The German austerity dictat is leading to new economic and social turbulence in the indebted counties of the southern Euro-zone.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Wed, 2012-05-02 10:01
The World is at a critical crossroads. The Fukushima disaster in Japan has brought to the forefront the dangers of Worldwide nuclear radiation.
The crisis in Japan has been described as "a nuclear war without a war". In the words of renowned novelist Haruki Murakami:
"This time no one dropped a bomb on us ... We set the stage, we committed the crime with our own hands, we are destroying our own lands, and we are destroying our own lives."
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2012-04-29 11:44
Another video of "Africans" begging the US to invade & occupy Africa
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Submitted by Sullivan on Wed, 2012-03-21 00:25
At an Israel Apartheid Week meeting London's Middlesex University, Baroness Tonge, a member of the UK's House of Lords, told the gathering that she felt that "It will not go on for ever, it will not go on for ever. Israel will lose support and then they will reap what they have sown."
Submitted by Sullivan on Wed, 2012-02-29 23:32
City of London Police move in to dismantle the Occupy camp at St. Paul's Cathedral, London
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Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2012-02-28 05:46
The workers at the Kilkis Hospital and at most of the hospitals and health centers in Greece are not paid on time and some of them see their salaries being cut down to practically zero. A fellow-worker of mine was transferred to our cardiologic clinic in shock, when he realized that instead of receiving the usual check of 800 euros (yes; that is his monthly salary) from the state, he received a note saying that not only he will be paid nothing for this month, but he is also to return 170 euros. Other workers were paid only 9 (nine) euros for this month.
Submitted by Sullivan on Mon, 2012-02-27 10:26
A NATO-led intervention is on the drawing board. It was drafted prior to the onset of the protest movement in March 2011. According to military and intelligence sources, NATO, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have been discussing "the form this intervention would take".
Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2012-02-21 22:59
Leave it to the bank-friendly Obama administration to turn a penalty into a windfall. In effect, the settlement will help the banks avoid losses on mortgages that are vastly overpriced on their books and which were probably headed into foreclosure anyway.
Taxpayers will stump up the money for the principle writedowns that will allow the banks to extract even more tribute from underwater homeowners. What kind of penalty is that?
Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2012-02-21 22:45
Elementary arithmetic routinely holds keys to much more complex political algebra. At the moment, for example, it appears that fairly simple regards explain the bizarre conduct of the Arab League which, contrary to reasonable expectations, aligned itself with the West in destabilizing Syria and keeping Bashar Assad under pressure.
Submitted by Sullivan on Tue, 2012-02-21 22:41
A written document giving firm dates and detailed actions for a planned Greek default has been in the possession of two top Wall Street bank currency trading bosses since the second week in January. The Slog has separate but corroborative sources affirming the existence of the document, and a conviction among senior bank staff that – at least at the time – the plan represented “a timetable, not a contingency”. The plan gives a firm date of March 23rd for default to be announced after the close of business.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2012-02-19 22:41
After world opinion categorically denied Wall Street, London, and it's NATO forces a replay in Syria of the destruction and pillaging of Libya, with Russia and China leading opposition to a planned escalation and overt NATO military intervention, the corporate-financier media led by CNN, and in particular CIA-asset Anderson Cooper, has conducted a non-stop propaganda campaign based entirely on "activist" say so centered around the Syrian city of Homs. Journalistic integrity and neutrality have been shamelessly abandoned, evident by CNN headlines reading, "Ruthless Assad rides wave of slaughter."
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Submitted by Sullivan on Thu, 2012-02-09 12:10
After meeting again to decide Syria's fate, the Arab League again decided to extend its "monitoring mission" in Syria. However, some Arab League nations under U.S. diplomatic control are clamoring for blood. These countries — virtual sock puppets of U.S. foreign policy — want to declare the Arab League monitoring mission "a failure,” so that military intervention — in the form of a no fly zone —can be used for regime change.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Fri, 2012-01-27 10:03
Lisette Talate died the other day. I remember a wiry, fiercely intelligent woman who masked her grief with a determination that was a presence. She was the embodiment of people's resistance to the war on democracy. I first glimpsed her in a 1950s Colonial Office film about the Chagos islanders, a tiny creole nation living midway between Africa and Asia in the Indian Ocean. The camera panned across thriving villages, a church, a school, a hospital, set in a phenomenon of natural beauty and peace. Lisette remembers the producer saying to her and her teenage friends, "Keep smiling girls!"
Submitted by Sullivan on Thu, 2012-01-26 23:24
This week, the warlords of the West took yet another step toward their long-desired war againt Iran. (Open war, that is; their covert war has been going on for decades -- via subversion, terrorism, and proxies like Saddam Hussein.) On Monday, the European Union obediently followed the dictates of its Washington masters by agreeing to impose an embargo on Iranian oil.
Submitted by Sullivan on Thu, 2012-01-26 23:17
In Jan. 13 the Atlanta Jewish Times featured a column by its owner-publisher suggesting that Israel might someday need to “order a hit” on the president of the United States.
In the column, publisher Andrew Adler describes a scenario in which Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu would need to “give the go-ahead for U.S.-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel.”
