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"Neither is it that US foreign policy is cruel because American leaders are cruel. It's that our leaders are cruel because only those willing to be inordinately cruel and remorseless can hold positions of leadership in the foreign policy establishment; it might as well be written into the job description. People capable of expressing a full human measure of compassion and empathy toward faraway powerless strangers - (let alone American soldiers - do not become president of the United States, or vice president, or secretary of state, or national security adviser or secretary of the treasury. Nor do they want to." From 'Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower' by William Blum
From "9-11, Six Years Later": "If one looks at the credentials of skeptics compared to the credentials of defenders of the official line, it is impossible to dismiss skeptics as kooks. There are many people with strong imaginations on the Internet, but serious skeptics stick to known facts, known violations of standard procedures and the laws of physics. The vast majority of the people who call skeptics "kooks" are themselves ignorant of physics and have little comprehension of the improbability that such an attack could succeed without either the complicity or complete failure of government agencies. "Paul Craig Roberts
"Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular? But, conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right." Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War
The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation
Michel Chossudovsky (Editor)
I-Book No. 3, January 25 2012
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With well over 2 million people in jail - the U.S. has the world’s biggest prison population. But some are seeing the inside of a cell because dodgy judges are getting payback from the private sector. RT’s Gayane Chichakyan reports on those dishing out justice for a fee.
[Michael Rivero:] Iran is building a nuclear power station, and the IAEA confirms there is no evidence that Iran is building weapons. Under the terms of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran is allowed to have nuclear power, medical isotopes, and other industrial uses of nuclear material. Indeed, under Article IV of the NNPT, the United States is obligated to assist Iran in building their power stations, and were the US in compliance with its own treaty obligations, there would be no question that Iran’s power station is indeed nothing more than just a power station. The United States is in violation of its international obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty first by refusing to honor Article IV and second by using the threat of force to coerce Iran to surrender their rights under the NNPT. The United States is legally in the wrong here.
The signal of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) channels on the Hotbird satellite provider has reportedly been jammed by British technicians operating from Bahrain.
[Michael Rivero's take:] That would suggest the attack on Iran is imminent.
Tragically, this makes sense. The push for sanctions has flopped. With the Asian Dollar Exclusion Zone set to buy Iran’s oil without using dollars, this latest war for Israel will destroy the already crippled American and European economies without actually harming Iran. But neither the US nor EU can back off the sanctions because it would be seen as a political failure and more to the point because Israel simply will not allow it, and could care less how supporting nations are made to suffer on the quest for Eratz Israel. That is what the gentiles are for, to quote Gene Simmons. So, immediate invasion is the only alternative to allowing the west collapse from its own corruption and stupidity.
We are now irrevocably on the path to a nuclear WW3, all to please itty bitty Israel.
Indeed, instead of doing much to try to protect their citizens from Fukushima, Japan, the U.S. and the EU all just raised the radiation levels they deem “safe”.
Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen says that high-level friends in the State Department told him that Hillary Clinton signed a pact with her counterpart in Japan agreeing that the U.S. will continue buying seafood from Japan, despite that food not being tested for radioactive materials.
And the Department of Energy is trying to replace the scientifically accepted model of the dangers of low dose radiation based on voodoo science. Specifically, DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley Labs used a mutant line of human cells in a petri dish which was able to repair damage from low doses of radiation, and extrapolated to the unsupported conclusion that everyone is immune to low doses of radiation:
In reality, not only is there overwhelming evidence that low doses of radiation can cause cancer, but there is some evidence that low doses can – in certain circumstances cause more damage than higher doses.
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists reported that one of the best-known scientists of the 20th century – Dr. John Gofman – also believed that chronic low level radiation is more dangerous than acute exposure to high doses. Gofman was a doctor of nuclear and physical chemistry and a medical doctor who worked on the Manhattan Project, co-discovered uranium-232 and -233 and other radioactive isotopes and proved their fissionability, helped discover how to extract plutonium, led the team that discovered and characterized lipoproteins in the causation of heart disease, served as a Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California Berkeley, served as Associate Director of the Livermore National Laboratory, was asked by the Atomic Energy Commission to undertake a series of long range studies on potential dangers that might arise from the “peaceful uses of the atom”, and wrote four scholarly books on radiation health effects.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former BP employee has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company, claiming he was fired for airing concerns about the cleanup of Mississippi’s shoreline after the Gulf oil spill.
