Sunday, June 17, 2012
Olympism Profiteering, Exploitation And Corruption
Olympism Profiteering, Exploitation And Corruption: Olympism is big business. The London summer games is billed as perhaps the city's biggest ever spectacle. It's expected to gross about 10 billion pounds (about $16 billion dollars). Tourists are expected to spend another $3 billion or more.
Security will cost over $2 billion. Total costs will top $30 billion. Brits, of course, will pay the tab. They get the bill, not the profits. This in a city with nearly one-fourth of the population impoverished. In some areas, child poverty approaches 50%. Conditions are getting worse, not better.
Security will cost over $2 billion. Total costs will top $30 billion. Brits, of course, will pay the tab. They get the bill, not the profits. This in a city with nearly one-fourth of the population impoverished. In some areas, child poverty approaches 50%. Conditions are getting worse, not better.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Activist Post: 'Conspiracy Theorists' Oppose Planned Government Big Brother Internet Surveillance: British Home Secretary
Activist Post: 'Conspiracy Theorists' Oppose Planned Government Big Brother Internet Surveillance: British Home Secretary: The British home secretary Theresa May has described those opposed to the introduction of hugely intrusive telephone and Internet surveillance measures as "conspiracy theorists".
On Thursday the government will publish in draft form details of a bill called the Communications Capabilities Development Programme (CCDP) which, if passed, will allow the police and intelligence services real-time access to details of all British phone calls and Internet activity.
On Thursday the government will publish in draft form details of a bill called the Communications Capabilities Development Programme (CCDP) which, if passed, will allow the police and intelligence services real-time access to details of all British phone calls and Internet activity.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Coca-Cola returns to Burma after 60 years | News.com.au
Coca-Cola returns to Burma after 60 years | News.com.au: COCA-Cola announced today that it would return to Burma after a gap of more than six decades, leaving Cuba and North Korea as the only countries without the iconic American fizzy drink.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
PressTV - Video proves Merah was encouraged by French agent: Father
PressTV - Video proves Merah was encouraged by French agent: Father: The father of France’s suspected killer, Mohammed Merah, says he is in possession of videos which prove his son travelled to Pakistan, Iraq and Syria encouraged by a French security services agent.
PressTV - UK ministers pimp on behalf of Israel
PressTV - UK ministers pimp on behalf of Israel: Addressing an Israeli university audience a few months ago our Foreign Office minister for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, said: "The world needs Israel’s values, of tolerance and justice... So be in no doubt, as we enter the turbulent waters of 2012 that your values are our values, your strength is our strength, your well-being is our well-being.”
It was straight out of Tel Aviv’s propaganda training manual. What possesses a minister in the Queen’s government to utter such cringe-making claptrap then post it on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s website?
It was straight out of Tel Aviv’s propaganda training manual. What possesses a minister in the Queen’s government to utter such cringe-making claptrap then post it on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s website?
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Syrian rebels aim to use chemical weapons, blame Damascus – report — RT
Syrian rebels aim to use chemical weapons, blame Damascus – report — RT: The armed Syrian opposition has got their hands on chemical weapons, which they acquired from Libya, a media report claims. They allegedly plan to use it against civilians and pin the atrocity on the Bashar al-Assad regime.
The Human Cost of the War on Terror Body Counts :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [vs-1]
The Human Cost of the War on Terror Body Counts :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [vs-1]: Moving to Iraq, the Iraq Body Count project records approximately 115,000 civilians killed in the cross-fire from 2003 to August 2011. However, the World Health Organization’s Iraq Family Health Survey reports a figure of approximately 150,000 in just the first three years of the occupation. With indirect deaths added, The Lancet Study placed the estimate at approximately 600,000 in the same period. Moreover, an Opinion Research Business study estimated 1,000,000 violent deaths to have occurred by mid-2007. In addition, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees reported approximately 2,000,000 Iraqis displaced to other countries and 2,000,000 more internally displaced as of 2007. There is no solid information on indirect death or injury rates, but the documented collapse of the Iraqi healthcare system and infrastructure more generally (foremost in the region before 1991) does not suggest anything less than another atrocity.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
PressTV - France condemns Israeli PM’s plan to expand Beit El settlement
PressTV - France condemns Israeli PM’s plan to expand Beit El settlement: Israel continues its settlement construction in the occupied Palestinian territories despite condemnation from the international community.
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Queen's dash to see Prince Philip in hospital after ANOTHER non-stop day of duties | Mail Online
Queen's dash to see Prince Philip in hospital after ANOTHER non-stop day of duties | Mail Online: Queen's dash to see Prince Philip in hospital after ANOTHER non-stop day of duties... so where DOES she get all her energy?
