Sunday November 25th 2007 - links page

Noam Chomsky on U.S. Policy Towards Iran  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18772.htm
Must View - A quote...."Suppose it was true that Iran is helping insurgents in Iraq. I mean, wasn’t the United States helping insurgents when the Russians invaded Afghanistan? Did we think there was anything wrong with that? I mean, Iraq's a country that was invaded and is under military occupation. You can't have a serious discussion about whether someone else is interfering in it. The basic assumption underlying the discussion is that we own the world."
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A Nation on the Edge of the Final Descent
(I): Glimpses of the Horrors to Come
  ---  http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2007/09/nation-on-edge-of-final-descent-i.html
(II): A Culture of Lies, and a Desperate Need for Action
  ---  http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2007/10/nation-on-edge-of-final-descent-ii.html
(III): Obey or Die
  ---  http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2007/11/nation-on-edge-of-final-descent-iii.html
Must Read - A quote from (I)...."Because my title refers to "the final descent" of the United States, I must begin by emphasizing an issue I have discussed in many essays. The destruction of the basic political structure of this country has been a continuing project for well over a century. That destruction has been the purpose of both the Republican and Democratic parties, and it reveals itself in two major ways: through a foreign policy of aggressive, non-defensive interventionism overseas, and by means of an increasingly powerful and intrusive government domestically. It is crucial to see the interconnectedness of these two aspects of the authoritarian, corporatist war state."
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Disaster Capitalism and its Shock Doctrine-- making Nazism seem tame
  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rob_kall_071125_disaster_capitalism_.htm
A quote...."Naomi Klein's book SHOCK DOCTRINE describes perhaps the most horrific, monstrous movements in the history of the world-- Disaster Capitalism's Shock Doctrine. It has caused the deaths, maiming and torturing of millions throughout the world. It's supporters and promoters should be tried, convicted and imprisoned in the deepest, nastiest prisons."

The Hidden Holocaust--Our Civilizational Crisis Part 1: The Holocaust in History
  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_nafeez_m_071125_the_hidden_holocaust.htm
A quote...."1. “Hidden Holocaust”  - As we are all aware, the term “Holocaust” is traditionally used to refer to the “systematic, bureaucratic state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime”, during the Second World War. The word “Holocaust” is a Greek word, which means “sacrifice by fire.” It conveys an event, the scale and horror of which, transformed the course of world history. Moreover, it’s often seen as a crime against humanity that is unparalleled and unique.

The New Inquisition Against 9/11 Truth  ---  http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2007/231107_b_inquisition.htm
A quote....." On November 6, CSPAN aired a hearing of the Homeland Security Subcommittee's "Terrorism and the Internet" which stated purpose was to attempt to identify and focus on the use of the internet by "home grown terrorist recruiters." The hearing was chaired by California democrat Jane Harman, sponsor of the infamous HR 1955, "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007", and ranking Republican, Rep. Dave Reichert. -
This event generated quite an uproar in the 9/11 Truth and civil liberties communities because of testimony by panelists conflating two very distinct and unconnected groups -- the 9/11 truth movement with jihadi terrorists."
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9/11 - From The History File...The Top 40 ??'s RE:9/11

Saturday November 24th 2007 - links page

Friday November 23rd 2007 - links page

The Financial Tsunami: Sub-Prime Mortgage Debt is but the Tip of the Iceberg  --  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7413
Must Read - A quote...."A US Federal Judge, C.A. Boyko in Federal District Court in Cleveland Ohio ruled to dismiss a claim by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company. DB’s US subsidiary was seeking to take possession of 14 homes from Cleveland residents living in them, in order to claim the assets.