In a federal suit filed last Friday in New Orleans, August Walter claims one of his BP bosses manipulated data on shoreline cleanup and didn’t give the Coast Guard “the true status” of what substances needed to be cleaned.
Walter, a Covington, La., resident who helped develop BP’s cleanup plans in Mississippi after the 2010 spill began, claims in the suit that he was fired last month in retaliation for complaining that BP wasn’t following environmental regulations and was “picking and choosing what oil to pick up.”
Walter also claims he refused to misrepresent data so that the Coast Guard would believe cleanup activities in Mississippi were closer to completion.
“This was all based on money and had nothing to do with actually cleaning up the oil or meeting the (Shoreline Treatment Recommendations) or environmental requirements,” the suit alleges.
BP spokesman Tom Mueller said the company doesn’t believe Walter’s allegations have merit but will investigate “consistent with our personnel policies and code of conduct. ”
“We believe we have demonstrated good faith in meeting our obligations in the Gulf and are committed to treating our employees fairly,” Mueller said in a statement.
BP said in November that it had spent $13.6 billion on the response, including its efforts to clean up 635 miles of Gulf Coast shoreline affected by the spill. By then, more than 90 percent of the affected area had “met the agreed upon standards” for transitioning from the cleanup phase to coastal restoration, BP said.
Walter’s lawsuit claims BP took “short cuts,” with one BP official allegedly saying BP only would clean up tar balls and not smaller oil debris.
The allegations in Walter’s suit are limited to BP’s cleanup in Mississippi. The company implemented similar plans in Louisiana, Alabama and Florida after an April 20, 2010, blowout in BP’s Macondo well triggered a deadly explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in the nation’s history.
Walter started working for BP in May 2011 as a “state planning lead” on Mississippi cleanup. The suit, which alleges violations of the Louisiana Environmental Whistleblower Statute, seeks unspecified monetary damages, including three years of lost wages.
“He wasn’t the lead man on the project, but he had three people working under him,” said Walter’s attorney, James Arruebarrena.
The official line from the United States and the European Union is that Tehran must be punished for continuing its efforts to develop a nuclear weapon. The punishment: sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, which are meant to isolate Iran and depress the value of its currency to such a point that the country crumbles.
But that line doesn’t make sense, and the sanctions will not achieve their goals. Iran is far from isolated and its friends – like India – will stand by the oil-producing nation until the US either backs down or acknowledges the real matter at hand. That matter is the American dollar and its role as the global reserve currency.
The short version of the story is that a 1970s deal cemented the US dollar as the only currency to buy and sell crude oil, and from that monopoly on the all-important oil trade the US dollar slowly but surely became the reserve currency for global trades in most commodities and goods. Massive demand for US dollars ensued, pushing the dollar’s value up, up, and away. In addition, countries stored their excess US dollars savings in US Treasuries, giving the US government a vast pool of credit from which to draw.
We know where that situation led – to a US government suffocating in debt while its citizens face stubbornly high unemployment (due in part to the high value of the dollar); a failed real estate market; record personal-debt burdens; a bloated banking system; and a teetering economy. That is not the picture of a world superpower worthy of the privileges gained from having its currency back global trade. Other countries are starting to see that and are slowly but surely moving away from US dollars in their transactions, starting with oil.
If the US dollar loses its position as the global reserve currency, the consequences for America are dire. A major portion of the dollar’s valuation stems from its lock on the oil industry – if that monopoly fades, so too will the value of the dollar. Such a major transition in global fiat currency relationships will bode well for some currencies and not so well for others, and the outcomes will be challenging to predict. But there is one outcome that we foresee with certainty: Gold will rise. Uncertainty around paper money always bodes well for gold, and these are uncertain days indeed.
The Petrodollar System
THE Pentagon plans to expand its global network of drones and special-operations bases in a fundamental military realignment designed to project US power even as it cuts back conventional forces.
