Reposted: Feb 13, 2010: Today First Nations chiefs are planning a 29-hour hunger strike leading up to the Olympic hockey game between Canada and Norway Tuesday, to protest Norwegian-owned fish farms. Members of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs are fasting to support the Musgamagw Tsawataineuk Tribal Council’s opposition to…
Frederick C. Weyand, Vietnam Commander, Dies at 93 Frederick C. Weyand, who served as the commander of American forces in Vietnam in the final year of the war, a duty he carried out despite having become convinced as early as 1967 that the war was a hopeless venture, died on Wednesday at his home in Honolulu.
CLUELESS President Barack Obama said he doesn’t “begrudge” the $17 million bonus awarded to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon or the $9 million issued to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein,…
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‘1 Cent of Every US Aid Dollar Actually Gets to Haiti Government’.
Global Village Market: Haiti Earthquake Relief and The Bahamas Red Cross
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Luger Who Died Was Terrified of Track...
The damage done to Israel’s image by allegations of Gaza war crimes in a UN report has ignited a war between the right and left in the Jewish state
Patrick Cockburn: Where war goes, propaganda follows: The largely mythical US success in Iraq is now to be replicated in Afghan towns like Marjah and skirmishes there will be heavily reported.
Why Europe Cannot Afford to Rescue Greece
Dubai Stock Market Falls on Debt Fears Dubai’s stock market fell 3.5% after a report said the government’s investment vehicle Dubai World may offer only 60 cents on the dollar to creditors.
For the world’s biggest economy, the US, the day of reckoning still
seems reassuringly remote. The worse things get in the eurozone, the
more the US dollar rallies as nervous investors park their cash in
the safe haven of American government debt. This effect may persist
for some months, just as the dollar and Treasuries rallied in the
depths of the banking panic in late 2008.
Yet even a casual look at the fiscal position of the federal
government (not to mention the states) makes a nonsense of the phrase
safe haven . US government debt is a safe haven the way Pearl Harbor
was a safe haven in 1941.
We draw knowledge and inspiration from the wild places that remain.
Because the habitat of humans has transitioned from one dominated by
flora and fauna to one of steel and concrete, the need to experience
and appreciate wilderness is greater than ever.
My comment: Thank you Boarding House Lady for this story.
US Debt Clock
The Front Organizations for U.S. Oligarchs Have Been Established in Abu Dhabi
We speak with world-renowned environmental leader and thinker, Vandana Shiva. A physicist and ecologist, Shiva is author of many books, her latest is “Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace.” [includes rush transcript]
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AS U.S. RUNS AN OCCUPATION DISGUISED AS RELIEF
The battle-stretched US military Saturday vowed to keep up US assistance in Haiti as long as needed on Saturday as it pointed to a likely 45 to 50 day armed mission. Webmaster’s Commentary:
Don’t bet on that; the battle for the exploitation of oil and mineral rights in Haiti (which will, of course, still leave the Haitian people impoverished beyond belief) has just begun.
Back in December, the qualification dates for existing tiers of unemployment benefits were extended for an additional two months. Time is up at the end of February.
Webmaster's Commentary:
The latest official (and probably unrealistically optimistic) report from DC is that the unemployment slump will continue until at least the end of 2012.
Obviously, the states will not survive that long.
It may be that 2010 will be the summer of rage.
My comment: The Rand Corporation has been working closely with the
CIA for decades. Gee, do ya think they’re expecting massive civil
unrest when most of the American population is unemployed and
starving?
THE COMING SECOND ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
Those of us here warned you that things were going to get worse & MUCH
WORSE and to our credit, many of you listened to our point of view. I
implore you to listen once again. Those MSM pundits and clueless
politicians are correct; a massive storm has passed us all. But what
they are not telling you is that we are sitting in the center of a
massive eye wall. Having passed through the relatively calm part of
the storm over the past 18 months, we are now poised to suffer the
wrath of the back end of this shit storm. The second storm wall is
approaching and you had better start getting your ducks in a row as
this is when the REAL economic shit storm will get real for a LOT
more people in this country and this world.
POVERTY AND THE AMERICAN SUBURB …it was revealing to see the latest study on poverty
from the Brookings Institution. Their study showed what many in the peak oil community have been
forecasting for years: poverty growth in the US between 2000 and 2008
was strongest in the suburbs.
Red Wine, Microwaves and Local Produce: Preventing Cancer Through Our Diet
Eating a balanced diet and preparing your food in the correct way may be your best defense against developing cancer, according to top cancer
researchers Professor Attilio Giacosa and Professor Jaak Janssens. In two interviews published on the LWWPartnerships website ( www.lwwpartnerships.com) this month, Prof Giacosa explains how a preventative diet boosts the body's natural defenses, while Prof Janssens discusses the latest developments in breast cancer prevention.
Researchers Find Air Pollution Linked To Progression Of Atherosclerosis
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), in collaboration with international partners in Spain and Switzerland and colleagues in California, have found that exposure to air pollution accelerates the thickening of artery walls that leads to cardiovascular disease.
In The Interwar Period Via The New York Fed; Does History Repeat Itself?
WHAT DOES THE PREZ STAND FOR?
…the president is exceedingly anxious to be liked by the rich and
powerful and to preserve good relations within his class, at almost
any cost. As a result, it is next to impossible to discern what he
stands for. This is the presidency of, One never knew, now did one,
now did one, now did one – – in which orienting substance is lost in
an unending quest for future cordiality.
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