The Technocracy and the Genetic Engineering of Humanity
posted 01/03/2009, 2:54 AM (Carolyn Harris)
[Category: Brave New World]
 A robotic future as depicted in Alex Proyas' film, I, Robot.
We already live in a world of 'haves and have-nots', but in the future could that gap widen into an immense chasm resulting in a technocracy with two-tiers of genetically engineered humans? Predictions have been made with regards to robotics and genetic evolution, and there is data to back each theory up. This article briefly investigates each claim.
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Nano-technology
2008 saw a panoply of advances in robotics, artificial intelligence and nano-technology. A recent study by Spanish scientists looked into the impacts of robots on future society. International experts working on inventing and adapting cutting edge robots for practical use were interviewed during the study in order to find out by when we will be regularly using the models they are currently designing. All agreed on 2020 as a "technological inflection point," because by then robots "will be able to see, act, speak, manage natural language and have intelligence, and our relationship with them will have become more constant and commonplace," said Lopez Pelaez.
One of the more disconcerting predictions is "the insertion of robots into our bodies, such as intelligent implants in the brain, which will improve our rational thought, and nanorobots to be released into the blood to clean our arteries. Another important role will be the replacement of people working i... (more) |
The Shadow Money Lenders: The Real Significance of The Fed’s Zero-Interest-Rate Policy
posted 01/03/2009, 2:52 AM (Matthias Chang)
[Category: Economy]
INTRODUCTION
The disinformation by the global financial dailies in the last twelve months as to the cause of the global financial tsunami, serve the same purpose as the global mass media when they perpetuated the lies that lulled the people to support the war criminals Bush, Blair and Howard to launch the barbaric war against Iraq and Afghanistan which resulted in the genocide of millions, the mutilation of hundreds of thousands, physically and psychologically, an... (more) |
The Biggest Game in Town
posted 01/03/2009, 2:52 AM (Cafr1.com)
[Category: Economy]
#1 - "The Biggest Game in Town" video was produced by Walter Burien on January 8th 2000 and then was distributed only by VHS tapes. This documentary gets the valid information out there and was annotated on the lower script line with 2008 inf... (more) |
Gaza: The Untold Story
posted 01/03/2009, 2:52 AM (Ramzy Baroud)
[Category: Commentary]
It’s incomprehensible that a region such as the Gaza Strip, so rich with history, so saturated with defiance, can be reduced to a few blurbs, sound bites and reductionist assumptions, convenient but deceptive, vacant of any relevant meaning, or even true analytical value.The fact is that there is more to the Gaza Strip than 1.5 million hungry Palestinians, who are supposedly paying the price for Hamas’s militancy, or Israel’s ‘collective punishment’ whichever way the media decide to brand the pr... (more) |
The Holocaust
posted 01/03/2009, 2:52 AM (Liberate This)
[Category: Commentary]
Holocaust denial is anti-Semitic. But I’m not talking about World War II, Mahmoud Ahmedinijad, or Ashkenazi Jews. What I’m referring to is the holocaust we are all witnessing and responsible for in Gaza today and in Palestine over the last 60 years. By definition, a holocaust is a mass slaughter of people or a thorough destruction involving extensive loss of life, especially through fire. There isn’t a more accurate description of the hell that US-armed and –funded Israeli Occupation Forces are ... (more) |
Can There Be Any Doubt Who The Real Terrorists Are?
posted 01/03/2009, 2:52 AM (Middle East Online)
[Category: Commentary]
The long drawn-out siege and blockade of Gaza, and the numerous military assaults on its people and their legitimate government, are only the latest (Israeli) crimes in a catalogue of torment and terror, notes Stuart Littlewood.
US definition fits perfectly
The patience of all decent men must surely be exhausted.
