July 2011

The Costs of War
Posted: Saturday, July 30, 2011

¤ US House rejects Democrats' debt limit plan

¤ US-backed forces launch military offensive in Somalia as aid is used as a weapon of war

¤ Six reasons why Americans don't know a million Iraqis were killed in their name

¤ New moves to curb criticism of Israel in US and Canada

¤ Growing Evidence That Libyan Rebels Killed Their Military Chief

¤ US voices commitment to Israel in defense talks

¤ Arguing Libya
On July 9 I took part in a demonstration in front of the White House, the theme of which was "Stop Bombing Libya". The last time I had taken part in a protest against US bombing of a foreign country, which the White House was selling as "humanitarian intervention", as they are now, was in 1999 during the 78-day bombing of Serbia. At that time I went to a couple of such demonstrations and both times I was virtually the only American there.

¤ At Last! The Head of Ghad ... General Younis

¤ The Costs of War

¤ The True Costs of the War on Libya

¤ When the Super-Rich Cry, "Class Warfare!"

¤ Whose Black President?

¤ Caribbean Airlines Jet Crashes at Guyana Airport

¤ Disastrous Outcomes From an Orchestrated Crisis

¤ Ubasuteyama, USA

¤ Monsanto's Achilles Heel
After two decades of biotech bullying and force-feeding unlabeled and hazardous genetically engineered (GE) foods to animals and humans—aided and abetted by the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations—it's time to move beyond defensive measures and go on the offensive. With organic farming, climate stability, and public health under the gun of the gene engineers and their partners in crime, it's time to do more than complain.

¤ Forced Evictions in Haiti

¤ New Drugs, Same Mistakes

¤ The Strauss-Kahn Handlers Crank Out the Lawsuits

¤ The 6 Biggest Lies About the U.S. Debt

¤ Lies of the Libyan War
As exposed here on CounterPunch the lies used to justify the NATO war against Libya have surpassed those created to justify the invasion of Iraq. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both had honest observers on the ground for months following the rebellion in eastern Libya and both have repudiated every major charge used to justify the NATO war on Libya.

¤ Who Will Protect Us From the Police?

¤ Witnesses: Commander Killed by Fellow Libya Rebels

¤ Gaddafi is Stronger Than Ever in Libya

¤ Killing Our Guy in Kandahar

¤ Information Wars

¤ Youth Subdued

¤ Naughty Children Need to be Punished

¤ Blaming the Muslims

¤ McCain tells Libyan rebels: end abuses or risk US support

¤ Police Beat 'Gentle' Mentally-ill Homeless Man to Death

¤ Disastrous Outcomes From An Orchestrated Crisis

¤ Israelis Debate on the Web: Did Norway Get What It Deserved?

¤ Murdoch's Other Moral Crimes

¤ Al Capone, Don Corleone, Rupert Murdoch

¤ White-Christian Terrorism

¤ Police inquiry reveals violations in arrest, beating of videographer

¤ Five deaths from Joplin tornado linked to fungal infection

¤ Is America Caught In The Closed Mind Trap?

¤ Iran, Iraq, Syria to sign contract to transit natural gas to Europe

¤ At least 32 die in east China high-speed train crash

¤ China: Dozens die as bullet trains collide in Zhejiang

¤ U.S. used Hiroshima to bolster support for nuclear power

¤ Wealth Gap Widens Between US Whites, Minorities

¤ Five Afghan children shot by British forces in helicopter raid

¤ Galloway: Syria is Pressured Because of Supporting Palestinian, Lebanese Resistance

¤ The Banksters and American Foreign Policy

¤ The Most Dangerous Word in the World

¤ Russia threatens to wreck the reset

¤ State media: Mubarak ‘completely refuses to eat’

Palestine's Norwegians
Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2011

¤ Defiant from the dock, Breivik boasts more will die

¤ Al-Qaeda's Christian mirror
Imagine if Anders Behring Breivik, the 32-year-old pale, blond, blue-eyed, 100% Norwegian, gun-crazy ultra right-wing Christian fundamentalist responsible for the car bombing in Oslo and the meticulous targeted assassinations at the island of Utoya that killed 93 people, was a Muslim immigrant.

¤ Murdoch's misery, China's delight

¤ The Limits of Air Power

¤ Palestine's Norwegians

¤ Righteous Killing
Anders Behring Breivik, the man charged in Norway’s Oslo bombing and the shooting attack on a political youth camp, has been described as ”a gun-loving, highly religious Norwegian obsessed with what he saw as a threat of multiculturalism and Muslim immigration to the cultural and patriotic values of his country.”

