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  • Global support for Ecuador leader
    1 October 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Neighbours close borders with Ecuador as nations from across the Americas signal their support for Rafael Correa.
    World leaders have pledged their support for Rafael Correa, the president of Ecuador, after a state of emergency was called amid protests by police officers angry over plans to remove some of their benefits.
    Correa himself sought refuge in a hospital in Quito on Thursday after being teargassed by as he attempted to speak to offficers at a barracks in the capital.
    Hugo (…)

  • Ecuador’s president attacked by police
    1 October 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Country’s leader trapped in hospital after assault, as government declares a one-week state of emergency
    Ecuador teetered on the brink of chaos early today as rebellious police officers protesting against austerity measures blocked airports and roads, occupied the national assembly and besieged the president in a hospital after physically assaulting him.
    The government called the revolt a coup and declared a one-week state of emergency which put the military in charge of public order (…)

  • Video: Jesse Ventura on Conspiracies and Government Lies
    26 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Jesse Ventura on Conspiracies and Government Lies from William Hughes on Vimeo.
    On September 25, 2010, before an SRO audience, Jesse Ventura discussed his book, "American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us." He was speaking at Baltimore’s annual BookFest, which is held in the Mt. Vernon Square section of the city. Mr. Ventura was joined on the program by Richard Sher, an ex-news reader/presenter for WJZ-TV in Baltimore, MD.

  • Ahmadinejad Warns of Capitalism’s Defeat in Tepid U.N. Speech
    22 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Before a sparse audience, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used 10 minutes on the world stage Tuesday to declare capitalism near death while urging world leaders to "spare no effort" in starting to plan for a new world order.
    The Iranian president reserved his most pointed language to condemn "unjust government structures" and "transnational corporations," which he blamed for "suffering" around the world. But the brief address was most notable for its lack of fiery rhetoric aimed at (…)

  • Row brewing between Sarkozy and Merkel over Roma
    17 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Friday he had not been aware of a discussion in Brussels on the Roma issue between President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel that has led to a bilateral row.
    “I did not witness (such a discussion), although I was present the entire time,” Mr. Kouchner told Europe 1 radio. “The president also did not tell me anything about it. I don’t know if it took place somewhere off on the side.” Mr. Sarkozy told journalists in (…)

  • The new geopolitical scene of the Middle East
    11 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Recent democratic elections in five years have been marked by accusations of electoral fraud unambiguous (Iran and Afghanistan), international isolation of the democratically elected governments (Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Gaza Strip), pseudo-elections to try to sugarcoat " soft hand strikes "(Honduras) and acceptance by the international community turned-political systems in mere autocratic governments (Belarus, Georgia and Russia), which suggests that we would be on the eve of (…)

  • Our Long National Nightmare Isn’t Over, It’s Just Beginning
    9 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Our Long National Nightmare Isn’t Over, It’s Just Beginning
    by David Michael Green
    In the 1930s, the only thing we had to fear was fear, itself.
    Today, the main thing we have to fear is us, ourselves.
    Looking out over the horizon, I’m starting to wonder just how many shades of dark there are on the pallette. Lately, I get the feeling that we’re about to find out.
    I wish I could say that this society did our best to fight our demons, but that the odds were simply insurmountable. (…)

  • Extraordinary!
    7 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    By David Glenn Cox
    I walk these quiet empty streets like a post-apocalyptic omega man surrounded by quiet and empty stores and houses. Past the fast food joints still not busy even at dinnertime and car washes not busy on a beautiful Saturday morning. I fell into some money this week and thought I’d celebrate by going down to the sport’s bar about a mile from the garage and watching some college football.
    I told my son where I was going and he screwed up his face and asked, “What sports (…)

  • US Departments of Labor and Treasury Schedule Hearing on Confiscation of Private Retirement Accounts
    5 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    US Departments of Labor and Treasury Schedule Hearing on Confiscation of Private Retirement Accounts
    By Patrick A. Heller on September 1st, 2010
    (http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/newsroom/2010/ebsa082610.html). It lists the agenda for the joint hearings being held with the Department of Treasury September 14-15, 2010 on what is euphemistically called “lifetime income options for retirement plans.” The hearings are being conducted by the Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security (…)

  • The Bull
    2 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    In the 1933 Paramount motion picture “Tillie and Gus”, W.C. Fields said:
    “There comes a time in the affairs of men, when we must take the bull by the tail, and face the situation.”
    The term “motion pictures” is rather archaic nowadays, but there’s nothing archaic about W.C.’s insightful wisdom—almost 80 years ago spinning a clear image of precisely where we are in 2010. Indeed, ours is a confusing time of wars over fossil energy, imperialism, secrecy, disinformation, massive upward (…)