Expose deception by the Zionist controlled Goverment & Media ( The Other Side Of the News!!!)
Arben Nelku <[email protected]>
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Expose deception by the Zionist controlled Goverment & Media ( The Other Side Of
the News!!!)
Dead because of a lie. Dead because selfish people in government wanted a
war and lied to get one, aided by selfish people in the media WHO TOOK MONEY
FROM Goverment TO LIE T O THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. The government and the media
traded the blood of these young Americans for their personal gain. Look at
their faces. How can you not be angry?
Jan 29 22:28
Marines Ready for Egypt Rescue Mission
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* EGYPT
Webmaster's Commentary:
"Look, when we give you a puppet ruler, you by golly don;t kick him out no
matter how m=bad he is, you hear????" -- Official White Horse Souse
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Jan 29 22:25
The Torture Career of Egypt's New Vice President: Omar Suleiman and the
Rendition to Torture Program
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* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* TORTURE/WAR CRIMES
In response to the mass protests of recent days, Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak has appointed his first Vice President in his over 30 years rule,
intelligence chief Omar Suleiman. When Suleiman was first announced, Aljazeera
commentators were describing him as a "distinguished" and "respected " man. It
turns out, however, that he is distinguished for, among other things, his
central role in Egyptian torture and in the US rendition to torture program.
Further, he is "respected" by US officials for his cooperation with their
torture plans, among other initiatives.
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Jan 29 22:23
Sorcha Faal is David Booth, CIA dis-Information agent
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* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
Before I go into this subject in any great depth, I would first like to deal
with Sorcha Faal, otherwise known as David Booth of the CIA. David Booth works
within the Central Intelligence Agency in COINTELPRO. Other western
intelligence agencies known for using COINTELPRO methods include MI5, MI6,
GCHQ, and the think-tank, DEMOS. To be quite blunt, all intelligence agencies
have their own COINTELPRO departments.
Sorcha Faal does not exist. There is no "spokesperson" within the GRU named
Sorcha Faal. Intelligence agencies rarely make public statements, and when they
do, it is always through either someone in the highest echelons of the
organisation or a government minister with the correct clearances, and never a
mere "spokesperson".
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Jan 29 22:21
The Tipping Point Has Passed: Sweeping Change is at Hand
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Even the media machine designed to lull us to sleep has been revealed as a part
of the problem. The rise of alternative media, and the steps taken to suppress
it are all signs that the awakening has reached a crescendo, precipitating a
major paradigm shift. There is perhaps no greater current example of this than
the social change expressing itself in Egypt. The most populous Arab nation is
using all means of freedom they possess, and are uprising against their
oppressive regime across lines of politics, age, and economics.
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Jan 29 22:18
Salary triples for Goldman CEO Blankfein
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* ECONOMY
US banking powerhouse Goldman Sachs said Friday it was more than tripling the
salary of chief executive Lloyd Blankfein to $2 million in 2011 from $600,000
last year.
The four other top executives of Wall Street's premier investment bank will
also see their basic salaries triple from the present $600,000: chief operating
officer Gary Cohn, finance director David Viniar, and two vice presidents
Michael Evans and John Weinberg will each earn $1.85 million, Goldman said in a
document published Friday.
Webmaster's Commentary:
It occurs to9 me that the only reason to triple their salaries at a time when
so much negative attention is on Goldman Sachs is that GS believes the United
States economy and United States government will fall to the global revolution
within mere months, and they are all building their golden parachutes on the
backs of their stockholders.
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Jan 29 21:47
Get Internet Access When Your Government Shuts It Down
By: AnnT
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* DICTATORSHIP
However, a prepared guerrilla networker with a handful of PCs could make good
use of Daihinia ($25, 30-day free trial), an app that piggybacks on your Wi-Fi
adapter driver to turn your normal ad-hoc Wi-Fi network into a multihop ad-hoc
network (disclaimer: we haven't tried this ourselves yet), meaning that instead
of requiring each device on the network to be within range of the original
access point, you simply need to be within range of a device on the network
that has Daihinia installed, effectively allowing you to add a wireless mesh
layer to your ad-hoc network.
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Jan 29 21:16
Open proposal for US revolution: end unlawful wars, criminal economics. 1 of 4
By: Carl_Herman
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* AFGHANISTAN
* CORPORATE MEDIA
* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* CURRENT EVENTS
* DICTATORSHIP
* ECONOMY
* IRAN
* IRAQ
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
*hyperlinks and video live at source*
“Constitutional governments and aristocracies are commonly overthrown owing to
some deviation from justice…the rich, if the constitution gives them power, are
apt to be insolent and avaricious… In all well-attempered governments there is
nothing which should be more jealously maintained than the spirit of obedience
to law, more especially in small matters; for transgression creeps in
unperceived and at last ruins the state, just as the constant recurrence of
small expenses in time eats up a fortune.” – Aristotle, Politics, Book V. 350
B.C.E.
Revolution is from the Latin, revolutio, a “turn around” of political power.
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Jan 29 20:50
Anonymous Internet Users Team Up To Provide Communication Tools For Egyptian
People
By: Ethan Allen and...
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* EGYPT
The Egyptian government's efforts to limit communications within the country
has triggered a wave of activism from an international group of free speech
activists on the Internet called Telecomix.
Organizing using chat rooms, wikis, and collaborative writing tools, this
largely anonymous group has worked to inform Egyptians about their
communications options while receiving incoming messages from them. Telecomix
has previously worked on free speech efforts in Tunisia, Iran, China and other
countries who have tried to censor or block parts of the Internet.
Jan 29 20:46
Military Guarding Cairo Museum
By: Ethan Allen and...
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* EGYPT
CAIRO — Would-be looters broke into Cairo's famed Egyptian Museum, ripping the
heads off two mummies and damaging about 10 small artifacts before being caught
and detained by army soldiers, Egypt's antiquities chief said Saturday.
Zahi Hawass said the vandals did not manage to steal any of the museum's
antiquities, and that the prized collection was now safe and under military
guard.
Jan 29 20:28
Judge Napolitano: Revolution Is The DUTY Of The People
By: Pitchfork
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* CURRENT EVENTS
* DICTATORSHIP
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* VIDEO
Video - Judge Andrew Napolitano
Fucking brilliant 1 minute clip. The Judge is on fire.
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Jan 29 20:24
Derek Silvers: How To Start A Revolution (Genius)
By: Pitchfork
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* CURRENT EVENTS
* DICTATORSHIP
* ENTERTAINMENT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* VIDEO
Video - Watch a movement happen, start to finish, in under 2 minutes.
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Jan 29 19:56
Police rule out suspect in Moscow airport bombing
By: Ethan Allen and...
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* RUSSIA
The ethnic Russian man police believed could have been the suicide bomber at
Moscow's Domodedovo Airport has been cleared by DNA analysis, according to
sources close to the investigation.
Jan 29 19:02
Protests in Egypt Spread to New York
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* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
The protests that have much of Egypt arrived in New York today when more than
2,000 people gathered near the United Nations building to support those
demonstrating on the streets of Cairo to bring down President Hosni Mubarak.
"Its time for him to go," said Hoda Elmasry, 24, a student at Columbia
University, whose parents came to the United States in the 1980s to escape what
she described as "corruption and lack of opportunities" in Egypt.
Protesters also called for the U.S. to stop backing Mubarak, who has been in
power for 30 years.
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Jan 29 18:32
Hundreds Rally in Seattle in Support of Egyptians
By: CyberDurden
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* CURRENT EVENTS
* EGYPT
* VIDEO
A crowd of about 300 gathered at Seattle's West Lake plaza Saturday afternoon in
a show of solidarity with Egyptian protesters.
Jan 29 18:28
Prince warns S. Arabia of apocalypse
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has warned the country's royal family
to step down and flee before a military coup or a popular uprising overthrows
the kingdom.
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Jan 29 17:43
Hundreds detained in Saudi Arabia over protests
By: johnu78
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* MIDDLE EAST
* SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi authorities detained hundreds of demonstrators on Friday in Jeddah who
gathered to protest against poor infrastructure after deadly floods swept
through Saudi Arabia's second biggest city, police and witnesses said.
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Jan 29 17:15
'One third of US military women raped'
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* WAR/DRAFT/VETERAN AFFAIRS
Back in 2003, a survey of female veterans suggested that 30 percent of the
women serving had been raped, while a study conducted in the following year on
veterans seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder indicated that 71
percent of the women said they had been sexually assaulted or raped while
serving.
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Jan 29 17:12
Israel reaps a bad harvest
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* EGYPT
* ISRAEL
* LEBANON
* MIDDLE EAST
* PALESTINE
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* SAUDI ARABIA
* SUDAN
* SYRIA
* TURKEY
If Egyptian President Mubarak is deposed and his government replaced by an
Islamic regime, Israel’s only remaining ‘friends’ in the Middle East will be
Jordan and the Palestinian Authority.
Neither one seems that reliable, and Israel’s brutal and sustained
ill-treatment of the Palestinian Arabs ensures that no Middle Eastern country
will be in any hurry to befriend it.
Webmaster's Commentary:
The Israelis have spent six decades making enemies, and now it is time to pay
the price. They are the authors of their own misfortune.
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Jan 29 16:51
Obama Instruction Manual to Egypt on How to Handle Protesters
By: Alex2245
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* EGYPT
This is a video made from the speech given on 1/28/2011 in which Obama tells
Egypt how to conduct themselves against the citizens of Egypt who are
protesting. As Obama gives advice, I include video support of examples of how
to achieve what he is saying. Finally a video where the words match the video
clips and I do hope this is a clear enough manual for the Egyptian leaders to
follow.
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Jan 29 16:50
Egyptians using Vancouver company's website to bypass internet blocks
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* COMPUTERS/INTERNET/SECURITY
* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
HootSuite, a Vancouver-based website that allows users to manage their social
networking accounts, is reporting a seven-fold spike in new users from Egypt in
the past two days after Egyptian authorities shut down Internet access and text
messaging late Thursday amid mass political unrest.
