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Paul: Culprits Of Financial Collapse Should Be Arrested
Congressman Ron Paul says that the people responsible for the economic
crisis should not be hailed as saviors and given more power to fix the
problem that they created, but arrested and criminally prosecuted.
Obama
Caves to the Lobby
On Tuesday morning Director of National Intelligence, Admiral Dennis
Blair, employed the indicative mood in describing the high value that
Chas Freeman, his appointee to head the National Intelligence Council
(NIC), will bring to the job—“his long experience and inventive
mind,” for example. By five o’clock in the afternoon, Freeman
announced that he had asked that his selection “not proceed.”
In
China, Would-Be Protesters Pay a Price
When Ji Sizun heard that the Chinese government had agreed to create
three special zones in Beijing for peaceful public protests during the
2008 Summer Olympics, he celebrated. He said in an interview at the
time that he believed the offer was sincere and represented the beginning
of a new era for human rights in China.
Hersh:
Cheney Ran SS-Style Political Assassination Unit
Award-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh dropped another bombshell
this week when he revealed that former Vice-President Dick Cheney had
his own SS-style political assassination unit that reported directly
to him.
Iraq
shoe thrower jailed for three years
A Baghdad court sentenced an Iraqi reporter who hurled his shoes at
former U.S. President George W. Bush to three years in prison on Thursday,
a verdict critics said was politically motivated.
The
Martial Law Mind-Set
While Archimedes is rightly revered for his many imperishable contributions
to science, he could also be considered the first recorded victim of
lethal police brutality.
Hope,
Change, Progress & The Obama Deception The Obama Deception lays bare the cynical fraud behind the
spell binding image of the new president, a slick front man for
the corporate oligarchs who have seized control of the country from
the shadows.
‘Nightly
News’ Perplexed by TARP-Recipients Lending to Foreign Countries
Global banks lending money to other countries including “the
playground of the Middle East” angered Congressmen, but Lisa
Myers investigation didn’t point out that those critics of
how the banks lent money voted for TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program)
in the first place.
Olbermann:
‘Absurd’ Bush defender ‘had to be stoned’
Former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer’s Wednesday attempts
to spin the Bush presidency on Iraq and the economy were met with
nothing but derision and disdain by MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann
who said Fleischer must have been ‘stoned’ to make such
statements.
45
percent of world’s wealth destroyed: Blackstone CEO
Private equity company Blackstone Group LP CEO Stephen Schwarzman
said on Tuesday that up to 45 percent of the world’s wealth
has been destroyed by the global credit crisis.
‘Sunshade’
global-cooling plan would ruin solar power
Attempts to deal with global warming by putting a particulate “sunshade”
into the atmosphere would have adverse effects on solar power generation,
according to a US federal boffin.
Newmont
CEO sees gold in range of $1,200
Newmont Mining Corp’s (NEM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock
Buzz) new Boddington mine in Australia should produce 300,000 to
500,000 ounces of gold this year and account for almost 20 percent
of the company’s total production by some time next year,
its chief executive said on Wednesday.
Shootings
in Germany, Alabama Underscore Violent Side Effects of Psychiatric
Medications
A 17-year-old former student opened fire near Stuttgart, Germany,
killing at least 16 people. The teenager was a former student at
a Winnenden school, where he initiated the shooting spree. Three
teachers and at least 10 students were killed by his actions. NKorea
to launch satellite in early April: SKorea
North Korea has scheduled a satellite launch for early next month,
South Korean officials said Thursday, as Washington and Seoul told
Pyongyang to scrap what they see as a disguised missile test.
