Ron Paul: Oath to US Constitution rejected by both parties’ “leadership.” US revolt coming?
We hold these Truths to be self-evident...Congressman Ron Paul spoke on the House floor for 5-minutes on US policy to assassinate US citizens at the dictate of the executive branch based on “secret evidence,” US policy of torture that includes American citizens and without legal recourse, US policy of rendition to secret prisons, and unlimited detention. He concludes with “emperor has no clothes” obvious observation that these acts are unlawful.
PermalinkHow to Fight Back and Win: Common Ground Issues That Must Be Won
Link: http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/02/how-to-fight-back-and-win-common-ground-issues-that-must-be-won/
Throughout this report, I have presented statistical and fact-based evidence to demonstrate that a strategic attack has been launched against 99% of Americans. Despite the efforts of the mainstream media and most current politicians, awareness of this reality is spreading throughout the United States. A recent Rasmussen poll found that only 21% of Americans think that the government has the consent of the governed. An Opinion Research Corp. survey revealed that 86% believe “the system of government is broken.”
Scandal over US-supported Sunni insurgents in Iran
Link: http://rt.com/Politics/2010-02-27/iran-sunni-insurgent-arrest.html#
US was backing the leader of an armed Sunni group heading an insurgency in the country who was captured earlier this week. Washington denies the claims. Yahoo StumbleUpon Google Live Technorati del.icio.us Digg Reddit Mixx Propeller Abdolmalek Rigi says he was on his way to the Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan to meet with a US official when he was seized – sparking further mystery over American use of the facility in the Central Asian country. It's not the first time the Manas airbase has hit the headlines, and all for the wrong reasons. The latest allegation is from Iran claiming the facility is an American front to transport terrorists to undermine the Iranian government.
Obama’s health care agenda and the case for a socialist alternative
Link: http://wsws.org/articles/2010/feb2010/pers-f27.shtml
Thursday’s televised health care summit in Washington ended without any agreement on the part of congressional Republicans to support Obama’s health care proposals. Whatever the wrangling between the two parties, however, all sections of the political establishment are committed to two basic propositions: (1) It is necessary to cut government spending on health care programs that benefit millions of people; and (2) health care services for millions more must be rationed so as to reduce the costs to the corporate-financial elite.
US soldiers kill Iraqi tribal chief's son
Link: http://www.uruknet.info/index.php?p=m63702&hd=&size=1&l=e
US soldiers killed an Iraqi tribal chief's son and wounded his wife in what the Americans on Saturday called a tragic accident, although local accounts of the incident differed. US troops were travelling through the district of Kanaan, northeast of Baghdad, late on Thursday when Zhaheri tribe chief Thaher Zaihud al-Zhaheri's son, Ahmed, walked outside the family's front door and was shot dead, the tribal leader said. Further gunfire wounded Zhaheri's wife in the leg.
Chile Shock 500x Energy of Haiti Quake
Link: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/02/27-2
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile early Saturday morning released 500 times the energy of the 7.0-magnitude quake that struck Haiti last month, a geophysicist told CBS' "The Early Show." Tsunami warnings were issued for much of the Pacific, including Hawaii, following the quake that struck near the Chilean coast, killing at least 76 people.
IMF chief pushes for more power, new global currency
Link: http://rawstory.com/2010/02/imf-chief-pushes-power-worlds-stage/
The International Monetary Fund wants more power to police the global financial system and a bigger role in emergency financing, managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Friday. In a speech to the Bretton Woods Committee, a finance reform think tank in Washington, D.C., he claimed that a stronger IMF also warrants a new global reserve currency that would serve as an alternative to the U.S. dollar.
Obama: ‘Time for us to come together’ and pass health reform
Link: http://rawstory.com/2010/02/obama-time-together-pass-health-reform/
US President Barack Obama on Saturday called on Democrats and Republicans to overcome their differences on health care reform and act on his proposal without delay. "It is time for us to come together," Obama said in his weekly radio address. "It is time for us to act. It is time for those of us in Washington to live up to our responsibilities to the American people and to future generations."
