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slick charlatan and deceiver Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue posted by Joseph L. Galloway via rialator, 2008-11-20 07:41:04
With two months still to go before his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama and his transition team are already getting off on the wrong foot, signaling that they have no intention of investigating anyone in the Bush administration for possible war crimes. (full story and 1 comments)
injustice/law / international


Obama and the FAILURE of the Big Sell posted by finn, 2008-11-19 20:12:36
All doubt relating to Barack Obama’s status as puppet and house slave is removed by simply citing his support base – what a circus! Look it up and offer it as verification to the most hardened sceptics. [A few supporters of the ‘people’s president’ (what a laugh) are mentioned here to ‘stimulate’ further research; “Goldman Sachs, J. P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, the world’s richest man, to name a few!" How’s dem apples, you yankee doodle dunces?] (full story and 1 comments)
social/political / international


Sirius Star Black Africans give world a lesson in Asymmetric Warfare posted by Captain, 2008-11-18 01:11:33
Superpowers are in shock over the news that Somali pirates have seized a super tanker three times the size of an aircraft carrier off the coast of Kenya! Perhaps we should recall the destructive actions of the USA around the globe but particularly in Somalia. The national economy is completely ruined; faced with starvation or slavery, Somalis have developed a lucrative sub-economy from the proceeds of piracy. (full story)
human rights / international


Will an Obama Administration seek to restore justice? posted by John S. Hatch via krill, 2008-11-17 08:45:33
Amidst the somewhat hysterical euphoria of the Obama win is the fact that he has some very sober decisions to make, and his choice of Chief of Staff (Rahm Emanuel has already had to apologise for remarks by his once-terrorist father) does not auger well. Why choose someone who has served in Israel’s brutal IDF and who is rabidly anti-Palestinian? Is this ‘Change’? Also disturbing is talk of retaining Secretary of Defense Robert Gates with all his Iran-Contra baggage. Or Madeleine Albright who insanely stated that the undisputed deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children (under the age of five) during the (ineffectual to Saddam) sanctions following Gulf War I were ‘worth it’. Or possibly appointing Paul Volker to head Treasury. Change? This sounds like Business As Usual. (full story)
injustice/law / international


The Sickest News of the Day: Obama’s White House puppy posted by gan, 2008-11-16 23:19:20
The Associated Press is running yet another story on the now notorious “Pet Sematary” White House puppy! Given the many crises and current instabilities around the globe, dwelling on trivia is bordering on criminal neglect. A previous article mentioned the obscenity of the American media and its obsession with trivial matters while people are being slaughtered DAILY by American forces and mindless remote-controlled UAV (drone) attacks! (full story)
mass media / international


Lacklustre: Rudd flanked by deputy Gillard, Treasurer Swan and Finance Min. Tanner The Stasi down under – Oz democracy at risk with information restrictions posted by Kismo, 2008-11-16 00:57:32
The Murdoch-Rudd government of Australia is about to implement draconian censorship and information filtering measures on the internet, beginning ‘Christmas Eve’ – well timed, draco! Murdoch is more pissed off than most over the influence his media empire has had to concede to internet independents – bloody rabble! (full story)
mass media / international


Air Marshals: Undercover and Under Arrest posted by Michael Grabell via reed, 2008-11-15 08:07:56
Shawn Nguyen bragged that he could sneak anything past airport security using his top-secret clearance as a federal air marshal. And for months, he smuggled cocaine and drug money onto flights across the country, boasting to an FBI informant that he was "the man with the golden badge." (full story)
social/political / international


G20: Bush pleads for return to ‘free’ market but collapse Inevitable posted by quin, 2008-11-14 21:13:18
Capitalism, regardless of its many and varied disguises, is historically VERIFIABLE as WEALTH FOR THE FEW – that is its one most consistent, overriding characteristic! We therefore have no need to entertain lies that it is anything other than an unfair economic system that promotes inequity and insider elitism, which inevitably leads to the type of collapse we are experiencing at the present time! (full story and 3 comments)
imperialism / international


White collar criminal elite home free! A Root Cause of Credit Crisis explained in plain Language posted by Pam Martens via fleet, 2008-11-13 19:26:38
Purge your mind for a moment about everything you've heard and read in the last decade about investing on Wall Street and think about the following business model: (full story and 2 comments)
injustice/law / international


Errand boy Conroy lunges at manhood but misses [Communications Minister] Conroy coy on filtered web content posted by Fran Foo via Kismo, 2008-11-12 07:39:10
THE federal Government has been urged to come clean over grey areas in its internet filtering plan after Broadband and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy pointed to "unwanted content" being censored. On Monday, the Government released details of its long-awaited call for expressions of interest on internet content filtering trials that will involve ISPs and mobile phone operators. (full story and 1 comments)
mass media / national


The dunce and the pipsqueak, respectively! Asia leads in prosecutions of corrupt leaders – USA take note! posted by barra, 2008-11-12 00:02:03
Whatever happened to moral leadership in America – if it ever existed? Not a peep from Obama, the black marionette president elect, regarding actions against Cheney, who is without peer as the most culpable criminal of the 21st century – not forgetting the crimes of Bush and other senior members of the regime! (full story)
injustice/law / international


Nuclear smackdown [standoff] in New Europe posted by Mike Whitney via reed, 2008-11-09 19:53:35
"US president-elect Barack Obama has told Polish President Lech Kaczynski he will go ahead with plans to build a missile defense shield in eastern Europe despite threats from Russia, Warsaw said on Saturday" AFP Warsaw (full story)
peace/war / international


Is Bush home free? More of the same with Obama -- 'Change,' not likely! posted by Kingfisher, 2008-11-09 00:11:45
Are we able to see the nose on our collective, rustic face? A face that betrays its primitive and limited rustic heritage; a face resplendent with intellectual vacuity! Republican running mate, Sarah Palin, was unaware that Africa is a continent – it would be pointless asking the average American to name the largest nation that occupies the most well known sub-continent in the world today (India) -- you see, Palin is the norm, not the exception! (full story and 1 comments)
social/political / international


American puppet, Mikheil Saakashvili, faces wrath of people posted by nano, 2008-11-08 00:05:41
Thousands of Georgian citizens poured onto the streets of the Georgian Capital, Tbilisi, on Friday protesting the failed policies of puppet president and buffoon, Mikheil Saakashvili. Economic hardship and the INSANE military provocation of Russia ensures that Saakashvili’s days are numbered – his life may also be in jeopardy. (full story and 2 comments)
social/political / international


Obama: the Big Sell and the Giant Denial posted by peptide, 2008-11-06 21:50:51
At a critical and REVEALING point in Obama’s campaign he veered violently to the right, selling out his grassroots base and methodologies in the process. Obama not only accepted HUGE financial support from BIG business and status quo powers he embraced aspects of their ideology. As a result he was rightly accused by disillusioned supporters, commentators and analysts of disingenuous and traitorous behaviour -- his INTEGRITY took a severe battering from which it has not recovered. Obama has made no effort to date to redeem his former reputation by proving his accusers wrong – but why should he now, he has ‘won’ the race to the White House? Political expediency, not justice or integrity, wins the day in America! (full story and 3 comments)
social/political / international


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