
human rights observer with the International Solidarity Movement - who
was present on the Palestinian boat. A short video of the incident is
posted here."
ElBaradei:
Iran is nowhere near nukes
A quote...."UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei disputes
Western claims about Iran, saying the country is far from developing
nuclear weapons."
Iran calls for
strategic partnership with Russia
A quote...."TEHRAN: Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed
Jalili has called for a “balanced strategic partnership” between Tehran
and Moscow. -- Such a strategic partnership would be a “two-way
street”, but to realize this requires “firm determination” by the two
sides, Jalili told the visiting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey
Ryabkov and his delegation here on Saturday. Jalili said that the “two
great countries of Iran and Russia” have the potential to achieve this
goal."
Venezuela
plans new Caribbean naval base
A quote...."President Hugo Chavez says a big naval base will be built
on Venezuela's largest island. - Chavez says Margarita Island's
strategic location off Venezuela's coast in the Caribbean Sea makes it
perfect for "a naval base of large proportions." - Margarita covers an
area of 1,020 square kilometers (394 square miles). It is a popular
tourist destination and is home to about 450,000 Venezuelans."
Venezuelan
president meets with Russian FSB director
A quote...."CARACAS, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez on Friday met with Director of Russian Federal Service of
Security(FSB) Nikolai Patrushev at the Miraflores Palace to discuss the
visit of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to Venezuela and both
navies' maneuver scheduled for Nov. 10-14 in the Caribbean Sea. "
UNASUR
decides to establish South American Parliament in Bolivia
A quote...."LIMA, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Union of South American
Nations (UNASUR) decided at a meeting on Friday to set up a South
American Parliament in Bolivia to promote the bloc's integration."
Orange
Revolution implodes to leave a nation in despair
A quote...."Their leaders are at war, their country is verging on
bankruptcy and the Russians are growling on their doorstep. Ukrainians
have been plunged into disillusion and despair by the lethal
combination as they witness the death throes of the Orange Revolution
that brought President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Julia
Tymoshenko to power."
Ukraine
postpones ‘apocalyptic’ election
A quote...."The President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, has signed a
decree to postpone a snap parliamentary election in the country by
seven days, moving them back to December 14. It follows Prime Minister
Yulia Timoshenko's insistence that going to the polls early would be
fatal for the economy."
Indonesia
navy chief to discuss military ties in Moscow
A quote...."JAKARTA, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Indonesia's navy chief
of staff will start an official visit to Russia on Wednesday to discuss
bilateral military-technical cooperation."
Russia
Not Backing Down From Missile Plans In Syria
A quote...."Jerusalem - Contrary assurances received during Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert's recent visit to Moscow, Russia has not backed
away from its plans to station S-300 anti-aircraft missiles on Syrian
soil."
Boeing
to Supply Security Systems for Minuteman III Launch Facilities
A quote...."OGDEN, Utah.- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today
that it will manufacture and deliver control system hardware and
modification kits to improve security at more than 450 Minuteman III
facilities as part of the U.S. Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic
Missile Security Modernization Program."
India
joins Asia space race in first moon mission
A quote...."NEW DELHI - India will launch its first unmanned moon
mission on Wednesday, following in the footsteps of rivals China and
Japan, as it tries to show off its scientific know-how and claim a
bigger chunk of the global space business. -- Chandrayaan-1 (Moon
vehicle), a cuboid spacecraft built by the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) will blast off from a southern Indian space centre
in the early hours and enter the moon's orbit after 16 hours of flight,
scientists say."
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Hate
You Can Believe In: ACORN Deluged with Threatening and Racist
Voicemails and Emails
A quote...."It’s bad enough that the employees of ACORN have had to
endure days of baseless and outlandish attacks by John McCain and the
RNC. But after McCain outrageously claimed before a national audience
on Wednesday night that ACORN was “maybe perpetrating one of the
greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the
fabric of democracy,” the group came under attack, literally. In the
following days, ACORN’s Boston and Seattle offices were vandalized and
at least one employee received a death threat."
Could
The US Election Be Stolen?
A quote...."TOLEDO, Ohio - With John McCain and Barack Obama already
swapping accusations of widespread voter fraud, experts warn that a
bitter and protracted fight could ensue if the race to the White House
is decided by a narrow margin. -- The legal battle over election rules
has already made it all the way to the Supreme Court as Republicans
fight to block potentially false registrations from being validated and
Democrats struggle to prevent voter disenfranchisement."
GOP
admits plan to use foreclosure list to challenge voters
A quote...."In a startling concession, the Republican Party has
admitted to participating in an illegal scheme to use foreclosure lists
to challenge predominantly Democratic voters in Michigan on Election
Day."
GOP
terrified of American voters
A quote...."John McCain’s statement in the debate that ACORN and the
liberals are “on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest
frauds in voter history … maybe destroying the fabric of democracy” is
probably the most overwrought, ridiculous statement by a major-party
nominee in living memory." -- Also posted at
CommonDreams
NSA
Spying and the Shredding of the Constitution
Special Note - A
quote...."The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed new Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) requests demanding that the U.S. Department
of Justice (DoJ) and the National Security Agency (NSA) disclose "any
policies and procedures" that protect Americans' privacy rights when
the ultra-spooky agency "collects, stores and disseminates private U.S.
communications."
Oops!
McCain asks Russia’s U.N. envoy for money -
This is sort'a funny. - mpg
Some quotes...."In the letter, McCain urged Russia’s U.N. Ambassador
Vitaly Churkin to contribute anywhere from $35 to $5,000 to help ensure
McCain’s victory over Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama, currently
ahead in voter preference polls." -- "Moscow’s mission to the United
Nations issued a terse statement on the Republican presidential
candidate’s letter, saying that the Russian government and its
officials “do not finance political activity in foreign countries.”
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Paulson
panics as UK, Germany find own solution -
posted at Online
Journal
A quote...."America’s de facto finance czar, US Treasury Secretary
Henry Paulson, has reached for the panic button and made a dramatic
180-degree reversal of his financial bailout plan passed only days
before."
Licensed
Kleptocracy for Years to Come - The ABCs of Paulson's Bailout
A quote...."Treasury Secretary Paulson’s bailout speech on
Monday, October 13, poses some fundamental economic questions: What is
the impact on the economy at large of this autumn’s unprecedented
creation and giveaway of financial wealth to the wealthiest layer of
the population? How long can the Treasury’s bailout of Wall Street (but
not the rest of the economy!) sustain a debt overhead that is growing
exponentially? Is there any limit to the amount of U.S. Treasury debt
that the government can create and turn over to its major political
campaign contributors?"
Up
in smoke: The abridged history of US investment banking -
posted at Online
Journal
A quote...."It worked. The credit markets have begun to thaw. Overnight
LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) dropped 27 basis points to 1.67
percent, the lowest level since September 2004. Three month LIBOR shed
40 basis points last week to 4.42 percent. The LIBOR-OIS spread and TED
spread are edging downward, too." --
Perhaps,
but than again perhaps not, this website editor thinks the damage was
too great. Keep in mind we still have two more years to go.
- mpg
Bubbles
Are Bursting Worldwide
A quote...."Remember that a housing bubble has burst not only in the
U.S., but in France, Spain, Ireland and the United Kingdom, Eastern
Europe, and many other regions. China is slowing down as well."
The
Problem Was Never Liquidity, But Insolvency ... And We Should Let
Insolvent Banks Fail
Special Note - A
quote...."The problem was never really liquidity. Says who? Says Anna
Schwartz, co-author of the leading book on the Great Depression, and
someone who actually lived through it."
Fed
backs new stimulus plan
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AFP) – The head of the Federal Reserve Ben
Bernanke backed a stimulus plan for the flagging US economy on Monday
as stock markets worldwide bounced back from recent lows."
US
faces worst recession in 26 years
A quote...."The US economy appears to be plunging into what many
experts believe will be its worst recession since 1982." --
It will obviously be worse than the 1982
recession. - mpg
The
European Financial Solution vs. the US Bailout
A quote...."There is a distinct difference between the US government
response to the current economic crises and the European.
European nations have a long history of experience with nationalized
companies. Europeans have a significantly longer experience with
trading and commodity markets, including currencies. Also,
European nations still maintain strong checks and balances in their
political, legislative and judicial systems. "
22
states facing budget gaps More job cuts, service losses likely
A quote...."The moribund economy is drying up tax revenues more
dramatically than expected, forcing 22 states to confront growing
budget gaps. Some states already have eliminated jobs and services -
and more cuts are likely."
Sunday October 19th 2008
No posts. - mpg
Saturday October 18th 2008
America
Loses Its Dominant Economic Role
Absolute Must Read -
This article sums it ALL up quite nicely - it's one of those
"please post and pass it on" type of deals.
It should be
on every website so everyone can read it. - mpg -- A
quote...."The banking crisis is upending American dominance of the
financial markets and world politics. The industrialized countries are
sliding into recession, the era of turbo-capitalism is coming to an end
and US military might is ebbing. Still, this is no time to gloat. --
There are days when all it takes is a single speech to illustrate the
decline of a world power. A face can speak volumes, as can the
speaker's tone of voice, the speech itself or the audience's reaction.
Kings and queens have clung to the past before and humiliated
themselves in public, but this time it was merely a United States
president. -- Or what is left of him." --
If only it would lead to a graceful end
of the New Roman Empire and the restoration of the United States of
America. But it won't, the wealthy elites who have totally
insulated themselves from the economic calamity that will result from
their ongoing and ceaseless attempts to prop up this unholy empire will
not stop until the entire system collapses. It's the way they
think, it's in their blood, and it’s what they are. - mpg
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Whole
World Feels Effect of US Intent, Activist Says
From the History File....a
warning that was disregarded - mpg -- A quote...."
Published on Friday, March 14, 2003
-- After visiting Iraq last year for a firsthand look at what 12
years of sanctions and U.S. bombing attacks have done to its battered
infrastructure, Mr. Perez Esquivel scoffed at the notion that Iraq
poses any significant threat. - A U.S. attack, on the other hand, would
open "a Pandora's box, threatening to set free the demons of death and
destruction," he wrote recently. - "The chief danger in the world today
is not Saddam Hussein," Mr. Perez Esquivel said. "It is the United
States."
Did
PBS Bury an Expose on Torture?
A quote...."On Thursday
evening WNET in New York will air an important new documentary by Emmy
and Dupont Award winning producer Sherry Jones entitled “Torturing
Democracy.” It appears on WNET and several other affiliates
independently because PBS would not run the show—at least not until
President Bush has left office. The show delivers impressively on a
promise to “connect the dots in an investigation of interrogations of
prisoners in U.S. custody that became ‘at a minimum, cruel and inhuman
treatment and, at worst, torture’” (quoting Alberto Mora, who served as
general counsel of the Navy under Donald Rumsfeld, and features in an
interview). --
See excerpts below...
