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Wifi and electromagnetic fields

Posted by seumasach on October 31, 2008

Andrew Goldworthy

Mobilfunk

30th October, 2008

We are constantly being misled by elements of the mobile phone and
electronics industries (who have huge vested interests in the
infrastructure) into believing that the pulsed microwaves used in cell
phones and Wifi are harmless. Their sole justification for this is that
the radiation is too weak to generate significant heat when they are
absorbed by living tissues.

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Snow blankets London for Global Warming debate

Posted by seumasach on October 31, 2008

 

 

Andrew Orlowski

The Register

29th October, 2008

Snow fell as the House of Commons debated Global Warming yesterday – the first October fall in the metropolis since 1922. The Mother of Parliaments was discussing the Mother of All Bills for the last time, in a marathon six hour session.

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Australia: Debt Driven Globalism

Posted by seumasach on October 31, 2008

 

Jeremy Lee

Global Research

31st October, 2008

The Prime Minister of the UK, Mr. Gordon Brown, in an article in the Washington Post, (Friday October 17, 2008) advocated that “The Financial Crisis is also an Opportunity to Create new Rules for Our Global Economy.”

There it is! Now out in the open! President Bush’s swan song in mid-November will be to host a Global Conference (150 nations) to establish a World Money System! There’ll be plenty of dire warnings about the consequences if we fail to take this last chance for humanity!

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Bolivia: Unprecedented Alliance Defeats Right-Wing Assault

Posted by seumasach on October 31, 2008

 

Federico Fuentes

Global Research

30th October, 2008

LA PAZ: After three months of intense class struggle, there can be no doubt that the U.S.-backed right-wing opposition to the government of President Evo Morales has suffered three important defeats. The right’s offensive to topple Morales, which climaxed with the September 11-12 “civic coup” attempt, has been decisively rolled back by the combined action of the government and social movements. 

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Credit-Default Swaps on US Treasuries Have Risen Nearly 40 Percent Since Bailout Law Signed; Now About the Same as on Mexican and Thai Government Debt

Posted by seumasach on October 30, 2008

 

George Washington’s Blog

29th October, 2008

Bloomberg writes the following bombshell:

“Credit-default swaps on [U.S.] Treasuries have risen nearly 40 percent since TARP was signed into law Oct. 3, and are now about the same as Mexican and Thai government debt before the credit markets began to seize up in June 2007.”

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Un bon show ne fait pas une démocratie

Posted by seumasach on October 30, 2008

“Ainsi, non seulement les citoyens ne choisissent pas leurs dirigeants, mais ce sont les dirigeants qui choisissent leurs électeurs.”

Thierry Meyssan

Voltairenet.org

Les médias des États membres de l’OTAN accordent une très large couverture de l’élection présidentielle US. Ce faisant, ils transmettent un double message : l’avenir des peuples alliés se joue à Washington, et les États-Unis sont un modèle démocratique. Or, il est admis que l’élection présidentielle US est faussée par l’argent. L’édition 2008 a déjà coûté plus 1,5 milliards de dollars. Cependant cette critique est superficielle en ce qu’elle laisse croire que les moyens financiers font le vainqueur, alors que c’est peut-être l’inverse : l’argent va au vainqueur préalablement désigné. En réalité, remarque Thierry Meyssan, la classe dirigeante US manipule chaque étape du processus électoral, des primaires aux conventions, des listes électorales aux machines à voter. Aux États-Unis, la démocratie est une pure fiction.

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Iran offers major proposals for enhanced ties among SCO members

Posted by seumasach on October 30, 2008

 

IRNA

30th October, 2008 

First Vice-President Parviz Davoudi, currently in Astana, Kazakhstan, offered major proposals on Thursday to boost cooperation among the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s member states.

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Iraq stands firm against US threat

Posted by seumasach on October 30, 2008

Gareth Porter

Asia Times

31st October, 2008

The threat by the George W Bush administration last week to withdraw all economic and military support from the Iraqi government if it does not accept the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) has raised the stakes in the political-diplomatic struggle over the issue. 

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China snubs Brown

Posted by seumasach on October 30, 2008

 

China said Thursday its financial markets would remain stable enough to allow it help ex-Soviet Central Asian countries weather the global economic crisis — assistance that would augment Beijing’s increasing influence in the region.

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Putin: We must end monopoly in world finance

Posted by seumasach on October 30, 2008

The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, has called for a complete overhaul of the world’s financial system in order to guarantee stability and ensure progress. He was speaking in Astana in Kazakhstan, where the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is meeting to in discuss the global financial crisis.


Russia Today

30th October, 2008

The organisation, which comprises Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, is widely seen as a counter-weight to NATO’s influence in Eurasia. It is primarily concerned with security issues. This time, however, the sides are discussing how to develop social and economic cooperation.

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Russia, Serbia and the Kosovo Problem

Posted by seumasach on October 29, 2008

 

28th October, 2008

(John Laughland for RIA Novosti) – Every evening at 5pm a group of demonstrators meets on Republic Square in central Belgrade to protest “against the occupation of Kosovo” by the European Union.

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