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"It's a hard decision, but we think the price ... is worth it."-- Secretary of State Madelaine Albright talking about Iraqi children starving and dying as a result of the US embargo of food and medicine

 

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Nov 07 16:13

Max Kaiser: On the Edge with Ellen Brown

Great interview by Max Kaiser with Ellen Hodgson Brown, author of "Web of Debt" (a must read).

Nov 07 13:48

Ft.Hood cop shoots Hasan in uniform defending himself?

Female Police Officer Credited With Stopping Fort Hood Massacre, Hailed a Hero
Friday, November 06, 2009
Munley and her partner responded within three minutes of reports of gunfire on Thursday, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said Friday. Authorities say Munley, 34, exchanged fire with the gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who remains comatose in a Texas hospital. Munley is in stable condition, officials said.

Nov 07 13:35

Secret Anti-Piracy Treaty Turns ISPs into Pirates

A leaked draft of the Internet chapter of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) reveals that ISPs will be held liable for the infringements of their customers, unless they disconnect those accused. The draft aims to strengthen the power of the entertainment industries and other copyright holders, at the cost of the public.

Nov 07 13:33

£4,350 per family to bail out Britain's banks

Every family in the country is now facing a tax liability of £4,350 to prop up Britain’s banking system after Alistair Darling announced the biggest bail-out in history.

Nov 07 13:07

Snowfall gets Alpine ski season off to early start

The Alpine ski season got off to an early start last week after a drop in temperature led to an early snowfall.

Up to a metre of snow has fallen in the Austrian Alps over the past week, and in the earliest start to the season for 11 years, over a mile of ski runs were opened in Verbier, Switzerland, today after the resort saw 50cm (19in) of snow fall.

Nov 07 12:46

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and The New World Order

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and The New World Order

- By William Blase
For those who may be confused by the controversies surrounding the "New World Order", a One-World-Government, and American concern over giving the UN more power; those unaware of the issues involved; and those wishing more background, I offer the following.

Originally presented for an Honors Class, "Dilemmas of War and Peace," at New Mexico State University, the paper was ridiculed and characterized by Dr. Yosef Lapid, (an acknowledged and locally quoted "expert" on Terrorism and Middle Eastern affairs) as "paranoid... possibly a symptom of mental illness." You may judge for yourself.

Nov 07 12:32

Obama Puts Monsanto Lobbyist In Charge Of Food Safety

Obama Puts Monsanto Lobbyist In Charge Of Food Safety

Alexis Baden-Mayer, Esq.
Organic Consumers Association [1]
Friday, July 24, 2009

Genetically modified foods [2] are not safe [3]. The only reason they’re in our food supply is because government bureaucrats with ties to industry suppressed or manipulated scientific research and deprived consumers of the information they need to make informed choices about whether or not to eat genetically modified foods.

Nov 07 12:29

Greenspan Admits The Federal Reserve Is Above The Law & Answers To No One

Greenspan says the Fed is above the law.
He says it at 7:40 of this video.

Nov 07 11:36

Video: On The Edge with Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert

In this episode of On The Edge Keiser talks about the coming collapse of the U.S. dollar and why Americans need to start investing in gold. He also explains why India’s recent decision to purchase of 200 tons of gold was a wise one...

Nov 07 11:24

Israel Depressed: Arms Shipment ‘Story’ Ineffective!

Once again, the Zionist entity seemed to be “depressed” after another attempt to hit the Lebanese and Palestinian Resistance was found to be useless.

On Wednesday, Israeli Navy commando force, that reached the deep sea in small boats, boarded the Francop, a cargo ship owned by charter company UFS traveling under an Antiguan flag. According to Israeli media, the crew of sailors did not resist the commando and said that they did not know what was in the large container on board. The commando force opened the container and revealed missiles, rockets, shells, grenades, and small arms.

Nov 07 11:16

No worries! Says the IAEA

For the past several weeks we have been discussing how Israel is using it’s influence and control over what it likes to call “our friends, the US and other enlightened countries,” to help cover up and lie about anything/everything Israel would or could benefit for covering up or lying about. Most recent and glaring example was regarding the Goldstone Report controversy...

Nov 07 10:15

Pornographic Past Vs Murderous Present By Gilad Atzmon

Instead of a culture hooked on recycled images of degradation and suffering, I would actually expect a moral lesson to surface from the Shoa. I would hope for a genuine search for mercy and compassion. Evidently, this has never happened. Putting aside Israeli barbarism in Palestine, the West and the English speaking empire have never stopped igniting wars in the name of fake values driven by the Holocaust (democracy, liberalism, 'universal' human rights and so on).

Nov 07 09:42

'Health Reform' - The Worst Bill Ever

Health Insurance News had this to say about other kinds of mandates the government has in mind--specifically about vaccines. "The Federal Government's proposed mandatory health insurance will mean mandatory vaccinations/immunizations. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) says that for anyone who refuses to keep up-to-date vaccinations, under the new health reform, you will not be able to obtain any health care you may need until immunizations are current [the same kind of tactic used to force public school children into having immunizations as a condition of enrollment].

Nov 07 09:09

Noam Chomsky, phony American dissident

In fact, in the same decade, three of the other most charismatic and effective leaders opposed to the US establishment also met violent deaths in suspicious circumstances that were never properly investigated - Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and Robert F Kennedy.

In all cases, Noam Chomsky insisted that there was nothing suspicious. Almost certainly, because of the influence he wielded amongst progressive circles, many who would have otherwise followed the trail that would have led to the killers of JFK, Malcolm X, MLK and RFK were dissuaded from doing so.