"Torturing Democracy" - Videos
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#6
(YouTube - aprox 1 to 3 min each - excerpts - Added: October 09,
2008) --
Full length not
available....yet. - mpg
Use
It or Lose It? How to Manage an Imperial Decline
A quote...."Do empires
end with a bang, a whimper, or the sibilant hiss of financial
deflation? -- We may be about to find out. Right now, in the midst of
the financial whirlwind, it's been hard in the United States to see
much past the moment. Yet the ongoing economic meltdown has raised a
range of non-financial issues of great importance for our future.
Uncertainty and anxiety about the prospects for global financial
markets -- given the present liquidity crunch -- have left little space
for serious consideration of issues of American global power and
influence." --
Also posted at
CommonDreams
The
Failed Presidency of George W. Bush: A Dismal Legacy
A quote...."Whoever is elected president in the coming November 4
American election will inherit a most miserable situation on nearly all
fronts. This is because George W. Bush has been one of the worst
presidents the U.S. has ever had, if not the worst. It is widely
recognized that he was a below average politician who led his country
on the wrong track, both domestically and internationally. Today, only
a meager 9 percent of Americans dare to say that their country is
moving in the right direction."
Payback’s
A B-tch
A quote...."Once small problem, though. If you sat down with a
pen and paper and tried to invent a more thorough litany of failure on
the right’s watch, you’d be hard pressed to top what they’ve actually
done. I suppose inadvertently nuking all the major cities of the
United States would be worse, but I can’t think of much else. The
simple truth is that the regressive movement took a great and proud and
prosperous country and ran it into the ditch at 130 miles an
hour. Worse yet, for them – and unlike the bad old years of
Willie Horton, or invading Panama, or Clinton’s faux scandals – the
public isn’t fooled anymore. They had already caught on to the
game, in large part, a few years back, which is why Bush has been
moribund in the absolute cellar of job approval ratings for almost the
entirety of his second term. Things were already tough for the
black hats, but then this economic crisis came and walloped people
severely, right in the wallet. One thing about Americans –
they’re seriously selfish. You take away their reputation and
their liberties and their democracy and they might – might! – vote
against you. You take away their money, they’ll rip your f-cking
lungs out, Bro." --
Yeah....Americans
tend to get a little hyper-active when it concerns their money.
- mpg --
Also posted at CommonDreams
America's
National Strategy of Global Intervention
A quote...."October 18, 2008 "Information Clearinghouse" --
Paris, October 15, 2008 – Last June the U.S. Department of Defense
unexpectedly issued a new version of its National Defense Strategy. It
was unexpected because there will be a new administration in Washington
in January which might be expected to issue a statement of its own
ideas about military strategy."
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Tens
of Thousands of Iraqis Mass for Anti-SOFA Protest
A quote...."At least 50,000 Iraqis joined a protest in the streets of
Baghdad today, organized by followers of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr, chanting anti-US and anti-occupation slogans and waving
banners opposing the controversial Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)
which would keep US troops in Iraq through 2011."
Maliki
Implies Odierno Ouster; Thousands Protest Security Pact
A quote...."Although Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has approved a draft
agreement on US troops in Iraq,
it faces
severe opposition from many parliamentarians and may not actually
be enacted into law. A major stumbling block is immunity for US troops
from Iraqi law. -- Meanwhile, al-Maliki said Friday that Gen. Ray
Odierno may have lost his position as commander of US forces in Iraq
because of his charge that Iran is bribing Iraqi parliamentarians
to reject the agreement. -- Odierno told
The Washington Post on Monday that intelligence reports indicated
that Iran was bribing Iraqi lawmakers. -- Odierno's remarks provoked a
wave of outrage in Iraqi political circles." -- *
Juan Cole*
Civilian
dead are a trade-off in Nato's war of barbarity
A quote...."The killing of innocent Afghans by US bombs is the result
of a calculation, not just a mistake. And it is fuelling resistance. --
While the eyes of the western world have been fixed on the global
financial crisis, the military campaign that launched the war on terror
has been spinning out of control. Seven years after the US and Britain
began their onslaught on Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and capture
Osama bin Laden, the Taliban surround the capital, al-Qaida is
flourishing in Pakistan and the war's sponsors have publicly fallen out
about whether it has already been lost." --
Also posted at ICH
Attack on
Iran Off the Table?
A quote...."On Sept. 23, the neo-conservative chiefs of the Washington
Post's editorial page mourned, in a tone much like what one hears on
the death of a close friend, that "a military strike by the United
States or Israel [on Iran is not] likely in the coming months."
One could almost hear a wistful sigh, as they complained that efforts
to stop Iran's nuclear program has "slipped down Washington's list of
priorities...as Iran races toward accumulating enough uranium for a
bomb." --
For more regarding this
issue see....The
Iran Game - All Over Again - 05-27-08 - mpg
On the other
hand....
Has the
'Amber Light' Turned Green?
War Update -- A
quote...."According to "a senior Pentagon official," President George
W. Bush gave the Israeli government in July the "amber light" for
future military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. -- "Amber means
get on with your preparations, stand by for immediate attack and tell
us when you're ready." -- Might the "amber light" turn green? Yes, "if
negotiations with Tehran break down."
Czech
government trounced in regional election rout
A quote...."PRAGUE (Reuters) - The leftist Czech opposition has
trounced the ruling center-right in regional elections, sending shock
waves through the cabinet of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek ahead of
the country's EU presidency next year."
What
a Real Financial Collapse Looks Like
Contains Video - A quote...."How Argentina was Sold Down the River --
This 59-minute documentary excerpt tells the story of how Argentina
experienced financial collapse and what the aftermath looked like. It’s
not a pretty sight, especially for Americans, as Argentina was brought
down primarily by a ruling class that sold them out and took on a huge
national debt."
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Main
Core, PROMIS and the Shadow Government (Pt.2)
A quote...."In a very real and terrifying sense, our Government is the
CIA and the Pentagon, with Congress reduced to a debating society. Of
course, you can't spot this trend to fascism by casually looking
around. You can't look for such familiar signs as the swastika, because
they won't be there. We won't build Dachaus and Auschwitzes; the clever
manipulation of the mass media is creating a concentration camp of the
mind that promises to be far more effective in keeping the populace in
line."
GOP
Strategy: Voter Suppression
A quote...."In the 2000 Presidential election, reporter Greg Palast,
author of "The Best Democracy Money can Buy," broke the story of
Florida's illegal voter purges, in which Florida Secretary of State
Katherine Harris kept 57,000 votes, most of them African-American, from
being counted. Their names resembled names of persons convicted of
crimes. The state eventually acknowledged that the purge was improper -
two years after the Supreme Court selection of George W. Bush." --
Also posted at CommonDreams
ACORN
Offices Ransacked; $5,000 Reward For Information
ACORN
hit by vandals, workers threatened
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Guided
by an invisible hand
Special Note - A
quote...."The events of these weeks will be to market fundamentalism
what the fall of the Berlin Wall was to communism. Last month in the
United States almost 160,000 jobs were shed - making more than
three-quarters of a million this year. My guess is that things will get
considerably worse. I have been predicting this for some time, and so
far, unfortunately, I have been right." --
Also posted at CommonDreams
Cronytopia:
What the World Knows -- and Americans Don't -- About the Bailout
A quote...."Having laid out the thrust of the story very plainly in the
headline and sub-head, the paper then detailed the way that the
Bush-Obama bailout (the most apt moniker for a scheme devised by the
top echelons of the bipartisan elite) is yet another inside job by the
Beltway bandits who move in and out of the revolving door between
"public service" and vast feeding troughs of Cronytopia. So while
Americans looking at the nations's "leading newspaper," the New York
Times, found a vast belching of psychobabble and personal gossip about
Cindy McCain taking up the front page, the rest of the world was
learning this: -- Financial workers at Wall Street's top
banks are to receive pay deals worth more than $70bn (£40bn), a
substantial proportion of which is expected to be paid in discretionary
bonuses, for their work so far this year - despite plunging the global
financial system into its worst crisis since the 1929 stock market
crash, the Guardian has learned."
Spending
Surge Pushing Deficit Toward $1 Trillion [This Year] -
Oh, don't worry....it'll be a lot more
than that. - mpg
A quote...."Congressional leaders and both presidential candidates are
proposing billions of dollars in tax breaks and other measures to stoke
economic growth, a surge in spending that could send the federal
deficit soaring toward $1 trillion this year, creating the deepest well
of red ink since the end of World War II."
Friday October 17th 2008
A
Letter to America: Why Must the Show Go On? -
posted at the Palestine
Chronicle
Must Read - A
quote...."It's not easy or even fun to be an expatriate. Unless you
didn't know, that is just a highfalutin word that is used especially
for American emigrants. Why the special word? Because people who
"leave" America are expected to see it with a critical (perhaps even
artistic) eye, and Americans who "remain" are expected to disregard the
criticism, and even accuse the expat of Anti-Americanism or sheer
snobbery. In writing, you will see the word distorted to "ex-patriot".
Now
the Cost of War Really Matters
A quote...."The Finance Crisis Means the U.S. Can No Longer Continue
Two War-Quagmires and Must Reconsider Military-Based Foreign
Policy -- Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz
predicts the Iraq war will cost the United States $3 trillion.
Nouriel Roubini, the economist who predicted today’s financial crisis
in 2006, predicts the U.S. will suffer its worst recession in 40 years,
lasting up to two years with 9% unemployment and another 15% drop in
housing prices. He predicts we are seeing only the first round of
government injection of funds into the finance system."
Q&A:
"The U.S. President Is Not a King"
A quote...."DETROIT, Michigan, Oct 17 (IPS) - At 76, Daniel Ellsberg is
still vocal. The man who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1969, leading to
the fall of President Richard Nixon, is speaking out this time on the
2008 presidential election." --
Also
posted at AntiWar
Anti-US
protesters rally against US-Iraqi pact, ME
A quote...."BAGHDAD (AP) -- Tens of thousands of followers of cleric
Muqtada al-Sadr rally Saturday in Baghdad in a mass public show of
opposition to a U.S.-Iraqi security pact that would extend the presence
of U.S. forces in Iraq. -- The march came as U.S. and Iraqi leaders
face a Dec. 31 deadline to reach agreement on the deal, which would
replace an expiring U.N. mandate authorizing the U.S.-led forces in
Iraq.
Iraq's
PM slams top US soldier over comments -
link posted at ICH
A quote...."BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's prime minister slammed America's top
military commander in the country on Friday, saying he "risked his
position" when he said Iran sought to bribe lawmakers to vote against a
U.S.-Iraq security agreement."
Iraqi
Clerics Speak Out Against SOFA
A quote...."There aren’t many things that a confidant of Ayatollah Ali
al-Sistani, a council of Iraqi Sunni religious leaders and the
followers of firebrand Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr can all agree on,
but they seem to have found common ground on one thing: they all oppose
the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States."
