Link: http://rjones2818.blogspot.com/2009/10/rochester-activists-attacked-by-police.html

Peaceful protest attacked by police. -And this is supposed to be a free country?

Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108556&sectionid=3510302

The following is the transcript of a Press TV recent interview with emeritus professor of economics at Duke University, author and founder of the Second Vermont Republic movement Thomas Naylor. PressTV: US policies give rise to 'secession' talks.

Link: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100013246/the-eu-turns-its-hideous-strength-against-vaclav-klaus/

Can this really be true? The French and German governments attempting to oust the head of state of a neighbouring democracy? Czech politicians being told to bring impeachment proceedings against their President – not on grounds of corruption or abuse of office, but because he is sticking to a position that he had very publicly adopted prior to becoming President?

Link: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/oct2009/afgh-o13.shtml

As the Obama administration considers a request for the deployment of as many as 60,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, the current 100,000-strong US and NATO occupation force is continuing to suffer casualties at an unprecedented rate.

Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/12/guardian-gagged-from-reporting-parliament

The Guardian has been prevented from reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds which appear to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the 1688 Bill of Rights. Today's published Commons order papers contain a question to be answered by a minister later this week. The Guardian is prevented from identifying the MP who has asked the question, what the question is, which minister might answer it, or where the question is to be found. The Guardian is also forbidden from telling its readers why the paper is prevented – for the first time in memory – from reporting parliament. Legal obstacles, which cannot be identified, involve proceedings, which cannot be mentioned, on behalf of a client who must remain secret. Now the Guardian must show its mettle: it will either yield & cower out of fear OR stand up and fight i.e. ignore the gag & publish whatever this gag is about. WikiLeaks: Minton report: Trafigura toxic dumping along the Ivory Coast broke EU regulations, 14 Sep 2006: "The report reveals a number of toxic dumping incidents and appears to be the report behind the extraordinary secret October 11, 2009 gagging of the Guardian newspaper. WikiLeaks believes the Guardian was gagged to prevent it reporting the following Parliamentry question: Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme) - To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of legislation to protect (a) whistleblowers and (b) press freedom following the injunctions obtained in the High Court by (i) Barclays and Freshfields solicitors on 19 March 2009 on the publication of internal Barclays reports documenting alleged tax avoidance schemes and (ii) Trafigura and Carter-Ruck solicitors on 11 September 2009 on the publication of the Minton report on the alleged dumping of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast, commissioned by Trafigura.[1]"

Link: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/british-security-services-mi5-lsquoplanned-to-blow-up-sinn-fein-headquartersrsquo-14528351.html

The British Security Services plotted to blow up Sinn Fein's Dublin headquarters during the height of the Troubles, a former undercover police officer has claimed. An IRA informer was asked to place the bomb in the offices on Kevin Street in the summer of 1971, according to George Clarke, a retired Royal Ulster Constabulary Special Branch Detective Sergeant. The counter-terrorism officer, who left the police more than 20 years ago, said the security services eventually decided not to go through with the attack, but not before he had put the proposition to his source.

Link: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/12/woman.brain/index.html

Michelle Mack has turned medical thinking upside down. Born with only half a brain, Mack can speak normally, graduated from high school and has an uncanny knack for dates. At 27, doctors determined that the right side of her brain had essentially rewired itself to make up for function that was likely lost during a pre-birth stroke. But her childhood and young adult years were fraught with frustration. "It was very hard for me," Mack said. "It was very hard for me growing up. No one knew the truth about my brain."

Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/oct/13/homicide-rates-country-murder-data

Which countries have the highest murder rates? Find out with the latest data. What do murder rates tell us about a country? When they are as extreme as Colombia's or South Africa's, do they shape our perceptions of the place?

Link: http://www.infowars.net/articles/october2009/121009Salon.htm

An advice columnist for the influential left leaning website Salon.com has launched a scathing attack on Alex Jones in response to a letter from a reader who says his 17 year old nephew has been "sucked into the Internet conspiracy black hole" created by Jones.

