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June 2010Afghanistan: The Longest Lost WarPosted: Saturday, June 26, 2010 ¤ Gaza Starves More Slowly As Israel this week declared the “easing” of the four-year blockade of Gaza, an official explained the new guiding principle: “Civilian goods for civilian people.” The severe and apparently arbitrary restrictions on foodstuffs entering the enclave – coriander bad, cinnamon good – will finally end, we are told. Gaza’s 1.5 million inhabitants will have all the coriander they want. ¤ Killing Civilians, Ducking Blame ¤ Netanyahu Plays the Vuvuzela ¤ Racism in the Courts ¤ Distorting Chavez ¤ Will the US Ever Get Latin America? ¤ Speaker Pelosi, More War Funding Next Week Is No 'Emergency' Let us be perfectly clear, as President Obama might say. There is no "emergency" requiring the House to throw another $33 billion into our increasingly bloody and pointless occupation of Afghanistan before we all go off to celebrate the anniversary of our Declaration of Independence from foreign occupation. ¤ Canada Flunks on Indigenous Rights, Protesters Say ¤ West's Afghan Debacle ¤ Memo To Barack Obama: Don't just change generals, change course. Barack, Barack, Barack. Don't just change generals, change course. After changing generals you made a point of "reassuring" everyone that the policy remained the same. Why? All you are doing now is wasting lives, American lives and Afghan lives. And you are wasting wasting money -- trillions of dollars -- money we don't have, money we have to borrow, money desperately needed by your own citizens, your own institutions, schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, jobs. ¤ Pyongyang's $65 trillion bill for US enmity ¤ NASA Pinpoints Quake Induced Changes To Earth Radar images show that an April earthquake near the Mexico-California border caused the Earth's surface to move 31 inches downward and to the south. ¤ NASA Radar Images Show How Mexico Quake Deformed Earth ¤ 5 Million Iraqis Killed, Maimed, Tortured, Displaced ¤ Pakistan resolute on Iran gas deal Defies US warning it could run afoul of new sanctions ¤ Refs must face the music for bad calls ¤ US, Israel Warships in Suez May Be Prelude to Faceoff with Iran ¤ US killer executed by firing squad ¤ Strong Support For Attack On Iran Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran ¤ BBC Interviews Chavez – Reporter Gets Stupid, Chavez Sets Him Straight ¤ Live Video Feed of Endless Gush of Oil: A Damning Fountain of Truth ¤ BP Boss Heckled Then 'Stonewalls' US Panel BP head Tony Hayward was first heckled by a protester and then accused of "stonewalling" US lawmakers at a tense hearing investigating the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. ¤ US opposes ICC bid to make 'aggression' a crime under international law The Obama administration has resisted efforts by the International Criminal Court to include 'aggression' as a crime, mainly because it could impact US military operations abroad. ¤ New Bill Gives Obama 'Kill Switch' To Shut Down The Internet ¤ Iran to retaliate if planes, ships inspected: speaker ¤ Winter strikes with a vengeance in South Africa Cape Town – Winter has struck with a vengeance in the Western Cape with some towns recording their first snow falls in almost 20 years. ¤ "Dr. Doom Says the U.S. Is Really, Really Sick" ¤ Gaza Blockade Illegal: International Committee of the Red Cross ¤ Afghanistan Mineral Riches: Beware the Hype ¤ FIFA will not Ban the Vuvuzela from the 2010 World Cup ¤ Apple iPhone apps replicate the blaring horns ¤ Ronaldo hits out at vuvuzelas ¤ Vuvuzela tops noise league, seen threat to hearing ¤ The Myth of Exclusive Monogamous Morality ¤ Echoes of Vietnam: Washington's False Promise in Afghanistan One of the predominant rationales put forth by US civilian and military officials regarding the nature of the insurgency categorized as the Taliban in Afghanistan is that their support is derived from coercion. Pronouncements from these officials stating this belief as objective truth are obediently parroted in media reports and repeated by politicians. Venezuelan Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Globovision Owner Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 Venezuelan courts have issued an arrest warrant for Guillermo Zuloaga, president and 70% owner of the opposition news channel Globovision, in connection with irregularities with his car dealership. In reaction, the U.S. government and international and national private media are accusing the Venezuelan government of suppressing the right to free speech. Zuloaga has refused to turn himself in and is rumoured to have fled the country. Attorney General Luisa Ortega announced on Friday that the court has issued arrest warrants for Guillermo Zuloaga and his son, Guillermo Zuloaga Siso, for conspiracy and generic usury. Full Article : venezuelanalysis.com Venezuelan Government Takes over Eighth Largest Bank Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 Venezuela's Superintendent of Banks (Sudeban) announced on Monday that it will temporarily close and investigate the privately owned bank Banco Federal for failing to comply with minimum liquid asset provisions and productive sector investment quotas established in the banking law. "Banco Federal's operations are suspended