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 The Alice Report – when a nation takes Leave
dingo, Wednesday, Aug 8 2007, 1:27pm
Oz nous has gone on holiday it would seem; the Prime Minister this week denied, on national television, all reports and accusations that he is dishonest! People arose from comas at the announcement, my demented granny who hasn’t spoken or reacted to the outside world in years, leapt out of her invalid chair and screamed, “shoot the little war criminal!” People all over the nation choked on their dinners but the best is yet to come.
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 Hicks Trial a Charade -- Oz Law Council
Stephen de Tarczynski via reed, Wednesday, Aug 8 2007, 10:03am
MELBOURNE, Aug 8 (IPS) - The Law Council of Australia’s third and final report on the trial of former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks slams the Australian Government’s acquiescence in the process and faults the overall trial. (story and 2 images)
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Murdoch blunders with Bloggers
gan, Tuesday, Aug 7 2007, 12:13am
A blunder of truly huge proportions is uncharacteristic of master media manipulator/mogul Rupert Murdoch. Allowing his Fox news ‘attack dog,’ Bill (bow wow) O’Reilly to attack something he has no hope of either influencing or overcoming is a gross miscalculation. The blogosphere is becoming the first choice for news and opinion for many readers tired of the fabricated fantasies and thin propaganda the mass media constantly spews at the public.
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Hacking Capitalism
Andy Greenberg via Kismo, Monday, Aug 6 2007, 10:28pm
LAS VEGAS -- Lost seconds mean lost dollars on Wall Street. But the race for faster transactions risks security disaster.
Employees of banks could shut down computers that make quick arbitrage trades across markets, using denial-of-service attacks to overwhelm servers and potentially cause millions in losses. Ultra-fast electronic trades may be especially vulnerable to sabotage. And the need for speed has made things worse -- with financial institutions avoiding software security features that might cause crucial millisecond delays.
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When 2nd is preferable
major mitchell, Sunday, Aug 5 2007, 9:47pm
Few wish to be second in any type of endeavour; however, there is one occasion, among few others, where it is imperative to be second; and that is when a nation desires to detonate a nuclear weapon -- or more precisely, use nuclear weaponry in circumstances/conflicts that do NOT warrant their use. A little leak/rumour has it that a “dirty nuke” is to be detonated in the continental USA in order to justify the use of “bunker busters” on Iran and other areas of conflict. (story and 2 images)
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The democratic prerogative: whose world?
fish, Sunday, Aug 5 2007, 1:11pm
What did you expect?
If you place liars and criminals in government do you expect justice and peace, or war, plunder and destruction? There is NOT one honest person today that leads a nation – all are corrupt, do you expect honesty and integrity from sewer rats? Liars and jackals reign supreme and occupy all the seats of power; do you expect consideration, fair treatment or cynicism and deception?
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Stock Market Meltdown
Mike Whitney via rialator, Saturday, Aug 4 2007, 11:31pm
On Friday the Dow Jones took a 280 point nosedive on fears that that losses in the subprime market will spill over into the broader economy and cut into GDP. Ever since the two Bears Sterns hedge funds folded a couple weeks ago the stock market has been writhing like a drug-addict in a detox-cell. Yesterday’s sell-off added to last week’s plunge that wiped out $2.1 trillion in value from global equity markets. New York investment guru, Jim Rogers said that the real market is “one of the biggest bubbles we’ve ever had in credit” and that the subprime rout “has a long way to go.”
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Respite
quill, Saturday, Aug 4 2007, 10:50pm
For those for whom the world is meaningless and tiresome, read and remember!
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Looming Oz Federal Election: don’t be fooled again!
Kingfisher, Saturday, Aug 4 2007, 12:53pm
“Fooled” in what sense? Surely it’s as simple as voting for the Party of your choice? That would be the response from most people and that is the problem. Party voting is offering the choice between gangrene or an amputation, as an American once put it!
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Kevin Rudd: nobody’s man
cleaves, Friday, Aug 3 2007, 1:00pm
Who or what is a Kevin Rudd? Who does he represent, what distinguishes him from his conservative opponent, John Howard? In answer to the first question, NOTHING, Rudd is a proven non-entity; he represents no one I am able to locate, notwithstanding many Australians will vote against Howard but not for Rudd. There is nothing that distinguishes Rudd from Howard; he is only a paler version, a conservative with a lower case “c”. Rudd has supported Howard on more occasions than he has opposed him – and for those who may be wondering, yes, Rudd is the ‘opposition’ leader.
