August 30, 2009
Note: The introduction to the following news report is in Swedish. The interview with the scientist is conducted in English.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Scientist Tells Swedish TV: WHO Pandemic Criteria Lowered to Benefit Big Pharma
Sveriges Television AB
August 30, 2009
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
FAIR Exposes CNN As Gov't Propaganda Outlet
You'd be a fool to think this stuff isn't happening today, or if you think that it's confined to Fox News.
http://www.fair.org/activism/osi-propaganda.html
In February 2000, reports in Dutch and French newspapers revealed that several officers from the 4th PSYOPS Group had worked in the news division at CNN's Atlanta headquarters as part of an “internship” program starting in the final days of the Kosovo War. a
Coverage of this disturbing story was scarce (see FAIR’s “Why Were Government Propaganda Experts Working on News at CNN?” 3/27/00), but after FAIR issued an Action Alert on the story, CNN stated that it had already terminated the program and acknowledged that it was “inappropriate.”
http://www.fair.org/activism/osi-propaganda.html
In February 2000, reports in Dutch and French newspapers revealed that several officers from the 4th PSYOPS Group had worked in the news division at CNN's Atlanta headquarters as part of an “internship” program starting in the final days of the Kosovo War. a
Coverage of this disturbing story was scarce (see FAIR’s “Why Were Government Propaganda Experts Working on News at CNN?” 3/27/00), but after FAIR issued an Action Alert on the story, CNN stated that it had already terminated the program and acknowledged that it was “inappropriate.”
Even if the PSYOPS officers working in the newsroom did not directly influence news reporting, the question remains of whether CNN may have allowed the military to conduct an intelligence-gathering mission against the network itself.
The idea isn’t far-fetched-- according to Intelligence Newsletter (2/17/00), a rear admiral from the Special Operations Command told a PSYOPS conference that the military needed to find ways to "gain control" over commercial news satellites to help bring down an "informational cone of silence" over regions where special operations were taking place. One of CNN’s PSYOPS “interns” worked in the network’s satellite division. (During the Afghanistan war the Pentagon found a very direct way to “gain control”-- it simply bought up all commercial satellite images of Afghanistan, in order to prevent media from accessing them.)
It’s worth noting that the 4th PSYOPS group is the same group that staffed the National Security Council's now notorious Office of Public Diplomacy (OPD), which planted stories in the U.S. media supporting the Reagan Administration's Central America policies during the 1980s.
Described by a senior U.S. official as a "vast psychological warfare operation of the kind the military conducts to influence a population in enemy territory" (Miami Herald, 7/19/87), the OPD was shut down after the Iran-Contra investigations, but not before influencing coverage in major outlets including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post (Extra!, 9-10/01)
You Should Be Concerned About The H1N1 Vaccine
I've seen a lot of articles popping up lately that should cast some doubt on the viability of the "Swine Flu" vaccine. I've collected a few and posted them here
Half Of Hong Kong Health Workers Refuse To Take H1N1 Shot
A study published in the world's foremost peer-reviewed medical journal has found that around 50% of Hong Kong's health workers will refuse to be vaccinated against swine flu for fears over the safety of the shot.
Research conducted by the University of Hong Kong and made public by the British Medical Journal consistently found that less than half of 8,500 doctors and nurses in public hospitals would accept vaccination against H1N1 influenza.
The study also found that the figures did not change significantly with an increase in the WHO pandemic alert level from phase 3 to phase 5.
Half Of OK Doctors Will Refuse H1N1 Shot
Two separate polls of general practitioners in Britain have revealed that one in two doctors have severe reservations over the safety of the H1N1 flu vaccine, raising serious questions over the government's planned mass vaccination program.
A poll of doctors for Pulse magazine found that 49% would reject the vaccine with 9% still undecided.
56 of 115 GPs surveyed said they did not intend to receive the shot, according to the UK's leading medical weekly publication for health professionals.[1]
A second poll conducted by Göteborgs-Posten magazine reveals that up to 60% of GPs have severe doubts over the proposed vaccine. Of 216 GPs surveyed, 29% say they will outright refuse to be vaccinated, while a further 29% remain unsure. Only 41% of doctors said they would definitely take the shot. [2]
[1] http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=35&storycode=4123491&c=2
[2] http://www.healthcarerepublic.com//news/index.cfm?fuseaction=HCR.News.GP.LatestNews.Article&nNewsID=928737&sHashCode=#AddComment
Dr. Russell Blaylock: Vaccine May Be More Dangerous Than Swine Flu
Half Of Hong Kong Health Workers Refuse To Take H1N1 Shot
A study published in the world's foremost peer-reviewed medical journal has found that around 50% of Hong Kong's health workers will refuse to be vaccinated against swine flu for fears over the safety of the shot.