HootSuite users were accessing the site by dialing in to a server in North
America from their mobile phones.
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Jan 29 16:32
"This Is Blood! This Is Mubarek's Blood!" - The Most Amazing Egypt Video - Plus
LIVE Embedded Twitter Feed
By: Pitchfork
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* CURRENT EVENTS
* DICTATORSHIP
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* VIDEO
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Jan 29 16:24
19 private planes arrive in Dubai from Egypt
By: Ness
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* CORPORATE MEDIA
* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* CURRENT EVENTS
* DICTATORSHIP
* EGYPT
* MIDDLE EAST
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
People on the streets are reporting that 19 private planes have left from Cairo
International to Dubai even though traffic at airport had been halted. There is
a lot of speculation of who is in the planes from members of the Mubarak's
government to Mubarak himself. Dubai is reporting confirmation of the arrival
of these private planes from Cairo. They are reporting businessmen are using
these private planes to flee the country.
Some confirmation:reports that (now) former NDP part thug & Gamal Mubarak
confidant Ahmed Ezz has fled Egypt in a private jet.
[Al Jazeera is reporting the same story, but has yet to write it. Ness]
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Jan 29 16:04
Al Jazeera English Live for iPhone
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* COMPUTERS/INTERNET/SECURITY
* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Al Jazeera English Live, Free. The official app for Al Jazeera English, which
offers a (weirdly zoomed in) portal to the website and, more usefully, a crisp,
clean stream to Al Jazeera English's coverage. Works over Wi-Fi and 3G.
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Jan 29 15:58
The Rascals People-Got to be Free
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* ARTS
* ENTERTAINMENT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
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Jan 29 15:58
5th Dimension - The Declaration
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* ARTS
* ENTERTAINMENT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Webmaster's Commentary:
A good way to memorize the Declaration of Independence.
Below is an ancient photograph (real film, not digital) from 1977 of the two
lead singers of the Fifth Dimension, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. filming
an episode for their CBS TV variety show.
Yes, that is your humble webmaster and radio host standing in the middle,
younger, lighter, and much darker of hair. :)
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Jan 29 15:41
PHOTO ESSAY ~~ CAIRO IS NOT ALONE! ALL PEOPLE POWER IS REVOLUTIONARY
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* AFGHANISTAN
* AFRICA
* ASIA
* CANADA
* CUBA
* DICTATORSHIP
* EGYPT
* EUROPE
* FRANCE
* GREAT BRITAIN
* HAWAII
* ISRAEL
* LEBANON
* MIDDLE EAST
* PAKISTAN / INDIA
* PALESTINE
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
As Egypt continued its revolution on the streets, the citizens of Jaffa held a
passionate march thorough the city against racism and settlements. About 800
Palestinian and Israeli residents of the city marched through the streets
chanting in Arabic and Hebrew against the wave of racism taking over Israeli
society.
“Jews and Arabs Against the Hate and Terror of Settlers’ and ‘From Jaffa to
Cairo all people power is revolutionary.” Some protesters carried Egyptian
flags and many seemed energized by the events unfolding in Egypt. Despite a
heavy police presence and even police helicopters, no incidents of violence
were reported from the nonviolent protest.
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Jan 29 15:38
And if you believe this one, I have some of Saddam's 'nooks' to sell you!
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* VOTE FRAUD
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Jan 29 15:35
Families of Israeli diplomats flee Egypt.
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* EGYPT
* ISRAEL
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Jan 29 15:31
News coming out of Egypt that some Mubarak security police thugs are doing the
looting in order to blame and demonize the revolutionaries.
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* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* EGYPT
* ISRAEL
Democracy Now‘s senior producer Sharif Kouddous is tweeting from Egypt, and
reports that Egyptians are actually cleaning the streets of trash and forming
neighborhood watch committees to protect innocent Egyptians from the looters.
Furthermore, Al-Jazeera is reporting that apprehended looters were in
possession of central security services IDs and government issued weapons.
Webmaster's Commentary:
Please relink this everywhere you see reports trying to portray the protesters
as criminals and vandals.
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Jan 29 15:27
Is A Change In Egyptian Leadership Bad For America?
By: portos
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* VIDEO
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Jan 29 15:26
Worldwide Protests at all Egyptian EMBASSIES
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* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Tell your family and friends to join and help!! Invite all Egyptians you know
to this event if YOU want Egypt to be FREE and democratic one day !!
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Jan 29 15:23
Climate Change Claims Melt Away
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* CLIMATEGATE
: In 2007, the U.N. said the Himalayan glaciers will be gone by 2035 due to
man-made global warming. Yet four years later, some are advancing. What's
retreating is the global warming narrative.
Global warming alarmists felt a tingle in their legs when the United Nations
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report claiming "Glaciers in
the Himalayas are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if
the present rate continues, the likelihood of their disappearing by the year
2035 and perhaps sooner is very high if the earth keeps warming at the current
rate."
The announcement was enough to set off celebrations by greenshirts everywhere.
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Jan 29 15:22
The Protest Are Coming To All Deptor Nations - Gerald Celente on Goldsek Radio
Jan. 28, 2011
By: portos
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* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* ECONOMY
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* VIDEO
Jan 29 15:21
Demonstration Staged at Egyptian Embassy, in Washington, D.C.
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* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Webmaster's Commentary:
I with to remind everyone that the global revolution did not begin in the Arab
nations. It started in Iceland.
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Jan 29 15:19
The Egyptian Revolution Shows that the Us-Versus-Them Narrative of the War on
Terror is False
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* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
While many in the U.S. have tried to paint most Muslims as extremists, and the
"War on Terror" as being a black-and-white war of good guys versus bad
browned-skinned people, the Egyptian revolution shows that the reality is very
different.
As Democracy Now producer Sharif Kouddous tweets, moderate Muslims are drowning
out members of the Muslim Brotherhood:
Muslim Brotherhood chanting Allah Akbar. Crowd stopped them chanting louder:
Muslim, Christian, we're all Egyptian.
And as Sana Saleem tweets, Muslims and Christians are working together to
replace their tyrannical leader:
While Muslim Protestors prayed today, Christian Egyptians formed human chains
to protect them. Solidarity,strength and co-existence.
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Jan 29 14:58
Authoritarian governments start stockpiling food to fight public anger
By: malterwitty
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* CURRENT EVENTS
Commodities traders have warned they are seeing the first signs of panic buying
from states concerned about the political implications of rising prices for
staple crops.
However, the tactic risks simply further pushing up prices, analysts have
warned, pushing a spiral of food inflation.
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Jan 29 14:56
"Does This Mean An Israel Egypt War?" - Fox News
By: portos
Tags:
* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* VIDEO
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Jan 29 14:53
Climate Change Claims Melt Away
By: malterwitty
Tags:
* CLIMATEGATE
But as the prophecies of impending doom fail to materialize, the narrative
loses traction among the public. Americans understand they've been deceived.
That healthy skepticism will only grow as this realization spreads.
Jan 29 14:01
Albania braces for fresh protests
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* DICTATORSHIP
* EGYPT
* EUROPE
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
THE mood of revolt has spread beyond the Arab world to the Balkans.
Webmaster's Commentary:
Not to nitpick, but the mood of revolt began in Iceland!
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Jan 29 13:59
Egyptians Scramble to Get Back Online After Government Shutdown
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* COMPUTERS/INTERNET/SECURITY
* DICTATORSHIP
* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
One report flew around Twitter midday Friday that a French company was offering
anonymous dial-up access via a French phone number; another listed DSL lines
that were still working.
"Tip fr @EgyptFreedomNow Dial-up ISP working. DSL still working in #Egypt, Try
Dial-up 0777 7770 & 0777 7000 #Jan25," read a tweet from @telecomix, affiliated
with a free-Internet organization. Another read "An anonymous dialup service
provided by http://www.fdn.fr on +33172890150 login toto password toto #JAN25
#Egypte RT plz to relay INFO".
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Jan 29 13:47
FLASHBACK: Telegraph - Tunisian revolt won't spread.
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* AFRICA
* CORPORATE MEDIA
* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Friday's coup in Tunisia sent shockwaves throughout the Arab world. But don't
expect it to herald an era of democratic reform, says Richard Spencer.
Webmaster's Commentary:
WRONG!
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Jan 29 13:45
Egypt Cuts the Net, Net Fights Back
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* COMPUTERS/INTERNET/SECURITY
* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
"Egypt's cutoff of the Net enrages the Netizenry, who are finding a bunch of
ways — high tech and low tech — to fight back, from dial-up to ham radio, from
mesh networks to Twitter.
The French non-profit ISP French Data Network set up a dial-up Internet access.
This way, anyone in Egypt who has access to a analog phone line and can call
France is able to connect to the network using the following number: +33 1 72
89 01 50 (login: toto, password: toto)."
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Jan 29 13:44
Telecommunications for nonviolent struggle
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* COMPUTERS/INTERNET/SECURITY
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Telecommunications can play a vital role in nonviolent resistance to aggression
or repression, as shown by numerous historical examples. Yet there has been no
systematic development of telecommunications research, policy or training for
this purpose.
We interviewed a number of experts in telecommunications to learn how these
technologies could be used in nonviolent struggle. We report our general
findings and list a series of recommendations for use and design of
telecommunications in nonviolent struggle. This pilot project reveals the
radical implications of orienting telecommunications for nonviolent rather than
violent struggle.
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Jan 29 13:39
Eyewitnesses say state sponsoring vandalism
By: Ness
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* CORPORATE MEDIA
* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* CURRENT EVENTS
* DICTATORSHIP
* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
“They were sent by the government. The government got them out of prison and
told them to rob us,” says Nameer Nashaat, a resident working alongside other
youths to preserve order in the district. “When we caught them, they said that
the Ministry of Interior has sent them.”
In Masr al-Qadeema, another district, scrap metal dealer Khaled Barouma,
confirmed the same account. “The government let loose convicts. They let them
out of prisons. We all know them in this neighborhood,” he said, adding that
the neighborhood’s youth is trying to put the place in order by patrolling its
streets with batons.
