Posted by seumasach on January 3, 2011
M.K.Bhadrakumar
4th January, 2011
There can be no two opinions that Beijing made a smart move. Its decision to anoint South Africa as a new member of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) will be projected as based on economic grounds, but there are any number of other dimensions.
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Posted by seumasach on January 3, 2011
2nd January, 2011
After many years of debate over the health hazards posed by mobile phones, a recent report finally establishes it.
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Posted by smeddum on January 1, 2011
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Posted by smeddum on January 1, 2011
Robert Emmet’s speech on the eve of his execution.
My Lords:
What have I to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced on me according to law? I have nothing to say that can alter your predetermination, nor that it will become me to say with any view to the mitigation of that sentence which you are here to pronounce, and I must abide by. But I have that to say which interests me more than life, and which you have labored (as was necessarily your office in the present circumstances of this oppressed country) to destroy. I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it. I do not imagine that, seated where you are, your minds can be so free from impurity as to receive the least impression from what I am going to utter–I have no hopes that I can anchor my character in the breast of a court constituted and trammeled as this is–I only wish, and it is the utmost I expect, that your lordships may suffer it to float down your memories untainted by the foul breath of prejudice, until it finds some more hospitable harbor to shelter it from the storm by which it is at present buffeted. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on December 31, 2010
James Delingpole
30th December, 2010
I’m in Ireland this week and am not yet sure how close I’ll be to the internet. So to tide you over just in case here is a fascinating essay from Ishmael2009 (not his real name) on Sir Crispin Tickell is one of the chief architects of Man Made Global Warming’s towering cathedral of half truths, exaggeration, hysteria and Neo-Malthusian lunacy. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, the mighty Ishmael2009…..
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Posted by seumasach on December 31, 2010
India has recognised the role of EM radiation from the mobile network in causing the disappearance of bees and other pollinators and now has intervened against toxic vaccinations. Are they “conspiracy theorists” or is the West engaged in a conspiracy against its own peoples and environment?
13th April, 2010
Last week, government officials in India called an immediate halt to any further HPV vaccinations until they complete an extensive investigation into allegations of unethical conduct by those involved in a ‘demonstration project’ aimed at vaccinating 32,000 girls, age 10-14, from Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.
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Posted by seumasach on December 31, 2010
29th December, 2010
Point Reyes Station, CA- Two mothers from West Marin County were arrested this morning after PG&E ordered Sheriffs deputies to clear the two out of the way as a group of concerned residents gathered on Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Inverness Park to deny access to PG&E’s ‘smart’ meter contractors Wellington Energy.
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Posted by seumasach on December 30, 2010
Paul Craig Roberts
29th December, 2010
Anyone who doesn’t believe that the US is an incipient fascist state needs only to consult the latest assault on civil liberty by Fox News (sic). Instead of informing citizens, Fox News (sic) informs on citizens. Jason Ditz reports (antiwar.com Dec. 28) that Fox News (sic) “no longer content to simply shill for a growing police state,” turned in a grandmother to the Department of Homeland Security for making “anti-American comments.”
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Posted by seumasach on December 29, 2010
29th December, 2010
President Lula, who will be replaced by Dilma Rousseff on New Year’s Day after eight years in power, was once hailed by President Obama as “the most popular politician on earth”.
But speaking just days before he steps down, President Lula indicated that he has been frustrated by the lack of change in relations with the US since President Obama was elected.
“I would like the relationship of the United States with Latin America to be different to what it is today,” he told reporters in Brasilia, his country’s capital.
“In the United States they should understand the importance of Latin America. The Americans don’t have an optimistic vision of Latin America. They have always related as an empire to poor countries. This vision needs to change.”
He said he hoped that President Obama will visit Brazil in 2011 but added: “The truth is that nothing has changed in the United States’ vision for Latin America. I view that with sadness.”
The relationship between President Obama and President Lula was once seen as likely to usher in closer relations between the United States and Brazil.
It was at the G20 summit in London in April 2009 that President Obama greeted his Brazilian counterpart with the words “love this guy” before declaring him the most popular politician on the planet.
But Brazil later tested the patience of the US by attempting to broker a nuclear fuel swap deal between Iran and Turkey as President Lula cultivated closer links with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Earlier this month Brazil angered Israel by recognising Palestinian statehood and President Lula insisted that there would not be peace in the Middle East while the US continued to lead negotiations.
President Lula also used his latest media comments to dampen down speculation that he could seek to run for president again in 2014 or later.
He had refused to rule out the possibility when asked last week, threatening to cause embarrassment for Ms Rousseff, of the Workers’ Party he helped to found.
But asked again about the possibility, he said: “It is just and rightful that whoever is in power and is making a good government continues governing. Dilma will be my candidate.
“There is only one circumstance in which Dilma will not be a candidate for re-election: if she does not want to be.”
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Posted by seumasach on December 29, 2010
Paul Craig Roberts
27th December, 2010
The year 2011 will bring Americans a larger and more intrusive police state, more unemployment and home foreclosures, no economic recovery, more disregard by the US government of US law, international law, the Constitution, and truth, more suspicion and distrust from allies, more hostility from the rest of the world, and new heights of media sycophancy.
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Posted by smeddum on December 29, 2010
Dec 29, 2010,
Berlin – A call by an airline industry leader for Germany to focus security checks on high-risk passengers, as Israel does, was rejected Wednesday by senior officials in Berlin.
Christoph Blume, soon to take over as president of the German Airports Association, or ADV, had called for Germany to categorize passengers by ethnic origin, sex, age and marital status, so that people unlikely to be terrorists are not so closely checked.
He said the procedure, known as profiling, would make more sense than more elaborate baggage searches.
But Germany’s Interior Ministry showed no enthusiasm. Read the rest of this entry »
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In These New Times 