03/13/10:
Brian Smith reports
on
the
perspective of some who view US "developments"
in South America as a prelude to military action
of some sort,
certainly the capability is "being grown"
(031310a)
Mahan
Abedin reports on the demise of a US supported
terrorist employed against
Iran.
(031310b) Amineh Soghdi
follows up with a wider range of details
concerning its import to the
region.
(031310c)
Brian Smith reports on
the
ongoing struggle of the US backed "government"
of Somalia and
its bid to retake almost the entire country
including its capital Mogadishu from the people.
(031310d)
Brian McCartan as in some
prior reports the "hand of China" moves south,
this time as a river, or rather, the lack of
one. "Diplomacy"
takes many damned forms it seems, pardon the
pun.
(031310e)
03/12/10:
Noam
Chomsky: Iran Pursuing Nuclear Weapons Out of
Fear by Matthew W.
Hutchins This
says what needs to be said, but no on is
listening, or rather those who matter will
dismiss this perspective. (031210a) Taboo
Thwarts Candor on Israel/Iran by Ray McGovern -
the
writer poses questions that should be presented
in the discussion were it "fair and balanced"
which it was
not. The
Jewish Elephant with its giant pulsating and
pearlescent pudenda precluded proper
prioritizing. (021210b)
Dick Meister gives us the
scoop on the unhappy couple US labor and
Obama,
it seems the connubial felicity that was
expected has not come to pass, in fact very
little coming has been going
on, to extend
a ridiculous metaphor. (031210c)
Brad
Knickerbocker talks about how the
"radicals" are being made right here in the US
of A. We have
enough angry people to fill more than a few
boats. And so we can only expect that as the
economic downturn continues and violence grows
overseas that the disaffected, disenchanted or
disenfranchised will discover their
determination to be destructive. It is early in
this game yet. (031210d)
Hervé Kempf,
Reporterre.net It seems the
greedy bastards in charge of "FrankenFoodz" GMO
have gotten a rotten potato to pass in the EU.
Will the people react "over there" and tell us a
thing or two?
(031210e)
03/1110:
Paul Richter scales back
our perception of Obama as an agent of change
now that "regime
change in Iran" is becoming more the approach
than what he campaigned
on.
(031110a)
Robert M Cutler tells us
that
the Nabucco pipeline may yet come into being
providing the "west" with something of a come
back for other pipeline
failures or
the successes of those opposed to the west.
(031110b)
Davidson Loehr note that
meanwhile,
in their own private Idaho, the whorey likes of
Coulter, the buffalo buttiness of Limbugher and
"speck brain"
Beck have much
in common with their NAZI precedents as far as
ignorant, dimbulb, anus mouthed gimcrackery
(031110c)
Rose
Aguilar reports on the lack of intelligent life
forms in our very own Utah.
I know that is
no surprise but they are now vying for "bottom
feeder" status with the "old South."
(031110d)
By
David Francis, Berlin Greeks riot and the
Germans don't like the idea of bailing the lazy
bums out.
(031110e)
03/09/10:
Jeremy R. Hammond takes us
back to the thrilling days of yesteryear, 9/11
when he reports on a Washington Post editorial
which "slammed" the 9/11 "conspiracists".
Unfortunately,
the slammer is slammed by the facts. The most
damning of which is that thermite has been found
in the dust from the 9/11 remains. Gee, how
would that get
there?
(030910a) had the Washington Post considered the
article found in
The Open Chemical Physics Journal Volume 2 ISSN:
1874-4125 they
would have found the link that would let them
download the report in full, with photos, graphs
and all sorts of data. (030910b)
Jason
Leopold, has us consider Obama as another
campaign promise "bites the proverbial dust"
(030910c)
Joshua Frank and Jeffrey St. Clair,
have
us take another reminiscent look at Obama and
the nuclear
industry, "It
be like de man says, dey be tight an' shit"
(030910d) William Blum tells a true tale of
bribery
that boggles but goes unnoticed, well not
unnoticed just given a pass big enough to drive
a truckload of money
through
(030910e)
Bill
Quigley gives us a list of 15 reasons for
revolution, it is a nice
list.
(030910f)
03/08/10:
Only in freakin' America
do you get a Robert Rubin, who claims
cluelessness regarding his destruction of the US
economy. Cluelessness? Well the evidence for an
upcoming crash was there, and he got away with
millions. Now he's strutting around trying to
make excuses, as in "who could have seen it
coming". Now
that millions have lost jobs, homes, retirement
and not a few have lost lives, Rubin just
whistles Dixie all the way to his freakin' bank.
(030810f)
From
the BBC we hear that Israel is considering
building a nuclear power
plant. Now
pardon me if I wonder, out loud, so how will
this play in Iran? How can the US claim its
nuclear plant is "bad" when Israel's is so much
worse? They HAVE nuclear weapons, have stood in
defiance of UN resolutions for 50 years and has
been an impediment to peace for that long as
well. (030810a) Ray
McGovern reports on why Mike Mullen, Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is worried that
Israel is getting a heat on or maybe a hard on
and wants to "get it on" with that feisty skirt
Iran. He's
worried that the US will be drawn into a menage
a trois, so to speak. (030810b)
Gareth Porter, So,
Afghanistan, right? This place called Marja, you
must have heard of it, even if you get your news
from Fox (Faux) news. Well, this has been
described as the one of the biggest cities in
Helmand. It is vital. We'll make an impression.
Well,
the problem is this: it is not a city. There is
no city called that. There is an AREA, a
collection of villages and market towns, but no
city. Why the
lie?
(030810c)
Juliette
Jowit reports on how the "human element" is
driving up the rate of extinction's, primarily
through environmental
destruction.
(030810d) Oh, yes, evolution cannot keep
up.
By Les
Blumenthal:
Ok today's term children is hypoxia, that is the
depletion of oxygen, generally in ocean water.
What this
means is fish die off. Well, at one time
pollution was considered a factor, but now, it
seems, a warming ocean can accelerate and extend
the range of "dead zones"
(030810e)
03/07/10:
Pam
Rasmussen describes the "no go NGO zone" in
Gaza, a place
where Israeli security concerns remove vital
territory from use. Another tale of suffering
visited by the bully upon their victims.
