January 2008
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Leaked UK gov’t doc reveals plan to “coerce” Brits into national ID register January 29, 2008
Taken from the leaked government document From: Cory Doctorow Phil from the UK anti-ID-register group NO2ID sends in this nugget — note the call to action there. We’ve got a sensitive government document revealing the British government’s plan to trick us into a database state and we need as many copies as possible, as quickly Continue reading
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‘Chinese Torture’ or what goes around comes around By William Bowles
25 January, 2008 Dumping on China by the usual horde of Western pundits seems to be de riguer these days. Hardly a day goes by without some scary headline that either warns of the dangers of billions of Chinese getting a car, refridgerator, microwave or whatever and hastening on Climate Change and/or ‘swamping’ Western markets Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: ALL SMOKE, NO FIRE – THE NATIONAL JOURNAL SMEARS THE LANCET
January 22, 2008 MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media Last year, we described how mainstream climate sceptics had queued up to praise film-maker Martin Durkin’s now infamous documentary, The Great Global Warming Swindle. The Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph, and their counterparts in the United States, used the film to Continue reading
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Palestine: Collectively Punished by Israel and Collectively Punished by the media By William Bowles
22 January 2008 “No general penalty, pecuniary or otherwise, shall be inflicted upon the population on account of the acts of individuals for which they cannot be regarded as jointly and severally responsible.” — Laws and Customs of War on Land (Hague IV); October 18, 1907, Article 50″ Continue reading
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Getting Out the Bling Vote By Joe Bageant
HOPKINS VILLAGE, BELIZE: I know it’s unpatriotic as hell, but I just cannot get a hard-on about the ’08 American presidential elections. As in, I haven’t read or heard a word about them in a couple of weeks and could care less whether Hillary showed publicly some emotion, which was the big news when I… Continue reading
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Anti-Empire Report, January 13, 2008 By William Blum
Anti-Empire Report, January 13, 2008: “The Anti-Empire Report Read this or George W. Bush will be president the rest of your life January 13, 2008 by William Blum http://www.killinghope.org An Unreasonable Man I recommend the new documentary about Ralph Nader, which was recently shown on PBS television, ‘An Unreasonable Man‘. Its primary focus is on Continue reading
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Afghanistan News Links 12-13 January 2008
13 January 2008 — The New Dark Age 13/1/08 UK Defence Secretary says Britain could be in Afghanistan for decades The Canadian Press – LONDON – British Defence Secretary Des Browne says Britain could be engaged in Afghanistan for decades. Browne made the comments in an interview published … canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jetmcR6TEUWGDQF8Cg1FurXIe4nQ British troops could be in Afghanistan Continue reading
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Media Lens: David Aaronovitch – A Different Kind of Compassion
MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media January 10, 2008 — Media Lens If “The wages of sin is death”, the returns must seem altogether less bleak to Tony Blair. In November, Blair was reported to have received £237,000 for a 20-minute speech before an audience of Chinese entrepreneurs. While his Continue reading
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Obama – the man without a past for a country without a future By William Bowles
That both a black man and a woman are the ‘front runners’ in the ‘race’ for the presidency speaks reams about the desperate state of the Union these days, not that the up-coming US election has much relevancy to anything of import but the illusion that voting every five years is a reflection of real… Continue reading
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The Obama Phenom or revolving door ‘democracy’ By William Bowles
There are dark forces at work here, namely the pr and media sectors of the ruling elites who have realised that the only way to (hopefully) save their bacon is to have an economically and politically ‘safe’ Black prez who captures the imagination of those who have never voted (about 30% of the eligible population),… Continue reading
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It’s all-out war on the planet. Chaos (capitalism) rules okay!
7 January, 2008 “The dominant trend shaping the present situation – is the advent of ‘neoliberalism’ – a concerted capitalist offensive aimed at sweeping away the gains made by working people during the last century and at deepening the subjugation of Third World countries.” — Cuban Communist Makes the Case for International Revolution I have Continue reading
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Afghanistan News-links 6-7 January 2008
7 January 2008 — The New Dark Age 7/1/08 Bush: Iran still a priority Jewish Telegraphic Agency – New York,NY,USA Ahead of a major Middle East tour, President Bush said he would tell Israeli and Arab leaders that isolating Iran is still a priority. … www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/106256.html German diplomat is forced to leave Iran Boston Globe – Continue reading
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Afghanistan News Links 3-4 January 2008
4 January 2008 — The New Dark Age Afghanistan: Marriage Practice Victimizes Young Girls, Society RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty – Prague,Czech Republic Torpekay tells RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan that becoming a wife at the tender age of 13, being forced to serve her husband’s family, … www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2008/01/8CE81826-4778-4CBC-B9AD-F7C39AA5524D.html Charlie and the jihadis The Australian – Sydney,Australia ONLY Hollywood could reduce Continue reading
The New Dark Age 