The plan, to be unveiled by Defence Secretary Leon Panetta today and in budget documents next month, calls for a 30 per cent increase in the US fleet of armed unmanned aircraft in the coming years. It also foresees the deployment of more special-operations teams at a growing number of small “lily pad” bases across the globe where they can mentor local allies and launch missions.
Iranian crude for gold - Beginning of the end of dollar?
The proposed move by India, if effectuated, will dynamite the world of global finance and destabilise global economies, writes M R Venkatesh.
Most pink papers have missed it. Most news portals (barring Rediff) have failed to cognize the importance of the news item. News Channels with their fixation with Salman Rushdie have failed to capture the significance of the event as it unfolded.
According to a report carried by an Israeli news website DEBKAfile, India has decided to pay Iran in gold - yes gold - for the oil it purchases.
As countries led by US are contemplating sanctions against Iran, this move to trade gold for oil by India has stumped geo-political observers.
India, after all, is never known to initiate any dramatic moves in the world of geo-politics or global finance.
Press reports had originally indicated that India may prefer to pay in Japanese yen or even in rupees for the Iranian Oil.
This was when an Indian delegation visited Tehran recently to discuss payment modalities in light of the proposed US sanctions. Naturally, this repositioning by India has set the cat amongst the pigeons.
It may be noted that while the proposed sanctions (though not backed by the UN) have a calculated effect of ostracizing Iran, it has an equally debilitating impact on other economies too.
Accordingly, any bank dealing with Iranians would be banned from transacting with American and European financial institutions.
It is given this paradigm that the Indian proposal to pay for gold for the Iranian crude assumes importance.
AMA Paper Proposes Law Forcing People into Experimental Vaccine Trials
Mike Barrett
Activist Post
How would you react if I were to tell you that you or your child were forced to participate in experimental vaccine trials?
A paper published by the American Medical Association’s Virtual Mentor wants to do just that.
It seems that the amount of current participants in current experimental vaccine trials is a bit too low, so why not create a federal law forcing each person to need to “opt-out” of experimental vaccine trials in an attempt to better society?
AMA Proposes Law ‘Forcing’ Individuals to Participate in Experimental Vaccine Trials
Iran’s lawmakers are considering a plan to completely stop oil exports to EU member states.
An Iranian lawmaker says entering into oil war with Iran will bring European Union member states to their knees as Tehran will prevent the export of even one drop of oil.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has the world’s third biggest oil reserves and cannot be eliminated from global energy equations,” Seyyed Emad Hosseini, spokesman for the Majlis (parliament) Energy Commission, said on Friday.
The lawmaker said playing with the world’s third biggest oil power will certainly affect international oil and gas transactions and Europe will not be immune from oil price fluctuations.
He stated that the Iranian Majlis is considering a plan to completely stop oil exports to EU members which will initially paralyze the economies of Italy, Spain and Greece.
“Iran is powerful [as a country] and oil sanctions imposed by European countries will only harm the European Union because Iran can easily prove its oil supremacy in the Middle East region,” he said.
Hosseini added that Europe will definitely lose its oil war with Iran because European countries are grappling with numerous domestic challenges and disruption of Iran oil flow will lead to the escalation of domestic pressure and crisis in EU member states.
During their latest meeting in Brussels on Monday, January 23, EU foreign ministers reached an agreement to ban oil imports from Iran, freeze the country’s central bank’s assets within EU, and ban sales of diamonds, gold and other precious metals to Iran.
EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, claimed that the new sanctions aim to bring Iran back to negotiations with P5+1 — US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany — over the country’s peaceful nuclear program.
The United States, Israel and their European allies accuse Tehran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear program and have used this pretext to impose four rounds of sanctions and a series of unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Iran has refuted the allegations, arguing that as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Tehran has a right to use nuclear technology for peaceful use.
A New Mexico man who said he was forced to pull his own tooth while in solitary confinement because he was denied access to a dentist has been awarded $22 million due to inhumane treatment by New Mexico’s Dona Ana County Jail.