The Queen left the hospital at around 5.55pm after spending approximately 50 minutes with her husband
Doubts over plans for celebrating the Duke of Edinburgh's 91st birthday on Sunday
Prince Andrew also paid his father a visit this evening and said he was 'mending well'
The Duke was admitted to hospital on Monday after spending several hours braving the elements for the Thames River Pageant the previous day
A statement released by the palace today said he is likely to remain in hospital for next few days and is in 'good spirits'
The Queen left the hospital at around 5.55pm after spending approximately 50 minutes with her husband
Doubts over plans for celebrating the Duke of Edinburgh's 91st birthday on Sunday
Prince Andrew also paid his father a visit this evening and said he was 'mending well'
The Duke was admitted to hospital on Monday after spending several hours braving the elements for the Thames River Pageant the previous day
A statement released by the palace today said he is likely to remain in hospital for next few days and is in 'good spirits'
PressTV - Washington on fast track to war with Syria: Ron Paul
PressTV - Washington on fast track to war with Syria: Ron Paul: In an article published on Information Clearing House website, Ron Paul criticized the US government for hastily accusing the Syrian government of the massacre before a thorough investigation into the incident.
Paul said available evidence shows that armed rebels with reported al-Qaeda ties are behind the recent bombings and attacks which have been carried out in various parts of Syria.
“With the stakes so high, it would make sense to wait for a full investigation -- unless the truth is less important than stirring up emotions in favor of a US attack,” he added.
......Bringing examples from past US military interventions in different countries, Paul argued that there is ample cause to be skeptical about US government claims which are amplified in mainstream media reports.
Sexually exploited children are at further risk in care, says Barnardo's | Society | guardian.co.uk
Sexually exploited children are at further risk in care, says Barnardo's | Society | guardian.co.uk: Children who have been sexually exploited and trafficked are being put in further danger because of a dire lack of trained foster carers, a children's charity has warned.
'End of the world as we know it': Kaspersky warns of cyber-terror apocalypse — RT
'End of the world as we know it': Kaspersky warns of cyber-terror apocalypse — RT: After his eponymously-named lab discovered Flame, "the most sophisticated cyber weapon yet unleashed," Eugene Kaspersky believes that the evolving threat of “cyber terrorism” could spell the end of life on Earth as we know it.
Doomsday scenarios are a common occurrence in 2012, but coming from a steely-eyed realist like Eugene Kaspersky, his calls for a global effort to halt emerging cyber threats should raise alarm bells.
A global Internet blackout and crippling attacks against key infrastructure are among two possible cyber-pandemics he outlined.
"It's not cyber war, it's cyber terrorism, and I'm afraid the game is just beginning. Very soon, many countries around the world will know it beyond a shadow of a doubt,” Kaspersky told reporters at a Tel Aviv University cyber security conference.
“I'm afraid it will be the end of the world as we know it," he warned. "I'm scared, believe me."
His stark warning came soon after researchers at Kaspersky Lab unearthed Flame, possibly the most complex cyber threat ever. While the espionage toolkit infected systems across the Middle East, Iran appears to have been its primary target.
The world's scariest computer virus
Women, children among 17 Afghans dead in NATO wedding strike - report (PHOTOS) :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [reg.de]
Women, children among 17 Afghans dead in NATO wedding strike - report (PHOTOS) :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [reg.de]: A NATO airstrike in the eastern Afghan province of Logar has killed 17 people, including women and children, local officials report. A NATO spokesperson said a team had been deployed to investigate the claims of civilian casualties.
Afghan authorities say the pre-dawn attack aimed at militants in the area hit a wedding. An AP photographer at the scene reported seeing the bodies of five women, seven children and six men piled in vans. AFP news agency also released a photo with victims piled into the back of a vehicle.
Afghan authorities say the pre-dawn attack aimed at militants in the area hit a wedding. An AP photographer at the scene reported seeing the bodies of five women, seven children and six men piled in vans. AFP news agency also released a photo with victims piled into the back of a vehicle.
U.S. surveillance cameras will use computer eyes to find 'pre crimes' by detecting suspicious behaviour and alerting guards | Mail Online
U.S. surveillance cameras will use computer eyes to find 'pre crimes' by detecting suspicious behaviour and alerting guards | Mail Online: A new generation of computerised 'Big Brother’ cameras are able to spot if you are a terrorist or a criminal - before you even commit a crime.
The devices are installed in places like train stations or public buildings where they scan passers by to see if they are acting suspiciously.
Using a range of in-built parameters of what is ‘normal’ the cameras then send a text message to a human guard to issue an alert - or call them.
Ed: Hooray, we're ceding freedom to become safer !!
The devices are installed in places like train stations or public buildings where they scan passers by to see if they are acting suspiciously.
Using a range of in-built parameters of what is ‘normal’ the cameras then send a text message to a human guard to issue an alert - or call them.
