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  You’ve got three months, Malcolm, so far so good! posted by finch, 2008-09-18 12:50:23
We have refrained from writing stories relating to pathetic, subservient, dependent Australia, for obvious reasons -- it had promise once! However, the recent change of leadership in the opposition party was too great a temptation, especially in view of the preposterous lies and pretences that littered the new opposition leader’s opening speech. [Some explanation is required for American and international readers.] (full story and 2 comments)
social/political / national
 Nigerian rebels attack JUGULAR OF ENEMY! posted by nano, 2008-09-17 23:12:05
This is not a story on a fake terrorism war that targets nothing of strategic value – such as Bin Laden’s war of convenience. The reader will note Bush’s ‘Islamic terrorists’ only target symbolic not REAL (high value) targets -- after all, the forces behind the ‘long war’ do not wish their profits to be disrupted or to lose anything of REAL value! (full story and 1 comments)
social/political / international
 Subverting Democracy Through Electoral Fraud posted by Stephen Lendman via rialator, 2008-09-15 09:26:24
[The following article lists the secondary factors that have contributed to the demise of democracy in the 21st century. Democracy is a social phenomenon that lives or dies with the people/masses. No one can permanently steal democracy while the masses exist; however, as the article highlights it can be hijacked momentarily by criminal forces.
Regardless of whether citizens choose to actively exercise their democratic options the fact remains the will of the MAJORITY easily overrules the machinations of the minority – NEVER FORGET IT! What constantly haunts minority elites and cabals is the prospect of the people exercising their options! Ed.] (full story)
social/political / international
Less Than Half the World Believes al-Qaeda Was Behind 9/11 Attacks posted by Joshua Holland via quill, 2008-09-11 00:27:38
An international poll released this week by the Project on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) found that outside the United States, many are skeptical that al Qaeda was really responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks. Sixteen thousand people in 17 countries -- allies and adversaries in Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East -- were asked the open-ended question: "Who do you think was behind the 9/11 attacks?" (full story)
social/political / international
The public considered fair game by Robber Barons, Speculators and Bankers posted by barra, 2008-09-10 22:19:11
Government regulators once controlled the degree to which the public could be robbed by big business -- the fear of social unrest, or political repercussions were the two principal moderating factors. However, today’s public has been taught to eat shit and like it! Armed with obscene amounts of extorted cash, powerful speculators brazenly fix oil prices and the value of other commodities via unregulated speculative markets. Recent oil price rises clearly highlight the fact and expose the gambit. (full story)
social/political / international
 ‘Show me where you sat on the axe!’ posted by nano, 2008-09-06 00:33:09
It’s hard not to be cynical in ‘view’ of the ubiquity of Sarah Palin’s tits. The mess that Cheney-Bush have made of the economy has been background by tits; the unprovoked, illegal American cross-border attack into Pakistan hardly raised an eyebrow; Bush’s Continuity of Government (COG) extending unprecedented executive powers for another year was barely noticed; Cheney planning WWIII in the Ukraine, back page news -- the WORLD, however, continues to bob with Sarah Palin’s tits! (full story)
social/political / international
 No further proof required -- McCain, mad as a meat axe! posted by Kismo, 2008-09-05 00:03:28
The mass media is loath to publish it and his handlers are attempting to smother it but it will stick in the pages of history like fly shit! McCain completed his acceptance speech with the intimation, “I have been ‘ANOINTED’ to ‘SAVE’ America in its hour of need,” and he was serious! A textbook megalo-para/schizo statement, ask any psychiatrist! Make no mistake, the “bomb, bomb, bomb Iran; I know how to win wars; I will fight in Iraq for 100 years; I’ll follow Bin Laden to the gates of hell,” is DAMAGED GOODS! (full story and 1 comments)
social/political / international
 From Putin’s Siberian tiger to Sarah Palin’s tits -- semiotic overload posted by finch, 2008-09-01 05:22:22
The symbolism is not lost this week but it’s to be expected! From sabre rattling geopolitical confrontations between superpowers to the selection of presidential running mates prior to the US elections. Propagandists, ad men and marketers across the social, political and cultural divide are tugging at our basic instincts and collective archetypal (un)conscious. (full story and 4 comments)
social/political / international
 Politics and the absurd posted by major mitchell, 2008-08-30 04:02:56
We have entered a new era in politics, an era where criminality is accepted from government but not from the people, an era in which honours are bestowed on war criminals rather than life sentences, an era where the Law has become a Whore! (full story)
social/political / national
 Obama’s ‘rhetorical flourishes’ cannot compensate for his LACK of INTEGRITY posted by barra, 2008-08-29 00:11:54
The sideshow that is the American race for the presidency is characterised by one-liners, slogans and as the BBC so accurately put it -- especially in Obama’s case -- an abundance of meaningless persuasive expressions or “RHETORICAL FLOURISHES!” The description couldn’t be more accurate with Obama in his ‘flight’ for the presidency. However, people around the globe are not as stupid as the American masses. American tactics and strategies are transparent outside the USA! (full story and 1 comments)
social/political / international
Russia, Georgia, and the Kosovo Connection posted by J. Victor Marshall via reed, 2008-08-28 03:08:08
By selectively turning principles into propagandist slogans for scoring points, the United States no longer occupies the political high ground. Washington’s lectures sound like hectoring, not sincere admonitions that could sway international public opinion and restrain Russian actions. (full story)
social/political / international
 Transcript of Medvedev's speech on recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia posted by Oleg Shchedrov via rialator, 2008-08-26 09:11:28
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday signed decrees recognising the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Following is the Reuters translation of his statement, which was posted on the Kremlin web site: (full story)
social/political / international
 Condi Rice: busy war whore posted by peptide, 2008-08-22 02:49:12
Armed with American slogans, metaphors, outright lies and palettes of US ‘toilet paper’ money for ‘aid/loans’ (bribes) US Secretary of State, Condi Rice, has never moved so fast! One minute Georgia, then Warsaw, Prague, Brussels then Baghdad at blistering pace! Rice has demonstrated -- if nothing else -- that she is able to move as fast on her feet as on her knees! (full story and 2 comments)
social/political / international
At what cost the LIES we tolerate? posted by finch, 2008-08-20 04:27:46
Few societies today believe in their governments, in fact most people view their governments as criminal! Few people trust or believe their political leaders especially in view of the implausible explanations offered for highly questionable events such as 9/11, Iraq WMD and the anthrax letters. We all remember Colin Powell's academy award winning performance at the UN, which resulted in a shift of opinion in favour of pre-emptive war. Today we know EVERYTHING Powell said was a LIE yet we tolerate it! Should we then expect a person like Cheney to desist from his loathsome criminal activities? (full story)
social/political / international
Reality Bites ['merika] Again posted by J. H. Kunstler via dingo, 2008-08-19 08:43:08
The feeble American response to Russia's assertion of power in the Caucasus of Central Asia was appropriate, since our claims of influence in that part of the world are laughable. The US had taken advantage of temporary confusion in Russia, during the ten-year-long post-Soviet-collapse interval, and set up a client government in Georgia, complete with military advisors, sales of weapons, and even the promise of club membership in the western alliance known as NATO. These blandishments were all in the service of the Baku-to-Ceyhan oil pipeline, which was designed specifically to drain the oil region around the Caspian Basin with an outlet on the Mediterranean, avoiding unfriendly nations all along the way. (full story)
social/political / international
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