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 Obama Roundly Condemned by American Intellectuals
harley, Sunday, Jan 24 2010, 8:53pm
American intellectuals have added their voice to the rapidly growing chorus of condemnation directed at President ‘Hope and Change!’ Obama is now choking on his previous promises and pledges. Maintaining the status quo for Corporatists and acquiescing to Pentagon Militarists could hardly be described as ‘Change;’ notwithstanding that escalating WAR is the most HOPE-LESS human endeavour imaginable! (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Wednesday, Jan 27 2010, 7:59am
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 US Policy: ‘on the nose’ more than ever
wisp, Saturday, Jan 23 2010, 8:37am
In badly co-ordinated policy and propaganda presentations, reminiscent of US intelligence agency bungles, Secretary of State Mrs Clinton presented a speech extolling the virtues of uncensored freedom of expression in the digital world while her fearless, corporate puppet leader Obaa’ma implemented what is termed, ‘Cognitive Infiltration;’ which is a strategy designed to directly interfere and subvert individuals or groups deemed to be 'conspiracy theorists,' (CTs) notwithstanding Clinton's inferred claim that conspiracy whackos have as much right to free expression as anyone else, Barack! (story and 2 comments and 1 audio file)
Last Commented Sunday, Jan 24 2010, 6:31am
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Life Imitates Bad Sci-Fi Movie
fray, Friday, Jan 22 2010, 6:38pm
A completely servile US president is currently distracting the public with intimations of (Bank) reform while minority ruling ELITES pull off another MAJOR COUP – you dumb, anaesthetised, DISTRACTED fuck’s – no apologies! The US Supreme Court has just handed down a decision allowing ‘Corporate Entities’ the same rights under the First Amendment as living citizens; which effectively allows CORPORATISTS to buy government, and by extension, the LEGISLATIVE PROCESS or LAW! ‘Say goodbye to ‘Hollywood,’ nightmare fantasy has just become REALITY! (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Tuesday, Jan 26 2010, 6:36pm
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![[US] Corporate military 'secures' Palace grounds, Haiti](attachments/imagecache/local/jan2010/100_75_1_1_5_0_0_0_0_0_haitipalace.jpg "[US] Corporate military 'secures' Palace grounds, Haiti")
 Disasters are Big Business
William Bowles via stan, Friday, Jan 22 2010, 1:13pm
I am staggered. There are 10,000 ‘NGOs’ (Non-Governmental Organizations) in Haiti, one for every 900 inhabitants and each one of them has no doubt at least one Westerner working within, yet aside from the Cuban health workers, it seems they could do nothing until the gringos arrived with their Blackhawks and nuclear-tipped aircraft carrier and of course, the 82nd Airborne, paying yet another ‘visit’ to this benighted and super-exploited land to ’secure’ the place for the locust storm of aid to come (too late for too many). (story and 1 image)
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Obama: ‘neither cold nor hot ..’
fish, Thursday, Jan 21 2010, 9:48pm
The title refers to a radical Christian text that almost didn’t make into the New Testament, I would add here that what is NEW and reformed makes redundant and OBSOLETE what is OLD, referring to Jewish teaching in the OLD Testament. In other words all direction and guidance for Christians is to be obtained from the New Testament, as is clearly indicated in Hebrews 8:13 -- but to the advice couched in REVELATION 3: 15-16. (story and 4 comments and 1 image)
Last Commented Friday, Jan 22 2010, 12:19pm
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WAR is IMMINENT
Ned, Wednesday, Jan 20 2010, 10:19pm
A lesson taken directly from that superb treatise, The Art of War, states that a weaker opponent defeats the stronger by exploiting (reversing) the enemy’s strengths while simultaneously exploiting its weaknesses, a lesson the US clearly failed to learn/heed!
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A Very American Coup
William J. Astore via fran, Wednesday, Jan 20 2010, 7:38pm
Here’s a bit of cheery news: Last week, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates met with the nation's top defense company executives, including the CEOs of those mega-military-industrial combines Lockheed Martin and Boeing, and called for a “closer partnership.” He also made them a promise. He pledged, according to his spokesman, “to work with the White House to secure steady growth in the Pentagon's budgets over time.
