Dec 09 2011

Demand for dignity

Bankers are the dictators of the West

By Robert Fisk, Saturday 10 December 2011 … Writing from the very region that produces more clichés per square foot than any other “story” – the Middle East – I should perhaps pause…  [more]

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Dec 06 2011

A lot of gas

U.S.’s Afghan Headache: $400-a-Gallon Gasoline

By Nathan Hodge, December 6, 2011 … OVER EASTERN AFGHANISTAN—Parachuting a barrel of fuel to a remote Afghan base takes sharp flying skills, steady nerves and flawless timing. It also costs a lot of money—up…  [more]

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Dec 05 2011

According to the dictionary

    [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmBnvajSfWU[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmBnvajSfWU Brand new track produced by Red Skull, taken from the highly anticipated album Soundtrack To The Struggle by Lowkey. So, we must ask ourselves, what is the dictionary definition of “terrorism”? The systematic use of terror …  [more]

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Dec 04 2011

The amiable historical mosquito

Phoenician footprints all over Beirut

By Robert Fisk, Saturday 03 December 2011 … I walked down a Phoenician street the other day, built under Persian rule. A bit bumpy and uneven underfoot – like many a street in modern day…  [more]

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Dec 04 2011

You have been warned

The new cyber-industrial complex spying on us

By , Friday 2 December 2011 18.59 EST … We live digital lives now, flitting from Facebook to YouTube, checking our iPhones and BlackBerries, and chatting with our loved ones on…  [more]

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Dec 04 2011

Cowed and compliant

A New York spider gave me an insight into US private healthcare

By , Sunday 4 December 2011 09.30 EST … It started with a spider. Someone with a taste for narrative justice might call it retribution, but…  [more]

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Dec 04 2011

House on fire

The crackdown on Occupy controversy: a rebuttal

By , Friday 2 December 2011 08.43 EST … What a firestorm my Comment is free blog post in the Guardian, “The Shocking News Behind the Crackdown on Occupy”, has…  [more]

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