http://www.socialdemokraterna.se/Vart-parti/Riksdagen/Vara-ledamoter/Leif-Pagrotsky/Min-politik/Kronikor/Nya-realiteter-ocksa-for-oss/
onsdag 27 augusti 2008
tisdag 26 augusti 2008
söndag 24 augusti 2008
lördag 23 augusti 2008
VARFÖR SÅ TYST OM EU:S POLITIK?
Våra politiker debatterar inte ens EU:s nya grundlag. Det borde de göra, tycker Anna Hedh (s). För folket måste informeras om ett beslut som kommer att inskränka Sveriges självbestämmande.
http://etc.se/veckans_ledare/18144/varfoer-sa-tyst-om-eu
fredag 22 augusti 2008
McCain: Out-of-Touch With the Economic Realities of Ordinary Americans
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Georgiens angrepp på Sydossetien
Visst. Mycket sätts i blixtbelysning m a a Georgiens angrepp på
Sysossetien. Har läst en hel del engelskspråkigt material på nätet.
Något finns översatt på www.fib.se och mer kommer. Aftonblade har
några bra artiklar, cinns också på www.fib.se. Jag har sammanfattat en
del läsning och dragit slutsatser på
http://www.lindelof.nu/?p=29#more-29
http://www.lindelof.nu/?p=45
Knut Lindelöf
Sysossetien. Har läst en hel del engelskspråkigt material på nätet.
Något finns översatt på www.fib.se och mer kommer. Aftonblade har
några bra artiklar, cinns också på www.fib.se. Jag har sammanfattat en
del läsning och dragit slutsatser på
http://www.lindelof.nu/?p=29#more-29
http://www.lindelof.nu/?p=45
Knut Lindelöf
tisdag 19 augusti 2008
Michael Moore on Meet the Bloggers...
Coming Friday, August 22nd on Meet the Bloggers
We at Meet the Bloggers are very pleased to tell you that Michael Moore, the Academy Award-winning activist filmmaker of SiCKO and Fahrenheit 9/11, will be our special guest this Friday, August 22 and again on August 29. We'll also be joined by bloggers Liliana Segura (AlterNet) and Cheryl Contee (Jack & Jill Politics), as well as nationally syndicated author and blogger David Sirota. Watch Mike talk with host Cenk Uygur about issues he covers in his new book, Mike's Election Guide 2008. "With John McCain admitting that he has no idea how to use a computer," Mike said, "we'll be providing Sen. McCain a step-by-step tutorial on how to turn one on, log onto the internet, and send an e-mail."
As if having Michael Moore on two shows wasn't exciting enough, we're also featuring a special one-on-one segment of the show on August 22 in which I will talk to Mike about the progressive impact of his films and books. And to top it all off, you can suggest text question below or video questions for Mike and enter our contest. The best questions for Mike will win a special prize of one of Mike's trademark hats (signed by Mike himself!), or an autographed copy of his new book Mike's Election Guide 2008, a funny and informative tool for progressives.
Yours,
Robert Greenwald
P.S. On previous episodes of Meet the Bloggers, we've featured Sen. Harry Reid, Rachel Maddow, Arianna Huffington, and Bernie Sanders. You can watch the entire episodes here.
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Submit questions for Michael Moore:
måndag 18 augusti 2008
Bush i blåsväder
Bush i blåsväder:
VITA HUSET FÖRFALSKADE IRAK-BREV
Representanthusets konstitutionsutskott har tillsatt en utredning om anklagelserna att Vita Huset år 2003 gav CIA i uppdrag att tillverka och sprida falska uppgifter om samband mellan al-Qaida och Irak.
I ett förfalskat brev, efterdaterat den 1 juli 2001 från Iraks säkerhetstjänst till Saddam Hussein, påstods att 11 september-attackernas ledare Mohamed Atta tränats i Irak.
Avslöjandet kommer från Pulitzerprisbelönade journalisten Ron Suskinds nya bok Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism.
Enligt Suskind visste Bushadministrationen flera månader i förväg, genom kontakter med Iraks säkerhetstjänst, att inga massförstörelsevapen förekom. Men kontaktmannen tystades med en betalning på 5 miljoner dollar och CIA förfalskade sedan brevet från honom för att övertyga omvärlden att Irak hade massförstörelsevapen och samband med al-Qaida.
Vita Huset och förre CIA-chefen George Tenet har blankt förnekat uppgifterna, som kan leda till en konstitutionell kris för regeringen.
Ron Suskind:
The Bush Admin Deliberately Faked an Iraq-al-Qaeda Connection
(Democracy NOW, Aug 13, 2008)
http://democracynow.org/2008/8/13/the_way_of_the_world_ron
Not: sökning på "Ron Suskind" på internationella Google News
ger dryga tusentalet artiklar.
sökning på samma namn på svenska Google Nyheter / svenska bloggar
ger 0.
KRAV PÅ ÅTAL
Kongressens taleskvinna Nancy Pelosi möts under sin landsomfattande valturné av massiv kritik över varför hon inte krävt riksrätt mot president Bush ännu.
Från Manhattan till Los Angeles har hon varit tvungen att försvara sitt uttalande att "ett åtal mot administrationen inte är aktuellt."
Pressad i ABC News nyligen tillade Pelosi: "Om någon kan presentera ett brott som presidenten gjort sig skyldig till, vore det en annan sak."
Därefter mottog hon en störtflod av kopior av de 35 åtalspunkter som sammanställts av kongressledamot Dennis Kucinich, samt de senaste uppgifterna från journalisten Ron Suskind om Vita Huset förfalskade dokument.
Det är en hårt pressad Nancy Pelosi som i valet möter sin mest tuffa utmanare - soldatmamman och fredsaktivisten Cindy Sheehan, som kvalificerat sig som oberoende kandidat i november genom över 17.000 namnunderskrifter.
söndag 17 augusti 2008
BLOGGARNA BERÄTTAR INTE ALLT
Maria-Pia Boëthius är lycklig över att bloggarna får makten, såväl medier som politiker, att svettas. Men vad kan vi egentligen begära av dem? Trygghet?