Stephen Slevin was arrested in August of 2005 for driving while intoxicated, then thrown in jail for two years. He was in solitary at Dona Ana County Jail for his entire sentence and basically forgotten about and never given a trial, he told.
“[Jail guards were] walking by me every day, watching me deteriorate,” Slevin said. “Day after day after day, they did nothing, nothing at all, to get me any help.”
Slevin’s medical problems extended beyond his dental issues, he said. His toenails started curling around his foot because they were so long, he told.
And his countless requests to see a doctor for depression medication were ignored, he said.
He said his lawsuit “has never been about the money. I’ve always wanted this to make a statement.”
The $22 million, awarded by a federal jury, is one of the largest prisoner civil rights settlements in U.S. history. ….
Contrary to Widespread Claims, There Is NO EVIDENCE that Iran Is Building a Nuclear Weapon
Posted on January 25, 2012 by WashingtonsBlog
Iran Is NOT Building a Nuclear Bomb
Earlier this month, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said:
Are they [the Iranians] trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No. But we know that they’re trying to develop a nuclear capability. And that’s what concerns us.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper confirmed in a Senate hearing – following the release of the classified National Intelligence Estimate in 2011 – that he has a “high level of confidence” that Iran “has not made a decision as of this point to restart its nuclear weapons program.”
Mohamed ElBaradei – who spent more than a decade as the director of the IAEA – said that he had not “seen a shred of evidence” that Iran was pursuing the bomb.
Six former ambassadors to Iran within the last decade say that there is no evidence that Iran is building nuclear weapons, and that Iran is complying with international law.
The International Atomic Energy Agency states:
All nuclear material in the facility remains under the Agency’s containment and surveillance.
In other words, all nuclear fuel is accounted for and is being controlled and monitored by the international agency tasked with nuclear non-proliferation.
More than 70 percent of investors said an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities would create only a short-term disruption in oil markets, according to a quarterly Bloomberg Global Poll.
[Michael Rivero:] More than 70 percent of investors said Mortgage-Backed Securities were a good idea, so maybe we should stop listening to these idiots. Money-junkies habitually make bad guesses when their greed gets involved, or have you all forgotten Tulip-Mania, the Great South Seas Company, and the Nation of Poyais?
I view this sudden rush of stories assuring us all that Iran cannot really strike back, and that an attack on Iran will not really disrupt oil supplies, as further signs that the invasion is about to start as soon as they can fake an event to trick us all into going along with yet another war. Just remember these were the same people who insisted Iraq’s oil would pay for that war, and that we would be welcomed with flowers as our troops pillaged, murdered, and raped their way across the middle east.
Owens repeatedly refused to testify against Jones, despite a plea deal in which he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. In exchange for his testimony, the prosecutor would have recommended that his sentence — which would have been two years for using a firearm during a felony, followed by 28 years in prison sentence — be reduced by two years.
But because of his silence, Owens was stripped of his plea deal and faces a first-degree murder charge.
Blake was killed days before police raided a home in Detroit accompanied by a camera crew for “The First 48” TV show. During the raid, Officer Joseph Weekley fired a shot that killed Jones’ 7-year-old daughter, Aiyana Stanley-Jones.
[Michael Rivero:] HBO is running a documentary all this week called “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” about the framing of the West Memphis 3. It broadcasts today and tomorrow, and shows how political expediency coupled with religious hysteria over presumed “Satanic” symbols worn by the suspects led to the 18 year wrongful imprisonment of three innocent boys while a very real suspect continues to live free to this very day. In the end, the courts finally released the wrongfully imprisoned boys but only on the condition they change their not guilty pleas to guilty, which the courts admitted was done purely to prevent millions of dollars in lawsuits had they been acquitted in a new trial.
This documentary shows how our so-called justice system has become corrupted and is little more than a game where points are kept track of, and prosecutors dream of transforming high scores into campaigns for mayor and governor. In the process, justice is a subordinate concern.
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** Alter Net: Some progressive stuff, but too much "9/11 Gatekeeper" material.
