Sunday, November 09, 2008
US election
lessons from the election
US counties interactive election map
Election System Explained
Obama's Life Story (Google Video)
US counties interactive election map
Election System Explained
Obama's Life Story (Google Video)
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Monday, July 30, 2007
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
international search-and-capture
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Monday, January 01, 2007
Victims of a legal lynching
Friday, December 15, 2006
Rule of Law: since when has that mattered?
Monday, November 27, 2006
Now they are trying to lie their way out
Saturday, November 25, 2006
US soldiers winning the hearts and minds
Thursday, November 09, 2006
mission accomplished-not
while you were all looking elsewhere (elections)
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
the man who lost the senate
welcome to america, macaca
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Lebannon 25-7-06
Monday, September 25, 2006
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Friday, July 21, 2006
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Monday, July 17, 2006
Friday, July 14, 2006
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Sunday, June 11, 2006
The non arrest of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
At 8:44 AM EDT during the Coalition News Conference Major General William Caldwell gave the following answer to a reporter who asked if the four unidentified bodies were adult males:
CALDWELL: "No. There's - there's a woman in the group and a younger person, a child."
When asked how old the child was, Caldwell said: "I have absolutely no idea."
CALDWELL: "No. There's - there's a woman in the group and a younger person, a child."
When asked how old the child was, Caldwell said: "I have absolutely no idea."
If an extreme right winger like Ian Duncan Smith is critising the police they must be doing something pretty wrong. After a weeklong search
not a single incriminating or suspicious item - much less the chemical bomb that police alleged was hidden there - has been found. The raid produced exactly nothing, save a gunshot wound to the shoulder of one of the arrested men.
Is this a way to create more terrorists?
not a single incriminating or suspicious item - much less the chemical bomb that police alleged was hidden there - has been found. The raid produced exactly nothing, save a gunshot wound to the shoulder of one of the arrested men.
Is this a way to create more terrorists?
Thursday, June 01, 2006
On Friday June 9th with the eyes of the world on the World Cup opening game in Munich what happened in the Gaza Strip? You may not know about this it got so little coverage. It featured on p14 of Saturday's Daily Telegraph (the lead story was about how you could get a GCSE with out writing a word (believe it or not you only have to answer questions!!).
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Saturday, April 08, 2006
USA USA
Friday, March 24, 2006
Monday, March 20, 2006
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Is Another 9/11 in the Works?
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Monday, March 06, 2006
Friday, February 24, 2006
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Monday, February 20, 2006
Sunday Times editorial feb 19
Sunday, February 19, 2006
VP in action
VP in action
"Why didn't the Vice President go to the hospital? Did he need time to sober up?"
"Why did the Vice President wait until the following morning to alert the media? Did he need time to sober up?"
"Why didn't local law enforcement do a proper investigation? Was alcohol involved?"
"In many states, hunters are required to take a blood alcohol test after any accidental shooting. Why didn't Cheney?"
"Why can't all the people involved get their stories straight on the issue of alcohol?"
"Why did MSNBC scrub the alcohol reference from their story, and then put something different back in later after the scrubbing was caught?"
"Why isn't the media talking about Cheney's two DUIs?"
"Why won't Cheney hold a press conference? Does he have something to hide?"
"We don't know the facts. I am not saying that Cheney was drunk. But I think the American people have a right to the whole story. Was alcohol involved?"
"Why didn't the Vice President go to the hospital? Did he need time to sober up?"
"Why did the Vice President wait until the following morning to alert the media? Did he need time to sober up?"
"Why didn't local law enforcement do a proper investigation? Was alcohol involved?"
"In many states, hunters are required to take a blood alcohol test after any accidental shooting. Why didn't Cheney?"
"Why can't all the people involved get their stories straight on the issue of alcohol?"
"Why did MSNBC scrub the alcohol reference from their story, and then put something different back in later after the scrubbing was caught?"
"Why isn't the media talking about Cheney's two DUIs?"
"Why won't Cheney hold a press conference? Does he have something to hide?"
"We don't know the facts. I am not saying that Cheney was drunk. But I think the American people have a right to the whole story. Was alcohol involved?"
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Daily Mail
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Monday, January 30, 2006
Friday, January 13, 2006
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Friday, November 25, 2005
Peace, End of torture, no more chemical weapons
Thursday, November 24, 2005
More justice in Texas
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Bush plans to increase popularity
Guess what might happen soon to help reverse the fortunes of Bush/Cheney and their pals?
