November 2009 Blog Posts (374)

War and Profit

WAR and PROFITS

by Stephen Fleischman |

November 25, 2009

We know why there are wars, and we’ve known it for a long time. Good wars, that is, necessary wars, not wars by powerful foreign invaders, wars that might threaten our country.

Everybody knows we’re in the process of old-hat empire building, the kind designed by the British in the salad days of colonialism and for which they eventually took hits around the world by the likes of George Washington and Mahatma… Continue

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Professor advises underwater homeowners to walk away from mortgages

Brent T. White, a University of Arizona law school professor, says that it's in the homeowners' best financial interest to stiff their lenders and that it's not immoral to do so.

By Kenneth R. Harney

November 29, 2009

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Reporting from Washington - Go ahead. Break the chains. Stop paying on your mortgage if you… Continue

Added by Swtnlovabl on November 30, 2009 at 8:40pm — 4 Comments

Queen Declares War on the United States

Britain's "incredibly shrinking" Queen used her speech opening the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Nov. 27 to declare war on the United States.

queen Elizabeth picking buggies off her nose

queen Elizabeth picking buggies off her nose

As Head of the Commonwealth, the Queen used this 60th anniversary year of the Commonwealth to proclaim that this operation — something that the Chinese would call "a problem left over by history" — should run the world. "It is not enough to look within the boundaries of the Commonwealth," she told the… Continue

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Climate Science

I'm not certain anyone will read this. But...

Abstract

For a variety of inter-related cultural, organizational, and political reasons, progress in climate science and the actual solution of scientific problems in this field have moved at a much slower rate than would normally be possible. Not all these factors are unique to climate science, but the heavy influence of politics has served to amplify the role of the other factors. By cultural factors, I primarily refer to the… Continue

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Queen, CHOGM to come to Perth in 2011

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/977694/perth-to-hold-2011-chogm

West Australia Premier Colin Barnett says the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be the biggest event to hit Perth since the America's Cup 22 years ago.

And the city's lord mayor, Lisa Scaffidi, says it will be a "dream opportunity" for Perth to show off its "elegance" and "many natural… Continue

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Democracy At Work In The Free World

Do Not Dare Discuss The Olympics!

The embed code didn't work for this unbelievable video from Democracy Now so here's the Youtube video but the video from Democracy Now is better.

Wait, wait, here's the Democracy Now video from Youtube.…

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The Truth About Iraq and Afghanistan - Episode One: For Those Who Would Judge Me

Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his corpse to the ramparts we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.

Veterans reveal the truth about Iraq and Afghanistan in a six-part web series by David Zeiger, Director of Sir! No Sir!, and Bestor Cram & Mike Majoros, Directors of Unfinished Symphony

March 13, 2008: As hundreds of veterans and over a thousand supporters gather just… Continue

Added by Anti Oligarch on November 30, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

FBI viewed intel provided by ultra-right radio host Hal Turner as ‘irreplaceable’: report

FBI viewed intel provided by ultra-right radio host Hal Turner as ‘irreplaceable’: report

http://rawstory.com/2009/11/report-fbi-viewed-ultraright-radio-informant-turner-irreplaceable/

By Stephen C. Webster

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 -- 9:23 pm

Ultra right-wing radio talk show host Hal Turner provided intelligence to the FBI that agents… Continue

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Saudi jets pour toxic materials on Yemeni civilians

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=112524&sectionid=351020206

Houthi fighters say Saudi forces have intensified their attacks on northern Yemen, using unconventional weapons against civilians in residential areas.

According to the fighters, Saudis use toxic materials including white phosphorous bombs against civilians in north Yemen, Arabic-language Sa'ada Online reported on… Continue

Added by truth on November 30, 2009 at 2:15pm — 1 Comment

You Get What you Vote For! - By Cindy Sheehan

By Cindy Sheehan

November 27, 2009

http://uruknet.com/index.php?p=m60545&hd=&size=1&l=e

The so-called anti-war movement currently finds itself in somewhat of a quagmire: What to do when the man you raised money for, volunteered for, and yes, even voted for, actually fulfills one of his most repulsive campaign promises?