¤ Pesticides in Your Toothpaste

¤ San Francisco Police Claim Harding Shot Himself

¤ Obama raps Republicans over debt talks

¤ Brazilian currency at highest level since 1999

¤ Exploiting a Tragedy
As soon as the shocking and tragic news from Norway hit the airwaves, it was entirely predictable that various right-wing Islamophobes would type first and think later. They were so eager to exploit the tragedy to peddle their pre-existing policy preferences that they blindly assumed the acts had to have been perpetrated by al Qaeda, by its various clones, or by some other radical Muslim group.

¤ Report: Norwegian Shooter Loves Israel

¤ The Slaughter in Norway
News that a Christian extremist has taken credit for the terror attacks in Norway, including the systematic slaying of scores of youth at a summer camp, may be shocking but it shouldn't be surprising. Over the past decade, the Christian Right and many Jewish neoconservatives have pushed the propaganda theme that Islam is a uniquely violent monotheistic religion that requires special suppression if the West is to avoid having Shariah law imposed on everyone.

¤ Evil can be any Color

¤ The Nightmare in Norway and the Threat of Fundamentalist Christian, Blonde, Blue-eyed Terrorists in Our Midst

¤ How a clueless "terrorism expert" set media suspicion on Muslims after Oslo horror
Immediately after news of the bombing of government buildings in Norway’s capital Oslo, the Internet buzzed with speculation about who might have done it and why. Most speculation focused on so-called Islamist militancy and Muslims. The urge to speculate after grave events is understandable, but the focus of speculation, its amplification through social media, its legitimization in mainstream media, and the privilege granted to so-called experts is a common pattern.

¤ The Missing Lesson From Norway: Never Trust a Man in Uniform

¤ In Defense of the Empire

¤ Mass Murder Is the Problem

¤ The Omnipotence of al Qaeda and Meaninglessness of 'Terrorism'

¤ What is at Stake in Syria

¤ The Greater Threat: Christian Extremism From Timothy McVeigh to Anders Breivik

¤ The Bombs in Afghanistan Have Landed in Norway

¤ No Wonder Obama Is Losing Support from the Left

¤ An Economy Destroyed
Recently, the bond rating agencies that gave junk derivatives triple-A ratings threatened to downgrade US Treasury bonds if the White House and Congress did not reach a deficit reduction deal and debt ceiling increase. The downgrade threat is not credible, and neither is the default threat. Both are make-believe crises that are being hyped in order to force cutbacks in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

¤ Rupert's Empire of Slime

¤ The Occupation of Haiti Must End
U.S. diplomatic cables now released from Wikileaks make it clearer than ever before that foreign troops occupying Haiti for more than seven years have no legitimate reason to be there; that this a U.S. occupation, as much as in Iraq or Afghanistan; that it is part of a decades-long U.S. strategy to deny Haitians the right to democracy and self-determination; and that the Latin American governments supplying troops – including Brazil – are getting tired of participating.

¤ Crocodile Tears Over Famine
As predicted here in CounterPunch, crocodile tears have begun to run down the faces of the likes of Anthony Lake, CIA director nominee turned Executive Director of UNICEF, as some 15 million people starve in the Horn of Africa. Tony Lake appeals to the world for tens, no, hundreds of millions of dollars to save the starving people of Ethiopia and Somalia, never once telling you that the majority, some 10 million, are in the Ogaden and Oromia regions and being subjected to a western funded food aid blockade by the Ethiopian military.

¤ Inequality and Poverty in Latin America

¤ When Extremism Learns to Blow Things Up

¤ Who Owns America? Hint: It's not China

¤ The Norway Massacre and the nexus of Islamophobia and Right-wing Zionism

¤ Puppets in Revolt: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and the United States
Empires are built through the promotion and backing of local collaborators who act at the behest of imperial rulers. They are rewarded with the outward symbols of authority and financial handouts, even as it is understood that they hold their position only at the tolerance of their imperial superiors.