(030710a)
Nita Bhalla reports from
Lanjigarh,
India where the famed movie "Avatar" is being
played out in real
life; will the
natives win this one? (030710b)
On
Languages of Power and Powerlessness Sunday 07
March 2010 by: Zygmunt Bauman
a great and
detailed read which requires a good deal of
thinking and consideration, real meat and
potatoes thinking here, no fluff.
(030710c)
03/06/10:
William
Fisher the title of the article provides more
than is needed to see how far this nation has
fallen from its
prime: Senate
Debates Indefinite Detentions, we hasten to add
that these "detentions" are without recourse to
trial, representation or facing one's accusers.
(030610a)
From
the BBC we have a report on the Iceland vs.
England, Netherlands and the financial mess
called "IceSave" between
them. The
people of Iceland do not want to be held
responsible for the machinations, incompetence
and greed that led to a financial crisis for the
country and to law suits filed by the
aforementioned duo. (030610b)
Haaretz Service reports on
the rise of "other radicals" threatening Hamas
in Gaza. Recall that part of Israel's "response'
to the PLO was early support of Hamas,
and
now that Hamas is "to radical" and being forced
into difficult straits by Israeli efforts, why
we have another set of groups vying to take the
place of Hamas. Sounds like "evolution to
me. (030610c)
Also from Haaretz Service we have word
that
certain West Bank shrines are the site of street
battles but the reporting says there is
considerable interest
abroad.
(030610d) This must be Haaretz's day, as
they
report that Dubai wants to seek NuttyYahoo's
arrest over the Mossad's bungled killings in
that same
country.
(030610e)
03/06/10:
Reuters
the question under consideration is how healthy
is the US
dollar.
(030510a)
Reuters, Hmmm Methane,
can't you just smell it now? Seems
more
of this GW gas is pouring into the atmosphere,
warming it ever faster. This newly discovered
source is big, but is it
new? Inquiring
minds want to know. (030510b)
Robert Tait in Istanbul
and Ewen MacAskill in Washington
consider
Turkey's "upset" at a US congressional committee
using the "G" word in reference to their actions
of nearly a century
ago.
(020510c)
Jim
Lobe reports on the "pressure" for "action"
against Iran.
The cheerleaders are pantyless so it should be
exciting and the team is not circumcised so it
should have smelly smegma.
(030510d)
Dave
Lindorff reports on a massacre of handcuffed
children in
Afghanistan.
Well, they were not all children but they were
handcuffed. (030510e)
03/04/10:
Ellen Brown reports on
the
myths surrounding the "money crisis" in the US
and the world. Interesting ideas, notions and
theories. Time
is short she says, and how, I would retort
(030410a)
Glenn Greenwald talks
about how "crazy" is defined.
To
the best of my limited understanding it "crazy"
is used to describe anything or anyone that is
not meet with the standards of those with the
power to define others, set agendas, in short
the powerful
(030410b)
The
Decline of the American Empire Remains a Movie
for the CIA Samir
Amin "It is
customary for the ruling classes not to imagine
the possible end of the system that assures the
perpetuation of their domination," (030310f)
Ian Traynor tells us that
the
US is concerned about the "pacification of
Europe" I
wonder if that would be the "old Europe as
opposed to the "new Europe; just asking
(022610a)
Dahr Jamail reports on
a
book which details the "life of a medic" in the
war zones. One
cannot imagine it really. (021810d) that's why
the book was written I guess.
Nathan Vardi
reports
on the success the US and others have had in
cutting of the cast flow to Al
Qaida,
however, being resourceful, the dude is
morphing. (021610c)
From, you'll read this
right, Pat Buchanan who reports that
our
own people state Iran cannot enrich to 20%. If
that is true, why are we making such hay over
them making a
bomb - which
requires a much higher percentage? (021610f)
Syed
Saleem Shahzad reports on Al Qaida's latest
"message" to the
west.
(021510c)
Jeremy Scahill reports on
the
"hidden" war the US is involved with in
Pakistan.
Blackwater is mentioned in the story, surprise,
surprise. (020510d)
Julian
E. Barnes reports on the US "beefing up" Iran's
smaller neighbors, "defensively" as it
were (020110a)
Ewen Cook reports
on
the killings at Fort Hood. The reflective piece
had me consider this event as a harbinger of
others,
perhaps our "enemies" could do something like
that, there are enough stories of lone gunmen or
small teams of same "going postal" as it were.
(011510a)
Melvin
A. Goodman reports on Obama's "cover up man" who
is to "investigate" the underwear
bomber. Say it
ain't so! I know, I know just another
disappointing moment that will be flushed down
this increasingly Bush like memory hole.
(011110d)
One person, and only one,
asks the vital question of "Why" As in why do
they hate us, the Jihadists and AQ and others.
No
one in this administration, as with the last,
seems to give a clear and direct answer to
this.
(010910b)
Tom Englehardt and Nick
Turse take a
speculative look at 2010 and what may be
happening in the "Great"
war.
(010810g)
Paul Sullivan tells us
that the recent
reports of the US military meeting its
recruitment goals have not been
reflective of
the truth (010810a)
Orville Schell reports on
what
the decline of the US looks like from
abroad, where
a compare and contrast study over the past
number of years is now disconcerting, to say the
least (010810d)
Europe's
News:
Spain:
England:
France:
Greece:
From
the BBC we hear as bit about why the problems in
Greece matter.
I think it serves as a "wake up call" to other,
more far flung nations in terms of understanding
how "world debt" no matter where it is effects
one's every day life. (021510a)
Ireland:
Bosnia:
Muddle
East News, Central Theater: Palestine
Gaza,
Israel,
Lebanon,
The
West Bank and
Syria
The
area in general:
Gaza:
Al
Jazerra reports on the status of
the
Gaza Egyptian border, a bit of an opening before
an iron curtain goes
down?
(010810b)
Israel:
James
Petras reports on Israel's "long arm of the
murdering law".