Research conducted by the University of Hong Kong and made public by the British Medical Journal consistently found that less than half of 8,500 doctors and nurses in public hospitals would accept vaccination against H1N1 influenza.
The study also found that the figures did not change significantly with an increase in the WHO pandemic alert level from phase 3 to phase 5.
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/339/aug25_2/b3391
Results
The overall willingness to accept pre-pandemic H5N1 vaccine was only 28.4% in the first survey, conducted at WHO influenza pandemic alert phase 3. No significant changes in the level of willingness to accept pre-pandemic H5N1 vaccine were observed despite the escalation to alert phase 5. The willingness to accept pre-pandemic H1N1 vaccine was 47.9% among healthcare workers when the WHO alert level was at phase 5. The most common reasons for an intention to accept were "wish to be protected" and "following health authority’s advice." The major barriers identified were fear of side effects and doubts about efficacy. More than half of the respondents thought nurses should be the first priority group to receive the vaccines. The strongest positive associating factors were history of seasonal influenza vaccination and perceived risk of contracting the infection.
Conclusions
The willingness to accept pre-pandemic influenza vaccination was low, and no significant effect was observed with the change in WHO alert level. Further studies are required to elucidate the root cause of the low intention to accept pre-pandemic vaccination.
Half Of OK Doctors Will Refuse H1N1 Shot
Two separate polls of general practitioners in Britain have revealed that one in two doctors have severe reservations over the safety of the H1N1 flu vaccine, raising serious questions over the government's planned mass vaccination program.
A poll of doctors for Pulse magazine found that 49% would reject the vaccine with 9% still undecided.
56 of 115 GPs surveyed said they did not intend to receive the shot, according to the UK's leading medical weekly publication for health professionals.[1]
A second poll conducted by Göteborgs-Posten magazine reveals that up to 60% of GPs have severe doubts over the proposed vaccine. Of 216 GPs surveyed, 29% say they will outright refuse to be vaccinated, while a further 29% remain unsure. Only 41% of doctors said they would definitely take the shot. [2]
[1] http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=35&storycode=4123491&c=2
[2] http://www.healthcarerepublic.com//news/index.cfm?fuseaction=HCR.News.GP.LatestNews.Article&nNewsID=928737&sHashCode=#AddComment
Dr. Russell Blaylock: Vaccine May Be More Dangerous Than Swine Flu
Naturally, vaccine manufacturers have been in a competitive battle to produce the first vaccine. The main contenders have been Baxter Pharmaceuticals and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, the latter of which recently acquired the scandal-ridden Chiron vaccine company. Both of these companies have had agreements with the World Health Organization to produce a pandemic vaccine.
The Baxter vaccine, called Celvapan, has had fast track approval. It uses a new vero cell technology, which utilizes cultured cells from the African green monkey. This same animal tissue transmits a number of vaccine-contaminating viruses, including the HIV virus.
The Baxter company has been associated with two deadly scandals. The first event occurred in 2006 when hemophiliac components were contaminated with HIV virus and injected in tens of thousands of people, including thousands of children. Baxter continued to release the HIV contaminated vaccine even after the contamination was known.
The second event occurred recently when it was discovered that Baxter had released a seasonal flu vaccine containing the bird flu virus, which would have produced a real world pandemic, to 18 countries. Fortunately, astute lab workers in the Czech Republic discovered the deadly combination and blew the whistle before a worldwide disaster was unleashed.
Despite these two deadly events, WHO maintains an agreement with Baxter Pharmaceuticals to produce the world’s pandemic vaccine. Novartis, the second contender, also has an agreement with WHO for a pandemic vaccine. Novartis appears to have won the contract, since their vaccine is near completion. What is terrifying is that these pandemic vaccines contain ingredients, called immune adjuvants that a number of studies have shown cause devastating autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and lupus.
Animal studies using this adjuvant have found them to be deadly. A study using 14 guinea pigs found that when they were injected with the special adjuvant, only one animal survived. A repeat of the study found the same deadly outcome.
