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By Rob Kall
Swedish Justice: Assange Charged With Rape, Then Charges Dropped
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By Robert Parry
Spinning the US Failure in Iraq
Obama Admin Claims End to Combat Operations in Iraq, But
Iraqis See Same War Under a Different Name
The Obama administration says the last combat brigades have left Iraq. Is
this the end of the Iraq war or just a rebranding of the US occupation?
More than 50,000 troops remain in Iraq as well as 4,500 special operations
forces and tens of thousands of private contractors. The US embassy in
Baghdad is the largest in the world--the size of eighty football fields...
(Democracy Now!)
By Diana Lee
Revolution Within to Counter Military Industrial Complex
Article is on how to have a revolution within the military industrial
complex.
By Brent Budowsky
Healthcare Fisaco
Congress completely botched health care for the American people & while
their incompetence is intolerable, it's not too late for the people to fix
the mess.
By Thom Hartmann
Iceland is Exporting the Truth
After Iceland's near-economic collapse exposed deep-rooted corruption, the
country is looking to become a safe haven for journalists and
whistleblowers from all around the world.
By Ellen Brown
HOMEOWNERS' REBELLION: COULD 62 MILLION HOMES BE FORECLOSURE-PROOF?
Over 62 million mortgages are now held in the name of MERS, an electronic
recording system. A California bankruptcy court, following landmark cases
in other jurisdictions, recently held that this electronic shortcut makes
it impossible for banks to establish their ownership of property
titles--and therefore to foreclose on mortgaged properties. The result
could be 62 million homes that are foreclosure-proof.
By Elayne Clift
The Insanity of Our Times
Has America gone mad? From building an Islamic community center to DADT,
from anti-immigration hysteria to widespread corruption, what will it take
to set us right again?
By Kevin Gosztola
5 Videos You Should See This Week (August 21st)
As an OpEdNews Multi-Media Editor, I post five videos each week that I
think you should see. I do not do this to select videos that represent the
top news stories of the week. I pick five videos that I think show
something that may have been underreported or that I think should be seen
and enjoyed.
By Elayne Clift
NEW LEGISLATION, NEW PILL, OLD PROBLEM FOR AMERICAN WOMEN
Pro-life Republican women gain momentum in this year's elections, states
try to stop abortion, and women continue fear for their reproductive
rights.
By Uri Avnery
When You Say No, Or -- Poisonous Mushrooms
In the mouths of our new mini-McCarthys, it has become a simple
denunciation. A post-Zionist is a traitor, an Arab-lover, a lackey of the
enemy, an agent of the sinister world-wide conspiracy to destroy the
Jewish State.
By George
Donnelly
The Tea Party Could Bring Fascism to America
If fascism is coming to America, it's the Tea Party that's bringing it.
Some would have us believe that the Tea Party is anti-government. They're
just anti-this-government. Whenever the Republicans are out of power,
these folks start in on a free market spiel.
Center for Biological Diversity: SLIDESHOW: The Center in
the Gulf
By Jonathan
Cook
The secrets in Israel's archives: Evidence of ethnic cleansing kept
under lock and key
The state's chief archivist says many of the documents "are not fit for
public viewing" and raise doubts about Israel's "adherence to
international law," while the government warns that greater transparency
will "damage foreign relations."
By Dean Baker
When Wall Street Rules, We Get Wall Street Rules
The middle class is getting whacked by the Great Recession. Fifteen
million people are out of work, another 9 million workers can only find
part-time jobs, and millions more have given up looking for work
altogether. Those lucky enough to be employed are unlikely to see any
substantial wage gains for years to come.
By Dave Lefcourt
Mideast Peace Talks Back On, Hamas Not Invited to the Table
"Mideast peace talks back on". Israel's Netanyahu and Palestinian
Authority Pres. Abbas are to begin direct peace talks in Washington toward
a final settlement of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Yet Hamas, the
legitimately elected Palestinian political entity is not at the table. How
do you achieve a lasting settlement leaving out one the entities in the
dispute? How can it possibly succeed?
