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Rogers: Abolish The IMF & World Bank
In an interview with Sir David Frost on Al Jazeera television, veteran
investor Jim Rogers pinned the blame for the economic crisis squarely
at the feet of the Federal Reserve, and said that the World Bank and
the IMF should be abolished, not given more power, if a recovery is
to be made.
Japan’s
Economy in Biggest Dive Since 1974
Japan’s economy shrank in the last quarter by its most since the
first oil crisis in 1974, hit by an unprecedented slump in exports,
which is likely to lead to more calls for extra stimulus.
David
Miliband’s ‘deceit’ over Guantanamo Bay torture claims
David Miliband was yesterday accused of an ‘outrageous deception’
after it emerged that his department engineered a threat from the U.S.
which helped suppress torture allegations that might embarrass the British
government.
Justice
Department probe blasts Bush lawyers over ‘torture’ memos
Ex-Bush administration lawyers who crafted the legal framework for waterboarding
and other interrogation tactics – and assert that they do not
constitute torture – may be on the verge of a bit of legal trouble
themselves.
Crisis
raises risk of social unrest in Asia The global economic crisis heightens the potential for social
unrest in Asia, where millions of people suddenly out of work will demand
governments take swift and decisive action, analysts say.
Staged
terrorism book featured in german mass media
Daniele Ganser, scientist at the University of Basel lectures in several
issues around 9/11 and is an important and credible voice in spreading
the truth, especially about World Trade Center 7. His talks are very
well visited and famous.
Sirens
go off in Israel for war on Iran
An Israeli defense strategy report for 2009 has tasked the military
with making preliminary preparations for launching a war against
Iran.
Obama
Supporting Neo-Con: Why Don’t We Gas Holocaust Deniers?
The main claim of Holocaust deniers, which ‘backs up’
their denial as it were, is that there were no gas chambers and
that they did not work, so Jews could not have been killed, and
therefore there was no Holocaust and it’s all Jewish propaganda.
Who
Remembers Guns and Butter?
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s policy of Great Society spending
and Vietnam War is credited with the rising American inflation that
persisted until checked by President Reagan’s supply-side
policy.
Former
astronaut speaks out on global warming
Former astronaut Harrison Schmitt, who walked on the moon and once
served New Mexico in the U.S. Senate, doesn’t believe that
humans are causing global warming.
Democrat
Proposes Law Requiring Firearm Owners Have $1,000,000 Insurance
Policies
Illinois — the land of Obama and the Blagojevich mafia —
is serious about making the Second Amendment so expensive only the
rich will be able to exercise it. Kenneth Dunkin, a former social
worker and Democrat member of the Illinois House of Representatives,
has introduced HB0687, entitled the “Firearm Owners ID-Insurance”
bill. It is currently in the Rules Committee.
British,
French nuclear subs crash in Atlantic
A British and a French submarine, both of them nuclear-powered and
carrying nuclear weapons, collided in the Atlantic Ocean earlier
this month, the Sun newspaper reported on Monday.
Pakistan:
Suspected US Drone Attack Kills 30
At least 30 people have bee killed in Pakistan's Kurram tribal region
on the Afghan border after a suspected US drone fired missiles at
a building used by militants, witnesses and officials said.
Galaxy has ‘billions of Earths’
There could be one hundred billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy,
a US conference has heard.
Naked
man dies after being subdued by deputies in Lakewood
A man who authorities say was running naked through the streets
of Lakewood died after Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies
used pepper spray and Tasers to subdue him, officials said today.
The Great Global Warming Hoax
RAND Wants WWIII to Save US Economy
Paul Watson & Alex Jones - Mumbai Terror Attacks
Paul Joseph Watson: Internet Censorship a Growing Cancer