So, what is this deadly ingredient? It is called squalene, a type of oil. The Chiron company, maker of the deadly anthrax vaccine, makes an adjuvant called MF-59 which contains two main ingredients of concern—squalene and gp120. A number of studies have shown that squalene can trigger all of the above-mentioned autoimmune diseases when injected.
The MF-59 adjuvant has been used in several vaccines. These vaccines, including tetanus and diphtheria, are the same vaccines frequently associated with adverse reactions.
I reviewed a number of studies on this adjuvant and found something quite interesting. Several studies done on human test subjects found MF-59 to be a very safe immune adjuvant. But when I checked to see who did these studies, I found—to no surprise—that they were done by the Novartis Pharmaceutical Company and Chiron Pharmaceutical Company, which have merged. They were all published in “prestigious” medical journals. Also, to no surprise, a great number of studies done by independent laboratories and research institutions all found a strong link between MF-59 and autoimmune diseases.
Squalene in vaccines has been strongly linked to the Gulf War Syndrome. On August 1991, Anthony Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs admitted that soldiers vaccinated with the anthrax vaccine from 1990 to 1991 had an increased risk of 200 percent in developing the deadly disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig’s disease. The soldiers also suffered from a number of debilitating and life-shortening diseases, such as polyarteritis nodosa, multiple sclerosis (MS), lupus, transverse myelitis (a neurological disorder caused by inflammation of the spinal cord), endocarditis (inflammation of the heart’s inner lining), optic neuritis with blindness and glomerulonephritis (a type of kidney disease).
Because squalene, the main ingredient in MF-59, can induce hyperimmune responses and induce autoimmunity, a real danger exists for prolonged activation of the brain’s immune cells, the microglia. This type of prolonged activation has been strongly associated with such diseases as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, ALS and possibly vaccine-related encephalitis. It has been shown that activation of the systemic immune system, as occurs with vaccination, rapidly activates the brain’s microglia at the same time, and this brain inflammation can persist for long periods.
So, how would the gp120 get into the brain? Studies of other immune adjuvants using careful tracer techniques have shown that they routinely enter the brain following vaccination. What most people do not know, even the doctors who recommend the vaccines, is that most such studies by pharmaceutical companies observe the patients for only one to two weeks following vaccination—these types of reactions may take months or even years to manifest.
It is obvious that the vaccine manufacturers stand to make billions of dollars in profits from this WHO/government-promoted pandemic. Novartis, the maker of the new pandemic vaccine, recently announced that they would not give free vaccines to impoverished nations—everybody pays.
One must keep in mind that once the vaccine is injected, there is little you can do to protect yourself—at least by conventional medicine. It will mean a lifetime of crippling illness and early death.
Sibel Edmonds Testimony Released To Public
Sibel Deniz Edmonds is a Turkish-American former FBI translator and founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC).
Edmonds was fired from her position as a language specialist at the FBI's Washington Field Office in March, 2002, after she accused a colleague of covering up illicit activity involving foreign nationals, alleging serious acts of security breaches, cover-ups, and intentional blocking of intelligence which, she contended, presented a danger to the United States' security.
Since that time, court proceedings on her whistleblower claims have been blocked by the assertion of State Secrets Privilege. On March 29, 2006, she was awarded the PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award in recognition of her defense of free speech as it applies to the written word.
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2009/08/25/sibel-edmonds-testimony/
Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI-contract translator under a gag order for her whistleblowing, has testified under oath numerous times – in secret. She has told much of her story in bits and pieces appearing in articles, interviews and .jpg files over the years, but, for whatever technical reasons, she was finally allowed, on August 8, to talk openly about what she knows despite the “state’s secrets” doctrine – all under oath, at one time and place, and for the public record.
Let’s take a look at what was so important that the previous administration turned their own employee into the “most gagged person in U.S. history.”
A brief summary, the full video and transcript [.pdf] are now available at BradBlog.com.
Edmonds was fired from her position as a language specialist at the FBI's Washington Field Office in March, 2002, after she accused a colleague of covering up illicit activity involving foreign nationals, alleging serious acts of security breaches, cover-ups, and intentional blocking of intelligence which, she contended, presented a danger to the United States' security.
Since that time, court proceedings on her whistleblower claims have been blocked by the assertion of State Secrets Privilege. On March 29, 2006, she was awarded the PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award in recognition of her defense of free speech as it applies to the written word.
