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  Fraud Obama did the World a Favour posted by rain, 2009-12-26 20:54:31
This will probably be the shortest piece I have ever written so I extend special thanks to the person who did all the hard and REVEALING work, Barack H. Obama, the greatest living FRAUD on the planet! By promising the ENTIRE WORLD, “Hope” and “Change, we can Believe in,” and then delivering a CONTINUATION of the poisonous policies of the previous administration, Obama single handedly destroyed ALL FAITH in the democratic system of government. (full story and 1 comments)
social equality/unity / international
 A sucker’s Xmas: criminal execs shower themselves in bonuses posted by finch, 2009-12-25 08:59:50
The excuse most often tendered to the public by Corporatists to justify their obscene bonuses is that “talent” demands these [unrealistic] salaries and bonuses! “Talent,” did you say?
The World is staring down the barrel of what promises to be the greatest economic collapse in recorded history and the clowns responsible are now labelling themselves as “TALENTED!” Well, if ‘that don’t beat all’ for sheer affrontery, ARROGANCE and CONTEMPT for the public. (full story and 1 comments)
injustice/law / international
 With skill and vision we Restore posted by cleaves, 2009-12-24 21:01:17
The old, worn and tired inevitably give way to the new, appealing and vibrant. (full story)
prose/poetry / international
War criminal, David Kilcullen, addresses National Press Club posted by sarge, 2009-12-23 11:38:29
Dr David Kilcullen (UNSW) recently addressed the National Press Club in Canberra -- unfortunately I was unable to attend due to a prior commitment with freedom fighters! No great loss as Kilcullen is a very familiar piece of work, he is ‘stuck’ and always behaves in a predictable manner; his greatest skill is his gypsy ability to mirror reader/audience expectations and deliver what is expected not what is necessary, ‘but more on that later!’ (full story)
peace/war / international
 CENSORSHIP in Oz: in your IT Face posted by Kismo, 2009-12-21 23:34:49
It is astounding that commentators and IT media in Oz CONTINUE TO DESCRIBE Kevin Rudd’s brazen INTERNET CENSORSHIP policy as ‘filtering’ – prohibition of media information of any type is CENSORSHIP; get it straight and USE the appropriate and ACCURATE TERM! If it requires rubbing the ringed and stupefied noses of some Aussie dreamboats in the soiled fabric of our language to get the point home, then so be it! (full story and 1 comments)
social/political / international
ACTIONS not words define REALITY posted by major mitchell, 2009-12-19 23:10:44
The world’s leading TERRORIST and SOCIOPATHIC nation remains characteristically true to form -- this week, The United States of America expanded its civilian killing pursuits to Yemen where the use of inappropriate, disproportionate and imprecise (in the circumstances) Air strikes killed at least 63 civilians including 28 CHILDREN; God Bless America, indeed. It is clear that waging acquisitive warfare does not serve the interests of any Christian God but serves his archrival, Lucifer! So let’s call a spade a spade and a heinous, hypocritical, Criminal State exactly what it is! (full story)
peace/war / international
 "No binding agreements" -- Copenhagen ends in FAILURE posted by hue, 2009-12-18 20:20:01
Predictably, the Copenhagen Climate 'Accord' ended in FAILURE; participants were more concerned with national rather than planetary issues.
