March 2, 2012
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What the Heck is a “Prevailing Wage,” and Why Does it Boil Frogs? By Bill Bergman
Prevailing wage laws govern worker compensation on government-funded construction projects. They direct that workers be paid “prevailing wages.” This may not sound like such an evil thing, but these laws end up boosting construction costs significantly, and restrict opportunity for many construction workers. Continue reading
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Our Gang of War Criminals By Dave Lindorff
Under the Nuremberg Principles, later incorporated into the United Nations Charter, to which the United States is a signatory, the planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression, which is defined as a war started against another nation that does not pose an imminent threat of attack on the aggressor nation or nations,… Continue reading
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Top NATO Military Commander Mulls Partnerships With India, Brazil
A top Pentagon commander has told U.S. legislators that the possibilities of NATO partnership with India and Brazil are “worth exploring”, as the two nations have great capabilities. This is the first time possibly that a top Pentagon commander is making such a statement on a partnership between NATO and India. The Pentagon official was… Continue reading
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Stop NATO news: March 2, 2012: US Strongest Military In The World: After Iraqi, Afghan, Libyan “Successes,” Pentagon To Maintain Might, Expand Global
2 March 2012 — Stop NATO News Strongest Military In The World: After Iraqi, Afghan, Libyan “Successes,” Pentagon To Maintain Might, Expand Global Partnerships Libyan War And Beyond: NATO Praises Qatar As Key Ally NATO Shelling Critically Wounds Six In Pakistan Armenia: NATO Delegation Oversees Further Integration NATO Summit To Continue”Open-Door Policy” With Georgia Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 2 March 2012
2 March 2012 — williambowles.info E-mails released by WikiLeaks show Dow Chemical spied on activists over … Detroit Free Press The group WikiLeaks obtained e-mails that show Dow hired a Texas-based company, Stratfor, to monitor environment and human rights advocates concerned with the leak at a plant in Bhopal, India, that killed about 15000 Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 2 March 2012
2 March 2012 — williambowles.info Providing information to our enemies is treason Tulsa Beacon by Robert McDowell In early February, the Army commander for the District of Washington finally announced his decision that Pfc. Bradley Manning must stand a general courtmartial for his actions while deployed to the Middle East. Manning is charged … Continue reading
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ACTA – time to win!
Governments are turning their back on ACTA one by one, so the EC is asking their Court of Justice to give the treaty the green light and renew its momentum — but they plan to manipulate the process by giving the court only a narrow, uncontroversial question to consider, hoping it will lead to a… Continue reading
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Planned Regime Change in Syria By Stephen Lendman
Strategies and tactics vary. Objectives are consistent. They involve replacing independent regimes with pro-Western ones by any means, including war. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 1 March 2012: Another Bogus Argument for War with Iran
1 March 2012 — Information Clearing House Saudi Arabia May Be Tied to 9/11, 2 Ex-Senators Say By ERIC LICHTBLAU In sworn statements that seem likely to reignite the debate, two former senators who were privy to top secret information on the Saudis’ activities say they believe that the Saudi government might have played a Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 1 March 2012: Israeli Military Courts as Enforcement Mechanism of Occupation
1 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Egypt’s Parliament Recommends Supplying Gaza With Electricity, FuelIMEMC – The Arab Affairs Committee at the Egyptian People’s Assembly of the Parliament recommended on Thursday conducting a legal study to determine and improve the operational methods of border terminals between Gaza and Egypt, and also recommended Continue reading
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Syria “Conspiracy Theories”: It is a Conspiracy By Felicity Arbuthnot
Sanity dictated that this would be a U.S. fantasy rampage too far and vast – until realization hit that the author of the map of this New World, planned in the New World’s “New World Order”, was Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters, who, in one of the most terrifying articles ever published, wrote in 1997: Continue reading
The New Dark Age 