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  Bill Clinton smirked as he bombed Belgrade posted by Milan, 2008-01-27 11:34:04
News videos clearly depict then U.S. president, Bill Clinton, smirking after the Chinese embassy was hit by missile attacks on Belgrade, capital of Serbia. Targeting civilians was a crime then and remains a war crime today; however, the world was not yet familiar with the criminal tactics that later would characterise the ‘new’ American terrorist State! (full story and 1 comments)
imperialism / international
 Davos: reading the sub-text posted by dingo, 2008-01-26 11:30:34
It is useful to have the world’s economic leaders and private sector financial ‘geniuses’ together for a summit – we could have bombed them for causing so much misery around the globe! The prognosis from these economic vandals is more gloom, they ought to know they created the situation – don’t you just love the inverted insanity of it all? However, reality must be addressed regardless of whether or not the patients have taken over the asylum. (full story)
social/political / international
 Australia Day: a pathetic joke posted by major mitchell, 2008-01-25 21:41:23
A nation that flies a union jack on its flag has no independent identity whatsoever. Other former British colonies have achieved total independence decades past but not cringing Australia. Almost daily we read of yet another race-based bashing; a Chinese born permanent resident kicked to death in Footscray by a bunch of remnant Johnny Howard racist cowards is just par for the course in this retrogressive nation. (full story and 1 comments)
social/political / national
 Confirmed: Kosovo secession designed to destabilise Russia posted by dragan, 2008-01-24 11:14:47
The western backed illegal Kosovo ‘government’ of Muslim KLA terrorist, Hashim Thaci, is set to secede from Serbia in days according to latest reports. NATO and western forces are pouring troops and support personnel into the breakaway province as I write. However, it has now become exceedingly clear the tiny province does not warrant all this fuss and risk. It has become clear that western backed secessionist moves in Kosovo have been designed to create/trigger turmoil in other ethnically disproportionate regions, particularly in Russia. (full story and 1 comments)
injustice/law / international
 Let the Children Play posted by peptide, 2008-01-23 20:56:27
Shame on us all for tolerating the needless deaths of millions of innocent children worldwide but especially in Africa. Have we all become heartless PIG Americans? Remember the embargo Clinton placed on Iraq, which killed more children than the Bush invasion and subsequent war? The non-intervention of Condi Rice and John Bolton in South Lebanon resulted in more children killed than military casualties – give war a chance! Callousness, heartlessness and self-interest result in the deaths of millions of children every year but who cares as long as our tanks are full? (full story)
human rights / international
 Rice in economic damage control posted by budgie, 2008-01-23 09:54:03
Economics is not one of Condoleezza Rice’s strong points; she is more familiar in roles of invasive warfare, infanticide, plunder, U.S. imperial expansionism and propaganda. Perhaps she relies on her rather feeble skills as a propagandist in an effort to sell economic snake oil to wary and grounded Europeans. Neither Europe nor the rest of the world is buying, Condi; stick to what you know and do well, like killing children and plundering oil! Describing the U.S. economy as ‘resilient, healthy and sound,’ flies in the face of REALITY, Condi, but reality has never been familiar territory for the Bush regime! (full story and 2 comments)
social/political / international
 Pre-emptive nuclear madness: an Iraq legacy posted by yarra, 2008-01-22 14:00:34
It was certain! Failing to adequately deal with the illegal, pre-emptive strike on Iraq has given license to the same criminals and sociopaths to adopt pre-emptive NUCLEAR strikes today! The conventional pre-emptive strike on Iraq was based on lies; the result is the first holocaust of the 21st century but that HORRENDOUS REALITY seems to have been overlooked by the psychopaths who drafted the latest nuclear strike manifesto in Western Europe. (full story and 1 comments)
peace/war / international
It’s confirmed -- Rudd really is a Dud posted by nano, 2008-01-21 10:47:11
We all waited patiently for the new PM to set about IMPROVING conditions for Australians. We waited in vain for a new vision for the nation, a vision incorporating fairer deals for all – remember Rudd’s lying election slogan, “a fair go for all Australians?” To date all we have seen is reticence, fear, INABILITY to govern, no vision for the FUTURE whatsoever – just the same ol’, same ol’ SERVILITY to big money interests. [The same interests that have plunged the world into economic recession and continue to plunder our finite natural resources at an alarming rate!] (full story)
social/political / national
 Hands on Leadership with Hugo posted by barra, 2008-01-20 21:39:13
Latin American politics is not as dreary as the local timid variety. Hugo Chavez certainly knows what it means to lead. While some in the west may find his political methods a tad extreme, they certainly deliver results. Chavez recently threatened to nationalise the banks if they didn’t comply with the latest laws obliging them to make funds available for mortgages, small business and farming at accessible rates. (full story)
social/political / international
 The ‘Penny Drops’ posted by finch, 2008-01-20 10:20:52
Applying the ‘KISS’ principle we are easily able to determine that the regulated economy of China is the world’s leading economic success story. Western deregulated economies have been outperformed/beaten/trounced/devastated/etc by the regulated economies of the East. However, big money interests in the West are loath to admit their failure! Also, notice the reticence of the western mass media to cover this major story; a very partisan bias is clearly evident in this regard. (full story)
social/political / international
A Taste of Reality and Success: Regulation! posted by peptide, 2008-01-19 10:25:29
China has trounced the economies of the world but especially that of the USA with a very simple strategy, REGULATION! Russia’s re-emergence has not gone without notice either! China has effectively won the Globalisation war that America imagined was in its pocket – the arrogance, dissociation and incompetence of America is now legendary. But there’s more, a whole lot more. (full story)
social/political / international
 Demented America posted by finn, 2008-01-18 19:06:00
They were never meant to influence the direction of the nation – demented American religionists, rapturists, Southern Baptists, evangelicals and other assorted empty-heads have always been organised by religion to satisfy the needs of the State and serve the interests of an enlightened ruling elite that could care less for the fantasies of religion. (full story)
social/political / international
Semiotic Morass posted by finch, 2008-01-17 22:34:24
There’s a lot of well written stuff out there; no one can claim defeat if the British and Australian governments feel it necessary to filter the free flow of information on the internet. Of course all such idiotic measures are doomed to failure as were measures employed to prevent the spread of books after the printing revolution (hundreds of years ago). Nevertheless, the same ignorant forces exist today as [they once did] in the dim, dark, past. (full story)
social/political / international
The Outstanding Feature of the U.S. election Campaign posted by peptide, 2008-01-17 10:57:30
This one is easy, too obvious to warrant an in depth analysis. What is it that all presidential candidates have in common besides lying through their teeth? [Distinctions between major party policies have virtually disappeared in the U.S. today.] What does the general tone, posture, and approach indicate? Why are those responsible for plunging the nation into numerous crises (failed wars, economy, legal rights etc) ignored by the candidates who should be screaming for blood? Outlining remedial policies in STARK CONTRAST to the ‘policies’ of the prevailing Bush regime would seem in order one would think! Remember the axiom, the best defence is attack? Why have the current field of candidates abandoned the most useful weapon of politics -- ATTACK? (full story)
social/political / international
 The Line posted by barra, 2008-01-16 21:41:17
There is a line drawn invisibly in all societies, a line that prudent rulers dare not cross.
When the sheeple, the common herd, the moronic masses wake up to the ‘facts‘ and become aware of the machinations, incompetence and failings of their rulers, the State of play changes dramatically; one can almost taste change in the air. Forget the clichéd slogans, I’m talking about a set of social circumstances that propel certain people into places and into roles they could never have envisioned. (full story)
social equality/unity / national
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