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Scorched Earth By David Glenn Cox http://theservantsofpilate.com
There comes a point, as the car careens out of control down the icy highway, when we are no longer the driver but just the person holding onto the wheel. We try to do what’s right but the situation changes from instant to instant and it appears that our actions have little effect.
The undercurrents of history, however, may appear to move in unseen channels, but still we can’t escape cause and effect. The film “Charlie (…)

The Defence Lawyers at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda are charging a coverup and manipulation of the ICTR by member states. Furthermore they are requesting that all matters before the Tribunal be suspended pending an investigation by member states...
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The Late Great United States: The Decline and Fall of the United States of America
By Joseph George Caldwell Revised 17 December 2008
Max: You know, one thing I can’t figure out is whether these girls are real smart or just real, real lucky. Hal: You know, Max, brains will only get you so far, and luck always runs out. Thelma and Louise (A Ridley Scott film, 1991, MGM United Artists)
The United States Is Already Dead, and Just Doesn’t Know It In the 1990s, I wrote the book, Can (…)

After the Madoff Scandal the Greenspan/Bernanke Disaster?
Monopoly Men (Federal Reserve Fraud) Must see Video!!!
The Federal Reserve, or the Fed as it is lovingly called, may be one of the most mysterious entities in modern American government. Created during Wilson’s presidency to protect the economy in times of financial turmoil, its real business remains to be discovered. During the Wilson presidency, the U.S. government sanctions the creation of the Federal Reserve. Thought by many (…)

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date 18 décembre 2008 03:20
objet < nettime > : New School for Social Research is now being OCCUPIED
liste de diffusion nettime-l.kein.org
>From New York City:
We have just occupied New School University.
We liberate this space for ourselves, and all those who want to join us, for our general autonomous use. We take the university in explicit solidarity with those occupying the universities and streets in Greece, Italy, France and (…)

London Banker: "The market has failed, and officialdom is perpetuating that failure."
By Mike Whitney
December 18, 2008 "Information Clearinghouse" --- Ever since the two Bear Stearns hedge funds defaulted 17 months ago triggering a global financial crisis, the Federal Reserve has been busy putting out one fire after another. Fed chief Ben Bernanke has slashed interest rates to .25 percent, handed out billions in emergency funding to teetering insurance companies and mortgage lenders, (…)

On Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, activists staged a “Shoe-In” demonstration in front of the White House. The rally was in solidarity with Iraqi journalist, Muntadhar al-Zaidi. He recently tossed his shoes at Dubya, at a Baghdad press conference, held with the puppet Iraqi ruler, Nouri al-Maliki. Published reports indicate that Mr. al-Zaidi, after his arrest, has been subjected to torture. Speaking at the White House protest were Geoff Millard from the Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Jim (…)

Source: blog.mlive.com
http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-25918550.html

America’s Dollar Denominated "Toilet Paper" How to Deflate the US Superpower and Restore Economic Sovereignty
by Matthias Chang
Global Research, December 17, 2008 FutureFastForward.com
It Is So Stupid To Borrow US Dollar "Toilet Papers" For Trade Finance.
There Can Be Only A Credit Crunch For Dollars If You Are Stupid Enough To Want To Be Paid And To Pay In Dollars.
Otherwise, There Is Only An Illusion Of A Global Credit Crunch.
This Is The Global Con Game By Bernanke, Paulson,. (…)

China and The Financial Crisis
by Andrew Hughes
Global Research, December 17, 2008
With the waves of destruction brought about by the Global Financial Meltdown there comes a defining moment of obligatory reflection. If such disaster has been visited upon the Globe, what lessons can be learned to dismantle the mechanism that brought it about in the first place?
The remedies proposed by Governments the world over are not working as every real economic indicator confirms. The eternal (…)