"Here comes the hair in the soup. The Judge asked DB to show documents proving legal title to the 14 homes. DB could not. All DB attorneys could show was a document showing only an “intent to convey the rights in the mortgages.” They could not produce the actual mortgage, the heart of Western property rights since the Magna Charta if not longer. - bold/italics by website author

This website editor naively assumed that the bundled mortgages could eventually be traced to, or related to, or correlated with, their underlying physical assets (the houses and properties).  If this ruling is correct and the CDO's and CMO's cannot be matched with the underlying assets than every single bank and institutional investor has an immediate and extremely serious problem.

At best these "fantasy" securities will involve years of litigation to determine their true value, at worst all of them are already effectively worthless. - mpg
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Manufacturing Consent for World War III  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7411
Must Read - A quote...."The key role the mainstream media plays in manufacturing public consent for elite decision makers has a long and inglorious history that has wreaked havoc on progressive aspirations for the development a truly democratic global polity. While the antidemocratic implications of Manufacturing Consent were first popularized in the late 1980s by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky’s (1988) classic book of the same title, the methods of manufacturing public consent were honed much earlier by communications researchers participating in the seminal (Rockefeller Foundation funded) Communications Group, and many of the founding fathers of mass communication research.[1] "

US steps up plans for military intervention in Pakistan  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7402
A quote...."While the Pentagon admits to only about 50 US troops currently stationed in Pakistan as “advisors” to the Pakistani armed forces, that number would swell substantially under the proposed escalation. The Times cites a briefing prepared by the Special Operations Command that claims the beefed-up US forces would not be engaged in “conventional combat” in Pakistan. It quotes unnamed military officials as acknowledging, however, that they “might be involved in strikes against senior militant leaders, under specific conditions.”

Just some more advisors?  "The beefed-up US forces would not be engaged in 'conventional combat'"?

Do these sorts of reassurances sound familiar to everyone out there?

This editor knows they're lowering the entrance standards for those in the military but for God's sake can't the Defense Department in the interest of maintaining their own pride and what little remains of their reputation, at least try not to use the same exact stupid lies they used during the Vietnam War.

It's truly, pitifully, embarrassing. -  mpg
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U.S. Navy steps up fuel deliveries to Gulf forces - posted at BuzzFlash  ---  http://www.buzzflash.com/
  ---  http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22313068.htm
War Warning - A quote...."LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has stepped up chartering of tankers and requests for extra fuel in the U.S. Central Command area, which includes the Gulf, shipping and oil industry sources say."

Dave Lindorff: Iran Attack Gains Credence - posted at BuzzFlash  ---  http://www.buzzflash.com/
  ---  http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/lindorff/040
War Update - A quote...."As someone who has been writing about this crazed administration's plans to launch an attack on Iran now for over a year, I have always noted that the real sign that it might happen would be when oil industry analysts started to worry about it."

Iran to announce oil exploration bid  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/148492
A quote...."Iran says it plans to launch an international tender to invite bids for oil exploration in the Islamic republic's northeastern regions. - Oil exploration in Moghan, in Ardebil province, will revolutionize the region's economy, said Iran's Deputy Oil Minister Ali Kordan. - Feasibility studies have been completed at 17 exploration blocks and if foreign enterprises fail to take part in the project, domestic firms will be invited to implement it, he added."

Prosecutor dismisses Rumsfeld torture complaint  --  http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/23/europe/EU-GEN-France-Rumsfeld-Torture-Complaint.php
A quote...."PARIS: A Paris prosecutor has thrown out a complaint against former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for torture in Iraq and at the Guantanamo military base, a lawyer for one of the four groups that filed the case said Friday."

Bush's newest pet poodle (Sarkozy) has done a favor for Bush's favorite pet war criminal (Rumsfeld).