The purpose? So that the vice president could then take office and dictate U.S. policies that would help the Jewish state “obliterate its enemies.”
Submitted by Sullivan on Thu, 2012-01-26 10:39
No one ever lost money betting on the foolishness of European Union (EU) politicos. And if you are an oil trader, rejoice - all the way to the bank; as expected, EU foreign ministers - meekly following the Barack Obama administration - have given a green light for a full Iranian oil embargo.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Thu, 2012-01-26 10:33
“Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No.”
Submitted by Sullivan on Fri, 2012-01-13 10:55
Russia's December 4 elections filled 450 State Duma seats, Russia's Federal Assembly lower house.
Claims of electoral fraud followed. All elections have irregularities. At issue is whether results are comprised. Election monitor Golos accusations were spurious. America's National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funds it. It supports regime change in non-US client states.
Submitted by Sullivan on Mon, 2012-01-02 10:45
President Barack Obama waited until New Year's Eve to take an action that I suspect he wanted his willfully deluded followers to have a good excuse not to notice. On that day, Obama issued an unconstitutional signing statement rewriting a law as he signed it into law, a practice that candidate Obama had rightly condemned. The law that Obama was signing was the most direct assault yet seen on the basic structure of self-governance and human rights that once made all the endless U.S. shouting of "We're number one!" significantly less ludicrous. The National Defense Authorization Act is not a leap from democracy to tyranny, but it is another major step on a steady and accelerating decade-long march toward a police-and-war state.
Submitted by Sullivan on Mon, 2012-01-02 10:25
The Musée de L’Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland has suspended the 2011 Lacoste Elysée Prize, a presitigious international photography contest, over the sponsor’s decision to expel Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour.
Submitted by Sullivan on Thu, 2011-12-22 09:12
An influential UK charity denounced Jewish critics of Israel in secret reports to the government earlier this year, The Electronic Intifada has learned.
Submitted by Sullivan on Thu, 2011-12-22 09:08
Less than a year after Frito-Lay announced plans to make half their products without “any artificial or synthetic ingredients,” the $13 billion company was sued last week in federal court for fraudulently marketing the snacks that contain genetically modified ingredients.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Thu, 2011-12-22 08:15
“By the standards of international law, the entire NATO chain of command, civilian and military, should face trial for war crimes.”
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Submitted by Sullivan on Thu, 2011-12-22 07:51
This graphic post, from War Is A Crime, documents the savage and brutal behaviour of the 2-12 Infantry Unit both towards the Iraqis whose country they were invading and to a brave young man in their ranks who saw his barbarous colleagues for what they were. To these knuckle-dragging thugs, this young man was a "pussy", but in reality, he had more bravery in the tip of his thumbnail than his tormentors could ever collectively dream of having.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2011-12-17 23:34
The endless “war on terror” has now made it legal for the military to arrest American citizens on American soil without charges, without probable cause, or any form of due process, and throw them in jail forever, without ever seeing a court, a jury, or a judge. There have been no terrorist attacks or attempted attacks that did not involve elements of our own government, and the entire “war on terror” was always intended to arrive at this point. Hopefully you’re not too blind to see what’s happening here.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2011-12-10 18:53
How can someone at the head of an organisation representing the interests of so many large corporations display such an astounding level of ignorance?
Submitted by Sullivan on Sat, 2011-12-10 09:39
The Russian electoral authorities found that Golos had violated Russia's election laws by publishing polls in the "quiet period" immediately preceding parliamentary elections and fined the organization just under $1,000 for the violation. Russian lawmakers have also accused Golos and several other political opposition friendly NGOs of receiving funding from foreign sources for their political activities, which would be against Russian law (as foreign funding of US elections would be against US law).
Submitted by Sullivan on Fri, 2011-12-09 09:15
When Bilderberg Man Mario Monti promoted himself to regent of Italy almost three weeks ago, the air was thick with Valkyries warning that should the great witch doctor fail to square the books pretty damn quick, then not only would Italy go down the chute but she would take with her the euro and the entire apparatus of the European Union.
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Submitted by Sullivan on Fri, 2011-12-09 08:56
Who Profits, a project of the Israeli Coalition of Women for Peace, has uncovered evidence that Veolia is involved in dumping Israeli waste at the company’s site in Tovlan in the occupied Jordan Valley. The Israeli Civil Administration confirmed this in response to an application by Who Profits under the Freedom of Information Law.
Submitted by Sullivan on Sun, 2011-12-04 09:54
In Europe each time a new player is presented we find he is a Goldman Sachs’ alumnus. Recent entries are Mario Monti “appointed” PM of Italy, Lucas Papademas “appointed” PM of Greece and Mario Dragahi “appointed” President of the European Central Bank. The banks blatantly control governments and agencies presenting us with an oligarchy, which controls most of the nations on the planet. In America politicians are bought and paid for. In Europe there is a different mind set, a shared worldview of bureaucrats, technocrats, politicians and the elite bankers of world government and domination. What has happened in this process is that Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and other mega-banking has retained power for decades. They control all the players in the field, so the outcome is always in their favor. The bankers and others in turn are paid via billions of dollars in bonuses. Banks are now bank holding companies having become that to avoid failure as brokerage firms. That is the case in the US, UK and Europe.
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