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Brazil expects continuation of currency wars

Posted by seumasach on December 10, 2010

Credit Writerdowns

9th December, 2010

The Brazilian finance minister Guido Mantega continues to worry about the flood of money coming from Europe and the US and has said Brazil will take more steps to defend its currency. Mr. Mantega was quoted saying “With the situation in Europe under stress, we expect to see a continuation of the currency war in coming months.” His comments echo his famous remarks from September which began the chatter about a so-called currency war.

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Daniel Ellsberg Exposed Along with the Real Purpose of the Wikileaks Psyop

Posted by seumasach on December 9, 2010

Scott Creighton

Aletho News

5th December, 2010

Daniel Ellsberg has been running around singing the praises of Julian Assange ever since his first big-time leak, the Collateral Damage video, which showed a U.S. gunship killing various unarmed civilians in Iraq two of whom happened to be reporters. With the recent pile of “leaked” state department memos, Ellsberg can’t hardly take a breath between interviews and round table discussions, where he is the primary focus and a staunch supporter of everything Wikileaks.

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Smearing the Wiki Messenger

Posted by seumasach on December 8, 2010

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Jim Rogers: ‘Britain is totally insolvent’

Posted by seumasach on December 8, 2010

The pot that called the kettle black

Always going on the attack

On closer look- I’ll tell you what!

It is the blackest of the lot

This Is Money

7th december, 2010

US speculator Jim Rogers is known for his outspoken views but today went further than usual suggesting Britain is ‘totally insolvent’.

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Why Earth may be entering a new Ice Age

Posted by seumasach on December 7, 2010

All data points to the sun as the primary source of short-term and long termclimate change on Earth. While volcanic eruptions such as the current one in Iceland can affect short-term weather conditions over a region, planetary climate is governed by solar activity-or lack of it.

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The Larry King interview with Vladimir Putin

Posted by seumasach on December 4, 2010

Putin’s satellite interview with Larry King as provided by the Russian prime minister’s website http://premier.gov.ru

Larry King (as translated): Good evening. This is a very special evening for the Larry King show and our guest in the studio is once again Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister and formerly president of the Russian Federation. It is a great pleasure for me to welcome him to the Larry King show.

Vladimir Putin: Good evening. It’s evening here and morning there. Good morning, Larry. It is very good to see you again. I remember our first meeting, our interview.

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Peter Schiff on dollar decline

Posted by seumasach on December 2, 2010

Revolutionary Politics

29th November, 2010

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PM Erdoğan vows to pursue legal action against WikiLeaks claims

Posted by seumasach on December 2, 2010

Today’s Zaman

2nd December, 2010

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that Turkey was working on legal action against claims made by US diplomats against him in confidential documents released by whistleblower Internet site WikiLeaks — including claims that he owns eight secret Swiss bank accounts.

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Revelations on Rafik Hariri’s assassination

Posted by seumasach on December 1, 2010

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet

29th November, 2010

While western media have announced that indictments against Hezbollah will be issued shortly by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Russian magazine Odnako challenges the entire UN investigation. Thierry Meyssan posits that the weapon used to assassinate former Prime Minister Rafik Hairiri was supplied by Germany. Former German prosecutor and first commissioner in charge of the UN probe, Detlev Mehlis, seemingly doctored evidence to cover up his country’s involvement. These revelations embarrass the Tribunal and reverse the tide in Lebanon.

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Why does the FBI Orchestrate Fake Terror Plots?

Posted by seumasach on December 1, 2010

Paul Craig Roberts

Global Research

30th November, 2010

The latest one snared Osman Mohamud, a Somali-American teenager in Portland, Oregon. The Associated Press report by William Mall and Nedra Pickler (11-27-10) is headlined in Yahoo News: “Somali-born teen plotted car-bombing in Oregon.”

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Is Wi-Fi frying our brains? Fears that cloud of ‘electrosmog’ could be harming humans

Posted by seumasach on December 1, 2010

Alsitair Philips

Daily Mail

30th November, 2010

As winter arrives with a vengeance, the last of this year’s glorious autumn leaves are falling in our parks and woodlands.

But this week came worrying evidence that Mother Nature is not the only force denuding our trees of their foliage.

Research in the Netherlands suggested that outbreaks of bleeding bark and dying leaves which have blighted the country’s urban trees may be caused by radiation from the Wi-Fi networks now so integral to life in offices, schools and homes.

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