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Jan 29 13:31
Mesh networking
By: Ethan Allen and...
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* COMPUTERS/INTERNET/SECURITY
Mesh networking (topology) is a type of networking where each node must not
only capture and disseminate its own data, but also serve as a relay for other
sensor nodes, that is, it must collaborate to propagate the data in the
network.
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Jan 29 13:15
Egyptian Activists Distributed This 26-Page Guide On How To Fight Riot Police
By: Ethan Allen and...
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Egyptian activists have circulated a 26-page plan called "How To Protest
Intelligently" (via The Atlantic).
Despite the polite title, the tone of this pamphlet is revolutionary. The
demands of the people include "the downfall of the regime of "Hosni Mubarak and
his ministers." Strategic goals include "to take over important government
building."
It also includes tips for fighting against riot police.
Jan 29 13:13
Egyptian Police Have Opened Fire On Thousands Of Egyptians Outside The Interior
Ministry
By: Ethan Allen and...
Tags:
* ASSASSINATION
It is nighttime in Egypt and the riots continue for the fifth day.
More than 100 people have been killed in the protests, according to Al-Jazeera.
There is also extensive looting and destruction.
President Hosni Mubarak has announced some changes to his cabinet, but no one is
impressed.
Previously at 11:59 ET: Clashes between police and protesters at a Cairo prison
have left 8 dead, according to Reuters. No prisoners escaped.
Also looters have destroyed several ancient mummies at a Cairo museum, according
to Al-Jazeera.
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Jan 29 13:10
Help Egypt Get Back Online
By: Ethan Allen and...
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Seeking the brightest engineers in the world to offer a solution building a
mesh network for Egypt. Post on the forum, no registration required. We need
solid ideas and engineers to help with the planning. This is a community
effort. Jump in and help us.
Jan 29 13:05
Communicate if Your Government Shuts Off Your Internet
By: Ethan Allen and...
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* COMPUTERS/INTERNET/SECURITY
Scenario: Your government is displeased with the communication going on in your
location and pulls the plug on your internet access, most likely by telling the
major ISPs to turn off service.
This is what happened in Egypt January 25 prompted by citizen protests, with
sources estimating that the Egyptian government has cut off approximately 88
percent of the country's internet access. What do you do without Internet? Step
1: Stop crying in the corner. Then start taking steps to reconnect with your
network. Here’s a list of things you can do to keep the communication flowing.
Jan 29 13:03
Get Internet Access When Your Government Shuts It Down
By: Ethan Allen and...
Tags:
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
These days, no popular movement goes without an Internet presence of some kind,
whether it's organizing on Facebook or spreading the word through Twitter. And
as we've seen in Egypt, that means that your Internet connection can be the
first to go. Whether you're trying to check in with your family, contact your
friends, or simply spread the word, here are a few ways to build some basic
network connectivity when you can't rely on your cellular or landline Internet
connections.
Do-It-Yourself Internet With Ad-Hoc Wi-Fi
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Jan 29 13:01
The Fido Network In North America
By: Ethan Allen and...
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* COMPUTERS/INTERNET/SECURITY
Here's a form you can fill out to apply for a node number. Your application will
be sent to the proper coordinator.
This doesn't look viable cause there is no anonymity!
Jan 29 12:32
CCTV footage of Detroit police station shooting
By: UKSecrets
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* ASSASSINATION
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Jan 29 12:27
Video of Egypt crisis as fierce riots rage in Cairo, Alexandria - RT Video Feed
By: UKSecrets
Tags:
* EGYPT
* MIDDLE EAST
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Jan 29 12:24
Students Take To Streets For Cuts Protest In London & Manchester - 29th January
2011 - Sky News Video Feed
By: UKSecrets
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* GREAT BRITAIN
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Jan 29 12:22
Protesters hold funeral procession in Cairo - Al Jazjeera Video Feed
By: UKSecrets
Tags:
* EGYPT
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Jan 29 12:20
More video of night violence, fires & clashes in Cairo, Egypt - RT Video Feed
By: UKSecrets
Tags:
* EGYPT
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Jan 29 12:15
Hundreds mourn Egypt's dead
By: UKSecrets
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* MIDDLE EAST
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Jan 29 12:13
Egyptian army official pleads for calm
By: UKSecrets
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* MIDDLE EAST
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Jan 29 12:04
The Protest Movement in Egypt: "Dictators" do not Dictate, They Obey Orders
By: poorrichard
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* AFRICA
* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* DICTATORSHIP
* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
President Hosni Mubarak was a faithful servant of Western economic interests and
so was Ben Ali of Tunisia.
The national government is the object of the protest movement.
The objective is to unseat the puppet rather than the puppet-master.
The slogans in Egypt are "Down with Mubarak, Down with the Regime". No
anti-American posters have been reported... The overriding and destructive
influence of the USA in Egypt and throughout the Middle East remains
unheralded.
The foreign powers which operate behind the scenes are shielded from the protest
movement.
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Jan 29 11:47
ASK NOT WHEN MASS PROTESTS WILL COME TO THE USA. THEY ARE ALREADY HERE!!!
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
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Jan 29 11:46
Without Internet, Egyptians Subvert System By Finding New Ways to Get Online -
Why Haven't You?
By: tyler durden
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* AFRICA
* COMPUTERS/INTERNET/SECURITY
* DICTATORSHIP
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* VIDEO
People around the world are offering dial-up modem numbers and other primitive
tools for people in Egypt
"When countries block, we evolve," an activist with the group We Rebuild wrote
in a Twitter message on Friday. That's just what many Egyptians have been doing
this week, as groups like We Rebuild scramble to keep the country connected to
the outside world, turning to landline telephones, fax machines and even ham
radio to keep information flowing in and out of the country.
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Jan 29 11:45
Tom_El_Rumi: Twitter Blog
By: Ethan Allen and...
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
# beleidy Expect a ton of photos/videos to start hitting the web as the
internet comes back #Jan25 Egypt 18 minutes ago via web Retweeted by
Tom_El_Rumi and 21 others
# johannhari101 Okay. Gamal Mubarak definitely owns a flat in Eaton Square,
bought with money pillaged from Egyptians. Anybody know how to find out which
1? about 1 hour ago via web Retweeted by Tom_El_Rumi and 63 others
# Can hear crowds (on Corniche?) chanting "MASR" like at football matches. Good
memories of Egypt victories. #jan25 about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
# RamyRaoof i am uploading all pictures i am taking from the demonstrations in
Cairo here http://bit.ly/CairoDemo #Egypt #Jan25 about 2 hours ago via web
Retweeted by Tom_El_Rumi and 96 others
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Jan 29 11:37
EA World View: Egypt(and beyond) Live Blog
By: Ethan Allen and...
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
I just called my friend in Nasr City. He is standing outside now with other
flat occupants with guns and sticks and knives. He said all his friends in
other areas have had to do this. People are having to protect themselves. He
said I don't care what they take-my TV, computer...everything...but not my
life. I need to defend myself!'
Right now outside my friends' house in Heliopolis, the flat owners (men) have
gone downstairs with sticks and knives and guns! A truck of thugs slowly
approached and the men ran at the truck. The truck then drove off! People are
defending themselves! It has run riot and till now the army are where??
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Jan 29 11:30
Death Toll In Egypt's Protest Reaches 74
By: Ethan Allen and...
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
CAIRO Jan 29 (Reuters) - At least 74 people have been killed in protests across
Egypt calling for an end to the rule of President Hosni Mubarak, according to a
tally from Reuters reports from medical sources, hospitals and witnesses.
There was no official figure, and the real figure may be very different, given
the confusion on the streets.
Some 68 deaths were reported killed in Cairo, Suez and Alexandria during
Friday's protests. Before then, security sources said at least six people,
including a police officer had been killed.
On Saturday, medical sources told Reuters around 2,000 people had been wounded
throughout the country, however with more protests erupting, that number is
almost certain to rise.
This was over 7 hours ago.
Jan 29 11:01
Audio: Phonecall With Protester in Egypt Just Recorded
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* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
I just phoned Tighe Barry, a great US activist with Code Pink, who has been in
Cairo, Egypt, all week. Here is the audio. Tighe describes a different
situation from what we get through the US media. --David Swanson
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Jan 29 11:01
Obama: Mubarak must deliver on democracy promise
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* AFRICA
* MIDDLE EAST
President Barack Obama says he's spoken to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and
told him he has a responsibility to take concrete steps to deliver on promises
of better democracy and greater economic opportunity.
Webmaster's Commentary:
President Obama, if Mubarak hasn't delivered on "...better democracy and
greater economic opportunity" for his people in 30 years, what the hell makes
you think he's going to do it now?!?
Mr. President, Mubarak is very unlikely to last: I suggest that you readjust the
US's policies toward Egypt accordingly.
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Jan 29 10:56
Egypt riots escalate; political prisoners shot
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* AFRICA
* MIDDLE EAST
Egypt riots escalate: The riots raging on in Egypt have spread into several
prisons in the country Saturday, as at last eight detainees were reportedly
killed in a jail holding political prisoners.
Webmaster's Commentary:
If Hosni Mubarak or his cohorts thought for one second that this was going to
calm the situation down, these people are officially out of his mind.
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Jan 29 10:51
USA must free itself from Israel or face the consequences
By: Redress
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* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* CURRENT EVENTS
* EGYPT
* ISRAEL
* MIDDLE EAST
* PALESTINE
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
Gilad Atzmon looks at how the US’s Israel-driven policy in the Middle East is
unravelling with the impending fall of its key vassal, Egypt’s Husni Mubarak.
He argues that the only way forward for the USA is to start pursuing its own
national interests, not those of Israel – which it can do only if it unshackles
itself from the Israel lobby.
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Jan 29 10:49
Al-Jazeera Against Fatah, Abbas
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* ISRAEL
A position paper by a senior policy analyst at the Jerusalem Center for Public
Affairs states that leaks of Israel-PA talks by Al-Jazeera are designed to harm
the PA and block resumption of talks with Israel.
