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The ultimate ballistic chicken game > >
The Moscow’s (defences) Iranian proving grounds:
Would the Russians gamble and install their top S-300/400 SAMs in Iran knowing the consequences (besides panic in Moscow) in case of their failure? But would Israel/US even dare test the system knowing also what it could mean for their reputation, in case of their failure? This is the very first time since WW2 when superpowers have an opportunity to test one another and on their favourite terms (when everything goes): on foreign proving grounds.
  • Why Moscowits sleep well at night
     
      The IDF said the system was not switched on because of concerns over false alarms. ‘… ya, right, LOL!!
     

  • Canadians: Your Banks Are Insolvent and Fraudulent

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    Vanunu
    Examiner.comMordechai Vanunu, flanked by two Israeli terrorists in uniform, was arrested by the Jewish state for talking to a non-Israeli. Vanunu is the whistleblower who alerted the world to Israel's deadly nuclear arsenal. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
    Israel puts Israeli nuclear weapons whistleblower under house arrestTestosterone stronger than nuclear physics: of course, after so many years in detention, it doesn’t take a nuclear physicist to enjoy romance and overcome common sense about Mossad watching his house 24/7, and totally forgetting the story about Clinton and Monica. So predictable, laughed the Mossad officer’.
     
     

    TOP STORIES

    UK’s Brown calls London meeting on Yemen on Jan. 28
     
    AMERICAN DISAPPOINTMENT ~ By Joel Hirschhorn
     
    Western troops accused of executing 10 Afghan civilians, including children
     
    FIVE CANADIANS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
    During 2009 alone some 170,000 on the run from surrounding poor and bombed countries, suddenly find Yemen attractive. Interestingly enough, the bombing of Yemen started soon afterCoincidence? Check also the ratio of males to females.
     
    Here is the precursor of the mostly Somali refugees into Yemen
    (the next temporary stop?)

    TOP VIDEOS

    Memo to the media: not only is it good journalism to fact-check Republican lies, it’s entertaining too. If we wanted to hear unfiltered Republican lies, we’d watch Fox. If you’re not Fox, your audience wants reporting of the sort
     
    This year, the company made a Celtic knot pattern dedicated to the theme ‘Let There be Courage’. It’s a fitting slogan considering the year we’ve had, but it hits even closer to home for Waterford–who also owns Wedgwood China – – since the company declared bankruptcy in January of 2009
     
     

    WORLD NEWS

    The Swedish government hands over the EU’s rotating six-month presidency to Spain on January 1. As the year ends, the EU is bracing itself for a somewhat uncertain transitional period under a new set of rules. (dw-world.de)

    U.S.

    The court finds that the administration overstepped its authority in approving unpaid days off for thousands of employees in response to a budget shortfall. A spokesman says the governor will appeal.
     
     
     
    On Wednesday, Mr. Wharton and other city and county officials filed a lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest banks, Wells Fargo, of singling out black homeowners for high-interest subprime mortgages.

    AMERICAS

    Carpet bombing/target of war?
     
     
     
    Considering the seven US airbases in Colombia and tens of thousands of American soldiers,  drones included, one may think that would be a tricky proposition to grow cocaine ( in the open ) at the tune of two tonnes Refined! Lesson to Chavez: if you want to be left alone and receive aid, start growing coke.

    MARKETS

    How Prices Have Changed Since 1999
     
    Raw Allegations Of Fraud? (Fannie/Freddie)
     
    Small Chinese Company Tells Goldman To Take A Hike, Refuses To Pay $80 Million In Derivative Losses
     
    Obama feigns outrage over bonuses, then approves bigger bailout for bonus-givers Fannie and Freddie
     
    Recession Cases Flooding Courts
     
    US Debt Clock

    SC/ENVIRONMENT

    Keeping track of our coming destiny, Apophis, an asteroid too close for comfort in April 2029 and through 2036
     
    Now the preparation is surfacing again (in parallel to main TV-stations documentaries).
     
    If after a glass of champagne this New Year eve you developed a thirst for Science, here is a bottle full of the most important news in 2009, from the very first certified quantum computer chip, to black holes and dark matter, a real treat.
     
    Earth is an Open system, to space, not a glass enclosed ‘green house’,  QED. The only fundamental problem here is that a number of people would have to ‘thesaurus’ QED :(
     
     

    NEW

    U.S. airstrike kills 10 Afghan civilians, 8 schoolboys, amidst controversy
     
    Minding Your Tongue In The US - Everything Is Watched

    CANADA

    Going prorogue Did Canada’s prime minister suspend parliament to shut down investigations into the torture of Afghan detainees?
    Here we are again. A year after Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper prorogued parliament in order to save his political skin from a potential minority coalition, he has chosen to suspend it again.
     