Isn't it nice to have pets in high places? - mpg
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Posted at Jaun Cole  ---  http://www.juancole.com/2007/11/dozens-killed-in-bombings-clashes-3-mn.html
A treasure trove of guerrilla documents, according to the NYT, shows that 41% of the foreign jihadis in Iraq come from Saudi Arabia,
  ---  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/22/world/middleeast/22fighters.html
which is also a major source of funding for them. Another big group comes from Libya, with Yemenis the third largest cohort. There were none from Lebanon, despite constant US accusations of Hizbullah involvement. Of the some 25,000 alleged insurgents in US custody in Iraq, only 390 are foreigners. 4/5s of the Iraqis and nearly all the foreigners are Sunni Arabs. (The US appears to have never captured a Shiite Iranian fighter in Iraq.) The statistics raise the question of why US military officials are always focusing on Iran and Hizbullah so much, when they clearly are not very much of the problem, while never, ever, mentioning the Saudi issue. The Guardian has more.  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2215798,00.html
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Israeli sky-hack switched off Syrian radars countrywide  ---  http://infowars.net/articles/november2007/231107radars.htm
A quote...."More rumours are starting to leak out regarding the mysterious Israeli air raid against Syria in September. It is now suggested that "computer to computer" techniques and "air-to-ground network penetration" took place."

China Takes Aim at U.S. GPS System  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=4848
A quote...."China has deployed special vans equipped with sophisticated electronics designed to jam U.S. GPS (global positioning satellite) satellite navigation signals. The fear inside the Pentagon is that China will deploy large numbers of these vans to jam GPS signals over large sections of its territory."

Israel to assess access to Iraq's oil  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/148491
A quote...."The US has asked Israel to assess the possibility of pumping oil from Iraqi oil refineries to Haifa, according to Israeli reports."

Isn't it just all so wonderful?  Israel will get their cut from Iraq's oil, Sarkozy will get his cut from Iraq's oil, the US's MIOC elites will get their cut from Iraq's oil, Britain might get their cut from Iraq's oil and the Iraqis will get a few pennies on the dollar from what used to be their national heritage.

All of this after the US, with Israel cheering on the sidelines, helped kill over one million Iraqis while making over five million of them into refugees.

Who says crime doesn't pay. - mpg
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Iraq sees "catastrophe" with new cholera cases  ---  http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSKAM24764720071122?sp=true
A quote...."BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq is facing a health "catastrophe" in the capital Baghdad, with reports of cholera rising sharply over the past weeks to more than 80 new cases, the Health Ministry said on Thursday."

Lebanon faces fresh turmoil as presidency ends in chaos  --- http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Lebanon_faces_fresh_turmoil_as_pres_11232007.html
A quote...."Lebanon faced an explosive power vacuum Saturday as President Emile Lahoud stepped down at the end of his term with no elected successor and a raging feud over who was in charge in the politically divided nation."

New Polish prime minister to loosen ties with US  ---  http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2216370,00.html
A quote...."Poland's newly elected prime minister moved yesterday to distance his country from America, raising questions about plans to site a US missile defence system on Polish soil and announcing the withdrawal of Polish troops from Iraq next year"

Australia's Howard behind in polls on election eve  ---  http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSYD163728
A quote...."Some of Australia's major newspapers called on Friday for voters to dump Howard and two opinion polls predicted a victory for Labor, but with differing margins. - As Howard and Rudd embarked on a flurry of final campaign radio and television interviews, an AC Nielsen poll gave Labor a massive 14-point lead on preferences, which would see Howard's government swept from office. - But a rival Galaxy poll put Labor just 4 points clear, which would see the election go to the wire and put the conservatives near-even with Labor for the first time in a year. - "I believe the coalition can win this election," Howard told Australian radio. "I believe that there is a bit of a tide coming back. I sense it in the streets." -  bold/italics by website author.

Sort of like what happened in Ohio during the 2004 US presidential election?  Or Mexico's recent presidential election? - mpg
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GOP California Election Theft Update: Republican Movement to Steal California's Electoral Votes Raises Big Cash
  ---  http://www.progressivedailybeacon.com/morenews.php?id=3516
A quote...."Backers of a California ballot initiative that would drastically increase Republican chances of retaining the White House in 2008 have raised $1.2 million, including $316,000 in eight days this month — and supporters say they’re on pace to qualify for the vote in June."

