Canada’s Environment minister John Baird responds
says no climate deal without U.S., as stalemate looms at UN talks
by John LeBoutillier
CIA VS. BUSH/CHENEY – HUGE RAMIFICATIONS
The startling revelation that all 24 intelligence agencies in our government agree that Iran stopped their nuclear weapons development in 2003 is a shot across the bow of G.W. Bush and Dick Cheney
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Wolfowitz back in government?
The Bush administration has offered the former World Bank president a new public service position
Iran Stops Accepting Dollars For Oil
Cowards:
Democrats signal compromise on Iraq funding:
Democrats controlling Congress sent the most explicit signals yet on Thursday that they are resigned to providing additional funding for the war in Iraq before Congress adjourns for the year
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Philadelphia Inquirer Editor Gushes over Bush, Columnist Panders to Anti–Immigration Crowd
CHILD PRISONERS IN IRAQ SHOWING SAME ABUSE AS ADULTS
Bolivia assembly backs constitution
Bolivia’s national assembly has approved a new constitution which would give the country’s indigenous people greater autonomy and let the president run for re–election indefinitely.
Gates Urges Gulf Region to Counter Iran;
Defense Secretary Robert Gates planned to tell Gulf countries Saturday they must work together to help the U.S. counter Iranian threats, including Tehran’s ballistic missiles and meddling in Iraq
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Penn endorses Kucinich, challenges conventional wisdom
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Straight Talk on the Mortgage Mess from an Insider
Paisley Wants Trump
REAL estate mogul Donald Trump was this week urged to consider relocating plans for a multi billion–dollar golf course to Northern Ireland after being dramatically snubbed by his ancestral cousins in Scotland.
Offshore gas and oil reserves announced in Brazil
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MARKETSIran stops selling oil in U.S. dollars –report
Iran has completely stopped selling any of its oil for U.S. dollars, an Iranian news agency reported on Saturday, citing the oil minister of the world’s fourth–largest crude producer.
The dollar will take a major hit from this. As more nations switch to the Euro, foreign demand for dollars will drop, and that demand was propping up the already-weak dollar.
Florida Just First to Face National Run on the Bank: : (Bloomberg)
Florida officials are going to meet today to talk about the crisis in the state’s Local Government Investment Pool. I don't know what they are going to talk about, but I know what they had better decide
By Mike Whitney
The Central Bank; Silent Partner in the Bloodletting
A nation's economy is a reflection pool. The face that looks back from the water; is the face of the culture and the prevailing ethos. It's no different with America. The stewards of the US economic system – Paulson and Bernanke – are inextricably linked to a political/military establishment which has been thoroughly marinated in a culture of violence and corruption
U.S. Economic Collapse Infects World
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ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE/TECH
Do not open any message with an attached file called "Merry Christmas" regardless of who sent it, It is a virus that opens as an Open Log Fire and will burn the whole hard disc in your computer.
This virus will be received from someone who has your email address in his/her contact list.
Hyundai may beat BMW and Mercedes with its new Genesis sedanThis virus will be received from someone who has your email address in his/her contact list.
By Peter Goodchild
Alternative Energy And The Pollyanna Principle
The problem of explaining "peak oil" does not hinge on the issue of peak oil as such, but rather on that of "alternative energy". Most people now have some idea of the concept of peak oil, but it tends to be brushed aside in conversation because of the common incantation: "It doesn’t matter if oil runs out, because by then everything will be converted to [whatever] power". Humanity’s faith in what might be called the Pollyanna Principle – everything will work out right in the end – is eternal.The critical missing information in such a dialogue, of course, is that "alternative energy" will do little to solve the peak–oil problem, although very few people are aware of the fact
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HEALTH
The outbreak, which started in August, has sparked panic amongst officials, health workers and the public, with the medical union calling on staff to refuse looking after patients unless they are issued proper protective gear.
Luc Majno
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Luc Majno
Love Shows the Way
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Pacific storm brings mudslides, blackouts to Northwest
Mudslides halt some Amtrak passenger train service routes, Gusts to 100 mph were reported along the Oregon coast, All highways were closed Monday into Tillamook, Oregon
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WAR ON FREEDOM KICKS ASS IN U.S.A.
A must listen / read
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Interviews Scott Ritter
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Hillary Clinton Might Be the Least Electable Democrat
Russian Elections & other stories
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Russian Elections – 2
By Vidyadhar Date
Marx Was Right, Absolutely Right
The violence against the peasants in Singur and Nandigram in the past few months has raised serious questions about the nature of governance by the West Bengal government led by the Communist party of India (Marxist). However, the fault lies not with Marxist philosophy. Actually, Marx was on the ball, as David Harvey, the eminent Marxist geographer, author and thinker, pointed out in Mumbai on December 6
by John Bachtell, reoporting from Minsk
Communists upbeat at world meeting in Minsk
MINSK, Belarus – The mood was upbeat as representatives from communist and workers’ parties around the world gathered here Nov. 3–5 to exchange experiences and observe the 90th anniversary of the Great October Revolution and its relevance for today
By N. Raghuram
Why US Is The Only ‘Superpower’
In a controversial book, John Perkins narrates a real life tale. His personal journey from the member of international community of highly paid professionals who are employed to cheat poor countries around the globe to maintain US monopoly. Eventually he calls himself as a former economic hit man and deconstructs international intrigue and corruption, the sinister mechanics of imperial manipulations and control
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