Friday, November 11, 2005
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Monday, November 07, 2005
US used chemical weapons in Falluja.
One day, the law must bring them to account.
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Every day life in Palestine
from Jerusalem Post
Let me see if I have this right. The Israelis shoot a 12 year old boy in the head because he is playing with a toy rifle. The IDF then refuses to allow the father to see his son in the hospital while he is still alive, then after he is dead, the Israelis ask if the parents will donate the boy's organs to save Israeli lives.
That´s it? End of story, no crime, no criminals, nothing else.
More here from Washington Post
Saturday, November 05, 2005
War Criminals at large
"Bush, Blair and their minions have committed a monstrous crime, and they know it -- hence all the convolutions, before the war and after, to inoculate themselves from prosecution."
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Iraq
An American mother gets a phone call from her son in Iraq.
He is in grave danger.....
He is in grave danger.....
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Fox News back in time
Torture
Cheney advocates torture and human rights abuses
ref. Wash Post
ref. Wash Post
Monday, October 24, 2005
White Racism?
Friday, October 21, 2005
Where are you in the world´s income pecking order?
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Democracy in Action
US in Afghanistan
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Well done!!
A Familiar Story
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Crime-being a Muslim
Saturday, October 08, 2005
"There is no justification for any country to interfere in Iraq"
Guess who said these words October 05. Hypocritical or what?
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Supreme Soviet sits in Brighton
Uncle Joe(Stalin) would be pleased with the way these guys are dealing with dissent in the ranks. This guy was a refugee from Nazi Germany, you couldn´t make this up!!
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster
Sunday, September 25, 2005
9/11: some pertinent questions
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Great interview on Fox News
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Experience of a terrorist "suspect"
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Bush meets the New York Jets
Guess which players got to stand beside him, the blacks or the whites?
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Fuel efficency and less pollution
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Hurricane Justice
Sunday, September 11, 2005
"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."
Friday, September 09, 2005
Democracy-sure!!
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Exclusive-New Orleans dodges bullet!!
Saturday, September 03, 2005
Dubya´s watch
First 9/11, then chaos in Iraq, now Katrina. Who could have guessed something like this would happen?
BBC tell it as it is.
Some reporters break ranks with the administration!!
Bloggers on the hurricane
BBC tell it as it is.
Some reporters break ranks with the administration!!
Bloggers on the hurricane
Only Arabs are terrorists
Friday, September 02, 2005
Fox news on hurricane
Blacks loot, white people find
"The good old US of A don't change jus' because a lil' hurricane. Black, you're a scummy looter jus' deservin' to git shot; white, a plucky survivor jez' helpin' their family ter survive. WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED?"
More here
More here
Hurricane Dubya
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Katrina-Homeland Disaster
Flood control money has been diverted to the war,there are 6,000 National Guardsmen from Louisiana and Mississippi in Iraq.
Poverty, racism, militarism, elitist greed, environmental abuse, public corruption and the decay of democracy at every level
Pic: Bush in the clouds.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Vincent Browne on Columbian Three
'Colombia Three an irrelevance
The Sunday Tribune believes Ireland will have lost credibility in the "war against terror" were we to refuse to extradite the "Colombia Three" or at least jail them for the 17 years here to which they were sentenced in Colombia. The newspaper said the Americans are adamant this is to happen because they are aware that the "Colombia Three" were but a few of a horde of IRA terrorists who went to Colombia to instruct Farc terrorists in the arts of terrorism, writes Vincent Browne
The Sunday Independent tells us that the vast majority of the Irish people, according to their own telephone poll, want the "Colombia Three" extradited or sentenced here.
Both papers are of the view that the appearance of these three, so soon after the IRA declaration of an end to its military campaign, is further proof of the cynicism of the IRA.
Fintan O'Toole, in a contribution to BBC2's Newsnight, said it was another example of characteristic IRA conduct: one step forward and two steps back, the kind of cynicism that the Sunday Independent spoke of.
It is extremely doubtful that the Americans could care less about the "Colombia Three" and, so long as we don't get stroppy over the use of Shannon and vote with them in international forums when our vote matters, they will not be bothered with us.
But even if this is wrong and the Americans do want us to extradite or jail the "Colombia Three", then we might have a few questions for them.
If they know so well that the "Colombia Three" were in Colombia to teach Farc in the arts of terrorism, why did they not arrange to have this evidence presented in court in the men's original trial?
If it was because the information was sensitive "intelligence", why should we pay any attention, since we know about the reliability of American "intelligence" on far more serious matters?