The Great American Bank Robbery
Link: http://www.alternet.org/economy/145774/the_great_american_bank_robbery
How did the big banks nearly take down the entire economy and still continue to profit? Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains. Bankruptcy is a key feature of capitalism. Firms sometimes are unable to repay what they owe creditors. Financial reorganization has become a fact of life in many industries.
Empires on the Edge of Chaos
Link: http://www.thetotalcollapse.com/empires-on-the-edge-of-chaos/
Summary: - Imperial collapse may come much more suddenly than many historians imagine. A combination of fiscal deficits and military overstretch suggests that the United States may be the next empire on the precipice.
Ron Paul: Oath to US Constitution rejected by both parties’ “leadership.” US revolt coming?
We hold these Truths to be self-evident...Congressman Ron Paul spoke on the House floor for 5-minutes on US policy to assassinate US citizens at the dictate of the executive branch based on “secret evidence,” US policy of torture that includes American citizens and without legal recourse, US policy of rendition to secret prisons, and unlimited detention.
THE ARROGANCE OF JEWISH POWER
Link: http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2010/02/27/the-arrogance-of-jewish-power/
Zionism just doesn’t give a damn! It’s as simple as that. They do what they want, when they want and to whom they want to. No one has stopped them in their quest to rid the entire area of all non Jews. No one has made a move to create sanctions against the state that has violated everything sacred to humanity, including the Declaration of Human Rights. To them, it’s nothing but a joke whenever there is criticism of their foul deeds.
Pentagon’s “Full-Spectrum Dominance” Facing Headwinds
Link: http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/02/pentagon%e2%80%99s-full-spectrum-dominance-facing-headwinds/
According to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who has derided European contributions to NATO in the past, the public and political oppositions in Europe to military action represent an impediment to operations in Afghanistan and, as the New York Times referred to the policy of which Afghanistan is a small part, “the alliance’s broader security goals.”1
Iran puzzles U.S. and Israel by moving nuclear fuel above ground
When Iran was caught last September building a secret, underground nuclear enrichment plant at a military base near the city of Qum, the country's leaders insisted they had no other choice. With its nuclear facilities under constant threat of attack, they said, only a fool would leave them out in the open.
U.S.: DynCorp Oversight in Afghanistan Faulted
Link: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50477
Afghan police are widely considered corrupt, unable to shoot straight, and die at twice the rate of Afghan soldiers and NATO troops. After seven billion dollars spent on training and salaries in the last eight years, several U.S. government investigations are asking why.
US unveils Bagram handover plan
Link: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/02/2010227134828232750.html
Afghan officers will begin to take charge of the prison facility at Bagram, currently run by the US military, from next week. Addressing a news conference at the jail near the capital Kabul on Saturday, US and Afghan officials said the handover of the prison would be gradual over the coming year as Afghan officers still require training.
Calculating Life for a Dying Empire
Link: http://www.uruknet.de/?s1=1&p=63720&s2=01
$2000 per dead child! That's the amount of compensation offered by the Pentagon for the "collateral damage" which it has caused in Afghanistan. As the war escalates and more innocent victims of Washington's aggressive actions accumulate in number, the US military calculates what it will take to placate grieving Afghan parents.
Riot erupts at UC Berkeley over tuition hikes, budget cuts
Link: http://rawstory.com/2010/02/riot-erupts-uc-berkeley-tuition-hikes-budget-cuts/
It started as a dance party in the streets. Within hours, trash bins were burning, windows were smashed and riot police were swinging their batons. It was an ugly scene, even for a university best known for its fever-pitched politics.
Germany: Left Party, Greens cancel appearances by historian Norman Finkelstein
Link: http://wsws.org/articles/2010/feb2010/left-f27.shtml
On short notice, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (RLS), which has close links to the German Left Party, has canceled a meeting that was to feature the American academic and expert on Israeli politics and history, Norman Finkelstein. The meeting was due to take place February 26th at the Berlin headquarters of the foundation.
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