    PM seeks Parliament shutdown until March  Tories trying to ‘shut down democracy’, Liberal MP Goodale says
     
    Genocide, International Law & Canada’s ‘Indian Problem’ ~ Submitted by Luc Majno
     

    MIDDLE EAST / ASIA / S. ASIA

     
    Things that the conspirators don’t like to hear:  the Arab unity is well and alive, and on top start acknowledging the ‘foreign’ intruders.
     
     
    85-year-old Holocaust Survivor Hedy Epstein Begins Hunger Strike to Open Gaza Borders
     
    Commander Warns about Enemies' Soft War against Iran:
    ‘Today enemies are striving to coerce Iran into surrender through launching a vast and massive soft war’, Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said while addressing a group of commanders from Division 23.
     
    Gaza aid convoy stuck in Jordan declares hunger strike:
     
    Senator Lieberman calls for ‘preemptive’ attack on Yemen
     

    AFRICA

    US ‘aware of Nigerian attacker’
    The US knew of ‘a Nigerian’ in Yemen being prepared for a terrorist attack – – weeks before a failed bombing on a US plane.
    Angola’s state–owned oil company, Sonangol, has signed a deal to produce oil in one of the most dangerous parts of Iraq.
     
    AmArica in Africa, Nigeria Rising! The next in the American global ring of fire: because it has both Uranium and a dictator (never mind China trying to get in) ..When the bombing will start: When the refugees from Yemen arrive.

    BUSINESS

    Retired? No; Refired? Yes:  ‘On Call’ For Collapse With Carolyn Baker and Kathleen Byrne’.
     
    Take Your Money Out of the Hands of the Banking Oligarchs How? For starters, you could move your money to a small bank.
    The Asian pipelines contest:
    Observe the net results of building a pipeline using war vs peace. Watch the development of this Russia/US competition and judge the costs and motives:
     

    OP ED

    Reposted due to popular demand:
    LIBERALS ARE USELESS ~ by Chris Hedges
     
    THE INVITATION ~ submitted by Luc Majno
     

    HEALTH

     
     
    So have you heard? The ginkgo biloba supplement you’ve been taking for years now--turns out it’s useless. That’s right, that herb with the funny name, how it’s supposed to stave off cognitive decline--it’s bunkum. Nothing but claptrap peddled by the natural health industry.
    Or so the media want you believe..
     
    Latest study on ginkgo biloba says it's ineffective in preventing cognitive decline. But why aren’t the media reporting about the studies that say it works? Did they forget?
     
    Ringing is reduced in tinnitus sufferers after listening to music stripped of certain tones.
     
    Fitness Expert Jon Benson discusses the reasons for success and failure with the low–carb diet.
     
     
     
     

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    from doctor visits to hospital infrastructure. Data are from 2007 or the most recent year available.
     
     
    Board Member of the Global Anti-Hunting Coalition
    Do it for your health, for nonhuman animals and for the Earth! ~ submitted by Jason Miller
     
    InStyle’s 100 best dresses of the decade
     
    Noam Chomsky: ‘Gaza, One Year Later’
     
     

    TECH

     
    So now my pen will work only when I touch it, and so all doors - even the ones at the food market, my credit card, car, phone and, yes, the toilet! I am marked, even as I walk, the System senses me, I am a fluf of peeling DNA, nowhere to hide . But if you take this DNA Spray tube, shake it and cover yourself with it, well, you will be the President for a night, at our Casino. Don’t let them hold your TV hostage.
     
    Police mount cameras on officers' heads

    FEATURES

    Submitted by Luc Majno
    Don’t be fooled by what I show of myself, by the masks that I wear. I show many faces and very few of them really express who I am. I have developed the art of not letting anyone know who I am, but, God forbid, don’t be fooled by what I let the world see of me. I
     

    SPORTS

    Final countdown

    South Africa's long World Cup wait almost over
     
    Tiger Woods update:  Plastic surgery in Arizona after wife takes club to his face, Jib-Jab pokes fun
     

    LETTERS/INTERVIEWS

    I have just posted an extensive review of Mike Ruppert’s ‘Collapse’ movie entitled ‘From The Wilderness To The End of Civilization’ at carolynbaker.net
    Thanks, Carolyn
     
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