Like most other people, I don't buy the claim that the "Colombia Three" were in the demilitarised zone of Colombia, controlled by Farc, either to examine the peace process or to engage in a spot of bird watching. I suspect they were there for some nefarious purpose.
But what have my suspicions, or anybody else's suspicions, got to do with whether these people should be extradited or put in jail?
Even if there were an extradition treaty with Colombia, surely the courts would have to be satisfied about the validity of the men's convictions? And if they were to be jailed here, surely it would be on the basis of some evidence, not suspicions?
These men were acquitted by the court that heard all the evidence, assessed the credibility of witnesses and heard submissions from the prosecution and defence.
The court that found them guilty heard no evidence, was in no position to assess the credibility or reliability of witnesses and heard no submissions. This appeal court believed the evidence of the witnesses although it never heard their evidence, ever assessed their credibility and even though the trial judge thought some witnesses should be investigated for perjury.
What kind of appeals court is that? How could we be expected to extradite these men on the basis of such a conviction or to jail them here on that basis?
As for Fintan O'Toole's contention that the IRA strategy all along has been one step forward and two steps back - what is the evidence for that?
It might be fair to claim the tactic has been two steps forward, one step back but that's something very different and not what he said.
If it were one step forward and two steps back, how then, in the course of the last decade and a bit have we seen the IRA halt its military campaign, more or less (I accept more or less is not enough but it is a hell of an advance on what was the case previously)? That's not one step forward and two steps back.
There has been some decommissioning after initial obduracy. That's not one step forward, two steps back. Yes, not enough steps forward, so far, but a step forward.
The commitment to end all military activity and all other activity "whatsoever" may not be realised in practice but the significance of the commitment is real and not susceptible to even one step back, for thereby the republican movement has disposed of the IRA card in negotiations.
The denigration of the peace process has contribution significantly to unionist obduracy. Unionists have not perceived the huge advantage to them of the process and of the Good Friday agreement, and those who talk in terms of one step forward and two steps back have contributed to that, recklessly.
It was inevitable the "Colombia Three" would return at some stage, once it was obvious they had fled Colombia. What were they to do, dissolve into cyberspace?
Their return signifies nothing relevant to the peace process. They should not be extradited - not because of the peace process, but because it would be unjust. They should not be jailed here for the same reason.
So, let's get a grip.
The Sunday Tribune believes Ireland will have lost credibility in the "war against terror" were we to refuse to extradite the "Colombia Three" or at least jail them for the 17 years here to which they were sentenced in Colombia. The newspaper said the Americans are adamant this is to happen because they are aware that the "Colombia Three" were but a few of a horde of IRA terrorists who went to Colombia to instruct Farc terrorists in the arts of terrorism, writes Vincent Browne
The Sunday Independent tells us that the vast majority of the Irish people, according to their own telephone poll, want the "Colombia Three" extradited or sentenced here.
Both papers are of the view that the appearance of these three, so soon after the IRA declaration of an end to its military campaign, is further proof of the cynicism of the IRA.
Fintan O'Toole, in a contribution to BBC2's Newsnight, said it was another example of characteristic IRA conduct: one step forward and two steps back, the kind of cynicism that the Sunday Independent spoke of.
It is extremely doubtful that the Americans could care less about the "Colombia Three" and, so long as we don't get stroppy over the use of Shannon and vote with them in international forums when our vote matters, they will not be bothered with us.
But even if this is wrong and the Americans do want us to extradite or jail the "Colombia Three", then we might have a few questions for them.
If they know so well that the "Colombia Three" were in Colombia to teach Farc in the arts of terrorism, why did they not arrange to have this evidence presented in court in the men's original trial?
If it was because the information was sensitive "intelligence", why should we pay any attention, since we know about the reliability of American "intelligence" on far more serious matters?
Like most other people, I don't buy the claim that the "Colombia Three" were in the demilitarised zone of Colombia, controlled by Farc, either to examine the peace process or to engage in a spot of bird watching. I suspect they were there for some nefarious purpose.
But what have my suspicions, or anybody else's suspicions, got to do with whether these people should be extradited or put in jail?
Even if there were an extradition treaty with Colombia, surely the courts would have to be satisfied about the validity of the men's convictions? And if they were to be jailed here, surely it would be on the basis of some evidence, not suspicions?
These men were acquitted by the court that heard all the evidence, assessed the credibility of witnesses and heard submissions from the prosecution and defence.