¤ Libya War Lies Worse Than Iraq

¤ Pyongyang waitresses sliced to perfection

¤ The UN must again choose between capitulation and credibility

¤ Afghan Judges accuse U.S. of War Crimes

¤ Good Things

¤ Jamaica's Crippling Debt Crisis Must Serve as a Warning to Greece

¤ U.S. and Mexican Governments Continue to Brush Aside Perspectives of Drug War Victims

¤ Amid Murdoch Scandal, Israel Backers Worry About Muting of Pro-Israel Media Voice

¤ Rape shame of the US military

¤ The Silent Humanitarian Crises Beyond East Africa

¤ It Starts with an 'F' But It Ain't 'Freedom'

¤ The Headless Corpse, the Mass Grave and Worrying Questions About Libya's Rebel Army

¤ 'West Ignoring Rebel War Crimes, Claim Civilians Fleeing To Tripoli' In Libya

¤ Murdoch US Scandal Brewing?

¤ Murdoch Hearings + Cameron Statement - See No Evil, Hear No Evil

¤ In past ten years U.S. has expanded military network throughout the World

¤ The Police Murder of Kenneth Harding
Dozens of people were arrested last night in San Francisco in a protest over the recent police shooting of Kenneth Wade Harding, a 19 year old black man who was shot down on Saturday afternoon while attempting to flee from police who had confronted him for failing to pay a public transit fare.

¤ A Life Worth Less Than Train Fare

¤ The Police Murder of Kenneth Harding

¤ Murdoch: Will Anything Really Change?

¤ Mexico's Rule of Lawlessness

Norway attacks: at least 91 killed in Oslo and Utøya island
Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2011

¤ At least 91 killed in Oslo and Utøya island

¤ 16 Die in Norway Shooting and Bombing

¤ Blast hits gov't buildings in Oslo, Norway; shooter arrested...

¤ Oslo Explosion: 7 Dead as Pair of Blasts Rock Norway...

¤ More than 30 dead in double terrorist attack in Norway...

¤ VIDEO

¤ Police: Camp shooter also linked to Oslo bombing

¤ BBC: Oslo bomb - latest updates

¤ Venezuela Now OPEC's Largest Oil Reserves Holder

¤ S.F. Police Kill Teen After He Tried To Avoid Bus Fare

¤ Heavy casualties reported in Libya fighting

¤ Gadhafi supporters rally for him in former rebel city

¤ Kadhafi defiant as rebels press offensive

All Non-Africans Part Neanderthal, Genetics Confirm
Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Analysis by Jennifer Viegas
Monday July 18, 2011 - discovery.com

If your heritage is non-African, you are part Neanderthal, according to a new study in the July issue of Molecular Biology and Evolution. Discovery News has been reporting on human/Neanderthal interbreeding for some time now, so this latest research confirms earlier findings.

Damian Labuda of the University of Montreal's Department of Pediatrics and the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center conducted the study with his colleagues. They determined some of the human X chromosome originates from Neanderthals, but only in people of non-African heritage.

Full Article : discovery.com

Monsanto in Haiti
Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011

¤ Monsanto in Haiti
ast week, thousands of farmers and supporters of Haitian peasant agriculture marched for hours under the hot Caribbean sun to call for more government support for locally grown seeds and agriculture. The demonstration was organized by the Peasant Movement of Papay and other farmer associations, human rights and women’s groups, and the Haitian Platform for Alternative Development (PAPDA), the Haitian online agency AlterPresse reported from the march. The official theme of the peaceful demonstration was “Land Grabbing is Endangering Agricultural Sovereignty.”

¤ Food in Venezuela is Now Guaranteed

¤ Rupert Murdoch and Media Corruption

¤ Greed, Excess and America's Gaping Class Divide

¤ How Propaganda Shapes Political and Economic Outcomes

¤ Why Libya? Why Qaddafi?
What are the reasons why the US government and its current President Barack Obama and his cabinet, are so vehement in their insistence that Libyan leaderMu'ammar el-Qaddafi "must go"? Why does the American regime insist on Qaddafi's removal, to the extent of overseeing repeated bombings of his residences and other places where he may be staying or visiting, following a long series of assassination and coup attempts?

¤ New DSK Charge: Attempted Rape of His Daughter's 23-Year-Old Friend

¤ DSK and the Meaning of Consent

¤ Julian Assange's lawyer tells extradition appeal arrest warrant is invalid

¤ The Killing of Ahmad Wali Karzai

¤ Eight-year-old boy is killed and dismembered

¤ Stranded: The stateless Haitians

¤ India says terror attack kills 17, wound 81

¤ Syria condemns Hillary Clinton's remarks about Assad

¤ Palestinians hold US responsible for Israel policy

¤ Putin Slams US

¤ Rights Group Exposes Libyan Rebel Abuses

¤ Foreign Policy, Africa and Hypocrisy
Many are those nations who like to use the expression "ethical foreign policy" to foster the notion they are righteous and decent members of the international community; many are those who use the African cause to feather their own nests or to promote themselves. Let us examine how ethical the international community has been to Africa.