By Stephen
Lendman
Israeli Academic Freedom at Risk
Free expression in Israel is endangered
By Frank Huzur
Pakistanis Battle Fatal Floodwaters: When the Indus Became the Yellow
River of Sorrow
By David
Michael Green
The Tiger Woods of Nations
America is moral, pious and good at getting physical and making money.
Just like Tiger Woods. Scratch the surface, though, and below the facade
is a whole other story. Just like Tiger Woods.
By Joyce McCloy
Voting News: Shelby CO TN certifies flawed election. Are election audits
worth it? Pac-Man II
Bell, CA may give ballot control to county after investigation into
massive corruption and election fraud...CTVoter: "Greenwich Audit: Is it
worth $1,200?"...Shelby Co TN election board voted 5-0 to certify flawed
election, blaming all problems on a single "human error". Some lawsuits in
the works and TBI is investigating..see "Pay 2 Play - Democracy's high
stakes"..Probe into Philippine's May poll irregularities ongoing..
Latest Articles
By William J. Kelleher, Ph.D.
Nonpartisan Elections in CA, NYC, and the Nation
Nonpartisan election processes may be the best hope for achieving a US
government that is free of duopoly domination. Yet some progressives fail to
see their best interest in this reform measure. What are the pros and cons,
and advantages/disadvantages of nonpartisan elections? Those questions are
discussed in the context of actual practice in California and New York City.
By Curtis Sagmeister
World Domination Lessons From Shampoo
These days, just about every consumer product contains some combination of
ingredients, warnings, and instructions on use. Some such products defy the
intelligence of the user, as evidenced by your typical bottle of shampoo.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat if necessary. Add conditioner. Rinse. But it could be
argued that these instructions properly belong not on shampoo...
By Kevin Gosztola
As Combat Brigades Leave Iraq, NBC News Corporation Helps Pentagon
Manufacture Support for Withdrawal
By Ralph E. Stone
WRAP's 2010 "Without Housing" Update Has Arrived
Affordable housing and ensuring the human right to a home will end the
contemporary crisis of mass homelessness in the U.S.
By Sherwood Ross
Raising a Child With Asperger's Syndrome
The wife of pitching great Curt Schilling, a journalism major in college,
has written a book about her experience raising a child with Asperger's
Syndrome while at the same time she fought a battle with cancer.
By Bob Burnett
The 2010 Elections: What's at Stake?
With the less than three months before the November 2nd elections, the
political parameters are clear. Despite the accomplishments of the 111th
Congress, Democrats are on the defensive and Republicans smell victory.
Regardless of the outcome, it's likely little will change in Washington;
Congress will spend the next two years avoiding America's most pressing
problems.
By Karl Grossman
The Cancer Epidemic: Its Environmental Causes
The World Health Organization is projecting that this year cancer will
become the world's leading cause of death. Why the epidemic of cancer? As
numerous studies have now documented, it is a result of environmental causes
-- toxic substances in the water we drink, the food we eat, the consumer
products we use, the air we breathe.
By Dave Lefcourt
Roger Clemons Indicted on Perjury Charges. Is this What the Justice
Department Should be Focusing On?
The headline read, "Roger Clemons Indicted on Perjury Charges". Is this what
the Justice Dep't should be focusing on? There have been some pretty heinous
decisions made by some really bad people and as a result of those decisions
people were killed, maimed and tortured. The Bush/Cheney mob perpetrated an
illegal war based on lies. Why haven't they been indicted? What Clemons did
is a petty sideshow in comparison.
By Gabriela Segura M.D.
