contributions

Mondialisation.ca - Online Journal
2008 Presidential Charade promises deepening of Government Criminality and Expansion of War
It is time once again to dispel the mass insanity and unfounded hopes as another fresh election hell ensues. There will be no savior, no end to the continuing world crisis, and absolutely no “change."
The monsters behind each candidate
As the American public once again gets swept up into another beyond, ridiculous carnival over which “presidential (…)

Wall Street was in retreat mode from the opening to closing bells on Friday as investors sold stocks amid an ongoing credit and banking crisis.
Today’s headliners were American Express (AXP) and Merrill Lynch (MER), both of which were seen suffering the consequences of an eroding US economy.
American Express was down more than 10% as the company warned that it would miss first quarter analyst estimates due to having to bolster reserves for delinquent credit card users. Stocks of other (…)

Giant Write-Down Is Seen for Merrill
January 11, 2008 By JULIA WERDIGIER and JENNY ANDERSON
Merrill Lynch is expected to suffer $15 billion in losses stemming from soured mortgage investments, almost double its original estimate, prompting the firm to raise additional capital from an outside investor.
Merrill, the nation’s largest brokerage firm, is expected to disclose the huge write-down when it reports earnings next week, according to people who have been briefed on its plans. The (…)

CIA reveals: We said in 1974 that Israel had nuclear weapons
Last update - 02:28 11/01/2008 By Amir Oren
The Central Intelligence Agency, backed by bodies including the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and the Defense Intelligence Agency, determined in August 1974 that Israel had nuclear "weapons in being," a "small number" of which it "produced and stockpiled."
Israel was also suspected of providing nuclear materials, equipment or technology to Iran, South (…)

Big four may lose $1bn loan to US firm
Scott Murdoch | January 11, 2008 THE four major banks stand to lose most of the nearly $1 billion they invested in a troubled US mortgage group after agreeing to lend the money without any form of protection.
The Commonwealth Bank and National Australia Bank pumped $300 million each into Countrywide Financial and were joined by ANZ with $150 million and Westpac with $120 million.
Banking sources confirmed to The Australian yesterday that the (…)

This will blow your mind.

NEWSTATEMAN
"The values we share with America are those of rapacious power and wealth"
When Gordon Brown spoke recently about his government’s devotion to the United States, "founded on the values we share", he was echoing his Foreign Office minister Kim Howells, who was preparing to welcome the Saudi dictator to Britain with effusions of "shared values". The meaning was the same in both cases. The values shared are those of rapacious power and wealth, with democracy and human rights (…)

VOTE FOR STOP THE WAR COALITION !
It has just been announced that the Stop the War Coalition has been nominated and shortlisted for the highly prestigious Channel 4 News award for most influential political figures of the decade.
This is subject to a public vote to decide the winner, which will be announced on the night of the awards at Channel 4 on the 23 January 2008, and the awards themselves will be televised on the 27 January.
We urge all our supporters, local groups and (…)

Were the New Hampshire results fraudulent? In shades of the underreported Ohio election scandal in 2004—which saw the imprisonment of two Cuyahoga County Elections officers—the ’08 New Hampshire Primaries saw large unexplained discrepancies between polls and the results.
Speculation is rampant that people from outside the State could have shown up and voted. I guess the sheer variety of explanations for why Hillary was able to engineer a spontaneous turnaround is a product of suspicion. (…)

By David Glenn Cox
So as we stand at the vestibule of hard times and remain unacknowledged by those who would just as soon wipe us from the bottom of their shoes. We must again remind ourselves and our leaders that we are more than just generalities and statistics. That we the people are not tenant farmers or renters here but the owners and regents of this land. Your wealth is at our discretion; our poverty is not at yours. That a fair chance for opportunity and prosperity isn’t a social (…)