Posted by smeddum on November 4, 2008
Russian youths stage anti-US protest
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:50:17 GMT Press TV
Activists carried pumpkins for what they called the “Helloween” American Show
Thousands of Russians have staged a demonstration outside the US Embassy in Moscow criticizing Washington for its hawkish foreign policies. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on November 4, 2008
How McCain Could Win
Monday 03 November 2008
by: Greg Palast, t r u t h o u t | Perspective
It’s November 5 and the nation is in shock. Media blame it on the “Bradley effect”: Americans supposedly turned into Klansmen inside the voting booth, and Barack Obama turned up with 6 million votes less than calculated from the exit polls. Florida came in for McCain and so did Indiana. Colorado, despite the Democrats’ Rocky Mountain high after the Denver convention, stayed surprisingly Red. New Mexico, a state where Anglos are a minority, went McCain by 300 votes, as did Virginia.
That’s the nightmare. Here’s the cold reality. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by alfied on November 2, 2008
Pakistani Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani says Islamabad will not use its nuclear arsenal against the US to stop its incursions inside the country.
“We are a nuclear power but we will not demonstrate any irresponsible attitude,” he told a press conference in Islamabad on Sunday, Daily Times reported. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by alfied on November 2, 2008
Surely Brown won’t go knocking on the Russian’s door looking for donations to the IMF.
MOSCOW, November 2 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian banking industry has sufficient liquidity for all settlements and crediting, despite the ongoing global financial crisis, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on November 2, 2008
John Riley
1st November, 2008
WASHINGTON — For U.S. troops serving overseas, nothing comes easy. Not even voting
Military members may not have enough time to complete and mail in their absentee ballots for Tuesday’s election, thanks to slow mail delivery, lack of information sharing among election officials, and procedural errors. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on November 2, 2008
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Greg Palast
Posted October 28, 2008
Drinking the ACORN Kool-Aid: How Cries of Voter Fraud Cover Up GOP Elections Theft
Huffington Post
Virtually the entire mainstream electronic media drank ACORN Kool-Aid this month brewed up by the Republican National Committee. Almost no one seriously challenged John McCain’s comical assertions that ACORN, a grassroots voter registration group, “is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the fabric of democracy.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on November 2, 2008
No more US attacks to be tolerated: PPP
Staff Report Daily Times
MIRANSHAH: A tribal elder of Pakistan People’s Party in North Waziristan has asked the United States to stop incursions in the agency, saying no more US drone missile attacks in the agency will be tolerated. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on November 2, 2008
Ecuador: CIA knew of Colombian attack
Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:55:05 GMT Press TV
Ecuadorian soldier look over the bodies of assassinated FARC guerillas, March 2008.
Ecuador’s Defense Minister Javier Ponce says that the CIA had full knowledge of the Colombian attack on a FARC rebel camp inside Ecuador. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on November 2, 2008
Making Politics Fit For Purpose
The Political Studies Association/Hansard Society 2008 Annual Lecture was given by Rt Hon Clare Short MP to a packed meeting at Westminster.
The Political Studies Association/Hansard Society Annual Lecture was introduced by Fiona Booth (Chief Executive, Hansard Society) and Prof Vicky Randall (Chair, PSA).
Clare Short’s speech: (as abridged by Hansard)
This is a useful starting point for a wider critique of the British form of parliamentary democracy which deserves a much sharper treatment
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‘It is widely agreed that the confidence of the people of the UK in their political system has been deeply undermined in recent years. Many agree that this cynicism is bad for democracy and believe that we must do more to educate the public in the workings of the political system. My own conclusion, after 25 years in electoral politics, is that our system is deeply flawed and visibly deteriorating in both the quality and democratic accountability of its decision-making. I suggest therefore that public education is likely to increase rather than decrease public cynicism and what is needed is a more determined demand for reform of the system. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on November 1, 2008
31st October, 2008
Argentina Economy Ministry sources reacted angrily to a debt ratings downgrade by Standard & Poor’s on Friday saying it was “another mistaken decision”. S&P downgraded Argentina’s foreign-currency rating to “B-” from “B”.
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