MMS: Miracle Mineral Solution or Trojan Horse? Your Body and DNA Decide
By Chantal Laurent
Dark Controversy Surrounds Miss Haiti 2010 Sarodj Bertin
By Stephen Lendman
Israel's Bogus Construction Moratorium
Israeli illegal settlement construction continues unabated
By Ezili Danto
Douglas Perlitz admits to sexually abusing homeless Haiti boys
By earl ofari hutchinson
No Surprise so Many Think Obama's a Muslim
It's no surprise that so many Americans think that Obama is a Muslim. The
Pew Research Center poll found a big increase in the number of Republicans
that think that. Certainly that was no surprise. And only slight less
surprising the poll found that lots of Democrats and Independents also
think that he's a Muslim.
By Mikhail Lyubansky
A Few Words in Favor of Compassion for the Cruel
By Joyce McCloy
Voting News: Touchscreens recycled as PacMan games.Verified Voting
Internet Voting Pt 1
Florida Voters Coalition encourages citizens to observe poll closing
procedures...Shelby Co TN blames technician for election fiasco, local DEM
party launching own investigation...J. Alex Halderman has found a good use
for touchscreen machines - reprogram them as PacMan consoles...Mason
County WV to volunteer overseas vote for internet vote experiment...Part I
of Verified Voting's new series on concerns with Internet Voting...
By Cenk Uygur
Fox News Comes Out of the Closet
Fox News finally made it official. They are part and parcel of the
Republican Party. They are now the largest donors to the Republican
Governors Association, having given them $1 million dollars. They also
employ three out of the top four Republicans in the Iowa Caucus Poll for GOP
presidential candidates.
By Cathy Lynn Pagano
Pisces-Virgo Full Moon, August 25, 2010
Radical trust is the message of this Pisces Full Moon. The answers to our
questions are all around us. First we have to trust ourselves and then we
need to trust that there is a bigger Cosmic plan than we can see at the
moment. It's a matter of perspective. Belief is the issue -" what areour
real beliefs about life?
By Joan Wile
Gray Panthers Applaud Obama's Vow to Fight Privatization of Social Security
The Gray Panthers support Obama in his vow to fight privatization of Social
Security. They are dedicated to fighting all Republican assaults on the
system, including the unacceptable proposal to raise the eligibilityage to
70.
By Farmers Market New Zealand
Pig With a Taste of Pakeha
Egads! US pork has human genes in it! Why do you have to move to New Zealand
to find that out? That's cannablism, isn't it?
By William Rivers Pitt
Mosques, Muslims and America in Darkness
By Bob Patterson
The Case of the Missing Trend-spotting Story
Why aren't the media explaining how the complete U-turn happened?
By Jacob Freeze
The Blimpie at Ground Zero
By Al Rodbell
Inside the latest California Sex Offender Law
Chelsea's Law. The state of California is close to passing a law that is
aimed at preventing sexual attacks against children, yet because of
distorted reporting designed to enrage the public, it will actually do
just the opposite.
By Tom Engelhardt
Tomgram: Pratap Chatterjee, Manhunters, Inc.
By Monika Mitchell
Rethinking Debt: Deadbeat Creditors
Foreclosure is a continuing tragedy for millions of families. Recent
web/print articles have painted banks as victims & defaulting homeowners
as "deadbeats." One journalist even went so far as to accuse struggling
homeowners of having no "moral values." What does history reveal to us
about the morality of credit & debt? Monika Mitchell examines the truth
behind the "shame of debt" and offers a provocative and unique view.
By Nattavud Pimpa
International business and Beauty Pageants
By Niloufar Parsi
How the US Lost Iraq to Iran
with only a few weeks to go before the stated aim to "withdraw' from iraq,
the us administration is in a bit of a mess. the fog of war and propaganda
have together obscured events in iraq. but in effect, the costly war has
resulted in the americans handing iraq over to iran on a silver platter.
what follows is a description of how this has come about, and how this is
linked to the sanctions.