It seem they
too want to send out their own killing squads,
no matter where their victims may be. (030310d)
Ali Fathollah-Nejad demonstrates that
when
someone tries to speak up on any kind of
national or international stage, well, Israel
sees to it that problems
"happen"
(030310e)
William
A. Cook If we looked at Israel as one might if
one were not blinded by its "magic" and awed by
its "mysterious power" one might be able to read
this list and ask "What
the hell are we doing supporting this apostate
and vomitous state which stands for everything
we do not stand
for. Not that
we don't lean, now, in their direction.
(022310f)
Alan Hardt provides some
thoughts on Zionism,
not a flattering thing when "big lies" are
exposed I
guess
(021310a)
Avi
Issachar for HAARETZ quotes a US official
stating that UN resolutions, regarding Hamas and
arms in southern Lebanon, is being
violated,
imagine that, Israel complaining about those who
violate UN resolutions. (013110b)
Ira
Chermus reports on the growling growing from
that blot on the map called
Israel. Gaza
is again generating wrath and not so veiled
threats. (011410a)
Lebanon:
Syria:
The
West Bank:
Muddle
East News: Western Theater: Egypt, Kurdistan,
Turkey
Turkey:
Caleb
Lauer reports on the architect of Turkey's
foreign
policy.
(022210g)
Also
from Haaretz we have an update on
relations
between Israel and Turkey. Continued
disagreement festers, consequences of this
divergence may not be
soon, but it
could be a matter of time before it "matters" to
someone, somewhere. (013110c)
Jerrold
Kessel and Pierre Klochendler report on how a
seating arrangement has added
one
more insult in an unexpected train of such which
have chilled relations between Turkey and
Israel.
(011610c)
Afghanistan:
Gareth
Porter reports on the Marja offensive and how it
may well be
a "political move" meant to sway
US polls
concerning the "value" of "staying the course".
(022310a) Rabi'
al-aw gives the resistance's view o the Marja
battle.
Perhaps this is why the battle is proceeding so
slowly? Whose to say. (022310d)
Spencer
Ackerman reports that Blackwater made off with
hundreds of weapons and gave them to whomever
for "personal
use" The guns
haves not been returned yet, but don't worry, no
one seems worried. (022310e)From the BBC we hear
that Karzai
is "taking over" the Electoral Complaints
Commission, which means he's in charge of who
looks into electoral
fraud ... nice
move boy, now you won't have to worry about
close elections any more. (022310c)
Charles
Fromm reports on the deaths of civilians in
Afghanistan which may cause one of the NATO
nations to pull
out.
(022310b)
Jean
MacKenzie and Mohammad Ilyas Dayee talk about
the current Afghan
operation, the
original article in Global Post has better
comments but the gist of the article is a poor
evaluation (022210c) Tom Engelhardt offers
something of
a take on the media coverage of the effort, how
the language we use reflects upon the US in ways
we do not
appreciate and
where do we get off being a model for good
governance? (022210f)
Battle
for Marjah: The US Has Already Lost by Dave
Lindorff - need I write more? read
on
(021810e)
Glyn
Strong has a report on the woman leading the
Afghanistan government's resistance to treating
with the Taleban.
She thinks it would be bad for women, I'd have
to agree.
(021610d)
Nick
Turse talks about the Afghan "Base Boom" good
times for construction
companies
(021010e)
Rita Daou talks about the
changes in Lebanon, after the Hariri
assassination and a brush with civil war it may
be that western
allies in the nation are taking a back
seat.
(021010h)
Syed
Saleem Shahzad lets us know what
Pakistan, the US, India and other players in
Afghanistan's ongoing tragedy hare having to say
for themselves these
days. Oh, a
BIG offensive is brewing.
(020810f)
Jean MacKenzie talks
about
the laughably silly and much touted poll that
purports to show that 70% of Afghani's think the
country is "moving in the right
direction".
(012910a)
Anand
Gopal gives us some idea of why we are so
disliked in Afghanistan
and how Obama,
continuing on with what is most disliked, is
losing further ground especially in the "hearts
and minds" region. (012810b) Andy Worthington
reports on
the "secret prisons" as a global
phenomena. One
wonders how long such abuse can go on and when,
when Americans will wake up and smell the blood.
(012810c)
Tom
Englehardt answers the question as to how much
longer we'll be in Afghanistan.
According
to the "ideas being floated" we'll be there
through 2016.
(012610a)
Jeffrey
Kaye reports on the despair of Afghan women, I
mean to say self immolation as a way out?
(011910d)
Matt
Renner reports on the attack inside Kabul. It
seems to be modeled after the Mumbai attack in
India, a
platoon sized contingent in this case, wreaked
havoc in the capital for several hours.
(011810c)
Marisa
Taylor, goes to Afghanistan and, guess what,
finds enormous
waste in a program that is supposed to bring
electricity to the
place, oopsie
baby, Iraq Redux. (011710c)
BBC
Aid programs in Somalia have been forced back
from deliveries by
violence.
(010510b)
Iraq:
Jane Arraf reports
on
the most recent bombings targeting Shiites in
Karbala, Iraq.
Sectarianism?
If not that, certainly some one would like it to
be. (020510a) Ayaz Gul, Islamabad
Shiites
targeted in Karachi,
Pakistan
(020510c)
Edward
Yeranian, Cairo reports on
the removal of Iraqi candidates from the lists,
the court's decision to reinstate them and now
the government's meddling, presumably, to keep
them off.
(020510b)
Janee
Arraf reports on the ongoing bombings in Iraq,
there seems to be an uptick, of
sorts, but
we've not returned to the "pre surge" levels.
(020110d)
Dahn
Jamail reports on the
upcoming Iraqi election in which 14 parties,
mainly Sunni, have been banned, arrests of Sunni
men is ramping up and tensions are on the
rise. Should
Baghdad "stay the course" it has severe down
side. (011510d)
Nick
Mottern has a bit of a report on the prison
system in
Iraq, well
that is a bit of an oxymoron but if a timely
"withdrawal" or draw down is to proceed the
justice system has to be better than this
(011410d)
Raed
Jarrar reminds us of how fragile "democracy" as
it might be called, is in Iraq,
banning
parties and persons from the upcoming election
has problems and Obama is the one that will get
the criticism if things go awry, not that people
will recall George "the global village idiot"
Bush worked up this hell hole of a mess in the
first place. (011110a)
Hannah
Allam reports on the coalition of the willing
becoming that of the
one
(010210c)
Iran:
Mark
Landler examines the
latest in the "love waltz" starring that daring
wench Iran and the stodgy old US while there is
a bit of a change in China's tune the ball goes
on and on and
on.