Today’s slaughter of innocents in Gaza, with at least 230 reported killed in raids on “Hamas terror operatives” (as the Israeli military put... (more) |
Israeli troops dance as they await the order for a Gaza war
posted 01/03/2009, 2:51 AM (McClatchy Newspapers )
[Category: Geopolitics]
ALONG THE ISRAEL-GAZA STRIP BORDER — In a muddy field overlooking the smoke-blackened Gaza Strip skyline on Tuesday, young soldiers from an Israeli tank unit linked arms with euphoric civilians and joined them in the hora, a circular dance, in anticipation of a possible ground invasion of the Palestinian territory.
Far overhead, a pair of Israeli Apache helicopters fired on a target inside Gaza, unleashed diversionary flares and disappeared to the north. Elsewhere in the autonomou... (more) |
D.C. cops caught stealing from Toys for Tots on Christmas eve
posted 01/03/2009, 2:51 AM (Raw Story)
[Category: Politics/Corruption]
This year, the Grinch is wearing blue instead of green.
On Christmas day, four Washington, D.C. police officers were caught on tape stealing from Toys for Tots, a charity organization that collects toys for poor children. The United States Marines led the group's toy collection drive.
Yvonne Smith, the Washington, D.C. police department's outreach coordinator, pleaded with the media for less focus on the crooked officers.
This "starts off Christma... (more) |
Researchers use ultrasonic pulses to control the brain
posted 01/03/2009, 2:50 AM (Willie D. Jones )
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
 When most people hear the word ultrasound, they think of the diagnostic tool used to look inside the womb and steal glimpses at a fetus. But researchers at Arizona State University at Tempe have developed a new use for it: to control brain activity from outside the skull.
William J. Tyler, one of the technique’s developers and an assistant professor at ASU, says ultrasound will someday allow physicians to substitute neural implants with external devices. “We’re trying to develop t... (more) |
9 Muslim Passengers Removed From Jet
posted 01/03/2009, 2:50 AM (Washington Post)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Officials ordered nine Muslim passengers, including three young children, off an AirTran flight headed to Orlando from Reagan National Airport yesterday afternoon after two other passengers overheard what they thought was a suspicious remark.
Members of the party, all but one of them U.S.-born citizens who were headed to a religious retreat in Florida, were subsequently cleared for travel by FBI agents who characterized the incident as a misunderstanding, an airport official said.... (more) |
Police shoot, kill UW student in Nazi-era garb
posted 01/03/2009, 2:49 AM (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
The University of Washington student shot to death by police in the first hours of 2009 after pointing a World War II-vintage rifle at officers had an abiding fascination with the past, but no love of Nazism.
The 22-year-old student of German and Scandinavian history was wearing a Nazi-era uniform when two Seattle police officers shot him early Thursday morning near the door of his University District apartment.
According to police, officers were called to the 5200 ... (more) |
Infant drugs shock
posted 01/03/2009, 2:48 AM (Herald Sun)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
SIXTEEN Victorian babies aged less than a year were prescribed anti-depressants in 2007-08 - the highest number in Australia.
They were among 700 children under 10 given the controversial drugs during the past financial year.
The number of anti-depressant prescriptions, released by the federal Health Department, has prompted Health Minister Nicola Roxon to launch an investigation.
The figures reveal more than 100 Victorian children aged up to five wer... (more) |
Web sites could get film-style ratings
posted 01/03/2009, 2:48 AM (Reuters)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
The kind of ratings used for films could be applied to websites in a bid to better police the Internet and protect children from harmful and offensive material, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has said. Skip related content
Burnham told The Daily Telegraph newspaper, published on Saturday, that the government was planning to negotiate with the administration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to draw up new international rules for English language websites.
"The mo... (more) |
Additives used in bacon, ham and chicken 'could make cancers grow'
posted 01/03/2009, 2:47 AM (The Daily Mail)
[Category: Health]
 A common additive used in bacon and ham could fuel the growth of cancers, research suggests. High doses of inorganic phosphate salts – which are used to enhance the texture and flavour of processed meats – increased the size of tumours in mice.