Det tycks vara så att all makt, också demokratisk och delegerad, kraftigt deformerar de maktbärande. Liksom traditionella mainstreammedier, som påstår sig granska makten, men som i själva verket tillhör samma maktbärande skikt och genomgår samma deformering.
http://etc.se/artikel/18094/bloggarna-beraettar-inte-allt
Det tycks vara så att all makt, också demokratisk och delegerad, kraftigt deformerar de maktbärande. Liksom traditionella mainstreammedier, som påstår sig granska makten, men som i själva verket tillhör samma maktbärande skikt och genomgår samma deformering.
http://etc.se/artikel/18094/bloggarna-beraettar-inte-allt
lördag 16 augusti 2008
Åldersskräcken
"Det verkar som om delar av övre medelklassen är särskilt orolig för att de på ålderns höst ska bli helt omgivna av arbetarklassen."
http://www.arbetaren.se/articles/kultur20080813-2
KULTURTIPSET!
Läser den häpnadsväckande romanen Världens mått om det tyska mattegeniet Gauss och den lika tyske upptäcktsresanden Humboldt. Hela världen kan mätas och kartläggas och på något sätt känns det skönt.
http://www.arbetaren.se/articles/kultur20080813-2
KULTURTIPSET!
Läser den häpnadsväckande romanen Världens mått om det tyska mattegeniet Gauss och den lika tyske upptäcktsresanden Humboldt. Hela världen kan mätas och kartläggas och på något sätt känns det skönt.
Russia, Georgia and the US
Info War
What really happened in Georgia?
Some basic facts:
1. The citizens of South Ossetia have long expressed a desire to break away from Georgia and, in fact, declared themselves independent from Georgia in the 1990s.
2. On the first day of the 2008 Olympics, Georgia launched an all-out, "shock and awe" attack on numerous civilian targets in Tskhinvali, the capital city of South Ossetia
3. Russia, which shares a border and a long historical connection with South Ossetia, sent troops into the region to fight back the attacking Georgian military.
4. The arms for Georgia's attack on South Ossetia were largely provided by the US.
5. The US and UK news media have successfully managed to portray these events as a random, unprovoked and savage attack on Georgia by Russia.
In this video, Mikhail Gorbachev responds.
For another example of how the reality of a war was completely recast by the US news media, check out this site from the Brasscheck.com archives:
What really happened in Georgia?
Some basic facts:
1. The citizens of South Ossetia have long expressed a desire to break away from Georgia and, in fact, declared themselves independent from Georgia in the 1990s.
2. On the first day of the 2008 Olympics, Georgia launched an all-out, "shock and awe" attack on numerous civilian targets in Tskhinvali, the capital city of South Ossetia
3. Russia, which shares a border and a long historical connection with South Ossetia, sent troops into the region to fight back the attacking Georgian military.
4. The arms for Georgia's attack on South Ossetia were largely provided by the US.
5. The US and UK news media have successfully managed to portray these events as a random, unprovoked and savage attack on Georgia by Russia.
In this video, Mikhail Gorbachev responds.
For another example of how the reality of a war was completely recast by the US news media, check out this site from the Brasscheck.com archives:
Analysis of the US led assault on Yugoslavia
fredag 15 augusti 2008
Vanvårdslarm var ”illojalt”
Titti Bruun fick sparken från privat äldreboende
När undersköterskan Titti Bruun larmade Lerums kommun om att neddragningarna av personal på hennes arbetsplats Ekebackens äldreboende lett till ett ökat antal fallskador fick hon omedelbart sparken.http://www.arbetaren.se/articles/inrikes20080813-3
Attendo Care har fått 28 anmälningar
Vårdkoncernen Attendo Care som driver Ekebackens äldreboende har dragit på sig 28 Lex Maria-anmälningar för vanvård. Enligt en undersökning utförd av Malmö Social- och vårdsyndikat av SAC tystar företaget de anställda och bryter mot arbetsrätten. Samtidigt ökade företagets vinst med 44 procent i år.http://www.arbetaren.se/articles/inrikes20080813-4
onsdag 13 augusti 2008
The 9/11 Solution - RESTORED
The Video Google Censored
Google took this video down after three days and then when I attempted to post it to YouTube it was rejected.
This video is an important companion piece to the video that I call "Inside Job" (see the Brasscheck TV archive.)
"Inside Job" shows that thousands of eye witnesses and millions of live TV viewers heard and heard about MULTIPLE explosions in the Twin Towers that preceded their sudden and inexplicable collapse.
"The 9/11 Solution" shows that even as the World Trade Center was burning and immediately after the collapses, a stream of disinformation laying down the key official 9/11 myths was being actively being put in place via the US mass media (i.e. the impact of the planes weakened the structures, the "intense" fires caused the collapses, Bin Laden was the only possible suspect.)
Alliansen blev hårt ansatt
DEBATTÖRER. Överst från vänster Josefin Brink (v), Jan Ertsborn (fp), Lars Gustafsson (kd), Jan Andersson (c), Gunvor G Ericson (mp) och Jenny Nilsson (s) debatterade i Falkenberg i går kväll. Foto: Malin Strandberg
Stundtals hetsig debatt i Folkets hus
Sjukförsäkring, a-kassa och utanförskap debatterades i går kväll i Folkets hus i Falkenberg. Riksdagsledamöter från nästan samtliga partier deltog och stundtals blev det ganska hetsigt. Framför allt när man diskuterade a-kassa och sjukersättning.
FALKENBERG. Debatten arrangerades av LO-distriktet Västsverige och LO-Facken i Halland som hade bjudit in halländska riksdagsledamöter och representanter från v och mp att delta. Moderaterna lämnade återbud och sade sig inte kunna närvara.
http://www.hn.se/m_standard.php?id=980080&avdelning_1=109&avdelning_2=294&
söndag 10 augusti 2008
EN KNUTEN NÄVE I FICKAN
Hata.nu
Text: Atilla Pişkin
Jag är inte avundsjuk längre. Men jag hatar fortfarande. Jag är inte lika arg längre, men jag hatar ändå. Nuförtiden kan jag många av era koder, men det betyder också att jag ser igenom er. Jag ser vad er uppväxt gjort med er, hur er bakgrund påverkar er. Ni behöver inte ens öppna käften för att tala. Jag ser ändå.