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2009/08/25/sibel-edmonds-testimony/
Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI-contract translator under a gag order for her whistleblowing, has testified under oath numerous times – in secret. She has told much of her story in bits and pieces appearing in articles, interviews and .jpg files over the years, but, for whatever technical reasons, she was finally allowed, on August 8, to talk openly about what she knows despite the “state’s secrets” doctrine – all under oath, at one time and place, and for the public record.
Let’s take a look at what was so important that the previous administration turned their own employee into the “most gagged person in U.S. history.”
A brief summary, the full video and transcript [.pdf] are now available at BradBlog.com.
Russian General: "US is repeating our mistake"
http://www.russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-08-20/afghanistan-us-drug-trafficking.html
Russia Today:
What’s the difference, what is their mistake?
Gen. Mahmut Gareev:
They’re repeating our mistake. NATO forces are very difficult to manage. Six months ago they made a decision to move one squadron from the north of Afghanistan to the south where the British troops are stationed. Half a year later – the decision has been made, but the squadron still remains where they were before. Actually, they themselves admit that if drugs were smuggled past them, they wouldn’t interfere.
When I was there in 1989 and 1990, the production of drugs almost ceased, apart from in certain areas. Since then, it has increased by 44 per cent. And all of the drug traffic goes through the city of Osh where we want to establish our base, Termes or other places.
90 per cent of drugs from Afghanistan go to former Soviet republics. 80 per cent of the world’s drugs are produced in Afghanistan. They’ve outdone the South American countries, such as Columbia. Thirty thousand young people in Russia die from drug use every year. And, sadly, some of the leaders of the CIS countries don’t really want to interfere. In other words, there are too many people who make money on this.
I don’t make anything up. Americans themselves admit that drugs are often transported out of Afghanistan on American planes. Drug trafficking in Afghanistan brings them about 50 billion dollars a year – which fully covers the expenses tied to keeping their troops there. Essentially, they are not going to interfere and stop the production of drugs.
They engage in military action only when they are attacked. They don’t have any planned military action to eliminate the Mujahideen. Rather, they want to make the situation more unstable and help the Taliban to be more active. They even started negotiations with them, trying to direct them to the Central-Asian republics, to destabilize the whole region and set up their bases there.
Russia Today:
What’s the difference, what is their mistake?
Gen. Mahmut Gareev:
They’re repeating our mistake. NATO forces are very difficult to manage. Six months ago they made a decision to move one squadron from the north of Afghanistan to the south where the British troops are stationed. Half a year later – the decision has been made, but the squadron still remains where they were before. Actually, they themselves admit that if drugs were smuggled past them, they wouldn’t interfere.
When I was there in 1989 and 1990, the production of drugs almost ceased, apart from in certain areas. Since then, it has increased by 44 per cent. And all of the drug traffic goes through the city of Osh where we want to establish our base, Termes or other places.
90 per cent of drugs from Afghanistan go to former Soviet republics. 80 per cent of the world’s drugs are produced in Afghanistan. They’ve outdone the South American countries, such as Columbia. Thirty thousand young people in Russia die from drug use every year. And, sadly, some of the leaders of the CIS countries don’t really want to interfere. In other words, there are too many people who make money on this.
I don’t make anything up. Americans themselves admit that drugs are often transported out of Afghanistan on American planes. Drug trafficking in Afghanistan brings them about 50 billion dollars a year – which fully covers the expenses tied to keeping their troops there. Essentially, they are not going to interfere and stop the production of drugs.
They engage in military action only when they are attacked. They don’t have any planned military action to eliminate the Mujahideen. Rather, they want to make the situation more unstable and help the Taliban to be more active. They even started negotiations with them, trying to direct them to the Central-Asian republics, to destabilize the whole region and set up their bases there.
Monday, August 24, 2009
It's Really Time That We Investigate Bankers At Goldman Sachs
Higher-ups from Goldman Sachs have jumped between their positions at the "too big to fail" bank and our government for awhile now, and the general public has always been encouraged to pay no attention...I think it's time for a change.
It's now widely accepted that Hank Paulson let Lehman Brothers fail while giving AIG billions to pay off Goldman, to which AIG owed $13 Billion. In a new article in Rolling Stone Magazine, journalist Matt Tabbi takes an in-depth look at the story behind AIG.
