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 Incarceration level: the clearest indicator of a viable society posted by yarra, 2009-02-20 21:06:01
No prizes for guessing the world’s NUMBER 1 incarcerator is the USA! Yessiree Bob, that utopian/dystopian capitalist wonderland/HELL is fast approaching its FATE – America is about to confront itself! The portrait of Dorian Gray looks like a Cherub in comparison. (full story and 2 comments)
peace/war / international
Possible end to secret Swiss bank accounts posted by David Voreacos and Carlyn Kolker via gan, 2009-02-20 07:51:27
Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government sued UBS AG, Switzerland’s largest bank, to try to force disclosure of the identities of as many as 52,000 American customers who allegedly hid their secret Swiss accounts from U.S. tax authorities. (full story)
injustice/law / international
  Google Earth reveals secret CIA drone base in Pakistan posted by Jeremy Page via rialator, 2009-02-19 20:33:57
The US was secretly flying unmanned drones from the Shamsi airbase in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan as early as 2006, according to an image of the base from Google Earth. (full story)
imperialism / international
 IMF chief warns second wave of countries will require bail-out posted by Edmund Conway via reed, 2009-02-17 01:15:22
A "second wave" of countries will fall victim to the economic crisis and face being bailed out by the International Monetary Fund, its chief warned at the G7 summit in Rome. [IMF chief] Dominique Strauss-Kahn's warning comes amid growing concern that at some point in the next year a major economy could have to seek support from the Fund. Mr Strauss-Kahn, who was yesterday attending the Group of Seven leading finance ministers' meeting in Rome, said: "I expect a second wave of countries to come knocking." (full story and 4 comments)
social/political / international
Nationalise the Banks posted by Matthew Richardson and Nouriel Roubini via reed, 2009-02-15 19:32:49
The U.S. banking system is close to being insolvent, and unless we want to become like Japan in the 1990s -- or the United States in the 1930s -- the only way to save it is to nationalize it.
As free-market economists teaching at a business school in the heart of the world's financial capital, we feel downright blasphemous proposing an all-out government takeover of the banking system. But the U.S. financial system has reached such a dangerous tipping point that little choice remains. And while Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's recent plan to save it has many of the right elements, it's basically too late. (full story and 1 comments)
social/political / international
International Criminal Court Faces Big Test With Israel posted by Amitabh Pal via fleet, 2009-02-14 00:01:10
The International Criminal Court soon faces a big test—a test that could reveal whether it is truly an independent institution.
The Palestinian Authority has asked the court’s chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, to examine if Israel was guilty of war crimes during its recent Gaza operation. Moreno-Ocampo should take a look into the allegations, not the least to refute the assertion that the court is an instrument of the West. (full story and 1 comments)
injustice/law / international
 The New Thought Police posted by James Bamford via leafers, 2009-02-13 08:41:12
The National Security Agency (NSA) is developing a tool that George Orwell's Thought Police might have found useful: an artificial intelligence system designed to gain insight into what people are thinking. (full story)
social/political / international
Increased social unrest in Europe posted by Heather Cottin via talya, 2009-02-10 07:39:03
Thousands of demonstrators in Lithuania, Latvia and Bulgaria have attacked government buildings and called on their governments to resign as unemployment soars in Eastern Europe. (full story)
social/political / international
The War on Terror is a Hoax posted by Paul Craig Roberts via rialator, 2009-02-04 20:52:44
"The most obvious indication that there are no terrorist cells is that not a single neocon has been assassinated.
I do not approve of assassinations, and am ashamed of my country’s government for engaging in political assassination. The US and Israel have set a very bad example for al Qaeda to follow." (full story)
social/political / international
 The ‘Amero’ -- fact or fiction? posted by Sonya Rehman via quin, 2009-02-04 09:24:55
Word has it that the US Dollar is soon to be replaced by the ‘Amero’. Is this just another conspiracy theory kicked up by a bunch of bored conspiracy theorists?
Who knows, but at the rate the US economy finds itself sinking further into a quicksand recession, the introduction of the Amero might just turn out to be a reality. (full story and 2 comments)
miscellaneous / international
The Whole World Is Rioting as the Economic Crisis Worsens -- Why Aren't We? posted by Joshua Holland via rialator, 2009-02-03 08:16:02
Explosive anger is spilling out onto the streets of Europe. The meltdown of the global economy is igniting massive social unrest in a region that has long been a symbol of political stability and social cohesion. (full story)
social/political / international
 Oz supermarket chains profiteering in economic crisis posted by Alan Jones via fleet, 2009-02-01 19:39:47
The following report is an indictment of the ineffective Rudd government not an expose’ of profiteering, monopolist supermarkets, whose track record of price hiking and unjustified mark-ups is well known.
Why have governments if they are unable to govern, we may well ask? The people can go without many luxury items but no one can go without food! STOP the RIPOFFS NOW!!!
INTERVENTION IS REQUIRED from our pathetic, compliant (to the corporations) politicians -- you reprehensible, vile, UNAUSTRALIAN, servile scum! (full story)
injustice/law / national
Having a 'Voice' Makes People Happy posted by Frances Moore Lappé via finch, 2009-01-31 22:28:08
"What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome.” So wrote Friedrich Nietzsche in 1895.
I’m guessing that many of you would feel uncomfortable embracing this definition of happiness, especially coming from one of history’s most famous curmudgeons. If so, maybe in part it’s because too often we’ve nodded in agreement with Lord Acton’s catchy caveat, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” And who would want to risk corruption? (full story)
personal development / international
 Google 'error' lists all websites as harmful posted by staff report via reed, 2009-01-31 20:46:39
The search engine Google sparked online confusion on Saturday when a glitch in its security program temporarily warned users that websites from all search results were potentially harmful. (full story)
mass media / international
 Well done, Leonard! posted by Richard Jinman via quill, 2009-01-30 21:40:32
From the earliest totems and depictions on cave walls till today; poets/artists have possessed the ‘magic’ to transform. The world allows murderers, liars and frauds to assume leadership at great cost to the people and planet. However, REAL HOPE and CHANGE RESIDES in the CREATIVE (not warring, destructive) spirit of humankind; from all Aussie poets and artists, WELCOME to Oz, Leonard -- and a job well done, old man.
“That sunny dome those caves of ice
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.” -- STC |
Sydney is also known for its street poet, Arthur Stace, who summed it up in a word, which he chalked onto the sidewalks of Sydney until his death:
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prose/poetry / international
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