Nu ska ni lyssna. Det blir lätt. Ni sitter med en massa texter i händerna. Ni har vanan inne. Läs, analysera och debattera. Ni har länge pratat vitt och brett om det klasslösa samhället. Jag har nickat med eller behållt vad jag tycker för mig själv. Men här och nu berättar jag. Det kommer ingen revolution, det klasslösa samhället kommer aldrig att förverkligas. Ni har fel. Jag hatar att ni inte erkänner det. Att ni fortfarande håller fanan högt, att ni pratar ert fina skitsnack om en utopi som inte kommer inträffa.
Ni har funnits omkring mig så länge att ni säkert inte gissar att jag är arbetarklass. Jag har lärt mig att kamouflera mig. Om ni skulle ha lärt er mer av och om oss, kanske den här boken inte kommit ut. Vi skulle inte ha gömt oss bakom era förklädnader, era ord, ert sätt att vara. Ni skulle ha varit tvungna att acceptera oss. Ni kommer att få börja nu.
Vi är högljudda, vi tar längre tid på oss att förklara saker och ofta kommer ni att behöva ta om svåra ord fler än en gång. Och, något som är läskigt, vi är arga. Vi är ilskna. Dessutom är vi trötta på att vänta på vår tur i rundan. Själv skiter jag i om ni håller med eller inte. För mig är det viktigare att ni tiger och lyssnar än tvärtom. Vi har gjort det för länge, för mycket och för bra.
Arbetet med den här boken har visat på svårigheten med att lita på vad folk säger om sin klasstillhörighet. Att se igenom deras berättelser och försöka förstå varför de kallar sig arbetarklass utan att vara det. Det har svärtat min syn på folks ärlighet.
Yelah ger ut vår bok. Vi har försökt med syndikalistiska förlaget Federativs men trots ett enträget tjatande hände ingenting, varken ja eller nej. Så var det med den klasskampen. Självklart är vi glada att något förlag vill ge ut oss, och Yelah är välkänt bland de människor (aktivister) som vi riktar kritik mot. Är allt då frid och fröjd? Nej. Självklart inte. Att förlita sig på en grupp människor som idéellt driver ett bokförlag för att de kan och har tid till det är en hård nöt att svälja. Att diskutera sina texter med medelklassen och hoppas att få godkänt skulle jag helst vilja vara utan. Jag har svårt att lita på människor från medelklassen som skall nagelfara och diskutera sättet att skriva, uttrycka sig och vad jag skriver om.
Utdrag ur boken: EN KNUTEN NÄVE I FICKAN Om klass, normer och Vänstern sid. 127-128 ff.
Red: Fredric Carlsson-Andersson
& Atilla Pişkin
Yelah Förlag, Box 7524, 200 42 Malmö
www.yelah.net, yelahbokforlag@gmail.com
lördag 9 augusti 2008
SJUKFÖRSÄKRINGEN BUNTAR IHOP OSS
08-08-08
Hon är tonårsförälder och lever under existensminimum på grund av att hon har varit sjukskriven. Nu när hon vill börja arbeta igen säger arbetsgivaren att det inte finns något jobb att göra. ”Jag vägrar att placeras i utanförskapet”, skriver Jessica Marcusson i veckans ledare.
http://etc.se/veckans_ledare/18049/sjukskrivna-buntas-ihop
Pushing Gardasil
Excerpt from "Vaccines in Sci-Fi Horror"
Complete video
Complete video
Another profit center for pharma
Gardasil is an immunization against a "disease" that often has no symptoms and usually resolves itself.
Marketers of the vaccine imply it helps prevent cervical cancer. This is scientifically false. Furthermore, cervical cancer is already substantially on the decline.
What is true is that if you introduce Gardasil into a person who already has HPV you dramatically increase their odds of developing pre-cancerous cell behavior.
So why are the marketers of this vaccine working with crooked politicians to make Gardasil injections mandatory for young girls?
It's garbage science and bogus public health all in pursuit of the almighty dollar.
UPDATE
Since publishing this video in the winter of 2008, the predictable public health catastrophe has begun.
Unnamed "federal health officials" reported to the New York Post recently that there have been over 8,000 "adverse events" - including death and paralysis - in girls and women injected with Gardasil.
Let's get some things straight:
1. Gardisil is NOT a vaccine against cervical cancer even though it has been promoted that way by its makers
2. The vaccination series costs $360
3. Some politicians are seeking to make it mandatory for all girls between the ages of 10 and 15.
Another pharmaceutical industry fraud
Thanks to George Bush & Friends, victims of this "vaccine" will not be able to sue the manufacturer. Instead, they will have to apply to the federal government for relief which will involve a prolonged and expensive hearing process.
Some of the injuries reported so far include:
1. A 17-year-old who collapsed and died two days after receiving the last of three injections.
2. An 11-year-old who suffered a heart attack three days after receiving the injection. The doctor attributed the death to a severe allergic reaction.
3. A 13-year-old who developed headaches, lethargy, and paralysis of her left leg days after a Gardasil shot.
Don't let yourself or your daughters be railroaded into receiving this highly suspect "vaccine."
Marketers of the vaccine imply it helps prevent cervical cancer. This is scientifically false. Furthermore, cervical cancer is already substantially on the decline.
What is true is that if you introduce Gardasil into a person who already has HPV you dramatically increase their odds of developing pre-cancerous cell behavior.
So why are the marketers of this vaccine working with crooked politicians to make Gardasil injections mandatory for young girls?
It's garbage science and bogus public health all in pursuit of the almighty dollar.
UPDATE
Since publishing this video in the winter of 2008, the predictable public health catastrophe has begun.
Unnamed "federal health officials" reported to the New York Post recently that there have been over 8,000 "adverse events" - including death and paralysis - in girls and women injected with Gardasil.
