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 Iraqis say farewell to George W. Bush
Gao Shan, Fu Yiming via quin, Sunday, Jan 18 2009, 8:52am
BAGHDAD, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- "You are a liar and a war criminal! Farewell!" blurted Muhammad al-Salami, a professor in Baghdad University, infuriated by the TV footage of the outgoing U.S. President George W. Bush who was giving a farewell speech after eight years in office. (story and 1 image)
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Growing disillusionment forces Obama to retry internet tricks
Kingfisher, Thursday, Jan 15 2009, 2:47am
The mainstream has always been SLOW to adapt to the latest technologies; an amusing and highly exploitable fact/situation. Antiquated media modes of communication and moguls too old to change have no answer to the millions of independent digital voices that speak in one voice whenever the need arises. (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Thursday, Jan 15 2009, 7:41am
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An argument for Secession
dingo, Tuesday, Jan 13 2009, 8:23pm
The entire world groaned when WAR CRIMINAL Bush insisted, in his last press conference, that he had served his country well and had done a “good job” as president – W-H-A-T!? Furthermore, Cheney supported Bush’s statements with his own divorced from reality, twisted version of history. It’s time for the handcuffs people! The credibility of the ENTIRE nation is at stake – the reality oriented WORLD is fast running out of patience! (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Tuesday, Jan 13 2009, 9:28pm
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Howard displaces Obama in Blair House
quill, Wednesday, Jan 7 2009, 7:58pm
Australia’s Obama-bashing, racist, conservative former PM, John ‘deputy sheriff’ Howard, is currently occupying the traditional premises of the President Elect prior to inauguration, the historic Blair House in Washington. Obama and family have been forced to play second fiddle to Howard who is in Washington to receive an award from Bush. Forcing the President Elect to defer to a former leader of an insignificant little, servile nation of cringing cowards and lackeys is a disgrace – skin colour continues to matter in America it seems! The displacement was clearly intentional; self-confessed racist, John Howard, is well-pleased at the 'honour' accorded him by his partner in crime, G W Bush. However, the shame associated with this despicable act is all America's! (story and 2 images)
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Massive dollar collapse imminent ..
Edmund Conway via reed, Wednesday, Jan 7 2009, 10:29am
The world simply would not tolerate America irresponsibly printing more money in order to save its economy. There's more than a hole in the bucket dear Obama, the Bush regime blew the bottom out and no amount of printing VALUELESS toilet paper money can save the situation. (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
Last Commented Friday, Jan 9 2009, 9:44pm
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 Government propaganda ministry biggest advertiser in UK!
quill, Sunday, Jan 4 2009, 1:11am
Now there’s a revealing little morsel (see insert), but not a complete surprise as it matches proportional increases in advertising spending by the Australian and other Western governments – the propaganda expenditure in the USA, the nation with the most to hide and disguise, cannot be assessed as the figure is astronomical! Donald Rumsfeld, as Secretary of Defence, couldn’t account for $2.3 TRILLION, which ‘somehow’ disappeared in his Department, what hope then for accurate figures from thousands of agencies servicing various governments across the USA? (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Sunday, Jan 11 2009, 9:44pm
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Obama and a status quo we can believe in!
nano, Saturday, Jan 3 2009, 12:30am
Sit back, relax and we’ll do it for you – why not exploit existing conditioning? It would not be an oversimplification to state that Obama won a presidential campaign based on two words and one second-hand slogan, ‘Change,’ ‘Hope’ and ‘Yes we can!’ In any other nation people would have demanded generous helpings of DETAIL served with their ambiguities, but not in lobotomised America, a land where a good slogan can take you to the top. The American people have once again paid the price for investing meaning where none previously existed – it’s an old (tired) advertising TRICK that continues to work on gullible, ill-educated populations! (story and 1 image)
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Failure to heed lessons from recent past spells doom for Obama
budgie, Tuesday, Dec 30 2008, 8:17pm
The 44th Presidency promises to be a watershed in American history but not for the reasons hoped for by vested and other interests – it is over gentlemen! Obama has already been accurately assessed by the people as a betrayer, turncoat, house slave and lackey. (story and 4 images)
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Keeping it simple – so Americans understand!
nano, Saturday, Dec 27 2008, 10:22pm
Contributors and editors have decided to apply the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) principle to the majority of future posts. It became apparent over time that many people find even pedestrian English difficult to comprehend – no prizes! We have also decided to use language in an offensive manner (both meanings apply) as Evangelicals, space cadets and other assorted losers, run in horror when confronted with colourful words like ‘FUCK’ etc; these ‘mental lepers’ cringe when they encounter the 'SHIT' word -- preferring to use the ridiculous and infantile ‘poo’ instead! We should not forget that these are the same people that do not hesitate to install AND SUPPORT known morons, con-men and mass murderers as their Presidents and leaders. (story and 2 comments)
Last Commented Sunday, Dec 28 2008, 5:54pm
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Alternative Xmas message to “the constant drivel of Pope and Queen”
quill, Thursday, Dec 25 2008, 10:39pm
Britain’s Channel 4 has broadcast a bold and controversial Christmas message from one of the world’s most notorious characters, the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; however, unlike his American and Israeli counterparts the Iranian President has not yet attained the status of mass murderer! Perhaps Channel 4 is giving the world a lesson in HYPOCRISY! (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
Last Commented Monday, Dec 29 2008, 5:24am
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Update: Internet Censorship Trials in Oz
Kismo, Tuesday, Dec 23 2008, 10:38pm
Communications Minister, Stephen ‘errand boy’ Conroy -- who couldn’t make an accurate decision to save his life -- is the latest Oz politician to adopt feeble American semantic tricks in order to dupe an unwary public. Conroy released new information, at the eleventh hour, that he intends to include filters for P2P and Torrent applications, which are primarily used to download movie and music files! (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
Last Commented Wednesday, Dec 24 2008, 7:46pm
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Before our Eyes; baa’aa, mooo!