Pinhas Inbari, a veteran Palestinian Authority affairs correspondent and the
author of books such as “The Palestinians: Between Terrorism and Statehood,”
writes that Al-Jazeera has an agenda to de-legitimize the PA in the eyes of its
residents and the Arab world.
Webmaster's Commentary:
A memo to the Israeli hasbara: attempting to shoot the messenger in this case is
absolutely not going to work.
The Palestinian people now understand for whom Abbas works, and it is not for
the good or future of the Palestinian people, or a Palestinian state.
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Jan 29 10:44
Egypt protests draw mixed reaction in region
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* AFRICA
* MIDDLE EAST
Saudi Arabia slammed protesters in Egypt as "infiltrators" who seek to
destabilize their country Saturday while an Iranian official called on Egypt to
"abide by the rightful demands of the nation" and avoid violent reactions.
Saudi King Abdullah called Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and "was reassured"
about the situation in Egypt, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported.
Webmaster's Commentary:
A memo to King Abdullah; please understand that the people in Egypt who are
rioting are not "infiltrators", but Egyptian citizens, enraged by a
dictatorship which has plundered the country for their own profit, while the
quality of life stays generally lousy for the people of Egypt.
They have had enough, thank you very much.
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Jan 29 10:33
Yemeni Protests Turn Violent
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* AFRICA
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
A small anti-government protest turned violent in the Yemeni capital Saturday,
according to eyewitnesses, with demonstrators—emboldened by Friday's massive
protests in Egypt—clashing with security forces.
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Jan 29 10:30
Amnesty: Israel's flotilla probe a 'whitewash'
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* ISRAEL
* PALESTINE
* TORTURE/WAR CRIMES
* TURKEY
London-based rights group Amnesty International condemned on Friday the
findings of an Israeli inquiry into last year’s raid on a Gaza-bound aid
flotilla as a “whitewash,” saying the Israeli investigating panel failed to
account for the deaths of nine Turkish nationals at the hands of Israeli
commando forces.
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Jan 29 10:28
Gilad Atzmon: Liberating the American People
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* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Kinzer explains America's stance succinctly and accurately : “The U.S. keeps
Mubarak in power - it gave his regime $1.5 billion in aid last year -mainly
because he supports America’s pro-Israel policies, especially by helping Israel
maintain its stranglehold on Gaza. It supports Abbas for the same reason; Abbas
is seen as willing to compromise with Israel and is, therefore, a desirable
negotiating partner….. American support for Mubarak and Abbas continues,
although neither man is in power with any figment of legality; Mubarak brazenly
stage-manages elections, and Abbas has ruled by decree since his term of office
expired in 2009.”
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Jan 29 10:22
PROOF THE US BACKS MUBARAK AND NOT THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE'S REVOLT
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* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Webmaster's Commentary:
But remember, the Egyptians only hate America because we are free
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Jan 29 10:14
Fear of Government Completely Shattered for Egyptians As Protests Continue
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* DICTATORSHIP
* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
For the past twenty fours, many in the world have had the privilege of viewing
the uprising through a live stream on Al Jazeera's website. The stream has made
it possible for anyone interested in the Egyptian uprising to get a sense of
what the people are feeling and what they are demanding and why they are so
angry with their government.
Webmaster's Commentary:
Fear is a very foolish way to rule a nation, because fear is very tiring over
time. No matter how tyrannical the despot, no matter how great the imposed
terror; there comes a time when the people simply lack the energy to be afraid
any longer, Fear vanishes from the population, and all that is left is blind
uncompromising unquenchable rage.
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Jan 29 10:13
Inequality In America Is Worse Than In Egypt, Tunisia Or Yemen
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* CURRENT EVENTS
Americans vastly underestimate the degree of wealth inequality in America, and
we believe that the distribution should be far more equitable than it actually
is, according to a new study.
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Jan 29 10:10
WIKILEAKS THE SOURCE FOR LIES ABOUT EGYPT
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* CORPORATE MEDIA
* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* EGYPT
* ISRAEL
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Jan 29 10:09
Maybe not!
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* EGYPT
* HUMOR AND SATIRE
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Jan 29 10:06
AZ Sheriff on Napolitano’s Security Speech: ‘This Shows You How Divorced From
Reality the Secretary of Homeland Security Really Is’
By: poorrichard
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* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* IMMIGRATION/NAU/GLOBALISM
* WHITE HOUSE
(CNSNews.com) – The National Sheriffs’ Association on Wednesday named Arizona’s
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu “Sheriff of the Year.” On Thursday, Homeland
Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered the first State of Homeland
Security address, in which she gave an upbeat account of the agency’s
accomplishments, including its efforts on immigration and securing the U.S.
border.
Babeu, however, indicated that Napolitano’s speech was selective in what it
emphasized and what it did not disclose.
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Jan 29 10:05
Palestinians preventing Middle East peace deal, says Israeli deputy PM
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* ISRAEL
An agreement to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not happen in the
next "one or two years", Israel's deputy prime minister said today, blaming the
Palestinians for the lack of progress.
"We're fed up with giving and giving and giving, and not getting any real
substance [in return]," said Moshe Ya'alon, the minister of strategic affairs,
after this week's leak of secret documents on the peace talks. He dismissed the
extensive concessions offered by Palestinian negotiators, revealed in the
documents, saying they were insignificant compared to the "core of the conflict
– our right to exist".
Webmaster's Commentary:
OK, Minister Ya'alon,I have a question to ask: why doesn't Israel declare its
borders?!?!? Your "right to exist" is absolutely not in question.
Of course, the answer to that is very simple. Israel doesn't want peace; it
wants territory and by any means necessary. It doesn't want a "two-state
solution: it wants a one-state solution, where Palestinians have no land, no
homes, and no standing.
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Jan 29 10:03
AIPAC - How Israel Lobby took control of US foreign policy
By: portos
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* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* ISRAEL
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* VIDEO
Jan 29 10:00
PressTV: Zionist Omar Soleiman sworn as Egypt's new vice prisedent
By: portos
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* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* VIDEO
Jan 29 09:59
Who is trying to vandalize the Cairo Museum?
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* EGYPT
* ISRAEL
Amid rampant violence as hoards of protestors set the building of the ruling
National Democratic Party on fire, others broke into the adjacent Egyptian
Museum and destroyed two mummies on display, along with ransacking the ticket
office.
Webmaster's Commentary:
I doubt Egyptians did this. Egyptians revere their ancient history. There is no
reason to merely destroy mummies. Not for Egyptians. But there are other
players, of course, with obvious motives to destroy Egypt's antiquities. One is
Mubarak himself, who is looking for any way to demonize the revolutionaries,
and there are reports that some of the looting is being done by Mubarak's
thugs, but there is a larger player in the region with a well-documented hatred
towards other nations' history.
Israel routinely exploits archaeology for political purposes, to justify its
"ownership" of the holy lands. It hypes its own antiquities (always meager,
often frauds), while destroying artifacts from history viewed as a political
threat.
Egypt is literally littered with the ruins of the ancient temples and palaces
of her rulers. As much as has been found, it is estimated that only 1/3 of
Egypt's archeological wonders have been uncovered. A newly discovered temple
was uncovered while digging a sewer line, and a cache of finely preserved
mummies was literally stumbled over by a cow in a pasture.
All of this wealth of archaeological treasures must of course annoy Israel. We
are raised from birth with Old Testament tales of the greatness of the ancient
Israelites, of the powerful kingdoms of Solomon and David and the first temple.
Yet Israel, while rich in antiquities, is almost totally devoid of artifacts
from this supposedly glorious time in her history. The existence of the fabled
First Temple was supported with just two artifacts, a carved staff ornament in
the shape of a pomegranate and the Jehoash tablet. Both of these artifacts
have been exposed as frauds. We are told that once there was a magnificent
temple on that hill, but it "all went away." The wonders emerging from the soil
of Egypt, Iraq, and Iran serve as a constant reminder that ancient buildings of
such a scale as we are told the First Temple was simply do not vanish without a
trace.
There is considerable reason to suspect that the tales told in the Old
Testament are just that; tales. The Bible is not science, it is the collected
stories of a primitive tribal people telling each other how important they are.
And like fishermen talking about the one that got away, or Ramses with his
temple carvings of the did-not-really-happen victory over the Hittites at
Kadesh, the writers of the ancient testaments assumed that the people they were
telling stories to had no way to verify the claims for themselves. So
"embellishment" (lying) was a low-risk activity.
We do know from the available archaeological evidence that the Exodus probably
actually happened to the Hyksos, not the Hebrews. We know that the story of
Moses is suspect because no Egyptian princess would hide a Hebrew child inside
Pharaoh's household, then give the kid a Hebrew name ("Moses" is actually an
Egyptian title meaning "Prince" and is included in the names of many Pharaoh's
names such as Tut-Moses, Ah-Moses, Ra-Moses (Ramses) etc.) Likewise, the story
of Masada may be less than accurate. The remains found on the mountain were
buried with pig bones, something no proper Jewish funeral would tolerate, which
suggests that the bodies found and venerated as heroes of ancient Judea were
actually those of dead Romans, who would be buried with animal sacrifices.
But a good story is a good story and the writers of the ancient texts were
probably not thinking much further into the future than the guys who pen the
"Celebrity dates space alien" stories you see at supermarket checkout lines.
The fact that the celebrity is a real person does not prove the space alien
exists. It's just a story. Given enough time, even a simple story written in
jest can take on a life of its own. Scientology began as a bet between two
science fiction writers; look what a headache that has become in just a short
time.
Over time, entire religions with attendant wealth and power structures have
been built on the premise that these old testament stories really happened
exactly as written. And today, here in the 21st century world, science has
started to catch up with these ancient legends and call many of them into
doubt.
So, for a nation that justifies its existence on the writings of the Torah, the
plethora of sites and artifacts confirming the ancient histories of Egypt,
Iraq, Iran, etc. etc. etc. must seem a dire political threat for a nation whose
own professed ancient history seems to have left virtually no trace at all.