“The reality is that the worldwide economic meltdown and the bailout that followed were together a kind of revolution, a coup d’état. They cemented and formalized a political trend that has been snowballing for decades: the gradual takeover of the government by a small class of connected insiders, who used money to control elections, buy influence and systematically weaken financial regulations.”How she did it was by gaming Wall Street, trying to anticipate moves of analysts before they were made, and placing big bets on the direction that analysts were going to go. That way, she said, you always had an edge, you never owned anything idly, and you always had an exit strategy...Karen explained to me that the analyst game was a game of sponsorship. Analysts like to get behind stocks and bull them. You have to get in on the ground floor when they start their sponsorship campaign. If Merrill is the sponsor of a stock, it could be good for 5 points. If Goldman sponsored something, it could be good for 10. You want to buy something and flip it—sell it immediately—into the sponsorship. That’s the only sure thing on Wall Street.When I asked her how we could find out about all of these wonderful things when I was jut a little hedge fund manager, she said one word: ‘commish.’… Commissions, she explained, determined what you are told, what you will know, and how much you can find out. If you do a massive amount of commission business, analysts will return your calls, brokers will work for you, and you will get plenty of ideas to make money, on both a short- and long-term basis… Commissions greased everything.
Political Expression Double Standard (Obama Joker)
So, apparently the "left" loves free speech so much, that it's justifiable to charge a 17 year-old with a felony for putting images critical of Obama on stop signs...
But Shepard Fairey can put his pro-Obama posters on stop signs, and Obama is appreciative..
Oh, and Shepard Fairey has already been arrested 14 times for outstanding warrants...
A Florida teenager could face felony vandalism charges for allegedly gluing posters depicting President Obama as the Joker onto public property.
Clermont, Fla., Police Capt. Eric Jensen said the state attorney will review evidence to determine whether to charge the unidentified teenager with gluing "dozens" of the posters last week to the city's light poles, public and private buildings, bridge overpasses, road signs and a mailbox.
Jensen said damage to city property exceeded $800, and it cost roughly $200 to remove the adhesive that was used to affix the poster to the mailbox.
"If he hadn't glued them, we wouldn't be having this discussion," Jensen said. "[The adhesive] didn't come off the road signs."
If convicted of felony vandalism, the teenager could face a maximum of five years in jail.
But Shepard Fairey can put his pro-Obama posters on stop signs, and Obama is appreciative..
"I would like to thank you for using your talent in support of my campaign. The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can help change the status quo. Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a stop sign."
Messages. Images. Effect. Someone understands phenomenology. And the thing about stop signs? "He's kind of endorsing graffiti," Fairey says, "isn't he?"
Oh, and Shepard Fairey has already been arrested 14 times for outstanding warrants...
Friday, August 21, 2009
Obama's Kooky Conspiracy Theorist Czar
It just keeps coming and coming about this guy.
John Holdren is advisor to President Barack Obama for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST.
John Holdren is advisor to President Barack Obama for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST.
He is also an admitted neo-Malthusian.
If you are an oblivious Obamadrone, you might not remember that this guy wrote a book in the 70's that dealt with population control via forced abortion/forced birth control and others, as well as advocating blanketing the planet with chemtrails. Crazy stuff, right?
During a keynote address before a gathering of Goldman Sachs luminaries on ‘Energy, Environment and the Financial Markets’ in 2007, Holdren proposed several options to “combat climate change”.
The most remarkable of which include (page 43) “ “Scrub” greenhouse gases from the atmosphere technologically” and “ “Geo-engineering” to create cooling effects offsetting greenhouse heating.”
As we know, it is not the first time Holdren proposed spraying the atmosphere. The interesting thing regarding his PowerPoint presentation before the international bankers, is that it preceded his statements in favor of geo-engineering in 2009 and the subsequent outrage, which ultimately caused him to back-pedal on his proposals.
Despite the controversy, Holdren maintained at a MIT-seminar that the geo-engineering option should not be discarded. The elitist Counsel on Foreign Relations wholeheartedly agrees with him. In the course of 2008, the CFR held several workshops dedicated to ‘Planetary Scale Geoenigineering’ efforts after painting the environmental situation as being direr than the facts suggest.Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Who Is Funding The Taliban? US, of course...
The article by Jean MacKenzie originally appeared in GlobalPost. This is part of a special series by GlobalPost called Life, Death and The Taliban. Click here for a related article Funding the Pakistani Taliban.