The
Forgotten U.S. War On The Iraqi People
Special Note - A
quote...."On October 3, 2008, the Washington Post reported that the
Pentagon is paying $300 million to U.S. contractors to produce pro-U.S.
propaganda for Iraqi audiences “in an effort to ‘engage and inspire’
the local population to support U.S. objectives and the puppet
government”. The aim of this psychological warfare is to normalise the
murderous Occupation and cover-up the slaughter of innocent Iraqi
civilians."
Private
Military Contractors Writing the News? The Pentagon's Propaganda at Its
Worst
A quote...."Months after the Pentagon pundits flap, the Department of
Defense continues to hand down contracts for propaganda in Iraq and
beyond."
A War
for Empire - Afghanistan: Not a Good War Gone Bad
A quote...."For the people of Azizabad, a small village in western
Afghanistan, the dark early morning hours of August 22, 2008 suddenly
turned into a nightmare of devastation and death. As villagers slept,
U.S. forces attacked—first with guns, then air strikes. By the next
morning, according to UN investigators, over 90 people had been
massacred, including 60 children and 15 women."
NATO PESSIMISM -
The West Is at a Loss in Afghanistan
A quote...."More and more military and civilian leaders are voicing
pessimism when it comes to the NATO mission in Afghanistan. As the
fight continues, ideas for how to break through the ongoing stalemate
are few. Some are beginning to think that victory -- for either side --
is impossible. "
Commander
Says Taliban Won’t Fight Pakistani Forces in Waziristan
A quote...."In a statement delivered by spokesman Ahmedullah Ahmedi,
local Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Qari Gul Bahadar said
that militants in North and South Waziristan will continue to abide by
the peace deal signed with the Pakistani government earlier this year
in spite of the escalating US attacks in the region."
Palestinians
dismantle road blockade
Video - A
quote...."Palestinian residents of the Al-Mazra’a ash Sharqiya village
dismantle roadblock as symbol of resistance"
Photo
essay: Colonialism in the West Bank
Photos - A quote...."The
following photo essay from 2003 is by Montreal photographer and
community worker Scott Weinstein, who traveled to Palestine to work
with the Palestine Red Crescent Society as a registered nurse. His
photographs document the contemporary realities of Israeli colonialism
and occupation in the West Bank, specifically focusing on settler
violence against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank city of Hebron."
Iran
slams assault on Iraqi Christians
A quote...."The Iranian embassy in Baghdad has condemned the recent
aggressions against the Christian civilians in the northern Iraqi city
of Mosul."
China
Blocking US Anti-Iran Efforts
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- China has hampered US efforts to convene
permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany to discuss new
sanctions against Iran."
Heavy
fighting engulfs Mogadishu
A quote...."Heavy fighting has left at least 20 people dead and dozens
more injured in clashes across the Somali capital, Mogadishu, officials
and witnesses say."
Russia
to ship equipment to finish Iranian nuclear plant
A quote...."TEHRAN, October 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will soon ship
around 1,000 tons of equipment necessary to complete the construction
of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, a top Iranian nuclear official said
on Friday."
Russia could
resume naval presence in Yemen
A quote...."SANA, October 16 (RIA Novosti) - The speaker of Russia's
upper house of parliament said on Thursday that Russia could resume a
naval presence in Yemen. -- Authorities in the Middle East country are
calling on Moscow to help fight piracy and possible terrorist threats.
The U.S.S.R. had a major naval base in the former socialist state of
South Yemen, which merged with North Yemen in 1990 to form the
present-day Yemen."
UN
Security Council elects new non-permanent members
A quote...."UNITED NATIONS (October 17) - Japan, Turkey, Austria,
Mexico and Uganda will join the UN Security Council as non-permanent
members on January 1, 2009, the head of the UN General Assembly
announced on Friday."
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Bill
Moyers Interviews Mark Crispin Miller
Must View Video - A
quote....."Bill Moyers sits down with Mark Crispin Miller, professor of
Media, Culture and Communication at NYU, who has been following voter
fraud allegations in his blog News from the Underground. An expert on
propaganda and media, Miller's book "Loser Takes All"
[Gogl
Srch]* is an
anthology of writings covering election fraud." -- ||
Transcript
||
Podcast
Mp3 || -- *link added
[US
Supreme] Court blocks Ohio vote challenge
A quote...."The US Supreme Court has blocked attempts by the Republican
Party to challenge the right of 200,000 new voters to cast their
ballots in Ohio."
Breaking:
GOP Attempts to Disenfranchise 600,000 Voters In Ohio
A quote...."With millions of new voters registering nationwide, the GOP
has gone on the offensive to prevent as many of these new voters from
making it to the polls as possible. And as of today, they've
scored a massive victory in Ohio..."
Breaking:
Obama Demands Special Prosecutor Investigate GOP Voter Fraud Activities
A quote...."Charging that the FBI probe of ACORN represents an “unholy
alliance” between Republican operatives and potentially illegal conduct
by law enforcement targeting voter fraud, the Obama campaign demanded
Friday that the U.S. special prosecutor looking into the U.S. attorneys
scandal investigate the matter."
The
Republican ACORN Hoax -
article
posted at Consortium News
A quote...."ACORN and election fraud. Hang on. As soon as I can get the
alligator that crawled out of my toilet back into the New York City
sewers where it belongs, I can turn my attention to this very important
topic. You see, the ACORN “election fraud” story is one of those urban
legends, like fake moon landings and alligators in the sewers, and it
appears three or four weeks before every recent national election with
the regularity of the swallows returning to Capistrano."
Ex
DOJ Voting Rights Chief: "It's Going to Take a Long Time to Cleanse"
Department
A quote...."A former top Department of Justice voting rights official
-- who once worked with John McCain in defense of the senator's
campaign-finance reform bill -- has added his name to the growing
chorus that is denouncing the department's investigation of ACORN as a
shameful and inappropriate politicization of Justice along the lines of
the US attorney firings."
GOP
Exploits ACORN Probe
A quote...."In a replay of a tactic used to help secure President
George W. Bush’s second term, Republicans – aided by investigative
agencies of the federal government – are making a campaign issue out of
voter-registration forms with fake names like “Mickey Mouse.”
Death
threat, vandalism hit ACORN after McCain comments
US
Republicans target ACORN: the great “voter fraud” fraud
GOP
Attacked ACORN Before 2004 Election
Returning
to the Scene of the Crime
ACORN
Fires Back, Claims McCain Ignored Impending Crisis
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Zero: An Investigation Into 9-11
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Must View Videos --
(YouTube - aprox 10 min each - Added: July 26, 2008)
A quote...."ZERO: An Investigation into 9/11, has one central thesis -
that the official version of the events surrounding the attacks on 9/11
can not be true. This brand new feature documentary from Italian
production company Telemaco explores the latest scientific evidence and
reveals dramatic new witness testimony, which directly conflicts with
the US Government's account." --
For
more on this issue see....9/11
& It's Fallout - Videos
EFF
Challenges Constitutionality of Telecom Immunity in Federal Court
A quote...."San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Thursday challenged the constitutionality of a law aimed at granting
retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that participated
in the president's illegal domestic wiretapping program."
Oft-spurned
Senator repeats request for White House torture docs
A quote...."Patrick Leahy, in his role as chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, has often found himself on the receiving end of a
metaphorical middle finger from the White House when he's tried to
exercise oversight of the Bush administration."
Is
Israel's booming high-tech industry a branch of the Mossad?
A quote...."In 2006 the Check Point Software Technologies company,
which specializes in protecting computer systems from hackers and data
theft, wanted to acquire an American company called Sourcefire, which
works in the same field. The great advantage of Sourcefire was that its
clients include the American Defense Department and the National
Security Agency. The U.S. administration, however, by means of the
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, did not approve
the acquisition. -- The committee made its decision based on an opinion
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and NSA security officers. The
two organizations were afraid that Check Point, which was founded by
Gil Shwed and fellow graduates of Unit 8200, the Israel Defense Forces'
high-tech intelligence unit, would have access to top-secret
information, which it could pass on to Israel's intelligence community."
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Parsing
Mr. Paulson’s Bailout Speech: The Unprecedented Giveaway of Financial
Wealth
A quote...."Everything that I have read in economic history leads me to
believe that we are entering a nightmare transition era. The business
cycle is essentially a financial cycle. Upswings tend to become
economy-wide Ponzi schemes as banks and other creditors, savers and
investors receive interest and plow it back into new loans, accruing
yet more interest as debt levels rise. This is the "magic of compound
interest" in a nutshell. No "real" economy in history has grown at a
rate able to keep up with this financial dynamic. Indeed, payment of
this interest by households and businesses leaves less to spend on
goods and services, causing markets to shrink and investment and
employment to be cut back."
Dr.
Paulson's Magic Potion Is Pure Poison for Us
A quote...."American capitalism is having a nervous breakdown, losing
confidence and acting out in self-destructive ways. Let's try talk
therapy. No, wait, it's more serious -- a case for high-powered drugs.
No response? Maybe high finance has a brain tumor. Time for surgery!
Cut out the bad parts and things will stabilize. Hold on. The patient
is swooning now, gasping for air and trembling with seizures. Oxygen!
Blood! We need a massive transfusion to rid the body of toxins. Doctor,
the patient is flat-lining. What's next? Shock therapy? -- My mordant
medical metaphor sounds a trifle cruel, given the massive losses people
are suffering, but it roughly describes the stages of diagnosis and
cures with which the government has hesitantly attempted to heal the
collapsing financial system."
A
Gigantic Armed Robbery
A quote...."Amid the astonishing details of the Fed's fierce money
pumping, the Treasury's partial nationalization of the banking
industry, and the madcap exchange of its legal tender for the banks'
rotten mortgage-backed securities, we may lose sight of the overall
character of these actions: they are, in effect, nothing short of a
gigantic armed robbery."
These
Firefighters Are Pyromaniacs!
A quote...."In the last 100 years there have only been two fires
similar to that of today. The first inferno was in 1929, centered in
New York. The second was in 1989, when Tokyo went up in flames. In both
instances, rescuers took extraordinary measures. And in both cases,
they not only failed to save the economy, they scorched it even more.
Obviously, few economists share this analysis with us. The few who do
are probably either insolvent or insane, or perhaps both. So, the
burden of proof is on us."
"The
New Kleptocracy" - "The largest financial theft in American history"
-
posted at ICH
Must Listen - Audio Interview
- A quote...."By Guns & Butter -- Economist Dr. Michael Hudson on
Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's "Plan" passed by Congress on October
3, 2008. We discuss what is being purchased, the congressional vote,
what this means for the oligarchs, and what this means for the rest of
us."
Wall
Street banks in $70bn staff payout --
Hah, ha, ha, ha, ha....Americans are such
rubes, it's really sad. - mpg
Special Note - A
quote...."Pay and bonus deals equivalent to 10% of US government
bail-out package -- Financial workers at Wall Street's top banks are to
receive pay deals worth more than $70bn (£40bn), a substantial
proportion of which is expected to be paid in discretionary bonuses,
for their work so far this year - despite plunging the global financial
system into its worst crisis since the 1929 stock market crash, the
Guardian has learned."
[British]
Bankers' £16bn bonus bonanza -
Hah, ha , ha....the British are rubes too.
