Friday 29th of March 2024

the frankenstein firm .....

the frankenstein firm .....

The charge sheet is horrifying, inexorable and convincing. The multinational firm Monsanto, which sells 90 percent of genetically modified organisms (GMO), massively lies to many people and even the whole planet with great success - the power that money and the - apparently unlimited - support of the United States government bestows.  

from the subprime zone .....

from the twilight zone .....

Almost everything seems to be going wrong for the American economy at once. People are buying less, but most things are costing more. Mortgage rates are rising, the dollar is falling and prices of key commodities like oil are leaping from one record high to the next. 

just another sorry prime minister ......

another sorry prime minister .....

The moral bankruptcy of our new cardboard cutout Prime Minister has been revealed to all those with eyes that see. 

Yesterday, slavishly abetted by the feeble & inept ‘leader’ of the opposition, Brendan Nelson, Kevin Rudd perpetrated one of the most shameful & immoral acts ever committed in our nation’s Parliament, casting a stain on our country & its people. 

blinded by disinterest .....

blinded by disinterest .....

Five years since the conflict in Darfur began, BBC News website's World Affairs correspondent Paul Reynolds asks why international concern has not been translated into effective intervention. 

The deep concern about Darfur felt internationally has not been matched by a similar determination to intervene. 

police youth day .....

police youth day .....

New South Wales Attorney-General John Hatzistergos says the Government is considering extending the life of special powers given to police during last year's APEC summit. 

A review of the APEC meeting, discussed in Cabinet yesterday, has concluded the event was conducted peacefully, largely due to the scale of the police operation and the powers available under the Act. 

dancing with bears .....

dancing with bears .....

Although Putin stressed continuity in foreign policy in his statements, Merkel's meeting later with Medvedev had a somewhat different character. The two met at his government residence, located near Putin's and bearing the German name of Mayendorf, or 'May Village.' 

shocking revelations .....

shocking revelations .....

McClatchy reports that an "exhaustive" Pentagon-sponsored review of "more than 600,000 Iraqi documents" captured after the 2003 invasion "has found no evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime had any operational links with Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network."  

not forgotten, just abandoned .....

not forgotten, just abandoned .....

It has been decades since calls for greater independence in Tibet have been so vocal. Now acts of defiance against Chinese rule in the region are springing up all over the world. 

the value of a haven .....

the value of a haven .....

I felt like I wanted to cry because it made me feel like I wasn't an Australian, like I wasn't wanted there. 

thank god for papal infallibility .....

thank god for papal infallibility .....

Lust, gluttony, greed and the rest of the seven deadly sins gathered in the 6th century will have to get used to a modern companion. A Vatican official has articulated seven new categories of sin “due to the phenomenon of globalization.” 

all fall down .....

all fall down .....

We were warned by billionaires who know how the global financial casino works and don't like what they see, even as they prosper. You've got to love Warren Buffet, the most successful investor of this era, when he talks about the financial speculators and manipulators operating under the polite title of 'hedge funds'. 

organised crime .....

organised crime .....

The Bush family did not have a distinguished history before Samuel Bush ingratiated himself to the wealthy and powerful. Although they appear to have been present in this country from the early Colonial period, they had gained no distinction.  

horror movie .....

horror movie .....

The federal Opposition Leader, Brendan Nelson, has staked his leadership on a radical overhaul of conservative party politics, including the merger of the Liberal and National parties and allowing party members to elect the leader. 

Nelson Stakes His Future On Lib-Nat Merger

message sticks .....

message sticks .....

from Crikey ….. 

Mungo: What a difference a month makes 

Mungo MacCallum writes: 

the value of make believe .....

the value of make believe .....

In the first insider account of Pentagon decision-making on Iraq, one of the key architects of the war blasts former secretary of state Colin Powell, the CIA, retired Gen. Tommy R. Franks and former Iraq occupation chief L. Paul Bremer for mishandling the run-up to the invasion and the subsequent occupation of the country. 

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