In that context, the intentional targeting of Palestinian antiquities and the
theft of their cultural treasures during CAST LEAD makes perfect sense, if the
supporters of a very insecure nation decide that "leveling" the archaeological
playing field is preferable to allowing the obvious disparity in artifacts to
remain visible to the world.
In an attempt to attach ancient Israel to present day Jerusalem, Israeli
authorities continue the attachment of spurious labels to Holy Basin landmarks,
while claiming the falsification is due to the Byzantines, who got it all
wrong.
King David’s Tower’s earliest remains were constructed several hundred years
after the Bible dates David’s reign. It is a now an obvious Islamic minaret.
King David’s Citadel earliest remains are from the Hasmonean period (200 B.C.).
The Citadel was entirely rebuilt by the Ottomans between 1537 and 1541.
King David’s tomb, located in the Dormition Abbey, is a cloth-covered cenotaph
(no remains) that honors King David. It’s only an unverified guess that the
casket is related to David.
The Pools of Solomon, located in a village near Bethlehem, are considered to be
part of a Roman construction during the reign of Herod the Great. The pools
supplied water to an aqueduct that carried the water to Bethlehem and to
Jerusalem.
The Stables of Solomon, under the Temple Mount, are assumed to be a
construction of vaults that King Herod built in order to extend the Temple
Mount platform.
Absalom’s Tomb is an obvious Greek sculptured edifice and therefore cannot be
the tomb of David’s son.
The City of David contains artifacts that date before and during David’s time.
However, some archaeologists maintain there is an insufficient number of
artifacts to conclude any Israelite presence, including that of King David,
before the late ninth century. IAny Israelite presence must have been in a
small and unfortified settlement to leave so few remains.
The Jerusalem Archaeological Park within the Old City, together with the
Davidson Exhibition and Virtual Reconstruction Center also tell the story.
Promising to reveal much of a Hebrew civilization, the museums shed little
light on its subject. The Davidson Center highlights a coin exhibition,
Jerusalem bowls and stone vessels. The Archeological Park in the Old City
contains among many artifacts, Herodian structures, ritual baths, a floor of an
Umayyad palace, a Roman road, Ottoman gates, and the facade of what is termed
Robinson’s arch, an assumed Herodian entryway to the Temple Mount. The
exhibitions don’t reveal many, if any, ancient Hebrew structures or
institutions of special significance.
Reliable archaeologists, after examining excavations that contain pottery
shards and buildings, concluded that archaeological finds don't substantiate
the biblical history of Jerusalem and its importance during the eras of a
united Jewish kingdom under David and Solomon.
Margaret Steiner in an article titled It's Not There: Archaeology Proves a
Negative in the Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August, 1998, states:
"...from the tenth century B.C.E. there is no archaeological evidence that many
people actually lived in Jerusalem, only that it was some kind of public
administrative center...We are left with nothing that indicates a city was here
during their supposed reigns (of David and Solomon)...It seems unlikely,
however, that this Jerusalem was the capital of a large state, the United
monarchy, as described in Biblical texts."
So, while it is doubtful that Egyptians would desecrate mummies simply to
destroy them, Israel's agents in Egypt certainly would have a strong motive to
damage the museum as much as possible, not only to reduce the obvious disparity
between the plethora of ancient artifacts in Egypt and the paucity of same in
Israel, but also because the Cairo Museum is home base to Dr. Zahi Hawass, the
Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and the archaeologist
who demonstrated that the Exodus happened to the Hyksos, not the Hebrews. So the
vandalism of the museum might just be a little bit of revenge.
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Jan 29 09:58
30 Killed, Over 1,000 Wounded in Egypt As Army Deploys
By: Ethan Allen and...
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* DICTATORSHIP
The Egyptian government’s crackdown on protesters escalated dramatically today,
leaving at least 30 people dead and over 1,000 others wounded. Reports have at
least 13 people being slain in the city of Suez alone.
Much of the violence came early in the day, when the police were attacking
protesters and in many cases using live ammunition against them. Eventually
though, the police were driven back into their stations, and many of those
stations were burned, which is when President Mubarak called in the military.
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Jan 29 09:58
Al Jazeera: People's Power! Protests continue in Egypt
By: portos
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* VIDEO
Jan 29 09:58
Weimar Meets America
By: poorrichard
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* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* EUROPE
* ISRAEL
* TORTURE/WAR CRIMES
JOE CORTINA IS AN EX GREEN BERET, a former airborne special operations officer
and US Army Training Center commander.
Joe Cortina’s subsequent experiences as an intelligence investigator and
anti-terrorist adviser brought him to such hotbeds of turmoil as the State of
Israel, adjacent Middle East nations, and Central America.
Joe Cortina’s Web Site, “My Name Is Joe Cortina,” is a showcase of crimes
committed against humanity by the Zionist global elite.
Jan 29 09:57
Israeli twelfth-graders declare their refusal to support the Occupation.
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* ISRAEL
The letter below has been signed by over 60 young Israelis. These conscientious
objectors are starting to go to jail, often with multiple terms, for refusing
to support Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian people.
Webmaster's Commentary:
These kids absolutely deserve to be supported and applauded for their courage
under fire, and their bravery in their expressions of conscience.
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Jan 29 09:50
Thousands Protest Against Jordanian Govt
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* MIDDLE EAST
The pro-democracy protests spreading across the Middle East have found some
eager supporters in Jordan, where thousands took to the street of Amman to
demand that Prime Minister Samir Rifal step down and that a new, elected
government be allowed to take its place.
Webmaster's Commentary:
Go.....Jordanians! Thinking Americans support you, and walk with you in spirit.
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Jan 29 09:48
Pro-Democracy Revolutions a Big Problem for US
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* CURRENT EVENTS
For decades it seemed that the US was able to keep its authoritarian allies
propped up more or less indefinitely, but the simmering unrest combined with
crumbling economies across the region have combined to produce a region-wide
phenomenon, where every US-backed dictator appears at risk.
But in the near term, it is two of the most important President-for-life
figures, Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak and Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh, that are at the
most risk. In each case the US is giving lip-service to the notion of some
“reforms” but are conceding they won’t want anything that might threaten the
rule of their allies, particularly any pesky elections.
Webmaster's Commentary:
The consistent, pathological hypocrisy of US foreign policy stinks mightily
here.
We cannot, as a nation, talk about human rights, human dignity, or the
importance of free and fair elections when we do not practice what we preach.
I would really like those in the bowels of power in DC to remember one thing;
when peaceful revolution becomes impossible, violent revolution becomes
inevitable; this is what we have seen happening in Tunisia, and are seeing
happen in Egypt and Yemen.
When an entire population becomes enraged with a miserable quality of life;
when they see the leadership plunder their country's wealth for their own
empowerment, there aren't enough guns and bullets we can supply any tinpot
dictator to ultimately stop these movements.
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Jan 29 09:40
TSA shuts door on private airport screening program
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* DICTATORSHIP
A program that allows airports to replace government screeners with private
screeners is being brought to a standstill, just a month after the
Transportation Security Administration said it was "neutral" on the program.
Webmaster's Commentary:
"Look, humiliating Americans and giving them sexually transmitted diseases is
our job, dammit! And you better get used to it, too! We will give up our rubber
gloves when you pry them from our cold, dead, hands!!!!!!" -- Tourism
Suppression Agency.
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Jan 29 09:38
Shocking child malnutrition crisis in Pakistan
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* PAKISTAN / INDIA
Neva Khan of the charity Oxfam says of flood-ravaged Pakistan, "millions of
people are still facing flood water, shivering in temporary shelters and
struggling to find food.....we have only scratched the surface of human need."
Children are suffering the most, and malnutrition is devastating Pakistan.
Karen Allen, UNICEF officer in Pakistan, describes the crisis. She says, "I
haven't seen levels of malnutrition this bad since the worst of the famines in
Ethiopia, Darfur and Chad. It’s shocking, shockingly bad."
Webmaster's Commentary:
So, "enlightened" US foreign policy, under the watch of President Barak Obama,
means that we're continuing to bomb the crap out of innocent civilians, but
aren't directly lifting a finger to assist Pakistan in feeding malnourished
kids?
As reported on 26 November, 2010, at:
http://www.unicefusa.org/news/news-from-the-field/unicef-supports-efforts-to.html
"The devastating monsoon floods that recently affected more than 20 million
people in Pakistan—including 2.8 million children under the age of five—have
brought many underlying problems to the surface.In a country that already had
alarmingly high rates of malnutrition, the floods have made the situation
worse."
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Jan 29 09:37
Thousands march in Tirana in memory of three protesters shot dead by army
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* EUROPE
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
A MAJOR opposition protest in Albania to commemorate three people shot dead in
a rally last week has passed off peacefully after the European Union warned
that further violence could put the country’s membership ambitions at risk.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators proceeded in silence through the centre of
the capital, Tirana.
They laid flowers and candles at the place the protesters were shot, outside a
government building heavily guarded by police and other members of the security
forces.
The opposition movement, spearheaded by Tirana mayor and Socialist party chief
Edi Rama, want a rerun of 2009 elections that they say were rigged by prime
minister Sali Berisha.
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Jan 29 09:36
New Greek General Strike Called for February
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* EUROPE
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Greek trade union federations have called for a general strike for February 23.
The civil servants' union federation, Adedy, will join Greece's largest trade
union federation, the General Confederation of Employees of Greece (GSEE), to
protest the cuts in salaries and pensions that have been demanded by the
European Union dictatorship, which is now running the country's economy.
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Jan 29 09:35
Israel-Egypt: "We're living on a volcano," experts warn
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* EGYPT
* ISRAEL
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Israeli security experts are casting an uneasy eye at the civil unrest spreading
through the region.
On Thursday, Yemen joined the list of Arab states experiencing unprecedented
demonstrations calling for authoritarian leaders to step down, and Egypt braced
for more civil unrest.