- mpg
Special Note - A
quote...."City bankers have not lost a penny of their
multimillion-pound bonus packages so far, despite the credit crunch
which has caused the worst financial crisis in 80 years, new figures
show. -- Official statistics reveal that, in the financial year to
April, City workers took home £16bn, almost exactly the same as
in 2007."
As
Economic Storm Brewed, Congressional Wealth Grew 11% Last Year
A quote...."WASHINGTON -- An economic recession is looking increasingly
likely, but the personal finances of members of Congress suggest they
will be able to withstand the slowdown far better than most Americans,
according to a new analysis of lawmakers' latest personal financial
reports by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics."
Lahde
Quits Hedge Funds, Thanks `Idiots' for Success (Update1)
A quote...."I was in this game for money,'' Lahde, 37, wrote in a
two-page letter today in which he said he had come to hate the
hedge-fund business. ``The low-hanging fruit, i.e. idiots whose parents
paid for prep school, Yale and then the Harvard MBA, was there for the
taking. These people who were (often) truly not worthy of the education
they received (or supposedly received) rose to the top of companies
such as AIG, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers and all levels of our
government. -- ``All of this behavior supporting the Aristocracy, only
ended up making it easier for me to find people stupid enough to take
the other sides of my trades. God Bless America.'' -- *
Andrew Lahde*
Inflation
Or Deflation? BOTH
A quote...."I have previously discussed the debate between inflation
and deflation. There are good arguments on both sides. But there are
strong arguments that we will experience both inflation and deflation.
How is that possible?" --
For more
on this issue see....Some
Tentative Laws - July 20th, 2008 - mpg
Home
Prices Seem Far From Bottom
A quote...."The American housing market, where the global economic
crisis began, is far from hitting bottom. Home prices across much of
the country are likely to fall through late 2009, economists say, and
in some markets the trend could last even longer depending on the
severity of the anticipated recession."
US
bank losses wipe out years of paper profits
A quote...."A milestone was reached Thursday by the US banking system:
With the announcement by Citigroup and Merrill Lynch of billions of
dollars in additional losses in their third quarter reports, all of the
profits accumulated by the nine biggest banks during the
three-and-a-half-year housing boom had vanished."
Banks
borrow record $437.5 billion per day from Fed
A quote...."Financial institutions ran to their lender of last resort
for record amounts of cash in the latest week, under extreme pressure
from the worst global financial crisis in a generation, Federal Reserve
data showed on Thursday. -- Banks and dealers' overall direct
borrowings from the Fed averaged a record $437.53 billion per day in
the week ended October 15, topping the previous week's $420.16 billion
per day."
Housing
starts fall to second-lowest rate in 50 years
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Construction of new homes
dwindled to the second-lowest level in 50 years last month, as home
builders sought to reduce the number of unsold inventories in an
elusive quest to find the bottom of the historic housing collapse,
according to government data Friday."
French
bank hit by €600m rogue trading scandal
A quote...."France's favourite savings bank admitted yesterday that it
had suffered a €600m (£470m) loss caused by rogue trading in the
futures market in a scandal that is eerily reminiscent of the €5bn
Kerviel affair that rocked the country earlier this year."
A
political farce, not a debate ---
http://wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/deba-o17.shtml
Must Read - A
quote...."Wednesday’s nationally televised encounter between Barack
Obama and John McCain was less a debate than a ritualized episode of a
peculiarly American form of political theater. -- The two candidates,
both multi-millionaire representatives of the upper crust of American
society, shared the stage with another multi-millionaire, an aging TV
anchorman who confined the subjects and questions to the banal and
predictable, excluding anything that would call into question the
overarching right-wing framework of the discussion. (Where in this
debate, for instance, was there a question on the latest figures
showing that 28 countries have a lower infant mortality rate than the
US, or on the growth in the number of working poor, or on the plunge
towards bankruptcy of state and local governments?)"
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The
Illusion Of Democracy ---
http://www.countercurrents.org/gatto161008.htm
A quote...."It seems like the citizens of this country should be
enjoying the proceeds of the largest economy on Earth. Instead, 1% of
the families in the United States own 54% of its wealth. This is up
from 38% last year. Basing an economy on debt and then subsidizing the
very people that profit from that debt is outrageous. One of the main
reasons that we are in the predicament that we find ourselves in is
that politicians in Washington rely on advice from those that have an
inherent interest in the status quo. These politicians are the
Democrats and Republicans."
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U.S.
Loses Its Grip on Europe -
Or
perhaps Europe is finally getting a grip on itself? - mpg
---
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081016_us_loses_its_grip_on_europe/
A quote...."PARIS—Events since the beginning of August have made a deep
impression on West European perceptions of European possibilities and
European-American relations, now and in the future."
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Europe
and the Middle East: Will the EU be a more just mediator? -
posted at Online
Journal ---
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3171.shtml
---
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3887.shtml
A quote...."Europe has showed greater willingness in recent months to
play a larger part in the Middle East’s most protracted conflict, that
of Israel and Palestine. But willingness doesn’t necessarily indicate
readiness."
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The NATO
Alliance: Dangerous Anachronism ---
http://www.antiwar.com/bandow/?articleid=13603
A quote...."Until recently, NATO was treated like a social club, with
invitations extended pro forma to anyone within geographic reach that
exhibited proper manners. But the conflict in the Caucasus brought home
to NATO's 26 members the unpleasant prospect of war with Russia. Moscow
is truculent and the Europeans are nervous, yet US officials are
pushing to bring both Georgia and Ukraine into NATO. This step would
directly bring conflict and war into the alliance."
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Report:
NATO Air Strike in Helmand Kills 25 Civilians ---
http://news.antiwar.com/2008/10/16/report-nato-air-strike-in-helmand-kills-25-civilians/
A quote...."NATO forces launched an air strike in Nad Ali District,
Helmand Province, early this afternoon, killing a reported 25
civilians. The number of dead were reported by local residents, who
took some of the bodies to Lashkar Gah to complain to the governor
about the killings. NATO said it was “aware of an incident,” but
declined to confirm any civilian casualties as of yet."
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Road
to Perdition: Yet Another Atrocity in Afghanistan, More to Come
---
http://www.chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/3/1630-road-to-perdition-yet-another-atrocity-in-afghanistan-more-to-come.html
Related Article - A quote...."On Wednesday night, the BBC reported that
a British soldier had been killed in Helmland province in Afghanistan.
On Thursday night, the BBC reported that an airstrike by as-yet
unidentified "foreign forces" has killed at least 18 civilians -- in
Helmland province. From the BBC:"
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Former
FM: Taliban May Split With al-Qaeda Over Afghan Peace
---
http://news.antiwar.com/2008/10/15/former-fm-taliban-wont-allow-al-qaeda-to-block-peace/
A quote...."Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil, a former Foreign Minister for the
pre-invasion Taliban government in Afghanistan, says that the Taliban
might cut ties with al-Qaeda in the course of reconciliation talks with
the post-war government, though the move should not be a pre-condition
for such talks. Muttawakil said al-Qaeda was a guest of the Taliban and
an ally in the present fight, but they “will not be allowed to create
an obstacle” to peace negotiations."
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Taliban 'seizes
180 Afghan troops' ---
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m48026&s1=h1
A quote...."A spokesman for the Taliban movement has told Al Jazeera
that the movement's fighters have captured at least 180 Afghan soldiers
in southern Helmand province."
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Afghan
Forces See Growing Defections to Taliban ---
http://news.antiwar.com/2008/10/16/afghan-forces-see-growing-defections-to-taliban/
A quote...."As the fighting in Afghanistan continues to worsen, Al
Jazeera reports that a growing number of members of Afghan security
forces are switching sides and joining the Taliban. The article focuses
on Sulieman Ameri, a member of Afghanistan’s police border patrol in
Herat Province who, along with his 16 subordinates defected to the
Taliban."
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The
trail of torture ---
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/16/usa-guantanamo
A quote...."The revelation, in yesterday's Washington Post, that the
Bush administration "issued a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003
and 2004 that explicitly endorsed the agency's use of interrogation
techniques such as waterboarding against al-Qaida suspects" will
increase calls for the administration to be held to account for its
actions." --
Also posted at CommonDreams
--- http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10/16-3
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Scott
Horton Interviews Lawrence Wilkerson ---
http://antiwar.com/radio/2008/10/13/lawrence-wilkerson/
Must Listen - Audio Interview
- A
quote...."Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, (US Army Ret.), former chief of
staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell, discusses the coalition of
Oil and Israeli interests in pushing the invasion of Iraq, all the
reasons that everyone should have known that the WMD and terrorism
pretexts were just that, the disgrace he felt during Powell’s UN speech
and his surprise at the positive coverage, the status of Anar al-Islam
in Kurdistan before the war, the after the fact creation of al Qaeda in
Iraq by Zarqawi and his allies, how he came to understand how the
Cheney-Neocon cabal operated - too late, the continued polarization of
American politics, the responsibility of David Addington, Jim Haynes,
Doug Feith, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Timothy Flanigan and Alberto Gonzales
for the torture policy adopted after 9/11, its consequences, John
McCain’s pro-torture Detainee Treatment Act, how the administration
killed the Iranian peace offer of 2003 and how the administration let
Osama bin Laden escape from Afghanistan in 2001." --
For more regarding the "oil" issue see....War
Resource 9/11. ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/priorwarresource911-weblist-mpg-091106
---
Regarding
Rumsfeld's "Office of Special Plans", see.... Fake
Intel / Propaganda - OSP ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/fakeintell-weblist-mpg-090206#OSP
---
Regarding torture and
prisons see....The
Convenient Silence of Guantanamo Bay - 05-31-08 - mpg
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/theconvenientsilenceofgitmo-blog-mpg-053108
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U.S. troops close
down outlets of Sadr City-MP ---
http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=101255
A quote...."BAGHDAD/Aswat al-Iraq: A lawmaker from a bloc loyal to
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday said the U.S army forces
closed down the outlets of Shiite Slum Sadr City to prevent
demonstrations to be staged by Sadrists this weekend. -
[In opposition to the recently concluded
negotiation between the N.R.E and Maliki regarding the Status of Forces
Agreement (SOFA), an agreement by the way, that has to be approved of
by
the Iraqi parliament, which given the agreement's infringement on Iraqi
sovereignty, is something that is unlikely to happen
anytime soon.] - mpg
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Sadrists
refuse presidential invitation to discuss US security pact
--- http://iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/article/178486
A quote...."Baghdad - The Sadrist bloc in Iraq's parliament refused a
presidential invitation for a meeting to be held on Friday to discuss
the US-Iraqi security pact, the bloc's spokesman said."
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Darkness
---
http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/baghdad/2008/10/darkness.html
A quote...."It wasn't a good couple of days for journalists in Iraq or
a positive reflection on a government that is supposed to be a
fledgling Democracy. -- When a press conference by the advisory
commission of the Shabak, an Iraqi ethnic minority demanding their
rights, turned heated today parliament security guards held 35
journalists against their will and confiscated their equipment. They
stopped broadcasts and cut off internet lines so no journalist could
file the news to their offices, the Journalistic Freedom Observatory an
independent Iraqi organization that monitors violations of press
freedom."