¤ Why The US Won't Leave Afghanistan

¤ How the US Props Up Criminals and Murderers All in the Name of Our Catastrophic Drug War

¤ Yemen: '50 Al-Qaeda militants' killed in airstrike

¤ Jailed For Banking While Black

¤ Black America vs. Obama?

¤ A Run on the United States Government

¤ Cutting Back on Salt 'Does Not Make You Healthier'

¤ Number One? 20 Not So Good Categories That the United States Leads the World In

¤ Giving Up on the Economic Recovery

¤ Jim Rogers Calls U.S. Debt Ceiling Talks “A Sham”

¤ The Casey Anthony Verdict: Jurors Did the Right Thing

¤ Libya: France risks Nato split over call for Gaddafi talks

¤ France Confirms ‘Indirect’ Talks With Libya Govt
Long the most outspoken advocates of the NATO bombing campaign, the French government has shown a shockingly rapid change of direction over the past two days on the war in Libya, with officials not only advocating a rebel agreement with the Gadhafi regime but even engaging in talks of their own to that end.

¤ US Warns Assad He Is ‘Not Indispensable’ After Embassy Attack

¤ Syria's al-Assad has "lost legitimacy," Clinton says

¤ Syrian protesters attack US embassy

¤ Suspected US drones kill 38 in Pakistan

¤ An $800 million teaser

¤ Pakistan 'punished' in Pipelineistan

¤ Two Million Dead - Now What's That South Sudan Independence About?

¤ The Economic Assassination of the USA

¤ Murdoch's News Corp Generated $10.4 Billion Profits And Received $4.8 Billion In "Taxes" From The IRS

¤ United States: Investigate Bush, Other Top Officials for Torture

¤ Drone strikes are police work, not an act of war?

¤ Stupid Democrats, Stupid Republicans

¤ Class War Without Mercy

¤ No Child Left Behind and the Atlanta Schools Cheating Scandal

NATO's War Against Libya's Civilians
Posted: Saturday, July 9, 2011

¤ US Foreign Policy Invigorated at the Expense of Gaza
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made a series of stern and fiery statements recently, giving the impression that war is somehow upon us once again. Oddly, Clinton’s sudden reappearance into the Middle East diplomacy scene was triggered by the brave attempts of peace activists to break the siege on Gaza.

¤ 'Racist' stop-and-search powers to be challenged

¤ Hacking scandal: is this Britain's Watergate?

¤ The origins of racism

¤ Huge Pro Gaddafi Rallies In Libya

¤ The Game in Syria

¤ Occupation 101

¤ The Essential Rules Of Liberty
There is nothing worse in this world than an enslaved man who naively believes himself free, except, perhaps, trying to explain to that same man his predicament. You can lay truth after truth before his feet. You can qualify your every position with cold hard irrefutable data. You can plead and scream and raise veritable hell, but before he will ever listen, he must first become aware of his own dire circumstances.

¤ Greece 'sold its soul' on Gaza: Henning Mankell

¤ Libya and War Powers
"Much rumbling has emanated from the US Congress on Libya - centered around technicalities around the War Powers Act [sic]," writes Pepe Escobar in the Asia Times. "As the semantic contortions involved in the Libya tragedy have already gone way beyond Newspeak, this means in practice US drones will keep joining NATO fighter jets in bombing civilians in Tripoli."

¤ US drone strikes kill dozens in Somalia

¤ Outrage as Germany 'Sells' 200 Tanks to Saudi Regime

¤ Somali Terror Suspect Secretly Held And Interrogated by US

¤ All the Publisher's Men (Not to Mention Ms. Brooks)

¤ The Online Sex Industry

¤ Egypt vs. the IMF
It is no secret that Egypt has put all its faith in the US and Western international institutions since the days of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, contracting a huge foreign debt, a process that was increasingly corrupt, despite being careful watched over by those very agencies. This debt is financed by foreign banks, and must be repaid in dollars -- with interest.

