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 Islamist’s prayers answered by U.S. proposed intervention
barra, Sunday, Jan 6 2008, 9:31am
The North West Frontier of Pakistan’s tribal region is steeped in the history of failed attempts by foreign Imperial forces to subdue the region. From Alexander the Great through Imperial Britain to the Russians -- the ferociously independent tribes of this region have successfully resisted all efforts to subdue them. But the U.S. donkey imagines it can do what other more skilled militaries could not accomplish!
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 A bullet for Obama
finch, Saturday, Jan 5 2008, 8:09pm
Who would have thought the dark horse democrat would capture the hearts and minds of so many with his slick speeches and smooth delivery – a good dose of charisma hasn’t gone to waste on him either. However, the plutocrats are murmuring; their anointed has been usurped by the people’s choice – a certain foreboding now hangs over Obama as he continues to gain in the race to the Presidency. Consider what the rabid right once did to a white Catholic democrat President and his brother. Who imagines they have changed after witnessing their handiwork with Bush and the neo-cons? (story and 1 image)
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Domestic collateral damage
nano, Saturday, Jan 5 2008, 8:40am
People are unravelling at an alarming rate today. Millions are succumbing to the pressures of western, affluent society. Something critically important to human well being is definitely missing from the capitalist formula. Almost the entire population is suffering from stress/anxiety related complaints. Did we destroy numerous indigenous cultures for this? Is our ‘advanced/superior’ culture a LIE or rather is it a sociological DISEASE that is killing the planet? It is clear that nintendo and plasma TV do not happiness make! CONSUMERISM BENEFITS ONLY THE FEW IT SEEMS! (story and 2 images)
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Kevin Rudd: they see him here, there, NOWHERE!
major mitchell, Friday, Jan 4 2008, 9:22am
Who is the leader you have when you don’t have a leader, why Kevin Rudd, of course? Remember how that little Queensland bureaucrat ‘caved’ and back-stepped on every tiny issue he imagined would lose him a vote prior to the elections? True to ‘character,’ excuse me, that little shit has NO character! 'True to form’ Rudd has caved on the promise to monitor the Japanese whale slaughter in the Southern Oceans. (story and 2 images)
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China set to displace all nations as sole superpower
Kingfisher, Thursday, Jan 3 2008, 11:47am
The inevitability of China’s rapid ascension to the position of leading superpower is creating dread in traditional western centres of power – but it's the west that has been beaten at its own game. (story and 2 images)
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Rocking Horse Shit
cleaves, Tuesday, Jan 1 2008, 9:44pm
A rare commodity indeed but rarer are those who sing the eternal song, the verses of which are imparted, never learnt! Following is an anecdote that may satisfy the mind and appease the need…
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Saddam defeats Bush from grave
yarra, Tuesday, Jan 1 2008, 8:14am
What to do with a living president defeated by a dead dictator?
I will never forget the rallying call Saddam made prior to his arranged execution; his final command to the nation was to fight a classic guerrilla war of attrition and draw the American elephant into a quagmire where it could EASILY be DEFEATED. He promised victory if the people persevered and he was right. However, Saddam’s ranting was more a manifestation of bravado and personal rage than directives to a people that hated his guts!
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A Quechua Christmas Story
Greg Palast via reed, Monday, Dec 31 2007, 4:12pm
And [Professor] Doctor Correa is one tough character. He told George Bush to take the US military base and stick it where the equatorial sun don’t shine. He told the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which held Ecuador’s finances by the throat, to go to hell. He ripped up the “agreements” which his predecessors had signed at financial gun point. He told the Miami bond vultures that were charging Ecuador usurious interest, to eat their bonds. He said ‘We are not going to pay off this debt with the hunger of our people. ” Food first, interest later. Much later. And he meant it. (story and 1 image)
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Authorities desperate to stigmatise Hicks
nano, Monday, Dec 31 2007, 9:12am
The South Australian Premier, Mike Rann, is best known for his corrupt complicity in allowing BHP Billiton to extract -- FREE OF CHARGE -- millions of litres (per day) of precious drinking water from OUR artesian basin. One can only imagine the amount or ‘incentives’ offered this ‘honourable’ politician for the privilege! A man with no moral fibre is in no position to judge or demand apologies from anyone, especially victims of torture. (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Monday, Dec 31 2007, 11:27am
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Sorry, Charlie. This Is Michael Vickers's War
Ann Scott Tyson via rialator, Sunday, Dec 30 2007, 5:26pm
In the Pentagon's newly expanded Special Operations office, a suite of sterile gray cubicles on the "C" ring of the third floor, Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael G. Vickers is working to implement the U.S. military's highest-priority plan: a global campaign against terrorism that reaches far beyond Iraq and Afghanistan. (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
Last Commented Sunday, Dec 30 2007, 6:13pm
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 Communications Minister Conroy opts for Orwellian option
