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Military and defense — Comments Off on The New Northern Command
18
Apr 02

The New Northern Command

Does the creation of a military command with civil authority mark a step towards martial law? Rumsfeld says “Trust me.”


    The creation of Northern Command will not conflict with a 19th century law, called the Posse Comitatus Act, that was meant to prohibit the military from acting as a domestic police force, Rumsfeld said in announcing the changes.

    “Some in the past have worried that creation of a command that covered the United States of America could be inward-looking; nothing could be further from the truth,” Rumsfeld told a Pentagon (news – web sites) news conference.

    “The creation of NorthCom means that we now have the command assigned to defend the American people where they live and work and it will be functioning in a supporting role to civil authorities as occasions arise,” he said.

  • DoD’s New Unified Command Plan (Map, PDF)
Politics — Comments Off on More Links
16
Apr 02

More Links

Some stuff I’ve come across today as I pored over the day’s news.

  1. Bush’s Betrayal of Democracy On the coup in Venezuela.
  2. The CIA and the Venezuela Coup Hugo Chavez: A Servant Not Knowing his Place by William Blum.

      Consider Chavez’s crimes:

      Branding the US attacks on Afghanistan as “fighting terrorism with terrorism”, he demanded an end to “the slaughter of innocents”; holding up photographs of children killed in the American bombing attacks, he said their deaths had “no justification, just as the attacks in New York did not, either.” In response, the Bush administration temporarily withdrew its ambassador.

      Being very friendly with Fidel Castro and selling oil to Cuba at discount rates. …

      The United States has endeavored to topple numerous governments for a whole lot less.

  3. The Mysterious Death Of An Enron Exec Conspiracy? Cover-up?
  4. Russia Says It Uncovers CIA Spy Ring CIA trying to steal military technology. Is this the free market at work?
  5. Tax Treaties With Small Nations Turn Into a New Shield for Profits Big business shell games…avoiding taxes while you get hit with them.
  6. FBI Whistle-Blower on 9-11 Cover-Up?
  7. Hamid Karzai, US stooge, heads to Rome to retrieve former Afghan king. Karzai trying to save doomed puppet government. I’m impressed by the independence of the Afghan people. I guess it comes from living in such a harsh land.
Military and defense — Comments Off on US Working on Getting Into Iraq
16
Apr 02

US Working on Getting Into Iraq

More behind the scenes business with the US trying to plan an invasion of Iraq. This would be junior’s Gulf War 2.

  1. US Official Trying to Sabotage UN-Iraq Arms Talks As much as Bush squawks about weapons of mass destruction. The real goal is not to limit the weapons, but to overthrow the government of Iraq in the person of Saddam Hussein, former CIA asset.
  2. James Baker In India, Wants Support For Iraq Attack: Wants Indian to stop doing trade with Iraq. It’s all about the benjamins.
Military and defense — Comments Off on The New Holocaust
13
Apr 02

The New Holocaust

The Isrealis have been busy hiding the bodies of the 400-500 people they killed in their recent attempts at mass murder. Many bodies buried in mass graves and carried off in trucks. You didn’t see nothing.

  1. In the La Times: “We don’t know where our husbands are”
  2. Mass graves: “I saw them burying the bodies. They started work on the grave a few days ago. I recognised some of the bodies in it. I can give you the names.”
  3. Israel hides massacre by blocking media and shooting at journalists.
Politics — Comments Off on Timely and Relevant
12
Apr 02

Timely and Relevant

With all this crap with the US and the ‘war against terror’, and with the ludicrous foreign policy of the US it might be worth reading ‘War is a Racket’ by General Smedley Butler once more.


    To summarize: Three steps must be taken to smash the war racket.

    We must take the profit out of war.

    We must permit the youth of the land who would bear arms to decide whether or not there should be war.

    We must limit our military forces to home defense purposes.

Politics — Comments Off on Buildup
12
Apr 02

Buildup

The US is building air bases around Iraq in advance of their plans for invasion. Why doesn’t the US declare war any more? War language is invoked, but it is never formally declared. I don’t get it.

Politics — Comments Off on Rejected!
10
Apr 02

Rejected!

This has been a pretty good week for news, what with the Bloomberg/NORML thing and now this article:


    Copyright bill universally rejected

    Washington — A digital-copyright bill introduced in the U.S. Senate last month has inspired howls of protest from consumers and high-tech firms who say it could slow technological advances and dictate how consumers listen to music or watch videos at home.

    Well connected lobbyists and everyday users alike have flooded Congress with faxes and e-mail over the past several weeks to lodge complaints against the bill, which would prevent new computers, CD players and other consumer-electronics devices from playing unauthorized movies, music and other digital media files.

    Sen. Ernest Hollings’ bill is backed by media firms such as The Walt Disney Co. These companies fear fast Internet connections and an array of digital devices such as MP3 players and CD burners will encourage consumers to seek free copies of hit singles and new movies.

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Politics — Comments Off on More Bush Corruption
10
Apr 02

More Bush Corruption

From National Resources Defense Council:


Confidential Papers Show Exxon Hand in White House Move to Oust Top Scientist from International Global Warming Panel

Oil Company Memo Calls for Dr. Watson’s Dismissal; Administration Obliges

WASHINGTON (April 3, 2002) — The Bush administration this week moved to oust a top scientific official targeted by ExxonMobil in a confidential memo to the White House. Bold language in the ExxonMobil papers released today by NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) reflects a brazen, behind-the-scenes effort by the oil company and other energy giants to disrupt the principal international science assessment program on global warming.


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Politics — Comments Off on Too Good to Serve
07
Apr 02

Too Good to Serve

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Looking at this site it appears that most prominent Republicans were too good to serve their country in the military. That goes for our asshole-in-chief. Hypocrite assholes.

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