¤ I May be Poor, But I'm Not Destitute

¤ NATO's War Against Libya's Civilians

¤ The Evil of Two Lessers

¤ Bradley Manning, American Hero

¤ NATO bombing in Libya leads to drawn-out war, more civilian deaths

¤ 'Advertisers Brainwash Us,' and Other Anti-Capitalist Complaints

¤ Don't be Fooled by Political Posturing

¤ Imperial Suicide

¤ With Rupert Murdoch's Empire in Crisis, What of Fox and His American Project?

¤ Murdoch heads for a Fall

Why the War Machine Keeps on Running
Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2011

¤ Brooks contacted Dowler private detective herself

¤ Will Dominique Strauss-Kahn's political career get a fresh start?

¤ Hugo Chávez's triumphant return to Venezuela

¤ A Brilliant and Courageous Statement
Attending to other matters that are now top priority, I momentarily strayed from the frequency with which I had been writing reflections in the year 2010; however, Hugo Chávez Frías’ proclamation last Thursday the 30th, obliges me to write these lines.
The president of Venezuela is one of the men who has done the most for the health and education of his people; since these are subjects where the Cuban Revolution has accumulated the most experience, we gladly collaborate to the maximum with this sister country in both areas.

¤ Chavez hails Venezuela's 200th 'birthday'

¤ Noam Chomsky criticises old friend Hugo Chávez for 'assault' on democracy

¤ Noam Chomsky on Venezuela – the transcript

¤ Chomsky Says UK Guardian Article "Quite Deceptive" about his Chavez Criticism
Q: I've searched for a transcript of your remarks to the Observer online but not found one. Is it available to your knowledge?

CHOMSKY: The Guardian/Observer version, as I anticipated, is quite deceptive. The report in the NY Times is considerably more honest. Both omit much of relevance that I stressed throughout, including the fact that criticisms from the US government or anyone who supports its actions can hardly be taken seriously, considering Washington’s far worse record without any of the real concerns that Venezuela faces, the Manning case for one, which is much worse than Judge Afiuni’s.

¤ Corporate Pay Way Up. Average Pay Not So Much.

¤ Why the War Machine Keeps on Running
The United States has always meddled in other people's affairs. For those readers who think this statement is an exaggeration, I urge them to peruse the chronology of interventions compiled by the Congressional Research Service. This historical predilection for meddling, however, grew enormously in depth and breadth during the Cold War, and to make matters worse, it is now clear that it exploded after the end of the Cold War. The Bush-Obama perpetual war on terror is now the longest and second most expensive war in US history, exceeded only in cost by WWII, even if one removes the effects of inflation from the comparison.

¤ Papandreou Selling Off Greek Assets

¤ Why the War Machine Keeps on Running
The United States has always meddled in other people's affairs. For those readers who think this statement is an exaggeration, I urge them to peruse the chronology of interventions compiled by the Congressional Research Service. This historical predilection for meddling, however, grew enormously in depth and breadth during the Cold War, and to make matters worse, it is now clear that it exploded after the end of the Cold War.

¤ How Racism, Global Economics, and the New Jim Crow Fuel Black America's Crippling Jobs Crisis

¤ Get Your Hands on the Government’s Playbook

¤ Politicians being dumb and dangerous on Israel

¤ Casey Anthony found not guilty of murder of daughter

¤ Phone hacking scandal involving kidnapped girl roils Britain

¤ Changing of the guard in Thailand

¤ Despite Troop Surge, Taliban Attacks and U.S. Casualties Soared

NATO Is An Outlaw
Posted: Sunday, July 3, 2011

¤ Pure Victims, Real Human Beings

¤ The Cannibal War Machine
The modernity of witchcraft and the intertwining of divine or sacred forms with the exercise of political power are topics recently much discussed by anthropologists. So too envisioning violence as means of cultural expression, not simply the absence of or destruction of meaning, has been central to anthropological approaches to ethnographic locales increasingly consumed by wars, especially in South America and Africa.

¤ Targeting Libya, Hitting the Constitution

¤ Countdown to Invasion

¤ Haiti: the Next Round
On March 18th, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family returned home from a 7-year forced exile in South Africa – an exile brought about by the violent U.S.-orchestrated coup in 2004. Up until the last minute, the U.S. government tried to stop the return, with President Obama going so far as to place a last-minute call to President Zuma of South Africa.

¤ Is Obama Really a D*ck?

¤ Obama's War on Whistleblowers

¤ The Sorman Massacre

¤ NATO Is An Outlaw, The ICC Is Its Accomplice
The International Criminal Court at The Hague is a pariah in the world of Justice and International Law; those who work for it are traitors to their cause, the Institution itself is an insult to every fibre of civilisation and a knife in the back of the notion that the law prevails and is applied without bias.