Ed: Hooray, we're ceding freedom to become safer !!
DNA of thousands of innocent people still being collected by police - Telegraph
DNA of thousands of innocent people still being collected by police - Telegraph: More than 150,000 innocent people have had their DNA added to a national database by police in recent years despite the Coalition’s pledge to end the practice, new figures suggest.
After LinkedIn: How to protect your password from hacks - CNN.com
After LinkedIn: How to protect your password from hacks - CNN.com
(CNN) -- The constant battle for Internet security saw another brazen attack this week as Russian hackers published millions of passwords they collected after hacking the professional-networking site LinkedIn.
(CNN) -- The constant battle for Internet security saw another brazen attack this week as Russian hackers published millions of passwords they collected after hacking the professional-networking site LinkedIn.
Then, hours later, dating site eHarmony announced that a "small fraction" of its users -- others were saying 1.5 million -- were compromised by a similar attack. Security professionals suspect the same hackers may have done it.
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Spain is in 'total emergency’, the EU in total denial - Telegraph
Spain is in 'total emergency’, the EU in total denial - Telegraph: I’ve never actually heard the term “total emergency” before, at least not in the context of global economics. It sounds like the title of a disaster movie. When it is uttered in sober tones by the elder statesman of an advanced democracy to describe his country’s financial condition, the effect is rather startling.
The man who delivered this apocalyptic judgment, former Spanish prime minister Felipe González, being a socialist, might be expected to detest austerity programmes that require cuts to government spending. But there seemed to be few disinterested observers of Spain’s economy prepared to quibble with his assessment.
The man who delivered this apocalyptic judgment, former Spanish prime minister Felipe González, being a socialist, might be expected to detest austerity programmes that require cuts to government spending. But there seemed to be few disinterested observers of Spain’s economy prepared to quibble with his assessment.
Owner of dairy factory hit by Israel urges world action :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [reg.de]
Owner of dairy factory hit by Israel urges world action :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [reg.de]: GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The owner of a dairy factory in the Gaza Strip, which was flattened by an Israeli airstrike before dawn Monday, called for an international committee to prove his business does not store weapons.
The Dalloul dairy factory, in the al-Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, was destroyed in the third day of airstrikes on the coastal enclave, leaving one person moderately injured.
Israel's army said it had "targeted a weapon manufacturing facility and a terror tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip," in response to rocket fire on communities in southern Israel.
Factory owner Abu Haroun Dalloul told Ma'an the bombing was the fourth time his factory has been targeted in recent years. The facility was previously destroyed in Israel's war on Gaza in January 2009.
The Dalloul dairy factory, in the al-Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, was destroyed in the third day of airstrikes on the coastal enclave, leaving one person moderately injured.
Israel's army said it had "targeted a weapon manufacturing facility and a terror tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip," in response to rocket fire on communities in southern Israel.
Factory owner Abu Haroun Dalloul told Ma'an the bombing was the fourth time his factory has been targeted in recent years. The facility was previously destroyed in Israel's war on Gaza in January 2009.
Baghdad slammed with bombing, 23 dead, over 60 injured :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [reg.de]
Baghdad slammed with bombing, 23 dead, over 60 injured :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [reg.de]: A new week, a new month and yet the news remains consistent: Baghdad slammed by bombings. Again. Kareem Raheem (Reuters) quotes police officer Ahmed Hassan stating, "It was a powerful explosion, dust and smoke covered the area. At first, I couldn't see anything, but then I heard screaming women and children. We rushed with other people to help . . . the wounded were scattered all around, and there were body parts on the main street."
U.S. again bombs mourners :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [reg.de]
U.S. again bombs mourners :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [reg.de]: In February, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism documented that after the U.S. kills people with drones in Pakistan, it then targets for death those who show up at the scene to rescue the survivors and retrieve the bodies, as well as those who gather to mourn the dead at funerals: "the CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians who had gone to help rescue victims or were attending funerals." As The New York Times summarized those findings: "at least 50 civilians had been killed in follow-up strikes after they rushed to help those hit by a drone-fired missile" while "the bureau counted more than 20 other civilians killed in strikes on funerals."
Bashar al-Assad: Syrian regime not to blame for Houla massacre | World news | guardian.co.uk
Bashar al-Assad: Syrian regime not to blame for Houla massacre | World news | guardian.co.uk: The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has insisted his government had nothing to do with the Houla massacre, saying not even "monsters" would commit such an ugly crime.
The speech on Sunday were Assad's first comments on the killings. As in other pronouncements, he claimed terrorists were behind the country's uprising.
ED: False Flag, anyone???
The speech on Sunday were Assad's first comments on the killings. As in other pronouncements, he claimed terrorists were behind the country's uprising.