Let's get some things straight:
1. Gardisil is NOT a vaccine against cervical cancer even though it has been promoted that way by its makers
2. The vaccination series costs $360
3. Some politicians are seeking to make it mandatory for all girls between the ages of 10 and 15.
Another pharmaceutical industry fraud
Thanks to George Bush & Friends, victims of this "vaccine" will not be able to sue the manufacturer. Instead, they will have to apply to the federal government for relief which will involve a prolonged and expensive hearing process.
Some of the injuries reported so far include:
1. A 17-year-old who collapsed and died two days after receiving the last of three injections.
2. An 11-year-old who suffered a heart attack three days after receiving the injection. The doctor attributed the death to a severe allergic reaction.
3. A 13-year-old who developed headaches, lethargy, and paralysis of her left leg days after a Gardasil shot.
Don't let yourself or your daughters be railroaded into receiving this highly suspect "vaccine."
fredag 8 augusti 2008
Georgian Army Moves To Retake South Ossetia
Russian Troops Storm Into Breakaway Province
By MARC CHAMPION
August 8, 2008 3:30 p.m.
August 8, 2008 3:30 p.m.
Russia and pro-U.S. ally Georgia were on the brink of war Friday, with Russian troops and tanks moving into Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia.
Hundreds of civilians were reported dead in the worst outbreak of hostilities since the province won defacto independence in a war against Georgia that ended in 1992. Witnesses said the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali was devastated.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121817403177323701.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news
Av: John Pilger
Published on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by The Guardian/UK The Lies of Hiroshima Live On, Props in the War Crimes of the 20th Century
The Lies of Hiroshima Live On, Props in the War Crimes of the 20th Century
The 1945 attack was murder on an epic scale. In its victims’ names, we must not allow a nuclear repeat in the Middle East
torsdag 7 augusti 2008
Wal-Mart varnar för Obama
Den amerikanska livsmedelskedjan Wal-Mart har under de senaste veckorna dragit i gång en kampanj mot demokraternas presidentkandidat Barack Obama, rapporterar The Wall Street Journal. Tusentals butikschefer har på obligatoriska möten instruerats att tala om för sina anställda att de vid en valseger för demokraterna riskerar att tvångsanslutas till facket. Detta skulle i sin tur enligt Wal-mart innebära skyhöga fackföreningsavgifter, strejktvång utan kompensation och arbetslöshet till följd av stigande kostnader för företaget. Kedjan får nu kritik för tilltaget, men från företagets sida hävdar man att ingen uttryckligen har uppmanats att rösta på den ena eller andra kandidaten.
– Jag är ingen idiot, det stod helt klart att de talade om för mig hur jag skulle rösta, berättar dock en mellanchef från Wal-Mart i delstaten Missouri.
Wal-Mart är USA:s största privata arbetsgivare och människorättsorganisationer som Human Rights Watch har kritiserat företaget för att dess antifackliga praktik är så omfattande att den kränker den grundläggande rätten “att bilda och ansluta sig till fackföreningar till skydd för sina intressen”.
Kristina Lindquistkristina.lindquist@arbetaren.se
http://www.arbetaren.se/articles/utrikes20080805-6
Everyday slave wages at Wal-Mart
And don't you dare complain
Welcome to the Snitch State
According to Fortune Magazine, Wal-Mart is now the world's biggest private employer dwarfing other US mega-employers like the US Postal Service, McDonald's, and IBM.
Although it's practically a state secret within the much-propagandized US, Wal-Mart is known worldwide for its
brutal labor practices.
Not bad if your frame of reference is digging coal in a Chinese coal mine, but certainly not what one would expect from a successful First World company.
Wal-Mart's treatment of its employees is so egregious that many countries, including China, would not let Wal-Mart do business within their borders unless company permitted its in-country labor force to be unionized.
Slaves on the Chinese side making the stuff and slaves on the US side stocking the shelves and running the cash registers. The perfect New World Order enterprise.
It's reported that when Sam Walton founder of the company died, his good friend, George H.W. Bush, the president's father, openly wept. I believe it.
Welcome to the Snitch State
According to Fortune Magazine, Wal-Mart is now the world's biggest private employer dwarfing other US mega-employers like the US Postal Service, McDonald's, and IBM.
Although it's practically a state secret within the much-propagandized US, Wal-Mart is known worldwide for its
brutal labor practices.
Not bad if your frame of reference is digging coal in a Chinese coal mine, but certainly not what one would expect from a successful First World company.
Wal-Mart's treatment of its employees is so egregious that many countries, including China, would not let Wal-Mart do business within their borders unless company permitted its in-country labor force to be unionized.
Slaves on the Chinese side making the stuff and slaves on the US side stocking the shelves and running the cash registers. The perfect New World Order enterprise.
It's reported that when Sam Walton founder of the company died, his good friend, George H.W. Bush, the president's father, openly wept. I believe it.
måndag 4 augusti 2008
Av: Maria-Pia Boëthius
Det finns en berättelse av HG Wells som handlar om en man som kommer till ett land där feta och välmående människor tycks frodas i vackra landskap medan andra människor hålls instängda i underjorden.
http://etc.se/artikel/18017/vilken-vaerldsordning
http://etc.se/artikel/18017/vilken-vaerldsordning
söndag 3 augusti 2008
fredag 1 augusti 2008
George Bush: War Criminal
It's not a wild theory any more
Can Bush pardon himself?
Under US law, sure - and he will.
But he can't pardon himself under international law.
Here's a possible scenario:
1. US recklessness tanks the world financial markets
2. Standard of living in US declines precipitously
3. The last remaining 20% of the US that supports Bush (including the corporate news media which made him possible in the first place) finally withdraw their support
4. War crimes charges filed against Bush by an international body
5. The US hands Bush over with glee and the same US news media which made him possible now presides over his being publicly torn limb from limb.
It won't be the end of the criminal Bush family dynasty, but their ability to steal and wreck havoc will be greatly diminished going forward.
Unfortunately, Cheney will die of a heart attack before he can be sentenced.
Can Bush pardon himself?
Under US law, sure - and he will.
But he can't pardon himself under international law.
Here's a possible scenario:
1. US recklessness tanks the world financial markets
2. Standard of living in US declines precipitously
3. The last remaining 20% of the US that supports Bush (including the corporate news media which made him possible in the first place) finally withdraw their support
4. War crimes charges filed against Bush by an international body
5. The US hands Bush over with glee and the same US news media which made him possible now presides over his being publicly torn limb from limb.