By Bruce K. Gagnon
PERMANENT WAR ECONOMY
Best News Links from the Web
Wayne Madsen Expose: Obama's CIA Heritage
Arrest warrant for Assange dropped - Europe - Al Jazeera English
Wikileaks Julian Assange was accused by Sweden of sexual assault. But Al
Jazeera reports that arrest warrant for Assange has been dropped. The
warrant was issued following a sexual assault complaint against him. Eva
Finne, Sweden's chief prosecutor, announced that Assange was no longer
wanted. nt had been issued for Assange, Wikileaks responded on
Twittersaying: "We were warned to expect 'dirty tricks.'
How the Fox-Comcast Machine Crushed a Journalist Who Spoke Out Against Bill
O'Reilly
Comcast Corp., Nolan's former employer, meanwhile, is the country's largest
cable operator and residential Internet service provider. Last December, in
a $30 billion deal, Comcast announced plans to take over NBC Universal,
which includes everything from NBC Nightly News and Jay Leno, to cable
channels such as such as MSNBC, Bravo, USA, and Telemundo, the
Spanish-language broadcast network.
Palin's underwhelming ticket sales
A Sarah Palin event next Thursday (Aug. 26) in Florida is being moved to a
smaller venue because of underwhelming ticket sales. "Originally, it was
slated for a 2,936-seat theatre, but now it's been moved to a 609 seat
theatre," GOP 12 writes.
Settlements 'may halt' direct talks
The Palestinian Authority has accepted an invitation from the United States
to resume direct negotiations with Israel, but warned that it will withdraw
if Israel builds more settlements on occupied Palestinian land.
Trader Joe's Protest Produces Distracted Shopping - Billy Wharton
Find out what happens when a marching band and a group of farmworker allies
set up shop in front of a greedy supermarket chain. Shopping distractions
ensue as the Coalition of Immokalee Workers begins its campaign against
Trader Joe's.
EFF to Verizon: Etisalat Certificate Authority Threatens Web Security |
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Dear Verizon, We are writing to request that Verizon investigate the
security and privacy implications of the SSL CA certificate (serial number
0x40003f1) that Cybertrust (now a division of Verizon) issued to Etisalat
on the 19th of December, 2005, and evaluate whether this certificate
should be revoked.
Bob Dylan, the Beat Generation, and Allen Ginsberg's America
The Center for Biological Diversity Taking on BP and Oil Drilling
Blackwater Reaches $42 Million Settlement With U.S.
Blackwater Worldwide, long plagued by accusations of impropriety, has
reached an agreement with the State Department for the company to pay $42
million in fines for hundreds of violations of United States export
control regulations.
Iran to begin fueling nuclear reactor -- and that's good news
Saturday, technicians are scheduled to begin loading low-enriched uranium
fuel supplied by Russia into Iran's first civilian nuclear reactor, and if
all goes smoothly, the Bushehr plant could start producing electricity under
United Nations monitoring late this year or early next.
Family, U.S. offer differing versions of deadly Afghan raid
"He was not Taliban," Omid Ali, 21, said in broken English about his school
friend Aman. "I want to say to President Obama: Afghanistan doesn't have
hostility towards foreign forces, but, these mistakes, that is how they will
be defeated in Afghanistan."
Why the Unfolding Disaster in Pakistan Should Concern You
If you're not moved by the scale of the disaster and its aftermath, consider
that our future security is inextricably bound up with the future for
Pakistan. Of 175 million Pakistanis, some 100 million are under age 25. In
the years ahead they'll either opt for gainful employment or, in its
absence, may choose Islamic extremism.
Hundreds of millions in Katrina funds still unspent
Five years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed more than 200,000 Louisiana
homes, the state program established to help families rebuild still hasn't
paid out more than three-quarters of a billion dollars and has come under
fire from a federal judge for discriminating against black homeowners.
Guestworker Group Exposes Forced Labor in Tennessee
He and 11 other Mexican guestworkers arrived in Smyrna, Tennessee, to work
for a company called Vanderbilt Landscaping. Vanderbilt obtained guestworker
visas by claiming to the U.S. Department of Labor that it could not find a
single American to fill its highway-side landscaping jobs--at a time when
Tennessee suffers a 10.1 percent unemployment rate.
