Paul Craig Roberts
31st July, 2010
It is not unusual for members of the diminishing upper middle class to drop $20,000 or $30,000 on a big wedding. But for celebrities this large sum wouldn’t cover the wedding dress or the flowers.
Archive for August, 2010
“Let Them Eat Cake”: A handful of oligarchs are becoming billionaires while the rest of the country goes down the drain
Posted by seumasach on August 6, 2010
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US-Croatia War Crimes. Krajina: Largest Act of Ethnic Cleansing since the Holocaust
Posted by seumasach on August 6, 2010
Karl Savich
5th August, 2010
On August 4, 1995, the Croatian Government, a proxy and satellite state of the U.S., launched the largest act of ethnic cleansing of the entire Yugoslav conflict of the 1990s.
From 250,000 to 300,000 Krajina Serbs were driven from their ancestral homes in the largest act of ethnic cleansing since the Holocaust, since the end of World War II in 1945.
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Climate Weapons- More Than Just a Conspiracy Theory?
Posted by seumasach on August 6, 2010
27th July, 2010
This story by Andrey Areshev, political scientist, PhD (History), Strateic Culture Foundation expert, was published in International Affairs magazine.
The abnormally hot weather in the central regions of Russia has already caused serious economic damage. It has destroyed crops on roughly 20% of the country’s agricultural land lots, the result being that the food prices are clearly set to climb next fall. On top of that, fires are raging over peat lands around Moscow. These days, the majority of forecasts concerning the climate are alarming: droughts, hurricanes, and floods are going to be increasingly frequent and severe. Director of the climate and energy program of the Wildlife Fund A. Kokorin says that the current trend is not a random phenomenon and should not be expected to subside.
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Mob move against scientists who expose EM radiation risk after California ditches WiMax
Posted by seumasach on August 6, 2010
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When Globalism Runs Its Course … The Year America Dissolved
Posted by seumasach on August 5, 2010
Paul Craig Roberts
3rd August, 2010
It was 2017. Clans were governing America.
The first clans organized around local police forces. The conservatives’ war on crime during the late 20th century and the Bush/Obama war on terror during the first decade of the 21st century had resulted in the police becoming militarized and unaccountable.
As society broke down, the police became warlords. The state police broke apart, and the officers were subsumed into the local forces of their communities. The newly formed tribes expanded to encompass the relatives and friends of the police.
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India wants its crown jewel
Posted by seumasach on August 5, 2010
Raja Murthy
5th August, 2010
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s refusal to return the Kohinoor diamond to India adds to the centuries-old saga of one of the most famous, yet contentious, gemstones in history.
Leading news channel NDTV, in an interview with Cameron on July 28 during his two-day visit to India, told him the favorite question among viewers was about the Kohinoor: will Britain return the 105-carat (21.6 gram) diamond?
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What can a new exhibit tell us about the foreclosure crisis?
Posted by smeddum on August 3, 2010
A still from Emily Kennerk’s 22-hour video installation, which shows an image of every home foreclosed in 2009 for one second.
By Kristen Peterson (contact)
Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010
Once a boomtown, Las Vegas surged with prospectors seeking riches by buying land and selling homes — and the American dream — at a breakneck pace. Now many of those large stucco shells sit vacant, in disrepair, in quiet suburban neighborhoods dotted with mucky pools. Read the rest of this entry »
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A Persian message for Obama
Posted by seumasach on August 2, 2010
M.K.Bhadrakumar
31st July, 2010
The season of diplomacy on the Iran nuclear issue is once again approaching. Another harsh winter has passed. Rhetoric has touched a point of diminishing returns.
The logical conclusion of the sanctions packages of the United Nations Security Council, the United States and the European Union as well as the military buildup in the Persian Gulf ought to be the enforcement of sanctions through high-sea inspections of Iranian vessels. But that is a route fraught with dangerous consequences as Tehran will retaliate.
Meanwhile, Tehran has offered a ladder for the US to climb down from the high horse it mounted – in the nature of the announcement that it is willing to talk about a nuclear-fuel swap “without preconditions”. Washington has done the right thing to accept the Iranian overture and European powers are visibly relieved.
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China finds a friend in Germany
Posted by seumasach on August 2, 2010
Jian Junbo
31st July, 2010
China and Germany are moving toward a closer and friendlier partnership, a process that seemed highly unlikely just three years ago and which could provide Beijing with an influential ally on the world stage.
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