The court that found them guilty heard no evidence, was in no position to assess the credibility or reliability of witnesses and heard no submissions. This appeal court believed the evidence of the witnesses although it never heard their evidence, ever assessed their credibility and even though the trial judge thought some witnesses should be investigated for perjury.
What kind of appeals court is that? How could we be expected to extradite these men on the basis of such a conviction or to jail them here on that basis?
As for Fintan O'Toole's contention that the IRA strategy all along has been one step forward and two steps back - what is the evidence for that?
It might be fair to claim the tactic has been two steps forward, one step back but that's something very different and not what he said.
If it were one step forward and two steps back, how then, in the course of the last decade and a bit have we seen the IRA halt its military campaign, more or less (I accept more or less is not enough but it is a hell of an advance on what was the case previously)? That's not one step forward and two steps back.
There has been some decommissioning after initial obduracy. That's not one step forward, two steps back. Yes, not enough steps forward, so far, but a step forward.
The commitment to end all military activity and all other activity "whatsoever" may not be realised in practice but the significance of the commitment is real and not susceptible to even one step back, for thereby the republican movement has disposed of the IRA card in negotiations.
The denigration of the peace process has contribution significantly to unionist obduracy. Unionists have not perceived the huge advantage to them of the process and of the Good Friday agreement, and those who talk in terms of one step forward and two steps back have contributed to that, recklessly.
It was inevitable the "Colombia Three" would return at some stage, once it was obvious they had fled Colombia. What were they to do, dissolve into cyberspace?
Their return signifies nothing relevant to the peace process. They should not be extradited - not because of the peace process, but because it would be unjust. They should not be jailed here for the same reason.
So, let's get a grip.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Who were the terrorists in this situation?
Not only did they shoot a completely innocent man but they lied on several counts to justify the murder: ie he wasn´t wearing a bulky jacket or carrying a bag, he didn´t jump the ticket barrier, he only ran to catch the train, he wasn´t challenged by the officers,etc.,etc.
Here and here
and from Brian Reade in the Daily Mirror this:
COPS' STOCK REPLY
WE now know that the Brazilian murdered by police in Stockwell wasn't a suspected suicide bomber.
We now know he didn't wear a bulky coat, didn't vault a ticket barrier or run when ordered to stop, and that he was executed after he'd been restrained.
So why am I not surprised that our police appear to have been grossly incompetent, recklessly gung-ho and obscenely dishonest in immediately issuing a pack of lies to cover their own backsides?
Mainly because I was at the Hillsborough football stadium in 1989 when 96 people were killed while under police supervision, and a similar train of events ensued.
While the dead were still being identified, a police story travelled the world that the fans were drunk, had forced down a gate, crushed their own to death, before pick-pocketing and urinating on the corpses.
Lord Justice Taylor eventually proved this was all lies, and he firmly blamed the police for the disaster.
But by then it was too late. The world had swallowed the lies, the police had investigated themselves and cleared every officer of blame.
No wonder Scotland Yard wanted to run its own inquiry into the Stockwell tragedy, too.
British police? The best in the world
Here and here
and from Brian Reade in the Daily Mirror this:
COPS' STOCK REPLY
WE now know that the Brazilian murdered by police in Stockwell wasn't a suspected suicide bomber.
We now know he didn't wear a bulky coat, didn't vault a ticket barrier or run when ordered to stop, and that he was executed after he'd been restrained.
So why am I not surprised that our police appear to have been grossly incompetent, recklessly gung-ho and obscenely dishonest in immediately issuing a pack of lies to cover their own backsides?
Mainly because I was at the Hillsborough football stadium in 1989 when 96 people were killed while under police supervision, and a similar train of events ensued.
While the dead were still being identified, a police story travelled the world that the fans were drunk, had forced down a gate, crushed their own to death, before pick-pocketing and urinating on the corpses.
Lord Justice Taylor eventually proved this was all lies, and he firmly blamed the police for the disaster.
But by then it was too late. The world had swallowed the lies, the police had investigated themselves and cleared every officer of blame.
No wonder Scotland Yard wanted to run its own inquiry into the Stockwell tragedy, too.
British police? The best in the world
Saturday, July 30, 2005
Aug. 05
Israel leaves Gazaa
Imagine that a thief steals your neighbor's car. The police catch the thief and he agrees to return the car, but only if he is paid compensation for his "loss". Imagine that the police agree. And imagine that the police demand that YOU foot the bill to pay the thief to return the stolen car to your neighbor.