**** Antiwar.com: Antiwar site by Justin Raimondo. Politics makes strange bedfellows on this one, as in many respects, I have troubles with Raimondo's libertarian views. Right-gatekeeper for sure, but he is almost admitting LIHOP now.
***** Architects and Engineers for 9 11 Truth: ... Architects & Engineers who have joined AE911Truth.org in calling upon Congress for a new truly independent investigation into the "collapses" of the WTC Twin Towers and Building 7 - requesting a specific examination for controlled demolition with explosives. ... Take a stand for Truth and join us!
**** Axis of Logic: Committed to publishing news and commentary that is often not presented in the major news outlets
**** Carolyn Baker - Speaking Truth To Power:... up-to-the-moment alternative reporting of U.S. and international news, articles containing information and opinion, and a venue of support and connection for awake individuals ...
**** Citizen's Circle for Accountability: Public accountability means the obligation of authorities to explain publicly, fully and fairly, before and after the fact, how they are carrying out responsibilities that affect the public in important ways. These explanations, publicly validated, would produce useful information for citizens affected by the intentions, and would produce a beneficial self-regulating influence on the conduct of authorities.
***** Civil Information Blog: The home of those 9/11 Truth Activists who practice the technique of Civil Informationing, as opposed to mass protests and confrontations with media / politicians. We advocate 'being the media', and acting responsibly and civilly (as individuals or in small groups) to inform our fellow citizens about what we have learned about 9/11, the war on terror, and closely related issues. We regard it as our civic duty, and view 60's style activism as outdated in the 'information age', and self-defeating
** Common Dreams: One of the most widely ready progressive sites. Pretty much left gatekeepers.
***** Complete 911 Timeline: This is the home page for the Complete 911 Timeline investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.
**** Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches: Investigative journalist Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches - an unembedded journalist in IRAQ and a man of courage.
**** Desert Peace: Aiming to establish a just and lasting peace between Israel and Palestine, while at the same time continue the struggle against racism and for peace throughout the world.
**** Fascism Anyone?: ... there is one archetypal political philosophy that is anathema to almost all of these principles. It is fascism. And fascism’s principles are wafting in the air today, surreptitiously masquerading as something else, challenging everything we stand for.
*** Green Left: Australian alterative media site - quite good.
** Guerrilla News Network: It seems at first glance to be a fine site, with links to lots of first rate progressive articles. However, there are some indications that the principle actors on the site are "left-gatekeepers" and agents of disinformation. Keep your eyes open.
***** Integrate This: Challenging the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) of North America, the North American Union.
***** Journal of 911 Studies: The Journal of 9/11 Studies is a peer-reviewed, open-access, electronic-only journal covering the whole of research related to 9/11/2001. Our mission is to provide evidence-based, peer-reviewed research that furthers the cause of truth and justice.
**** Labour Start: Where trade unionists start their day on the net.
***** Mad Cow Morning News: Investigative journalist and author Daniel Hopsicker. A must read for understanding certain aspects of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
**** Media Lens : Media Lens is a response based on our conviction that mainstream newspapers and broadcasters provide a profoundly distorted picture of our world. We are convinced that the increasingly centralised, corporate nature of the media means that it acts as a de facto propaganda system for corporate and other establishment interests. The costs incurred as a result of this propaganda, in terms of human suffering and environmental degradation, are incalculable.
***** www.oilempire.us: A primary site for September 11, 2001 terrorist attack researchers. Has a good critique of some of the more suspect claims, and a good discussion of conspiracy denial amongst progressive authors.
***** Online Journal: Worth the visit. Amongst the best sites for progressive journalism.
***** Op Ed News : Amongst the best sites for progressive journalism. Will publish 9/11 Truth pieces.
***** Pilots for 9/11 Truth : An organization of aviation professionals and pilots throughout the globe commited to seeking the truth surrounding the events of the 11th of September 2001.
**** Richard C. Cook: There is no distinction between spirituality and economics. The economic life of a nation reflects its spiritual state, its spiritual attitudes.
**** Richard Heinberg: Learn about the The Oil Depletion Protocol, one of the world's best policy tools for addressing our societal dependence on fossil fuels. Click on the link below, and sign the Oil Depletion Procotol as an Individual Adopter. Be an example to your local, state, and national governments!
