|
Latest Articles: International News
Libyan Rebels Reach Center Of Tripoli, Capture Gadhafi’s Son
Post Date: 2011-08-21 19:18:30 by Brian S
9 Comments
Libyan rebels moved into the capital city of Tripoli on Sunday and are said to have already reached the center of the city. They also claim to have captured Col. Moammar Gadhafi's son. Sky News correspondent Alex Crawford reported that there is "no sign of any resistance" and that people are "pouring out into the streets in celebration" as the rebel forces advance. "They are going nuts," she continued, "singing and dancing. Even women and children are coming out into the street. This is going to be the biggest party Tripoli has ever seen." "They had been expecting much more resistance but there has been very little," Crawford said of ...
Social Degeneration Ruining America and the West
Post Date: 2011-08-21 16:37:47 by CZ82
0 Comments
Social Degeneration Ruining America and the West Written on August 20, 2011 by Thomas Sowell The orgies of violent attacks against strangers on the streets — in both England and the United States — are not necessarily just passing episodes. They should be wake-up calls, warning of the continuing degeneration of Western society. As British doctor and author Theodore Dalrymple said, long before these riots broke out, “the good are afraid of the bad and the bad are afraid of nothing.” Not only the trends over the years leading up to these riots but also the squeamish responses to them by officials — on both sides of the Atlantic — reveal the moral dry rot that ...
Libya's Gaddafi scorns rebel "rats", blames France
Post Date: 2011-08-20 20:31:15 by buckeroo
3 Comments
RABAT | Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:00pm EDT RABAT (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi congratulated his supporters for repelling an attack by rebel "rats" in the capital Tripoli, and accused French President Nicolas Sarkozy of trying to steal the country's oil. Gaddafi made the remarks in a live audio broadcast over state television early on Sunday, adding the rebels were "bent on the destruction of the Libyan people." (Reporting by Souhail Karam; writing by Richard Valdmanis; editing by Michael Roddy) This is the FIRST television/radio announcement in weeks by Gaddafi. To me, it appears to be defensive as the so-called "rebels" are taking Tripoli right ...
Americans Sail Across Atlantic To Commemorate USS Liberty
Post Date: 2011-08-20 19:52:02 by Brian S
0 Comments
Sailing for publicity against Israeli crimes is becoming more common. Most recently, a retired American professor has sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from his home in Texas to the Mediterranean in memory of the attack on the U.S.S. Liberty by Israeli forces, resulting in the deaths of dozens of Americans. The USS Liberty was an electronic surveillance ship monitoring transmissions off the coast of Egypt during the 6-day war in 1967. On June 8, Israeli air and sea forces attacked the ship, killing or injuring over half of the crew. Israel apologized for the incident, stating it mistook the American ship for an Egyptian one. But many Americans, including surviving crew members of the ...
Nato answers Libya questions
Post Date: 2011-08-20 19:21:54 by buckeroo
1 Comments
In recent days, Nato has intensified its attacks on targets in the Libya capital, Tripoli. Some believe Nato is overstepping the terms of its mandate - which is to protect civilians in Libya - and is intervening directly in the conflict on the side of the opposition forces. The BBC's Matthew Price questions a Nato spokesman about those claims. Are there still sites of strategic value in Tripoli? All Nato strikes are carried out against legitimate military targets, in full compliance with the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions 1973 and 1970 and with great care to avoid unnecessary casualties to innocent civilians. We are unable to discuss the strategic advantages for ...
Libya, NATO and the sinister western media
Post Date: 2011-08-20 15:42:14 by buckeroo
0 Comments
NATO's lies we have seen before. We saw them in Kosovo as they protected Albanian mafia terrorists and controlled the drug trade, we saw them in Iraq with Saddam's non-existent Weapons of Mass Destruction, we saw it again with the invention of a casus belli against Libya which does not exist. But where do the media come into this? As a permanent member of staff of Pravda.Ru, writing for the English version, I usually cover several sections which need material, be these World Events, Economics, Cultural Events, Society or even Sport; as Director and Chief Editor of the Portuguese version, I receive materials from our hundred or so correspondents spread out over the eight ...