Did RAND Corporation Pen the Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act?  ---  http://www.truthnews.us/?p=941
A quote...."According to Jessica Lee of Indypendent and Kamau Karl Franklin of the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act was penned with plenty of help from the RAND Corporation. -
“Rep. Jane Harman, Democrat from California, has had a lengthy relationship with the Rand Corporation,” Lee tells Democracy Now, although she was unable to determine if RAND wrote the bill.

Gravel Has His Own Debate  --- http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20071119_gravel_has_his_own_debate/
Must View - A quote...."Mike Gravel wasn’t invited to CNN’s Democratic debate last Thursday, but that didn’t stop him from taking on the other candidates anyway, armed with the power of TiVo. What follows is part history lesson and part Howard Beale polemic. Enjoy."

For more on this see....You Can STILL Vote to Stop the Madness 10-07-07 - mpg
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/stopthemadness-blog-mpg-100707
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AP Challenges Photographer's Detention
  ---  http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DETAINED_PHOTOGRAPHER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
A quote...." NEW YORK (AP) -- A series of accusations raised by the U.S. military against an Associated Press photographer detained for 19 months in Iraq are false or meaningless, according to an intensive AP investigation of the case made public Wednesday. - Evidence and testimony collected by the AP show no support for allegations that Bilal Hussein took part in insurgent activities or bomb-making, and few of the images he provided dealt directly with Iraqi insurgents. - "Despite the fact that Hussein has not been interrogated since May 2006, allegations have been dropped or modified over time, and new claims added, all without any explanation," said the nearly 50-page report compiled last spring by lawyer and former federal prosecutor Paul Gardephe."

Pentagon Sweeps 20,000 Veterans Under the Rug
  --- http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20071123_pentagon_sweeps_20000_veterans_under_the_rug/
A quote...."Roughly 20,000 soldiers who aren’t on the military’s list of combat wounded have signs of brain injury, according to an analysis of Army, Navy and Veterans Affairs data conducted by USA Today. The Pentagon’s official tally of troops who’ve suffered brain trauma in combat is 4,471—one-fifth the total gleaned from military records."

Suffering, Sacrifice and Truth  ---  http://muckrakerreport.com/id554.html
A quote...."The American psyche is suffering.  The psychological warfare comes from all sides – lies, manipulations and greed at the highest levels of government, billions of our tax dollars lost and stolen, over a million dead in Iraq – yet it’s called “winning,” the potential for yet another, immoral preemptive strike against a country with no nuclear weapons, the coddling of another with WMD to spare, spiraling costs for gasoline, heating fuel, food, insurance, property taxes, the unknowns of climate change, millions without healthcare, brain injured and suicidal Veterans with devastated families, job and pension losses, the yearly donut hole, the soaring cost of a college education, a disintegrating  dollar,  increasing  unemployment, foreclosures and jail populations - even the threat of being tasered, arrested or called a “terrorist” or an “enemy combatant”  if you dare ask a question about the 9/11 investigation, or happen to support Congressman Ron Paul.   And, if you are a Kucinich supporter, you can be called a socialist, or even a Communist.    What ever happened to the “middle ground?”

Howard Zinn's Rebel Voices: A Call for Civil Disobedience  ---  http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/68359/
A quote...."Rebel Voices, the dramatic counterpart to Howard Zinn's work, brings together American voices pulled from speeches, articles, memoirs and interviews to highlight a national tradition in short supply in recent years: civil disobedience."