nano, Tuesday, Dec 23 2008, 1:06am
Yep, we are now getting it served up for breakfast on a daily basis! Did you think there was something slightly amiss when the Bush administration described TORTURE/waterboarding as “enhanced interrogation,” for Pete’s sake! Or how about describing invasion, plunder and mass murder as spreading “liberty, democracy and freedom,” for fuck’s sake? There are now hundreds of such linguistic travesties littering our culture thanks to the criminals, rogues and MURDERERS WE ALLOWED to occupy positions of influence and power.
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Is this ‘Hope?’
finch, Saturday, Dec 20 2008, 8:49pm
Obama’s reaction to ONGOING Wall St. fraud and insider Bankster secrecy falls EXTREMELY short of the expectations of REFORM that HE created during HIS fraudulent election campaign!
Confronting the latest outrageous example ($50b) of ongoing CRIMINAL FRAUD from yet another ROBBER BARON, Bernard Madoff, Obama revealed his feebleness, weakness and reticence; the best he could offer in full view of the largest fraud in American/world history was, regulators "fell asleep at the switch" and “dropped the ball” – for Pete’s sake – more ambiguous, meaningless metaphors, reminiscent of the linguistic chicanery of the outgoing administration. The people are not amused! (story and 3 comments and 2 images)
Last Commented Monday, Dec 22 2008, 8:40pm
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Kevin Rudd risks becoming the toilet paper PM of world history
Kingfisher, Friday, Dec 19 2008, 12:00am
As the US makes plans to close its infamous, excised detention centre, Guantanamo ‘torture’ Bay; Australia opens its newly built, high tech, excised detention/torture centre on ‘Christmas’ Island -- just in time for Christmas! We should all note that Rudd pretends, among myriad other posturings, to be a Christian! WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO KID, RUDD, you reprehensible, performing worm? Tell it to the banjo-playing yanks! (story and 1 comment and 2 images)
Last Commented Sunday, Dec 21 2008, 7:37am
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Business as usual [Rabbit hole 'CHANGE' you can blow out your arse!']
Kris Alingod via reed, Thursday, Dec 18 2008, 8:34pm
Cheney Praises Obama's National Security Team [A most revealing stamp of approval, don't YOU think, Jethro?]
Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Reflecting on his eight years in office in his first interview since the elections, Vice President Dick Cheney praised President-elect Barack Obama's national security team but defended the Bush administration's anti-terror policies, including its use of waterboarding and its decision to invade Iraq, which he said would've still taken place even if intelligence had been accurate. (story and 1 image)
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Setting agendas and stealing debates ..
budgie, Tuesday, Dec 16 2008, 1:31am
is an art form in which, it seems, few excel, nevertheless it remains ‘the principal, most important’ (I’m practicing American grammar) tool of modern, GLOBAL politics. The reasons are obvious; in a world of instant communications the ‘battle for the dominant discourse’ or rather for the attention/focus of the moronic masses is paramount – the future VIABILITY of Barack Obama is being compromised as I write due to the WORLD focusing on his GLARING DISREGARD of the war and other crimes against humanity committed by the outgoing administration! (story and 2 comments)
Last Commented Tuesday, Dec 16 2008, 7:42am
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Reality aversion and rabbit hole logic
nano, Sunday, Dec 14 2008, 8:51am
As the U.S. population labours under a mountain of misapprehensions and disinformation regarding the activities of its murdering, criminal government and the mayhem it has created at home and abroad, financial and other ruling cabals are orchestrating a bid for total global financial power – believe it! But rather than confront hard reality and PARTICIPATE in maintaining a healthy democracy – by demanding full accountability of all persons in positions of trust and responsibility -- what do the people do; drown in torrents of propaganda, lies, spin and Murdoch ‘news?’ Americans continue to labour under the false apprehension that turncoat Obama represents “change we can believe in!” (story and 4 comments and 2 images)
Last Commented Tuesday, Dec 16 2008, 7:50am
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Rudd displays real Aussie ‘backbone’ while in Indonesia
barra, Thursday, Dec 11 2008, 9:57pm
None of us imagined in our wildest imaginings that anyone could beat the record of cowardice and servility set by former PM, John ‘rodent’ Howard. However, Kevin ‘custard face’ Rudd, has recently CONFIRMED that he is indeed the most spineless leader Oz has ever known! Our Kevin has set a new benchmark of servility and dog-cowering cowardice, which unfortunately stains ALL Australians everywhere; do us proud Kevin, Oink! (story and 1 image)
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The semiotic ‘burning bush!’
quill, Monday, Dec 8 2008, 6:34pm
In response to authorities shooting dead a (15yo) youth in Athens, Greek anarchists made their sentiments known to the nation via DIRECT ACTION. Demonstrations included setting a large, (capitalist) Xmas tree alight! [At times signs and symbols converge to deliver a wealth of meaning; no further elaboration required; the flaming tree says it all!] (story and 1 image)
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 Obama may become first invalid U.S. President
Tim Jones via quill, Monday, Dec 8 2008, 6:22am
Five weeks after the State of Hawaii vouched for the authenticity of President-elect Barack Obama's birth certificate, the controversy over allegations that Obama is not eligible to take office next month has reached the Supreme Court, which is expected to announce Monday whether it will consider the matter. (story and 1 attached file)
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