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 Kate Miller-Heidke wins International Songwriting Competition
staff report Herald-Sun via strings, Thursday, Apr 30 2009, 10:37pm
[But for Artists the world and our souls would be lost. Turn from vacuous perversities and meaningless (violent) values -- live in HARMONY!
We appreciate that some specialise in the Art of Assassination and War, but surely Poetry is the preferable option!]
PEACE
In keeping with this site's policy of supporting the Arts AND Artists, we are proud to report the following: (story and 1 image)
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 Enraged About Corporate Greed? Kidnap Your Boss
Christopher Ketcham via budgie, Thursday, Apr 30 2009, 10:15pm
In answer to their own economic crisis, the French have taken up "bossnapping."
Here's how it works: An executive of a company, perhaps the CEO, stands before a group of his employees, puts his hands together, sighs, and then, with regret as smooth as brie, explains the fact that downsizing is needed to meet the exigencies of economic crisis (read: the preservation of profits in downturn).
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Tamil civilians slaughtered as army shells 'no-fire zone'
Gethin Chamberlain via fleet, Sunday, Apr 19 2009, 6:59am
[De-sensitisation to the suffering of others comes, as does everything, at a price. Callousness rots our very soul; we lose a little bit of what makes life worth living each time we ignore the plight of our fellow human beings. Have you noticed how Western populations long for an end to their misery?
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Bush, Cheney and the Boys could be Indicted under US Law
George Washington's Blog, Saturday, Apr 18 2009, 6:27am
The War Crimes Act of 1996, a federal statute set forth at 18 U.S.C. § 2441, makes it a federal crime for any U.S. national, whether military or civilian, to violate the Geneva Convention by engaging in murder, torture, or inhuman treatment.
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Anthrax Lab linked to Thermite particles discovered at Ground Zero
John S. Hatch via krill, Wednesday, Apr 15 2009, 11:12am
A recent article published in the respected peer-reviewed Open Chemical Physics Journal by nine noted scientists offers incontrovertible proof that the dust from the Twin Towers and Building Seven of the World Trade Center contains small intact samples of Thermite. (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Saturday, Jul 18 2009, 2:50am
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Federal Authority Over the Internet? The Cybersecurity Act of 2009
Jennifer Granick via Kismo, Wednesday, Apr 15 2009, 10:50am
There's a new bill working its way through Congress that is cause for some alarm: the Cybersecurity Act of 2009, introduced by Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME). The bill as it exists now risks giving the federal government unprecedented power over the Internet without necessarily improving security in the ways that matter most. It should be opposed or radically amended.
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The Real US Executive its Agenda and the Irrelevance of the Presidency
Tom Burghardt via rialator, Monday, Apr 13 2009, 9:05am
Since fatuously declaring his to be a "change" administration, President Barack Obama has quickly donned the blood-spattered mantle of state secrecy and executive privilege worn by the Bush regime. (story and 1 comment)
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 "They should arrest Obama for impersonating a President"
Ted Rall via rialator, Friday, Apr 10 2009, 8:06pm
America is a nation of laws -- laws enforced by Spain.
John Yoo, Jay Bybee, David Addington, Alberto Gonzales, William Haynes and Douglas Feith wrote, authorized and promulgated the Justice Department "torture memos" that the Bush Administration used for legal cover. After World War II, German lawyers for the Ministry of Justice went to prison for similar actions. (story and 1 comment and 1 image and 1 attached file)
Last Commented Friday, Apr 10 2009, 8:37pm
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Will China be caught with worthless greenbacks?
Mike Whitney via zing, Tuesday, Apr 7 2009, 9:57pm
Fed chief Ben Bernanke has embarked on the most radical and ruinous financial rescue plan in history. According to Bloomberg News, the Fed has already lent or committed $12.8 trillion trying to stabilize the financial system after the bursting of Wall Street's speculative mega-bubble. Now Bernanke wants to dig an even bigger hole, by creating programs that will provide up to $2 trillion of credit to financial institutions that purchase toxic assets from banks or securities backed by consumer loans. The Fed's generous terms are expected to generate a flurry of speculation which will help strengthen the banking system while leaving the taxpayer to bear the losses. It is impossible to know what the long-term effects of Bernanke's excessive spending will be, but his plan has the potential to trigger hyperinflation or spark a run on the dollar. (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Tuesday, Apr 7 2009, 10:42pm
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Listen to the words of a real BLACK leader of INTEGRITY!
sam, Monday, Apr 6 2009, 10:17pm
Martin Luther King is a million times the man Obama could ever conceive of being. Compare a REAL BLACK MAN with a servile, tap-dancing, TRAITOR.
Obama serves the status quo, Martin Luther King served the Creator, his fellow man and his conscience!