Who killed David Kelly?   ---  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/11/22/bobak118.xml
He began, he tells us, believing that while 'brutality, immorality and deception were to be found in totalitarian regimes across the world' he had not appreciated how 'these qualities can easily be found in Western democracies too. We fool ourselves if we think "It can't happen here". It can, and it does.' - If Baker's meticulous account is to be believed, what happened on that gentle English hillside was murder most foul, carelessly dressed up to look like suicide. He begins with a minute description of Dr Kelly's last hours - insofar as they emerged from the incomplete investigation of Lord Hutton's travesty of an inquiry - the only inquest that poor Kelly is likely to get."
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John F. Kennedy and the Monolithic and Ruthless Conspiracy
  ---  http://www.sott.net/articles/show/125009-John-F-Kennedy-and-the-Monolithic-and-Ruthless-Conspiracy
A quote...."As I mentioned in the previous chapter of the present series, I was 11 years old and in my 6th grade classroom when the news of John F. Kennedy's assassination was first broadcast. I was not ignorant of the idea that evil existed in the world, but I thought about it as something that was personal, local even, not some sort of global juggernaut stalking whole societies. John Kennedy's assassination was the event that changed all that."

9/11 was the event that changed it all for this website editor. - mpg

Alex Jones' JFK II - The Bush Connection - (YouTube - aprox 8-10 min -  Added:  November 22, 2007)
  ---  http://infowars.net/articles/november2007/231107JFK.htm
A quote...."Alex Jones' JFK II - The Bush Connection"
part 01  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYcL2kg7L9Q&feature=related
part 02  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB6GXaj3wWY&feature=related
part 03  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB6GXaj3wWY&feature=related
part 04  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU6Ew5ISRbA&feature=related
part 05  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2jtjkuBYTA&feature=related
part 06  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63LtIHuX3Sw&feature=related
part 07  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdF7jxgTFnw&feature=related
part 08  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbugbxxXWek&feature=related
part 09  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKtbZBehj68&feature=related
part 10  ---  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaQPwdpPL-Q&feature=related

See also 9/11, the Ten Year Cycle and the JFK Assassination.
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/rapsheetarch/rapsheet-mainpg-links#JFK
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9/11 - From The History File...General Myers
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'Frightening' projection: ice-free passage possible by 2010
  ---  http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=e9360848-2e90-4fe4-ad79-c7059d4f2726&k=44735
A quote...."QUEBEC - The Arctic Ocean could be free of ice in the summer as soon as 2010 or 2015 - something that hasn't happened for more than a million years, according to a leading polar researcher." - bold/italics by website author.

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Thursday November 22nd 2007 - links page

Defense stocks hit new highs  ---  http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070926/defense_sector_snap.html?.v=4&printer=1
A quote...."WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense stocks on Wednesday hit new highs as Defense Secretary Robert Gates requested an extra $42 billion in funding from Congress to cover military costs in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008. - The AMEX Defense Index, which tracks 14 major defense company stocks, rose 14.25 to a high of 1,686.72 in afternoon trading. Since [just!] last year, the index has risen roughly 47 percent, outperforming the broader S&P 500 index, which has climbed nearly 15 percent over the same period." - bold/italics by website author. - posted 10-01-07

“Then of course we started Vietnam around ‘62, now there was a magnificent, beautiful war,” he waxed nostalgically” We made so much money off our defense contractors during Vietnam it would shock you and we managed to stretch it out for ten glorious years despite the fact we couldn’t control the media.  I really liked that war.” He said looking wistfully at the panorama of the desert, ”It was a near thing though, that schmuck Kennedy was having second thoughts early on about the wisdom of the war tell my Texas boys showed him a little Texas hospitality.”  --  Mr.Reficul  -- From Mr Reficul - Conversation Num. - Two mailing #13  - 08-29-05
  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/mrreficulconvtwo-essay-mpg-082905

* The US has 5 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of all prison inmates.

* The US incarceration rate is the world's highest, five to eight times higher than those of other industrialized
    nations.

* Liberty-obsessed America has a million more prisoners than China, a police state with four times our
   population.

* One third of all black males and 60 percent of black high school dropouts will go to prison at some point in
   their   lives.

* African-Americans serve as much time in federal prison for a typical drug offense as whites do for a violent
   crime.

* African-Americans constitute 14% of the nation's drug users (roughly their fraction of the general population)
   but 56% of people imprisoned for a drug offense.