First of all,… Continue

Added by truth on November 30, 2009 at 2:12pm — 4 Comments

TEA PARTY PATRIOTS - Immediate Action Items

Dear Fellow Tea Party Patriots,

Hopefully you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Tea Party Patriots Local Coordinators have been working on our next action items for how to approach the government takeover of health care in the Senate. You will see some of the things we are doing below. Others you will see in coming weeks.

This week if you are available to drive to DC on Tuesday, December 1 or Wednesday, December 2, we encourage you to do so and… Continue

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Kill enemy children: Jewish edict

By Khalid Amayreh

A Jewish rabbi has issued a book giving Jews permission to murder non-Jews, including babies and children, who may pose an actual or potential threat to Jews or Israel.

"It is permissible to kill the Righteous among non-Jews even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation," Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro, who heads the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in the Yitzhar settlement in the occupied West Bank, wrote in his book "The King's Torah."

He… Continue

Added by Tara on November 30, 2009 at 9:12am — 2 Comments

ClimateGate scandal demonstrates intellectual protectionism of modern scientists

(NaturalNews) The inconvenient release of private email conversations among climate change scientists has been a boon for climate change skeptics. What emerges from the leaked emails is a depiction of a group of scientists who practice "intellectual protectionism" -- meaning they know they're right and they'll do anything to protect their beliefs, even if it means hiding or manipulating data.

Sound familiar? Scientists in the pharmaceutical industry have been practicing this… Continue

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If the Government confiscated everything, the social programs would still be $50 trillion short and the Government would still be bankrupt. Furthermore.....

If the Government confiscated everything, the social programs would still be $50 trillion short and the Government would still be bankrupt. Furthermore, no company or individual would be left with anything.

The economy is in bad shape. Some say it is worse than any time since the Great Depression. I believe it is actually worse than the Great Depression because of the level of debt.… Continue

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Climate Change Data Shredded To Cover Tracks

SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based.

It means that other academics are not able to check basic calculations said to show a long-term rise in temperature over the past 150 years.

The UEA’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU) was forced to… Continue

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Oops! Huckabee commuted sentence of man tied to WA police slayings

Oops! Huckabee commuted sentence of man tied to police slayings 29 Nov 2009 The man whom police are seeking as a "person of interest" in the slaying of four police officers was released from an Arkansas prison nine years ago after a controversial decision by then-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) to commute his sentence. Maurice Clemmons was identified late Sunday by the Pierce County Sheriff's Office as a man sought for questioning. Clemmons has pending charges in Pierce County Superior Court for… Continue

Added by truth on November 30, 2009 at 12:41am — 6 Comments

Climategate: Tim Ball Coast to Coast November 26th 2009 with Noory - Climate gate c2c

Climatologist Tim Ball on Coast to Coast November 26th 2009 with Noory

Playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/user/FREETHINKINGUK#grid/user/355CA0E5F1C3FCA6

or

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfoZZGBGiro

2.… Continue

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We Have No Motive

I live in Minnesota, was home all evening with my wife at my side and don't own a gun, but...

How about tasering skateboarding kids?

Tasering old ladies, like 74 year old ladies?

Tasering people with expired tags?

Tasering people with expired auto registration?

Tasering people without auto insurance?

How about murdering innocent civilians?

Shooting people with 20 bullets, or 40, in the back?

Perhaps locking up a significant portion of… Continue

Added by Jeff on November 29, 2009 at 9:27pm — 1 Comment

George Monbiot debates Paul Kingsnorth

I don't follow Monbiot or Kingsnorth carefully but I have read posts by both of them though infrequently. I have no idea what either man thinks of 9/11, climate change or other certain issues. What I do know is that they both believe we've reached a social and economic limit and I believe the same. What I do have is the ability to recognize intellect as well as the understanding that all opinions by all human beings have some value to us all.

They are, after all,… Continue

Added by Jeff on November 29, 2009 at 7:23pm — No Comments

People Let's Say It While We Still Can "If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next"

Back in 1999, MANIC STREET PREACHERS wrote this beautiful song dedicated to INTERNATIONAL BRIGADISTS, young common people who changed shooting rabbits at the country side for shooting fascists in the battlefields of Spain, where DEMOCRACY was a concern of all the human kind.

"If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next"

The future teaches you to be alone

The present to be afraid and cold

So if I can shoot rabbits

Then I can shoot… Continue

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