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Monthly Archives: January 2007
Our Monday Movie Is The Money Masters
All about the US banking system, the Federal Reserve, and who’s getting wealthy from the scheme as it’s presently devised. A must see. The Money Masters – Part I
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Singin’ On Sunday, But Not Very Well
This is another ditty recorded over twenty years ago in Calgary, Alberta. It was done for a class project (undergrad Jazz History course). And the professor didn’t think much of my effort. Oh, well. Here it is anyway. Richard Jehn … Continue reading
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Loving Daddy So Much It Hurts … Somebody
We’ve seen the speculation that it was because Saddam once plotted GHW Bush’s assassination. Junior apparently didn’t like that. Handy that he had the billions of dollars it took to realize his desired end. From Ranger Against War “V” for … Continue reading
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Chomsky on Cochamba
And it’s great to see Noam paying so much attention to events in Latin America. South America: Toward an Alternative FutureNoam ChomskyInternational Herald Tribune, January 5, 2007 Last month a coincidence of birth and death signaled a transition for South … Continue reading
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Another Little Sign of a Deeply Dysfunctional Society
Having gone through a horriblly traumatic marriage breakup, I can speak to this issue a little. I rejected taking anti-depressants, despite a counsellor’s recommendation that I do. I still have bouts of depression, but they are manageable in a strange … Continue reading
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Steve Pizzo’s Take on Behind the Scenes Whitehouse Activities
… and it’s a pretty interesting analysis if you ask us (even if a bit far-fetched). We’d noticed that Negroponte thing and wondered. Steve picks it apart. White House ChessFrom News for Real The Washington media spent the holidays trying … Continue reading
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Inadequate Message Control
… and chronic hypocrisy. If one of the issues is ‘inadequate message control,’ the obvious question arises: “Then why didn’t the US Air Force bomb Iraqi journalism back to the stone age?” Or would that be too blatant a disregard … Continue reading
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It’s Still About the Oil, Stupid
Dick Cheney saying that “the Middle East is the key to preventing the world running out of oil” just shows how utterly fucking brainless he is. But who would expect him to read any source such as “The Party’s Over,” … Continue reading
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It’s About Time They Got Something Almost Right
The bold below is what we mean by ‘almost right.’ Amerikan politics sucks. Contractors in war zones lose immunity: Bill provision allows military prosecutionsBy Farah Stockman, Globe Staff | January 7, 2007 WASHINGTON — An estimated 100,000 employees of US … Continue reading
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Way Too Little, Way Too Late
… which seems to be George Bush’s modus operandi. We believe this idiot surrounded himself with some of the most uneducated, illogical people in Amerika in order to explain the disaster that Iraq has become. Pinning hopes on jobs programs … Continue reading
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Continuing Signs of a Sick Society
What is so utterly galling about this story is that the vast majourity of the Amerikan population finds nothing particularly shocking about it. Of course, in our view, that makes that ‘vast majourity’ guilty of war crimes under the terms … Continue reading
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Juan Cole on Maliki’s Latest
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday threatened to cut off diplomatic relations with countries that criticized the execution of Saddam Hussein. He defended the decision to execute him on the Sunni feast of sacrifice, saying that Saddam had profaned religious … Continue reading
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