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America,
Get Out Today and Not Tomorrow! ---
http://watchingamerica.com/News/8915/america-get-out-today-and-not-tomorrow/
A quote...."Your democracy, which we applauded, turned us into those
bereaved of children, widows, and orphans of the street begging for
mercy and a piece of the bread from a government that has made itself
deaf to our hunger and our eternal subjugation."
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Yousef Abudayyeh -
It Was Never About Borders ---
http://www.creative-i.info/?p=1479
They say a picture is worth a
thousand words....it's true. - mpg -- A quote...."the
Palestinian-Zionist conflict is not about disputed borders, it’s about
the very existence of the indigenous inhabitants of Palestine. The
Zionist invaders came to Palestine because according to the Zionists,
Palestine was a land with no people and needed to be filled with
“people who have no land. -- Unless the whole world and especially the
Arab Palestinians understand this, things will get worse. What we saw
in Akka (Akko) this week is a continuation of the emptying of Palestine
of its original people. This has always been a fruitless undertaking,
fueled by the invader’s realization of the ultimate failure of the
Zionist adventure - make no mistake about it.”
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The
Phantom Peace -
posted at
Palestine
Chronicle ---
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/fund_raisers.php?id=14
---
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=14278
A quote...."The end of Ehud Olmert's Israeli Prime Ministership should
see the likely new leader Tzipi Livni continue peace talks with the
Palestinian Authority. She will have a difficult time. The illegal
settlement movement supported by every Israeli administration to date
has burgeoned out-of-control and its right-wing leaders are vehemently
opposed to negotiating land for peace. More than likely, we will see
Livni use the same stalling tactics that have up until now allowed land
grabs from the Palestinians for the Zionist dream of a greater Israel."
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Settlers smash
Palestinian family’s car while soldiers refuse to intervene during
olive harvest in Azmut ---
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m48019&s1=h1
A quote...."At approximately 10:40 on Thursday morning a Palestinian
family from Azmut, in the northeast of Nablus, was harvesting their
land near the illegal Elon Moreh settlement when a group of five
settlers terrorized the family."
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Pogrom Acre-style
--- http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m48023&s1=h1
A quote...."Racism raised its ugly head in the northern coastal town of
Acre this week, exposing Israelis' shocking bigotry and intolerance
towards its non-Jewish citizens, especially the sizeable Palestinian
minority which constitutes nearly one fourth of Israel's population."
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Pentagon
bans SERE interrogation techniques ---
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081015/pl_afp/usmilitarydetaineesinterrogations
---
Too little, too late. -
mpg
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Pentagon has revised a directive on
detainee interrogations to specifically prohibit the use of techniques
developed for a pilot survival training program from Chinese torture
methods, officials said Wednesday."
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In
Nicaragua, political dissidents targeted ---
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1017/p07s03-wogn.html
A quote...."Although Nicaragua's government has moved from the far
right to the far left, it's remained consistently repressive, say its
opponents. Political analysts say that the crackdown against Carlos and
other critical voices is the latest step by Nicaraguan President Daniel
Ortega's government to move the country toward a totalitarian regime by
limiting political and civic participation. His tightening control over
other state institutions has resulted in an "institutional
dictatorship," according to dissident leader Edmundo Jarquin from the
Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS)."
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Nigerian
court orders Shell to hand over oil terminal land ---
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081015/wl_africa_afp/nigeriaoilcompanyshellcourt
A quote...."LAGOS (AFP) - A Nigerian court has ordered Shell to hand
over land around its giant Bonny oil terminal to the local population,
a key demand of armed rebels in the volatile region, the Anglo-Dutch
group said Wednesday." --
One could
speculate at cynical length regarding the putative reasons for this
remarkable decision, however, taking it at face value, this editor
sincerely applauds the independence of the Nigerian courts and the
judge presiding over the case for standing up to a large muti-national
corporation like Shell on behalf of the "little people". - mpg
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Venezuela
buying Russian tanks, armored vehicles ---
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081016/wl_afp/venezuelarussiaweaponsmilitary
A quote...."CARACAS (AFP) – Venezuela is buying more Russian weapons,
including armored personnel carriers and tanks, to replace aging
ordnance and to improve the country's security and defense
capabilities, a top military commander said Thursday."
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Russia
to build second missile frigate for Indian Navy by March
--- http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081016/117786170.html
A quote...."KALININGRAD, October 16 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian shipyard
said on Thursday it would complete the construction of the second of
three missile frigates for the Indian Navy by March 2009."
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The
Monroe Doctrine Revisited: China’s Increased Role in Latin America
--- http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1528/1/
A quote...."The presence of Chinese communities in cities like Rosario
is not surprising. Chinese immigration and adaptability is common
worldwide. In 2006, reported Chinese remittances from abroad totaled
over $22 billion, and the global Chinese Diaspora is estimated to be 40
million strong. What is noteworthy is the symbolism of their success:
the ability of the Chinese to seamlessly integrate and flourish in
business climates all throughout Latin America is symbolic in a region
ever more open to trade with these business owners’ country of origin."
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Calm
seas in Azerbaijan ahead of presidential election ---
http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20081013/117712817.html
A quote...."MOSCOW. (Gyulnara Mamedzade for RIA Novosti) - Incumbent
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will win the presidential election
on October 15. Pollsters predict that he will get over 86% of the 4.8
million votes."
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Shadowplay :
Part 1 9/11 Puppetmasters ---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgy5bpz2dEE --- (YouTube -
10 min 20 sec - Added:
July 26, 2008)
Video -
A little theatrical, but the analysis is spot on....enjoy.
- mpg -- A quote...."What if 9/11 was not an act of
Islamic extremism, but something far more sinister... an evil from
within? -- In the past, invisible elites lurking behind thrones have
tightened their grasp on power by provoking attacks on their own
people, then blaming the enemy as a false-flag pretext for imperial
wars. The idea that this could happen today is almost unimaginable. -
Or is it?
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Howard
Stern - Jesse Ventura on 9/11 - (YouTube - 10 min 20 sec -
Added: July 29, 2008)
---
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFIZwC6z4Kk&feature=related
Video - A quote..."Howard
has Jesse Ventura back on the show and he lets rip his views on the
vietnam war, the gulf of tonkin false flag event, the PNAC documents,
the new pearl harbor and 9/11..." --
See
also....9/11
- WTC7 ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/911-wtc7-weblist-mpg-082308
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Peter
Dale Scott's "Deep Politics" lecture at McGill University - (blinkx
video - 1hr 22m 47s - Sub | Sept. 22, 2008)
---
http://www.blinkx.com/video/peter-dale-scott-deep-politics-lecture-at-mcgill-university/eyVDz11-yOFQSdpKXo6Pkg
Vidoe - A quote...."Deep
Politics: How 9/11 Changed America ", given by Peter Dale Scott ,
chaired by Michel Chossudovsky and organized by the Centre for Research
on Globalization in Montreal on September 19 2008. Filmed and edited by
Montreal 9/11 Truth .
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Meet
the Protester Who 'May Have Received a Minor Injury' at the Hofstra
Debate
---
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Meet-the-Protestor-Who--by-Cheryl-Biren-Wrigh-081016-682.html
A quote...."Last night Americans waited for presidential candidates,
Senators Barack Obama and John McCain, to take the stage at Hofstra
University for the final debate before the elections. Outside the
debate "15 protesters" were arrested. Oh, and "one person may have
received a minor injury." That according to the Associated Press."
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The
Final Debate - Democracy Now! - Audio, Video and Transcript -
posted at ICH
--- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21036.htm
A quote...."October 16, 2008 -- Third-Party Candidates Ralph Nader
& Cynthia McKinney Respond to Final McCain-Obama Debate -- Senators
Barack Obama and John McCain met last night for the final debate before
the November 4th presidential election, sparring over the economy, tax
policy, negative campaigning, trade agreements, abortion and the
educational system. As with the other debates, third-party candidates
were not invited to participate. We break the sound barrier and hear
from Green Party presidential nominee Cynthia McKinney and independent
presidential candidate Ralph Nader" --
Article from DemocracyNow
---
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/10/16/breaking_the_sound_barrier_third_party
---
One does not have to vote
for a
DemoRepub, see....You
Have a Choice Democracy or Empire - 07-24-08 - mpg
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/youhaveachoice-democracyorempire-blog-mpg-072408
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Unsked
Questions in the Four Debates ---
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Un-asked-Questions-in-4-de-by-Richard-Spisak-081016-749.html
A quote...."1. What assurances can you offer the American people
that you will return to a Constitutional form of Government with a
renewed respect for the Bill of Rights and the balance of power that
has been eroded in the last ten years?"
.... and many others. - mpg
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G.O.P.
Donor Is Accused of Overcharging Pentagon
---
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/world/middleeast/17fuel.html?_r=2&ei=5070&emc=eta1&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
A quote...."The Democratic chairman of a House investigative committee
presented documents to the Pentagon on Thursday charging that a top
Republican fund-raiser, Harry Sargeant III, made tens of millions of
dollars in profits over the last four years because his contracting
company vastly overcharged for deliveries of fuel to American air bases
in Iraq."
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Peril
of Corporations Issuing Public Money ---
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Peril-of-corporations-issu-by-davidforalaska-com-081016-351.html
Special Note --
Some great quotes - mpg -- A
quote...."
If the American people ever allow
private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by
inflation, then by deflation, the banks and the corporations that will
grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until
their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers
conquered.... The issuing power should be taken from the banks and
restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.
... The modern theory of the perpetuation of debt has drenched the
earth with blood, and crushed its inhabitants under burdens ever
accumulating. -- *Thomas Jefferson*
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Good and Bad Credit
--- http://mises.org/story/3151
A quote...."It is true that credit is the key for economic growth.
However, one must make a distinction between good credit and bad
credit. It is good credit that makes real economic growth possible and
thus improves people's lives and well-being. False credit, however, is
an agent of economic destruction and leads to economic impoverishment."
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'Great
Depression' Lessons from 'It's a Wonderful Life' ---
http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2008/10/great-depression-lessons-from-its.html
A quote...."In the 1930s, disillusioned Americans might have embraced
full blown socialism. The 'right wing' was spooked. The FBI considered
'It's a Wonderful Life' to be a subversive film, because it
"deliberately maligned the upper class" and attempted to show that
"people who had money were mean and despicable characters". They might
do so again if it might avoid another Great Depression --still
misunderstood by most writers, historians and economists."
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Government’s
Last Stand ---
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff230.html
A quote...."The money circle is closed. This is the ultimate in
recycling. The Fed prints it and lends it to the Treasury who lends it
to the banks who lend it to Americans who give it up to the Treasury.
