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 Censorship in the Western Media: What they Don't Want You to Know
Eric Sommer via quill, Wednesday, Nov 5 2008, 8:47am
The Western media has recently outdone itself in censoring important stories - stories which contradict the policies and interests the media seeks to uphold.. Western publics have been systematically misled in recent weeks on vital issues related to war-and-peace, human rights, the financial crisis, and more. Only a few examples can be set out here. But it should be enough to indicate the extent to which world reality is being filtered by the media. (story and 1 comment and 2 images)
Last Commented Wednesday, Nov 5 2008, 7:30pm
international /
mass media /
other press
The test of INTEGRITY -- Obama as President
finch, Tuesday, Nov 4 2008, 11:11pm
I wish I could remember the exact phrase the ‘excited’ radio announcer, Steve Chase, used to introduce his audience to the Obama victory speech in Chicago.
To the (background) sound of the roaring crowd, applauding, cheering, whistling and screaming -- as mindless as any crowd the Roman Colosseum would have contained – the announcer exclaimed, “can you hear that; the sound of rapturous supporters; let’s all absorb the atmosphere?” With that Obama began one of the most mediocre victory speeches I have ever heard -- and I’ve heard a few! (story and 1 image)
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social/political /
opinion/analysis
 Between Hope and Reality: An Open Letter to Barack Obama
Ralph Nader via reed, Tuesday, Nov 4 2008, 7:44am
Dear Senator Obama:
In your nearly two-year presidential campaign, the words "hope and change," "change and hope" have been your trademark declarations. Yet there is an asymmetry between those objectives and your political character that succumbs to contrary centers of power that want not "hope and change" but the continuation of the power-entrenched status quo. (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Tuesday, Nov 4 2008, 8:02am
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other press
Double whammy for future US President
Kwang zi, Monday, Nov 3 2008, 11:27pm
The ‘winner’ of the US elections will BECOME the 44th president of the USA. This number has great significance throughout all Asia -- home to enduring civilizations that possess ancient wisdom and knowledge. [Knowledge that was also known and revered in the West (ancient Greece) until pure mathematics displaced an important element of numeric ‘language.’]
international /
miscellaneous /
opinion/analysis
More from the Front Lines of the Financial Crisis
Stephen Lendman via reed, Monday, Nov 3 2008, 8:52am
In its latest economic outlook, Merrill Lynch economists "worry about inflation, or more precisely," a lack of it. From crashing global equity markets, falling commodity prices, rising unemployment, stagnant wages, over-indebted households, declining production, the continuing housing crisis, and more. All pointing to several future quarters of negative growth. Showing that Fed chairman Bernanke will face "his greatest fear: deflation." An analysis of the coincident to lagging indicators signals "deep recession." (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Saturday, Nov 8 2008, 8:00am
international /
social equality/unity /
other press
Former Oz FM, Alexander Downer at loose ends
Kingfisher, Sunday, Nov 2 2008, 2:07am
There is a syndrome to which former public figures are extremely susceptible; it’s a type of hangover effect. After years in public office, directing the affairs of State, to suddenly find themselves on the scrap heap is a little disconcerting and a bit of a shock, especially for elitists that have always held the view they were born to rule! (story and 1 image)
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social/political /
commentary
Aussie investors win ‘servile stakes’
budgie, Friday, Oct 31 2008, 11:40pm
Desperate citizens who had their investments/funds frozen have been ‘allowed,’ by the ‘big-hearted’ regulator, to access small amounts of their funds to meet the costs of daily life – how bloody generous! The magnanimity of the regulator, ASIC, and the parasitic financial institutions is ‘beyond measure.’ All I can say in the circumstances is, ‘you’re’ damn lucky you haven’t any of my funds frozen, you loathsome parasites!
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commentary
Balkan Wars and Western Propaganda
Edward S. Herman via rialator, Friday, Oct 31 2008, 8:40am
Marlise Simons, the New York Times' main reporter on the Milosevic trial and International Criminal Trial for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), has had a difficult year. Perhaps most painful was the disclosure that in 1999 the Kosovo Albanian KLA sent as many as 300 captive Serbs to Albania to be killed and their internal organs "harvested" for sale abroad; a matter barely mentioned in the New York Times (see below). I was sorely tempted to write to Marlise Simons and offer her my sympathies, "Marlise, if only the villains in this case were Serbs, what a fine front page article you could have had!"
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other press
Watch the ‘left hand’ during election mania
major mitchell, Thursday, Oct 30 2008, 8:05am
It really is too easy! Cynical social theorist, Leo Strauss, took the easy option. The masses should be ‘managed for their own good’ by benevolent, wise and intelligent, (SUPERIOR) ruling elites like dubya Bush, Rove, Cheney, Perle, Wolfowitz, Rice, Rumsfeld etc. – get the picture? It is widely known today that far from ‘superior’ these elites are downright criminal AND incompetent! Yet most of us continue to take the bait each time these cynical manipulators offer it. (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Thursday, Oct 30 2008, 8:55pm
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imperialism /
commentary
American Hegemony Bites The Dust
Paul Craig Roberts via rialator, Wednesday, Oct 29 2008, 9:52am
"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality -- judiciously, as you will -- we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do." -- Bush White House aide explaining the 'New Reality.'
