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  • MILITARY SLAUGHTERS IRAQI CIVILIANS by DAHR JAMAIL
    2 December 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Tomdispatch.com, November 27, 2007
    Mainstream media would have you believe the U.S. military has only killed Iraqi "militants," "extremists" and "criminals" — even when the people gunned down are women and children.
    "Sometimes I think it should be a rule of war that you have to see somebody up close and get to know him before you can shoot him." — Colonel Potter, M*A*S*H
    Name them. Maim them. Kill them.
    From the beginning of the American occupation in Iraq, air strikes and attacks by (…)

  • US says it has right to kidnap British citizens
    2 December 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    AMERICA has told Britain that it can “kidnap” British citizens if they are wanted for crimes in the United States.
    A senior lawyer for the American government has told the Court of Appeal in London that kidnapping foreign citizens is permissible under American law because the US Supreme Court has sanctioned it.
    The admission will alarm the British business community after the case of the so-called NatWest Three, bankers who were extradited to America on fraud charges. More than a dozen (…)

  • Hagel: Bush Administration Is ’Incompetent’
    30 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Hagel: Bush administration is ’incompetent’ and he would consider joining a Dem ticket
    "This is one of the most arrogant, incompetent administrations I’ve ever seen personally or ever read about," the always blunt and frequently quotable Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., said yesterday during an appearance at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
    "This administration in my opinion has been as unprepared as any administration I’m aware of," Hagel added, "not only the ones that I have been (…)

  • Friendless dollar is turned away at the gates of the Taj Mahal
    30 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Friendless dollar is turned away at the gates of the Taj Mahal
    Ashling O’Connor in Bombay – The Times November 20, 2007
    The Taj Mahal and other top tourist sites in India are refusing to accept dollars to pay for admission, dealing another blow to the prestige of the weakened American currency.
    Entry tickets to the world famous Mughal tomb in Agra and about 120 sites run by the Archaeological Survey of India will be available only at a fixed rupee rate after the dollar lost more than (…)

  • US government orders Firemen to Spy on Americans: Fahrenheit 451 is not make-believe any more
    30 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    “It was revealed last week that firefighters are being trained to not only keep an eye out for illegal materials in the course of their duties, but even to report back any expression of discontent with the government.”
    “A year ago, Homeland Security gave security clearances to nine New York City fire chiefs and began sharing intelligence with them. Even before that, fire department personnel were being taught ‘to identify material or behaviour that may indicate terrorist activities’ and (…)

  • CIA Operation
    29 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Eva Golinger
    Last night CNN en Español aired the above image, which captions at the bottom "Who Killed him?" by "accident". The image of President Chavez with the caption about killing him below, which some could say subliminally incites to assassination, was a "production error" mistakenly made in the CNN en Español newsroom.
    The news anchor had been narrarating a story about the situation between Colombia and Venezuela and then switched to a story about an unsolved homicide but - (…)

  • Yo Hiillary, You Ain’t "Winning" Now
    29 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Recently in a debate Hillary was asked about the increasing pressure her opponents were applying. That’s to be expected, she said, because "I’m winning." Not leading. But winning. Really?
    Not one vote has been cast. Not one caucus convened. But, somehow, magically, Hillary proclaims to be winning. You don’t have to be Freud to recognize a textbook example of wish fulfillment when you see it.
    The lack of clear differentiation in this case is no mere trifle. It illustrates a fervent sense (…)

  • Education and Technology false hope for USA
    28 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    For years Leaders and Universities in America have pushed Education and Technology as the way to the country’s future success.
    What has happened? The exact opposite.
    What has instead taken place are educated people without any wisdom. The result is a country on the skids. An Economic, militarily, and morally bankrupt society. Once a symbol to the world of prosperity, with strong determination and the strongest military now spends $40 Billion a week or more keeping liquidity in the (…)

  • Bush Genealogy - A Lesson in Spin Control
    28 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Judy Wallman, a professional genealogical researcher, discovered that George Bush’s great-great uncle, Remus Bush, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889.
    The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows. On the back of the picture is this inscription:
    "Remus Bush; horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889."
    Judy (…)

  • Welcome To the Machine
    28 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Welcome To the Machine By David Glenn Cox
    I walked past the sign in the window almost unnoticed. But as I past, it caught my eye, an American flag then underneath the words united we stand. A relic, a leftover from a time of make believe, a time that never was. An illusionary fairy tale we told ourselves to blunt our fears with the facade of outrage and national unity.
    As I past I thought to myself, yeah, united we stand, right. Bullshit on both counts as we are neither united nor (…)