The chemicals are also added to bread, cakes and cheeses. The research will increase concerns that additives used to boost food industry profits could be contributing to cancer rates.
Eating large amounts of processed meats h... (more) |
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Thursday January 1st, 2009
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The Houseboat Summit
posted 01/01/2009, 10:48 AM (Alan Watts)
[Category: Commentary]
Alan Watts, Timothy Leary, Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg Discuss Dropping Out, Taking Over, and Everything In Between
This event took place in February 1967, Sausalito, Calif. on the Vallejo at the time Alan Watts owned it. It was recorded and published in the San Francisco Oracle magazine, issue 7.
Watts: ...Look the, we're going to discuss where it's going...the whole problem of whether to drop out or take over.
Leary: Or anything in... (more) |
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Friday December 26th, 2008
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Psychopaths Among Us
posted 12/26/2008, 10:04 PM (Hare.org)
[Category: Commentary]
Dr. Robert Hare claims there are 300,000 psychopaths in Canada, but that only a tiny fraction are violent offenders like Paul Bernardo and Clifford Olsen. Who are the rest? Take a look around
"Psychopath! psychopath!"
I'm alone in my living room and I'm yelling at my TV. "Forget rehabilitation -- that guy is a psychopath."
Ever since I visited Dr. Robert Hare in Vancouver, I can see them, the psychopaths. It's pretty easy, once you know how to ... (more) |
The Fed's Two Trillion Dollar Scam Makes Madoff Look Like A Piker
posted 12/26/2008, 10:04 PM (Vincent Gioia)
[Category: Economy]
As American taxpayers bear the burden of bankrolling multiple financial scams now and into the foreseeable future, the Federal Reserve has refused to disclose the names of recipients or details of assets put up as collateral on two trillion dollars of "emergency" loans given to address the "financial emergency" rushed through congress. The Federal Reserve Bank responded to Bloomberg by saying it's allowed to withhold internal memos as well as other information requested by Bloomberg.
... (more) |
'Karl Rove's IT guru' Mike Connell dies in plane crash
posted 12/26/2008, 10:04 PM (Raw Story)
[Category: Cover-Up/Deceptions]
A top level Republican IT consultant who was set to testify in a case alleging GOP election tampering in Ohio died in a plane crash late Friday night.
Michael Connell -- founder of Ohio-based New Media Communications, which created campaign Web sites for George W. Bush and John McCain -- died instantly after his single-prop, private aircraft smashed into a vacant home in suburban Lake Township, Ohio.
"The plane was attempting to land around 6 p.m. Friday at Akron-Cant... (more) |
GOP consultant killed in plane crash was warned of sabotage: report
posted 12/26/2008, 10:04 PM (Raw Story)
[Category: Cover-Up/Deceptions]
The Republican consultant accused of involvement in alleged vote-rigging in Ohio in 2004 was warned that his plane might be sabotaged before his death in a crash Friday night, according to a Cleveland CBS affiliate.
45-year-old Republican operative Michael Connell was killed when his single-passenger plane crashed Friday into a home in a suburb of Akron, Ohio (PREVIOUS REPORT). The consultant was called to testify in federal court regarding a lawsuit alleging that he took part i... (more) |
Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home
posted 12/26/2008, 10:03 PM (Associated Press)
[Category: Science/Technology]
SAN FRANCISCO – The Apple computer was invented in a garage. Same with the Google search engine. Now, tinkerers are working at home with the basic building blocks of life itself.
Using homemade lab equipment and the wealth of scientific knowledge available online, these hobbyists are trying to create new life forms through genetic engineering — a field long dominated by Ph.D.s toiling in university and corporate laboratories.
In her San Francisco dining room lab, fo... (more) Perhaps they could genetically engineer a scientist who does not have a psychopathic lust for power? |
'Sex chip' being developed by scientists
posted 12/26/2008, 10:03 PM (The Telegraph)
[Category: Brave New World]
The chip works by sending tiny shocks from implanted electrodes in the brain.
