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 Holocaust Iraq: An inconvenient Truth posted by fish, 2007-05-21 22:55:16
Today, the American public is no longer able to claim ignorance over the real cost of filling their SUVs with gas nor are they able to deny their status as a hypocritical, ungodly, pariah nation. Few people anywhere are unaware of America’s dirty little grab for the resources of weaker nations. For every full tank of gas INNOCENT human blood has been spilt, particularly the blood of those least able to defend themselves, CHILDREN. When faced with undeniable and unpleasant realities Americans seek refuge in the unreality of their televisions or other distracting entertainments. The cost of the American lifestyle today is served to local populations for breakfast, however, the media is careful to neatly package all distasteful material in justifications, propaganda and flagrant lies (that have no currency anywhere but America). (full story)
social equality/unity / international
Al-Qaeda’s Waiting Game posted by Michael Scheuer via rialator, 2007-05-20 20:36:02
Americans tend to forget that while we were surprised by the 9/11 attacks, al-Qaeda was not. The attacks’ exact date was known to bin Laden and two or three others only six days before Sept. 11, 2001, but they had long known the attacks were coming. Thus al-Qaeda was able to move important operatives, archives, material, and other assets out of Afghanistan in advance. (full story and 1 comments)
imperialism / international
  By their Commission and Omissions you will Know Them posted by dingo, 2007-05-20 12:33:50
We thank National Security correspondent to the Australian Broadcasting Commission (‘our’ ABC) Leigh Sales, for revealing her flagrant bias in relation to the David Hicks case. We were almost tempted to read her book, “Detainee 002 …”, until today’s extremely revealing report. (full story)
injustice/law / international
 The Art of Flower Arranging posted by gan, 2007-05-17 18:31:22
The uninformed are rejoicing over the forced resignation of Paul (bouquet of flowers) Wolfowitz from the World (US) Bank; the resignation of Tony (45 minutes) Blair as British prime minister; the foregone demise of George (WMD, mission accomplished) Bush and the likely elimination of John (aluminium tubing) Howard as Australian prime minister. However, rejoicing may be premature as the gangrenous infection in the body of humanity has not been completely excised. (full story)
imperialism / international
 My Darling Boy ... posted by Associated Press via rialator, 2007-05-16 12:14:23
My darling baby boy, before you talk or walk, Uncle has provided you with a gun ..
Corrupting children is a heinous criminal act; who but America would poison infants?
To the soldier who raped and slaughtered children I say, my darling boy you had no chance! (full story)
peace/war / international
What’s So Funny about Peace, Love and Understanding? posted by Elizabeth DiNovella via rialator, 2007-05-12 23:10:08
When it was announced that the Dalai Lama was coming to Madison in May, a few of my friends snatched up the pricey tickets right away. I had heard the Dalai Lama speak five years ago during his last visit, and it was so difficult to hear him that I decided to stay out of the ticket-buying frenzy this time around. But when a friend of mine (a Maoist no less!) called me last Friday morning to offer me free tickets to the public talk that afternoon, I couldn’t resist. (full story)
social equality/unity / international
Warming triggers `alarming' retreat of Himalayan glaciers posted by Tim Johnson via rialator, 2007-05-12 22:53:28
KAROLA PASS, Tibet - The glaciers of the Himalayas store more ice than anywhere on Earth except for the polar regions and Alaska, and the steady flow of water from their melting icepacks fills seven of the mightiest rivers of Asia. (full story)
environment / international
 Interlude #9 posted by tra la, 2007-05-11 10:51:52
By way of balance and release. (full story)
prose/poetry / international
Global Military Alliance: Encircling Russia and China posted by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya via rialator, 2007-05-10 10:33:17
Although Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Japan are not formally members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), they are linked through military partnerships, affiliated governments, a network of partnerships, and bilateral agreements with the United States and Britain. (full story)
imperialism / international
Bush's Zombie Shuffles Off posted by Tariq Ali via rialator, 2007-05-10 10:11:50
Tony Blair's success was limited to winning three general elections in a row. A second-rate actor, he turned out to be a crafty and avaricious politician, but without much substance; bereft of ideas he eagerly grasped and tried to improve upon the legacy of Margaret Thatcher. But though in many ways Blair's programme has been a euphemistic, if bloodier, version of Thatcher's, the style of their departures is very different. Thatcher's overthrow by her fellow-Conservatives was a matter of high drama: an announcement outside the Louvre's glass pyramid during the Paris Congress brokering the end of the Cold War; tears; a crowded House of Commons. (full story and 2 comments)
social/political / international
The Madness of War Profiteering in Iraq posted by Robert Greenwald via rialator, 2007-05-10 09:58:01
The following is Robert Greenwald's testimony to the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Defense about war profiteering: (full story)
imperialism / international
 The nature of God – and I ought to Know! posted by major mitchell, 2007-05-08 14:36:03
[No apologies for the title, as it applies to everyone.] In today’s world far too many killers and murderers are utilising religion as a method of social manipulation, control and (believe it if you would face the reality of your ‘religion’) to JUSTIFY MURDER, THEFT and WAR! If that in itself doesn’t sound an alarm in the heads of all devotees of the ONE nameless, peerless, INFINITE God of ALL, then please go for a walk or entertain yourself with something else, this paper is NOT for you! (full story and 1 comments)
theology / international
 Aussie software pirate extradited posted by Kenneth Nguyen via rialator, 2007-05-06 19:33:22
BEFORE he was extradited to the United States, Hew Griffiths, from Berkeley Vale in NSW, had never even set foot in America. But he had pirated software produced by American companies.
Now, having been given up to the US by former justice minister Chris Ellison, Griffiths, 44, is in a Virginia cell, facing up to 10 years in an American prison after a guilty plea late last month. (full story)
injustice/law / international
 IMF and World Bank Face Declining Authority as Venezuela Announces Withdrawal posted by Mark Weisbrot via rialator, 2007-05-04 17:06:30
Venezuela’s decision this week to pull out of the IMF and the World Bank will be seen in the United States as just another example of the ongoing feud between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the Bush Administration. But it is likely to be viewed differently in the rest of the world, and could have an impact on both institutions, whose power and legitimacy in developing countries has been waning steadily in recent years. (full story)
imperialism / international
 Dick Cheney's Banker Grantham Sees World Bubble posted by William Pesek via rialator, 2007-05-03 22:32:48
May 2 (Bloomberg) -- You'd expect someone whom the famously dour Dick Cheney entrusts with millions of his dollars might have a gloomy view of the world. Jeremy Grantham does indeed.
"From Indian antiquities to modern Chinese art; from land in Panama to Mayfair; from forestry, infrastructure and the junkiest bonds to mundane blue chips -- it's bubble time,'' he writes in Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.'s latest quarterly letter titled, "The First Truly Global Bubble.'' (full story)
social/political / international
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