KABUL — It is the open secret no one wants to talk about, the unwelcome truth that most prefer to hide. In Afghanistan, one of the richest sources of Taliban funding is the foreign assistance coming into the country.
Virtually every major project includes a cut for the insurgents. Call it protection money, or as the Taliban call it, “spoils of war,” the fact remains that international donors, primarily the United States, are to a large extent financing their own enemy.
“Everyone knows this is going on,” said one U.S. Embassy official, speaking privately.
Mullah Abdul Salaam Zaeef, former Taliban minister to Pakistan said “The Taliban does not have many expenses, they are barefoot and hungry, with no roof over their heads and a stone for their pillow.” “Afghanistan is full of guns,” he said. “We have enough guns for years.”
Up until quite recently, most experts thought that drug money accounted for the bulk of Taliban funding. But even here opinion was divided on actual amounts. Some reports gauged the total annual income at between $100 million and $300 million — still a small fraction of the $4 billion poppy industry.
Now administration officials have launched a search for Taliban sponsors. U.S. special envoy Holbrooke told a press conference in Islamabad last month that drugs accounted for less of a share of Taliban coffers than was previously thought.
“In the past there was a kind of feeling that the money all came from drugs in Afghanistan,” said Holbrooke, “That is simply not true.”
The new feeling is that less than half of the Taliban’s war chest comes from poppy.
KABUL — It is the open secret no one wants to talk about, the unwelcome truth that most prefer to hide. In Afghanistan, one of the richest sources of Taliban funding is the foreign assistance coming into the country.
Virtually every major project includes a cut for the insurgents. Call it protection money, or as the Taliban call it, “spoils of war,” the fact remains that international donors, primarily the United States, are to a large extent financing their own enemy.
“Everyone knows this is going on,” said one U.S. Embassy official, speaking privately.
Mullah Abdul Salaam Zaeef, former Taliban minister to Pakistan said “The Taliban does not have many expenses, they are barefoot and hungry, with no roof over their heads and a stone for their pillow.” “Afghanistan is full of guns,” he said. “We have enough guns for years.”
Up until quite recently, most experts thought that drug money accounted for the bulk of Taliban funding. But even here opinion was divided on actual amounts. Some reports gauged the total annual income at between $100 million and $300 million — still a small fraction of the $4 billion poppy industry.
Now administration officials have launched a search for Taliban sponsors. U.S. special envoy Holbrooke told a press conference in Islamabad last month that drugs accounted for less of a share of Taliban coffers than was previously thought.
“In the past there was a kind of feeling that the money all came from drugs in Afghanistan,” said Holbrooke, “That is simply not true.”
The new feeling is that less than half of the Taliban’s war chest comes from poppy.
The Sad Reality Of The Occupation Of Afghanistan
Obama propped himself up in the beginning as the anti-war Democrat candidate and misled the American people that believed they were voting against everything that the Bush years were about.
Unable to keep the full deception going forever, Obama began campaigning that "there is no military solution in Iraq" and played down his plan to escalate the war in Afghanistan once once he found his base.
Now...top government officials from the United States and other coalition members, such as Britain as well as other top NATO officers are admitting that the commitment Obama made in Afghanistan will be a long one.
The man who campaigned on being the anti-Bush will now carry out a longer and more expensive war than Bush himself.
Analysts Expect Long-Term, Costly U.S. Campaign in Afghanistan
Gates: Afghan Occupation to Take “A Few Years"
General Sir David Richards: Afghanistan will take 40 years
Gates: It's A "Mystery" How Long US Forces Will Be In Afghanistan
General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff, has said British forces could remain committed to operations in Afghanistan for another five years.
NATO general sees long fight in Afghanistan.
Unable to keep the full deception going forever, Obama began campaigning that "there is no military solution in Iraq" and played down his plan to escalate the war in Afghanistan once once he found his base.
Now...top government officials from the United States and other coalition members, such as Britain as well as other top NATO officers are admitting that the commitment Obama made in Afghanistan will be a long one.
The man who campaigned on being the anti-Bush will now carry out a longer and more expensive war than Bush himself.
Analysts Expect Long-Term, Costly U.S. Campaign in Afghanistan
Gates: Afghan Occupation to Take “A Few Years"
General Sir David Richards: Afghanistan will take 40 years
Gates: It's A "Mystery" How Long US Forces Will Be In Afghanistan
General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff, has said British forces could remain committed to operations in Afghanistan for another five years.
NATO general sees long fight in Afghanistan.