The technology has been used in the United States to treat Parkinson's disease.
But in recent months scientists have been focusing on the area of the brain just behind the eyes known as the orbitofrontal cortex - this is associated with feelings of pleasure derived from eating and sex.
A research survey conducted by Morten Kringelbach, senior fellow at Oxford Univer... (more) |
US police could get 'pain beam' weapons - tech
posted 12/26/2008, 10:03 PM (New Scientist)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
The research arm of the US Department of Justice is working on two portable non-lethal weapons that inflict pain from a distance using beams of laser light or microwaves, with the intention of putting them into the hands of police to subdue suspects.
The two devices under development by the civilian National Institute of Justice both build on knowledge gained from the Pentagon's controversial Active Denial System (ADS) - first demonstrated in public last year, which... (more) |
Nationally Shoplifting Increases 10 to 20 percent.
posted 12/26/2008, 10:03 PM (KNDO/KNDU)
[Category: Economy]
Shoplifting arrests are 10 to 20 percent higher across the nation this year compared to last year. Nearly $35 million in merchandise is stolen each day in America.
According to the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention, one in every 11 people in the U.S. have shop-lifted.
Locally, we talked to Kennewick Police who tell us part of the reason arrests are up is because of new technology.
"It is probably due to the volume of shopping going... (more) |
Poor economy blamed for rise in shoplifting
posted 12/26/2008, 10:03 PM (Houston Chronicle)
[Category: Economy]
WASHINGTON — Retailers have blamed the global financial crisis for a litany of ills over the past year: slumping sales, mass layoffs and bankruptcy filings. Now, they are looking to the economy to explain recent spikes in shoplifting from their stores.
Though individual retailers do not publicly report crime data, a survey of 52 national chain stores released this month by the Retail Industry Leaders Association, a trade group, showed 84 percent have experienced an increase in ama... (more) |
U.S. Economy: Home Prices Fall Near Depression Pace
posted 12/26/2008, 10:03 PM (Bloomberg)
[Category: Economy]
Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Sales of single-family houses in the U.S. dropped in November by the most in two decades and resale prices collapsed at a pace reminiscent of the Great Depression, dashing speculation the market was close to a bottom.
Purchases of both new and existing houses dropped 7.6 percent from the prior month, the biggest decline since January 1989, to an annual rate of 4.43 million, government and industry figures showed today. A 13 percent drop in the median resale... (more) |
Visits to U.S. Retailers Fell 24% on Weekend Before Christmas
posted 12/26/2008, 10:03 PM (Bloomberg)
[Category: Economy]
Dec. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Customer visits to U.S. retailers fell 24 percent last weekend compared with a year earlier, the biggest drop on record, as deepened discounts failed to attract consumers.
Retail sales declined 5.3 percent Dec. 19-21 because of inclement weather and a slowing U.S. economy, Chicago-based research firm ShopperTrak RCT Corp. said yesterday in a statement.
U.S. consumers were working with smaller budgets for holiday gifts this year because of ris... (more) |
AP study finds $1.6B went to bailed-out bank execs
posted 12/26/2008, 9:58 PM (Associated Press)
[Category: Politics/Corruption]
Banks that have their hands out in Washington this year were handing out multimillion-dollar rewards to their executives last year.
The 116 banks that so far have received taxpayer dollars to boost them through the economic crisis gave their top tier of executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses and other benefits in 2007, an Associated Press analysis found.
That amount, spread among the 600 highest paid bank executives, would cover the bailout money given ... (more) |
U.S. Military Preparing for Domestic Disturbances
posted 12/26/2008, 9:58 PM (Newsmax)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
A new report from the U.S. Army War College discusses the use of American troops to quell civil unrest brought about by a worsening economic crisis.