-- Charles E. Wilson was the chairman of General Motors Corporation
(GM). In 1953, he said "because for years I thought what was good for
the country was good for General Motors and vice versa." GM stock
recently traded at $4 a share. Toyota’s market value is roughly 25
times that of GM."
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The
Guy Who Called It Right ---
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2008104216/guy-who-called-it-right
A quote...."Major sources of future stress in the financial system
remain. These include the risk of a credit default swap market blowout;
the collapse of hundreds of hedge funds; the rising troubles of many
insurance companies; the risk that other systemically important
financial institutions are insolvent and in need of expensive rescue
programs; and the risk that some significant emerging-market economies,
and some advanced ones too (Iceland), will experience a severe
financial crisis."
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October
21st is Pay Day ---
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2008/10/october-21st-is-pay-day.html
Financial Warning - A
quote...."October 10th was "D-Day", where D stands for "derivatives".
That was the day that an auction for Lehman's $400 billion dollars
worth of credit default swaps determined that sellers of swaps would
have to pay out 91.375 cents on the dollar."
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Credit
Default Vultures Turn Focus on Main Street ---
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2008/10/credit-default-vultures-turn-focus-to.html
Financial Warning - A
quote...."As Markit analyst Paul Davies wrote yesterday: 'Credit
derivative markets turned their attention away from financial
armageddon towards plain old recession on Wednesday morning, pushing up
the costs of protection on the main indices for the first time this
week.'"
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Have
You Heard? Credit Default Swaps ---
http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/16/have-you-heard-credit-default-swaps/
Related Article - A quote...."You may recall that I have previously
pointed out that the
current Wall Street crisis was not caused by 1) Barney Frank, 2)
Democrats forcing Fannie and Freddie to give liars loans, 3) poor
people not being able to pay their mortgages....."
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Fire
or Ice: Are We Headed Towards Hyperinflation or Deflation
---
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2008/10/fire-or-ice-are-we-headed-towards.html
Special Note - A
quote...."The most important debate among economists, high-level
investment advisors and financial experts is whether the U.S. economy
will heat up or cool down - that is, whether it will go into runaway
inflation or deflation." --
This is
the key question, and if as an investor you get it wrong, you could
lose your shirt, along with your pants, shoes, socks and everything
else you own, as has happened to many hedge funds recently. -
mpg --
See...The
Dollar's Spike - 10-06-08 - mpg ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/thedollarsspike-blog-mpg-100608
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Is
China Shielded From Derivatives? ---
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2008/10/is-china-shielded-from-derivatives.html
Special Note - Some
quotes...."Conventional wisdom is that China is shielded from the
derivatives hurricane battering the rest of the world." --
"Is this true?"
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Bank
of New York Mellon Will Oversee Bailout Fund ---
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/business/economy/15tarp.html
A quote...."The Bank of New York Mellon was named the master custodian
firm overseeing the Treasury Department’s $700 billion bailout fund,
the agency announced Tuesday."
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Recession
looms despite global interventions ---
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081016/bs_nm/us_financial5
A quote...."NEW YORK (Reuters) - Government steps to shore up the
banking system and unfreeze credit markets showed some signs of
progress on Thursday, but grim news from major economies reinforced
fears of recession and hammered global markets."
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Citigroup
posts another loss amid credit woes ---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10578
A quote...."Citigroup Inc. suffered its fourth straight quarterly loss
and cut another 11,000 jobs, drubbed again by the relentless downturn
in housing and turmoil in the financial markets. -- The New York-based
bank said Thursday it lost $2.8 billion, or 60 cents per share, in the
third quarter, compared with a profit of $2.2 billion, or 44 cents per
share, a year ago. The deficit for the June-to-September period brings
Citi's total losses over the past 12 months to $20.2 billion."
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Merrill
posts $7.5 billion third-quarter loss ---
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE49F3ON20081016
A quote...."NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch & Co reported a
third-quarter net loss of $7.5 billion on write-downs and credit losses
on complex debt securities. The brokerage house, which last month
accepted a takeover bid from Bank of America, said on Thursday that the
net loss applicable to common shareholders widened to $5.58 per share
from $2.3 billion, or $2.82 per share, a year earlier. The loss was
worse than analysts' expectations of a $5.18 loss per share, according
to Reuters' Estimates."
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Birmingham
on the brink (of bankruptcy) -
link
posted at ICH
--- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
---
http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/13/news/economy/Birmingham_brink_Whitford.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008101504
A quote...."With $3.2 billion in debt, the county that is home to
Alabama's largest city is about to go bust. How the credit crisis went
South."
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Philly
Fed Oct factory activity crashes
---
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE49F5MC20081016?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&rpc=23&sp=true
A quote...."The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank said its business
activity index slumped unexpectedly hard to -37.5 in October from 3.8
in September. That was its lowest since October 1990. - "The data, put
simply, were horrendous coming out of the Philadelphia Fed region
today," said Dana Saporta, economist at Dresdner Kleinwort in New York."
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Home
builders' confidence tanks in October
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/home-builders-confidence-tanks-october/story.aspx?guid=%7BE7F09EB0-5187-4FDC-B97E-BE37B1729ED2%7D
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The doom and gloom mood in the
U.S. home-building industry worsened in October as "profound
uncertainties" about credit availability sent the home builders'
sentiment index down to a record low, an industry trade group reported
Thursday."
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Crisis
spreads to Eastern Europe as Ukraine, Hungary and Serbia call IMF
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/3204874/Crisis-spreads-to-Eastern-Europe-as-Ukraine-Hungary-and-Serbia-call-IMF.html
A quote...."A team of IMF trouble-shooters rushed to Kiev on Wednesay
to draw up a possible standby loan to help Ukraine stabilize its bank
after a panic run on deposits this month."
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[British]
Banks in bail-out scheme cannot pay dividends for five years under EU
law
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/3211151/Banks-in-bail-out-scheme-cannot-pay-dividends-for-five-years-under-EU-law.html
A quote...."Banks taking part in Gordon Brown's emergency bailout are
to be banned from paying dividends for up to five years under European
laws."
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[British]
Gradient [Capital] close to collapse as hedge funds feel heat
---
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/3212132/Gradient-close-to-collapse-as-hedge-funds-feel-heat.html
A quote...."One of London’s best known hedge funds, Gradient Capital
Partners, is on the brink of collapse after dropping nearly 42pc in
value last month." -
One of many
more to fail over the next two years. - mpg
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Wednesday October 15th 2008 -
links page
Can
Obama See the Grand Canyon? - On Presidential Blindness and Economic
Catastrophe
---
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174989/mike_davis_casino_capitalism_obama_and_us
Must Read - A
quote...."....my initial reaction to Wall Street's infamous 777.7 point
plunge a few weeks ago was a very sixties retro elation. "Right on,
Karl!" I shouted. "Eat your derivatives and die, Wall Street swine!"
Like the Grand Canyon, the fall of the banks can be a terrifying but
sublime spectacle. -- But the real culprits, of course, are not being
trundled off to the guillotine; they're gently floating to earth in
golden parachutes. The rest of us may be trapped on the burning plane
without a pilot, but the despicable Richard Fuld, who used Lehman
Brothers to loot pension funds and retirement accounts, merely sulks on
his yacht. -- Out in the stucco deserts of Limbaughland, moreover, fear
is already being distilled into a good ol' boy version of the "stab in
the back" myth that rallied the ruined German petite bourgeoisie to the
swastika. If you listen to the rage on commute AM, you'll know that
‘socialism' has already taken a lien on America, Barack Hussein Obama
is terrorism's Manchurian candidate, the collapse of Wall Street was
caused by elderly black people with Fannie Mae loans, and ACORN in its
voter registration drives has long been padding the voting rolls with
illegal brown hordes."
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Capitalism
Without Capital? ---
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul485.html
A quote...."Not only is our nation on the verge of bankruptcy, but so
are its people and private institutions. We are now repeatedly hearing
about businesses “needing to access the credit market to make payroll.”
This is an unmistakable sign of more dire consequences ahead for the
economy. If businesses must borrow just to make payroll, this is
evidence of a severe undercapitalization that cannot be sustained, even
for the short run."
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Henry
Hazlitt on the Bailout ---
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/kjar1.html
Special Note - A
quote...."Hazlitt delivers his "one lesson" in chapter 1, and proceeds
to spend the rest of the book giving examples. His lesson, based on the
work of Frédéric Bastiat, is that "the art of economics
consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer
effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences
of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups." -- For
example, in chapter 2, Hazlitt delivers the well-known "broken window
fallacy"
[a.k.a Military
Keynesian] ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/cachedfiles/fedfundschart-photopg-cached-032407
--- in which a
hoodlum breaks a shopkeeper's window with a rock. The common folk see
it as a tragedy, but an astute Washington bureaucrat could argue that
it creates new jobs for glaziers. As Hazlitt points out, though, any
resources that the shopkeeper spends on the new window would have been
used elsewhere, perhaps for a new suit. So while the glazier gets new
business, the tailor loses the same amount of business. There is no net
benefit; in fact there is a net loss. Absent the hoodlum, the
shopkeeper would have had both a window and a new suit; given the
hoodlum, the shopkeeper has a window but no suit. Even though the
damage was to the window, it is the suit that is lost to the shopkeeper
and, hence, to society."
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There
Is No Quick Fix ---
http://www.countercurrents.org/truskoff141008.htm
A quote...."I am amazed at how the pundits and so-called experts
continue to offer opinions on how to fix the economic worldwide
meltdown. No one seems to want to go back and see what started it or
explain how it started. Trickle down economics
[(Anti-)Keynesianism's
Last Stand]
--- http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north660.html
--- does not work
and never did, but no one is willing to admit that and so we keep
hearing band-aid ideas of how to fix the problem."
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America’s
Coup D’État in the Making: Deception and Self-Deception
--- http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/ryn3.html
A quote...."
A merely self-serving
desire for power cannot present itself as such. It must portray itself
as a wish to assist others. How best to argue for giving you or your
group great power? If you are able to persuade others that the
present world is grossly oppressive and destructive of human happiness
but that you can make it much better, those others may support
mobilizing massive power and placing it in your hands or the hands of
people like you. The more ambitious your scheme for benevolent change,
the greater the need for power." -- bold by website editor
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The
October Surprise: Global Panic ---
http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman141008.htm
A quote...."Since 9/11, the notion of an October surprise has been
around. The idea going something like this. Another real or
manufactured terror attack. The dominant media stokes fear. The public
is again traumatized. The Bush administration pledges all effective
measures to protect national security. Formerly seizes total power.
Suspends the Constitution and declares martial law. Mass detentions
follow. Beginning with dissenters and elements of the public considered
"dangerous."
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Sage
Observations PG's quotes posted 07-24-07 ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/sageobservations-pg-blog-072407
"The enemy aggressor is always
pursuing a course of larceny, murder,
rapine and barbarism. We are always moving forward with high mission, a
destiny imposed by the Deity to regenerate our victims while
incidentally capturing their markets, to civilize savage and senile and
paranoid peoples while blundering accidentally into their oil
wells."[and discovering that their oil wells are tapping our oil which
somehow was misplaced under their land]
-- *John Flynn*, 1944
"Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is
dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and
find criticism subversive."