Webmaster's Commentary:
Decades of Israeli subversion of their neighboring nations, coupled with
unprovoked wars of aggression, assassination, and unremitting land-theft are
all coming back to haunt Israel now. Israel was rather cavalier pissing off
Turkey with the attack on the aid flotilla, because Israel still had Egypt as a
friend, bought and paid for with US tax dollars. Well, Israel no longer has
Egypt as a friend. Which means they have no friends in the region at all, no
matter how much tax money the US throws around.
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Jan 29 09:30
Without Egypt, Israel will be left with no friends in Mideast
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* EGYPT
* ISRAEL
* TURKEY
The fading power of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's government leaves Israel
in a state of strategic distress. Without Mubarak, Israel is left with almost
no friends in the Middle East; last year, Israel saw its alliance with Turkey
collapse.
Webmaster's Commentary:
As ye sow, so shall ye reap!
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Jan 29 09:28
HEZBOLLAH IS THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON. NOW WHAT? - BY DR. FRANKLIN LAMB
By: Elias
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* ASSASSINATION
* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* CURRENT EVENTS
* ISRAEL
* LEBANON
* MIDDLE EAST
* PALESTINE
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* WAR/DRAFT/VETERAN AFFAIRS
* WHITE HOUSE
Well, what I mean is that we in Hezbollah are pretty well known for kicking and
keeping the Zionists out of Lebanon but our Party also seems to be catching on
how to work in Lebanese and regional politics. And our people will benefit as
we create social programs and honest government for the first time in Lebanese
history.
Jan 29 09:27
Davos panel on Iran can agree on one thing: A military strike could spark a huge
counterattack
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* IRAN
A diverse panel of decision-makers and experts from the United States, Europe
and the Middle East found common ground on just one thing when it comes to
dealing with the Iranian nuclear program: A military strike could well spark a
devastating counterattack.
In the debate at the World Economic Forum on Friday, former top U.S. diplomat
Richard Haass said there were no good options should diplomacy fail, but stood
apart from the others in advocating force as a viable option. He sparred
repeatedly with Saudi Arabia's Prince Turki al-Faisal, who urged the United
States to instead pressure Israel to quit its own reported nuclear weapons as a
way of coaxing Iran to drop its suspected weapons program as well.
Webmaster's Commentary:
OK, for the gazillionth time: Iran is a signatory to the NNPT, the
international nuclear protocol which states that members can only use nuclear
energy for peaceful purposes, and not for weapons.
The nuclear power plant they are building, with Russian technical assistance,
is consistently inspected by the IAEA. To date, no nuclear materials have been
found to have "gone walkabout", nor have the Iranian scientists enriched their
uranium above 20%, which is the level necessary to create medical isotopes. In
order to create weapons, one has to enrich the uranium to above 90%, which flat
out hasn't happened.
The IAEA has reported nothing to date to indicate that the Iranian government is
building a nuclear weapon.
On the other hand, Israel, which has nuclear weapons, refuses to become a
signatory to the NNPT, nor will it allow its nuclear sites to be inspected.
Saudi Arabia's Prince Turki Al-Faisal is absolutely right to suggest that the
US should encourage Israel to let go of its nuclear weapons; unfortunately,
that's only going to happen when pigs fly.
But let's say, for the point of argument, that Iran is truly in the process of
developing a nuclear weapon; in light of the fact that the US gave both Iran
and the world a very concrete object lesson in what can happen to a country
without a nuclear deterrent as it did with the invasion and occupation of Iraq,
who can blame them?!?
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Jan 29 09:26
What The USA Really Thinks About Egypt.
By: poorrichard
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* AFRICA
* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* ISRAEL
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
It would seem that the USA and Israel decided some time ago to topple Egypt's
president Mubarak.
"The U.S. strategy for three decades ... has been to bet on Mubarak... But that
cannot possibly be a smart bet for the next decade." - Elliott Abrams on 20
January 2011 (interview)
Abrams, a neo-con Zionist, was involved in Iran-Contra.
According to PressTV (Mossad was behind the Egypt church blast):
"Political experts believe that the US, the Israeli regime and Britain have
crafted a long-term joint security program in the Middle East and North
Africa...
"Part of the scenario is to ... split Egypt into a Christian-populated country
and a Muslim-populated one ...
Jan 29 09:18
You Can't be There if You're not Here.
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* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
All over the Arab world, as a precursor to, all over the world period, the
psychic locks that have held the populations in stasis have now been broken. We
are standing before the walls of a metaphorical Jericho. The sound of magical
trumpets fills the air but no one is directly aware of them. They’re hearing
something but they can’t identify it. The effect of the sounds, is to open
areas of awareness and action that do not depend on the reflection and judgment
of the people involved. It’s always like this when the world goes into one of
its dramatic change modes. All of a sudden everything is happening, as if it
were detailed on a blueprint or in a book and no one questions it because they
are in the middle of it.
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Jan 29 09:17
Egypt: Is this the start of a global revolution? "For the first time in human
history almost all of humanity is politically activated, politically conscious
and politically interactive." - Zbigniew Brzezinski
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* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
"All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of
the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth,
that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a
favoured few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately."
The resulting global political activism is generating a surge in the quest for
personal dignity, cultural respect and economic opportunity in a world
painfully scarred by memories of centuries-long alien colonial or imperial
domination...
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Jan 29 09:13
White House wobbles on Egyptian tightrope
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* DICTATORSHIP
* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Washington needs a friendly regime in Cairo more than it needs a democratic
government.
Webmaster's Commentary:
If Obama,Hillary and Biden are honest in their statements, they would have
condemned the Mubarak regime.
US cannot be with Mubarak and the Egyptian street in the same time.
Of course, the US has never actually supported Democracy. Whether it was
Pinochet in Chile, the Shah of Iran, Batista in Cuba, Marcos in the
Philippines, etc. the US talks Democracy but props up tyrants and dictators.
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Jan 29 09:12
Egypt Protests Show American Foreign-Policy Folly
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* MIDDLE EAST
Washington sees the various local and national conflicts in the Middle East as
part of a battle for regional hegemony between the U.S. and Iran. If this is
true, the U.S. is losing. That is because it has stubbornly held onto Middle
East policies that were shaped for the Cold War. The security environment in
the region has changed dramatically since then. Iran has shown itself agile
enough to align itself with rising new forces that enjoy the support of
millions. The U.S., meanwhile, remains allied with countries and forces that
looked strong 30 or 40 years ago but no longer are.
Webmaster's Commentary:
So let me get my head around this: the greatest beneficiary of the US invasion
and occupation of Iraq has been...IRAN!?!?!?!
Could we not characterize this as a catastrophically unintended consequence?
Any holdovers from the Bush administration still lurking about in the Obama
administration who favored the US invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq
should resign right the flip now, in abject humiliation.
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Jan 29 09:11
URGENT MESSAGE FROM EGYPT: (re-post if you can)
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* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
To all the people of world
The people in Egypt are under governmental siege. Mubarak regime is banning
Facebook, Twitter, and all other popular internet sites Now, the internet are
completely blocked in Egypt. Tomorrow the government will block the 3 mobile
phone network will be completely blocked. And there is news that even the phone
landlines will be cut tomorrow, to prevent any news agency from following what
will happen.
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Jan 29 09:09
BE A PROPAGANDIST FOR ISRAEL ON CAMPUS!
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* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* DICTATORSHIP
* EDUCATION
* ISRAEL
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Jan 29 09:03
Egyptians defy curfew: 'This isn't a demonstration, this is a revolution'
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* AFRICA
* MIDDLE EAST
Rachmi Haidi, a 60-year-old Egyptian school principal told Haaretz "What is
happening now is the result of Mubarak and his gang plundering the nation for
30 years. They represent the interests of the United States and Israel, not
Egypt."
Webmaster's Commentary:
Go................Egyptians!
Thinking Americans support your cause, and walk with you in spirit.
And to every tyrant on the face of this earth who mistakenly believes that they
have enough guns and enough bullets to suppress your people forever, I would
advise you to p[lease think again.
What you are seeing in Egypt will not go away.
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Jan 29 08:57
TSA shuts door on private airport screening program
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* DICTATORSHIP
A program that allows airports to replace government screeners with private
screeners is being brought to a standstill, just a month after the
Transportation Security Administration said it was "neutral" on the program.
TSA chief John Pistole said Friday he has decided not to expand the program
beyond the current 16 airports, saying he does not see any advantage to it.
Webmaster's Commentary:
"After all, where else on earth could those dolts we hire to do become our
Gropenazis work?!? They are generally so stupid, they can't even get a job at
a fast food place!!" - Official TSA Souse.
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Jan 29 08:49
China rating agency blames U.S. for "credit war"
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* ECONOMY
The ultra-loose monetary policy of the United States is setting the stage for
"a world credit war," a Chinese rating agency said on Friday, in the latest
warning against soaring debt burdens in developed economies.
The Beijing-based Dagong Global Credit Rating firm took concerns about a world
currency war to a higher level as it suggested China and other emerging market
countries may need to reduce their U.S. Treasury holdings to "avoid
unpredictable losses on their own interests."
It also said in its 2011 Sovereign Credit Risk Outlook that quantitative easing
by the U.S. Federal Reserve has "eroded the legitimacy of the global monetary
system that takes the dollar as the key reserve currency."
Webmaster's Commentary:
China is right on this: the US has no one else but itself to blame for these
developments.
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Jan 29 08:46
Al Jazeera Covers Protests Despite Hurdles
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* AFRICA
* MIDDLE EAST
As street protests raged across Egypt on Friday, with the future of the Arab
world seeming to hang in the balance, rapt viewers across the region — and the
globe — watched it unfold on Al Jazeera, which kept up an almost continuous
live feed despite the Egyptian government’s repeated efforts to block
broadcasts.
Webmaster's Commentary:
Al Jazeera's coverage puts US corporate coverage of this history unfolding
absolutely to shame. Here's the link to the live feed:
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/
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Jan 29 08:42
Bachmann eyes cuts to veterans health benefits
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* WAR/DRAFT/VETERAN AFFAIRS
Tea party hero Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) this week proposed a blueprint to
eliminate $400 billion from the federal budget, which included billions in cuts
to veterans' health care and disability benefits.
