June 2009
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Key leaders of Honduras military coup trained in... →
At least two leaders of the coup launched in Honduras on June 28 were apparently trained at a controversial Department of Defense school based at Fort Benning, Georgia infamous for producing graduates linked to torture, death squads and other human rights abuses.
The Georgia-based U.S. military school is infamous for training over 60,000 Latin American soldiers, including infamous dictators,...
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Branding blunder gives Russia-Nigeria energy... →
It probably seemed a good idea at the time. But Russia’s attempt to create a joint gas venture with Nigeria is set to become one of the classic branding disasters of all time ‑ after the new company was named Nigaz.
The venture was agreed last week during a four-day trip by Russia’s president Dmitry Medvedev to Africa. The deal between Russia’s Gazprom and Nigeria’s...
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There may be more to Madoff tale →
Madoff is more than just a sociopath. Too much of this story doesn’t hang together to my mind, and he was too functional in other aspects of his existence.
That’s why I think this may be more about money laundering and tax evasion than about fraud. Many people may not realize that he pleaded guilty to money laundering too.
If so, then some Madoff “victims” may be...
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AP Source: 10 others to be charged in Madoff probe →
Madoff wasn’t the only one doing this money laundering, he is a fall guy for others who were equally evil (if not more) but one very important question remains..WHERE DID THE MONEY GO?!?
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The Great American Bubble Machine - by Matt Taibbi →
The bank’s unprecedented reach and power have enabled it to turn all of America into a giant pump-and-dump scam, manipulating whole economic sectors for years at a time, moving the dice game as this or that market collapses, and all the time gorging itself on the unseen costs that are breaking families everywhere - high gas prices, rising consumer-credit rates, half-eaten pension funds,...
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How the US will get into Iran - A necessary... →
The Question of a Provocation
As noted above, in the section on the time frame for an invasion, whether the United States decides to invade Iran with or without a provocation is a critical consideration. With provocation, the international diplomatic and domestic political requirements of an invasion would be mitigated, and the more outrageous the Iranian provocation (and the less that the...
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Disorderly genius: How Chaos Drives the Brain →
HAVE you ever experienced that eerie feeling of a thought popping into your head as if from nowhere, with no clue as to why you had that particular idea at that particular time? You may think that such fleeting thoughts, however random they seem, must be the product of predictable and rational processes. After all, the brain cannot be random, can it? Surely it processes information using...
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Fox News Gets Court OK to Lie →
On February 14, a Florida Appeals court ruled there is absolutely nothing illegal about lying, concealing or distorting information by a major press organization. The court reversed the $425,000 jury verdict in favor of journalist Jane Akre who charged she was pressured by Fox Television management and lawyers to air what she knew and documented to be false information. The ruling basically...
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Thrill-seekers pay 3.5k to attack Pirates in... →
Russian cruise liner companies are offering pirate-hunting trips on armed private yachts off the Somali coast.
Passengers pay £3,500 a day hoping to be attacked by raiders so they can retaliate with grenades, machine guns and rockets.
The ships cruise slowly close to the coast in an attempt to attract the pirates.
This is taking tourism to a strange level (I can’t say new,...
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead - the entire scroll... →
don’t stop till ya get enough.
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Those at the peak of strength and beauty, in the...
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Nowhere in this world is a refuge.
Now if thoughts should arise in your mind that this country or that country is peaceful or fortunate or that money is easy to get there, discard them, my friend, and do not dwell on them whatsoever. For you know that the whole world everywhere is plagued by one problem or another….Whether by cold, heat, disease, or danger, people are always being oppressed; nowhere in this world is a refuge....
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Russia, China to Promote Ruble, Yuan Use in Trade... →
June 17 (Bloomberg) — The leaders of Russia and China agreed to expand use of the ruble and yuan in bilateral trade to lessen dependence on the U.S. dollar a day after they took part in the first summit of the so-called BRIC countries.
Russia, the world’s biggest energy supplier, wants to start selling oil to China in rubles, said Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, who is also chairman...
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Military hush-up: Space rocks now classified -... →
For 15 years, scientists have benefited from data gleaned by U.S. classified satellites of natural fireball events in Earth’s atmosphere — but no longer.
A recent U.S. military policy decision now explicitly states that observations by hush-hush government spacecraft of incoming bolides and fireballs are classified secret and are not to be released, SPACE.com has learned.
Scientists...
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Church of England attempts to broaden appeal with... →
Worshippers are told that “our planet is messed up” and that “things are not right”.
