Chavez Loses Constitutional Vote
Putin’s party wins landslide victory: exit poll…
posted by Eric G
Philippine police on full alert while Arroyo on European trip
Philippine police went on full alert Sunday after President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo proceeded with a European trip despite a failed attempt by a group of soldiers and civilian backers to trigger a "people power" revolt against her
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
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WORLD NEWSGay rumours eclipse Condi’s glory moment
posted by Eric G
CIA Operation "Pliers" Uncovered in Venezuela
Iran’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
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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 Eric G
Impending Destruction Of The US Economy
posted by Eric G
Globalizing poverty, IMF style
posted by Eric G
Looking Forward At the Consequences of This Bubble Bursting
posted by Eric G
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Recession Everywhere You Go
posted 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/TECHPosted by Eric G
The Conspiracy Against Renewable Energy
Posted by Eric G
Lifeboat Time
One of the more notable news stories of the last week concerned the fate of M/S Explorer, a cruise ship built for polar seas that turned out to be not quite up to the rigors of the job. Before dawn on November 23, while cruising just north of the Antarctic peninsula, she rammed into submerged sea ice, leaving a fist–sized hole in the hull and water coming in faster than her pumps could handle. Fifteen hours later the Explorer was on the bottom of the sea.
‘High Q’ Nanowires May be Practical ">
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.
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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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The Peace Drug
posted by Eric G
F**k the troops
posted by Eric G
Everybody loves us
Maclean’s annual How the World Sees Canada poll shows deep admiration for a country we don’t seem to like so much ourselves. What gives?
posted by Eric G
An Adoptee Uncovers The Risks Of Knowing
ran prieur
The latest collapse phase has begun
America has passed from Republic to Empire, and will not go back. We are living in an authoritarian state in rapid decline. The federal government will pass more and more repressive laws, because that is what declining empires do
Jason Miller
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
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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
MORE NEWS VIDEOS
OP–EDposted by Eric G
The Peace Drug
posted by Eric G
F**k the troops
posted by Eric G
Everybody loves us
Maclean’s annual How the World Sees Canada poll shows deep admiration for a country we don’t seem to like so much ourselves. What gives?
posted by Eric G
An Adoptee Uncovers The Risks Of Knowing
ran prieur
The latest collapse phase has begun
America has passed from Republic to Empire, and will not go back. We are living in an authoritarian state in rapid decline. The federal government will pass more and more repressive laws, because that is what declining empires do
Jason Miller
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
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