The report from the War College’s Strategic Studies Institute warns that the U.S. military must prepare for a “violent, strategic dislocation inside the United States” that could be provoked by “unforeseen economic collapse” or “loss of functioning political and legal order.”
Entitled “Known Unknowns: Unconventional ‘St... (more) |
Kids Learn that Killing Is Fun at the Army's Lethal New Theme Park
posted 12/26/2008, 9:58 PM (Penny Coleman)
[Category: Commentary]
The Army Experience Center , located in the Franklin Mills Mall just north of Philadelphia , bills itself as a "state-of-the-art educational facility that uses interactive simulations and online learning programs to educate visitors about the many careers, training and educational opportunities available in the Army."
Nonsense. The only thing they're teaching here is how to blow shit up. If it's state-of-the-art anything, it's state-of-the-art adolescent boys’ wet dreams.
<... (more) |
US to double military forces in Afghanistan
posted 12/26/2008, 9:58 PM (World Socialist Web Site)
[Category: Geopolitics]
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen announced Saturday that the Pentagon will nearly double the number of US troops engaged in the occupation and colonial-style war in Afghanistan. The announcement is in line with the policy advanced by Democratic President-elect Barack Obama to shift American military resources to the “real front” in the “global war on terrorism.”
Mullen made official the military “surge” that is to be conducted in Afghanistan under Obama dur... (more) |
Mystery helicopter hovers over Tempe neighborhood
posted 12/26/2008, 9:56 PM (The Arizona Republic )
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
At about 2 a.m. last Friday, some Tempe residents were awakened by a helicopter circling over their neighborhood near McClintock Drive and Guadalupe Road. About 200 of them called Tempe police.
On Saturday morning, that helicopter returned. Tempe police dispatchers fielded about 100 calls.
But as of late Tuesday,no one could say just who was flying that helicopter or why it was hovering over a south central Tempe neighborhood.
The helicopter had been... (more) |
New jobless claims jump more than expected
posted 12/26/2008, 9:56 PM (Associated Press)
[Category: Economy]
WASHINGTON – New claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, the government said Wednesday, while consumers cut back on their spending for the fifth straight month amid a deepening recession.
The Labor Department reported that initial requests for jobless benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 586,000 in the week ending Dec. 20, from an upwardly revised figure of 556,000 the previous week. That's much more than the 560,000 economists had expected.
... (more) |
Crisis widens appeal of Islamic finance
posted 12/26/2008, 9:56 PM (Associated Press)
[Category: Economy]
PARIS (AP) — France is becoming the latest country to woo Islamic banks, which avoided much of the damage from the subprime mortgage crisis by following strict principles laid out in the Quran — as the global financial crisis broadens the appeal of Islamic finance.
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has promised to make adjustments to the regulatory and legal arsenal to enable Paris to become a major marketplace in Islamic finance.
At a recent forum in Paris,... (more) Note: the word 'usury' does not appear once in this article. |
Survey: Americans prefer Web over papers to read news
posted 12/26/2008, 9:56 PM (Agence France-Presse)
[Category: Science/Technology]
The Internet has surpassed newspapers as the main source for national and international news for Americans, according to a new survey.
Television, however, remains the preferred medium for Americans, according to the survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
Seventy percent of the 1,489 people surveyed by Pew said television is their primary source for national and international news.
Forty percent said they get mo... (more) |
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Sunday December 21st, 2008
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The Age of Transitions
posted 12/21/2008, 3:53 PM (Aaron Franz)
[Category: Brave New World]
Converging technology, transhumanism, and our future in the making. The cutting edge group known as transhumanists see a beautiful future brought about by artificial intelligence, life extension, and cybernetics. What one must realize before ... (more) |
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Friday December 19th, 2008
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An Arab Woman Blues: Another IRAQI HERO - Muntather Al-Zaidi.
posted 12/19/2008, 12:48 AM (Layla Anwar)
[Category: Commentary]
 Bush bidding his last goodbyes in occupied Baghdad. Bush the president of the United Asses reaping the fruits of his labor and that of his American people from my Beloved.
