No oil for US if it meddles: Chavez:
"If ‘yes’ wins on Sunday and the Venezuelan oligarchy, the violent Venezuelans, the ones who play the (US) empire’s game, unleash violence with the tale that there was fraud … minister, that very Monday you order a halt to the shipments of oil to the United States," Mr Chavez said
Hostages Taken At Clinton Campaign Office
An armed man took at least two workers hostage Friday at a Hillary Clinton presidential campaign office in New Hampshire, police said. The timing is just too cute. I am starting to suspect a "Poor Hillary" pre–election publicity stunt
US wages covert war on Iraq–Iran border
In recent weeks, residents say, Iranian artillery shells have been heard almost daily, raining down on the nearby hills where anti–Tehran guerrillas of the Party for Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) are based on both sides of the Iran–Iraq border
Bush could send troops into Pakistan to strike Bin Laden
The US would send troops into Pakistan if intelligence was received enabling a strike at Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, AFP quoted US President George W Bush as saying
Bombs Away?
Arms expert Scott Ritter says the U.S. plans to attack Iran
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WORLD NEWSIran’s Revolutionary Guards patrol Persian Gulf, U.S.
That means U.S. naval forces are operating in the same waters as an organization the United States considers a major supporter of terrorist activity
Patrick J. Buchanan: Blowback from Moscow:
Americans who think Putin has never been anything but a KGB thug will reject accusations of any U.S. role in causing the ruination of relations between us
"A Crude War Of Revenge" Tariq Ali on Afghanistan
Democracy doesn’t come from the barrel of an M–16 and it can’t be dropped from 30,000 ft like a Daisy Cutter. The Bush war in Afghanistan has brought only suffering and devastation. Thousands have been killed or displaced. Vast swathes of the countryside have been contaminated with radioactive dust that collects in clouds and sweeps across the interior–plains poisoning the groundwater and spreading cancer; another tragic memento of the US occupation that will last for decades.
By Roger Burbach
The Final Battle in Bolivia
Evo Morales, the first Indian president of Bolivia, is forcing a showdown with the oligarchy and the right wing political parties that have stymied efforts to draft a new constitution to transform the nation
Musharraf: U.S. Shares Blame for Pakistan and Afghanistan
"If there’s a failure, it’s not Pakistan’s failure ",
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BUSINESSRussia keeps piling up gold reserves
On November 21, Alexei Ulyukayev, Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia, said that Russia’s reserves could rise to $470bn by the year–end, as they had been gaining momentum
Foreclosures up 165 percent in Florida
More than 30,000 properties in Florida were in some form of foreclosure in October, figures compiled by RealtyTrac showed
Losing faith in the greenback
How long will the dollar remain the world’s premier currency?
by Paul Craig Roberts, posted by Eric G
America Heads for the Trash Can of History
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MARKETSposted by Larry B
Home prices take a steeper turn for the worse
Carolyn Baker
"Diary Of The Onset Of The Greater Depression" in which I review Danny Schechter’s new ebook "Squeezed". This is a muchneeded illumination of the economic meltdown we have now entered,
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ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE/TECH‘High Q’ Nanowires May be Practical Oscillators
Nanowires grown at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have a mechanical ‘quality factor’ at least 10 times higher than reported values for other nanoscale devices such as carbon nanotubes, and comparable to that of commercial quartz crystals.
Study Supports Single Main Migration Across Bering Strait
A new analysis of genetic variation among more than two dozen native populations bolsters the theory that the ancestors of modern native peoples across the Americas came via a northwest land bridge some 12,000 years ago.
Researcher Programs Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells to Develop into Tissues Resembling Human Skin
Toxicology professor’s research reveals that mouse embryonic stem cells, when artificially manipulated, have the capacity to transform into intact biomembranes, or cell tissues, while other normal and cancerous human cells do not. Specifically, he and his researchers have found a way to chemically "program" mouse stem cells to develop into tissues resembling human skin cells and certain membranous stomach cells, such as those found in organs like the large and small intestines.
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HEALTHEric G
Scary image of obesity in the U.S.
New Cure For Aging Skin?
Depleted Uranium – Far Worse Than 9/11
Are CT Scans Worth The Cancer Risk?
Study Warns Scans May Cause 2% Of All U.S. Cancers In Coming Decades
AVOID HOLIDAY DEATHS
Deaths peak during holiday season
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NATURE
from Luc Majno
Animal Homosexuality
Luc Majno
SO IT’S YOU
RESTORING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MOTHER EARTH
IN DEFENSE OF HOMEOPATHY
Why we need to rethink the relationship between cures and diseases
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VIDEO/AUDIO
Russia’s
election: Dictatorship or democracy?:
Eric Margolis comments on the Duma elections
Michael Moore cut this scene from Sicko because no one would believe it
from Luc Majno
The truth about Aspartame… 6:04 Minutes
from Luc Majno
Deliberate Dumbing Down of the World… 9:35 Minutes
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Moral Primitivism Anyone? A Satirical Examination of an Apologia for Industrialized Torture
"Again, if PETA is putting something out, I will always have my doubts – they see things one way and one way only. Theirs. In many ways the activists in this country are terrorists of a kind"…. [Excerpt from an email written by a heavily indoctrinated and reactionary US American]
Daniel F
Stopping The Next Pearl Harbor
---how we can prevent martial law and avoid World War III
Greg Palast
Brown’s Fixer Explains How It’s Done
Jon Mendelsohn and the Secret Tape – Boasted £11 million donated by Tesco cut tax bill by £20 million It was a stunning admission. Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s crony explained to the U.S. businessman, in evil detail, exactly how the fix is done in Britain. Unfortunately, for Jon Mendelsohn and his partners, the "businessman" was, in fact, an undercover reporter for The Observer of London
Joel S. Hirschhorn
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Disappoints
RFK, Jr. has disappointed millions of liberals, progressives and environmentalists by endorsing Hillary Clinton
Eric G
Damn Interesting: Undark & The Radium Girls
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Eric Margolis comments on the Duma elections
Michael Moore cut this scene from Sicko because no one would believe it
from Luc Majno
The truth about Aspartame… 6:04 Minutes
from Luc Majno
Deliberate Dumbing Down of the World… 9:35 Minutes
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Moral Primitivism Anyone? A Satirical Examination of an Apologia for Industrialized Torture
"Again, if PETA is putting something out, I will always have my doubts – they see things one way and one way only. Theirs. In many ways the activists in this country are terrorists of a kind"…. [Excerpt from an email written by a heavily indoctrinated and reactionary US American]
Daniel F
Stopping The Next Pearl Harbor
---how we can prevent martial law and avoid World War III
Greg Palast
Brown’s Fixer Explains How It’s Done
Jon Mendelsohn and the Secret Tape – Boasted £11 million donated by Tesco cut tax bill by £20 million It was a stunning admission. Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s crony explained to the U.S. businessman, in evil detail, exactly how the fix is done in Britain. Unfortunately, for Jon Mendelsohn and his partners, the "businessman" was, in fact, an undercover reporter for The Observer of London
Joel S. Hirschhorn
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Disappoints
RFK, Jr. has disappointed millions of liberals, progressives and environmentalists by endorsing Hillary Clinton
Eric G
Damn Interesting: Undark & The Radium Girls
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