¤ Journalism as a Weapon of War in Libya
During the night the sound of NATO jets flying over Tripoli can be heard in the Mediterranean coastal city. Tripoli has not been bombed for a few days, but the sound of the flyovers have been numerous. The Atlantic Alliance deliberately picks the night as a means to disturb the sleep of residence in an attempt to spread fear. Small children in Libya have lost a lot of sleep during this war. This is part of the psychological war being waged. It is meant to break the spirit of Libya. This is all additional to the severing wound imposed on Libya through trickery and sedition.

¤ 14 Propaganda Techniques Fox "News" Uses to Brainwash Americans

¤ Child Poverty in US Approaches 25%

¤ US hesitates on Philippine arms
¤ Exxon Pipe Breaks in Yellowstone River

¤ Treasure Worth Billions Found in Indian Temple

¤ Strauss-Kahn Case Adds to Doubts on Prosecutor

¤ Strauss-Kahn Accuser’s Call Alarmed Prosecutors

¤ Royals heckled by protesters in Montreal

¤ Egypt Rejects IMF Conditions
Egypt has cancelled plans to borrow 3 billion dollars from the International Monetary Fund because of conditions that violated the country’s national sovereignty and a public outcry that warned against terms that were blamed for impoverishing many Egyptians.

¤ HUGE PRO GADDAFI RALLY in Tripoli - Raw Footage

¤ Libya: Unending American hostility
If I could publicly ask our beloved president one question, it would be this: "Mr. President, in your short time in office you've waged war against six countries — Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya. This makes me wonder something. With all due respect: What is wrong with you?"

¤ Africa will not execute Gaddafi warrant: African Union

¤ Qaddafi Did NOT Threatens Attacks on Europe

¤ Swedish Travesty of Justice

Mission accomplished? What mission, exactly?
Posted: Friday, July 1, 2011

¤ Strauss-Kahn's House Arrest Ends

¤ France riveted by Strauss-Kahn developments
France was riveted by the surprise development of Dominique Strauss-Kahn walking out of a New York courthouse without bail and free from house arrest Friday, with his allies hopeful that he can revive a 2012 presidential bid if exonerated. New York prosecutors acknowledged there were questions about the credibility of the hotel housekeeper who accused him of sexual assault.

¤ Strauss-Kahn Prosecution Said to Be Near Collapse

¤ Greek parliament passes cuts plans

¤ Pakistan detained, then released, many after bin Laden raid

¤ Mission accomplished? What mission, exactly?
Facing the nation last week, US president Barack Obama almost seemed triumphant. The 10-year-long conflict in Afghanistan is, he asserted, ‘coming to a responsible end’.
Given that for its entire duration the US-led war in Afghanistan has been singularly without an end, responsible or otherwise, this seemed like big news. But don’t get out the Stars and Stripes bunting just yet. What Obama was actually talking about was nothing so earth-shattering as the achievement of a big objective, let alone a good old-fashioned Victory.

¤ Memoirs of Torturers

¤ A World Overwhelmed by Western Hypocrisy
Western institutions have become caricatures of hypocrisy.
The International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank are violating their charters in order to bail out French, German, and Dutch private banks. The IMF is only empowered to make balance of payments loans, but is lending to the Greek government for prohibited budgetary reasons in order that the Greek government can pay the banks.

¤ Teeth, Pain and the US Drug Industry

¤ The US Military's A/C Bill for Iraq and Afghanistan Gives Me the Shivers

¤ Idolizing Absolute Power
The Christian Science Monitor published a piece I wrote last month wrote opposing allowing the U.S. government to kill Americans without a warrant, trial, or any judicial niceties. The article, “Assassination Nation: Are there any limits on President Obama's license to kill?,” spurred a torrent of feedback on Yahoo.com that vividly illustrates how some Americans now view absolute power.
Some folks believed that opposing “extrajudicial killings” should be a capital offense.

¤ Athens demonstrators gather ahead of austerity bill vote

¤ Monsanto in Haiti

¤ Sacred Mantras

¤ Greek police beating Greek citizens on behalf of the international banksters

¤ Eyewitness Libya: Cynthia McKinney

¤ US 'could withdraw funding from UN if Palestine state is recognised'

¤ Graveyard of Empires

¤ Afghanistan: The Debate we should be having

¤ How Greed Destroys America

¤ America needs JOBS

¤ What's really at stake in Libya

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