(022610c)
Warren
P. Strobel reports on another
report that Iran wants to put nukes on
missiles, what
like the US, China, England, Russia, France or
Israel? (021810c)
Gavin Dahl asks, have you
heard of Iran's call for global nuclear
disarmament? No? Not surprising if you live in
the US. The
"great electronic wall" is still up and running
filtering the world's events for the convenience
and profit of the few over the needs of the
many.
(021510e)
Reuters
has it that Iran says it is near to making bomb
grade HIU.
(021010d)
Kaveh L Afrasiabi shows us
the
latest steps in the decades long ballroom
extravaganza as the US and Iran compete for the
longest dancing
couple.
(020810e)
From
the BBC we hear of the
"great waltz" with Iran still continues with
this latest
iteration.
(020310c)
Grace
Huang reports that the
"Iran Sanction" bill has passed the Senate, the
only questions are: does it still contain
provisions which would allow a naval blockade of
Iran and will Obama's promised veto be over
ridden?
(013010b)
Recall that provisions in this act would allow a
blockade, which is an act of war, which could be
"bad". (013010b)
Kaveh
L Afrasiabi reports on last weekends meeting
concerning Iran. With China being a "hold out"
it seems the fascists of Israel and the US have
to wait on any real consequences what with the
US military "a bit busy"
However a "solution" is working its way through
the Senate.
(011910b)
Dilip Hero reports on the
"at distance" analysis of Iran's
protest, the camera reveals much, protests
spread but do they
grow?
(011410b)
From
the BBC we hear some more of the Turkmenistan
deal to export "carbon wealth" to Iran
and "cut out"
the "Ruskies" (010810h)
Gareth Porter reports
on
the debunking of the "nuclear trigger" story
regarding
Iran. Now that
this has been done away with, so who did the
forgery? And why? (010510c)
From
Reuters we have coverage of the most recent few
days of Iranian
unrest, the
opposition leader's claim that he is willing to
join martyrs and hard-liners getting harder.
(010110d)
Pakistan:
M
K Bhadrakumar reports on the Iranians capturing
the 31-year-old leader of the dreaded
Pakistan-based terrorist group Jundallah,
Abdulmalik Rigi.
He may "spill the beans" concerning US
involvement and support of his terrorist group,
the US calls it that anyway, and its role in the
efforts to destabilize
Iran. Probably
not a good bit of news for the US.
(022610g)
Gareth
Porter looks closely at
the recent capture of a Taleban Big Wig by the
Pakistani's seems he's still their
man
(021810a)
Liam
Stack's story makes it official, the US is
taking casualties in Pakistan
now. The war
has expanded. (020310b)
Saudi
Arabia and neighbors:
Saudi
Arabia:
Dubai:
Bradley
Burston gives us a dissatisfied Israeli's
opinion on the "Death in
Dubai", the
killing that keeps on dying.
(022810b)
Yemen:
From
Al Jazeera reports that calls for secession in
southern Yemen are gaining in
popularity.
(022710b)
From
the BBC we have the Yemeni truce with one of the
three "resistance
groups"
(021010c)
James
R. King reports out on Yemen, its "triple
threat" and its long standing
problems. The
article finishes off with reasonable suggestions
that, of course, will not be a part of US
policy. (012910b)
Diana Priest has it that
US
involvement with Yemen becomes direct,as Obama
expands the
war.
(012710a)
Haley
Sweetland Edwards reports on the training of
Yemeni security by US and UK
experts. The
population does not like western presence at all
and they believe we've been using drones to
kill. It is touchy. (012410i)
Heather
Murdock provides a "person on the street"
perspective from Sanaa,
Yemen
(011110e)
Randall
Amster J.D., Ph.D. reports on how the US is
again, seeming to play into AQ's hand in
Yemen.
(010510d)
Eric Margolis gives "the
skinny" on Yemen's counterattack on the US air
liner. The
appropriate term in as much as in the weeks
preceding US forces participated in the ongoing,
three or more way, civil war in
Yemen.
(010310e)
Maya Shenwar reports on
Obama's statements on Yemen
and how it may be the next "war" the US will
wage.
(010210a)
Sherwood
Ross rails that there is no "new approach" in
Afghanistan and that the surge there
escalation, as
it were, will effect none of the changes the US
would like to see. (010210b)
Asia:
Greater Asia Islamic Theater News: China,
India,
The Koreas,
Russia,
China:
Ashwini Srinivasamohan
reports on how China
is taking the lead in "greening" its
economy. You
know, once the US was the preeminent leader in
all manner of things but we've been giving away
the store for some time now. (030310h)
From Reuters we get a
quickie lesson on how
the Chinese might "strike back" at the US for
its recent dealings with
Taiwan. The
letters show the opposite tack. Which is right?
Who cares? Stay tuned. (013010d)
From
the CSM we have a two-pager on
China's
bubble, which, if it too goes pop it will be the
equivalent of the second shoes dropping, the
first was that of the
US. (012410b)
And part two, some salient
details
(012410c)
Part
one: M K Bhadrakumar gives
us
the "skinny" on the US vs China in the greater
Indian Ocean, specifically that area around
Yemen, Aden, Somalia and
Iran. The
great game has a naval turn in this area as the
US and its allies India and Israel seek to
circumvent any Chinese naval or any other kind
of presence in the area. (010910d)
And
part two of the
article
(010910e)
India:
Koreas:
Russia:
From
the BBC we hear that Russia's
2009 economy contracted nearly 8% as compared to
2008; that
can't be good for the common man.
(020110b)
Ukraine:
From
the Washington Post we have a report that
Ukraine's
"Orange Revolution" has seen better days with
the election, near certain, of the one it threw
out. Amazing.
