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 In Memory of Albert Hofmann and his discovery – LSD-25
quin, Monday, May 5 2008, 10:48am
Albert Hofmann died last week aged 102; his longevity may be attributed to the ‘acid’ he first synthesised in ’43 -- then again it may not, but it doesn't really matter! Reams could be written on the effects of LSD but in memory and homage to a great man and pioneer we leave the description to him. Following is an excerpt from his book, “LSD - My Problem Child:” (story and 2 images)
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 An Atheist Goes Undercover to Join the Flock of Mad Pastor John Hagee
Matt Taibbi via quill, Monday, May 5 2008, 9:36am
The following is an excerpt from Matt Taibbi's new book, "The Great Derangement" (Spiegel and Grau, 2008).
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Church, State and Campaign ‘08
Bill Boyarsky via fish, Friday, May 2 2008, 9:00am
When Adolf Hitler came to power, he said, “I am not going to do anything in my lifetime that hasn’t been done by the Roman Church for the past 800 years. I am only going to do it on a greater scale and more efficiently.” (story and 1 image)
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Spineless Australia hosts largest U.S. spy base outside continental U.S.A
Richard Neville via rialator, Wednesday, Apr 30 2008, 10:34pm
[Pine Gap, American spy base located in central Australia stands as a monument to Australian servility and cowardice. Only one Australian leader took the Americans to task over this secretive installation; he was immediately removed from power by the machinations of the CIA and their conservative Australian allies -- refer to a good Australian history book for the entire account.
Gough Whitlam wished to make Australia a nation in its own right but the Americans would have no one -- including the democratically elected Prime Minister – disturbing their plans and causing trouble in their new post WWII colony.
America replaced the British as the new colonial overlords for CRINGING, infantile Australian governments. To witness TODAY our leaders cowering like the servile dogs they are before the corrupt, inept and mass murdering Americans is truly sickening!
The following story, by Australian journalist, author and activist, Richard Neville, makes for a riveting and sobering read -- FUCK AMERICA, the scourge of the world! Ed.] (story and 2 images)
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Protesters deflate NZ spy base dome
Reuters via rialator, Wednesday, Apr 30 2008, 7:54pm
WELLINGTON, NZ: Peace activists yesterday attacked and deflated a large inflatable globe housing a satellite dish at a top secret New Zealand spy base in protest at US military actions. (story and 2 images)
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Nature signals calamity!
Mollie Matteson via rialator, Monday, Apr 28 2008, 8:57pm
[First the honey bees now the bats -- is anyone listening to the most important alarms? Ed.]
BATS have been dying by the thousands recently in the Northeastern United States. No one knows why, and it may be months, perhaps years, before the cause is determined. Meanwhile, scientists predict that this summer there will be a population explosion of insects, which bats normally eat in large quantities. Greater numbers of beetles and moths could mean severe and costly losses for farmers and timber producers. There could also be bigger swarms of mosquitoes and other biting bugs, which will mean more discomfort for all of us.
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Cheney/Bush/Israel determined to ignite WWIII
Peter Chamberlin via reed, Monday, Apr 28 2008, 8:42pm
Judging from the campaign rhetoric coming out of both camps, whoever wins the Oval Office will be inclined to continue the failed military policies in Iraq and to pursue a confrontation with Iran. Apparently it does not matter to either party what will follow those actions, or what these disastrous policies have produced as they played-out in Iraq and Afghanistan. It does not matter who gets elected, whether it is "bomb, bomb Iran" McCain, or "obliterate/massive retaliation" Clinton, nothing will change. (story and 1 image)
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Latin America: the attack on democracy
John Pilger via rialator, Friday, Apr 25 2008, 9:20am
Beyond the sound and fury of its conquest of Iraq and campaign against Iran, the world's dominant power is waging a largely unreported war on another continent - Latin America. Using proxies, Washington aims to restore and reinforce the political control of a privileged group calling itself middle-class, to shift the responsibility for massacres and drug trafficking away from the psychotic regime in Colombia and its mafiosi, and to extinguish hopes raised among Latin America's impoverished majority by the reform governments of Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia. (story and 1 image)
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Nazi Pope Ignores War/Holocaust
Ray McGovern via rialator, Wednesday, Apr 23 2008, 8:58am
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the U.S. last week against a macabre backdrop featuring reports of torture, execution and war. He chose not to notice. (story and 1 image)
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Meltdown of U.S. Dollar Underway as China Dumps the Currency
David Gutierrez via reed, Thursday, Apr 17 2008, 8:02pm
Comments by China that it intends to move away from its reliance on the dollar triggered a sharp drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and heightened worldwide fears about the U.S. currency's stability. Chinese Central Bank Vice Director Xiu Jian said that his country is planning to shift much of its $1.4 trillion national currency reserve from dollars to more stable currencies, such as the euro or Canadian dollar. After these comments, the dollar fell to record lows relative to other currencies -- the lowest ever against the euro, the lowest in a generation against the British pound, and the lowest in 57 years against the Canadian dollar. (story and 1 comment)
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Torture: Beyond The Pale
SPI Editorial via reed, Monday, Apr 14 2008, 8:02pm
The image of CIA officers demonstrating and detailing torture techniques considered for use during detainee interrogations in the White House is one most Americans could probably never conceive. And yet, ABC News reported last week that senior Bush administration officials were privy to such presentations in the Situation Room as they discussed and approved the brutal treatment (such as waterboarding) of terror suspects. They also approved combining various techniques to be used on a suspect.