Bush congratulated his stooges, the extra-large Zionist/Kurdish buffoon Talabani and the other Kurdish pimp Barazani. The puppet Tareq Al-Hashemi who was all smiles, and guess whom Bush kissed on the cheeks ? None other than the son of a bitch from Iran, A.Al-Hakeem, head of the Supreme Iranian Butt Council and... (more) |
Parents Say Four Cops Beat Girl, 12
posted 12/19/2008, 12:48 AM (Courthouse News)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
GALVESTON (CN) - Four plainclothes Galveston police officers beat a 12-year-old girl in the head in her own yard, beat her with a flashlight, accused her of being a prostitute and threatened to shoot her puppy, while responding to a call about white prostitutes, the girl's parents claim in Federal Court. The girl, an honor student, who was dressed in gym shorts and a T-shirt when the cops beat her, is black.
The girl's mom sent her outside to flip the switch on the breaker ... (more) |
Police Get The Wrong House In Galveston, Allegedly Assault 12-Year-Old Girl
posted 12/19/2008, 12:48 AM (Houston Press)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
It was a little before 8 at night when the breaker went out at Emily Milburn's home in Galveston. She was busy preparing her children for school the next day, so she asked her 12-year-old daughter, Dymond, to pop outside and turn the switch back on.
As Dymond headed toward the breaker, a blue van drove up and three men jumped out rushing toward her. One of them grabbed her saying, "You're a prostitute. You're coming with me."
Dymond grabbed onto a tree and started ... (more) |
Solitary Confinement: Children Forced into Cell-like School Seclusion Rooms
posted 12/19/2008, 12:48 AM (CNN)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
 The room where Jonathan King hanged himself is shown after his death. It is no longer used, a school official said.
MURRAYVILLE, Georgia (CNN) -- A few weeks before 13-year-old Jonathan King killed himself, he told his parents that his teachers had put him in "time-out."
"We thought that meant go sit in the corner and be quiet for a few minutes," Tina King said, tears washing her face as she remembered the child she called "our ba... (more) |
'I was still holding my grandson's hand - the rest was gone'
posted 12/19/2008, 12:46 AM (The Guardian)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
It was 7.30 on a hot July morning when the plane came swooping low over the remote ravine. Below, a bridal party was making its way to the groom's village in an area called Kamala, in the eastern province of Nangarhar, to prepare for the celebrations later that day.
The first bomb hit a large group of children who had run on ahead of the main procession. It killed most of them instantly.
A few minutes later, the plane returned and dropped another bomb, right in the ... (more) |
Neocon Says That 4000 US Troops ‘Had To Die’ In Iraq
posted 12/19/2008, 12:45 AM (Infowars)
[Category: Commentary]
 A renowned neocon talking head has stated that in his opinion four thousand American troops “had to die” in Iraq, regardless of the fact that Saddam Hussein posed no imminent threat to the United States.
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Frank Gaffney, also told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews during Tuesday’s ‘Hardball’ that he was “delighted” with the outcome of the Iraq war.
The debate on the Iraq invasion became heated when Gaffney commented that Hussein presented a ... (more) |
India: Man applauds `shoe-ing' of Bush, gets arrested
posted 12/19/2008, 12:45 AM (Times of India)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
BANGALORE: The `booting' of George W Bush in Baghdad might have thrown up an entirely new terror angle in Bangalore.
A MICO employee, Jameel, who was discussing the incident at his office - and supporting the Iraqi journalist who hurled two shoes at the US President - has landed in custody. The police are questioning Jameel about his suspected terror links.