(020810a) The "roll back" of America's "Bush
expansion" is clearly underway.
Clifford
J. Levy reports on the "Battle for Ukraine" as
the proxies for western and Russian influence
"duke it out" in a run
off. It is
"Beauty vs. Blubber" while Mr. "Acid Face" is
out of the running, everyone is free to
speculate as to the outcome and its
repercussions. (011810b) A rollback of the Bush
"the Global Village Idiot's "color revolutions?
News
from Africa and the Sub Sahara Theater
Congo:
Ethiopia:
Kenya:
Guinea:
Madagascar:
Nigeria:
Sierra
Leone:
Somalia:
Sudan:
Zimbabwe:
Pacific
and Australian News:
Japan:
From
the BBC we hear of Japan's deflationary cycle
ramping up.
As prices drop people hold on to money,
expecting further drops; so a cycle sets
up. The US has
avoided this by dumping huge amounts of cash
into the economy if not into the hands of
consumers overall. Here inflationary and
deflationary pressures are balancing.
(013010e)
News
from the land south of the Ol' Rio Grande:
Bolivia:
Columbia:
El
Salvador:
Guatemala:
Haiti:
Peggy
Simpson reports on the effect of
micro
loans in Haiti. This grassroots and simplified
means of extending aid is off an running while
other programs are just setting up
shop, amazing.
(020110e)
Ben
Ehrenreich talks about Haiti and the
beaurocratized US military response to the
difficulty
there.
(012210e)
Greg
Palast gives us the facts, Haiti, the Right
Testicle of hell as it's been called.
Why do they
have problems? How is the US involved, over the
decades, what about Aristide? Papa and Baby Doc?
(011710a)
William
River's Pitt continues, if indeed it is needed,
to evidence how Jackass like Rushed Limburgher
and Fat Robberson have
become. Word
Rush: Haiti has NEVER been under communist role
so you cannot say that is the reason they are so
damned messed up. Perhaps it was the decades
under the DuValliers who ripped off 80% off
international aid over those same years you fat
blathering blubbering bloated piece of shark
bait. (011710b)
Honduras:
Mark
Weisbrot gives us all the skinny on why such a
behemoth and ubermachtigen leute als is der
Vereinigten Staaten () US is, is interested in
Honduras and
Haiti. Is it
(s) chess and pawns? (b) Is it simple zero sum
thinking? (c) Or is it mindless, greed
masquerading as beneficent bureaucracy? Or, (d),
all of the above. Decode your answers now.
(020410a)
From
the BBC it seems that Sudan may let bygones be
bygones and so to the North and South peaceably
split?
(012710b)
From
the AP, we hear of Honduras putting its deposed
president into
exile. The US
backed coup is complete (012710c)
Mexico:
Laura
Carlsen takes a peek, and takes us along, to
consider
the "murder capital of the world" Ciudad Juarez,
Mexico
(020810d)
Peru:
It's
not nice to fool Mother Nature:
From
science we learn that the sea level rise that
could come if
Antarctica
(022610b)
Agnés Rousseaux
talks about
the budding field of nanotechnology which is
making its presence known in our food products
among other
things (022210d)
Eugene
Robinson talks about
the "debate" over global warming as it relates
to the snow
dump this
winter in the DC area. (022110a)
Matthew Berger lets us see
how climate
change deniers are using the cold snap back
east, part of
the global warming scenario by the way, to deny
warming and talk about a cooling problem,
amazing. (021310c)
Joshua
Frank covers the ground with
the "Global Warming" debate by outlining a
point,
counterpoint.
(021010g)
From
the BBC we hear of the latest storm to hit
DC. It IS a
storm by the way. Of a kind that the global
warming theory predicts, as the Gulf Stream
portion of the "great conveyer" breaks down the
winters in the North East US and Northern Europe
will get harsher. (020610b)
Jill
Richardson reports on shrimp, America's favorite
food - we eat tons of it and at such as cost as
we do not
consider.
(020410b)
Michael Winship reports on
the
reports of "Global Cooling" He goes so far as to
cite a pair of publicly make and purposeful lies
to that effect. The persons quoted in the
cooling articles never said what the media has
stated they've said. Simply
Amazing
(011610a)
Kyra
Ryan reports from Taos NM where food
independence is on the menu so to speak and a
movement is
afoot.
(011610b)
Kathy Freston talks about
the current flu epidemics and how they are
related to the production methods in the pork
and poultry industry. We
have already seen how this system produces
deadly diseases, swine and bird flues for
example, but the question is what is the
downside.
(010910a)
From the BBC we
have
more on the European "Snow
Out". This is
in line with the global warming scenarios
wherein the Gulf Stream slows and, eventually,
fails to deliver. First comes harsher winters,
later springs and shorter summers. Later on, if
it continues, spring migrates into summer and
fall expands as does winter. (010910f) From
Patrick Johnson we
have a related story about a cold winter in
Florida; it is a mixed blessing in that invasive
species, some
anyway, are being killed off.
(010910g)
Art
Levine covers, or rather uncovers a "dirty
little secret"
when nuclear
power advocates talk about how clean the plants
are they may have a point, somewhat, but what
about the messes that the mining operations
leave behind? (010810f)
The
Future in the News!
AND our Presstitutes
inacton!
Tom
Fenton reports on how reporting is being
cut back. Not
a new story, just the latest wave in the change
which effects how the information stream people
and their nations depend upon is being
dammed and
drying up. (030310g)
David
Sirota reports on the frightening aspects of
what our "media moguls" are supportive
of, I mean
Glen "Der ScheissGefressenden Uber Mensch" calls
for death, and not really in a metaphorical
sense, oh sorry Glen that is a word with more
than two syllables. (022610f)
Glenn
Greenwald reports on the American Torturers and
how liars lie big to deny the
truth, it is
amazing what they do, watch the magic.
(022210e)
Tom
Engelhardt gives us a much needed perspective,
which means
you won't see this on prime time - covered are
the media's "reaction" to the "underpants
bomber" the notion of how "Big Terrorism" has
changed the landscape of US politics and how the
"Reich Wing" media megaphone has distorted the
world for us.