Iran Sentences US Hikers To 8 Years ‘For Spying’
Post Date: 2011-08-20 12:52:01 by Brian S
0 Comments
Iran has sentenced two American hikers to eight years in prison for illegally entering the country and spying for a US intelligence agency, state television said on Saturday. "According to an informed source with the judiciary, Shane Bauer... and... Josh Fattal, the two detained American citizens, have been each sentenced to three years in prison for illegal entry to the Islamic Republic of Iran," the television reported on its website. It further said the two have been "sentenced to five years in prison on charges of espionage for the American intelligence agency," without saying when the verdict had been reached. "The case of Sarah Shourd, who has been freed ...
An Observation on Democracy
Post Date: 2011-08-19 21:32:33 by buckeroo
1 Comments
An Observation on Democracy Incorrectly attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler The most interesting observation is how closely the US has followed this scenario. A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the Public Treasury with a result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy always followed by dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: ...
Egyptian-Israeli Tensions Flare After Border Killings
Post Date: 2011-08-19 20:22:28 by Brian S
2 Comments
By Nidal Almughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Israel struck militants in Gaza and Palestinians fired rockets back on Friday following deadly gun attacks along the desert border with Egypt that have raised tensions between Israel and the new rulers in Cairo. Egypt formally protested and demanded Israel investigate the deaths of three of its security men, who, it said, where killed when Israeli forces hunted for the gunmen behind Thursday's roadside ambushes. In all, more than 20 people have been killed. Eight Israelis perished in the assault along the Egyptian border, and at least seven of the attackers also died as Israeli forces tracked them down along the largely open frontier with Egypt. ...
Distributism, An old idea but a good idea
Post Date: 2011-08-19 18:42:33 by CZ82
7 Comments
Distributism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Distributivism" redirects here. For the algebraic concept, see distributivity. Distributism (also known as distributionism, distributivism) is a third-way economic philosophy formulated by such Catholic thinkers as G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc to apply the principles of Catholic social teaching articulated by the Catholic Church, especially in Pope Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum Novarum[1] and more expansively explained by Pope Pius XI's encyclical Quadragesimo Anno[2] According to distributism, the ownership of the means of production should be spread as widely as possible among the general populace, rather than ...
Putin Denounces American Parasite While Russia Increases Treasuries 1,600%
Post Date: 2011-08-19 18:31:30 by CZ82
0 Comments
Putin Denounces American Parasite While Russia Increases Treasuries 1,600% By Alena Chechel, Scott Rose and Jack Jordan - Aug 19, 2011 4:29 AM ET . For Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the U.S. is a “parasite” because its rising debt weighs on the global economy. For his government, the same debt is the safest possible investment. Russia, the world’s largest energy producer, has boosted its holdings of U.S. debt by more than 1,600 percent since September 2006, according to U.S. Treasury Department data. Russia used surging commodity prices to build the world’s third- largest reserves pile, boosted in part by return on Treasuries. Putin, 58, who oversaw the ...
No Wait, Historians Now Referring To ‘Bush-Obama Presidencies’ [Bwa-HAHAHAHAHA!!!!]
Post Date: 2011-08-19 16:07:49 by Capitalist Eric
1 Comments
Ugh, is this how people in Rome felt in the decades between barbarian sackings? You know, those supposedly “quiet” gaps in the Historical Timelines between momentous & terrible events? And are we at the end of one terrible-yet-mundane space between Major Catastrophes — 9/11 and then … what? Or, maybe 9/11 is in the same decade-long spot as the beginning of the Global Economic Collapse/Permanent Climate Change/Japan Radioactively Melts Into the Sea which is then followed by … Global Plague Pandemic? Giant Meteor? Will anyone even be left to produce an elaborate historical timeline for the remaining seven students, in the future? But let’s not get ahead of ...
Get Ready For More Stupid Mideast Violence
Post Date: 2011-08-19 12:54:30 by Brian S
2 Comments
If memory serves, one of the lessons of Roger Fisher's little book International Conflict for Beginners was "settle conflicts early and often." This isn't always possible, of course, but his basic insight was that unresolved conflicts are dangerous precisely because they provide opportunities that extremists can exploit, they harden perceptions and images on both sides, and most importantly, they can always get worse. So when a promising opportunity to settle a conflict arises, wise leaders should pursue them energetically. I thought of that insight when I heard about the attack in Israel yesterday, which left eight Israelis dead and some thirty wounded. The ...
