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 Murdoch doubles News Corp support for Republicans posted by Ed Pilkington via reed, 2010-10-03 06:05:21
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has doubled its backing of the Republican party in advance of next month's mid-term elections by awarding $1m to an interest group that is leading the attack on Democratic candidates through political TV advertising. (full story)
imperialism / international
Blackwater [Xe] Wins Piece of $10 Billion Mercenary Deal posted by Spencer Ackerman via fleet, 2010-10-02 23:35:01
Never mind the dead civilians. Forget about the stolen guns. Get over the murder arrests, the fraud allegations, and the accusations of guards pumping themselves up with steroids and cocaine. Through a “joint venture,” the notorious private-security firm Blackwater has won a piece of a five-year State Department contract worth up to $10 billion, Danger Room has learned. (full story and 1 comments)
injustice/law / international
Dumping Dollars The Easy Way posted by Bob Chapman via fleet, 2010-09-30 21:21:28
"Russia is the exception and has thus far failed to use stimulus to weaken its rouble. Every time the IMF tries to suppress gold prices with its gold sales, Russia is right there buying it up, which must infuriate the elitists in Europe and the US. Almost 2/3s of their economy’s growth loss has been due to drought and fires, but with close to $500 billion in foreign exchange, they have no trouble buying gold, which puts those reserves at close to 24 million ounces. It is an easy way to dump dollars. (full story)
miscellaneous / international
  The Inner Workings of the International Gold Market posted by Bob Chapman via fleet, 2010-09-25 21:28:58
We recently saw gold at $1,300.00 an ounce. That is a long way from $35.00 an ounce on August 15, 1971, just a year shy of 40 years, from when President Nixon closed the gold window. Over the past ten years gold has been up about 20% a year. Shares and mint state graded numismatic coins have certainly outperformed gold bullion. We suppose we’ll know in the final analysis what government manipulation has done to prices and results. We believe that what they have done has been criminal for which they will never be prosecuted. On the other hand buyers have had an unprecedented opportunity to buy gold and silver, bullion, coins and shares at artificially suppressed prices. That condition still exists. Year-to-date in 2010 gold is up about 17%. (full story)
miscellaneous / international
Transcript of Speech delivered to the UN General Assembly by the President of Iran posted by via fleet, 2010-09-23 21:46:30
Western Corporate media goes to great lengths to demonise this man and portray him as some kind of mass murdering maniac, when in fact all the mass murdering that has occurred over the past decade and continues to occur today, has been committed by US/NATO and other servile allies -- FACT!
Read the following speech and judge for yourself. Compare the violent, lying diatribes that issue from the mouths of Western leaders with this man's rational and balanced plea to the world for SANITY and FAIR PLAY!
My only criticism is the slavish homage and other references made to a man-made God (all Gods have been created by men!) However, that fault affects only deluded believers in fantasy and those slaves under the authority of (human) religious leaders, who CLEARLY have no higher interest than blood, guts and themselves; history bears irrefutable proof of that fact! But please, arrive at your OWN conclusions, thinking for yourself has not yet been deemed a crime: (full story and 1 comments)
injustice/law / international
 Israel and America -- Brazen Criminal States posted by Prof. Lawrence Davidson via reed, 2010-09-21 21:04:46
Neither American nor Israeli behavior is legal under international law. It is all a violation of Article 54 of Protocol I, Part IV, of the Geneva Conventions (1977). The law reads, “It is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove or render useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as …drinking water installations and supplies…whatever the motive whether in order to starve out the civilian population, to cause them to move away, or for any other motive.” (full story)
injustice/law / international
China The Superpower of the 21st Century posted by Michael T. Klare via quin, 2010-09-20 22:04:03
If you want to know which way the global wind is blowing (or the sun shining or the coal burning), watch China. That’s the news for our energy future and for the future of great-power politics on planet Earth. Washington is already watching -- with anxiety. (full story)
social/political / international
 Bradley Manning -- Accused of Telling the Truth posted by Ann Wright via quill, 2010-09-17 20:50:23
Bradley Manning now faces decades in prison for informing Americans of the Truth about our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He stands accused of 'leaking' the video, “Collateral Murder” to WikiLeaks -- it clearly depicts two Reuters journalists being murdered by a U.S. helicopter strike! Manning is also under investigation for 'leaking' the “Afghan War Diary” documents that were also published by WikiLeaks, in co-operation with the New York Times, the UK Guardian and the German magazine Der Spiegel. (full story)
peace/war / international
How Corporations Own the US Congress posted by Shamus Cooke via reed, 2010-09-15 07:02:00
With the November elections quickly approaching, the majority of Americans will be thinking one thing: "Who cares?” This apathy isn't due to ignorance, as some accuse. Rather, working people's disinterest in the two party system implies intelligence: millions of people understand that both the Democrats and Republicans will not represent their interests in Congress. (full story)
social/political / international
 Corporatists are killing us/everything! posted by Christopher Doering via dasha, 2010-09-14 21:46:51
The food industry is jeopardizing U.S. public health by withholding information from food safety investigators or pressuring regulators to withdraw or alter policy designed to protect consumers, said a survey of government scientists and inspectors. (full story)
social/political / international
 Winter Winds posted by Sandy Denny via stele, 2010-09-11 08:55:44
gone, but your haunting, sensitive songs endure. (full story)
prose/poetry / international
Roubini and Bremmer: Chinese Economic Model way of the Future posted by Matthew Scott via reed, 2010-09-10 19:14:10
The global financial crisis just might give those in the U.S. who advanced the idea of a "new world order" their wish – but not exactly in the way they wanted. (full story)
imperialism / international
 US soldiers 'killed Afghan civilians for sport and collected fingers as trophies' posted by Chris McGreal via reed, 2010-09-08 20:15:59
Twelve American soldiers face charges over a secret "kill team" that allegedly blew up and shot Afghan civilians at random and collected their fingers as trophies. (full story and 2 comments)
peace/war / international
Orwell That Ends Well posted by Randall Amster via fleet, 2010-09-08 06:58:31
In just the past week, a friend lost his cellphone, and another was robbed. One fell asleep in the bathtub, and another visited her old elementary school. A number had interesting fare for dinner. Some liked the weather, others lamented it. One notable presence in particular diligently posted her whereabouts at all times. Pretty typical stuff actually, and almost none of it interesting in the least. (full story and 1 comments)
mass media / international
 Peter Spencer wins his day in High Court posted by Lucy Knight via reed, 2010-09-01 08:45:45
PROPERTY rights crusader, Peter Spencer, who went on a hunger strike on his southern NSW farm earlier this year, has broken down outside the High Court in Canberra following an unanimous decision in his favour to finally have his case heard. (full story and 1 comments)
injustice/law / national
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