Big Giveaways In White House Deal With PhRMA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/13/internal-memo-confirms-bi_n_258285.html
A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-ranging deal that both parties have been denying over the past week.
The memo, which according to a knowledgeable health care lobbyist was prepared by a person directly involved in the negotiations, lists exactly what the White House gave up, and what it got in return.
It says the White House agreed to oppose any congressional efforts to use the government's leverage to bargain for lower drug prices or import drugs from Canada -- and also agreed not to pursue Medicare rebates or shift some drugs from Medicare Part B to Medicare Part D, which would cost Big Pharma billions in reduced reimbursements.
In exchange, the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA) agreed to cut $80 billion in projected costs to taxpayers and senior citizens over ten years. Or, as the memo says: "Commitment of up to $80 billion, but not more than $80 billion."
A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-ranging deal that both parties have been denying over the past week.
The memo, which according to a knowledgeable health care lobbyist was prepared by a person directly involved in the negotiations, lists exactly what the White House gave up, and what it got in return.
It says the White House agreed to oppose any congressional efforts to use the government's leverage to bargain for lower drug prices or import drugs from Canada -- and also agreed not to pursue Medicare rebates or shift some drugs from Medicare Part B to Medicare Part D, which would cost Big Pharma billions in reduced reimbursements.
In exchange, the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA) agreed to cut $80 billion in projected costs to taxpayers and senior citizens over ten years. Or, as the memo says: "Commitment of up to $80 billion, but not more than $80 billion."
New Afghan Law Allows Men to Starve Wives If They Refuse Sex
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/17/headlines#6
In other news from Afghanistan, a new law has gone into effect that allows a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex.
The law also prohibits women from working without their husband’s permission.
Critics of the bill have accused President Karzai of selling out Afghan women for the sake of support from conservative Shiites in this week’s election.
The bill also grants guardianship of children exclusively to their fathers and grandfathers, and it effectively allows a rapist to avoid prosecution by paying “blood money” to a girl who was injured when he raped her.
I'm so glad Obama is spending so much money and making such a huge, long-term commitment in Afghanistan and protecting all of our freedoms back here at home.
These heathens need to be dominated and taught civility, no matter what the cost!
Go Obama!
In other news from Afghanistan, a new law has gone into effect that allows a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex.
The law also prohibits women from working without their husband’s permission.
Critics of the bill have accused President Karzai of selling out Afghan women for the sake of support from conservative Shiites in this week’s election.
The bill also grants guardianship of children exclusively to their fathers and grandfathers, and it effectively allows a rapist to avoid prosecution by paying “blood money” to a girl who was injured when he raped her.
I'm so glad Obama is spending so much money and making such a huge, long-term commitment in Afghanistan and protecting all of our freedoms back here at home.
These heathens need to be dominated and taught civility, no matter what the cost!
Go Obama!
Obama Pathetically Defends The Indefensible.
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/18/headlines#4
Obama Defends Escalation of War in Afghanistan
On Monday, President Barack Obama defended his escalation of the war in Afghanistan, saying it was "a war worth fighting.” Obama spoke at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Phoenix.
President Obama: “As I said when I announced this strategy, there will be more difficult days ahead. The insurgency in Afghanistan didn’t just happen overnight, and we won’t defeat it overnight. This will not be quick nor easy. But we must never forget, this is not a war of choice, this is a war of necessity. Those who attacked America on 9/11 are plotting to do so again.
If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven from which al-Qaeda would plot to kill more Americans. So this is not only a war worth fighting. This is fundamental to the defense of our people.”
The Taliban are plotting another attack?
Obama got the memo "Taliban Determined To Strike In US From Their Caves And Villages 8,000 Miles Away" ?
And then, if you follow the link, the story right below it is priceless!
Seriously, Obamadrones...how much more proof do you need before you realize that this guy is nothing more than a scam artist?
It might not be HIS scam, but he's the titular figurehead right now.
Obama Defends Escalation of War in Afghanistan
On Monday, President Barack Obama defended his escalation of the war in Afghanistan, saying it was "a war worth fighting.” Obama spoke at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Phoenix.
President Obama: “As I said when I announced this strategy, there will be more difficult days ahead. The insurgency in Afghanistan didn’t just happen overnight, and we won’t defeat it overnight. This will not be quick nor easy. But we must never forget, this is not a war of choice, this is a war of necessity. Those who attacked America on 9/11 are plotting to do so again.