The casualty list for terrorism is minuscule
compared to the "everyday" killing spree the US
population is subject to. (021510b) In what I
see as a related article,
Norman Solomon reports on "Dollars for Death,
Pennies for
Peace"
(021510d)
Sebastian
Jones reports on the "experts" that the
corporate news structure provides the public;
what
were not told would tell a tale,
however
(021310b) Speaking of the "media" however, Barry
Eisler adds his bit as to how
our media help the terrorists succeed beyond
their means.
(021310f)
Randy
Baker reports on the reasons why Journalism,
reporting and "hard nosed news" are
failing,
partly the model of advertising based support,
partly corporatization, partly a lazy public, in
my mind, and then the solution being suggested,
something I thought of years ago, may well not
be what it appears; you read; you decide.
(010110a)
The
legacy: America's
"selection of 2000" The
"Repuglican'
Party, our future and Obama
The
lame George W. Jackass Legacy:
James
Ridgeway reports
on the Repuglican attitude toward those millions
that their billionaire buddies have broken - it
may be summed up as follows: "tough
shit"
(022810c)
From NTI we hear that
the
house wants to continue investigating into the
Anthrax
mailings that
the FBI announced was closed. (022810a) Seems
like the 9/11 narrative us "not fading
away"
Paul
Craig Roberts introduces the
burgeoning organization of engineers and others
professionals who doubt the governments 9/11
"story". Some
thousand in number they are on a growth track as
the evidence of falsity remains
(022710a)
Christopher
Brauchli how about this: "the devil and Pat
Robertson".
Pat knows his devils, one might say he's
bedeviled by them
hahahahahaha!!!
(022710c)
Jason Leopold reports on
the
torture issue and John Yoo, Bush and others who
were "on board with the waterboard" as it
were.
(022110b)
And
here we go back to those thrilling days of
yesteryear when "Anthrax was King"
You'll
be glad to know that the official investigation
into the Anthrax mailings has been
closed. What
we did not "find anyone" that's ok. All is well.
After all we have not had another Anthrax scare
since then. Our defense must be working.
(022110c)
Rich
Benjamin gives us a peek at the Tea Party
Convention.
Only the whitest of the white take the podium
and Sara "the penis pumper" Palin flaps her yap
flapper as a keynote. As if the world needs any
more proof that the US has entered the Twilight
Zone (020610a)
Michael
Schwartz offers us a nice "compare and contrast"
article, sort of. This
has to do with what US Bushies thought would
happen with Iraqi oil as opposed to what did
happen
(020310a)
Ben
Aris in Berlin and Duncan Campbell take us back
to those heady days in 2004
When Bush the
Jackass was busy stealing his second term in
orifice. This tale is the Bush - Nazi connection
given a simple overview. It never became an
issue in the election. (013010g)
Howard
Fineman gives us the word about a GOP leader who
passes unrecognized as such, Roger
Ailes, head of
"Faux" News, brings Palpitating Palin's
Portentous Pudenda to millions of Gibbering Old
Punters and other Zombie Brained Zitwarts.
(011810e)
Robert
Parry talks about what is called the "lost
decade" that
of the aughts or more apropos, the naught, the
00;s or just O's. He seems puzzled about what
went wrong, describes some things but I think
there is more. (011710d)
Joe
Bageant reports that the Battle for US Culture
is over and guess who won? I know you'll have
some idea of who lost, enjoyable read, so,
enjoy.
(011510e)
Job
losses for December are only part of the story.
A "lost decade" seems to continue
on.
(010810e)
Chris Adams reports on the
continuing fall out of Bush the Jackass,
as
mortgage failures outpace current efforts to
rescue them.
(010310b)
E.J.
Dionne Jr. gives us a take on tour of what he
calls the squandered
decade.
(010110b) William Rivers Pitt
expands
upon that theme but puts a focus on the election
2000, Gore V Bush, and 9/11 the Clinton Bush
"terrorist portfolio hand off" and a few other
salient items.
(010110c)
Repuglican
Party:
Froma
Harrop talks about the
health plan Massachusetts already had and how it
had its effect on the recent election
there. Oh,
they do mention the irony of the repoglican
candidate who voted for the Mass. plan but says
he plans to vote against the national plan
modeled after it ... go figure
(012110a)
Obama:
Nat
Hentoff reports that the president can and has
ordered the execution of US citizens
overseas in a
war that has no real meaning for the words
friend or foe, ally or enemy or "rights" for
that matter. (030110g)
David Glenn Cox reports on
a veteran who survived an awful blow, half of
his head is gone yet he lives
on.
The story goes unheralded while US citizens
watch American Idol and the Olympics or
chocolate cake recipe bake offs. Great media job
folks.
(030110a)
From Robert Reich we hear
about the Damnocraps being in the dumps while
the Repuglicans are pumped up for the next
election cycle.
He goes into why that is, but does it
matter?
(020110b)
Jo
Comerford reports on the US budget for 2011
which assumes many things, many of them are
"iffy". Then
too the "balancing act" has as its fulcrum the
backs of the poor, the students, workers,
unemployed and so for the and so on.
(030110c)
Brad
Friedman reports on Sibel Edmonds who has
publicly make claims that
we've traitors working in our government and
though what she says is not news, the news has
it that it is not news too. So what happens when
a whistle blower whistles?
Nada?
(030110f)
Lt.
Col. Barry Wingard reports on how the US is
moving toward forever imprisonment without ever
a trial.
(022310g)
George Lakoff recommends a
few books but the article Obama, Tea Parties and
the Battle for Our Brains explains
how,
through the clever use of language, framing and
psychology, after a fashion, the conservatives
are "winning" the culture war and the "liberals"
are being
pasted. Not
that the bias in the media or the billions they
have at hand are not a factor mind you.
(022210a) Related
to that article is this one. In it Robert Reich
complains about how a 51 vote Senate majority is
"not enough"
but that previous article makes it clear how it
never will be (022210b)
Kathleen
Burge reports on a new underground
trend where
people in the managerial class help those who
work under them in an unfair system.