Jameel's strong support of the hurling of shoes by Muntadar al-Zeid made his colleagues smell a rat. They info... (more) Hilarious the way this article is written, "his colleagues smell[ed] a rat..." So much for journalistic integrity... |
World court inquiry sought in Afghan rapes
posted 12/19/2008, 12:43 AM (The Star)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
The International Criminal Court should probe allegations some Canadian officers serving in Afghanistan told subordinates to look the other way when Afghan soldiers and local interpreters sodomized young boys, says one of Canada's leading human-rights lawyers.
University of British Columbia international law and politics expert Michael Byers, who was among a group of academics who sought to have former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet detained as a war criminal, said he plans to ... (more) |
The failed logic of supporting the troops
posted 12/19/2008, 12:43 AM (Remi Kanazi)
[Category: Commentary]
In the United States, a growing number of leftists are voicing their opposition to the Israeli occupation. They condemn the demolition of homes, the jailing of Palestinians without charge, and the confiscation of Palestinian land for settlements. They don’t support the Israeli troops or their mission, nor do they give a free pass to those who are just “doing what they are told.”
Nonetheless, many of these same individuals support the US troops in Iraq. Dangerously, most Americans ... (more) |
Is a New World Order in the Making?
posted 12/19/2008, 12:40 AM (Dr Abdullah Al Shayji)
[Category: Commentary]
If all goes well we are at the dawn of a major realignment and shift in power in the international system, even more profound than the one witnessed following the US-led war to liberate Kuwait, the demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the bipolar system in 1991.
George H.W. Bush boasted in 1991 following the war to liberate Kuwait and after the demise of the Soviet Union, that we are witnessing a new world order.
“Until now, the world we’ve known has been a wor... (more) |
Chinese Reporter Chasing Corruption Claims Disappears
posted 12/19/2008, 12:39 AM (Reuters)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
BEIJING—A Chinese newspaper reporter investigating a suspicious real estate deal has not been seen since hotel security tapes showed five men pushing him into a car two weeks ago, his son and a newspaper said on Monday.
The case appears to be the second in recent weeks involving journalists who colleagues said were targeted for probing graft in a part of north China rich in both coal and corruption claims.
Guan Jian, reporter for the small Network News (Wangluo Bao)... (more) |
Scholar: Cheney confessed to war crime
posted 12/19/2008, 12:38 AM (Raw Story)
[Category: Politics/Corruption]
Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley believes that not only did Vice President Dick Cheney “unambiguously” confess to a war crime during an ABC interview on Monday, but the US’ future as a nation may depend on taking action.
Asked by MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann whether Cheney had just confessed to a war crime on national television, Turley at first replied wryly, “It’s an interesting question, isn’t it? … If someone commits a crime and everyone’s around to see it and does noth... (more) |
Case of trysts, twists lands in local court
posted 12/19/2008, 12:37 AM (The Register-Guard)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
One of the most bizarre cases in recent state history is now in the hands of a Lane County Circuit Court judge.
Criminal proceedings against David Lee Simmons began more than two years ago in Jefferson County, when Simmons was 18. Court officials there have since agreed to withdraw from the case over a botched 2006 prosecution and conviction, however, so Lane County Circuit Judge Karsten Rasmussen agreed to hear the case in his Eugene courtroom.
Simmons’ attorney, S... (more) |
Santa Gets Parking Ticket While Delivering Toys
posted 12/19/2008, 12:37 AM (Associated Press)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
NEW YORK -- Santa Claus has added a New York City traffic agent to his naughty list after she gave him a ticket while delivering gifts to children.
Chip Cafiero says he'll fight the $115 ticket he received in Brooklyn on Black Friday when he was dressed as Santa.
The 60-year-old retired schoolteacher was riding a horse-drawn carriage and handing out toys and candy canes. An SUV carrying the toys and protecting the horse from traffic was double parked next to him.<... (more) |
Detainee: Guantanamo the 'worst place on Earth'
posted 12/19/2008, 12:36 AM (Agence France-Presse)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
An Algerian-born man who has just been freed from Guantanamo Bay has described the US "war on terror" camp as the worst place on Earth, in an interview published in a Bosnian newspaper.