It won't be the end of the criminal Bush family dynasty, but their ability to steal and wreck havoc will be greatly diminished going forward.
Unfortunately, Cheney will die of a heart attack before he can be sentenced.
torsdag 31 juli 2008
The history of the weapons of mass destruction fraud
How did Scott Ritter know?
Many people know that Scott Ritter, former Marine Corps major and former UN weapons inspector publicly disputed the Bush Administration's claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
Few ask the question: How did Ritter know?
When you answer that question, you'll discover that the intention to attack and occupy Iraq on false pretenses spanned two administrations and both parties.
måndag 28 juli 2008
Why is America so crazy?
You're only as sane
as the information you receive
The US has - hands down - the most propagandized population in the world.
Even people in North Korea have a firmer grasp of reality.
Why is this so?
It's the news media. They've mastered the art of reporting nothing and making it seem like it's something.
They're also very creative and convincing first class liars. Kind of like Bush Republicans.
What's the solution?
Scott Ritter has an answer and thanks to the Internet, more and more people in the US are breaking free of the info-lock.
söndag 27 juli 2008
Av: Jonas Fogelqvist
Mer om ”Richistan” - ARBETAREN
Det skrivs alldeles för lite om de rikas liv.
Detta slog mig senast när jag läste Aftonbladets rapportering från tennisveckan i Båstad, från champagnefesterna, VIP-rummen och B-kändisarnas eget lilla sommarparty.
Mer sådant!
Det är inte mycket som är viktigare än att berätta om hur klyftorna ökar i samhället. Men hur gör man det bäst? Det är klart att vi måste berätta om dem som får sämre a-kassa, blir utförsäkrade och som bränner ut sig för 18000 i månaden. Visst måste vi det. Men jag tror också att fler reportage om vart pengarna tar vägen, och inte minst hur de används, kan göra gott.
torsdag 24 juli 2008
onsdag 23 juli 2008
Pharmaceutical company ethics
Protected by the White House,
the FDA and Congress
"Consistent with regulations"
Bayer knowingly sold contaminated medicine.
This is the level of protection you can inspect from the FDA, the Congress, and the White House.
Another story that came and went and never stuck.
the FDA and Congress
"Consistent with regulations"
Bayer knowingly sold contaminated medicine.
This is the level of protection you can inspect from the FDA, the Congress, and the White House.
Another story that came and went and never stuck.
tisdag 22 juli 2008
Vaccines and Autism
The science and the politics
Mercury in vaccines causes autism
Children of the current generation receive 24 mandatory vaccinations. A generation ago, only 10 were required.
Through vaccinations, children receive 400x the amount of mercury deemed safe by the FDA.
The Hep B routinely given to newborns contains so much mercury preservative that it would normally only be considered safe under standard medical guidelines to give to a 275 pound adult.
Why is this going on?
Politics and corruption.
In the White House, in Congress, in the FDA, in the medical establishment and in the pharmaceutical industry.
Simple guidelines:
1. Never bring your child to be immunized if he or she is already ill
2. Do not allow the doctor to load your child up on multiple immunizations on a single visit just because it is more convenient for him, the doctor.
3. Avoid all unnecessary vaccinations. Make the doctor explain to you in detail the justification for every single one she recommends. They research it before you go ahead.
4. If you feel you must comply, delay them as long as possible to give your child time to grow
Mercury in vaccines causes autism
Children of the current generation receive 24 mandatory vaccinations. A generation ago, only 10 were required.
Through vaccinations, children receive 400x the amount of mercury deemed safe by the FDA.
The Hep B routinely given to newborns contains so much mercury preservative that it would normally only be considered safe under standard medical guidelines to give to a 275 pound adult.
Why is this going on?
Politics and corruption.
In the White House, in Congress, in the FDA, in the medical establishment and in the pharmaceutical industry.
Simple guidelines:
1. Never bring your child to be immunized if he or she is already ill
2. Do not allow the doctor to load your child up on multiple immunizations on a single visit just because it is more convenient for him, the doctor.
3. Avoid all unnecessary vaccinations. Make the doctor explain to you in detail the justification for every single one she recommends. They research it before you go ahead.
4. If you feel you must comply, delay them as long as possible to give your child time to grow
söndag 20 juli 2008
Take off those yellow ribbons
They're a fraud
A combat veteran speaks
Yellow ribbons.
They're everywhere.
And they mean nothing.
Good, goose-stepping Americans put them on their cars to "support the troops."
How about supporting the troops by making sure they're not sent to die in illegal, ill-conceived wars waged by lying psychopaths?
If you're going to put a ribbon on your car, how about a black one to show that you mourn those killed and injured, you oppose the war, and you oppose having our military hijacked by a gang of treasonous thieves.
A combat veteran speaks
Yellow ribbons.
They're everywhere.
And they mean nothing.
Good, goose-stepping Americans put them on their cars to "support the troops."
How about supporting the troops by making sure they're not sent to die in illegal, ill-conceived wars waged by lying psychopaths?
If you're going to put a ribbon on your car, how about a black one to show that you mourn those killed and injured, you oppose the war, and you oppose having our military hijacked by a gang of treasonous thieves.
lördag 19 juli 2008
Terrorism against women working in Iraq
Brought to you by Halliburton/KBR
and the US government
Why is Halliburton/KBR being protected? Who is protecting them and how?
Why are they being allowed to run an obviously criminal enterprise is broad daylight?
Clearly the Bush administration couldn't care less, but what about Congress?
fredag 18 juli 2008
Stop the attack on Iran
George Galloway lays it out
for a propaganda-addled Brit
Many people seem not to realize how close the US and the UK are to attacking Iran.
Another group who are vaguely aware of the potential seems to think it would be a good idea.
Is the world really that addled?
George Galloway goes a good job of laying out the reality of what the latest malevolent plan by the Bush administration will mean for the world.
torsdag 17 juli 2008
Biological warfare against US troops
Courtesy of Halliburton
Brought to you
by the Bush administration
This is how George Bush and Dick Cheney support the troops. And you can thank Congress for it too while you're at it.