**** Stop the Lie: So let's get right to it: Is it really baseless idiocy that drives people to question the official account of 9/11? Are the millions of Americans (including Senators, FBI agents, Doctors, Lawyers, Professors, Scientists, Engineers, etc.) all paranoid loons for suggesting we need a truly independent investigation of 9/11? The government and media would have you think so. They'd also (to help maintain that perception) need to keep you diverted from the information you're about to read.
***** Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice : This is the new home for a restructured scholars group that welcomes scholars and all persons interested in exposing the truths of the 9/11/01 attack. Care is being taken to present the strongest, most credible research available, some of which is published on our sister site, the Journal of 9/11 Studies.
**** Source Watch: Alternative media site - was Disinfopedia - quite good
***** The 911 Agenda - September 11 and Our Political System: This website will be devoted to political history and the effects of the strategy of tension on our current political predicament. I hope that the articles listed on the Front Page will provide a good introduction.
**** The Authoritarians: "Altemeyer prepared a digest of his research for general readers, ..., which he has posted online for one and all to examine at no cost." John Dean
**** The Canadian Spectator : a single-handed protest at the Canadian Government's contemptible subservience to a corporate oligopoly that is allowed control over virtually all Canadian news outlets. Needless to say, this control serves the interests of plutocratic oligopolists, not those of ordinary Canadians.
**** The Council of Canadians - Nanaimo: We're making a 60 minute documentary about SPP (the Security Prosperity Partnership) and TILMA (Trade Investment Labour Mobility Agreement) and how trade agreements in general are driven by a secretive corporate agenda that excludes civil society, the labour and environmental movements. These agreements escape the scrutiny of our democratic processes, but may alter/remove regulations and institutions that have been put in place by decades of democratically elected representatives of the people.
*** The Independent Institute: Many articles from Ivan Eland and others. Right wing stuff generally, but there were some good anti-war views from Ivan Eland in the past.
*** True Blue Liberal: We’ve taken it upon ourselves to provide news, opinion, and information from off of the beaten path in an effort to keep you informed and up to date.
**** truthdig: Coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view.Probable left gate-keepers.
**** Truth Move: TruthMove is an organization dedicated to personal and social change through the process of truth. We focus on education and direct action, and are actively seeking new allies and volunteers.
**** truthout, News Politics: Maintained by author William Rivers Pitt. Good stuff in general, but probably left gate-keepers.
**** Unknown News: "We believe in liberty and justice for all, so of course, we oppose many US government policies. ... It means we believe in freedom, as more than merely a cliche."
***** We Are Change: We recognize that the world does not function through a left/right paradigm, but a top/down hierarchy that threatens to destroy free society as we know it.
**** WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.COM: Right wing libertarian Michael Rivero has an interesting mix. I have to admit I visit this site first - even though he is way to the right of me. He supports the 9/11 truth initiative and has some good original articles.
**** Winter Patriot: These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. ... Thomas Paine, 1776
World Press: News and Views From Around the World - Read newspapers before they appear on the newstands.
**** World Socialist Web Site: The World Socialist Web Site features daily news and analysis written from a socialist perspective, and commentary on the arts, culture, history, ....
**** http://wtcdemolition.com/blog/: Our desired goal is a provocative and informative resource for those who feel that the issue of 9/11 merits serious and thought-provoking discussion and debate.
[Michael Rivero:] More than 70 percent of investors said Mortgage-Backed Securities were a good idea, so maybe we should stop listening to these idiots. Money-junkies habitually make bad guesses when their greed gets involved, or have you all forgotten Tulip-Mania, the Great South Seas Company, and the Nation of Poyais?
I view this sudden rush of stories assuring us all that Iran cannot really strike back, and that an attack on Iran will not really disrupt oil supplies, as further signs that the invasion is about to start as soon as they can fake an event to trick us all into going along with yet another war. Just remember these were the same people who insisted Iraq’s oil would pay for that war, and that we would be welcomed with flowers as our troops pillaged, murdered, and raped their way across the middle east.