(022110d)
Kyle
Berlin reports on indefinite detention without
trial a very Bush like act now being approved by
the Obaminator
himself.
(021810b)
E.J.
Dionne Jr. spreads some text on why the
Damnocraps are loosing
out. I mean to
say, can YOU guess why? I knew I could - guess
first then read see how you stack up
(021810f)
from
Beyond Nuclear comes a denouncement of an Obama
administration approval of a new nuclear plant.
Problem
is the design has known problems and, best of
all, built into the financing is the taxpayers
who get to hold the bag if it goes south. No
matter that the company already is over budget
and time for current
projects.
(021610e)
David
Lightman talks about the overuse of the
filibuster in the US
Senate.
(021510f) Seems like Repuglicans are going for
the record on its use "all ahead full" to sink
the Damnocraps in the upcoming mud slinging
fest.
Alexander
Cockburn gives us the broad sweeping outline of
the demise of the left in
America
(021310d)
Grace
Huang advises us, as if we did not know, that
health care costs are rising fast
- from what I
see it is an unsustainable rate, but the
rupuglcians and Blue Ball, uh, I mean Blue Dog
Damnocraps beat it like a syphilitic old nag
(020810b)
Chris
Hedges gives us the "skinny" on the Terrorist
Industrial
Complex. A
detailed depiction of one case.
(020810c)
Dahr
Jamail reports on how the US military, through
history, has had a penchant for a particular
kind of
violence, why
we sign treaties just to break them, it seems,
and more. (020610c)
Mike
Elk asks how is Obama like my one time, would be
girlfriend who is "on again off again"
not at all
like a condom. (020410f)
C.M.
Sennott talks about the issue of gays in the
military. My
sense of the issue revolves around two thoughts,
one, if I were in a battle I'd be more
interested in where my buddy is aiming his gun
rather than his dick conversely, if I were
"hating on" gays why not let them into the armed
forces where "nature will take its course" so to
speak. (020410g)
Bernard
Weiner talks about the 7 headed beast leading
the US to
catastrophe.
It is a good overview. There is more that I
would add, but it IS a good read. (013110d) From
Mark Montgomery we have a
parallel story about the "disasters" the US has
suffered from in the past 8 or 9
years.
(013110e)
Christine
Ahn and Susanna Handow report on a rare Obama
success story, that of women's rights and
justice.
(013010a)
From the BBC, maybe we
have to look to someone outside of us to see
what is happening. Essentially
this brief illuminates how US voters have been
bamboozled into fighting against their own
interests and in favor of the corporate agenda
or that of the super
rich. How do
they do it? Read on. (013110a)
David
Michael Green, a one time Obama enthusiast,
demonstrates how far apart he's grown from our
"dear leader".
I sympathize with his sorrows and
disappointment. This HAS been a BAD WEEK, as he
put it and as he explains it in his article,
worthy read, really. (013010f)
Jason
Leopold reports on a Kucinich like health care
bill in California, what the Fed/Obama
originally built up hope for and which was
scuttled by
Obama. Well,
let us see if Herr GropenFuhrer makes good his
veto threat and if the Left Coast Legislature
sends the "Girly Man" packing.
(012910c)
Tom
Loudon expands on prior articles saying that the
American Coup is
complete
(012810a)
Another
report on the "fall out" of the Masss
Election, this
one argues that although Obama was not "the
issue" it did raise red flags. the "bank speech"
and proposed actions may not go far enough.
(012410a)
Ellen
Hodgson Brown reports on
how Canada did its health care, how it was
fought against, damaged and, despite all that,
is still up and
running. More
of them like theirs than we like ours. Lessons
to be learned. (012410d)
From
Press TV we hear the "science fiction" claim
being bandied about internationally, but not in
the US, of course, that the HAARP
installation,
or some other US made device, had a role in
Haiti's earthquake. (012410e) Unlike other
"Sci-Fi" conspiracy type issues, HAARP exists
and the Europeans have serious questions about
it, which remain unanswered. (012410e)
So
here is one background story on
HAARP
(012410f) Another
with pictures
(012410g) And
one more that has some interesting facts on the
part of the page dealing with
HAARP
(012410h)
William
Fisher reports on the "get tough Obama" talk o
banks and a bit of why he might be doing that,
just now
(012210d)
Joseph Nevins expands a bit
on that
thought and outlines it with a particular
example from "main street". (012210f) From
Reuters
we hear about how banks' current slippery
easement into investing could be hurt
by simple
changes to regulatory allowances.
(012210a)
Keith
Oberman on the recent SCOTUS decision to "give
the store and the bank away" as far as democracy
is concerned.
Be afraid, be very afraid. (012210b)
Michael
Doyle reports on the unsightly "ripple effects"
of this
decision.
(012210c)
Robert
Scheer says it WAS Obama that got creamed in the
Mass. election and gives a cogent reason
why.
(012110c)
Greg Palast, as has been
mentioned before, a recent SCOTUS decision to
"free up" the
ability of corporations to "act like
individuals" and donate to political campaigns
opens the doors to
hell.
(012110b) Sam
Ferguson, Jason Leopold and Kyle Berlin add the
proverbial two cents worth to that
article.
(012110d)
From
Reuters, a bad day on the street when Obama
mouths off about a modicum of banking
reform. One
wonders what would happen if any of the
suggestions actually made it into law.
(012110e)
Jeremy
Scahill reports that Blackwater is operating in
Pakistan. It
is well known that the ruler of that forsaken
nation is unpopular, to say the least, and this
can hardly be the reflection to give him a
boost. (012110f)
Reuters
has a speculation on why Massachusetts is seeing
red, not blue
(011910c)
David
Swanson reports on those concerned that voter
fraud was going to be a factor in the "close"
election.
(011910f)
Andy
Worthington reports on the "Murders at
Guantanamo" I
recollect stores detailing such "activities" at
US run Abu Ghraib in Iraq, but this IS closer to
home, in fact, it IS home.
(011910e)
Ryan Van Lenning
asks
"Which Dr. King will be remembered today? The
usual or the unusual?
