June 19, 2011
Despite Gillard‘s crawling to Obama it seems she may be the last to know what the real US attitude is to Afghanistan, particularly with an election looming in the US. Unfortunately for lapdogs and the servile once you start on your hands and knees you really never get to stand on your own two feet. [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Ayman Al Zawahiri, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai, Osama BinLaden, President of Afghanistan, Robert Gates, Taliban, United State, United States Secretary of Defense, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Posted in Australia, Australia and crimes against the indigenous, Australia and support it gives to Afghan war crimes, Australia and the imperial project, Australia Coal Country and Uranium and metals, Australia Politics, Australian complicity in international war crimes, Australian complicity in US warmongering policies and war crimes, Australian economy, Australian Foreign Policy, Australian Politics, Australian presence is the the Rudd dream, Australian support for Zionism, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US torture; art and science, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding | No Comments »
June 19, 2011
The position in Greece deserves close analysis. Despite the recent financial crisis where those who manipulate how money is distributed throughout the planet had to be bailed out by the masses, what seems to be the attitude is that when those same masses start to complain about the behaviour of the recently saved elites it [...]
Tags: Athens, George Papandreou, Goldman Sachs, Greece, Hellenic Parliament, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Syntagma Square, YouTube
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June 19, 2011
Half a million displaced as Khartoum moves to crush Sudan‘s Nuba people Fierce fighting raises fears the country’s 22-year civil war will be reignited as the government turns on the north’s Africans, sidelined in the south’s peace dea New fighting has increased the chances that a north-south war will reignite, ending hopes of peaceful [...]
Tags: African Union, Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Kaduqli, Nuba peoples, Southern Sudan, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement, United Nations Mission in Sudan
Posted in Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, debate and discussion, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, Democracy Now!, Foreign Policy, immigration, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Miscarriage of Justice, Mission Creep, Refugees, Sudan, Uncategorized | No Comments »
June 19, 2011
The majority of Obama’s campaign promises remain unkept, and many are now looking to new sources for change [GALLO/GETTY] A few short weeks ago, President Obama was on top of the world – or so it seemed. He first pushed back against the growing wave of domestic silliness by releasing his long-form birth certificate, turning [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Federal Reserve System, Grover Cleveland, Mitt Romney, Naomi Klein, Peter Diamond, Republican, Republican Party (United States), United States
Posted in Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, debate and discussion, Democracy, Democracy in the Arab World, economic measures, Economics, Economy, Environment, Foreign Policy, Gaza, Genocide, Gillard, Imperial Project, Imperialism | No Comments »
June 19, 2011
Japanese nuclear regulators failed to review and approve steps taken after 2002 to protect against tsunamis at the Fukushima plant and these proved insufficient to prevent the disaster three months ago, a UN report showed. A detailed assessment by an expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency – the first outside review of Japan’s nuclear [...]
Tags: Al Jazeera, International Atomic Energy Agency, Japan, Nuclear and radiation accidents, Nuclear power, Nuclear safety, Plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company
Posted in Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, Japan, nuclear, Nuclear weapons | No Comments »
June 19, 2011
Osama al-Najai, the Iraqi parliament speaker, has told Al Jazeera that the amount of Iraqi money unaccounted for by the US is $18.7bn – three times more than the reported $6.6bn. Just before departing for a visit to the US, al-Najai said that he has received a report this week based [...]
Tags: Al Jazeera, Iraq, Iraqi dinar, Jane Arraf, Los Angeles Times, Oil reserves in Iraq, Presidency of George W. Bush, United States
Posted in Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, economic measures, Economics, Economy, Education, elections, Elites, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Iraq, Middle East, Militants, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, Mission Creep, Obama, Obama warmonger, oil, oil and gas resources, US economy, US elections, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War and economics, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed, War on drugs, War on terror, Waterboarding, Wikileaks | 1 Comment »
June 19, 2011
Definitely Bachmann Over Weiner By ALEXANDER COCKBURN Rep Anthony Weiner is gone and a good job too. Though progwessive publications like The Nation were disposed to clamor for his political survival as a champion of the left, and to deprecate his foolish sexual exhibitionism as an inconsequential blemish in a promising politician, Weiner surely embodied [...]
Tags: Anthony Weiner, Democratic, Kirsten Gillibrand, Michele Bachmann, New Hampshire, Politics, Republican, United States, Wall Street, Weiner, Weiner's
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June 19, 2011
1. Gilad Atzmon: Jews & Their Self Interest-An Interview with Philip Weiss Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 6:21AM Gilad Atzmon Over a week ago I emailed to the well- known blogger Philip Weiss, an interesting post written by Nahida (AKA The Exiled Palestinian). In her article, Jewish Voice For Peace? Really?? , Nahida expresses some sharp criticism of [...]
Tags: Anti-Zionism, Gilad Atzmon, Israel, Jews, middle east, Palestine, Palestinian people, Zionism
Posted in Atzmon, Israel, Israel a state of settlers, Israel and AIPAC, Israel and diaspora forces of crime, Israel and force, Israel and oil, Israel and the settlers, Israel and zionist moral crimes, Israel Boycott, Israel death and destruction, Israel diaspora and deceit, Israel expulsion, Israel lobby and what it can do, Israel's wall, Israeli checkpoints | No Comments »
June 19, 2011
Subversives: From Freedom Riders to the Gaza Flotilla Posted: 18 Jun 2011 08:35 AM PDT Holocaust survivor, Hedy Epstein. By: Mark Chmiel “Don’t give up, don’t give in, don’t give out.” –John Lewis, one of the 1961 Freedom Riders My friend Hedy Epstein joined the “Move over AIPAC” protests in Washington in late May. While she [...]
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Claire McCaskill, CounterPunch, Elie Wiesel, Fourth Geneva Convention, Hedy Epstein, Israel, Palestinian people
Posted in Israel, Israel a state of settlers, Israel and AIPAC, Israel and diaspora forces of crime, Israel and force, Israel and oil, Israel and the settlers, Israel and zionist moral crimes, Israel Boycott, Israel death and destruction, Israel diaspora and deceit, Israel expulsion, Israel lobby and what it can do, Israel's wall, Israeli checkpoints | No Comments »
June 19, 2011
Greek debt crisis: George Papandreou in emergency talks for more EU money A Greek protester shouts slogans during a rally against the government’s latest austerity measures in central Athens. Photograph: Kostas Tsironis/AP With its coffers nearly empty, its people protesting and its political system under unprecedented attack, Greece stands on the brink of crisis as European [...]
Tags: Alan Greenspan, Athens, European Union, Evangelos Venizelos, George Papandreou, Greece, José Manuel Barroso, Stefanos Manos
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June 19, 2011
Testosterone and high finance do not mix: so bring on the women Gender inequality has been an issue in the City for years, but now the new science of ‘neuroeconomics‘ is proving the point beyond doubt: hormonally-driven young men should not be left alone in charge of our finances… Share93 Comments (21) Tim Adams The [...]
Tags: Big Short, Business, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Liar's Poker, Michael Lewis, People, Shopping, Testosterone, The Observer, United States, Wall Street
Posted in Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism, debate and discussion, Democracy, economic measures, Economics, Economy | No Comments »
June 19, 2011
Noted biologist once said that as an experiment by nature the human species has been an unfortunate failure. Despite the obvious truth of that observation there is still much work being done on human evolution. George Ikners ikners.com Human evolution: the long, winding road to modern man Professor Chris Stringer tells how conflicting theories and new discoveries have shaped [...]
Tags: Africa, Carleton Coon, Chris Stringer, Cro-Magnon, Human, Human evolution, Natural History Museum, Neanderthal
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