Her plan would freeze health care funding for the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), and slash $4.5 billion in disability benefits to military
veterans.
Webmaster's Commentary:
It's official: this woman can now be characterized as absolutely barking mad.
In fact, I would suggest, in the spirit of that biting satire "A Modest
Proposal", that she propose that all of our injured Vets be immediately
euthanized after their, injuries to save money.
To declare one's undying support for these immoral and illegal wars without
end, and not declare that the Vets who have fought in these wars important
enough to care for when they become injured, absolutely boggles the mind.
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Jan 29 08:39
Israel watches Egypt uprising with fear
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* ISRAEL
* PALESTINE
Israel watched fearfully Saturday as anti-government unrest roiled Egypt, one
of its most important allies and a bridge to the wider Arab world.
The Israeli prime minister ordered government spokesmen to keep silent.
Officials speaking anonymously nonethless expressed concern violence could
threaten ties with Egypt and spread to the Palestinian Authority.
The Egyptian unrest dominated Israeli media. Israeli TV news channels provided
hourly updates. Israel Radio reported extensively on developments and dubbed
its broadcasts "Fire on the Nile."
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Jan 29 08:33
ARE WE FINALLY SEEING THE SUN SET OVER THE AMERICAN EMPYRE
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
One question comes to mind, why is America afraid of Democracy? Why has the
United States supported all of the undemocratic governments in this region,
including the ‘only democratically elected dictatorship in the Middle East’?
The unique eunuch President of the United States promised ‘change’, he
obviously doesn’t have the cojones to do it himself so it is being done without
him. But why can’t he support those moves?
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Jan 29 08:32
INTERVIEW WITH THE LATEST VICTIM OF AMERICAN ZIONISM
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* DICTATORSHIP
* ISRAEL
* PALESTINE
Brooklyn College fired PhD student Kristofer Petersen-Overton yesterday, one
day after New York state assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) sent a letter to
BC president Karen Gould accusing Petersen-Overton of being an “overt supporter
of terrorism.” Hikind has complained in interviews that Petersen-Overton’s
academic work is anti-Israel, and that his attempt to “understand” suicide
bombing is unfathomable. Petersen-Overton and I are colleagues at the CUNY
Graduate Center.
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Jan 29 08:17
FRANKLIN LAMB : Hezbollah is the New Government of Lebanon. Now What?
By: My Catbird Seat
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* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* CURRENT EVENTS
* LEBANON
* MIDDLE EAST
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* WAR/DRAFT/VETERAN AFFAIRS
* WHITE HOUSE
With a speed that surprised many here, and with equally surprising
cross-sectarian acquiescence this morning, Hezbollah and its allies
constitutionally toppled Hariri’s government, constitutionally imposed new
consultations to form a new government, and constitutionally transformed a
minority into a majority and vice versa.
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Jan 29 08:08
US Ambassador’s bid to get Falk sacked from UN opens a can of worms
By: My Catbird Seat
Tags:
* 911
* CORPORATE MEDIA
* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* CURRENT EVENTS
* MIDDLE EAST
* PALESTINE
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* WAR/DRAFT/VETERAN AFFAIRS
* WHITE HOUSE
What’s remarkable is how twitchy these people get at the slightest possibility
that someone will lift the lid on 9/11, their hysterical protests serving only
to deepen already serious suspicions...observes Stuart Littlewood.
Falk’s crime was saying that the US administration’s reluctance to address the
awkward gaps and contradictions identified by several scholars in the official
explanations of 9/11, only fuels suspicions of a conspiracy. And he suggested
that “what may be more distressing than the apparent cover up is the eerie
silence of the mainstream media, unwilling to acknowledge the well-evidenced
doubts about the official version of the events: "an al Qaeda operation with no
foreknowledge by government officials".
Jan 29 07:44
Egyptian Authorities Tell Al Jazeera To Turn Off Their Cameras
By: portos
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* VIDEO
Jan 29 07:40
"We will not be silenced, whether you're a Christian or a Muslim, whether
you're an atheist, you will demand your goddamn rights, and we will have our
rights, one way or the other! We will never be silenced!"
By: Pitchfork
Tags:
* CURRENT EVENTS
* DICTATORSHIP
* ECONOMY
* EGYPT
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* VIDEO
This will make you cry...
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Jan 29 07:22
China is a big threat!: Gerald Celente Jumps the Shark
By: Ethan Allen and...
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* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
A little past half way through video.
Jan 29 07:12
America Needs Community, Not Collectivism
By: ActivistPost
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* CURRENT EVENTS
* EDUCATION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Giordano Bruno
NeitherCorp Press
Tyranny thrives by feeding on human necessity. It examines what sustains us,
what we hope for, what we desire, what we love, and uses those needs as
leverage against us...
Jan 29 07:12
Tyranny's Last Stand: The Tipping Point Is Here
By: Ethan Allen and...
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
FLASHBACK: In Malcolm Gladwell's provocative book The Tipping Point, he gives
many examples of how seemingly small, insignificant decisions can radiate to
cause an eventual wave of change that overtakes the prevailing modes of
behavior. He clearly extrapolates how the silent leaders of society -- not the
ones on TV, or the ones we appoint -- set trends through their singular ability
to recognize an underlying need, or change of direction. It can be as simple
as a clothing style, a type of cuisine, a new travel destination . . . or the
need to change the world's political course. I believe there are signs that
The Tipping Point for free humanity has been reached; from here on out, there
will be an open dialogue between the forces of tyranny and the forces of
freedom.
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Jan 29 06:59
Brzezinski’s Feared “Global Awakening” Has Arrived
By: 911insidejob
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* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* CURRENT EVENTS
* DICTATORSHIP
* IMMIGRATION/NAU/GLOBALISM
* MIDDLE EAST
It is important to stress that Brzezinski was not lauding the onset of this
“global political awakening,” he was decrying it. As one of the of the chief
architects of the “existing global hierarchy” to which he makes reference,
Brzezinski himself is under direct threat, as is the continuing ability of the
global elite in general to control world affairs.
Brzezinski laments the fact that the Internet has made it almost impossible for
the global elite to control the political environment, to control the thoughts
and behavior of one million people, which is precisely why Egypt moved to shut
down the world wide web yesterday in a desperate bid to prevent activists from
organizing against the state.
Jan 29 06:41
Dozens of protesters arrested in Jeddah (SAUDI ARABIA)
By: johnu78
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* MIDDLE EAST
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* SAUDI ARABIA
Dozens of protesters have been arrested in Saudi Arabia's second biggest city
after they protested against the weaknesses of infrastructure of Jeddah.
Jan 29 06:41
Kurt Haskell Blows Whistle On Underwear Bomber: Given Bomb By US Government To
Boost TSA Budget and Implement Body Scanners
By: ActivistPost
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* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* CURRENT EVENTS
We Are Change
I contend that this story is just the tip of the iceberg into the US
government’s black operations to further the Patriot Act, funding for Homeland
Security and the TSA, and to keep intensity up for the so called War on Terror.
Respected lawyer and community leader, Kurt Haskell, has nothing to gain from
pointing his finger at the federal government...
Jan 29 04:15
Bloomberg warns that 21,000 new teachers could face layoffs under possible $1
billion budget cut
By: johnu78
Tags:
* CURRENT EVENTS
* ECONOMY
Under a possible $1 billion state budget cut to city schools, Mayor Bloomberg
warned Friday of possible layoffs for teachers hired in the last five years.
Because state law requires cutting the most recently hired teachers in certain
subject areas first, Bloomberg complained that schools will lose great new
teachers in slimming their ranks by about 21,000.
"We'd have to part company with some of the best teachers," he said on WOR
radio.
"It's a state law, 'Last in, first out,'" he added, referring to the rules
requiring teachers hired last to go first...
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Jan 29 03:16
What Is Globalization?
By: poorrichard
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* IMMIGRATION/NAU/GLOBALISM
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
Globalization is here and it is happening right now. It is destroying what
still remains of the once great U.S. capitalist system. As our economy
continues to be merged with the economies of the rest of the world, our
standard of living will inevitably sink to match the standard of living that
the rest of the world enjoys.
The entire game is changing. All of the things that you were taught about
trade and economics as you were growing up are being turned upside down.
Globalization is a complete and total nightmare. Hopefully the American people
will wake up before it is too late.
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Jan 29 03:05
Uncertain Fate for Egypt’s US-Supplied Weapons Systems
By: poorrichard
Tags:
* AFRICA
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* WAR/DRAFT/VETERAN AFFAIRS
Besieged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a former air force officer whose
30-year-old authoritarian regime is under attack, presides over a country
described as one of the major military powers in the region, ranking next to
Israel and Turkey.
Since it signed the U.S.-brokered Camp David Peace Treaty with Israel back in
September 1978, Egypt has been the recipient of billions of dollars in U.S.
military equipment, including state-of-the art fighter planes, warships,
missiles, battle tanks, and electronic equipment.
If the Mubarak regime collapses, will all this U.S. equipment fall into the
"wrong hands"?
Jan 29 02:59
Our Rights Are Hanging By A Thread
By: poorrichard
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* DICTATORSHIP
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
By Paul Craig Roberts
January 28, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- While people in Tunisia and
Egypt have taken to the streets in attempts to gain their liberty, Americans
are losing their liberty with minimal protest. Even the American Civil
Liberties Union seems unfocused. At a time when we are being surrounded by a
police state and the federal judiciary is being taken over by the Federalist
Society and unitary executive theory that places the president above the law,
we need a heightened appreciation of civil liberty and the Constitution on the
part of the American people. The American people need to come together and to
take a united stand against the police state and unaccountable executive
branch power.
