Posted by seumasach on September 13, 2009
11th September, 2009
Yukio Hatoyama, the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, has caused alarm in Washington after publishing an article blaming the US for the ills of capitalism, the global economy and “the destruction of human dignity”.
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Posted by smeddum on September 13, 2009
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Posted by seumasach on September 13, 2009
11th September, 2009
Ok, so it’s been a while since I’ve written a really depressing post, right? So it’s about time, right?
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Posted by smeddum on September 13, 2009
Dry Bulk Shippers’ Shares Treading Water After Earlier Rise
By David Benoit
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Dry bulk shippers were in choppy trading seas on Friday, starting the day speeding right along with commodity stocks, before pulling back on the throttle and drifting along just slightly higher, with some stocks sinking into the red. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on September 13, 2009
Mobile radiation stunts crop growth
Max Martin
Bangalore, September 13, 2009
For more Indian research around the issue of EM radiation hazards see:
Check that Tongue: Mobile Phones Buzz Out Honeybees
Mobile phones may have become ubiquitous in rural areas and popular among farmers. But electromagnetic radiation emanating from them may be stunting the growth of agricultural crops and plants, preliminary research has revealed. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on September 13, 2009
Cheap dollars are sowing the seeds of the next world crisis
After years of selling cheap goods to debt-fuelled Western consumers, China now has $2 trillion dollars of foreign exchange reserves. That’s 2,000 billion – a reserve haul no less 25 times bigger than that of the UK.
By Liam Halligan
Published: 12 Sep 2009
In a world of systemic instability, reserves mean power. Reserves mean you can defend your currency, stabilise your banking system and boost your economy without resorting to yet more borrowing – or, worse still, the printing press. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on September 13, 2009
http://ia311026.us.archive.org/3/items/MaxKeiserRadio-TheTruthAboutMarkets-12September2009/tam120909.mp3
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Posted by seumasach on September 12, 2009
If Rasmussen is to be believed – and he spoke while actually on a visit to Washington on Wednesday – the NATO’s continuance in Afghanistan is an objective in itself.
M.K.Bhadrakumar
12th September, 2009
The war in Afghanistan has not been lost yet, although a great deal has gone wrong. Fortunately, a turning point has come, as a new political dispensation is struggling to be born in Kabul.
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Posted by seumasach on September 11, 2009
Here is a repost Craig Murray’s original blog posted at the time the ‘plot” hit the headlines.
See also: ITNT Archive: the Transatlantic Airlines Bomb Plot
18th September, 2006
In the UK, at least, the more serious wing of the mainstream media is beginning to catch up with the idea that all is not well here.
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Posted by smeddum on September 11, 2009
Prof. Marc W. Herold
9/9/2009
The magic cut-off is revealed to be about 30-40. Such revealed facts tell far more than mere words. Some years ago, Human Rights Watch’s Marc Garlasco when in the employ of the Defense Intelligence Agency as an air strike targeting decision-maker would have to seek higher level clearance for U.S. air strikes if the estimated Afghan civilian deaths (“collateral damage”) exceeded thirty. (1) Read the rest of this entry »
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In These New Times 