Simple biological warfare - poisoning the troops' water supply - is the most cost effective way of neutralizing the effectiveness of an armed force.
The problem is how do you get to the supply?
In Iraq, that's no problem.
Bush and company have brought in private contractors to provide the water supply to troops and the private contractor, Halliburton, Dick Cheney's former employer, has deemed it unnecessary to provide uncontaminated water to US troops serving in Iraq.
Take the money? Sure. The actual safety of the water? Not our concern.
Neither the flag-waving rabble-rousers of the Bush administration nor the gutless, venal cowards in Congress seem to care about the problem.
Too busy gearing up for the attack on Iran I guess.
Brought to you
by the Bush administration
This is how George Bush and Dick Cheney support the troops. And you can thank Congress for it too while you're at it.
Simple biological warfare - poisoning the troops' water supply - is the most cost effective way of neutralizing the effectiveness of an armed force.
The problem is how do you get to the supply?
In Iraq, that's no problem.
Bush and company have brought in private contractors to provide the water supply to troops and the private contractor, Halliburton, Dick Cheney's former employer, has deemed it unnecessary to provide uncontaminated water to US troops serving in Iraq.
Take the money? Sure. The actual safety of the water? Not our concern.
Neither the flag-waving rabble-rousers of the Bush administration nor the gutless, venal cowards in Congress seem to care about the problem.
Too busy gearing up for the attack on Iran I guess.
tisdag 15 juli 2008
Be Careful What You Say
Be Careful What You Say
Beskrivning: Just a hint : before you export democracy, try having it at home ! You’re not stupid, they just talk to you that way !
Beskrivning: Just a hint : before you export democracy, try having it at home ! You’re not stupid, they just talk to you that way !
Blackwater: A Primer
BLACKWATER : THE SHADOW WAR
The Republicans have their
own private army
Whether they win in 2008 or not, the Republican Party has used the last eight years and billions of dollars of tax dollars to build their own private army.
This video is a quick summary of the details and their significance.
The Republicans have their
own private army
Whether they win in 2008 or not, the Republican Party has used the last eight years and billions of dollars of tax dollars to build their own private army.
This video is a quick summary of the details and their significance.
måndag 14 juli 2008
What an attack on Iran will look like
Consequences
Bush continues to push for an attack on Iran.
He is goaded by the Israeli War Lobby, the "religious" right, and other assorted domestic fascists and lunatics.
Iran is not Iraq.
Iran is a bigger country, a better armed country and a much more socially cohesive country than Iraq ever was - or could be.
Iran is PERSIA, a society with thousands of years behind it. Iraq was a glued together set of random kingdoms.
Iran is a country that has the ability to fight back and fight back massively.
As in Iraq, the weapons of mass destruction claim is a total fraud - and yet to war we go.
McCain is all for it. He can't wait. Obama is being artfully vague about his intentions.
And then there's Bush and Cheney. They still have nearly six months left to put the final bullet in the back of America's head before they go.
Eight years ago, who could have ever imagined this insanity?
söndag 13 juli 2008
Ekonomisk politik med ideologisk stämpel kringgår demokratin
Utgiftstak, krav på att den icke-existerande statsskulden ska lösas, en oberoende centralbank – allt detta är beståndsdelar i så kallad normpolitik. Där makt flyttas bort från folkvalda politiker, konstaterar bland andra C H Hermansson.
"Sveriges grundlag vilar på vad som kallas folksuveränitetsprincipen. Den av folket valda riksdagen är statens högsta organ. Därför har Riksbanken av gammalt varit riksdagens bank – ett sätt att utöva kontroll över den inför riksdagen ansvariga regeringen.
Nu lämnas styrräntorna i händerna på en godtyckligt sammansatt liten grupp av personer i Riksbankens ledning – helt i motsats till Regeringsformens anda och bokstav."
http://etc.se/artikel/17928/normpolitiken-hotar-var-demokrati
The Patriot Act is Bullshit
Penn and Teller
Getting real
How the Patriot Act was rammed down our throats and why it's a disaster for the country.
Penn and Teller, two US comedians, lay it out.
P & T; BS! - B1G BR0THER
Getting real
How the Patriot Act was rammed down our throats and why it's a disaster for the country.
Penn and Teller, two US comedians, lay it out.
P & T; BS! - B1G BR0THER
lördag 12 juli 2008
Av: Maria-Pia Boëthius
GÅRDAGENS IDEOLOGI
Vi kan inte låta oss styras av en ideologi där sanningen i alla lägen är kontraproduktiv mot vinsten, skriver Maria-Pia Boëthius. Tokkapitalismen har spelat ut sin roll. Ändå fortsätter alliansregeringen med privatiseringar och avregleringar.
http://etc.se/artikel/17926/gardagens-ideologi
Vi kan inte låta oss styras av en ideologi där sanningen i alla lägen är kontraproduktiv mot vinsten, skriver Maria-Pia Boëthius. Tokkapitalismen har spelat ut sin roll. Ändå fortsätter alliansregeringen med privatiseringar och avregleringar.
http://etc.se/artikel/17926/gardagens-ideologi
BARNSEXTURISMEN - PROBLEMET POLITIKERNA GLÖMT
Problemet med barnsexturism har fallit i glömska trots att mycket tyder på att många svenska kvinnor och män köper sex av barn under semestern. Under vintern fick organisationen Ecpat samtal varje vecka från turistande svenskar som tror sig ha bevittnat övergrepp.
http://etc.se/artikel/17894/barnsexturismen-ett-problem-i-gloemska
http://etc.se/artikel/17894/barnsexturismen-ett-problem-i-gloemska
fredag 11 juli 2008
Governed by Fraud and Delusion
How the "Christian" Right
is destroying America
Craig Unger on the Christian Right
The Israeli War Party, the Saudi Arabian Royal Family, the "Christian" Right...
These are the forces that run the White House's foreign policy.
The "Christian" Right operates in much the same way as the Brown Shirts of the Nazi era.