* Over 5 million people are denied the right to vote because of a prior conviction.

Wednesday November 21st 2007 - links page

Tuesday November 20th 2007 - links page

The Last Founder Standing  ---  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18747.htm
Must Read - A quote...."11/19/07 "ICH" --- - No entity in this once-proud nation is more corrupt than its shallow, hubris-infested media. Any pricks of conscience the media may have felt for covering up the treasonous seizure of the 2000 election were swept away in the swirl of terror following the attack on 9-11. The "big story" to confront George Bush when he returned from his month-long vacation in September 2001, his approval numbers tanking, was that Al Gore got more votes than any Democrat in US history -- nearly a half-million more than Bush. It was that five conservative Supreme Court judges stopped the vote count that would prove Gore won because, in their unsigned decision, they wrote such a democratic win would cause "public acceptance," which would "cast a cloud over Bush's legitimacy" and thus harm "democratic stability."
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MEET THE NEW AL-QAEDA SAME AS THE OLD AL-QAEDA  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=4825
Must Read - A quote...."George Santayana rightly said, Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. It is we who will suffer if we do not learn from history. The global monopoly men who make our leaders dance like marionettesËœswaying to the symphony of destruction understand history cunningly and will benefit from it. It is these death merchants who funded and trained the Mujahedeen i.e. Ëœthose who fight to fight a proxy war that the soviets had no chance of winning. The Afghani fighters were trained by CIA [1] and SAS [2] who provided aid and comfort to some of the most malignant thugs [3] known in that region."

For more on this see....US Support of Terror  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/weblists/ussupportofterror-weblist-mpg-090306

Pakistan's Disorder“ Another Fine Mess Created By Uncle Sam  ---  http://www.countercurrents.org/chaudry201107.htm
Related article - Some quotes...."Today, one can pick up almost any paper or watch any tv news channel, one cannot escape from the news on the current Pakistani situation revolving around the imposed emergency in that country. I interpret and explain it to be the direct consequence of knee deep American involvement and its control, which is leveraged through the financial aid in order to derive long term geo-political benefits from the region."  --  "As a direct result of the US policies, Benefiting from and using 9/11 as an excuse, it has created a permanent geo-political and socio-economic chaos in the Middle East and Pakistan-Afghan-Iran regions. Due to this deliberate disorder created in these regions, the affected societies are growing weaker by the day."

For more on this see....The Method - 05-07-07 - mpg  ---  http://www.reficultnias.org/mikesfiles/blotterminiblogs/themethod-blog-mpg-050707
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Democrats Face a Shock in November '08: They Could Lose  - http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_dave_lin_071119_democrats_face_a_sho.htm
A quote...."Polls are showing that the majority of Americans are at least as disgusted at Democrats in Congress as they are with the Republicans maybe more so. Since last November, public approval of the new Democratic-led Congress has fallen from a post- election high of 65 percent to a current level of about 20 percent, depending on the poll. That's lower than President Bush's record low approval rating of 24 percent.  -  The only political entity with a lower approval rating than the Democrats in Congress at this point is Vice President Dick Cheney, currently at 11 percent, but being more popular than a blood-thirsty, power-crazed lunatic with a nuclear fetish is a pretty sorry claim to fame."

Iraq arrests 43 after woman is shot from convoy  ---  http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/19/africa/iraq.php
A quote...."BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces arrested 43 people, including 2 Americans and 31 other foreigners, after a shooting in which a woman was wounded in central Baghdad, an Iraqi government spokesman said Monday."

IAEA's Report on Iran's P2 Centrifuge Design, or is it really P3?  http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_nader_ba_071120_iaea_s_report_on_ira.htm
A quote...."At long last, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has released its latest report [1] on Iran's nuclear dossier; focusing on chronological findings related to the acquisition and development of the first (P1) and second (P2) generation centrifuge technologies.  Centrifuges are considered a critical piece of equipment in that they are a central part of the nuclear fuel enrichment process, in which processed uranium gas is spun at very high speed."