Dr. King
became, as historians will have to admit, a
fierce antimilitarist and saw the Vietnam war as
harmful in many ways, not the least of which to
the poor of this nation who stood in want as
resources were directed overseas.
(011810d)
Glenn
Greenwald talks about an Obam-a-ite who has Bush
like ideas,
amazing, but the articles true value may be as a
reminder of one of B's inanities.
(011510b)
Christopher
Hayes reports on
the notion of "system failure" as it applies to
the US system of
governance.
Government is the problem, it seems, that needs
to be solved. (011510c)
Joshua Frank,
when
someone says "coal tax" some one else says,
"Them's fighting
words" Leave
it to Minnesota and the Dakotas to see who comes
out on top of this one (011001a)
From
Robert Reich's page seen on this date: 01/08/10
we
see a set of prognostications concerning 2010:
no likelihood of real good news economically or
for the
Damnocraps
(010810c)
Economics
101 in the News:
Paul
Craig Roberts is asking
if this "recovery" is real. Much of the touted
5.9% growth is
fictitious and
trouble is looming for the Fed. (030310a)
Peter
Boone and Simon Johnson talk about "shooting
banks" maybe they deserve
it, I mean
they ARE bloated sacks of corruption, it seems
(030310b) Greg
Palast reports on how "Vulture Funds" have
"invested in Liberian debt" and now starve the
progress as well as the people of that
nation.
(030310c)
Robert
Napper reports on an example of how an abandoned
home affects a
neighborhood.
(030110d)
The
Mogambo Guru reports on the US
printing its way out of its problems to the tune
o 31 billion dollars in a single
week. How long
can this "practice of monetizing" go on?
(030110e)
Mike
Elk reports on the BBB, the Big Banking
Bastards, yes I know I am being overly
polite, but
this is, betimes, a family page. The economic
outlook is going to worsen and the lower you are
on the "food chain" the worse it gets. Cities
have been conned, purposefully too, but billions
are already lost. (022610d) It
is happening overseas too, as "Vulture Funds"
ply their "snake oil" to the unwary third world
nations.
(022610e)
Dean Baker asks the
musical question:
If you liked what "experts" did to housing how
would you like them do do that to Social
Security and
Medicare?
(021610a) Michael Hiltzik
brings
you the name of the culprit flogging this dead
dolphin, perhaps as well as his own, and why it
is such a BAD idea
(021610g)
C.M.,
of L'Humanité In
less than a thousand words, or so, we find out
how Greece got
screwed, not
that they were blushing innocent virgins,
hardly. (021610b)
Colin Woodard follows up
on the
Euro-Economic Crisis, with Austria being the
newest member of the PIGS,
perhaps.
(021310e)
Niall Ferguson speculates
that the problem of PIGS Portugal,
Ireland,Greece and Spain is the tip of the
iceberg; with
everyone printing money to chase debt it is only
a matter of time before the process
unwinds
globally. (021010a) Stephen Castle reports on
the Greek
Debt problem that eats away at confidence far
beyond its
borders.
(021010f)
Beverly
Bell Haiti,
unfortunate nation that it is has a history of
abuse and an
unending desire to free itself from the slavery
of debt (021010b)
Reuters
has it that the leading index of Japan has taken
a serious
dump.
(020410c) Reuters
has it that Europe is taking a dump
too! (020410d)
Reuters
also talks about the various reason the US
market also took a
dump
(020410e)
Dean
Baker reports that the
"oft reported threat of a second depression"
being so scary has become the excuse for letting
the asinine response of Bush/Obama get a
pass from the
"man on the street". (020110c)
Ellen
Hodgson Brown reports on the titans battling it
out for influence over banking
reform. The
recent stock market retreat is just one of the
skirmishes of this struggle in which, in my
opinion, there are no heroes, unless Obama "does
the job" (013010c)
Chan Akya gives us the
skinny on the fatso's of 2009 who may loose
weight in 2010. Economic trends and problems
which formed up last year may "bear fruit" this
year. I
guess you cannot print your way out of a
collapse without some kind of
"feedback'
(011910a)
From
the BBC we have another report this one from the
IMF head honcho that a "double dip" recession is
still a threat
despite some good news. It may be pointed out
that the growth, such as it is, is mainly due to
governments around the world doing much the same
as the US. This huge collective deficit is also
a threat but this article "does not go there."
(011810a)
From the BBC we hear the
word not heard
in the US, that being that the Christmas season
was not good for the retailers. Down 6% from the
"effected" figures of a year
ago. Also job
losses were about 85,000 for the month of
December, a month that, traditionally, sees a
strong surge of employment as the "make or break
season' "does its thing" with the economy.
(011410c)
Ambrose
Evans-Pritchard reports on the basics, money
supply for one, issuance of credit or debt for
another and the very grim prospect of a double
dip recession, oh, I mean
depression.
There is a hint that a contraction of the money
flow is in the works, that means we get yanked
up by our balls after being kicked but good in
them. Yikes! (011110b)
If
that is not bad enough from Dean Baker we hear
that, again, social security is being eyed by
the greedy useless wastrels of the
Congress.
Don't let them do it, or if they do it, make
sure they treat the cooperate lushes the same
way, I know I know fat chance, but I have to say
it. (011110c)
Frank
Rich tells us about the last big crash, back in
the 30's when reform to the financial sector
came about, will we get that this time around or
not?
(011001b)
David Goldstein reports on
the substantial uptick in Food Stamp
use,
double digit rate increases reflect the
depressing aspect of this "Great
Recession".
(010910c)
Bob
Herbert The Great Recession's a causes a
"sinking feeling" basic facts quoted give reason
for it.
(010510e)
News
of Hope!
Cam
McGrath reports on Good News,
how,
in Egypt poor folks, using American know how and
assistance, are cutting their "carbon
footprints" and saving
money.
(010310a) Ellen Hodgson Brown J.D reports that
in the national gloom that has most states
slashing budgets and suffering from collapsing
small business sectors, North
Dakota and Montana have proven exceptions, what
did they do? Read
on! (010310c)
Helda
Martínez reports from Columbia where
indigenous women are reclaiming a would be
desert and gaining much more in the
bargain.
(010310d)
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