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Blogsa chinese christmas .....‘A ship said to be the world's largest container vessel has arrived in a Suffolk port to unload 45,000 tonnes of Christmas goods from China. Hundreds of spectators lined the shore to watch the Emma Maersk as it was guided into Felixstowe by three tugs. read more at the BBC Gus: this is ugly consumerism that may make the Chinese headquarters laugh a bit...
move over saddam .....
‘On November 14 a group of
lawyers and other experts will come before the German federal prosecutor and
ask him to open a criminal investigation targeting Donald Rumsfeld, Alberto
Gonzales and other key Bush Administration figures for war crimes. The recent
passage of the Military Commissions Act provides a central argument for the
legal action, under the doctrine of universal jurisdiction: It demonstrates the
intent of the Bush Administration to immunize itself legally from prosecution
in the United States, even for the most serious crimes.
a harlot's intelligence .....from the New York Times ..... Where Plan A Left Ahmad Chalabi By Dexter Filkins November 5, 2006 ‘Many miles away in a more dangerous place the dream is ending badly. The bodies pile up. Good people stream to the borders. Leaders pile money onto planes. The center is giving way.
johnnee's politics of fear .....
Law and Justice Address by 2006 Justice Awards Parliament House, Sydney
saving democracy .....
No matter how "badly" our water is managed, water HAS TO BE and stay a
public utility... Any fool can privatise anything, but water HAS TO
STAY in the hands of the public. It does not matter if the Poms have
decided to sell their waters to some AUSSIE banks here and there, the
crux of the matter is that water SHOULD BE FREE and regulated against
pollution like the air we breathe... and protected for over-usage...
OTHERWISE some some clever bastard will come and sell you your life...
YOU already buy it in many forms from education to heath, but WATER? No
way!...
cutting & running .....
‘Bechtel, the giant engineering company, is leaving Iraq. Its mission - to rebuild power, water and sewage plants - wasn't accomplished: Baghdad received less than six hours a day of electricity last month, and much of Iraq's population lives with untreated sewage and without clean water. But Bechtel, having received $2.3 billion of taxpayers' money and having lost the lives of 52 employees, has come to the end of its last government contract. As Bechtel goes, so goes the whole reconstruction effort. Whatever our leaders may say about their determination to stay the course complete the mission, when it comes to rebuilding Iraq they've already cut and run. The $21 billion allocated for reconstruction over the last three years has been spent, much of it on security rather than its intended purpose, and there's no more money in the pipeline.
Beware Terrorists Like Scott Parkin, plus A Letter From ScottSomebody named FOSP added this to my Houston Indymedia version of the Parkin story.
Yep, if people start getting organised in their protests, the Bush Regime in both countries might indeed have something to fear. I've just received this from Friends Of Scott Parkin: Dear Friends-- Very exciting news! Yesterday, Justice Ross Sundberg
granted my lawyers access to the contents of the Australian Security
Intelligence Organization's security assessment which resulted in me
being removed from Melbourne in September last year. Furthermore, it
grants access to the security assessments of my 2 co-plaintiffs, Iraqi
asylum seekers Mohammad Sagar and Muhammad Faisal, who have been in an
Australian detention centre for the past 5 years.
a great amerikan fall-guy .....
Trials and Tribulations 'On Sunday, the nine-month trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and his seven co-defendants is expected to conclude, with the court delivering its verdict. Should Hussein be convicted, it will be an historic and welcome development for the Iraqis who suffered under his rule.
prison planet .....
‘Earlier this year, news broke that Halliburton subsidiary, KBR – the firm infamous for building prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay and for scandals stemming from work in the Iraq war zone – received a $385 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to build detention centers, according to the New York Times, "for an unexpected influx of immigrants" or "new programs that require additional detention space."
an apocalyptic canvass .....
from The Guardian ….. Iraq a 'work of art in progress' says US general after 49 die Julian Borger in Washington 'An American general in Baghdad called Iraq a "work of art" in progress yesterday in one of the most extraordinary attempts by the US military leadership to put a positive spin on the worsening violence.
what's mine is mine & what's yours is mine too .....
‘During an interview with conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh, US President George Bush expressed deep concerns about the possibility of the United States leaving the Middle East, raising fears that extremists could topple governments to "control oil resources." "Give me a second here, Rush, because I want to share something with you," Bush said. "I am deeply concerned about a country, the United States, leaving the Middle East."
Australian Federal Court Backs Halliburton Protester Scott ParkinThe Australian Federal Court has announcedoday that deported activist Scott Parkin does have a right to know why ASIO deported him. The court has granted Parkin access to the ASIO documentation used in his negative security classification.
the great deluderarian ....
‘The United States upset the regional balance in the Middle East when it invaded Iraq. Restoring it requires bold initiatives, but "cutting and running" must precede them all. Only a complete withdrawal of all U.S. troops — within six months and with no preconditions — can break the paralysis that now enfeebles our diplomacy. And the greatest obstacles to cutting and running are the psychological inhibitions of our leaders and the public. Our leaders do not act because their reputations are at stake. The public does not force them to act because it is blinded by the president's conjured set of illusions: that we are reducing terrorism by fighting in Iraq; creating democracy there; preventing the spread of nuclear weapons; making Israel more secure; not allowing our fallen soldiers to have died in vain; and others.’
our environmental nero .....
PM to announce $60m for clean energy projects Prime Minister John Howard will announce more Government funding for clean energy projects, valued at $60 million. The Federal Government has been facing a barrage of questions this week about climate change, amid the dire prediction about global warming in a British report by economist Sir Nicholas Stern.
Why The Kovco Inquiry Findings Were Delayed
I've got a theory as to why the inquiry findings into the death of
Private Jake Kovco are not being released till next year. In both
Australia and the US sentiment against the war in Iraq has never been
higher, and the control of US Congress may be decided on this issue, as
it might in Australia next year.
The circumstances surrounding Kovco's death are being considered unfortunate by some and negligent by others. Testimonies have referred to the inappropriate cleaning up of evidence and confusion in details of evidence by comrades in close proximity. Then there's the accidental switching of bodies that led to the remains of a deceased Bosnian contractor being flown to Australia instead of the fallen soldier.
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