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  • JPost.com » International » Article Jul. 16, 2006 0:04 Putin: Israel has goals other than troops
    16 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Russian President Vladimir Putin said early Sunday he believed Israel was pursuing wider goals in its military campaign than the return of abducted soldiers.
    "However complicated the questions are, maximum efforts must be applied to resolve the situation in a peaceful way and I think all efforts have not been exhausted," Putin said.
    "However, it is our impression that aside from seeking to return the abducted soldiers, Israel is pursuing wider goals," the Russian president told a (…)

  • Mexicans put us to shame in fighting for a fair election..
    15 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Mary MacElveen
    The United States of America always prides herself as being the land of democracy, but when it comes to elections we fail on so many fronts. Either Americans are too apathetic to vote, or worse those that do vote wonder if their vote even counted through the use of computerized voting machines. When many feel that an election has been stolen from the people, we wonder when the people shall rise up in protest.
    As I was looking at these AP photos showing the mass (…)

  • Why Democrats Don’t Count. Lessons from the Un-Gore of Mexico
    15 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Greg Palast
    The Exit polls said he won, but the "official" tally took his victory away. His supporters found they were scrubbed off voter rolls. Violence and intimidation kept even more of his voters away from the polls. Hundreds of thousands of ballots supposedly showed no choice for president — like ballots with hanging chads.
    And the officials in charge of this suspect election refused to re-count those votes in public. Everyone knew full well a fair count would certainly change (…)

  • Why must every country be forced into the United States’ way of thinking?
    15 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Mary MacElveen
    A reader responding to my article concerning North Korea wrote me this response: "Your article makes clear that North Korea is the bigger threat if Chavez is even any kind of threat at all. But I’m curious, you made no mention of the Chavez visit to North Korea planned for later this month. Do you think it wise for Chavez to belly up to the beast as it were? You could make the moral equivalence of the US allies that are just as bad as Kim Jung Il, but I’d rather hear of (…)

  • Climate Change and Geoengineering : ‘intentional large scale manipulation of the global environment’
    13 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Climate Change and Geoengineering ‘intentional large scale manipulation of the global environment’
    by Wayne Hall One element that is missing from ecological and social movement discussion about climate change is ‘geoengineering’. ‘Geoengineering’ is one of the words used for techniques being proposed more and more frequently by scientists and commercial journalists as a ‘politically realistic’ remedy for climate change.
    An article recently published in the magazine Popular Science (…)

  • The World’s Most-Expensive BBQ
    13 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Carsten Volkery and Björn Hengst
    US President George W. Bush starts a two-day visit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday in her parliamentary district near the Baltic Sea. The two leaders will talk foreign policy and hope to bond during an expensive country barbecue.
    At first glance, nothing distinguishes the visit by US President Bush to eastern Germany from his earlier trips: Mysterious airplanes land at regional airports, commando divers examine the local pond, a (…)

  • Bush’s visit in Germany
    13 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Let’s pictures talk. The world most expensive barbeque: 12 million Euro official, but 45 million Euro in reality.

  • John McCain: L’Enfant Terrible
    12 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    John McCain: L’Enfant Terrible Posted by SusanUnPC Sunday, 09 July 2006 at 12:39 We have one enfant terrible — envoy John Bolton — at the U.N. Then there’s the Senate’s petulant John McCain. Stories about the perennial presidential candidate’s "irrational, explosive" temper and ugly anger and "foul language" regularly circulate in Washington whispers and, now, in the MSM.
    I just sent this e-mail to Other Lisa, a regular here, who is something of an expert — compared to most Americans — (…)

  • Reclaiming The Issues: "Why Is Bush Spying On Democrats?!?"
    12 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Reclaiming The Issues: "Why Is Bush Spying On Democrats?!?" By Thom Hartmann July 11, 2006 Every time Democrats and progressives speak out about George W. Bush’s spying on Americans without mentioning that he may also be spying on Democrats, they’re playing into Karl Rove’s "National Security Frame" and actually strengthening Republican electoral chances in November. To short-circuit this, Democrats need to invoke the ghost of Richard Nixon.
    If they don’t, even Pete Hoekstra’s new (…)

  • Was Bob Woodward Slam-Dunked?
    12 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Was Bob Woodward Slam-Dunked? by Robert Parry July 11, 2006 One of the most memorable behind-the-scenes accounts of pre-Iraq War decision-making was Bob Woodward’s story of an Oval Office meeting on Dec. 21, 2002, when George W. Bush and his top advisers reviewed the CIA’s case against Saddam Hussein for supposedly hiding weapons of mass destruction. Using flip charts, deputy CIA director John McLaughlin presented the evidence while President Bush watched impatiently. When McLaughlin (…)