U.S., Afghanistan plan to screen cash at Kabul airport to prevent corruption
Authorities said they intend to eliminate an arrangement that has allowed
top government officials and other well-connected Afghans to board planes --
even while carrying suitcases packed with cash -- without declaring the
transfers or being searched.
Egg Recall Is Expanded Again
By WILLIAM NEUMAN Published: August 20, 2010 Hillandale's announcement did
not say how many eggs were involved, but the number is likely to be in the
millions.
BP's Spill Fund: Facts and Figures
Published: August 20, 2010 Frequently asked questions about the spill fund.
Three US-led troops die in Afghan war
Three US-led soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan where the foreign
presence is experiencing one of its deadliest years since the 2001 invasion.
The US military announced that an American soldier was killed in a similar
incident on Thursday in the same region.
Dan Froomkin: Questions Mount About White House's Overly Rosy Report On Oil
Spill
Target Tries to Buy Election, Artists Respond Theatrically!
In an inspiring artistic response, an unexpected musical performance at a
Target store in Minnesota showcases the power of the arts after the
corporation gave over $150,000 to buy ads supporting a far-right
Republican candidate for governor. See more info and get active at MoveOn
.
Eugene Robinson - President Obama's winning streak
It's hard to remember that the inauguration was just 19 months ago.
Expectations of the new president were absurdly high. If Obama had done back
flips across the Potomac River, when he reached the other side he'd have
faced probing questions about why it was taking him so long to cure cancer,
solve the Arab-Israeli conflict and usher in an age of universal peace and
prosperity.
Iran says might halt high-level uranium enrichment
"We promise to stop enriching uranium to 20 percent purity if we are ensured
fuel supply," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying in the interview. But he
rejected calls for Iran to stop all enrichment, something the U.N. Security
Council has called for. "We have a right to enrich uranium," he was quoted
as saying. "We have never initiated war or wanted nuclear bombs."
Uncertainty, Human Health and a Manhattan-Sized Toxic Soup by Jeffrey Toney
Undersea plumes of crude oil the size of Manhattan may sound like science
fiction, but is a reality that we must face.
Sorting out lies and misremembering, by Bill McClellan, St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Senator (D-VT) Bernie Sanders: Letter to National Commission on Fiscal
Responsibility and Reform
Withdrawal Reports Anger Families and Soldiers Fighting in Iraq
Recent reports have been touting the end of combat operations in Iraq,
saying the last of the combat troops have left, but the reports are
angering some of the tens of thousands of troops who are still there and
will remain there.
Declassified: Massive Israeli Manipulation of US Media Exposed
Files declassified in America have revealed covert public relations and
lobbying activities of Israel in the U.S. The National Archive made the
documents public following a Senate investigation. They suggest Israel has
been trying to shape media coverage of issues it regards as important. Ed
note: See article below video, "The Israel Lobby Swims the Atlantic," by
Grant Smith.
Playing the Never Again Card, Again
The phony intelligence used to induce our March 2005 invasion of Iraq has
been dusted off. This time it's being deployed to take us into Iran. Same
scam. Same storyline. Same fraud-even featuring some of the same players.
Russia Today TV: Declassified: Massive Israeli Manipulation of US Media
Exposed
Israelis and Palestinians to Resume Talks, Officials Say
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to announce Friday
that Israel and the Palestinians will return to direct negotiations for
the first time in 20 months, delivering the Obama administration a small
victory in its protracted effort to revive the Middle East peace process.
Paul Krugman: Appeasing the Bond Gods
Notice how suddenly Republicans lost interest in the budget deficit when
they were challenged about the cost of retaining tax cuts for the wealthy.
But that won't stop them from continuing to pose as deficit hawks whenever
anyone proposes doing something to help the unemployed.
The Purpose Behind Engineered Economic Collapse
Everyone loves money....we have never known anything else.