Link: http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=231843

Israeli authorities are planning to demolish 150 Palestinian houses, home to about 1,000 people in East Jerusalem, according to a new report from the Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights. The center’s research unit reports that the majority of the houses under threat are in the neighborhoods of Beit Hanina, Shu’fat, Al-Ashqariyya, Nusayba, Silwan, Ath-Thuri, Al-Mukabbir, Sur Bahir, At-Tur, Az-Za’yyim, ‘Eisawiyya, and Ras Khamis. Many of the houses slated for destruction were build at least three years ago. This group of houses under threat does not include another 125 houses and apartments whose owners were given demolition orders in the neighborhoods of Al-Bustan, Al-Abbasiyya, and Wadi Hilwa. IMEMC: Jerusalem Municipality Planning To Level 150 Homes In Old City.

Link: http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-12-voa44.cfm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a fiery speech at the start of the Israeli parliament's winter session, condemning the recent report from a U.N. panel headed by former war crimes prosecutor Richard Goldstone. The Goldstone report accuses Israeli forces of committing war crimes by using disproportionate force and targeting civilians during the 22-day assault on militants last December and January in the Gaza Strip. Al Jazeera: Israel PM "denounces" UN Gaza report. Netanyahu was personally complicit in THESE CRIMES and as a prime minister, he now is responsible for them. -And this scoundrel has the gall to "denounce" the report that documents them?

Link: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255204782487&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

"We, male and female Jews and Arabs from all across the country whose signatures are below, declare that we will take action against the Israeli government's policy of occupation and oppression in the conquered territories and in Israel, and therefore refuse to take part in those actions, which are done in our names by the Israel Defense Forces."

Link: http://jewssansfrontieres.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-make-case-for-israel-and-win.html

To the benefit of the many not-very-bright zionist wannabe apologists who read this blog assiduously, I decided to offer a clear and simple method of arguing the case for Israel. This clear and simple method has been distilled from a life spent listening to and reading Zionist propaganda. It is easy to follow and results are guaranteed or your money back. So don’t hesitate! Take advantage NOW of this revolutionary rhetorical system that will make YOU a great apologist for Israel in less time than it takes to shoot a Palestinian toddler in the eye.

Link: http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=231768

A children's mock court in Gaza sentenced President Mahmoud Abbas to life in prison and removed him from office for the crime of delaying international action on a United Nations report on war crimes. This latest expression of public outrage at Abbas was staged by the Palestinian Child Parliament, an organization said to be linked to Hamas.

Link: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/last-surviving-members-of-an-ancient-amazonian-tribe-are-a-tragic-testament-to-greed-and-genocide-14529107.html

They are the last survivors: all that's left of a once-vibrant civilisation which created its own religion and language, and gave special names to everything from the creatures of the rainforest to the stars of the night sky.

Just five people represent the entire remaining population of the Akuntsu, an ancient Amazonian tribe which a generation ago boasted several hundred members, but has been destroyed by a tragic mixture of hostility and neglect. The indigenous community, which spent thousands of years in uncontacted seclusion, recently took an unwelcome step closer to extinction, with the death of its sixth last member, an elderly woman called Ururú.

Considered the matriarch of the Akuntsu, Ururú died of old age, in a hut built from straw and leaves, on 1 October. News of her death emerged last week, when the tribe was visited by human rights campaigners, who have spent the past decade campaigning to preserve their homeland from deforestation. All of them are either close family relations, or no longer of child-bearing age – meaning that the tribe's eventual disappearance is now inevitable. Survival: The Akuntsu. Google Search: IMAGES.

Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aS2s2mhDVBSM

Central banks flush with record reserves are increasingly snubbing dollars in favor of euros and yen, further pressuring the greenback after its biggest two- quarter rout in almost two decades. World leaders are acting on threats to dump the dollar while the Obama administration shows a willingness to tolerate a weaker currency in an effort to boost exports and the economy as long as it doesn’t drive away the nation’s creditors. The diversification signals that the currency won’t rebound anytime soon after losing 10.3 percent on a trade-weighted basis the past six months, the biggest drop since 1991. WSWS: Growing signs of a major shift in world currency alignments.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj8s4vthDO0&feature=fvw

Michael Moore w/ Hannity - Who's Responsible For Financial Crisis?