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Return of the Robber Barons
Paul Craig Roberts via rialator, Thursday, Aug 2 2007, 11:41am
Anyone who imagined that grubby little racist and U.S. lackey John (despicable coward) Howard, had an original thought in his head read the following article relating to the U.S. and remove all doubts regarding Howard's status as slave to Bush, importer of the unfair U.S. labour system, lackey to the Corporations, especially the criminal directors and CEOs. Read, learn and discover for yourself the American lackey that Howard really is. Never in Oz history has the nation witnessed a Prime Minister surrender the entire nation and culture to a foreign power – treason would not be too strong a word! (story and 2 images)
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The Monkey is YOU!
sadh, Thursday, Aug 2 2007, 12:10am
From China through Indonesia to Japan, the racist Howard government has become the laughing stock of all Asia. The Indians may have taken the victimisation of one of their citizens to heart. Employing a variation of Scotland Yard misinformation, a bogus ‘dossier’ was produced to great effect. The ‘white’ pointer bit with a vengeance only to have the Indian authorities denounce the ‘dossier’ as fake – all at Howard’s and Keelty’s expense.
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Haneef: Mickey Mouse Indian ‘dossier’ appears!
nano, Wednesday, Aug 1 2007, 1:00pm
A clear indication that Australian ‘authorities’ are culpable in their treatment of Dr Haneef is when the investigation departs into the fantastic. Police are presently making amorous advances in the direction of the absurd, ludicrous and fantastic – I knew my literature major would come in handy one day – fiction of the absurd, metafiction, fabulation and various other genres may all converge and lay claim to the Haneef FARCE but the world of reality can make no claim whatsoever! (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
Last Commented Wednesday, Aug 1 2007, 5:37pm
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Osama Bin Haneef
quin, Wednesday, Aug 1 2007, 1:24am
Either Dr. Mohamed Haneef is the most cunning and brazen terrorist the world has ever seen or he’s innocent of all the slurs and accusations levelled at him. Some of us with an attention span of more than a minute remember the Chamberlain case and the appalling behaviour of the local media at the time. For a brief moment Australia became the envy of Alabama, a truly worthy achievement. (story and 1 image)
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Kevin Andrews responds with Innuendo
dingo, Tuesday, Jul 31 2007, 12:34am
Prod often enough and hard enough and watch a Liberal drop his bundle. Kevin Andrews finally responded to the challenge and revealed information relating to the cancellation of Haneef’s visa. However, a cursory analysis exposes the very thin and weak ‘evidence’ Andrews presented to the public. (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
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Haneef challenges Minister: nothing to hide
peptide, Monday, Jul 30 2007, 12:25pm
Dr. Mohamed Haneef effectively challenged the Australian Minister of Immigration, Kevin Andrews, to reveal information relating to the cancellation of his visa. Haneef has nothing to hide as his challenge to Andrews clearly indicates, "I don't know what reasons he has [for revoking visa]. I would like him to come forward and give these facts," Haneef stated to the media in Bangalore. The onus is now on the flagrantly racist Australian government whose international reputation is in tatters over the scapegoating of an Indian doctor for purely political purposes. (story and 2 images)
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Racist Prime Minister, John Howard, refuses to Apologise
budgie, Sunday, Jul 29 2007, 12:35pm
Internationally known coward and racist, John Howard, today declared he would not apologise for the trauma, injustices and abuse Dr Haneef suffered at the hands of the executive government, state regulatory authorities, legal system and the media -- for assisting in his [Haneef’s] character assassination. Note Howard’s exact phrasing, "Australia will not be apologising to Dr Haneef,” [my emphasis.] Howard hides behind his office to imply the Australian nation refuses to apologise when it is clear that Howard only represents a backward-looking retrogressive conservative/racist element of Australian society.
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A Blurry Line Between Propaganda and News
Khody Akhavi via rialator, Saturday, Jul 28 2007, 11:23am
WASHINGTON, Jul 27 (IPS) - A shocking thing happens midway through Norman Solomon's documentary film "War Made Easy".
While analysing the George W. Bush administration's lead-up to the Iraq invasion, Solomon plays a news clip of Eason Jordan, a CNN News chief executive who, in an interview with CNN, boasts of the network's cadre of professional "military experts". In fact, CNN's retired military generals turned war analysts were so good, Eason said, that they had all been vetted and approved by the U.S. government. (story and 2 images)
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The Haneef release: an international view
major mitchell, Friday, Jul 27 2007, 12:34pm
From an international perspective the Haneef case in Australia reveals ingrained, systemic racism, dysfunction, possible criminal collusion at senior government levels, appalling incompetence of Federal Police and the failure of associated legal institutions. For a developed western nation, the above makes for a very damning report card. (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
Last Commented Saturday, Jul 28 2007, 11:46am
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Australian alert, Kevin Rudd, a dead loss!
barra, Thursday, Jul 26 2007, 11:23am
Few silver platter opportunities occur in politics but failing to take advantage is unforgivable. The whole (thinking) nation is wondering why the opposition leader failed to capitalise on the Haneef fabrication/collusion/‘fit’/DEBACLE! Rudd has been doing his best of late to completely close the ideological gap between Howard and himself. Kevin Rudd seems to be seeking an unholy conservative marriage with his ‘arch-rival’, John Howard – some may be perplexed at the opposition leader's recent behaviour; however, we are reminded that conservatism never opposes itself! (story and 2 comments)
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