Thus the left of the 1960's was decapitated and those responsible were never unmasked and brought to justice.

Shortly after the terrorist attack of 11 September 2001 Chomsky pronounced that Al Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden had indeed master-minded the attacks, just as George Bush had insisted. Those who questioned the official account and pointed to the glaring contradictions and absurdities of the official account of 9/11 were dismissed by Chomsky as conspiracy theorists.

Nov 07 08:48

The Record of the Federal Reserve

The Record of the Federal Reserve

By Erik Voorhees : 27 Aug 2009

Money/Economics Thinking

Not a day goes by without talk of the Federal Reserve, whether by the organization itself or by its opponents. An incessant cheerleader of his organization, Chairman Ben Bernanke will be the first to tell you that the Federal Reserve is an utmost necessity to the smooth operation of the U.S. financial system. Some would disagree. And while ongoing events can be difficult to objectively examine, hindsight is usually much more prescient.

Let's set aside what The Fed says for a moment and examine what it actually does.

Nov 07 08:06

Why did Warren Buffett pay $44bn for a ticket to ride?

This was not only the largest acquisition the "Sage of Omaha" had pulled off in his 44 years running Berkshire Hathaway, but also a solid, operating investment with real profits, real cashflows and, Buffett argued, a real future.

Or so it seemed. Within hours, the hastily-compiled deal to buy America's second-largest railway company began to be questioned.

Nov 07 08:05

Pioneering Swiss solar-powered plane rolled out

Solar Impulse, the Swiss bid to make the first solar-powered flight around the world, rolled out its prototype on Friday at an airbase near Zurich and powered up the engines.

All four sun-fuelled electric motors were switched on for the first time under open skies after the completed high-tech plane was pushed out of the hangar.

Nov 07 08:04

Scientists use lasers to put a shine on metals

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen, Germany, have developed a way of automating the polishing work on metals, by using lasers.

Polishing injection moulds is a time-consuming and monotonous, requiring highest levels of concentration, because any blemish in the mould can render it useless.

A skilled worker may often need a whole week to polish a single metal mould.

Nov 07 07:41

Recovery? The 10.2 percent without jobs might beg to differ

As bad as Friday's jobs report was, showing October's unemployment rate jumping sharply to 10.2 percent, the outlook is likely to worsen for American workers well into next year.

Nov 07 07:34

Shooting reveals tensions over Muslims in the military

The killings of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, by an Army psychiatrist who also was a Muslim set off a rancorous debate Friday that once again spotlighted the fear among Muslims in America that they'll be collectively found guilty for the actions of one man.

Nov 07 06:02

The Evil Empire

Another great Paul Craig Roberts piece!

Nov 07 05:44

US Justice Dept vows focus on white collar crime

Federal authorities tapped phones to help unearth an insider trading ring that includes the Galleon Group hedge fund, other fund managers, Silicon Valley executives, traders and lawyers.

Prosecutors have alleged $40 million of insider trading profits from their investigation so far. The Securities and Exchange Commission has alleged $53 million in illegal profits from its own civil investigation.

Nov 07 05:43

Chinese anger at sale of Qing Dynasty seal

The green jade seal, belonging to the emperor Qian Long (1736-1795) fetched £3.6 million, six times its estimate, at the auction on Wednesday following frantic bidding by eight competing collectors.

News of the sale was greeted with anger on the Chinese internet, where the country's growing nationalism frequently finds its voice.

Nov 07 05:42

Ross Perot's son in dispute over ownership of rhino's head

H Ross Perot Jr is a successful businessman in his own right, having made a fortune from property development in Texas, and is chairman of Perot Systems, which was bought by Dell in a £2.4 billion deal in September.

Mr Perot went white rhino shooting in July in the Mkhuze game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal.

But the rhino he shot only suffered a flesh wound before fleeing across the savannah. Efforts to follow the animal and track it over the next two days failed.

Nov 07 05:23

Fort Hood shooting: Maj Nidal Malik Hasan could be executed

The military can also impose a sentence of life imprisonment without parole and there are nine men on its death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

The US Armed Forces has a death penalty – lethal injection – but there have been no executions since 1961 when an army private, John Bennett, was hanged for rape and attempted murder.

Nov 06 22:29

Understanding how nations create money and how the US can reclaim $1 trillion/year from banksters

Below is a concise and lucid explanation of how nations create money by economist John Hotson. This topic is at the heart of our economic problems, and required understanding for competent citizenry.

I’m among many writers who document that Americans are transferring unprecedented amounts of their hard-earned money to the oligarchy controlling our banks and casino-capitalism “investment” institutions. The solution is structurally simple for the public benefit of conservatively $1 trillion every year, and has been advocated by many of America’s sharpest historical minds. States can take control of their financial problems through state-owned banks; ending interest payments on their debt and earning profit by providing 2% mortgages for the good of the public.

Nov 06 20:56

John Gross denies existance of molten metal

John Gross, one of the lead engineers of the NIST report is questioned about the existence of molten steel at the WTC building, the collapse of Building 7, and also explains how the NIST report did not do any analysis concerning the physical collapse of all three buildings.

See also: Thermite and the WTC Collapses

Nov 06 20:47

Shaped Charges and the World Trade Center Collapses

Why were high velocity explosives detonating in the vicinity of the World Trade Center?

Nov 06 20:45

Hidden in plain sight

http://rense.com/general88/saud.htm

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