[ … leaving only one standing ] ELEANOR HALL: The United States Congress has put forward legislation that would overhaul the financial system and if necessary break up firms that pose a threat to the world’s biggest economy. The proposed crackdown, which comes 18 months after the collapse of Lehman […]
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(This from the -fucking- TimesOnline) Up to 50,000 security personnel were deployed in and around Bangkok yesterday to prevent demonstrators paralysing the city this weekend and toppling the Government. Sian Powell, Wang Noi Times Online March 15, 2010 The regime is braced for unrest, and has prepared water cannon, sound-wave […]
A top priority on the neoconservative agenda for America is the privatization of social services, and their education initiatives have succeeded in gutting many public schools across the nation. [ privatization : one of the dumbest ideas in human history ever come up with ever in human history – ever […]
Japan is to improve access to water supplies in rural communities in the West Bank, following the donation of 193,960 US dollars for two projects on Tuesday. Through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP), Japan will provide funding for a cisterns project in Hebron and the rehabilitation […]
Maidhc Ó Cathail names and shames the top 19 politicians, academics and policy makers – all con men and all Zionists – who lied and conspired to steer the US towards aggression against the Iraqi people. [ Iraq War Casualties ] This month marks the seventh anniversary of the invasion […]
[ will be interesting to see if this goes anywhere – Israeli border expansion through settlements is at the heart of this conflict. ] Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday about the state of the U.S.-Israeli relationship, demanding that Israel take immediate […]
An overwhelming majority of Americans wants Wall Street subjected to tougher regulation in the aftermath of the bank bailout and the bonus scandals that have rocked the U.S. financial sector, according to a Harris poll released on Thursday.
Thinking is cool again here in Iceland, after the Night´s party is over and the Morning light has come with a throbbing headache. The Icelandic People Scored a Victory in the Struggle for Democracy But there is still a long way to go. The referendum for or against taking over the […]