"For almost seven years, I was at the end of the world, at the worst place in the world,'' Mustafa Ait Idir told the Dnevni Avaz a day after arriving back in his adopted homeland of Bosnia.
"It would have been hard even if I had done something wrong (but) it is much harder if one is ... (more) |
Whistleblower exposed NSA wiretapping because 'this is crazy'
posted 12/19/2008, 12:36 AM (Raw Story)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
The whistleblower who exposed the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program three years ago told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Monday that he was motivated by a sense that “this is crazy.”
Former Justice Department lawyer Thomas Tamm had remained anonymous until he spoke to Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff for an article last week. His appearance with Maddow was his first television interview.
Appearing clearly unaccustomed to public speaking, Tamm emotionally expl... (more) |
Air Force Seeks (Non Lethal) City Stopper
posted 12/19/2008, 12:36 AM (InformationWeek)
[Category: Science/Technology]
While it won't destroy buildings, or directly kill people, it will shut down everything in its path with a power button.
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) bombs have been written about for quite some time, and are supposed to have been used in a number of conflicts in the past 15 years. These weapons are designed to shut down cities, as well as military communications and weapon systems, not physically destroy them.
Well, only the electrical parts.
The U.S.... (more) |
Officer from YouTube cyclist video pleads not guilty
posted 12/19/2008, 12:36 AM (CNN)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A New York police officer who appears in a YouTube clip to knock a bicyclist to the ground during a mass bike ride in Times Square has pleaded not guilty to assault charges stemming from the incident, his attorney Stuart London said Tuesday.
Officer Patrick Pogan was indicted Tuesday on three misdemeanor and two felony charges by Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau. He was released without bail.
The charges stem from a YouTube video ... (more) |
Greek protesters occupy state TV, interrupt news
posted 12/19/2008, 12:35 AM (Reuters)
[Category: Resistance]
 ATHENS (Reuters) - About 20 student protesters occupied Greece's state television channel on Tuesday, interrupting a news broadcast in a demonstration against the police killing of a teenager.
"They came peacefully. There was no force used and they asked to protest on the air about the 15-year-old's killing," said a police official, who asked not to be identitied.
The channel showed images of the protesters for several moments before quickly cutting to advertisemen... (more) |
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Creating an "Arc of Crisis": The Destabilization of the Middle East and Central Asia
posted 12/14/2008, 6:04 PM (Andrew G. Marshall)
[Category: Commentary]
 Introduction
The recent attacks in Mumbai, while largely blamed on Pakistan’s state-sponsored militant groups, represent the latest phase in a far more complex and long-term “strategy of tension” in the region; being employed by the Anglo-American-Israeli Axis to ultimately divide and conquer the Middle East and Central Asia. The aim is destabilization of the region, subversion and acquiescence of the region’s countries, and control of its economies, all in the name of pres... (more) |
Discrimination against white males will soon be encouraged
posted 12/14/2008, 6:04 PM (Herald Sun)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
DISCRIMINATION against dominant white males will soon be encouraged in a bid to boost the status of women, the disabled and cultural and religious minorities.
Such positive discrimination -- treating people differently in order to obtain equality for marginalised groups - is set to be legalised under planned changes to the Equal Opportunity Act foreshadowed last week by state Attorney-General Rob Hulls.
The laws are also expected to protect the rights of people with... (more) Oh, the irony... |
Studies show dogs have sense of fairness
posted 12/14/2008, 6:01 PM (Associated Press)
[Category: Science/Technology]
 This undated handout photo provided by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows the subject has not received food for giving the paw in the last trials and observing that the partner did receive food, the subject is refusing to give the paw and avoids looking at the experimenter. (AP Photo/Friederike Range, PNAS) - AP
WASHINGTON — No fair! What parent hasn't heard that from a child who thinks another youngster got more of something? Well, it turns out dogs... (more) We can learn from this... |
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