8th July,
2008
PRAGUE, July 8 (Itar-Tass) — About 1,500 citizens are protesting against the Czech-U.S. agreement on the deployment of a missile defense radar station on the Czech territory in downtown Prague.
Archive for July, 2008
1,500 citizens oppose Czech-US ABM deal in downtown Prague
Posted by seumasach on July 9, 2008
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Spoof:’Assholes For Lies’ Demands No Further Investigation Into 911
Posted by smeddum on July 9, 2008
‘Assholes For Lies’ Demands No Further Investigation Into 911 spoof.com
Written by Clifford Rutley
Story written: 07 July 2008
911 debunking group Assholes For Lies were shocked by the BBC’s latest hit peace of a documentary ‘The Conspiracy Files – 911 The Third Tower’, which aired on BBC2 on Sunday night. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: "War on Terror", 9/11, spoof | Leave a Comment »
The Shift- Is the tide turning against the War Party?
Posted by seumasach on July 9, 2008
Justin Raimundo(antiwar.com)
9th July, 2008
The tectonic plates of the geopolitical landscape are shifting, visibly, as the consequences of our crazed foreign policy are being felt at home and abroad. That alarming crunching sound you hear is the impact of the sudden realization that, in Iraq, the government our troops are fighting and dying for is openly demanding that we leave.
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Bush’s Secret Army of Snoops and Snitches
Posted by smeddum on July 9, 2008
By Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive. Posted July 9, 2008. Alternet
A new class of everyday spies, from paramedics to utility workers, are being recruited to be “terrorism liason officers.
The full scale of Bush’s assault on our civil liberties may not be known until years after he’s left office. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: "War on Terror", aclu, civil liberties, department of justice, terrorism liaison, tips | Leave a Comment »
Britain close to admitting recession
Posted by smeddum on July 9, 2008
Britain is close to recession, British Chambers of Commerce warns Telegraph
By Nick Allen
Last Updated: 10:15am BST 08/07/2008
Britain is on the brink of a recession and unemployment is set to rise 300,000 by the end of next year, according to the British Chambers of Commerce. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Financial crisis, Uncategorized | Tagged: UK recession | Leave a Comment »
Who is trying to sabotage better British-Russian relations?
Posted by seumasach on July 8, 2008
See EoE archives for more on Litvinenko case
On Monday, Gordon Brown met the new Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, on the fringe of the G8 summit in Hokkaido. It was the first meeting between the two political leaders at a time of deep depression in UK-Russian relations, and the hope was that it would lay the foundation for some improvement.
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: Litvinenko | Leave a Comment »
The US in the Mideast: ignorance abroad
Posted by smeddum on July 8, 2008
The Daily Star
By Rami G. Khouri
Daily Star staff
Saturday, July 05, 2008
One of the frightening lessons one learns from spending time in Washington is that most of the men and women who make, or influence, American policy in the Middle East actually have little or no first-hand experience of the region. They know very little about its people or its political trends at the grassroots level, as the Iraq experience reconfirms so painfully. Read the rest of this entry »
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Russia: Report suggesting Kremlin involvement in Litvinenko death aimed to preserve tension
Posted by seumasach on July 8, 2008
Mr Prikhodko has got it exactly right. Sections within he British elite and security services are intent on frustrating the emergence of any pragmatic tendancy intent on a realistic adaption to imperial decline. This senile faction of nostalgics continues to run increasingly drole campaigns against “bloody foreigners” who it sees as a threat. The culmination of their idiocy is the attempt to isolate Russia form the “international community”. However, it is Britain who is isolating itself and digging itself deeper into a hole as its international position and economy and financial status implode. We now urgently need to build a pragmatic centre in British politics capable of making the necessary decisions to extricate ourselves from a mess of our own making.
8th July, 2008
A top Kremlin aide suggests a British media report pointing to Russian government involvement in the killing of Alexander Litvinenko is aimed at scuttling efforts for a rapprochement between Russia and Britain.
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: Litvinenko | 2 Comments »
The hollow heart of the West now lies on display
Posted by smeddum on July 8, 2008
The Daily Star
By Dominique Moisi
Commentary by
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
It is tempting to compare NATO and the European Union to the French and Italian football teams in this year’s Euro 2008 competition. What unites them, above all, is a process of “competitive decadence.” The EU and NATO may see themselves as potential rivals or complementary partners in the field of defense. But what their leaders say in private reveals a sense of common frustration.
“We fail to translate military presence into political influence,” says the NATO person, who sounds very much like EU representatives commenting on the union’s role in the Middle East. “We have failed to transform economic aid into political influence,” they lament. Read the rest of this entry »
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Report: Emirates calls on GCC countries to depeg currencies from US dollar to curb inflation
Posted by seumasach on July 8, 2008
6th July, 2008
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates: A newspaper in the United Arab Emirates says the tiny Gulf state’s government is lobbying neighboring countries to depeg their currencies from the U.S. dollar to curb inflation.
Posted in Financial crisis | Tagged: declining dollar | Leave a Comment »
WHO and mobile-phone basestation studies
Posted by seumasach on July 8, 2008
Omega News
Dear Dr. Emilie van Deventer, head of WHO electromagnetic fields project
I wrote you a month ago with the following question. Although I have not yet received a reply, I still hope you will be so kind as to take a moment to look into this:
You gave a presentation at a governmental EMF conference in Copenhagen 27’th of may. After your presentation, I asked you why the WHO fact sheet on mobile-phone base-stations states there is no evidence of harm from such installations when 80% of WHO acknowledged studies on people living near mobile-phone base-stations show increased risk of impaired well-being, neurological diseases and cancer.
You replied that you were aware of the studies in question, but that they were not performed according to “correct protocol”.
I am most curious to learn what protocol the WHO has developed for studies on people living near mobile-phone base-stations and therefore I trust you will have no trouble in referring me to the location on the WHO website where this protocol can be examined.
Best Regards,
Henrik Eiriksson
Solvation Consulting
phone: +45 36 17 34 04
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