If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven from which al-Qaeda would plot to kill more Americans. So this is not only a war worth fighting. This is fundamental to the defense of our people.”
The Taliban are plotting another attack?
Obama got the memo "Taliban Determined To Strike In US From Their Caves And Villages 8,000 Miles Away" ?
And then, if you follow the link, the story right below it is priceless!
Seriously, Obamadrones...how much more proof do you need before you realize that this guy is nothing more than a scam artist?
It might not be HIS scam, but he's the titular figurehead right now.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Poll: Health Care Town Hall Protests Are Acceptable
Not only is it good that the protesters are being vindicated, but that the vindication only serves as an example to the discredit of the mainstream media which tows the government line.
http://people-press.org/reports/questionnaires/535.pdf
(Page 13, the last page)
ASK IF Q.5c=1,2 [N=846]:
Q.6 From what you’ve seen and heard, do you think the way people are protesting at town hall meetings over health care reform is appropriate or inappropriate?
61 Appropriate
34 Inappropriate
5 Don’t know/Refused (VOL.)
http://people-press.org/reports/questionnaires/535.pdf
(Page 13, the last page)
ASK IF Q.5c=1,2 [N=846]:
Q.6 From what you’ve seen and heard, do you think the way people are protesting at town hall meetings over health care reform is appropriate or inappropriate?
61 Appropriate
34 Inappropriate
5 Don’t know/Refused (VOL.)
Netanyahu Major Force Behind 'Birthers'
Netanyahu behind Obama birth rumors: Report
The Israeli government has allegedly used its influence in American politics to strengthen the rumors about US President Barack Obama's birthplace.
On Monday, well-known investigative journalist Wayne Madsen said Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's entrenched alliance with the America-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), various neoconservative groups and fundamentalist Christian organizations had made it "very easy for him to bring this whole canard back" about allegations that Obama has been born in Kenya rather than the United States.
"And it looks like he has done that as a way to put political pressure and try to tip Obama off his high favorability ratings at the present time," he added.
The Constitution bars people born outside the US from running for president. Obama's birthplace has been verified as Hawaii by the island state's Health Department and the president has presented his birth certificate online.
The claimants to the contrary, called 'birthers', are lead by California attorney Orly Taitz who has filed in the federal court Kenyan papers, which certify that Obama is Kenyan-born.
The Washington-based journalist said that "just after this fake birth certificate came out, she [Taitz] pops up in Tel Aviv two days later."
"She is originally from Moldova, very closely tied to Likud, Netanyahu and also Foreign Minister (Avigdor Lieberman) who is also a native of Moldova," he told Russia Today.
Asked about the Israeli motive for the move, the Washington-based journalist said "The Netanyahu government is very upset with Obama over the Obama administration's insistence that there be a freeze on settlements including in East Jerusalem [al-Quds]. So that couples with the reticence of the Obama administration to take any military action against Iran, which Netanyahu's government favors, has brought this old story back to life."
The Israeli government has allegedly used its influence in American politics to strengthen the rumors about US President Barack Obama's birthplace.
On Monday, well-known investigative journalist Wayne Madsen said Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's entrenched alliance with the America-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), various neoconservative groups and fundamentalist Christian organizations had made it "very easy for him to bring this whole canard back" about allegations that Obama has been born in Kenya rather than the United States.
"And it looks like he has done that as a way to put political pressure and try to tip Obama off his high favorability ratings at the present time," he added.
The Constitution bars people born outside the US from running for president. Obama's birthplace has been verified as Hawaii by the island state's Health Department and the president has presented his birth certificate online.
The claimants to the contrary, called 'birthers', are lead by California attorney Orly Taitz who has filed in the federal court Kenyan papers, which certify that Obama is Kenyan-born.
The Washington-based journalist said that "just after this fake birth certificate came out, she [Taitz] pops up in Tel Aviv two days later."
"She is originally from Moldova, very closely tied to Likud, Netanyahu and also Foreign Minister (Avigdor Lieberman) who is also a native of Moldova," he told Russia Today.
Asked about the Israeli motive for the move, the Washington-based journalist said "The Netanyahu government is very upset with Obama over the Obama administration's insistence that there be a freeze on settlements including in East Jerusalem [al-Quds]. So that couples with the reticence of the Obama administration to take any military action against Iran, which Netanyahu's government favors, has brought this old story back to life."
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