qrswave's blog

This is for those die-hard skeptics who still don't believe that all the wars waged by the US government in the past 10 years (or more) - including Afghanistan - were launched on behalf of israel.

For over five years, Bush and his corporate-military junta - aided and abetted by our corporate-owned mainstream media - have used fear and intimidation to push Americans down the road to total paranoia.

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.

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.

Israel used a precision-guided bomb to launch a direct hit on four U.N. peacekeepers killed in southern Lebanon last July, the United Nations said on Friday of its probe into the incident.

Satire, of course, but not far from the truth about our voting system.

How thoughtful of him - War Crimes for Ramadan.

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.