Egyptians Protest At Israeli Embassy, Call For Ambassador's Expulsion
Post Date: 2011-08-19 12:53:11 by Brian S
0 Comments
Crowds of protesters gathered outside the Israeli embassy on Friday to express their “rage over the Israeli government’s belligerence.” The protest comes as a response to the killing of an Egyptian security officer and two soldiers during a raid by Israeli forces on armed militants along the Egypt-Israel border on Thursday. The deathtoll rose on Friday afternoon, following the deaths of two Egyptian officers wounded during the conflict. For many of those, present, however, this incident is only the latest in a series of “unacceptable offenses routinely carried out by Israel…against the region.” An initial crowd of dozens assembled outside the embassy shortly ...
Obama's deportation policy: Smart politics?
Post Date: 2011-08-19 12:25:19 by socalv8
0 Comments
President Obama's new policy on deporting illegal immigrants won't just help those immigrants without criminal records. It could help Obama as well. The policy, announced by the Department of Homeland Security Thursday, places priority on deporting criminal aliens and other priority cases. Those who arrived in the United States as children, received college educations or served in the military will be less likely to get deported. The decision is sure to be reviewed by Congress. In particular, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, argues the administration is overstepping its authority by picking and choosing among those who entered the country ...
New DHS rules cancel deportations (Obama surenders the U.S., to Mexico)
Post Date: 2011-08-18 19:33:52 by Hondo68
0 Comments
Stealth Amnesty - "Stroke of the pen, Law of the land, cool huh?" The Homeland Security Department said Thursday it will halt deportation proceedings on a case-by-case basis against illegal immigrants who meet certain criteria such as attending school, having family in the military or are primarily responsible for other family members' care.The move, announced in letters to Congress, won immediate praise from Hispanic activists and Democrats who had chided President Obama for months for the pace of deportations and had argued he had authority to exempt broad swaths of illegal immigrants from deportation."Today's announcement shows that this president is willing to ...
Scisntists Said It So It Must Be True, Right? (Global Warming)
Post Date: 2011-08-18 19:17:26 by no gnu taxes
2 Comments
Rising greenhouse emissions may tip off aliens that we are a rapidly expanding threat, warns a report for Nasa It may not rank as the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from a pre-emptive alien attack, scientists claim. Watching from afar, extraterrestrial beings might view changes in Earth's atmosphere as symptomatic of a civilisation growing out of control – and take drastic action to keep us from becoming a more serious threat, the researchers explain. This highly speculative scenario is one of several described by scientists at Nasa and Pennsylvania State University that, while considered unlikely, they say ...
Report: Workers Say Ground Under Fukushima Plant Is Cracking And Radioactive Steam Is Coming Up — Melted Core May Be Moving Out Of Building (Video)
Post Date: 2011-08-18 15:23:56 by Brian S
1 Comments
Cracked Fukushima: Radioactive steam escapes danger zone, RT, August 17, 2011: Host: “Workers at Japan’s Fukushima plant say the ground underneath the facility is cracking and radioactive steam is escaping through the cracks” [...] Dr. Robert Jacobs, Hiroshima Peace Institute: “It’s a very serious and alarming development because this started to happen specifically after two large earthquakes in the last few weeks, there was a 6.4 on the 31 of July 31 and a 6.0 on August 1283; [...] “It’s an indication that radioactive material is moving under the ground” [...] “When you have a fragile structure that’s already suffered a great deal of damage ...
Attacks In Southern Israel Kill 7, Wound At Least 40
Post Date: 2011-08-18 11:59:17 by Brian S
5 Comments
Reporting from Jerusalem— Gunmen near the southern Israeli resort town of Eilat launched coordinated attacks Thursday against three civilian and military targets, killing at least seven people and wounding 40 more, Israeli military officials said. The attacks shattered a period of relative calm along Israel's border with Egypt and heightened concerns about growing instability in Egypt's largely lawless Sinai Peninsula. Israelis are also worried about a possible resumption in terrorist attacks as Palestinians prepare to push for statehood recognition from the United Nations next month. Though no group immediately claimed responsibility for the strikes, Israeli officials said ...