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imperialism /
other press
Former insider Bankster saves personal funds just prior to public freeze!
finch, Tuesday, Oct 28 2008, 11:02pm
Malcolm Turnbull, conservative leader in the Oz parliament and former Goldman Sachs employee, ‘somehow’ managed to save his personal funds from a mortgage related investment just prior to the fund house freezing all public redemptions, perfect timing, Malcolm! As ‘Gordon Gekko’ stated so contemptuously in the movie, Wall Street, the “outsiders” (sheep) are at the mercy of "insiders" – how true! (story and 1 image)
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social/political /
commentary
 First We Take Manhattan
Leonard Cohen via quill, Tuesday, Oct 28 2008, 10:00am
Voiceover:
Was die Attentäter betrifft, die in Berlin den Anschlag auf die Deutsch-Arabische Gesellschaft verübt haben, ist die Polizei einen Schritt weiter gekommen. Die jetzt nach dem Anschlag... (story and 1 image and 1 audio file)
international /
prose/poetry /
literature
U.S. threatens to halt services to Iraq without troop accord
Roy Gutman and Leila Fadel via reed, Monday, Oct 27 2008, 11:19pm
[The latest hair-brain tactic of the US mass murdering military is to threaten the cessation of services to Iraq by January 1st, if the Iraqi puppet government does not comply with US DEMANDS, brilliant! China and Russia are waiting patiently in the wings for an invitation to do business in a civilised manner. Neither superpower feels the need to murder over one million INNOCENT civilians in order to develop Iraq's valuable resources. By all means, yankee doodle moron, CEASE ALL SERVICES AND FUCK OFF!] (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Monday, Oct 27 2008, 11:33pm
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social/political /
other press
Another home grown catastrophe likely
dingo, Sunday, Oct 26 2008, 11:53pm
Due to the ‘thick’ nature of the American public the powers are forced to emphasise a point in order to drive it home. However, the less thick international community easily detects and is alerted by ‘overdone’ remarks! Non-Americans view with extreme suspicion SIMILAR warnings from senior politicians of both major American parties.
international /
peace/war /
commentary
Masters of America
barra, Saturday, Oct 25 2008, 10:40pm
For those who require hard evidence that Wall St. not Capitol Hill rule the USA look no further than the latest babbling of puppet president, dubya Bush. With the financial system and the global economy in tatters and after European and Asian leaders agreed to overhaul the international financial system; the star-spangled parrot (president) spouted his learned lines. [Believe it or not] Bush called on the world to “recommit” to the “free market” system that caused the global economic crisis/collapse in the first instance -- astounding! Bush made the remarks while standing in the cow paddy that was once the American economy. I can almost hear him asking his handlers if he ‘did good;’ you did just fine, George, you can go out and play now, you tubular bell! (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
Last Commented Saturday, Oct 25 2008, 11:53pm
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commentary
Irresponsible currency printing certain to annihilate greenback
nano, Saturday, Oct 25 2008, 1:37am
The REAL value of the greenback is not reflected in the currency markets at present. The international community continues to support US toilet paper money only for fear of additional economic disruption; nevertheless, they will soon be forced to dump their worthless currency reserves lest they too be caught ‘short footed’ as some well-known banks that failed to dump their toxic credit ‘products’ have demonstrated! (story and 3 comments and 1 image)
Last Commented Friday, Oct 31 2008, 7:56am
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opinion/analysis
Oz financial Institutions freeze run on redemptions
peptide, Thursday, Oct 23 2008, 9:44am
Australian financial institutions give clearest indication yet that YOUR money/investments are beyond your control! Perhaps a gun to the head of a few directors and executives may clarify matters of ownership! (story and 1 image)
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social/political /
commentary
Not so stupid!
dingo, Wednesday, Oct 22 2008, 11:18am
The now 100% divorced from reality U.S. president Bush, recently spoke with Russian, Chinese and Indian leaders in the hope he could marshal support for the financial crisis he and his ‘have mores’ created! Are you serious, you vacuum-headed retard? (story and 2 comments)
Last Commented Friday, Oct 24 2008, 7:04am
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social/political /
commentary
The Disease and the Cure – a practical strategy
Ed., Wednesday, Oct 22 2008, 8:18am
The articles that follow were written two and three years ago respectively; the first has proven to be an extremely accurate analysis and forecast; the second provides a simple but highly effective strategy for empowering the public and demonstrating that the most effective force for restoring social and economic balance/harmony is the people.
The people are lions raised as sheep; in times of crisis little effort is required to awaken and release the innate power of the masses. Historically, the people have always restored social equity and equilibrium. Robber barons, bankers and corporate racketeers beware!
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social/political /
opinion/analysis
A Vagabond’s Lament
quill, Tuesday, Oct 21 2008, 10:42am
Poetry for wanderers .. (story and 3 images)
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prose/poetry /
literature
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