Jan 29 02:25
CARTOON OF THE WEEK: HOSNI MUBARAK’S FAREWELL
By: Elias
Tags:
* CORPORATE MEDIA
* CURRENT EVENTS
* ENTERTAINMENT
* HUMOR AND SATIRE
* ISRAEL
* MIDDLE EAST
* PALESTINE
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* WHITE HOUSE
HOSNI MUBARAK’S FAREWELL
Jan 29 01:55
How Egypt did (and how your government could) shut down the Internet
By: UKSecrets
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* EGYPT
* MIDDLE EAST
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
How hard is it, exactly, to kill the Internet? Egypt seems to have been able to
do it. But Egypt's situation isn't exactly the same as that in the Western
world. And even though Egypt only has four big ISPs, the fact that everything
went down after midnight local time suggests that it took considerable effort
to accomplish the 'Net shut-off. After all, it seems unlikely that President
Hosni Mubarak ordered the Internet to be shut down as he went to bed; such a
decision must have been made earlier in the day, and then taken hours to
execute.
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Jan 29 00:54
US blindsided by Egypt unrest - RT
By: UKSecrets
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* MIDDLE EAST
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Jan 29 00:48
News Analysis-Egypt Protests-01-27-2011- (Part 2) - What happens to US policy if
Egypt does fall?
By: UKSecrets
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* MIDDLE EAST
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Jan 29 00:42
Demanding change in Egypt - Al Jazeera English Channel
By: UKSecrets
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* MIDDLE EAST
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Jan 29 00:31
George Galloway - Why these Arab Revolutions are so important against Israel
By: UKSecrets
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* MIDDLE EAST
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
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January 28, 2011
Jan 28 22:57
Micro Drones to Fly Surveillance Missions Over The U.S.
By: Alex2245
Tags:
* CURRENT EVENTS
In 2007, it was revealed by reporters in Texas that unmanned drones were being
used in supposed border control operations. We detailed that report with
supporting evidence that drones clearly were being used inland away from border
control functions.
Pending FDA approval these specific unmanned aerial vehicles are set to be used
domestically throughout the United States. Besides the obvious uses for these
drones such as during a legitimate raid, these drones may be used in order to
further the police state and restrict free speech in America.
“U.K. police have used micro UAVs to monitor ‘anti-social behavior,’ writes
Joseph Nevins of the Boston Review.
Jan 28 21:47
Al Jazeera English: Live Stream
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* AFRICA
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
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Jan 28 21:35
The Egyptian intifada and what it may mean for Israel/Palestine
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* AFRICA
* ISRAEL
* PALESTINE
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
The Egyptian uprising against the Mubarak regime is historic and important in
its own right. But it may also lead to significant changes in the region that
could be positive for the Palestinian cause. Israel is worried about a reliable
ally being toppled next door.
The Mubarak dictatorship is a core pillar of the U.S./Israeli order in the
Middle East, an order that completely ignores the wishes and aspirations of
people on the ground. The U.S. and Israel are scared of the new order that is
to come.
Webmaster's Commentary:
This seems like a good place to respond to the spin campaign that claims that
the events in Tunisia, Egypt, Albania, Yemen, etc. etc. etc. etc. are not
genuine popular revolts against tyranny but a complex series of plots by CIA,
Mossad, Elvis, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Deadforawhile, or Andrew Lloyd Weber.
Obviously, the government of the United States (and for that matter Great
Britain) have an obvious motive for trying to obfuscate the real cause of the
uprising. The FCIC report makes it clear that the economic hardship the
American people have endured for almost ten years could have been avoided were
it not for the greed of Wall Street and the corruption and ineptitude of the
government.Economic inequality is actually greater in the US than in Egypt.
Americans have as much if not more reason to be angry with their government than
the Egyptians.
Likewise, people in Britain, especially students, have come to understand that
their loss of financial support for education serves no purpose but to prop up
the banks and ensure their permanent debt-enslavement via the student loan
usury. Again, their hardship only exists because of the greed of the bankers
and the corruption and ineptitude of the government.
As corrupt government after corrupt government falls to the rage of their
people, propagandists in the US and other fascist plutocracies are scheming to
prevent their own people from drawing inspiration from Egypt, as Egypt drew
inspiration from Tunisia, which drew inspiration from Greece, Iceland, etc.
So the lie is a simple one. "Oh no" goes the official story, "These are not
real revolutions, but merely staged set pieces we ourselves created to amuse
and delight you on the evening news. They are but a magician's trick full of
sparks and smoke and devoid of any meaning beyond the immediate spectacle. So
take no notice, and learn no lessons, for all is illusion!"
But use your common sense. Why would anyone deliberately trigger so many
revolutions occurring so quickly and setting in effect a fashion trend of
rebellion for the entire globe? To what purpose would such a risk be taken?
Would it not make more sense to bide one's time and topple just one nation at a
time, with a comfortable interval in between, as has been the historic pattern
for the US for so many decades?
Of course it would.
The government is terrified that rebellion is becoming the new global fashion
trend. And therein lies the motive to scream that the
Egyptian/Tunisian/Yemeni/Albanian designer dress is really a cheap knock-off
from Foggy Bottom!
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Jan 28 21:21
Mohamed ElBaradei: "If Not Now, When?"
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
If Western leaders, who have backed the dictator Mubarak for 30 years, cannot
stand before the Egyptian people today and say unequivocally, "we support your
right of national self-determination," when can they do it?
That's the question that Egyptian democracy leader and Nobel laureate Mohamed
ElBaradei has put before Western leaders today.
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Jan 28 21:21
PALILEAKS TOON
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* HUMOR AND SATIRE
* ISRAEL
* PALESTINE
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Jan 28 21:19
Gun ownership in Eqypt
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
* RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS
The rate of private gun ownership in Egypt is 3.52 firearms per 100 people
Webmaster's Commentary:
Just in case anyone thinks that guns are necessary for a revolution, or that
banning guns will prevent a revolution.
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Jan 28 21:17
Pentagon official died after assault
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* ASSASSINATION
John P. Wheeler III, a former Pentagon official and the first chairman of the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, "died as a result of blunt force trauma after
being assaulted," the Delaware medical examiner's office said Friday.
A toxicology analysis also was done during the autopsy, but the results were not
released.
Police are still trying to determine who committed the crime.
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Jan 28 21:17
No More!
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
A few weeks ago, riots in Tunisia forced the resignation of President Zine El
Abidine Ben Ali. In Egypt, just in the past couple days, similar actions have
put President Hosni Mubarak out of office. Things aren’t looking very good for
the leadership over in Algeria either.
Civil unrest has been spreading like wildfire all over the globe in the past
couple years, and accelerating in the past few months—not just in African
dictatorships, but in England, Greece, Russia, Italy, and many other places.
The mainstream news outlets, in their unyielding support of the ruling order
and the status quo, would like to have us all believe that these are isolated
incidents, and the actions of violent, uncivilized miscreants.
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Jan 28 21:14
Solidarity Protest in Dublin for the Egyptian people 28-01-2011
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
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Jan 28 21:13
Are We Witnessing the Start of a Global Revolution?
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
[The] major world powers, new and old, also face a novel reality: while the
lethality of their military might is greater than ever, their capacity to
impose control over the politically awakened masses of the world is at a
historic low. To put it bluntly: in earlier times, it was easier to control one
million people than to physically kill one million people; today, it is
infinitely easier to kill one million people than to control one million
people. -- Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Jan 28 19:33
Controversial Tear Gas Canisters Made in the USA
By: CyberDurden
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* AFRICA
* CONSUMER RIGHTS / PRODUCT REPORTS
* CURRENT EVENTS
* DICTATORSHIP
* EGYPT
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
In both Tunisia and Egypt, some protesters stopped to pick up canisters, and
posted photographs online. A few inches long, blue and silver, they include
warning labels and then a set of initials: CSI, followed by "Made in the
U.S.A."
The only thing the United States exports anymore is war and terror.
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Jan 28 19:07
Credit card rates at record highs near 15%
By: ActivistPost
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* CONSUMER RIGHTS / PRODUCT REPORTS
* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* ECONOMY
Blake Ellis
CNN Money
NEW YORK -- Interest rates are now hovering near record highs, at an average
rate of 14.72%. And if your credit is bad enough, you could even end up with a
rate as high as 59.9% APR...
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Jan 28 18:40
Inequality In America Is Worse Than In Egypt, Tunisia Or Yemen
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* ECONOMY
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Egyptian, Tunisian and Yemeni protesters all say that inequality is one of the
main reasons they're protesting.
However, the U.S. actually has much greater inequality than in any of those
countries.
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Jan 28 18:36
U.S. Justice Department investigating Deutsche Bank - Foreclosure Practices -
FALSE PAPERWORK Filed to Foreclose!
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* ECONOMY
Well the news is just breaking the U.S. Justice Department in investigating
Deutsche Bank's foreclosure practices, it seems they have been found to file
FALSE Paperwork to foreclose! Which all the banks have to do, but it seems
their is glaringly false!
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Jan 28 17:24
Mubarak: I'm Firing My Cabinet and - As Dictator - Unilaterally Appointing New
Lackeys
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* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
If Mussolini or Stalin or Mao had faced public protests for being a tyrant, and
had said he was firing his cabinet and unilaterally naming new lackeys, would
that have reassured anyone?
Of course not.
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Jan 28 17:23
Mubarak Dismisses Egypt's Government
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* AFRICA
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in an address broadcast on state television
Jan. 28 said that he has dissolved the government and will form a new
government Jan. 29. In other words, Mubarak is not stepping down.
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Jan 28 17:20
President Mubarak dissolves Cabinet after night of protests
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* AFRICA
* PROTESTS/REVOLUTION
Webmaster's Commentary:
Desperation play not likely to work.
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Jan 28 16:40
State of Our Union reality check: US rhetoric and policy in the Middle East
By: Redress
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* COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS/PROPAGANDA
* CURRENT EVENTS
* ISRAEL
* MIDDLE EAST
* PALESTINE
* POLITICS/ELECTIONS/CORRUPTION
* TORTURE/WAR CRIMES
* WHITE HOUSE
Eileen Fleming compares President Barack Obama's lofty words during his 2011
State of the Union address with the reality of Washington's foreign policy in
the Middle East, where the USA underwrites with tax dollars and state-of-the
arts weapons Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity.