Disrespect in Hollywood

British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen attended the American Academy Awards ceremony this week dressed as his latest character "The Dictator". At his publicity stunt, he brandished an urn supposedly containing the ashes of the late North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-il. He proceeded to pour the ashes over a celebrity. This former leader is very much loved by his nation, and such actions may be compared to US soldiers burning the Koran in Afhganistan, if only North Korean's had access to Holllywood tv.
Normally such an prank would draw a wrath of criticism so soon after a state leader's death. Highly bigoted comedy is funny when sarcastic, and Cohen has approached many issues with his original pazazz. For example, his charactors participating in homosexual acts in the mixed martial arts ring watched to the horror of the redneck audiance. But the shocking thing is that such snides are so easy to get away with for this Hebrew-speaking British Jew. His attacks are wide ranging, and it is easy to go along with his comedy. It can easily become the norm. He may be able to make jokes about dead leaders like Gaddaffi or Kim Jong-il, which he does, but have you ever seen him target Zionist human rights abusers like Sharon or the Apartied system of the Israeli state? Maybe he will make a political parody of such "close to home" topics in the future, we don't know what this brilliant comic has up his sleeves.
The danger with such sofiticated comedy is that many people may not understand his actual humour and take him too literally, too racially, and develop hatred. Or be lead into hating the common enermy without really knowing facts.

Israel ready to destroy world economy

Just about every nation in the world has predicted that an attack on Iran's nuclear power projects will have a dangerous effect. It seems Barak and Lieberman(world mind your own business) are pushing Netanyahu to strike now! US president Obama(with Senior Advisor David Axelrod, Jewish), has an election coming up and not enough troops freed up from recently invaded neighbouring countries is in a bit of a quagmire.
Led to believe he can call the shots, he has found that Israel's power may exceed his commands both at home and abroad.
The Zionist propaganda machine is already ahead of him, the American public rates Iran as their most hated nation, even higher that some in power's next military target...China.
And then there is oil. Lots of it.
Efforts to get the Iranian people to overthrow their government failed last elections and left one BBC reporter homeless, the CIA arming of exiled Iranian dissidents complicated, and sanctions just leading to anti-American patriotism inside the country.
IAEA inspections seem more interested in spying for western intelligence agencies than ensuring Iran is following a safe civilian nuclear programme, even after the disasters in Chenobyl, 3 Mile Island and Fukushima.
In fact, they have produced no evidence, just inflated the volitile situation with hearsay accusations. War talk is blasting out of America and Israel, (a country that has attacked most of its neighbours and reportedly used chemical weapons and cluster bombs on women and children) and Britain and France have sent warships to Iran.
After an attack on Iran and probable bloody war, Oil prices will shoot so high that oil companies profits will exceed those made during the invasion of Iraq.
The effect of this will devastate the developing world. Billions of people will find transportation, electricity and food beyond their reach while the conflict rages.
Children will starve, innocent children, education will be deprived, health will decline. Poverty will wash like a wave on the poorer peoples of this world, all because one nation wants to be king.

Arab Awakening

Another gun-battle, another day. This time in el-Saadi district in central Tripoli, Libya. It could of also been in Baghdad, Kabul, and in the future, Damascus or Tehran.
So why do these loosely knit communities 'go at each other'?
Obviously, US/EU/Israeli foreign policy, scavenging Oil Companies, Christian fundamentalism and a pinch of colonialism are pretty big factors.
But, if one focuses past the greed, hate and capitalism that drives the West past their moral upbringing to interfere, one may realise that the Arab/Muslim nations currently bursting at the seams have several factors in common. Ethnic, religious, tribal, socio-economic and historical differences are ingredients that compliment such a wonderful collaboration of culture...but also unfortunately divide communities. That was the big Bush/Cheney mistake in Iraq.
For good or bad, such a mixture sometimes requires a strong ’somebody’...to mesh a nation together. Dictators, princes, sheiks, western puppets, strong men, gangsters, clerics and gosh knows who else...have lead these nations.
In pre-US Iraq, Saddam kept the peace between Kurds, Sunnis and Shites, Christians and others, much like the responsibility that has befallen on Bashar al-Assad when his father died. Gaddafi gave water, electricity and prosperity, making Libya a beacon of Africa. 
Even the Taliban, accused women's and human rights abusers, brought peace to an endless civil war, an end to poppy cultivation and calm.
But most of these “strongmen” are also alleged to have suppressed freedom, tortured, renditioned, stole and generally fleeced their own citizens, often with western backing and encouragement.
The dilemma of alternatives is of which is worse; unpredictable bloody revolutions that could see western backed dictators return, military governments or even radical governments that could polarise the Arab world and threaten the West, or, like Libya, a Western policy of messy regime change? Does anybody really want another Lebanon or Iraq?
The Arab peoples need change, opportunity, education and a choice in who governs them, this is sure.

The Drone Murders

President Obama admits he and his government are murdering people in Pakistan by blowing them to pieces, pretty much like car bombs are doing in Baghdad ."They have been very precise, precision strikes against al-Qaeda and their affiliates" he boasts.
Pakistanis say many civilians are murdered by the US bombers.
One wonders about the legality of such tactics? 
Two points come to my mind. First, what right does the US have to carry out summary executions without a fair trial in the court of law. 
Secondly, how can the US even confirm the people's identities they want to eradicate? 
Even Obama says "al-Qaeda suspects who are up in very tough terrain along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan,"  and "For us to be able to get them in another way would involve probably a lot more intrusive military action than the ones we're already engaging in."
So it looks like, just kill everyone and hope we get lucky...

Kill the raghead in the wheelchair!

This one might make a few Iraqis a little angry. 
A decision to not imprison Sgt Frank Wuterich by the judge at Camp Pendleton, California, (needing approval by the commander of the US Marine’s Central Command) for ordering his soldiers to massacre 26 innocent Iraqi civilians in what appears to be revenge for a fatal roadside bombing in Haditha was made.
No wonder Okinawan’s don't want US bases and want the right for US soldiers to face Japanese courts.

French Denial of Free Speech

France, which some historians claim as one of the birthplaces of democracy, is in the process of passing a law that inhibits it’s citizens from expressing their right to free speech.
The bill, already passed by parliament will make it illegal to deny the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide.
There is some speculation that the bill is being passed to gain the 500,000 votes of the French Armenian's in the upcoming elections.
Nobody can deny that deaths occurred. But to make people face one year prison terms and €45000 fines for discussing it?
Whatever the historical is, people died and it was disgusting. People need to learn from such atrocities.
But banning free speech and discussion has no benefit.
For example, one only has to look at the consequences of similar laws regarding "holocaust denial", which don't address the dreadful actions of the right-wing National Socialist movement of Germany during Europe's recent history adequately for all their victims.
Instead, such anti-free speech laws have only benefited the Jews, more correctly the Zionists. Using such laws, they have been granted special treatment above other victims. This advantage can be used as propaganda to allow Israel to continually commit crimes against humanity, war crimes and break international law.
These kinds of “denial” laws can set a dangerous precedent.
You can't force propaganda on the masses. Through education only, people will understand the unforgivable atrocities experienced by the innocent Jews and Armenians and Korean Comfort Women alike, and make up their own minds. Politicising such crimes will only negatively impact such causes and demean all victims.

Dire Straights

It seems it is a time of violent threats in the Straights of Hormuz. 
Israel wants to bomb Iran, USA needs oil, And the world will suffer from super high oil prices and disruptions in supply, maybe world recession again. And Iranian's wont take this lying down, with radicals threatening world security even more.
While the big five “nuclear weapon states", who apart from China have all recently attacked or invaded other countries, none have ever had sanctions put on them. And of the “nuclear club” that includes India, Pakistan and Israel, it seems that only North Korea is suffering from sanctions that have staved it's people and economy.
In fact Israel and Pakistan's military receive massive amounts of money from the United States of America, the main aggressor when it comes to who can have what.
Around 30 countries have nuclear power stations, which Iran should be perfectly entitled to do so and is claiming to build, and other countries like Bangladesh, Belarus, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE and Vietnam are also planning these post-Fukushima dangerous installations.
Israel has had no sanctions even though it violated international norms by scattering cluster bombs all over civilian locations in Southern Lebanon and chemical weapons on civilians at a UN school in Gaza.
Pakistan is a country fraught with corruption, military coups, radical religious elements and possibly illegal drone attacks, but still no sanctions there.
Iran, with around 9% of the world's proven oil reserves, seems to being bullied. For what reason could this be? Oil for the colonisers and regional supremacy for the Zionist state? Shame about the misery, suffering and destruction for the Iranian people?

Modern day human sacrifices

Nature unleashed a catastrophe on the people of Japan on March 11th, 2011. But TEPCO (the Tokyo Electric Power Company) and the Japanese government, may have unleashed unimaginable suffering on it's citizens after Fukushima Daiichi and Daini Nuclear Power Stations we're damaged by the massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake. A devastating tsunami followed it, affecting the stricken reactors ability to cool down.
After the tsunami waters receded to reveal an estimated 20,000 dead and massive damage, the Japanese were clued to their televisions watching former Prime Minister Kan and party head Edano address the nation about the fated Fukushima Nuclear Power Station.
Don't worry, no need to panic, it will not harm your health...were the kind of messages repeated. They incouraged people to breathe contaminated air, eat contaminated food and continue life as normal. Any Japanese citizen who questioned the world's worst nuclear disaster in one of the worlds most technologically advanced nations was set upon. Worried mothers are branded spreaders of “baseless rumours”, researchers, bloggers etc were discouraged or even threatened.
With PMs Kan and Noda ignoring international advise, confused residents were evacuated from only 20 km away. The rest was stuck, and even encouraged to live in vast areas with higher radiation than Chenobyl's uninhabitable zone.
Still 10 months later, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power station is crippled, unapproachable and spewing extremely high levels of dangerous ionising radiation into the sea, air and the water table.
Every day seems to see a new complication and a new scandalous political decision or cover-up.
Fears of compensation and relocation costs, and the prospect of mass panic (PM Noda’s announcement to the world about a “cold shutdown state”)have prevented the government from at least evacuating parts of Tokyo and it's surrounds, leaving large amounts of Japanese citizens living in irradiated habitats.
Lessons learned from Chenobyl seem abandoned, as people are exposed to low level radiation on a daily basis. Whether such exposure will inhibit immune systems, derange DNA and lead to infertility or lead to much more sinister effects is only to be revealed in time.
With nobody sure where the Corium (melted fuel) is and predictions of explosions when it melts through to the water table, coupled with the ongoing seismic activity around the fragile reactors and fuel pools, TEPCO’s prediction of 40 years to clean it all up seems very impressive.

Colonising Libya's Oil

NATO claimed success as they flooded Libya with weapons and "special advisors" amid denials of blowing up civilians. Under UNSC Resolution 1973, they entered the sovereign  nations airspace, waters and lands. Their remit was to "use all nessasary measures to protect civilians". NATO's 9,658 strike sorties were used not only to protect civilians, but to destroy infrastructure, and search and destroy the nations security forces. And assassinate Gaddafi and his family, much to the condemnation of Russia and China and international law. Civilian deaths are estimated at 25,000-30,000 civilians. Gaddafi was tortured and murdered and his corpse displayed like an animal carcass. Human rights were terrible under Gaddafi, but the Western-backed NTC(National Transition Council) also has a shocking record so far.
Libya has witnessed bands of rebels loot and pillage as they moved on Tripoli, with many residents still helpless to protect family and property. Lawless gun battles break out regularly and security for the so-called "protected civilians" is worthless. Tripoli is divided by opposing occupying rebel forces, reminiscent of Monrovia during Charles Taylor's civil war.
Gadaffi's once prosperous country, the beacon of all Africa, is now fractured, with the newly unelected, western-backed government appearing willing to seize Libya's resources and sell them off for their profit. I doubt oil money will be shared among the nation as before...
And the winners so far are...Repsol, Total, BP, Eni, Glencore , the Swiss-based trading giants Vitol, Gunvor and Trafigura, and China's Sinopec and Petrochina.

RECENT INACTIVITY

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NATO to steal Libyan Oil

After passing a vaguely worded UN resolution, NATO, initially led by USA, has been carrying out a massive bombing campaign to aid a minority of rebels to overthrow the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and his government.
There is no doubt that Gaddafi is a rotten apple. He has been responsible for training such pleasantries as Charles Taylor and his militia in Liberia, Foday Sankoh and other leaders of the Revolutionary United Front in Sierra Leone, Laurent Kabila in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Campaore's troops who assassinated president Thomas Sankara in Burkina Faso, his examples go on. He has also been a critic of the US government.
And then there is OIL. Libya as the largest reserves in Africa and the ninth largest in the world(41.5 billion barrels (6.60×10^9 m3) as of 2007). Strange coincidence, especially so close to France, Britain and Italy. You can easily spot their planes dropping things over Libyan cities full of civilians. Rebels are selling oil to fund their attack against the government, NATO countries seem to be supplying weapons secretly against their own arms embargo.
So is this foreign attempt of regime change(and installing a rebel government without any democratic vote), really the way the international community should act, no matter how bad Gaddifi is? Can any country have the right to bomb another for regime change like the big mess in Iraq?
And if he is gone, who will control such a tribal and ethnically diverse land, surrounded by fundamentalists of all shades of bad??

Democratic Dominoes in the ME

The recent peoples revolution that toppled Egypt's thirty-year “strong man” Hosni Mubarak , sent shock-waves around the world. First to feel the shock was the people themselves, inspired by events in Tunisia and oppressed to the state of rebellion. They did it!
Unprepared and off-guard was the USA, who pump vast amounts of money and support to oppressive regimes(Pakistan also receives billions) in expectation that they act in America's (or Israels)best interests. Great for US foreign policy, but terrible for these countries citizens.
However, American cries of democracy could prove fatal for the worlds current superpower, as was seen in Palestine when democratic elections led to the people choosing Hamas.
Israel, also with a vested interest in keeping Mubarak in power, were forced to sit back with eyes open and on full military alert. Their only utterances during the political whirlwind were “terrorist” and “Muslim Brotherhood”.
For the rest of the Arab world, events in Egypt(Tunisia) are a great threat. Oppression and iron-fisted rule has kept countries together where intricate tribal systems and Sunni/Shite divides threaten unity(Bush's invasion of Iraq) and power(Saudi royal family).
Rights must be a better thing for the peoples, but will the average person on the street really see reform and change. Or will a different face fill the seat of power for decades to come?

Who controls Facebook and Twitter?

The popularity of social networking is having a profound effect on the current and future society we live in. This impact is not just felt in America(the origin), but has possibly been a valid contributing factor to the recent overthrow of the Tunisian government, the attempt to overthrow the Iranian government during the last election and anti-capitalism protests in London.
The political power this media wields is great for the freedom of information, but just how free is it?
The recent pogrom against Wikileaks is an example of how some governments do have the power to stymie the sharing of information and in effect, censoring what the world is allowed to know. China, America...who are the bad guys?

Can we trust our Journalists?

The release of thousands and thousands of files by Wikileaks has opened the eyes of the World. The insights offered give every citizen the chance to delve(these files don't tell everything though) into what is going on. We have to do it ourselves.
SO WHERE ARE THE NEWS MEDIA?
It is their role in society to expose this information. It is understandable that they don't know everything that is going on, but we are talking about hundreds of thousands of files, each one with the potential to be an important revelation.
Shame, shame shame. These leaks are an embarrassment and a wake-up call for all Journalists.
Otherwise, some people my think that our news media is, well, controlled?

Wikileaks - Democracy in Action

Wikileaks release of information is by far one of the important events in recent history. It allows members of the so-called "free world" to understand more about what we know about our governments who we elect, support and pay. Things revealed are our responsibilty.
What is most extraordinary is the reaction by governments to this whistle-blowing organisation. Starting with condemnation and aggressive attacks, the reaction by states has shown the ugly side of our "freedom". We have witnessed death threats against Wikileaks(especially it's founder), hacking against it's website, incredibly suspicious (politically motivated?)charges of rape against the founder,state harassment of businesses(banks and web hosts especially), and now talk of censorship.
This bizarre attack by governments is proof that they are hiding things. In an honest, free and transparent world, these leaks would be analyised, investigated and followed up. War crime allegations would be lead to charges. Bribery and corruption also would lead to the courts. This is the ultimate chance to clean up ourselves, our governments, companies and armed forces.
Is this happening? No...the opposite is unfolding! Time for change.

Nobel Prize must withdraw Obama's Prize

In 2009, US President Obama received the most prestigious peace award "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".
He was given this, even though he hadn't earned it, with talk of it being in recognition of his coming work for peace.
In this past year, he has wrenched up the threats and covert attacks on Iran, supported Israel in it's oppression and land-grabbing in Palestine, committed murder of civilians in Pakistan(some view as terrorism), continued backing the Afghan government with bribes while killing any opposition, pulled half the troops out of Iraq while it's perched on the brink of civil war with no government formed, threatened North Korea into restarted nuclear weapon production, created a atmosphere of fear in Europe, increased conflict with China, sold billions of dollars of arms to Saudi Arabia(branded a oppressive nation), acted with total ignorance to Mexico's drug war that supplies the US with recreational drugs, created a culture of intolerance towards Islam in the US and it's allies...and this is just the stuff you read about in the papers. Of course there is Gitmo, continued torture and rendering, summary executions, abuse of homeland powers, etc, etc.
So, why should the Nobel Prizes be respected?
His prize should be retracted, as other recipients who didn't quite deserve it, got it for works in progress, Obama, got his for absolutely nothing!

Did you know...?

US military aid to Israel = $2.55 billion in 2009. Increasing to 3.15 billion.

One in three Japanese men smoke cigarettes. Ten percent of women smoke. Japan is the forth biggest tobacco market.

Tony Blair was drunk when he was PM

In his new book, Blair says he was drunk while in power and doesn't regret invading Iraq where over a hundred thousand civilians perished, the infrastructure smashed and is now being deserted leaving it on the brink of civil war.

Planning to attack Iran will end in Nuclear War

Even Fidel Castro, 84, said a nuclear conflict was inevitable if the United States, in alliance with Israel, tried to enforce international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme this week. Ex-British PM Tony Blair, who sent his nations soldiers to illegally invade Iraq to find WMDs(without regret), said this week that the West should use force against Iran.
Surely such an attack would be the biggest mistake, especially for the 100,000 US troops retreated from Iraq after the US failed to win it's war or it's search for weapons of mass destruction. These soldiers, many of these young men of poor education or just desperate to get a US Green card, will face a nation trained and prepared, with chemical weapon stockpiles and modern missiles. This could all go very wrong, especially for Israel, surrounded by enemies who have an allegiance with Iran.

Running away from Failure

As US troop levels drop to under 50,000 in Iraq, the whole country is plagued by a series of bombings. The recipe for Civil War still bubbles, and after democracy was forced on Iraq, the results 6 months the last election has left no government formed.
No Weapons Of Mass Destruction were ever found.
The countries infrastructure still fails. The region is unsafe. The land once ruled by the iron fist of Saddam Hussein is now fragmented and in ruins. The oil wealth has eluded the benefit of the civilians. Countless young American, British and other nations have lost the lives of soldiers, many of whom remain crippled or suffering from a range of mental disorders.
This is no victory. It is a sad defeat. And it seems sure to be copied in Afghanistan.

Is Bliar's bribe an EU Presidency bid?

Tony Blair, the shamed UK Prime Minister, has said he will donate the "blood money" from his memoirs to The Royal British Legion, an organization that, he is personally responsible for crippling and maiming many of it's members.
Blair, who has made over £12M since leaving office in 2007 with a string of directorships, including insurance giant Zurich and investment bank JP Morgan, speaking engagements and business consultancies.
He has also been the Middle East Peace Envoy, overseeing and allowing Israel's War on Gaza(Operation Cast Lead), expansion of illegal Jewish settlements, Israeli raid on Syria, the block-aid of Gaza and many more "successes".
It is no secret that this devout Christian is after the EU Presidency, and his relative silence while he amasses wealth may be an attempt is allow the public to forget his (war) crimes. But what he forgets, is that the world is still burning from the actions of Blair and Bush, people are still dieing, starving and oppressed; catapulting Bin Larden and his small band of merry nutters to become a force able to defeat the whole US military and security apparatus.
Can you imagine this white middle-class imbecile in charge of Europe, a mix of races and religions, blighted by historical division, unemployment and immigration???

Forest fires threaten Russian Nuclear facilities

Russia is desperately fighting forest fires(Global Warming?)to stop them attacking nuclear sites and now Chernobyl is threatening to unleash radioactive dust in the smoke.
There are now some 438 commercial nuclear power reactors operating in 30 countries(61 new reactors under construction), 56 countries operate a total of about 250 research reactors and a further 220 nuclear reactors power ships and submarines.
Some countries have built reactors on fault lines prone to earthquakes(Japan) or plan to build on volcanoes(Indonesia).
The USA has over 100 reactors and it's wars of aggression in the Middle East and beyond may radicalize those targeted to seek revenge. In July 2000, two out of four war-games(Operational Safeguards Response Evaluation(OSRE)in Farley)to simulate protection of US nuclear facilities failed totally, with the third also failing. Don't forget on the 7th February 1993, an intruder entered Three Mile Island nuclear plant and damaged it.
The list of military nuclear accidents is long and often covered up(USA warship in Tokyo Bay).
So how safe is it to have these technologies? We all witnesses the world's richest advanced nation sit back helplessly, while one of the world's richest companies, allowed oil to flow freely for 3 months and destroy the Gulf of Mexico. How about nuclear accidents guys? Prepared?

Are Christians sacrificing Missionary Lives?

The August 2010 death of 10 Aid workers in Afghanistan is sad. They were doing great work, especially in the field of eye care. But is there more to the deaths of these Christians in a Muslim country, well known for its strong adherence to the teachings of the Koran? The Taliban claimed responsibility for the killings, saying the workers had been carrying Bibles in an Afghan native language and were attempting to promote Christianity.
According to IAM statements "The International Assistance Mission is an international association of Christian organizations serving the people of Afghanistan with compassion and excellence in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ".
This is not just isolated behavior carried out by this Christian organization. South Korean churches for example, send indoctrinated North Koreans defectors to certain torture and even death, back to North Korea to preach. South Korean missionaries have also been sent to Afghanistan and Iraq. Clearly threatening their missionaries lives. Do Christians really believe a Bible made of paper and ink can protect them from bullets and bombs?
Surely christian teaching does not endorse sending missionaries on suicidal missions.

Clinton family Wedding

31st of July saw the wedding of Chelsea Clinton who is Methodist and Marc Mezvinsky who is Jewish. Chelsea is the daughter of former U.S President Bill Clinton and current U.S. Secretary of State and former U.S Senator from New York Hillary Rodham Clinton. Marc Mezvinsky is the son of a former congressman and a convicted fraudster Edward "Ed" Mezvinsky, who was convicted of several dozen charges of fraud in 2001. He was released from federal prison in 2008. He remains on federal probation and still owes almost $9.4 million in restitution to his victims. His mother is Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, who is a journalist and served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Wonder how this will effect US politics in the Middle East, having a Jewish family in such high places? After all, US politics tend to be a family affair.

Karzai wins and we pay

The warlord and Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has just got endorsement from the international community at the Kabul Conference, 2010. He is a big winner.
Don't forget that this man who is boasted as being the first democratically elected president, with a mandate from about 10% of the population in what is agreed as interfered elections. He and his government also have one of the highest rates of corruption in the world. Afghan civilians are regularly killed and maimed by foreign invaders, the civil war has continued, and now it looks like his countries resources are the focus of international greedy mining interests.
What did he win in such a messed up land?
Well, he has US and NATO protection to keep him in power for at least another 4 years. Cunning man. Also, he is demanding the lovely Aid cash to come through his porous governments many hands and black holes. Don't forget we are talking about Billion$ of dollars in this poverty stricken(for ordinary citizens)country.
Also, he wants control of projects, in other words, he wants control of WHO he will give lucrative money to.
But what can the international community do? They have no reason to be there, that they can remember. They are losing a war against illiterate tribesmen. The world is definitely more dangerous, and all the voters of the West want out.
The international communities(the American ones) only choice is to pay all the bribes,fancy gifts, 5 star hotels, diplomatic visas, plush lunches, etc and pray that Karzai doesn't just give all the mining rights to China.

BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata's present from the Australian govt.

Multi-national mining companies must be drinking champagne from gold cups with the new Australian government's gift of reducing their tax bill for their extremely profitable exploitation of the nation's bounty.
The destructive extraction of Coal and iron ore has far-reaching consequences way past the local communities and environments that host their greed. For example,Coal-fired power plants are responsible for the release of over 85% of total global carbon dioxide emissions. Some of the effects of this mining on the planet include: Carbon dioxide (CO2),Ozone Smog, Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Oxide (NOx), Particulate Matter (PM), Mercury (Hg) and Acid Rain.
A 40% Resource Super Profits Tax will not stop the destruction of the planet, or bankrupt these Swiss, British, Dutch and Australian companies that employ around 70,000 Australians.
Lowering it to 30% will however, deprive the Australian nation, and most important of all, the local communities, their right to also profit from the rape of the land.

Are the Pope and Church supporting pedophilia?

Pope Benedict XVI has criticised the "deplorable methods" of Belgian police who raided a meeting of bishops as part of a pedophilia probe.
Even though Bishop Roger Vangheluwe admitted sexual abuse of children and many priests and victims have made accusations, the interference of the head of the Vatican State is a direct move to protect the practice of child abuse among the church.
Belonging to some religious cult is no immunity to prosecution, investigation or arrest. It is time for a full-blown international, transparent investigation into the Church, it's practices of covering up crimes and it's funding and resources.

Poisoning the Sea

A new report carried out by Ocean Alliance indicates a tremendous man-made tragedy is already well under way. 955 whales were tested during a 5-year study, in locations all over the planet and many far from human habitation.
The study found high levels of cadmium, aluminum, chromium, lead, silver, mercury and titanium.
“These contaminants, I think, are threatening the human food supply. They certainly are threatening the whales and the other animals that live in the ocean,” said biologist Roger Payne.
The fact that these toxins(many cancer-causing in humans and in dangerous amounts)are so widespread in the sea, is proof that we are destroying this planet. Deforestation, overgrazing, genetic modification, global warming, oil and radioactive material leaks, over-hunting, overfishing, factory farming and related diseases...the list goes on.
It is time that the environment becomes more of a concern of all nations.
Before it is too late.

Racism or Reaction?

The recent shocking incident in Hanover where youths reportedly shouted Juden Raus (Jews Out) as they attacked the dancers of the Chaverim (Friends in Hebrew) dance troupe, is a reflection on the growing outrage experienced by many. The Jewish community of Berlin has even prodded local police recently to investigate increasing hate-filled anti-Jewish propaganda on the Internet.
Israel's constant war crimes, oppression and murder of civilians, land grabs, immunity within the UN and it's stockpiles of nuclear and chemical weopons, just add fuel and justification to these racist idiots.
If Israel allowed the state of Palestine is exist(1967 borders with East Jerusalem as it's capital), and with full control over it's borders, then the racists will have no case for sympathy. Remove their cause and they will be defeated. Cut this anti-Semitic tree at it's base, don't just trim the branches.

Hey United Nations...what about Kyrgyzstan???

Rapes and killings against children and women are happening in southern Kyrgyzstan.
Ethnic violence has erupted. 200,000 displaced and at least 75,000 have fled their country.
What is the international body doing about it? It seems that pursuing certain countries interests in oppressing Iran, and helping Israel get off its massacre on the Gaza Aid Flotilla are more important. Or is it just bad timing for these civilians as it has to compete with the Soccer World Cup and Obama's failure in the Gulf of Mexico?
Time for action is NOW.

Israel tells the UN what can be done

Unfazed by any criticism about it's recent massacre of unarmed civilians in it's deadly hijacking of international aid ships in International Waters...Israel has turned down the UN request for an inquiry.
Not only did they kill, injure and beat the peace activists, but Israeli authorities also stole money, belongings and passports.
However, Israel will carry out an inquiry itself so they can bury the incident. They will even feature two international members in their inquiry. From one of Israel's closest friends Canada, Brig Gen Ken Watkin. He converted to Judaism in 2007. From Northern Ireland(which many Irish believe is occupied land) David Trimble, the man who lead the Orange Order marchers into a riot.
Nobody needs to wait for the inquiry to conclude. When Israel investigated the abuses during the last war on Gaza, all complaints were dismissed as "hearsay", and it was declared no problem to murder civilians, use chemical weapons, destroy the infrastructure, pollute the environment, attack UN buildings etc.
The Gaza Aid Flotilla inquiry has Obama's backing, so who are we to argue?

New Iranian Sanctions

Bullying will always be done by big boys, but usually bullies are cowards. The new harassment of Iran, is a good way to keep the spotlight off Israel, an aggressive human rights violator that has immunity from the great list of UN resolutions and War Crimes it is accused of. And although Iran doesn't have any nuclear weapons, Israel does.
But all this bullying has not made Iran weak, rather stronger.
The bullies plan to steal Iran's oil is failing.

Clean it up yourselves, give us the bill

BP, a very rich company, is NOT at all worried about the Gulf of Mexico(and spreading) oil disaster.
They are concerned with the oil that is being wasted. Their initial lies of about 5000 barrels a day, are peanuts compared withe real figure of between 20,000 and 40,000(that's 6,400,000 liters) A DAY!!!
How could they not know, they were pumping it out before the disaster, surely they can count how much they extract?
BP's failure to stop the disaster could in fact be related to their greed. Rather than wanting to stop it, which would leave the oil well closed for a long time while during investigations and inquiries, they want to keep it flowing so they can collect it all...and make money! Bastards.

Are US drone killings International Terrorism?

Late 2009, a US cruise missile attack in Yemen that, with the indiscriminate use of cluster munitions, left 55 people dead. This included 14 women and 21 children according to an Amnesty International report. This attack was aimed at US enemies, but does the US have the right to go around killing people in any country they like for any reason they like. Is this by definition terrorism?
This murder and destruction of property and livelihoods is not a one off crime. Not just Yemen has suffered. Pakistan is frequently targeted, as well as the invaded countries of Iraq and Afghanistan.
These drone and cruise missile attacks are not just carried out by the USA. Israel also uses such terrorist weaponry also.
So why does the international community just stand-by and allow such war crimes?

Oil curse

With over 100000 civilians murdered in Iraq, the low intensity war with Iran, and countless other examples of Oil threatening and destroying human life, it has now moved on to destroy nature. The Gulf of Mexico is the new killing field.
Not only is sea life death and destruction caused by this man-made Oil disaster, but who knows the effect of pumping large quantities of chemical dispersant into the sea as well.
This happened just 3 weeks after US president Obama gave his consent to expand off-shore drilling.
Let's just take a step back and look at this (approved)off-shore drilling. This catastrophe is proof that there is no preparation, technology or even ideas on how to prevent or contain disasters. This is tantamount to driving a car without brakes. It is great that the car can take you where you want, but it will eventually crash. This mentality is totally selfish, greedy and reaps mass profits for Oil companies.
Surely, the first thing that Obama(commander in chief) should of done was...shut down every single off-shore drilling venture in the US. Immediately! Every single one. Then, after the technology has been developed to safely extract oil, complete with emergency training and preparation, can they reopen.

The Murphy Commission of Inquiry

Pedophilia is a very serious crime. But if it is done by priests, it is, well, hush hush! These monsters are doing something even worse than raping children, they are abusing trust.
Not only should they be arrested and dealt with by authorities, but the very environment that these despicable crimes take place should be outlawed. Not only is the church raping children, it is also covering up such crimes. This report exposes abuse, but also exposes what some may view as encouragement of child rape.
For example, four former archbishops in Dublin – John Charles McQuaid, Dermot Ryan,Kevin McNamara and Cardinal Desmond Connell were found to have failed to report their knowledge of child sexual abuse to the Garda(police) from the 1960s to the 1980s. But the report added that all the archbishops of the diocese in the period were aware of complaints.
This is not just an Irish disgrace...four percent of all priests who served in the U.S. from 1950 to 2002 faced some sort of sexual accusation according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. And this is only the tip of an iceberg, how many go unreported???
Any member of "the church" who knew about such crimes and didn't report it should face a prison cell to pray in.

Blair talks before his Chilcot Inquiry appearence

After lying to the British public about the definite eminent use of weapons of mass destruction which Saddam Husein definitively possessed, Tony Blair has recently spoke to the media.
This invasion and occupation of the sovereign nation of Iraq, which has killed over 100,000 Iraqis, has shattered the nation. Even after six years, the countries infrastructure remains shattered, it is constantly on the brink of civil war and it is rife with hidden killers like malnutrition, psychological trauma and depleted uranium.
Blair, a christian who converted to Roman Catholicism after his resignation in 2007, says "I think people sometimes think my religious faith played a direct part in some of these decisions. It really didn't."
He also insinuated that he did it because he wanted to, "I sympathise with the people who were against it for perfectly good reasons and are against it now, but for me, you know, in the end I had to take the decision."
Weather he will be sentenced to prison for lying and cheating the British public, invading a sovereign country, mass murder...well it is unlikely. This guy was mentioned as the possible President of the European Union???
I only hope, that every night when he goes to sleep, his God has a little word with him about his actions.

The Great Nobel Peace Scam

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded for work in a wide range of fields including advocacy of human rights, mediation of international conflicts, and arms control.
The prize was awarded for..."for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"...
The 2009 prize is given away to Obama(44th US President). His achievements are:
. Managing to keep Guantanamo Bay open(American detainment facility located in Cuba. It is highly controversial, it has been the target of numerous protests and media attacks due to its allegedly unorthodox treatment of captives). Building a new facility in Bagram.
. Fighting wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, where civilian deaths are an almost daily occurrence.
. Going against about 170 countries and not signing the Landmine Ban Treaty.
. Supporting the 2009 presidential election in Afghanistan(characterized by lack of security, low voter turnout and widespread ballot stuffing, intimidation, and other electoral fraud).
. Backing the illegal occupation of Palestinian lands
In his acceptance peace speech, Obama said that war is sometimes justified.

Holocaust Denial

There is now pretty much compelling evidence to suggest that the extent of the Nazi crimes perpetuated on innocent Jewish civilians was grossly exaggerated.

These despicable war crimes took place at a time when radical Zionist organizations had been carrying out terrorist/insurgent activities to fulfill their dream of creating a Zionist state in Palestine.

It is totally understandable that such radical organizations would use any means possible to achieve their ends. It is possible that by manipulating the horror of genocide, and the guilt of Europe, it would be a useful weapon to realize their Zionist goals.

Certainly in the absence of discussion and debate(illegal in many European states), and the Jewish influence on Hollywood and the US government and media...have kept the "myth" alive.

But before we correct the history books to the commonly theorized figure of 300,000 jews murdered and the displacement of the entire race, we have to insure that we do not fall into the trap of being exploited by anti-semitic, fascist elements.

War is not a hero-filled Hollywood adventure, where the good guys wear make-up and blow-dried hairstyles. Mothers scrabble through dirt and rubble to collect smashed bones and bits of bloody body parts of their loved children and unemployed fathers struggle to scavenge food for hungry families after losing everything, even limbs. Hidden under the omnipresent unpredictable atmosphere of fear looms dysentery and disease. Displacement offers a shattered future void of dreams. The line between sanity and insanity blurs with each memory and experience.

Even if the statistic of 300,000 is correct, this does not excuse genocide and displacement. Civilians in Rwanda, (DRC)Congo, Sierra Leone, Palestine, Yugoslavia, Daafur and others...are also dead. Shockingly tortured, raped and murdered. Fleeing for safety, mourning lost lives and homes. There is no excuse for the lose of any of these lives...not one, not three hundred thousand. Whether in Nazi-Europe or occupied Palestine or deepest, darkest Africa...the world must wake up and prevent this madness.

Israeli cash prize for Blair

The Dan David Foundation (set up by Daniel Goldenthal, a Romanian, Zionist, businessman), gives a million dollars to three people every year. The prizes are for the most amazing current, future and past persons in the world. This years winner...Tony Blair!
And what on earth did the ex-prime minister of Britain do to deserve lashings of cash?
Was it his ability to move from the most popular British prime minister to the most unpopular one during his term?
Or his illegal invasion of sovereign Iraq to destroy weapons of mass destruction?
Or his support of torture in America's "war on terror"?
Or his unending support for Israel, which of course must be very helpful as the Middle East Peace Envoy?
No, it is because he is "one of the most outstanding statesmen of our era," ...It marks his "foresight", "exceptional intelligence" and "steadfast determination" to end conflicts.
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"Tony Blair is a very well-appreciated figure in Israel," Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.

"I have never actually found it hard to be friend of Israel, I am proud to be a friend of Israel." Tony Blair, Labour Friends of Israel Annual Reception in September 2006.