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Washington Plays ‘Tibet Roulette’ with China
F. William Engdahl via reed, Thursday, Apr 10 2008, 6:41am
Washington has obviously decided on an ultra-high risk geopolitical game with Beijing by fanning the flames of violence in Tibet just at this sensitive time in their relations and on the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. It’s part of an escalating strategy of destabilization of China which has been initiated by the Bush Administration over the past months. It also includes the attempt to ignite an anti-China Saffron Revolution in the neighboring Myanmar region, bringing US-led NATO troops into Darfur where China’s oil companies are developing potentially huge oil reserves. It includes counter moves across mineral-rich Africa. And it includes strenuous efforts to turn India into a major new US forward base on the Asian sub-continent to be deployed against China, though evidence to date suggests the Indian government is being very cautious not to upset Chinese relations. (story and 1 comment)
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Saudi prisoner 'slams' then leaves Guantanamo hearing
Jane Sutton via fleet, Wednesday, Apr 9 2008, 7:08pm
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, April 9 (Reuters) - In a hearing plagued by translation problems on Wednesday, a Saudi Arabian prisoner first criticized and then boycotted the U.S. war crimes court where he is accused of plotting with al Qaeda to blow up ships in the Middle East.
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U.S.-Russia row over Kosovo escalates with Moscow aid shipments
Andrew Wander via reed, Sunday, Apr 6 2008, 9:28pm
Russia is sending humanitarian supplies worth $1.7 million directly to Kosovo Serbs, challenging the authority of the US-backed government in Pristina.
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US lawmakers have as much as $196 million invested in defense companies
AP via rialator, Thursday, Apr 3 2008, 3:55pm
WASHINGTON: Members of the U.S.Congress have as much as $196 million (€126.2 million) collectively invested in companies doing business with the Defense Department, earning millions since the start of the Iraq war, according to a new study by a nonpartisan research group.
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Bush facing resistance in NATO expansion goals
Associated Press via rialator, Sunday, Mar 30 2008, 7:11am
"I think this NATO summit is basically the 'Goodbye George' summit," said Daniel Hamilton, Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. "A lot of the energy is looking beyond the administration."
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10 days That Changed Capitalism
Rob Johnson and Robert Borosage via reed, Saturday, Mar 29 2008, 8:35am
The world has changed. The market fundamentalism that has dominated our economics over last three decades has been unmasked as a sham, deemed useless by the guardian of the integrity of finance itself, the Federal Reserve.
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U.S. visit to Pakistan shows 'panic'
Saeed Shah via rialator, Friday, Mar 28 2008, 8:36am
ISLAMABAD — The visit to Pakistan of top U.S. officials this week was supposed to cement ties with the country's incoming government. Instead, it ended up roiling local sensitivities and inadvertently showing up key policy differences.
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“Free market” zealots bring death to America
Paul Craig Roberts via rialator, Thursday, Mar 13 2008, 7:23pm
March 12. Crude oil for April delivery hit $110 per barrel. The US dollar fell to a new low against the Euro. It now takes $1.55 to purchase one Euro. These new highs against the dollar are the ongoing story of the collapse of the US dollar as world reserve currency and corresponding collapse of American power.
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British colonialism meets PNAC
Liliana Segura via reed, Tuesday, Mar 11 2008, 11:29pm
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband issued an embarrassing apology to members of Parliament last month. Despite "earlier explicit assurances" to the contrary, he admitted, two planes carrying prisoners of the U.S. "war on terror" had landed on the British-owned island of Diego Garcia in 2002 before flying to foreign territory as part of the American extraordinary rendition program. (story and 2 images)
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