Hold all war criminals, bankers, robber barons and those who protect them to account! LET JUSTICE BE SERVED and CLEANSE the earth of the filth that has infected our capitals. (story and 1 image)
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Evacuation ordered as Chile volcano erupts again
Simon Gardner via reed, Saturday, Apr 4 2009, 10:52pm
We predicted a chain reaction of volcanic events after the Tonga deep sea eruption. We had Alaska almost immediately after, now Chile. There will be more activity North of Australia followed by increased magnitude events along the 'rim.' Think in terms of increasing amplitude waves! (story and 2 comments and 2 images)
Last Commented Sunday, Apr 5 2009, 8:58pm
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The Smooth Criminal Transition from Bush/Cheney to Obama
Larry Chin via quin, Saturday, Apr 4 2009, 6:55am
To sober, clear-eyed observers of history and political deception, the ascension of Barack Obama held the promise for unprecedented new dangers: a revitalized New World Order, led by the Anglo-American empire’s neoliberal criminal faction and an iconic, deceptive new facilitator; and a continuation of Bush/Cheney criminality and war, under smarter and much more effective management.
Now, just months into their tenure, the Barack Obama administration has more than fulfilled the promises he made to his elite constituency, deepening the mass destruction of Bush/Cheney, while charming its victims all over the world into enjoying their own demise. (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Sunday, Apr 5 2009, 10:25pm
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Obama welcomes Albania, Croatia to NATO
Robert Burns via rialator, Saturday, Apr 4 2009, 5:57am
Where will it end, Han? Do you see the dick in your face, NOW? You have been lied to, conned and screwed and still you do not understand! It may or may not be too late now, however, what is certain is one more NATO move and it's over, Yuri!
I hope you choke on Kosovo, 'comrades!' You failed to DECISIVELY stand your LEGAL ground and support your ally when you had the chance. Now it verges on impossible; Albania, Croatia, soon Macedonia, Montenegro then Georgia, do you doubt it?
'Just desserts' for abandoning a close ally and displaying your cowardice to the world. It would have been much simpler and cleaner then! Enjoy the following report -- I can hear the laughter from Strasbourg in Sydney! (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Saturday, Apr 4 2009, 6:29am
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Fake faith and epic crimes
John Pilger via reed, Friday, Apr 3 2009, 7:10am
The Brussels War Crimes Tribunal and the newly established Blair War Crimes Foundation are building a case for the former British prime minister’s prosecution
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Terror as a Tool of Empire
Chris Floyd via krill, Thursday, Apr 2 2009, 10:34am
Here's a purely hypothetical scenario. Let's say you were a dedicated imperial militarist who believed that your country's security, prestige and financial interests could best be served by war and the ever-present threat of war. Let's say you had some really hot and juicy operations going on, endless deadly conflicts that were pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into your war machine and entrenching national policy even more deeply in the militarist philosophy – the machtpolitik – that you believe in. (story and 3 images)
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Taliban say U.S. reconciliation offer "lunatic"
Sayed Salahuddin via gan, Wednesday, Apr 1 2009, 6:58am
KABUL, April 1 (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents rejected on Wednesday a U.S. offer of "honourable reconciliation" as a "lunatic idea" and said the withdrawal of foreign troops was the only way to end the war in Afghanistan. [Emphasis added.] (story and 2 images)
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Spanish judge accuses six top Bush officials of torture
Julian Borger and Dale Fuchs via quill, Sunday, Mar 29 2009, 12:45am
Criminal proceedings have begun in Spain against six senior officials in the Bush administration for the use of torture against detainees in Guantánamo Bay. Baltasar Garzón, the counter-terrorism judge whose prosecution of General Augusto Pinochet led to his arrest in Britain in 1998, has referred the case to the chief prosecutor before deciding whether to proceed.
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Stocks Will Drop; Banks Will Go Belly Up - Roubini
Staff report via rialator, Friday, Mar 27 2009, 8:47pm
The stock market will drop as major banks go belly up says Nouriel Roubini, the NYU economist that successfully predicted the current economic collapse. Below is the text from an interview Mr. Roubini gave today on Bloomberg TV.
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US Military drafted plans to terrorize US cities to provoke war (with Cuba!)
David Ruppe via peate, Friday, Mar 27 2009, 6:44am
In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba. Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities.
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Pentagon exploring robot killers that can fire on their own
Robert S. Boyd via fleet, Thursday, Mar 26 2009, 10:37am
WASHINGTON — The unmanned bombers that frequently cause unintended civilian casualties in Pakistan are a step toward an even more lethal generation of robotic hunters-killers that operate with limited, if any, human control. (story and 1 comment and 1 image and 1 attached file)
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