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 Contractionism and the fear response posted by Kingfisher, 2007-11-17 22:17:36
All mammals are susceptible to the fear response, including the dominant species, man! The fear response is characteristic of pack/herd animals and other species that exist in social groups. Clearly defined hierarchies are evident in these groups; less ‘dominant’ animals display submissive and subservient behaviours in the presence of more dominant members of the group -- and so it is with man. (full story and 1 comments)
social/political / international
  STOP and think for a moment! posted by finn, 2007-11-16 16:38:02
It began long before George W Bush wiped his arse with the Bill of Rights and American Constitution. It finally dawned on me while I was writing the future of mankind on a toilet roll. The American Constitution that Bush treats with disdain and contempt, begins with the classic, “WE THE PEOPLE ..,” I must apologise for being slow if this observation is obvious to all -- but the common people had nothing whatsoever to do with encoding the principles set down in America’s most venerated State documents! (full story)
human rights / international
 Illegal Kosovo elections: US/NATO seek to destabilise Balkans posted by peptide, 2007-11-16 12:21:51
It has been a very eventful week, if you blinked you may have missed a very dangerous serpent hatching from its egg. A number of potentially explosive situations occurred IN CONJUNCTION this week. (full story and 2 comments)
social/political / international
  NSW Coroner: Balibo five murdered in cold blood posted by nano, 2007-11-15 14:18:27
The NSW Coroner has found, in relation to the Balibo five, as follows:
FINDING – SECTION 22(1) CORONERS ACT 1980.
“Brian Raymond Peters, in the company of fellow journalists Gary James Cunningham, Malcolm Harvie Rennie, Gregory John Shackleton and Anthony John Stewart, collectively known as “the Balibo Five”, died at Balibo in Timor- Leste on 16 October 1975 from wounds sustained when he was shot and/or stabbed deliberately, and not in the heat of battle, by members of the Indonesian Special Forces, including Christoforus da Silva and Captain Yunus Yosfiah on the orders of Captain Yosfiah, to prevent him from revealing that Indonesian Special Forces had participated in the attack on Balibo. There is strong circumstantial evidence that those orders emanated from the Head of the Indonesian Special Forces, Major-General Benny Murdani to Colonel Dading Kalbuadi, Special Forces Group Commander in Timor, and then to Captain Yosfiah.” (full story)
injustice/law / international
Guantanamo operating manual posted on Internet posted by Jane Sutton via rialator, 2007-11-14 07:58:48
MIAMI (Reuters) - The U.S. military's operating manual for the Guantanamo prison camp has been posted on the Internet, providing a glimpse of the broad rules and tiniest minutia for detaining suspected terrorists. (full story)
human rights / international
Muted Victory for Ehren Watada posted by Laura Flanders via rialator, 2007-11-13 20:05:58
Nov 12 --This country sets aside two days to honor military service. On Veterans Day we celebrate the living; on Memorial Day we remember the dead. I'd like to propose a third national holiday: Active Duty day. A day to celebrate those who refuse to leave their conscience at home. A day to cherish those who elevate this nation's morals by refusing to participate in illegal acts. (full story)
injustice/law / international
 Whose Nation? posted by yarra, 2007-11-13 10:57:15
Due to the failure of successive Australian conservative and Labor governments to pursue viable technological and scientific options in the past our economy today almost exclusively relies on resource extraction. The plainest description would be a hole-in-the-ground economy – the picture says it all. There is no such thing as eco-mining; the ugly, rapacious, scaring of our land is relentless and proceeds at speed with minimal regulatory intervention. Absolutely no provision exists that encourages mining companies to return some benefits/profit to the nation and its people! The reason is simple, Transnationals and Corporations dictate policy to incumbent governments and aspiring opposition parties! Representative government no longer exists; ‘our’ major political parties clearly serve the interests of Mega-corporations and Transnationals. (full story and 1 comments)
social equality/unity / national
 Tips from the ‘Text’ posted by finch, 2007-11-12 11:55:23