U.S. Persuades Israel That Iran's Nuclear Threat Is Not Imminent
White House officials said they believe the assessment has dimmed the
prospect that Israel would pre-emptively strike against the country's
nuclear facilities within the next year, as Israeli officials have suggested
in thinly veiled threats.
'Ground Zero mosque': New Yorkers take dim view of rabble-rousing
outsiders
"New York is a very unusual place in its density," explained Howard
Wolfson, the deputy mayor of New York. "I do not think the average person
knows that you would not be able to see Ground Zero from this building,
nor would you be able to see this building from Ground Zero."
Hey! Sarah Palin" Shut Up About Dr. Laura! by Jessica Moccio
Gulf Oil Plume Is Not Breaking Down Fast, Research Says
Oil 'plume' threatens Gulf waters
Iraq War vet kills pregnant wife, daughter, self
Police said Thursday that Matthew Magdzas, a 23-year-old Wisconsin
National Guard soldier who earned a combat badge in the Iraq War, shot and
killed his pregnant wife, their 13-month-old daughter Lila, and their
three dogs before turning the gun on himself.
BP final well kill delayed - Disaster in the Gulf
The final plugging of the blown-out Gulf well has been delayed until
September to allow replacement of a key piece of equipment, the U.S.
official overseeing the oil spill reponse said Thursday.
Dan Froomkin: Markey Says Report That Most Oil Is Gone Has Led To 'False
Confidence'
There Is No Suffering From Which Good Cannot Come
Stories like these - and there are so many others - change lives, because
they show us by living example that there is no suffering from which good
cannot come, no evil that cannot be redeemed. What is it that gives some
people the courage to wrestle with affliction? I wish I knew. But in such
lives we catch a glimpse of the sheer power of the human spirit when we
are able to say, "Our job is to make music with what remains."
Rwanda's Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza speaks to Womens International News
Gathering Service
Why Germans Want out of Google's Street View
From next week, German households have four weeks to request to be deleted
from Google's mapping service Street View; and there are signs that many
of them will, amid worries about privacy and still-fresh memories of
secret police surveillance.
Afghanistan and African nations at greatest risk from world food shortages
Jeff Gates: Playing the Never Again Card, Again
When waging Information Age warfare, false beliefs are routinely deployed
as a form of weaponry to displace facts. That displacement process is much
easier when the psy-ops includes an emotionally wrenching component.
Newsweek's Zakaria Defects to Rival Time
Coffee Party looks to change tone of political discourse
when some Tea Party activists began turning town hall meetings about
health care reform into shouting matches, documentary filmmaker Annabel
Park went on a rant of her own. "Let's start a coffee party," she wrote on
her Facebook page in February 2009, "and have real political dialogue with
substance and compassion."
Other countries probing Bush-era torture -- Why aren't we?
While U.S. courts and the Obama administration have been reluctant or
unwilling to pursue the cases, countries that once backed former President
George W. Bush's war on terrorism are carrying out their own investigations
of the alleged U.S. torture program and the role that their governments
played in it.
You've Got to Be Carefully Taught
The song was so controversial it was almost cut from "South Pacific" before
opening night, and later, according to "The Oxford Companion to the American
Musical," "There were cities in the deep South that would not book the tour
of South Pacific because of that number."
Civilians to Take U.S. Lead After Military Leaves Iraq
The array of tasks for which US troops are likely to be needed, military
experts and some Iraqi officials say, include training Iraqi forces to
operate and logistically support new M-1 tanks, artillery and F-16s they
intend to acquire from the Americans; protecting Iraq's airspace until the
country can rebuild its air force; and perhaps assisting Iraq's special
operations units in carrying out counterterrorism operations.
Pakistan flood homeless toll put at over 4 million
More than four million Pakistanis have been made homeless by nearly three
weeks of floods, the United Nations said on Thursday, making the critical
task of securing greater amounts of aid more urgent.
