Posted by smeddum on May 2, 2009
Farewell, the American Century: Rewriting the Past by Adding In What’s Been Left Out
Tuesday 28 April 2009
by: Andrew J. Bacevich | Visit article original @ TomDispatch.com
Truthout
In a recent column, the Washington Post’s Richard Cohen wrote, “What Henry Luce called ‘the American Century’ is over.” Cohen is right. All that remains is to drive a stake through the heart of Luce’s pernicious creation, lest it come back to life. This promises to take some doing. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on May 1, 2009
Britain’s crushing debt burden
By Associate Editor David Stevenson May 01, 2009
moneyweek
Alistair Darling tried to magic it away with some fantasy growth projections. But a future Budget will have to get serious about Britain’s debt, says David Stevenson.
How bad are the numbers?
Awful. At £90bn, public-sector borrowing for the year to 5 April 2009 hit its highest since the early 1990s. Yet for this year, the Chancellor has pencilled in a deficit of nearly double that – £175bn. “It’s difficult to put into words the extent of the meltdown in the UK’s public finances,” says The Daily Telegraph’s Liam Halligan. “During his 2008 budget, Alistair Darling said the UK would borrow a total of £70bn during 2009/2110 and 2010/2011. Today we learnt that £348bn of new debts will be racked-up on our behalf over that period.” The future looks no brighter. Even on official figures, the public purse will have to borrow more than £700bn from gilt market investors between now and 2013/2014, a rise of more than 60% on Darling’s estimates in last November’s Pre-Budget Report. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on May 1, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
An Irishwoman’s Diary
Irish Times
For the first time since the second World War, France’s eight trade unions are uniting for the May Day marches. Above, medical staff protesting against hospital reforms this week.
Lara Marlowe
IT WAS ONE of those eerie moments when an intimation of what could happen hovers over, as when animals feel tremors before an earthquake. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on May 1, 2009
Thursday April 30, 2009
China, wary of the troubled US economy, has already “canceled America’s credit card” by cutting down purchases of debt, a US congressman said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on April 30, 2009
First death in U.S. is Mexican toddler, prompting questions about why only hispanics have died despite outbreak spreading to at least ten countries
Paul Joseph Watson
29th April
The first swine flu death in the United States has been confirmed, but the victim is a Mexican toddler who caught the illness in Mexico before traveling to Texas. Serious questions must now be asked about why a virus that has spread across at least 10 countries and is suspected in many others has only killed hispanics, and whether a race-specific bio-weapon is being beta-tested.
Posted in Ecological and Public Health Crisis | Tagged: "War on Terror" | Leave a Comment »
Posted by seumasach on April 30, 2009
Eric Margolis is one of the world’s leading experts on Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is particularly insightful in this interview with Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio.
Click here to hear interview.
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Posted by seumasach on April 29, 2009
Luria R, Eliyahu I, Hareuveny R, Margaliot M, Meiran N.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. roy.luria@unipd.it
30th April, 2009
This study examined the time dependence effects of exposure to radiofrequency radiation (RFR) emitted by standard GSM cellular phones on the cognitive functions of humans.
Posted in Ecological and Public Health Crisis, Studies and statements showing mobile phone health risk | Tagged: EM radiation health hazard | Leave a Comment »
Posted by smeddum on April 29, 2009
This is a link to a PDF document by Dr Ulrich Warnke.
This study is the fruit of Warnke’s lifelong work on the effects of EM radiation on life and especially on bees.
It is a must-read for all who wish to inform themselves about what may be the most crucial issue facing humanity.
Posted in Colony Collapse Disorder, Uncategorized | Tagged: ccd, disappearing bees, disappearing bees and pollinators | 5 Comments »
Posted by seumasach on April 29, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle
January 10, 1977 Front page
1971 Mystery
With at least the tacit backing of U.S. Central Intelligence Agency officials, operatives linked to anti-Castro terrorists introduced African swine fever virus into Cuba in 1971. Six weeks later an outbreak of the disease forced the slaughter of 500,000 pigs to prevent a nationwide animal epidemic.
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Posted by smeddum on April 29, 2009
Sam Fleming, Daily Mail
29 April 2009, 8:39am
Britain’s national debt could be headed on an ‘explosive path’ that triggers chaos in the public finances, according to a leading City consultancy.
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| Alistair Darling: The Chancellor plans to borrow £175bn this year alone |
Interest payments threaten to reach such stratospheric levels Britain may have to print more money and inflate its way out of debt, Fathom Financial Consulting will say at a conference next week.The only alternative would be ‘Herculean’ efforts to rein in public spending and raise taxes, but this may prove politically unachievable. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by alfied on April 29, 2009
A step foward; but for real healing to take place the Churches now need to admit the exact nature of their involvement in the cultural genocide of the Native American Indians. For background on this go to:
PARIS — Pope Benedict XVI expressed his “sorrow” Wednesday over the suffering of thousands of aboriginal Canadians in residential schools run by the Roman Catholic Church. Read the rest of this entry »
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In These New Times 