They are then asked to approach the altar and rub sea salt on their fingers to represent tears, before walking around and meditating at eight “prayer stations” representing themes such as “gender equality” and “environmental ...
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“There have been numerous news reports that the US government has implemented a...”
– Paul Craig Roberts (via azspot)
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LedgerGermane is categorically against trying to...
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US Cities Bulldozed in Order to Survive -... →
The government looking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature.
Local politicians believe the city must contract by as much as 40 per cent, concentrating the dwindling population and local services into a more viable area.
The radical experiment is the brainchild of Dan Kildee, treasurer...
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The Cosmic Serpent →
americansatori:
frontlineassembly:
The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge is a 1995 non-fiction book by Jeremy Narby. Narby performed two years of field work in the Pichis Valley of thePeruvian Amazon researching the ecology of the Asháninka, an indigenous peoples in Peru.
Investigating the connections between shamanism and molecular biology, Narby hypothesizes that shamans may...
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CIA head says Cheney almost wishing US be attacked →
Panetta said of Cheney’s remarks: “It’s almost, a little bit, gallows politics. When you read behind it, it’s almost as if he’s wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point. I think that’s dangerous politics.”
Asked if he agreed with Panetta, Vice President Joe Biden told CNN’s “State of the Union”...
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Fed Would Be Shut Down If It Were Audited, Expert... →
The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet is so out of whack that the central bank would be shut down if subjected to a conventional audit, Jim Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, told CNBC.
“If the Fed examiners were set upon the Fed’s own documents—unlabeled documents—to pass judgment on the Fed’s capacity to survive the difficulties it faces in credit,...
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Radioactive wasps bug out nuclear cleanup workers →
YAKIMA, Wash. – If workers cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site didn’t have enough to worry about, now they’ve got to deal with radioactive wasp nests. Mud dauber wasps built the nests, which have been largely abandoned by their flighty owners, in holes at south-central Washington’s Hanford nuclear reservation in 2003.
That’s when workers...
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No Carradine suicide, expert says - AP News →
LOS ANGELES – The forensics expert hired by David Carradine’s family has concluded that the “Kung Fu” actor did not commit suicide, but said that more information was needed from Thai investigators before the cause of death could be determined.
Carradine’s brothers, Keith and Robert Carradine, each read part of a prepared statement to reporters from The Associated Press...
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“There is more than a casual association between GM foods and adverse health...”
– Doctors Warn Avoid Genetically Modified Foods- Seeds of Deception
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Japan's 1Q GDP revision confirms steep recession →
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy shrank at a 14.2 percent annual pace in the first quarter — better than first thought, but still the worst quarterly contraction ever for the world’s second-largest economy.
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2 Japanese carrying $134 Billion worth of U.S.... →
ROME —
Two Japanese nationals were detained by Italian financial police last week after trying to enter Switzerland with $134 billion worth of undeclared U.S. bonds, mostly Treasury bonds, an Italian daily said Wednesday. The Japanese consulate general in Milan confirmed that the detention had taken place and said it was trying to confirm with Italian authorities whether the two were indeed...
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Asian Poses - The Definitive Guide to Asian Poses →
laugharne:
Simply smiling in a photo is so boring, why not strike a pose? Asians are notorious for their quirky and cute poses and this site focuses on documenting these poses. To help you recognize various poses, visual aids will be provided courtesy of popular Korean, Japanese, and Chinese models.
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Yahoo Nukes Man's Photos Over Obama Comments →
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Flickr user Shepherd Johnson was browsing the official White House photostream one night when he decided to post a politically-charged comment. Then another, then another. Soon, without warning, Yahoo’s photo-sharing service deleted his account, complete with 1,200 pictures.
An unrepentant Yahoo won’t say what, exactly, Johnson did wrong. His comments were about Barack Obama’s support...
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Economic Scene - How the U.S. Surplus Became a... →
The story of today’s deficits starts in January 2001, as President Bill Clinton was leaving office. The Congressional Budget Office estimated then that the government would run an average annual surplus of more than $800 billion a year from 2009 to 2012. Today, the government is expected to run a $1.2 trillion annual deficit in those years.
You can think of that roughly $2 trillion swing...
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FBI Arrests Man for Online Threat Against Indicted... →
FBI agents have arrested a man suspected of posting online messages threatening the life of a California transit cop who was involved in a controversial shooting earlier this year.
Jeffrey Weaver, 47, of Roanoke, Virginia, is suspected of posting anonymous comments to the popular InfoWars.com site run by radio show host and free-speech advocate Alex Jones. Those comments, which were...