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ICC Complaint Filed Against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Tenet, Rice, Gonzales
Prof. Francis A. Boyle via teale, Wednesday, Jan 20 2010, 6:34pm
Professor Francis A. Boyle of the University of Illinois College of Law in Champaign, U.S.A. has filed a Complaint with the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) in The Hague against U.S. citizens George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Condoleezza Rice, and Alberto Gonzales (the “Accused”) for their criminal policy and practice of “extraordinary rendition” perpetrated upon about 100 human beings. This term is really their euphemism for the enforced disappearance of persons and their consequent torture. This criminal policy and practice by the Accused constitute Crimes against Humanity in violation of the Rome Statute establishing the I.C.C. (story and 1 image)
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Cowards lament before a MAN of conviction -- compare with today's lackey politicians
son, Monday, Jan 18 2010, 6:54pm
Martin Luther King’s last public speech before THEY (guess who?) MURDERED HIM (and many others, pop stars included) in a spate of assassinations and executions Western history has not seen before or since. (story and 1 image)
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The inevitability of an Israeli attack on Iran
birdie, Monday, Jan 18 2010, 8:55am
America imagines it is able to deter or indeed prevent Israel from attacking heavily fortified nuclear facilities in Iran. Another fantasy to which Americans are particularly susceptible! The fear Israelis have of Iran and its current holocaust-denying leader must be experienced first hand in order to appreciate that an attack is almost inevitable.
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Survival needs dictate tactics for Somali 'pirates'
staff report via skip, Sunday, Jan 17 2010, 10:14pm
The combined navies of the West and now China patrol pirate infested waters off the East coast of Africa but to no avail it seems. Tanker Captains have altered course to avoid capture yet desperate Somali fisherman, deprived of their traditional livelihood, have extended their range and have captured ships approximately 2K miles from the coast! A record ransom of $7m was recently paid for the release of the Greek flag tanker, Maran Centaurus! (story and 1 image)
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Three Criminal Puppet Presidents
stan, Sunday, Jan 17 2010, 11:00am
Three civilian killing, overtly criminal US Presidents have today formed a triumvirate of 'aid relief,' and what a gut-turning (fraudulent) sight they make! Regardless of the desperate attempts by the Corporatist mass media to portray these mass murderers as benevolent human beings, history and recent memory paints a very different, blood-drenched picture! (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
Last Commented Friday, Jan 22 2010, 3:47pm
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The Token Presidency
quin, Saturday, Jan 16 2010, 8:00pm
Winner of the Nobel FRAUD Prize, Barack Obaa’ma, has broken all records for requesting funds from Congress for WAR and MILITARY spending – how do you feel now, suckers? (story and 1 image)
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Criminally Complicit Mass Media
Media Lens via stan, Saturday, Jan 16 2010, 6:14pm
Ignoring or downplaying Western crimes is a standard feature of the corporate Western media. On rare occasions when a broadcaster or newspaper breaks ranks and reports 'our' crimes honestly, it is instructive to observe the response from the rest of the media. Do they follow suit, perhaps digging deeper for details, devoting space to profiles of the victims and interviews with grieving relatives, humanising all concerned? Do they put the crimes in perspective as the inevitable consequence of rapacious Western power? Or do they look away?
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Playing Victim for Politics and Profit -- Murdoch, Palin and the Extreme Right
Frank Schaeffer via teale, Thursday, Jan 14 2010, 11:44pm
The following article is not only highly readable and entertaining it is USEFUL for a number of reasons, not least of which is the APPLIED Balkanisation of the USA! (story and 1 image)
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Clinton ‘Reconsiders’ Oz Visit
deputy, Wednesday, Jan 13 2010, 6:28pm
According to the US State Department, Hillary Clinton has decided to cancel her military upgrade and consolidation tour of lackey Pacific nations and ‘attend’ to the Haiti earthquake tragedy instead. We only hope America does a better job with the Haiti disaster than it did with Katrina! (story and 2 images)
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Anti-Missile defence: China responds to American Provocation
Captain, Tuesday, Jan 12 2010, 7:54pm
China tested, demonstrated rather, its anti-missile defence technology after the belligerent, expansionist USA armed CORRUPT KMT elements in Taiwan with an unspecified number of US Patriot missiles, which of course would also be available for an AMERICAN attack on China! (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Wednesday, Jan 13 2010, 5:39am
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Community Co-ops are only hope for the future
Sena Christian via zed, Monday, Jan 11 2010, 9:15pm
The most viable and efficient social model for an uncertain future (and failing present) is the mutually assisting, co-operative COMMUNITY. The days of the self-seeking, alienated, capitalist, 'individual' have come to a dramatic CORRUPT, criminal END. If you wish to endure or survive, join or form a COMMUNITY co-op. WE are ONE or we are nothing!
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Leadership, by the minority for the minority
ryall, Sunday, Jan 10 2010, 8:53pm
The recent flurry of media activity relating to ‘underpants’ and YEMEN has taken a new turn with Obama now stating he has “no intention” of invading Yemen – previously he threatened the Yemeni government with, to paraphrase, ‘if you don’t take care of the ‘terrorists,’ WE WILL DO IT FOR YOU!’ Sounds like a clear threat of invasion to me, but one day is a long time in politics! (story and 1 image)
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Rejection and Failure
wisp, Saturday, Jan 9 2010, 6:52pm
are guiding lights.
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