ED: False Flag, anyone???
Hawks enter the fray in MTN/Turkcell dispute - Mail & Guardian Online
Hawks enter the fray in MTN/Turkcell dispute - Mail & Guardian Online: The police probe follows a $4.2-billion US civil claim filed in March by Turkish operator Turkcell accusing MTN of bribing Iranian and South African officials with cash and promises of defence equipment in order to secure the licence originally awarded to Turkcell.
“There are allegations of corruption. That’s exactly what we’re investigating,” Hawks spokesperson MacIntosh Polela said on Tuesday.
MTN officials were also accused of promising that Pretoria would vote favourably towards Tehran’s nuclear programme.
“There are allegations of corruption. That’s exactly what we’re investigating,” Hawks spokesperson MacIntosh Polela said on Tuesday.
MTN officials were also accused of promising that Pretoria would vote favourably towards Tehran’s nuclear programme.
Vatican has a cadenza over nun's sex guide - Mail & Guardian Online
Vatican has a cadenza over nun's sex guide - Mail & Guardian Online: The Vatican’s criticism of Sister Margaret Farley, a professor emeritus of Christian ethics at Yale University, comes amid escalating tension with America’s nuns after the Holy See accused them of preaching “radical feminist” ideas.
In a statement approved by Pope Benedict XVI and issued on Monday, the Vatican’s doctrinal office claims Farley’s book Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics, “ignores the constant teaching of the Magisterium or, where it is occasionally mentioned, treats it as one opinion among others”.
The statement singles out Farley’s claim that many women “have found great good in self-pleasuring – perhaps especially in the discovery of their own possibilities for pleasure – something many had not experienced or even known about in their ordinary sexual relations with husbands or lovers.”
In a statement approved by Pope Benedict XVI and issued on Monday, the Vatican’s doctrinal office claims Farley’s book Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics, “ignores the constant teaching of the Magisterium or, where it is occasionally mentioned, treats it as one opinion among others”.
The statement singles out Farley’s claim that many women “have found great good in self-pleasuring – perhaps especially in the discovery of their own possibilities for pleasure – something many had not experienced or even known about in their ordinary sexual relations with husbands or lovers.”
Monday, June 04, 2012
POLICE STATE USA: The Paranoid Style of American Governance
POLICE STATE USA: The Paranoid Style of American Governance: President Obama's Assassination List, 2012
Obama and about 100 counter-terrorism officials have created "kill list" to specify extrajudicial killings of suspected Al Qaeda terrorists in the drone war in Pakistan and Yemen. Obama exercises complete discretion over who may be placed on list. American citizens are not exempt.
US Military to Launch Armed Drones Domestically, 2012
NDAA sets stage for US military to arm up to 30,000 drones set to fly over US. More powerful versions of the famed Predator drones, known as MQ-9 Reaper drones, are being fitted with missiles and other explosive ordinances as part of the deployment of 30,000 drones authorized to fly over the US.
Obama and about 100 counter-terrorism officials have created "kill list" to specify extrajudicial killings of suspected Al Qaeda terrorists in the drone war in Pakistan and Yemen. Obama exercises complete discretion over who may be placed on list. American citizens are not exempt.
US Military to Launch Armed Drones Domestically, 2012
NDAA sets stage for US military to arm up to 30,000 drones set to fly over US. More powerful versions of the famed Predator drones, known as MQ-9 Reaper drones, are being fitted with missiles and other explosive ordinances as part of the deployment of 30,000 drones authorized to fly over the US.
Has US Support for Israel Reached a Tipping Point | Opinion Maker
Has US Support for Israel Reached a Tipping Point | Opinion Maker: The current Iran controversy is the first time where it has become apparent that the Israel lobby is pushing the US into an actual war to aid Israel, with little effort to disguise this fact.
PressTV - US assassination drone strikes kill 16 in northwest Pakistan
PressTV - US assassination drone strikes kill 16 in northwest Pakistan: As many as 16 people have been killed and four others injured in an airstrike carried out by US assassination drones on the northwestern Pakistan tribal area of North Waziristan.
Early Monday morning, the unmanned aircraft fired two missiles on a residential building and a vehicle in the Mir Ali area, 25 kilometers (15 miles) east of Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan, near the Afghan border , killing 16 people and injuring four more.
Early Monday morning, the unmanned aircraft fired two missiles on a residential building and a vehicle in the Mir Ali area, 25 kilometers (15 miles) east of Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan, near the Afghan border , killing 16 people and injuring four more.
PressTV - Jubilee protests amid news blackout
PressTV - Jubilee protests amid news blackout: British anti-monarchy demonstrators have staged a protest on the banks of the Thames River in London amid what they describe as “the official news blackout on Jubilee protests.”
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