Militantly ignorant, blindly obedient and ready to spout hatred at the drop of a hat, they've been harnessed on a mass scale in the U.S. and rank as one of the greatest threats to the country's future.
is destroying America
Craig Unger on the Christian Right
The Israeli War Party, the Saudi Arabian Royal Family, the "Christian" Right...
These are the forces that run the White House's foreign policy.
The "Christian" Right operates in much the same way as the Brown Shirts of the Nazi era.
Militantly ignorant, blindly obedient and ready to spout hatred at the drop of a hat, they've been harnessed on a mass scale in the U.S. and rank as one of the greatest threats to the country's future.
Av: Björn Gunnarsson
"Riv upp FRA-lagen nu!"
http://www.hn.se/m_ka1.php?avdelning_1=106&avdelning_2=148&
http://www.hn.se/m_ka1.php?avdelning_1=106&avdelning_2=148&
torsdag 10 juli 2008
onsdag 9 juli 2008
tisdag 8 juli 2008
The George Bush Joke
Election fraud USA
The pot calling the kettle black
Apparently, George Bush is indignant over Robert Mugabe's recent election fraud in Zimbabwe.
Is this some kind of a sick joke?
The US news media is running video that documents some of the fraud in Zimbabwe.
How about running some about election fraud in the US?
Eight years of George Bush and his criminal enterprise and he won neither the 2000 nor the 2004 election.
This video comes from a recent election held in New Hampshire, but similar chicanery takes place in every state in the union.
The pot calling the kettle black
Apparently, George Bush is indignant over Robert Mugabe's recent election fraud in Zimbabwe.
Is this some kind of a sick joke?
The US news media is running video that documents some of the fraud in Zimbabwe.
How about running some about election fraud in the US?
Eight years of George Bush and his criminal enterprise and he won neither the 2000 nor the 2004 election.
This video comes from a recent election held in New Hampshire, but similar chicanery takes place in every state in the union.
lördag 5 juli 2008
Av: Amanda Kato
Från:   vetwife | Skickat: 2008-07-05 16:39 |
wanted to share
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Everything I am about to write is a true story about the 4th of July this weekend and
for each member who supports war to think about.
My profile shows that I am a wife of a combat VN vet who never does very well on
the 4th probably more than any other holiday. He will pretty much stay in our bedroom
and read, mostly the bible. We always go to see the fireworks however, for the kids.
The bombs bursting in air? This year was a little different. My husband will almost cry when he
hears the loud bomb like thunderous explostions in the sky, but he holds the hand of our little
ones
and points to the sky. This year it was our little 3 year old that we are raising that put her
hands over her ears and said, "I don't like it Mom." It's too loud. I'm afraid. She has been going
to the fireworks show since she was born but this year, getting out of the baby baby stage, She
actually listens to sounds and observes the sights in life.
We discovered she didn't like it. At all.
She said, " i don't like it. I don't like it. It makes me afraid. We brought her home and was
getting her ready for bed, she clung to me as a few firecrackers were still going off next
doot that sounded like gunshots. I mind wandered to the Middle East and every war we have
fought. I thought, My goodness, the children. Those precious children.
I thought of Shock and Awe and how the babies, the toddlers had no idea of the thunderous
sounds and the lights that lit up the sky. Only there was real danger. Those were not replicas
of bombs bursting in air, those were real bombs. As she clung to me tighter I sat her in my lap
and rocked her gently. I closed my eyes and sung a lullaby as she drifted off to sleep, making
a promise to her, if she didn't like that loud noise, we wouldn't go see any more fireworks till
she wanted to. I kept rocking and she laid silently to my breast. I heard my husband strumming
his guitar from the other room. It was a hymnal. I then thought of the soldier from past to
present. I thought of the pain the solider endures on return from war scarred forever with
startle reaction and PTSD. I thought of the thorn in their head they live with and especially
the reminder of destruction with bombs bursting in air and then looking over at the children
thinking.....we must leave war behind. I thought of the Iraqi Mother who could not tell her
child, there would be no more explosions in the air. I thought of the soldier who will become a veteran and cannot
their lives. I thought of the argument of We have to fight there to keep from fighting here.
Does that make it right? No. Those children of Iraq are scarred for life. Those veterans
are scarred for life. Those veterans who have been diagnosed with PTSD will never again
enjoy but endure a fireworks show, and the children if they survive will be happy to hear
as our little three year old granddaughter said, "Peace and Quite". No thunder booms in the air.
War is a such a waste and I thought of the bible verse, What does it profit a man if he
gain the world and lose his soul?
No more War.
fredag 4 juli 2008
Who stands up for real American values?
Spoken before the US invaded Iraq
"We can call ouselves Americans. We can fly the American flag, but unless we stand up and defend the values that define us as Americans, we will cease being Americans."
Scott Ritter gave this talk before the US invaded Iraq. As a former US Marine Corps officer, UN weapons inspector and expert on the armaments of Iraq, he very publicly disputed the Bush adminstration's claim that Iraq was a threat to the US.
Now the US is on the same path with regards to war against Iran.
Learn what you can do to help stop another illegal, immoral,and reckless use of US power in the world. Get and Scott's book "Waging Peace."
Av: Johan Ehrenberg
NÄR SKAM GÅR PÅ TORRA LAND
http://etc.se/artikel/17850/naer-skam-gar-pa-torra-land
http://etc.se/artikel/17850/naer-skam-gar-pa-torra-land
torsdag 3 juli 2008
Av: Håkan A Bengtsson
Fredrik Reinfeldt är en trafikfara
http://www.dagensarena.se/index.php?sid=1&pid=20&tid=1939
http://www.dagensarena.se/index.php?sid=1&pid=20&tid=1939
Fuel from algae
There are some things missing from this story like what does a gallon of fuel cost made from this method cost.
Also, one quarter of "the one quarter of the state of New Mexico" referred to is about 30,000 square miles.
On the other hand, assuming that this method really works, it's an infinitely better solution that turning corn or other food crops into fuel.
onsdag 2 juli 2008
Provoking Iran into war
Sy Hersh report
Stumbling towards disaster - again
Bush asked for - and received - $400,000,000 to conduct covert military operation against Iran.