-- *Henry Steele
Commager*
- (1902-1998) Historian and author Source: Freedom and Order,
1966
"Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify
the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their
continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation."
-- *Justice William O. Douglas*
- (1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court Justice Source: We, The
Judges, 1956
"When the same man, or set of men, holds the sword and the purse, there
is an end of liberty"
-- *George Mason*
"We're not a democracy. It's a terrible misunderstanding and a slander
to the idea of democracy to call us that. In reality, we're a
plutocracy: a government by the wealthy."
-- *Ramsey Clark*, former U.S. Attorney General
"Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is
the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy"
-- *John Pierpont Morgan*
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Bush
Declares Exceptions to Sections of Two Bills He Signed Into Law
---
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/washington/15signing.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Special Note -
Why is this moron still in the White
House??? Why did that piece of worthless crap Nancy Pelosi,
utterly fail to carry out
her sworn, constitutional duty to impeach him? Why would anyone even
think about voting for her again....God Damn her to Hell, and all
those who support her and her policy of letting this country become a
dictatorship.
- mpg -- A quote.... "WASHINGTON -- 15 Oct 2008 --
Bush
used signing statements to assert a right to bypass more than 1,100
sections of laws. President [sic] Bush asserted on Tuesday
that he had the executive power to bypass several parts of two bills: a
military authorization act and a measure giving inspectors general
greater independence from White House control. Mr. Bush signed the two
measures into law. But he then issued a so-called signing statement in
which he instructed the executive branch to view parts of each as
unconstitutional constraints on presidential power. In the
authorization bill, Mr. Bush challenged four sections. One forbid the
money from being used "to exercise United States control of the oil
resources of Iraq"; another required negotiations for an agreement
by which Iraq would share some of the costs of the American military
operations there. The sections "purport to impose requirements that
could inhibit the president’s ability to carry out his constitutional
obligations," including as commander in chief, Mr. Bush wrote. In the
other bill, he raised concerns about two sections that strengthen legal
protections against political interference with the internal watchdog
officials at each executive agency." -- Paragraph quoted from CLG
--- http://www.legitgov.org/ ---
For more on this issue see....Thirty
Five Acts to
Restore Americans' Rights 11-10-06 - mpg ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/seventeenacts-blog-mpg-111006
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It Was
Always a War for Oil: Here’s the Proof ---
http://www.progressive.org/mag/wx101508.html
A quote...."Before Bush launched the Iraq War, I had a bumper sticker
that said “No War for Oil.” - I got some one-finger salutes, and I
remember a guy on a motorcycle screaming at me for several hundred
yards. - Meanwhile, all the on-air cheerleaders for Bush’s war disputed
the assertion that it had anything to do with that dirty
three-letter-word oil. - But it all comes out sooner or later. - And
now is later."
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US
Journalists & War-Crime Guilt-
Posted at Consortium News
--- http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/101508.html
--- http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/101408d.html
A quote...."CN Editor’s Note: This year, the U.S. news media cheered
the opening of the $450 million Newseum in Washington, a
self-congratulatory celebration of American journalism. - However,
rather than giving themselves that expensive pat on the back, the major
U.S. media organizations might have done something to show remorse for
their complicity in the Bush administration’s propaganda that justified
the invasion of Iraq. - As freelance journalist Peter Dyer notes,
prosecutors at the Nuremberg Tribunals deemed such journalistic support
for war crimes to be a capital offense: - October 16 is an anniversary
that should hold considerable interest for American journalists who
have written in support of ”Operation Iraqi Freedom” – the invasion and
occupation of Iraq."
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Key
charges dropped against 'dirty bomb' Guantanamo suspect: documents
---
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Key_charges_dropped_against_dirty_b_10152008.html
A quote...."The charges were dropped because they were based on "false
confessions obtained through torture," according to an article in the
Washington Post that interviewed Mohammed's lawyers." --
For more on this issue see.... The
Convenient Silence of Guantanamo Bay - 05-31-08 - mpg
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/theconvenientsilenceofgitmo-blog-mpg-053108
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9/11
Blueprint for Truth presented by Architect Richard Gage, AIA -
(Google - 120 min - Oct 31, 2007)
---
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8182697765360042032
Video -
Must View - Special Note -
From the
history file - A quote...."
Oct 31, 2007 -- 9/11
Blueprint for Truth: The Architecture of Destruction Commercial
architect Richard Gage (founder of Architects & Engineers for 9/11
Truth) presents a watertight case for controlled demolition of the
three steel-building collapses at the World Trade Center, New York on
9/11/01. Includes physicist Steven Jones' updated evidence of thermite.
Gage's website,
www.ae911truth.org,
--- http://www.ae911truth.org/ --- is rapidly
drawing building and engineering professionals to the 9/11
movement."
See also....Speaking
Engagements ---
http://www.ae911truth.org/speakings.php#speak104
For more on this
issue see....9/11
- WTC7 ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/911-wtc7-weblist-mpg-082308
& 9/11
& It's Fallout - Videos ---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/911&itsfallout-weblist-mpg-053007
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911
Mysteries - Full Version - High Quality Version ---
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3944047011450313064
--- (Gogl - 91m - Jul 15, 2007)
Video -
From the
history file - A quote...."
Jul 15, 2007 -- This is a
brand new public domain 9/11 Truth documentary about the controlled
demolition of the World Trade Center complex."
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Structural
engineering council (CTBUH) casts doubt on NIST's WTC 7 Report.
--- http://www.911blogger.com/node/18154
A quote...."The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has
published comments on the NIST WTC 7 Report. The CTBUH questions
critical points of the NIST WTC 7 collapse theory and also highlights
problems with the writing NIST report itself."
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The
reality of war in Afghanistan ---
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/10/15/the_reality_of_war_in_afghanistan/
A quote...."DESPITE their differences over how to pursue the US war in
Iraq, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama both want to send more
American troops to Afghanistan. Both are wrong. History cries out to
them, but they are not listening."
Also
posted at CommonDreams
--- http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10/15
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Kabul Is Now
Surrounded By The Taliban ---
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/178377
A quote...."KABUL — At a gas station on the outskirts of Kabul,
lounging in the shade of a transport truck, Mohammed Raza describes how
he escaped death. -- Last month, a U.S. contractor promised him $10,000
if he'd drive a truck full of diesel from Kabul to Kandahar, offering
seven times more than he could earn by transporting his usual shipments
of sugar. But the Taliban forbid drivers from carrying fuel to the
foreign troops, he said, and the insurgents run checkpoints on the road
between Afghanistan's two largest cities. He rejected the offer. One of
his friends took the assignment, he said, and the Taliban cut off his
head."
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Defections hit
Afghan forces ---
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m47986&s1=h1
A quote...."After fighting the Taliban for the past seven years, many
working for the Afghan security forces are now switching sides. -
Sulieman Ameri and his 16 men were until a month ago serving the Afghan
government as police patrolling the border with Iran."
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Iran criticizes
western governments approach to Taliban ---
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/178360
A quote...."
Iranian Permanent
Ambassador to United Nations Mohammad Khazaee said on Tuesday
criticized attempts made by Western governments to hold negotiations
with terrorist and extremist groups in Afghanistan. -- He told
the Security Council meeting that Iran has extended extensive
assistance to the Afghan people over the past several years and
supports the democratic government in Afghanistan." --
It's so funny it brings one to
tears. The US gave BILLIONS
of dollars to the Taliban over the years, all the while accusing
Iran of supporting them and calling Iran a "terrorist" nation.
Let's make it totally clear, this website editor supports the
legitimate national aspirations of the Pushton population in both
Afghanistan and Pakistan that the Taliban is trying to represent. But
this editor adamantly does not
support the Taliban's US and Saudi sponsored al Qaeda elements and
Salafist
radicalism. But it's funny. It really truly is funny
that the American people -- still -- after all this time, believe the
non-stop garbage emanating from Washington DC and the Pentagon.
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US
elevates Pakistan to regional kingpin ---
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IA27Df02.html
A quote...."The hearings of the US congressional committees on
intelligence in Washington in the past two successive weeks make it
clear that the administration of President George W Bush has no
intention of pressuring Pakistan over the resurgence of the Taliban in
Afghanistan. "
You can picture it a year from
now, one of those slack jawed pundits on
FOX News saying, "yeah the Taliban, al Qaeda and Osama are our
friends.....dah, drool, drool, you know....to help us get Iran."
-- Has anyone out there
considered that the members of the Bush family are
God's joke on America? - mpg --
posted
01-26-07
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Imperialist
Strategic Thinking on Iran ---
http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m47985&s1=h1
A quote...."In a recent policy paper by the New American Foundation (
among whose board members sits
Francis 'End of History' Fukuyama),
it is argued that the next U.S. administration must engage Iran with a
'grand bargain', which addresses both Iran and the U.S.'s strategic
concerns. The paper argues that the piecemeal approach the U.S. has
taken towards Iran has clearly failed to change the behavior of the
regime in Iran, and a détente is not a desirable option. The
only
stable and strategically appropriate path to take is a full
rapprochement. --
The N.R.E.'s
policy in a nutshell, if you can't beat them up or kill them to steal
their resources, guess you'll just have to pretend to do business with
them....until you can beat them up or kill them to steal their
resources. - mpg
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Iran
Slams US Propaganda Effort ---
http://www.farsnews.com/English/newstext.php?nn=8707241534
A quote...."TEHRAN (FNA)- US officials must end the practice of
pointing to Iranian interference every time the Washington strategy for
Iraq falters, Iranian officials said Tuesday.
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China,
Pakistan sign 10-plus deals as Zardari makes first Beijing trip
---
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/15/content_10200499.htm
A quote...."BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- China and Pakistan on
Wednesday signed more than 10 deals ranging from trade and minerals to
agriculture and satellites."
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Berlusconi
wants Russia to join EU ---
http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/31942
A quote...."European leaders meeting in Brussels have postponed talks
on a new Russia-EU partnership agreement. The issue is now expected to
be shelved until November 14, when a summit between Russia and Europe
is held in Nice. In a surprise move, Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi said
Russia should be in the EU."
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Blueprint
finalised for Arab common market ---
http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-1895-0-9-9--.html
They could have done this over
thirty years ago, instead they (especially the Saudi Royals) let the
N.R.E. and Israel play each of them off against the other. - mpg
--
A
quote...."The Council of Arab Economic Unity has finalised a blueprint
to set up a customs union that will lead to the establishment of an
Arab common market, the official MENA news agency reported Wednesday."
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Belarus
starts major military drill with Russia ---
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/15/content_10199674.htm
A quote...."MOSCOW, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Belarus started Wednesday a
massive month-long military exercise which will involve troops from
Russia, according to reports reaching here. -- The week-long Fall-2008
operational and tactical exercises will involve some 8,500 servicemen,
40 aircraft, 60 tanks, 250 armored vehicles and nearly 40 artillery
batteries, said Belarusian media."