and its offices are closed until further notice," said Sudeban director Edgar Hernandez. An investigative commission will have 60 days to present a report on the bank, and determine whether it will be liquidated or rehabilitated. Full Article : venezuelanalysis.com Venezuelan Ambassador to the U.S. Dismisses Congressional Hearing on Freedom of Press Posted: Thursday, June 17, 2010 The ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the White House, Bernardo Álvarez, called a congressional hearing held today on freedom of the press in the Americas "a sad spectacle." The hearing took place in the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. The hearing was dominated by House Republicans that have made attacks on Venezuela a sort of modus vivendi of their political action in that country, said Ambassador Álvarez. Full Article : venezuelanalysis.com Fidel Castro claims Obama lives in fantasy world Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 ¤ South Africa begins World Cup party ¤ Turkey calls charges turning from West 'dirty propaganda' ¤ Russia says Iran sanctions do not bar missile deal ¤ Woman caught having sex in park, charged with adultery - in New York ¤ U.N. council hits defiant Iran with new sanctions Brazil and Turkey voted against the resolution. ¤ U.N. rebukes of Israel permitted in U.S. policy shift ¤ Gaza blockade: Iran offers escort to next aid convoy ¤ Lift the Siege of Gaza President Obama should end his and his country's shameful silence over the inhumane blockade of Gaza that is denying 1.5 million beleaguered people the basic necessities of a decent life. ¤ New aid ship heads to Gaza, Israel vows to stop it ¤ Fidel Castro claims Obama lives in fantasy world Fidel Castro speculated Wednesday that a nuclear strike on Iran might help President Barack Obama win a second term in the White House and also suggested the United States could attack North Korea. ¤ West Cumbria tragedy biggest mass shooting since Dunblane ¤ Cumbria shootings: Alan Johnson calls for review of gun laws Britain's gun laws should be reviewed after Derrick Bird's Cumbria shooting massacre, Alan Johnson, the shadow home secretary, has said. ¤ Cumbria shooting spree: interactive timeline Twelve people were killed when taxi driver Derrick Bird went on a shooting spree in Cumbria before taking his own life. Here is how events unfolded ¤ Defiant Israel prepares for showdown with two more Gaza aid ships ¤ U.S. to Join South Korean Military Exercise Off North Korea Coast Turkey leads condemnation efforts, recalls ambassador. Israel: 'Next time we'll use more force' Posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2010 ¤ Israel: 'Next time we'll use more force' ¤ Thousands of Gazans rush for Egyptian border ¤ Turkey's Minister Criticizes U.S. ¤ Activists send new boat to challenge Gaza blockade ¤ Israel Kills 20 : Attacks Gaza Aid Fleet ¤ Israel in eye of storm over deadly Gaza ship raid ¤ Israeli commandos gun down 19 peace activists in raid on Gaza ships with 28 Britons on board ¤ Israel faces int'l fury over flotilla Turkey leads condemnation efforts, recalls ambassador. ¤ Israel Navy commandos: Gaza flotilla activists tried to lynch us ¤ Tropical Storm Agatha blows a hole in Guatemala City ¤ Peruvian child becomes symbol of US undocumented ¤ Nigeria's Agony Dwarfs the Gulf Oil Spill The Deepwater Horizon disaster caused headlines around the world, yet the people who live in the Niger delta have had to live with environmental catastrophes for decades ¤ China aims to be become supercomputer superpower ¤ Israeli PM rejects UN nuclear moves – (¤ video) ¤ Israel recoils as US backs nuclear move The resolution adopted by the United Nations on Friday calls on Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and urges it to open its facilities to inspection. ¤ Israel stations nuclear missile subs off Iran ¤ Hamas leader says American envoys making contact, but not openly ¤ Turkey: 2 killed, 30 wounded in Israeli raid ¤ Oil Spill in the Gulf – Live Cam BP Oil Spill Live Video Feed ¤ NASA Imagery of Oil Spill ¤ In Perspective: Visualizing the BP Oil ¤ Stone: Film an intro to Chavez and his movement ¤ Jamaica Bleeds for Our 'War on Drugs' ¤ Toll from Jamaica violence climbs to 73 ¤ This Is What the End of the Oil Age Looks Like ¤ Obama's Flip-Flop Leadership Style ¤ US seeks Pakistan crackdown on Taliban ¤ Target of bloody raid may have left Jamaica ¤ North Korea threatens fight with South ¤ 'They're ready to die for him' ¤ Killing Children: From Ghazi to Detroit In Iraq, the news that families were having the doors to their houses kicked in by heavily armed US forces who then proceeded to awaken everybody in the house, overturn their bedding and other belongings and arrest the household's menfolk became commonplace for several years following the US invasion of that country. All too often, women and children were killed by US troops during these raids. ¤ Karazai’s Washington Visit: The War Awaiting Kandahar ¤ I stand by Palestine forever ¤ Jamaica: State of emergency in Kingston ¤ Geometry teacher uses assassinating Obama to teach angles to students ¤ US lifts sanctions against Russians linked to Iran ¤ US, Israel Challenged on Iran ¤ 'Artificial life' breakthrough announced by scientists |
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