A quote from the recent Sy Hersch article in the New Yorker
"Operations outside the knowledge and control of commanders have eroded “the coherence of military strategy,” one general says."
Further, it seems the only people in the government (or military) who favor an attack on Iran are Bush and Cheney:
"A Democratic senator told me that, late last year, in an off-the-record lunch meeting, Secretary of Defense Gates met with the Democratic caucus in the Senate. (Such meetings are held regularly.) Gates warned of the consequences if the Bush Administration staged a preëmptive strike on Iran, saying, as the senator recalled, “We’ll create generations of jihadists, and our grandchildren will be battling our enemies here in America.” Gates’s comments stunned the Democrats at the lunch, and another senator asked whether Gates was speaking for Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney. Gates’s answer, the senator told me, was “Let’s just say that I’m here speaking for myself.” (A spokesman for Gates confirmed that he discussed the consequences of a strike at the meeting, but would not address what he said, other than to dispute the senator’s characterization.)
The Joint Chiefs of Staff, whose chairman is Admiral Mike Mullen, were “pushing back very hard” against White House pressure to undertake a military strike against Iran, the person familiar with the Finding told me. Similarly, a Pentagon consultant who is involved in the war on terror said that “at least ten senior flag and general officers, including combatant commanders”—the four-star officers who direct military operations around the world—“have weighed in on that issue.”
Stumbling towards disaster - again
Bush asked for - and received - $400,000,000 to conduct covert military operation against Iran.
A quote from the recent Sy Hersch article in the New Yorker
"Operations outside the knowledge and control of commanders have eroded “the coherence of military strategy,” one general says."
Further, it seems the only people in the government (or military) who favor an attack on Iran are Bush and Cheney:
"A Democratic senator told me that, late last year, in an off-the-record lunch meeting, Secretary of Defense Gates met with the Democratic caucus in the Senate. (Such meetings are held regularly.) Gates warned of the consequences if the Bush Administration staged a preëmptive strike on Iran, saying, as the senator recalled, “We’ll create generations of jihadists, and our grandchildren will be battling our enemies here in America.” Gates’s comments stunned the Democrats at the lunch, and another senator asked whether Gates was speaking for Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney. Gates’s answer, the senator told me, was “Let’s just say that I’m here speaking for myself.” (A spokesman for Gates confirmed that he discussed the consequences of a strike at the meeting, but would not address what he said, other than to dispute the senator’s characterization.)
The Joint Chiefs of Staff, whose chairman is Admiral Mike Mullen, were “pushing back very hard” against White House pressure to undertake a military strike against Iran, the person familiar with the Finding told me. Similarly, a Pentagon consultant who is involved in the war on terror said that “at least ten senior flag and general officers, including combatant commanders”—the four-star officers who direct military operations around the world—“have weighed in on that issue.”
söndag 29 juni 2008
The Bush Family's Best Buddies
For sale: one used country - cheap
A very special relationship
Over the years, the Saudi Royal Family has put at least $1.4 billion into the hands of the Bush family and its friends.
That's "billion" with a "b."
Even in these days of inflation, that's real money.
Did Bush go to Saudi Arabia to ask for lower oil prices or to assure the Saudis they could keep sticking it to us as long as he and his family were given their cut?
Far-fetched?
Don't be too surprised.
In the days right after 9/11, all commercial flights in US air space including those for Congressmen, the private jets of billionaires, and transportation for donated organs*** were shut down.
There was one exception...
The White House arranged for dozens of still unnamed Saudi Arabians - including members of the House of Saud and the Bin Laden family - living in the US to be flown out of the country in style.
The FBI didn't think it was necessary to get a passenger list...but show up at a peace rally and they'll be sure to get your face on video and add your name to their database if you're arrested at one.
The US news media didn't think this post 9/11 mercy flight for Bush's personal friends was worth investigating.
==============================
From: House of Bush, House of Saud: The secret relationship between the world's most powerful dynasties by Craig Unger
"September 13, 2001 - Thousands of Americans were dead. They have been killed in a terrorist operation largely run by Saudis. Nonetheless the two men (Bush and Prince Bandar Of Saudi Arabia) each lit up a Cohiba cigar (on the Truman balcony of the White House)...
Few Americans realized that these two dynasties had a history dating back more than twenty years. Not just business partners and personal friends, the Bushes and the Saudis had pulled off elaborate covert operations and gone to war together...
They had been involved in the Iran-contra scandal, in secret U.S. aid in the Afghanistan War that gave birth of Osama bin Laden." pg. 15.
A very special relationship
Over the years, the Saudi Royal Family has put at least $1.4 billion into the hands of the Bush family and its friends.
That's "billion" with a "b."
Even in these days of inflation, that's real money.
Did Bush go to Saudi Arabia to ask for lower oil prices or to assure the Saudis they could keep sticking it to us as long as he and his family were given their cut?
Far-fetched?
Don't be too surprised.
In the days right after 9/11, all commercial flights in US air space including those for Congressmen, the private jets of billionaires, and transportation for donated organs*** were shut down.
There was one exception...
The White House arranged for dozens of still unnamed Saudi Arabians - including members of the House of Saud and the Bin Laden family - living in the US to be flown out of the country in style.
The FBI didn't think it was necessary to get a passenger list...but show up at a peace rally and they'll be sure to get your face on video and add your name to their database if you're arrested at one.
The US news media didn't think this post 9/11 mercy flight for Bush's personal friends was worth investigating.
==============================
From: House of Bush, House of Saud: The secret relationship between the world's most powerful dynasties by Craig Unger
"September 13, 2001 - Thousands of Americans were dead. They have been killed in a terrorist operation largely run by Saudis. Nonetheless the two men (Bush and Prince Bandar Of Saudi Arabia) each lit up a Cohiba cigar (on the Truman balcony of the White House)...
Few Americans realized that these two dynasties had a history dating back more than twenty years. Not just business partners and personal friends, the Bushes and the Saudis had pulled off elaborate covert operations and gone to war together...
They had been involved in the Iran-contra scandal, in secret U.S. aid in the Afghanistan War that gave birth of Osama bin Laden." pg. 15.
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