Gold Hits New Record After Chavez Announces Plan To Pull Reserves From US, European Banks
Post Date: 2011-08-18 11:33:31 by Capitalist Eric
15 Comments
Venezuelan leader to withdraw $11B in gold reserves to protect against “disturbances” in financial system Despite a report from the World Gold Council showing that demand for the precious metal has subsided, gold soared to a new record high today on the back of another stock market plunge and an announcement from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that the country’s gold mining industry would be nationalized. Gold touched a new record high of around $1827 dollars an ounce as the Dow Jones plunged by 500 points in early trading. Gold soared to new heights even in the face of a World Gold Council report that said demand was down 37% year on year. However, the report noted ...
Obama Administration gives $360 million to the Taliban
Post Date: 2011-08-18 04:41:51 by Happy Quanzaa
2 Comments
OOPS: U.S. sends $360 million to insurgents According to AP reports, Taliban forces, insurgents, and other criminal elements in Afghanistan benefited from $360 million dollars paid by the U.S. military to contractors in Afghanistan who had ties to criminals or insurgents. Task Force 2010, acting at the behest of Gen. David Petraeus - now the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency - investigated the various contracts assigned by the U.S. military to Afghanistan contractors. The Associated Press obtained an overview of the findings: In a murky process known as "reverse money laundering," payments from the U.S. pass through companies hired by the military for transportation, ...
Overcriminalization Criticized In U.S.
Post Date: 2011-08-17 19:50:49 by Brian S
5 Comments
By George Bao LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Too many criminal codes in the United States have put many innocent Americans in jail, wasted huge amount of American tax payers dollars, and there is a strong voice in the country to put it to an end. It is reported that every year, overly-ambitious prosecutors and rogue judges in the U.S. bent on forcing their beliefs on the American justice system uses thousands of obscure unknown laws to put innocent Americans just in jail. Since the 1980s, the United States Criminal Code has added nearly 1,500 new criminal offenses. There are now over 4,500 crimes that can put Americans in jail for. Mahsa Saeidi-Azcue, former assistant district ...
Iran, Russia Meet To Discuss "Step-By-Step" Nuclear Proposal, S-300 Missiles
Post Date: 2011-08-17 14:42:11 by Brian S
0 Comments
TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- A senior Iranian lawmaker said Wednesday that the objectives of Iranian and Russian officials' recent meeting is to discuss the Russians' "step-by-step" approach proposal to resolve Iran's nuclear stand-off and Iran-Russia's S- 300 missiles deal, the local Mehr news agency reported. Deputy Chief of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iran's Majlis (Parliament), Esmaeil Kowsari, said that the important objectives of Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev's visit to Tehran are to discuss Russia's proposal on Iran's nuclear issue and also Iran-Russia's 2007 deal of S-300 air defense system, ...
Canucklehead Obama bus-ted!
Post Date: 2011-08-17 09:44:01 by Happy Quanzaa
4 Comments
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is barnstorming the heartland to boost US jobs in a taxpayer-financed luxury bus the government had custom built -- in Canada, The Post has learned. The $1.1 million vehicle, one of two that Quebec-based Prevost sold the government, has been tricked out by the Secret Service with state-of-the-art security features and creature comforts. It's a VIP H3-45 model, the company's top of the line, and is used by major traveling rock bands. "That's the more luxurious model," Christine Garant of Prevost told The Post. COOL RIDE, EH! It's the only way to travel for President Obama,who is pushing American jobs -- in a Canadian-made bus. ...
Ryan Charges For Town Halls, Blocks Angry Voters
Post Date: 2011-08-16 19:50:00 by Brian S
0 Comments
Exploding Middle East Myths: 15 Years of Fighting Zionist Propaganda is the provocatively titled but undeniably heart-felt and humanitarian- minded new 235-page book by journalist Greg Felton. AMERICAN FREE PRESS is proud to be the publisher and proceeds from its sales will be put toward future publishing endeavors by AFP. Best-known as the author of the previous hard-hitting work, The Host and the Parasite—a panoramic survey of the intrigues of the Israeli lobby in Washington in collaboration with the Christian Zionist “New Right”—Felton has once again come through. In this myth-smashing collection of essays, Felton has targeted media cover-up and misinformation and ...
Latest [Newer] 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 [Older]
|