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Ex-Soviet
states to hold joint air defense drills in 2009 ---
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081015/117749210.html
A quote...."ST. PETERSBURG, October 15 (RIA Novosti) - Members of the
Commonwealth of Independent States have agreed to conduct joint air
defense exercises in the summer of 2009, the Russian defense minister
said on Wednesday."
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Russia
DM opens 55th meeting of Council of CIS DMs in Petersburg
---
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13174441&PageNum=0
A quote...."PETERSBURG, October 15 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Defense
Minister Anatoly Serdyukov opened the 55th meeting of the Council of
the Defense Ministers of the CIS states here on Wednesday."
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UN court
throws out Georgian claim against Russia ---
http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/31944
Special Note - A
quote...."The International Court of Justice in The Hague has rejected
a request from Georgia to prosecute Russia over the conflict in the
Caucasus. The court also called for both parties to do everything
possible to protect human rights in areas hit by the conflict."
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New
Discoveries Reveal US Intervention in Bolivia ---
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1522/31/
Special Note - A quote...."I made my first request of US government
documents about Bolivia in 1997 and since then have made subsequent
requests for information, ranging from American embassy communiques in
La Paz to USAID grant requests. The information below reveals a clear
policy of US intervention and meddling in Bolivia´s internal
affairs. Almost all the time, this has been done without the knowledge
and at the expense of the American taxpayer."
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Bolivian
TV host charged in anti-Morales riots ---
http://www.miamiherald.com/915/story/726343.html
A quote...." LA PAZ, Bolivia -- Bolivian police say they have
arrested a political activist and television host for allegedly
inciting riots against President Evo Morales. -- Local opposition party
leader Jorge Melgar is accused of heading a mob that sacked government
offices and seized a small airport in the Amazonian town of Riberalta
last month."
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Minister
Calls on Venezuelans to Repatriate Their Investments in the U.S
--- http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/3869
A quote...."Mérida, October 10, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com)-- As
world stock markets tumble, a range of economic experts met in Caracas
to discuss alternative solutions to the crisis. Venezuela's Minister
for Planning and Development, Haiman El Troudi, highlighted the
relative strength of the Venezuelan economy and called for Venezuelan
resources invested in the United States to be repatriated."
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Whistleblower:
Oil watchdog agency 'cult of corruption' ---
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/14/oil.whistleblower/index.html
A quote...."HONOLULU, Hawaii (CNN) -- Bobby Maxwell kept a close
eye on the oil industry for more than 20 years as a government auditor.
But he said the federal agency he worked for is now a "cult of
corruption" -- a claim backed up by a recent government report."
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The
GOP Escalates Its Nutty Attacks on ACORN ---
http://www.alternet.org/election08/102978/the_gop_escalates_its_nutty_attacks_on_acorn/
A quote...."In recent weeks, conservatives have escalated their attacks
on ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
Conservative lawmakers were able to remove a provision aimed at aiding
low-income housing programs from the Bush administration's $700 billion
economic bailout bill by calling it a "slush fund" for ACORN. "
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Cheney
experiencing abnormal heart rhythm -
Hah, they keep pretending he has one.
- mpg
---
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Cheney_experiencing_abnormal_heart_rhythm_1015.html
A quote...."Vice President Dick Cheney, who was scheduled to make a
fundraising appearance today in Homer Glen, has canceled, according to
Andy Seré, spokesman for 11th Congressional district GOP
candidate Marty Ozinga," the Chicago Tribune reported early Wednesday
morning."
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Hedge
Funds' Derivatives Exposure and Margin Calls Driving Stock Market Crash
---
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2008/10/hedge-funds-derivatives-exposure.html
Red
Financial Warning -- A quote...."Leading economist Nouriel
Roubini explains in bullet-point form how hedge funds are driving the
stock market collapse. Take careful note of how credit default swaps
are a key factor in the stock market sell-off, and how another type of
derivative - "collateralized fund obligations" - may be the next shoe
to drop:" --
For more on this issue
see....The
Dollar's Spike - 10-06-08 - mpg
---
http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/thedollarsspike-blog-mpg-100608
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Europe
fumes over Wall Street meltdown ---
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=2575
Must View Video -
Financial Warning - A quote...."The
economic meltdown on Wall Street has sent shockwaves across the globe.
Political economist William Engdahl believes the "US faces an economic
depression that will be worse than the Great Depression of the 1930's."
He goes on to state that "European goverments are furious at the
corruption and fraud that has come out of the New York financial
community."
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The
Great Reagan Pyramid Scheme Comes Crashing Down ---
http://www.juancole.com/2008/10/great-reagan-pyramid-scheme-comes.html
A quote...."The Republican Party that Nixon invented melded the moneyed
classes of the Northeast with the white evangelicals of the South. This
odd couple went on to simultaneously steal from and oppress the rest of
us. The moneyed classes were happy to let the New Puritans impose their
stringent morality, since they could always just buy any licentiousness
they wanted, regardless of the law."
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Ben
Bernanke: Who the hell do you think you are? ---
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=10116
A quote...."It was reported by CNN financial analyst Ali Velshi that
upon your arrival to the Hill that he asked if you agreed that the
country was in recession but he was pushed aside by one of your
security people. He then asked the question again and you turned your
back on him. Just whom do you think you are Sir, to act as if you are
not responsible to the people, by answering a legitimate question about
the disaster we find ourselves in. You Sir, the last time I checked are
appointed to the position you hold and therefore are a public servant
and are obliged to answer questions that the public has a right to
know. You may view yourself as being above the common man and therefore
entitled to the arrogance displayed toward Mr. Velshi but you might
wish to look at the latest polls, showing Americans displeasure with
the current administration and it’s minions."
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Financial
Hurricane Batters World Capitalism ---
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10565
A quote...."The analysis that follows is framed by these core points:
- There is an essential relationship between the vast
enlargement
of the financial sector in the U.S., and the general phenomenon of
financialization, and the deepening globalization of capitalist
production of the last 15 years. And central to this dynamic has been
the relationship between U.S. imperialism and China.
- Through the course of this growth and expansion, severe
imbalances have built up between the financial system—and its
expectation of future profits—and the accumulation of capital, that is,
the structures and actual production and reinvestment of profit based
on the exploitation of wage-labor.
- A “dirty little secret” of this crisis is the enormous
weight of militarization of the U.S. economy.
- This crisis is a concentrated expression of the anarchy of
capitalist production—the fact that production is not carried out
according to any conscious, rational plan at the society-wide level,
much less at the international level
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Yes!!
It's a miracle!!! ---
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JJ15Dj01.html
A quote...."I could hear them whispering to each other behind that
closed and locked door, and they were saying, in shocked tones, that
"The Federal Reserve, on its own initiative, began passing out the cash
- $49 billion last Wednesday alone went to the banks. That same day,
the Fed lent $146 billion to investment firms. By the time people went
home for the weekend, $410 billion had passed from the Fed to private
firms. The money was lent, says the Bloomberg report, at about 2.25%
interest." -- As a point of reference, I got an e-mail where Oliver
Garret of Casey Research by way of The Daily Reckoning which said, "To
put this amount into perspective: if you had spent one million dollars
a day, from the birth of Christ until today, you would have only spent
about $732 billion."
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Public
Ownership, But No Public Control - The Partial Nationalization of US
Banks ---
http://www.counterpunch.org/weissman10152008.html
A quote...."Over the next several months, we're going to see a lot more
moves like this. Government interventions in the economy that seemed
unfathomable a few months ago are going to become the norm, as it
quickly becomes apparent that, as Margaret Thatcher once said in a very
different context, there is no alternative." --
There WERE, and probably still are, lots
of
other alternatives, but they involve the "Vampire Elites" making less
money or – gasp - even losing their privileged place in the "Ponzi
Pyramid Scheme of Life." - mpg
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Biggest
US car firms may seek bail-out from government ---
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/13/gm-chrysler
A quote...."General Motors, the troubled US carmaker which owns
Vauxhall in Britain, has not ruled out going to the government for a
financial bail-out and has been in merger talks with local rival
Chrysler, after its shares lost half their value last week."
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U.S.
Could Guarantee $2 Trillion For Banks - posted at
ICH
--- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21023.htm
A quote...."14/10/08 -- (AP) -- WASHINGTON - The government may
guarantee nearly $2 trillion in U.S. banks' debt and deposit accounts
for more than three years in an effort to break the crippling logjam in
bank-to-bank lending. -- That's the equivalent of about 20 percent of
the national debt, which recently blew past $10 trillion, and roughly
14 percent of U.S. gross domestic product — the economy's total output
of goods and services.
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Total
Bailout Cost Heads Towards $5 TRILLION -
Not really, that figure is probably only
the first down payment.
---
http://infowars.net/articles/october2008/151008Bailout_figures.htm
A quote...."The total potential cost of the financial bailout to the
U.S. taxpayer is already rapidly approaching $5 trillion, over seven
times as much as the meaningless $700 billion bailout bill figure. --
Analysts have previously marked out the $5 trillion figure as the
actual cost, now those predictions are becoming demonstratively
accurate."
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The
56 Trillion Dollar Deficit - (YuTb - 6min) -
By the time this is over, you can double
that
figure. mpg - @
ICH --
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
---
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21024.htm
Video - A
quote...."Comptroller General David Walker, explains that we have a
debt of $480,000 per US household?"
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CDC:
U.S. infant mortality [rate goes up - the US] drops to 29th -
Welcome to the 3rd world N.R.E. -
mpg
---
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2008/10/15/CDC_US_infant_mortality_drops_to_29th/UPI-53901224095727
A quote...."HYATTSVILLE, Md., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. infant
mortality rate continued to worsen, dropping to 29th in the world in
2004, from 27th in 2000 and 12th in 1960, national health officials say.
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Retail
sales plunge 1.2 percent in September ---
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy
A quote...."WASHINGTON - Retail sales fell off a cliff in September,
plunging by the largest amount in three years as worried consumers
shunned the malls and auto showrooms in the midst of the country's
financial meltdown."
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U.S.
Oct. Empire State index falls to record low -24.6
---
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/us-oct-empire-state-index/story.aspx?guid=%7B1A2442B2-AB8A-4FA0-B9CA-8C16F58289E9%7D
A quote...."WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Manufacturing activity in the
New York area deteriorated sharply in October, the New York Federal
Reserve Bank said Wednesday. The bank's Empire State Manufacturing
index fell to a record negative 24.6 in October from negative 7.4 in
September."
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[British]
Jobless total 'will hit 3m': -
link
posted at ICH
--- http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
---
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1077762/Jobless-total-hit-3m-But-dont-worry-says-Prime-Minister--Let-unemployed-lag-houses.html
A quote...."The growing army of the jobless is set to number three
million by the time of the next election, economists warned Gordon
Brown yesterday. -- They predicted levels of unemployment not seen in
two decades on the back of the biggest three-month leap in the count
since 1991."
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