The future is Asian and for very good reason. People wonder how the West was lost and which forces led to its demise, I can put it a word, PASSION, either the abundance or the lack thereof! Think of that little scrawny Indian Mahatma who seized the popular imagination by addressing Indian emotions and the passions inherent in that culture. The result was the first popular peaceful revolution in modern history – the British lost the jewel in their global imperial crown. Many other British colonies soon followed India’s example and so ended one of the world’s most successful Empires. It continues to amaze historians how a tiny island nation was able to conquer and maintain its rule over so many vast territories and diverse populations for so long. (full story)
social/political / international
 The Political Suicide of Malcolm Turnbull posted by dingo, 2007-11-12 08:04:33
The wealthy, conservative, Eastern Suburbs of Sydney should provide a very safe seat for the conservatives; however, recent polls indicate that Malcolm Turnbull, ‘future Prime Minister,’ is under siege from both the Labor candidate and independent conservatives. It seems our arrogant Environment Minister is facing a very short-lived career as a sitting member of Parliament. (full story)
social/political / national
 Australian racism and victimisation exposed YET AGAIN! posted by barra, 2007-11-11 09:42:23
The Straussian (see link) political ploy of managing entire populations with divisive, contractive, fearful, alarmist strategies is failing in exactly the same way as a previous scurrilous attempt made infamous by one Joseph McCarthy. The ‘new’ conservatives seem to have short memories or extremely inept research departments, either that or their arrogance has blinded them to the (known) consequences of their actions.
http://cleaves.zapto.org/news/story-302.html (full story)
injustice/law / international
 Frayed nerves: is it now cool to kill? posted by peptide, 2007-11-10 12:27:34
We anticipated the filter-down effect of our leadership openly flouting law, order and morality. Yes, we refer to the Iraq holocaust and the anticipated illegal or manufactured need to attack Iran. We shouldn’t forget the new American century’s torture/concentration camp of Guantanamo Bay and the many other illegal torture centres scattered around the world all run at the behest of the USA and its criminal allies. Yes siree, Bob, WE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY GOD TO COMMIT CRIMES – just ask any bible-bashing U.S. citizen. [And you thought Islamists were nuts!] Criminal ‘divine’ forces propel the rogue American nation to infect the world with violence, murder and MAYHEM; that is current REALITY regardless of mass complacency and denial! (full story)
social/political / international
A Market Without Parachutes posted by Mike Whitney via rialator, 2007-11-08 20:47:02
America is finished, washed up, kaput. Foreign investors and central banks around the world have lost confidence in US markets and are headed for the exits. The dollar is sinking, the country is insolvent, and its leaders are barking mad. That’s bad for business. Investors are voting with their feet. They’ve had enough. Capital is flowing to China and the Far East in a torrent. It’s "sayonara" Manhattan and “Hello” Tiananmen Square. (full story)
social/political / international
It’s a fuckin’ tragic joke! posted by yarra, 2007-11-08 14:27:08
Elections Oz and campaign JOKE! Representative LEADERSHIP HAS DIED IN AUSTRALIA; today ‘democratic’ elections are pure FARCE. The field of hopefuls are carefully sifted and vetted by the powers, of the powers, for the powers prior to any election. I refer to the real powers that control this nation; TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATE POWERS DICTATE POLICY to governments regardless of which party wins farcical elections. (full story)
social/political / national
7 Countries Considering Abandoning the US Dollar posted by Jessica Hupp via rialator, 2007-11-07 22:30:07
It’s no secret that the dollar is on a downward spiral. Its value is dropping, and the Fed isn’t doing a whole lot to change that. As a result, a number of countries are considering a shift away from the dollar to preserve their assets. These are seven of the countries currently considering a move from the dollar, and how they’ll have an effect on its value and the US economy. (full story)
social/political / international
 Dragons and other Crises posted by quin, 2007-11-07 06:45:59
Since the South Asian earthquake and ensuing tsunami the Indonesian Archipelago has continued on its very unstable geological course. Every week geophysicists are treated to more rumblings from the earth’s crust. All things being connected in the geophysical sense, it is highly likely that recent volcanic activity in one area of the ‘ring of fire’ will unleash catastrophic forces on the other side of the world – in areas that have high density city populations. I am referring to the release of thousands of megatons of energy the destructive power of which makes a nuclear blast equivalent to a fireworks display. (full story and 1 comments)
miscellaneous / international
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