jack, Sunday, Dec 30 2007, 1:42pm
If nothing else Senator Conroy’s decision to take the matter out of the hands of users and filter internet content at provider (ISP) level confirms that both major political parties are subject to the same ruling interests. After vigorous opposition from the public the previous conservative government chose to offer filtering software for users to install at their discretion – the FREEDOM to CHOOSE is the crux of the matter! (story and 3 comments and 2 images and 1 attached file)
Last Commented Friday, Jan 4 2008, 6:24pm
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Put them all up against a wall …
major mitchell, Sunday, Dec 30 2007, 8:51am
Every housewife knows the principle of the purchase ie, buy the best item for the best price. However, this fundamental principle is lost on Australian conservatives in desperate need of an authority figure. The need for paternalistic authority in conservatives outweighs common sense. Brendan ‘studs’ Nelson, short-lived leader of the opposition and previous Australian Defence Minister, made the most gullible and totally inappropriate military hardware purchase (from daddy America) in living memory – probably in the nation’s short history if the historical record is taken into account -- well done ‘studs,’ you conservative, lackey, clown! (story and 1 image)
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David Hicks and ‘Freedom’
col, Saturday, Dec 29 2007, 7:58am
David Hicks walked ‘free’ from Yatala high security prison yesterday but freedom is a very ambiguous term and an extremely elusive state. Hicks is discovering, after his release, that prison walls are not necessarily physical. After suffering five years of the most insidious, horrendous, psychological and physical TORTURE at the Guantanamo Bay torture facility, David Hicks could in no way be described as ‘free.’ He will carry the scars left by Guantanamo for the rest of his life – psychologically Hicks remains incarcerated. However, he need not remain a mental cripple, many have survived torture to live and ‘fight’ again. (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Saturday, Dec 29 2007, 9:25am
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Bhutto assassination update!
gill, Friday, Dec 28 2007, 8:48am
Pakistan’s interior ministry is in frantic damage control in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination. In a futile attempt to extinguish the flames of rebellion, the interior ministry today claimed that Benazir Bhutto died as a result of bumping her head on the roof of the vehicle in which she was travelling. They also claimed that no bullet or shrapnel wounds were found on her body! ‘No doubt,’ and I had breakfast with John F Kennedy -- he was shot with a bullet that could turn corners! (story and 1 comment and 2 images)
Last Commented Friday, Dec 28 2007, 9:29am
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Benazir Bhutto killed: what price a human life?
gan, Thursday, Dec 27 2007, 5:42am
Benazir Bhutto shot and killed while campaigning in Rawalpindi yesterday!
Inadequate security measures at a campaign rally allowed an assassin to discharge five shots at Bhutto one of which penetrated her neck killing her. After discharging his weapon the suicide gunman detonated a bomb-belt killing himself and at least ten people in close proximity. (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
Last Commented Saturday, Jan 19 2008, 8:31am
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‘Taliban:’ term of convenience
cleaves, Wednesday, Dec 26 2007, 10:22am
The American led western (NATO) criminal alliance is crumbling -- as criminal empires often do! A report on BBC radio finally stated an open fact to the people. A fact that NATO/US and even insignificant Australia have known for some time; a military ‘victory’ in Afghanistan is “impossible!”
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Serbian MPs issue Kosovo warning
staff report BBC via reed, Wednesday, Dec 26 2007, 8:46am
The Serbian parliament has voted overwhelmingly to condemn any attempt by Kosovo to become independent. (story and 1 image)
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Rebel groups and double standards highlight lawless world
dingo, Tuesday, Dec 25 2007, 9:05am
Incessantly accusing Bush and his neo-cons of war crimes is clearly counter-productive. He has been comprehensively exposed for the WMD fraud and numerous other crimes. His actions have resulted in a human holocaust -- over one million innocent lives lost in Iraq yet international authorities and the public could care less. OUR complacency and INACTION give license to Bush and his ilk to pursue their crimes with vigour; it's open slather on just about everything – and don’t they, the powers, know it!
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Reversed Asymmetry
dave, Monday, Dec 24 2007, 9:48pm
The sheeple are incapable of lucid thought so it’s necessary to drive the point home with simple and repetitive slogans and news items – ‘just an ol’ fashioned love song’ from a burnt-out ad man, but bear with it for a while.
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Linguistic somersaults indicate extremely sick U.S. Economy
Kingfisher, Monday, Dec 24 2007, 10:58am
Previous articles have drawn attention to linguistic tricks stock markets employ to deceive the public. On a specified day “selling” became ‘profit taking,’ a highly inaccurate and misleading term as selling incurs both profit and loss – but don’t alarm (sheeple) investors for Christ’s sake! Today’s sub-prime, circular credit markets have taken a very dangerous linguistic turn toward even greater DENIAL, which is symptomatic of the disease not the cure. The latest divorced from reality market expression saturating the mass media is, “write-down,” which actually means LOSS! The following headline from Marketwatch is typical:
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