published by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2006-10-29 22:08
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., the same one that raised the alarm over Dubai investing in American ports, is investigating alleged ties of voting software firm Smartmatic to the Venezuelan government.
The ties consist of a $200,000 investment by the Venezuelan government in a smaller company which was later purchased by Smartmatic, placing one Venezuelan official on Smartmatic’s board of directors. Further . . .
published by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2006-10-29 04:44
Daniel Ortega, former head of Nicaragua's Sandinistas, is leading the polls in the election for President in Nicaragua. And while John Negroponte is currently unavailable to do the US administration's dirty work in Central America, Oliver North was recently despatched to Nicaragua to warn its citizens against voting for Ortega.
Practically, everyone I know has heard the parable of the boy who cried wolf. Yet, that hasn't stopped some people in particular from routinely making charges of anti-semitism where none exists.
This article ought to convince the most die-hard liberal supporters of "israel's right to exist" that israel doesn't just want to 'exist' - it wants to supercede OUR own right to exist in our own f*cking country.
It wasn't enough for them to kill over a thousand civilians and terrorize over a million. The bastards had to use enriched uranium to make sure that anyone who dared come home afterwards would suffer radiation.
This is the most damning and explosive evidence against israel I've read yet - and I've read and seen a lot of damning things.
This could potentially undermine israel's existence in one fell swoop, as its implications regarding Zionist involvement with Nazi Germany, and its secret war against Britian and its allies, is staggering.
Apparently, someone at the Zionist Organization of America [ZOA] thinks I'm interested in receiving press releases about what they're scheming to do next in the region.
The one I received this morning alleges that "Lebanese officials" told Israelis (of all people) that Hizbullah is "rebuilding its network of [underground] bunkers" near the Israeli border - just in time for Israelis to postpone completion of their scheduled pullout from Southern Lebanon this Sunday.
Israel has turned the Gaza Strip into a prison for Palestinians where life is "intolerable, appalling, tragic" and the Jewish state appears to have thrown away the key, a U.N. human rights envoy [John Dugard] said on Tuesday.
Coincidence? I don't think so. And neither do 42% of Americans polled.
Almost half of all Americans believethe November elections have more influence than market forces. For them, the plunge at the pump is about politics, not economics.
Not only were they caught high-fiving while videotaping the towers burn, they had the nerve to get on Israeli tv in 2001 and say that they were there to document the event."
Same strategy, different WAR. Time for a new response.
In recent years, Moslem and Arab resentment for the various crimes of imperialism has been directed primarily against the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel.
What is new about the present crisis is that Denmark, Norway, France, and Germany are the main targets this time, while the usual suspects in London and Washington can remain in the background and hypocritically condemn the inflammatory cartoons.
Iraq bonds start their official trading - Iraq's new bonds started official trading at prices below earlier indications but future demand could be underpinned by investor demand for higher-yielding emerging market investments. [FT - Emerging Markets]
The latest quoted price of 70 means the Iraqi bonds, maturing in 2028 and carrying an 5.8 per cent annual coupon, currently yield about 9.25 per cent.[!!!]
"Intellectual property" is nothing but an indefensible tax on information and technology, designed by aristocrats, enforced by plutocrats, and suffered by the masses.
I'm sorry to respond in boilerplate fashion to those of you who have emailed to ask why I have decided to stop posting on the Another Day in the Empire blog. I wish I could answer all of you personally, but the response to my decision has been overwhelming. In lieu of a personal response, please accept the following explanation.