'One million' homeless in Somalia  ---  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7103197.stm
A quote...."One million people are now living rough in Somalia, the UN refugee agency says. - The figure includes 60% of Mogadishu residents who have fled their homes - 200,000 in the past two weeks - leaving many districts empty, says UNHCR."

Wherever the US goes....there goes the neighborhood.  - mpg
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The Mega-Bunker of Baghdad  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/148217
A quote...."The new American Embassy in Baghdad will be the largest, least welcoming, and most lavish embassy in the world: a $600 million massively fortified compound with 619 blast-resistant apartments and a food court fit for a shopping mall. Unfortunately, like other similarly constructed U.S. Embassies, it may already be obsolete. "

More Nuggets From A Nut House  ---  http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7349
A quote...."It is amusing to contrast the September 24, 2007 treatment of Iran President Mahmoud Ahmandinejad by Columbia University President Lee Bollinger with Bollinger's September 16, 2005 treatment of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and the treatment of the Shah of Iran in 1955 by Columbia University President Grayson Kirk (and by the media)."

Venezuela Urges Europe To End Support For U.S.-Backed Sanctions Against Iran  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/148199
A quote...."Paris, France (AHN) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for Europe to end its support for American-backed sanctions against Iran for its continued nuclear development. Chavez, an outspoken socialist, said U.S. claims that Tehran is developing nuclear weapons is simply a "big lie."

Saudi minister to hold defence talks in Russia: diplomat Mon Nov 19, 3:49 PM ET  ---  http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/148158
A quote...."Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, who doubles as defence minister, was invited to Moscow by President Vladimir Putin after the Russian leader visited oil-rich Saudi Arabia in February, the diplomat told AFP. - The diplomat, who declined to be named, said he expected a "framework agreement for military cooperation," which would allow Russian weapons to be sold to Saudi Arabia, to be signed during Sultan's three-day visit."
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Interviews with AP executives on the Bilal Hussein travesty  ---  http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/11/20/hussein/index.html
A quote...."Bilal Hussein is the AP photojournalist in Iraq who was detained by the U.S. military in April, 2006 and has been imprisoned ever since without charges of any kind. I wrote about the case previously, among other places, here and here. He is one of 24,000 people being held in Iraq without charges. Yesterday, the U.S. military -- which refused for 19 months to charge him with any crime -- suddenly announced that they were now recommending that he be tried on unspecified charges in an Iraqi court based on allegedly "irrefutable evidence" they now possess."

U.S. Will Finally Bring Charges Against Photographer in Iraq -- AP Calls It a 'Sham'
  ---  http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003674938
Related article - A quote...."An AP attorney on Monday strongly protested the decision, calling the U.S. military plans a "sham of due process." The journalist, Bilal Hussein, has already been imprisoned without charges for more than 19 months."
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UN complains to U.S. official about Khadr's military trial at Guantanamo
  ---  http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j0Sv53fbOm4w7PBqH6KJBS9QbySQ
A quote...."WASHINGTON - The United Nations has registered its unease over the military trial of Canadian terror suspect Omar Khadr. - Radkhika Coomaraswamy, the UN Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict, complained Tuesday to the secretary of state's top legal adviser, John Bellinger. - "She raised her concerns about the creation of an international precedent where an individual is being tried for war crimes with regard to alleged acts committed when he was a child," said spokeswoman Laurence Gerard."

Poland having second thoughts about participating in U.S. missile defence  ---  http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=4828
A quote...."WARSAW, Poland - Poland is reconsidering it's participation in Washington's European-based missile defence system. - Defence Minister Bogdan Klich says he wants to ensure the missile system serves Poland's interests. Klich's comments underlined the shift in thinking under the new pro-business government that took office Friday."

