Posted by msrb on April 4, 2009
A riot police officer stands behind a broken window of a Royal Bank of Scotland branch, near the Bank of England in London April 1, 2009. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty. Image may be subject to copyright.
A woman holds a sign as she demonstrates near the G20 meeting at the ExCel center in London, April 2, 2009. REUTERS/Phil Noble. Image may be subject to copyright.
Demonstrators clash with police during protests near the Bank of England in London April 1, 2009. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty. Image may be subject to copyright.
President Barack Obama (R) takes a drink of water during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London April 1, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed. Image may be subject to copyright.
Police officers clash with protesters during demonstrations opposing the G20 summit in the financial district of the City of London, April 2, 2009. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor. Image may be subject to copyright.
Heads of delegation pose for a family photograph at the G20 summit at the ExCel centre, in east London, April 2, 2009. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez. Image may be subject to copyright.
Police in riot gear stand outside a Royal bank of Scotland branch near the Bank of England in London April 1, 2009. Thousands of demonstrators converged on London’s financial district on Wednesday, chanting “abolish money” and “storm the banks” in a heavily policed protest to coincide with the G20 summit of world leaders. REUTERS/Andrew Winning. Image may be subject to copyright.
Police guard the Bank of England in the City of London on April 1, 2009. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images). Image may be subject to copyright.
A bloodied protester shouts at police near the Bank of England in the City of London on April 1, 2009. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images). Image may be subject to copyright.
People carry an injured demonstrator during a protest near the Bank of England in London April 1, 2009. (REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth). Image may be subject to copyright.
A friendly policeman in riot clothing, teaches a protester a lesson in self defense near the Bank of England, London, April 1, 2009. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images). Image may be subject to copyright.
A protester is bitten by a police dog on April 1, 2009 in London, England. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images). Image may be subject to copyright.
A mannequin dressed as a [banker] is tied to a traffic light and set alight by protesters during an anti G20 demonstration near the Bank of England in London on April 1, 2009. Violent clashes kicked off in London’s financial district late Wednesday after protesters demonstrating against the G20 summit here were penned in by riot police for several hours. (BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images). Image may be subject to copyright.
47-year-old Ian Tomlinson lies on the sidewalk after collapsing near police during a protest in the City of London on April 1, 2009. Tomlinson later died, of an apparent heart attack. It is unclear whether the man, who worked downtown, was taking part in the protest, or was merely passing through. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images). Image may be subject to copyright.
A mass group of anti capitalist and climate change activists converge on the Bank of England as they demonstrate in the City on April 1, 2009 in London. Protesters marched through London demanding action on poverty, climate change and jobs, as world leaders arrive in London ahead of the G20 summit. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images). Image may be subject to copyright.
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Posted by msrb on December 2, 2008
[This is how much I care about the world!] U.S. President George W. Bush gestures in a conversation with Pastor Rick Warren during the Saddleback Civil Forum on Global Health during World AIDS day in Washington December 1, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES). Image may be subject to copyright.
Lying through his teeth, as usual, George W. Bush told ABC “World News” that “The biggest regret of all the presidency has to have been the intelligence failure in Iraq,” that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and that “he was unprepared for war when he took office.”
“I think I was unprepared for war. In other words, I didn’t campaign and say, ‘Please vote for me, I’ll be able to handle an attack’,” Bush said. “I didn’t anticipate war.”
Why didn’t you pull the troops out of Iraq, once it was common knowledge that the intelligence was phony?
That would have compromised his principles, he said. “It was a tough call, particularly, since a lot of people were advising for me to get out of Iraq, or pull back in Iraq.”
[There are about 164,000 U.S. troops in Iraq and at least 32,000 in Afghanistan, and probably twice as many contractors as the number of troops in each country.]
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Posted by msrb on November 22, 2008
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A friend of mine often quotes the following about our two-party political system:
“It’s just like the mafia, you can call the Democrats the Genoveses and the Republicans the Gambinos. They all treat it like it’s one big craps game, and while they might shoot each other once in a while, any time the whole game is threatened they circle the wagons to protect it.” ~ Michael Ruppert in “America: Freedom to Fascism”
What’s this hullabaloo about Obama’s obsession with selecting Clintonites? What did you expect to come out of the White House?
Walk to any major fast food chain outlet and you’ll get almost exactly the same stuff you got the last time.
The manager and staff at your nearest McDonald’s burger joint change regularly, for example, but a Big Mac is a Big Mac; it would taste like the one you got there the last time.
McDonald’s logos and insignia are registered trade marks of the burger joint chain.
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Posted by terres on November 12, 2008
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Obama’s ‘street cred’ is way down in the negative territory, in spite of being elected as the next US President. Some writers have gone as far as insulting the President-elect by calling him a shabbes goy because of his appointment of Rahm Israel Emanuel and other ‘Likudnik hawks,’ and his pledge of unconditional allegiance to Israel in a speech at the AIPAC conference during his ‘one-horse’ presidential election race.
There’s no easy way to wash off the stigma, if at all. However, the President-elect might find it hard to carry any degree of public trust during his term. And in a fast-changing world there are no guarantees. There’s always the possibility that he may not even finish his presidential term.
Obama Visiting Bush at the White House November 10, 2008. Photo: Reuters. Image may be subject to copyright.
Perhaps. Ironically Barack Obama may be able to earn some credibility by doing nothing! That is by doing nothing to stop the war criminal George Bush, Dick Cheney and the rest of their gang being prosecuted for waging wars of aggression in Afghanistan and Iraq and for committing the crime of genocide and crimes against humanity in the two countries.
And that includes holding back the presidential pardon for those war criminals.
Here’s a test of Obama presidency, or the “Obama ‘Hope and Change’ Test.”
1. If within the first few months of Mr Obama’s term as President, Bush, Cheney and their gang have been successfully indicted for their war crimes,
AND
2. If by then President Obama does nothing to block the justice, including granting presidential pardons to the said war criminals,
Then, and only then, can citizens be assured that there is still some hope [sic] that the system could undergo a positive change!
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