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Are Ukraine Black Death Cases result of IMF Loans

Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2009

F.William Engdahl

Global Research

27th November, 2009

The Ukraine Government has declared a state of emergency and medical examiners describe results of autopsies on dead patients in chilling terms that recall the Black Death descriptions from the Fourteenth Century in Venice. While everyone is calling it “Swine Flu” and the WHO using it to spread their panic and untested vaccines, there is strong evidence that the deaths—almost all from pulmonary conditions—are from a rising incidence of Tuberculosis (TB). Now a CambridgeUniversity study shows that there is a close correlation between rise in TB and the severe austerity measures that go with IMF loans. Are the Ukraine ‘Black Death’ cases the result of Ukraine’s IMF loans?

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The bootstrap theory of propaganda

Posted by seumasach on November 27, 2009

Stephen Gowans

What’s Left

23rd November, 2009

 

U.S. politicians are, through assertion and repetition, attempting to create as common knowledge the idea that Iran has a nuclear weapons program and that the last presidential election in Iran was fraudulent, even though there is no evidence to back either claim.

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Gold sets new record as dollar falls further

Posted by seumasach on November 26, 2009

PressTV

26th November, 2009

 

Gold hits a record high for the third time this week as the dollar index falls to its lowest in 15 months, stimulating investors to find an alternative.

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Welcome to the Luladinejad axis

Posted by seumasach on November 26, 2009

Pepe Escobar

Asia Times

26th November, 2009

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from Brazil and President Mahmud Ahmadinejad from Iran. What is this – the new axis of evil? No – Luladinejad is a new axis of business.

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Scientist Repeats Swine Flu Lab-Escape Claim in Published Study

Posted by seumasach on November 25, 2009

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) — Adrian Gibbs, the virologist who said in May that swine flu may have escaped from a laboratory, published his findings today, renewing discussion about the origins of the pandemic virus.

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250,000 Irish workers strike

Posted by smeddum on November 24, 2009

250,000 Irish workers strike

Tuesday 24 November 2009

Morning Star

Unions have caused massive disruption across Ireland as public services shut down in a national strike over pay cuts.

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The King Canute Economy

Posted by smeddum on November 24, 2009

The King Canute Economy

Nov 21st  2009

cynicuseconomicus

I have had a good day in browsing through the economic news, as I found three very interesting articles which together represent a consistent theme (although I say lucky, I mean only in the finding but not the implications of the content). The first of these comes from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, the second Peter Schiff, and the last Liam Halligan. For the former, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, I often disagree with his analysis, but can not dispute that he often identifies some fascinating stories on the economy. Today, I came across an articlewhich is of particular interest, and some highlights are given below: Read the rest of this entry »

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How the financial “Big Players” gained their power

Posted by seumasach on November 24, 2009

Not Sylvia Night

AlethoNews

23rd November, 2009

The international financial elites wield enormous power over governments both in developing and developed industrial countries.

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Saturday Night Live’s take on Obama’s meeting with Hu Jintoa

Posted by smeddum on November 23, 2009

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Swindon is to become Britain’s first Wi-Fi town, but at what cost to its inhabitants’ health?

Posted by seumasach on November 19, 2009

Alasdair Philips

Daily Mail

19th November

Swindon, that quintessentially Middle England town, hardly seems like a radical place. Yet it is at the forefront of a technological revolution that looks set to sweep the country.

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Welcome, comrade Maobama

Posted by seumasach on November 19, 2009

Pepe Escobar

Asia Times

17th November, 2009

BEIJING – Dear comrade Maobama,

It’s such an honor to receive you here in the northern capital of the Middle Kingdom as you pay tribute to the hub of the already developing 21st-century multipolar world.

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