Participating representatives avoided binding agreements favouring instead the SHORT TERM ECONOMIC INTERESTS of their respective nations -- and therein lies the problem! (full story and 1 comments)
environment / international
 Obama: pathetic! posted by Shamus Cooke via quill, 2009-12-18 05:46:01
Shortly before Obama was sent to Copenhagen to deliver a scripted speech on behalf of rich Bankers, Military Industrialists and the REAL ruling elite of the USA, he implored the US banking/financial establishment to lend more money to the average person and small business -- you know, they're the people that bailed the banks out with trillions in future debt and tax burdens. To demonstrate their heart-felt gratitude for the people and the government, the bankers, while drowning themselves in yet more bonuses, refused Obama's request and showed him the service exit! It should now be plain to even the average American that Western democratic governments NO LONGER GOVERN anything! (full story)
social/political / international
 Kevin Rudd’s Last Stand at ‘Little Big’ Copenhagen posted by bluey, 2009-12-17 20:59:36
One cannot help but draw parallels between the arrogance, foolhardiness and NARCISSISM of General George Armstrong Custer and his modern blonde counterpart, Kevin ‘photo-op’ Rudd. Both men share similar personality flaws, not the least being pathological narcissism, which also explains the one-man-band attitude of both men AND of course defines their greatest weakness and the inevitable cause of their ignominious FALL from grace. (full story)
environment / international
The Front posted by hue, 2009-12-16 18:18:44
‘Hard work always pays dividends,’ a phrase straight from the Corporatist Bible, but to whom goes the dividends -- that is the question? The recent Iraqi Oil Auction, a circus of an event televised like a game show on Iraqi television (see link) dispels once and for all the myth that nation states are the seat of power and influence or that ‘democracy’ exists outside dictionary definitions! (full story and 1 comments)
social/political / international
 Back to the 50’s – RETROGRESSIVE [Internet] Censorship in Oz posted by Kismo, 2009-12-15 20:12:13
It was clear from the outset that unpopular, UNDEMOCRATIC policies to CENSOR the free flow of information in Australia would be PUSHED THROUGH the legislative process by Kevin Rudd regardless of all opposition! A news release yesterday confirmed that Rudd’s Communications Minister and Murdoch errand boy, Stephen Conroy, would legislate – FORCE compliance in other words – new Internet CENSORSHIP laws by mid 2010! (full story and 1 comments)
mass media / national
Why Americans Are a Broken People? posted by Bruce E. Levine via quill, 2009-12-14 18:58:53
Can people become so broken that truths of how they are being screwed do not "set them free" but instead further demoralize them? Has such a demoralization happened in the United States? (full story and 1 comments)
social/political / international
  Politicians under direct attack: the times have changed posted by birdie, 2009-12-14 06:59:56
If day follows night the growing trend of direct attacks on corrupt politicians will shortly be followed by direct attacks on the forces that control them. CORPORATISTS should follow the lead set by Goldman Sachs executives who have armed themselves in the event of a populist uprising against them – imagine that? (full story and 1 comments)
human rights / international
 Oz Political Vermin Survival Strategies posted by dasha, 2009-12-13 07:57:42
In contrast to kitchen vermin, which always seek out dark cracks and crevices when under threat, Oz political vermin, when confronted with massive popularity/face LOSS -- failed ‘Messiah’ of ETS at ‘No-Hopen-Hagen;’ border 'protection;' pissweak whaling ‘warrior’ in our hemisphere; continuing BHP artesian water theft; wholesale rape of the nation by Corporations and gut-turning cowardice/compliance with every dictate of Washington regarding sending our troops to AMERICA’S ILLEGAL (and failed) WARS – but to the point; politicians, unlike their kitchen cockroach cousins, seek the LIMELIGHT to DISTRACT and survive when threatened with demise! (full story and 1 comments)
social/political / national
Bernanke applies liquid palliative while Real Economy continues to flounder posted by Mike Whitney via fleet, 2009-12-12 17:31:44
The Fed's monetary intervention has created a bifurcated market. Stocks rise on an ocean of central bank liquidity while the real economy continues to languish in a small "d" depression. The disparity between financial markets and the underlying "productive" economy has never been greater. Nor has the "wealth gap", the gross inequality exacerbated by decades of "monetarist" supply side policies. Bernanke simply has no other choice but to try to inflate another gigantic bubble that will lift the economy from the doldrums on a speculative wave of zero-rate liquidity. The problem is, according to Bernanke himself, the strategy is not working. (full story)
miscellaneous / international
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