The Assassination of Hugo Chavez  ---  http://www.gregpalast.com/the-assassination-of-hugo-chavez/
A quote...."Before The Lord spoke unto Pat Robertson and told him to endorse Rudy Giuliani, family man, for President, the Reverend got a message that higher powers wanted him to arrange a hit on another President: - Hugo Chavez thinks we're trying to assassinate him. I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. - Robertson has a tough time separating Church and Hate. But when the vicious vicar declared it was time to take out the President of Venezuela, he was simply channeling the wishes of the Supreme Authority, Dick Cheney."

Brazil: A New Petroleum Power?  ---  http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7392
A quote...."Petrobras recently announced it has discovered between five and eight billion barrels of light oil offshore in the sub-salt layers at a depth of some 5,000 to 8,000 metres (16,000 to 26,000 ft). Petrobras stated it was the first company, to have drilled, tested and evaluated pre-salt rocks. I believe the company was referring to the South Atlantic since this has been done in other parts of the world. For instance, there has been sub-salt production in the Gulf of Mexico since the mid nineties. However, it is certainly a feather in Petrobras's cap and they must be congratulated on their new find."

Poll - Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Number of People Wanting Troops Out of Iraq Within Year Rises, Now at 63 Percent
  ---  http://www.progressivedailybeacon.com/morenews.php?id=3497
A quote...."A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 63% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year. For the third week in a row, that figure is up two points from the week before."

And the bought and paid for DemoRepubs will completely ignore these numbers....they just simply don't care. - mpg
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McClellan points finger at Bush, Rove  ---  http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/6994.html
A quote...."Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan names names in a caustic passage from a forthcoming memoir that accuses President Bush, Karl Rove and Vice President Cheney of being "involved" in his giving the press false information about the CIA leak case."
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San Francisco Files Lawsuit Against ES&S for Fraud, False Claims, Breach of Contract  ---  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5332
A quote...."San Francisco's experience with ES&S raises extremely troubling questions, not simply about the integrity of this company's technology, but about the integrity of this company itself," San Francisco's City Attorney Dennis Herrera said today in announcing his new lawsuit against Elections Systems & Software, Inc. (ES&S)."

Diebold Optical-Scan Failures Reported in Florida May be Affecting Connecticut As Well  ---  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5320
A quote...."Failures in optical-scan voting systems made by Diebold Inc., as recently revealed in the state of Florida, might have occurred elsewhere across the country. In fact, any state where Diebold's optical-scan voting machines are in use might be having the problem, and they may not have been made aware of it --- either by the company, or the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) which is mandated by law to be a "clearinghouse" for such information."

Secretary of State Debra Bowen Sues ES&S Over Sale of Unauthorized Equipment to CA Counties
  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_press_re_071119_secretary_of_state_d.htm
A quote...."SACRAMENTO“ Secretary of State Debra Bowen today filed suit against Election Systems & Software, Inc. (ES&S) for nearly $15 million after a four-month investigation revealed the company had repeatedly violated state law."

NJ DREs with VeriVote Printers Fail NJ Institute of Tech Testing
  ---  http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_patricia_071119_nj_dres_with_verivot.htm
A quote...."NJ DREs with Verivote printers fail New Jersey Institute of Technology testing; NJ court orders alternative."
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Freddie Mac Loses $2B, Seeks New Capital  ---  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20071120/earns-freddie-mac/
A quote...."WASHINGTON  - The mortgage crisis intensified Tuesday as Freddie Mac, the nation's No. 2 buyer and guarantor of home loans, posted its largest quarterly loss ever and warned that it may need to curtail its business unless it can raise fresh capital."

US recession fears grow as bank losses mount  ---  http://wsws.org/articles/2007/nov2007/wall-n21.shtml
A quote...."The crisis in US housing and credit markets is taking a growing toll on major banks and financial institutions in the US and around the world, and increasingly affecting other sectors of the economy. Mounting bank losses and tightening credit are deepening the housing slump and impacting retail sales, hi tech business and corporate profits as a whole."

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