Because that is EXACTLY what is happening in Gaza. Israeli settlers grabbed land which did not belong to them. They stole it. Even the government of Israel admits that. Now, as part of the disengagement, the settlers have to give the land back to the Palestinians (although the homes they built will be destroyed to prevent the Palestinians from gaining any benefit from them). The US Government has agreed to compensate the land thieves for their "loss", and is spending YOUR money to do it, at a time when our schools are underfunded, our roads crumble, our economy in decline
Imagine that a thief steals your neighbor's car. The police catch the thief and he agrees to return the car, but only if he is paid compensation for his "loss". Imagine that the police agree. And imagine that the police demand that YOU foot the bill to pay the thief to return the stolen car to your neighbor.
Because that is EXACTLY what is happening in Gaza. Israeli settlers grabbed land which did not belong to them. They stole it. Even the government of Israel admits that. Now, as part of the disengagement, the settlers have to give the land back to the Palestinians (although the homes they built will be destroyed to prevent the Palestinians from gaining any benefit from them). The US Government has agreed to compensate the land thieves for their "loss", and is spending YOUR money to do it, at a time when our schools are underfunded, our roads crumble, our economy in decline
Imagine that a thief steals your neighbor's car. The police catch the thief and he agrees to return the car, but only if he is paid compensation for his "loss". Imagine that the police agree. And imagine that the police demand that YOU foot the bill to pay the thief to return the stolen car to your neighbor.
Because that is EXACTLY what is happening in Gaza. Israeli settlers grabbed land which did not belong to them. They stole it. Even the government of Israel admits that. Now, as part of the disengagement, the settlers have to give the land back to the Palestinians (although the homes they built will be destroyed to prevent the Palestinians from gaining any benefit from them). The US Government has agreed to compensate the land thieves for their "loss", and is spending YOUR money to do it, at a time when our schools are underfunded, our roads crumble, our economy in decline
Imagine that a thief steals your neighbor's car. The police catch the thief and he agrees to return the car, but only if he is paid compensation for his "loss". Imagine that the police agree. And imagine that the police demand that YOU foot the bill to pay the thief to return the stolen car to your neighbor.
Because that is EXACTLY what is happening in Gaza. Israeli settlers grabbed land which did not belong to them. They stole it. Even the government of Israel admits that. Now, as part of the disengagement, the settlers have to give the land back to the Palestinians (although the homes they built will be destroyed to prevent the Palestinians from gaining any benefit from them). The US Government has agreed to compensate the land thieves for their "loss", and is spending YOUR money to do it, at a time when our schools are underfunded, our roads crumble, our economy in decline
Imagine that a thief steals your neighbor's car. The police catch the thief and he agrees to return the car, but only if he is paid compensation for his "loss". Imagine that the police agree. And imagine that the police demand that YOU foot the bill to pay the thief to return the stolen car to your neighbor.
Because that is EXACTLY what is happening in Gaza. Israeli settlers grabbed land which did not belong to them. They stole it. Even the government of Israel admits that. Now, as part of the disengagement, the settlers have to give the land back to the Palestinians (although the homes they built will be destroyed to prevent the Palestinians from gaining any benefit from them). The US Government has agreed to compensate the land thieves for their "loss", and is spending YOUR money to do it, at a time when our schools are underfunded, our roads crumble, our economy in decline
Imagine that a thief steals your neighbor's car. The police catch the thief and he agrees to return the car, but only if he is paid compensation for his "loss". Imagine that the police agree. And imagine that the police demand that YOU foot the bill to pay the thief to return the stolen car to your neighbor.
Because that is EXACTLY what is happening in Gaza. Israeli settlers grabbed land which did not belong to them. They stole it. Even the government of Israel admits that. Now, as part of the disengagement, the settlers have to give the land back to the Palestinians (although the homes they built will be destroyed to prevent the Palestinians from gaining any benefit from them). The US Government has agreed to compensate the land thieves for their "loss", and is spending YOUR money to do it, at a time when our schools are underfunded, our roads crumble, our economy in decline
Summary Execution
Monday, July 25, 2005
News Managment- New Labour /USA style
Sunday, July 17, 2005
Flag burning
Policing: US style
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
London Bombings
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Next 9/11 on the way soon??
Friday, June 03, 2005
Hide Everything
Saturday, May 28, 2005
White House Rewiting History
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Friendly Fire for an American Hero
Friday, May 20, 2005
Galloway
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Why would anyone refuse democracy?
Sunday, May 01, 2005
World Info
Friday, April 22, 2005
Guardian, BBC tow party line
Friday, April 15, 2005
Mumbo Jumbo
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Campaign 08
British Imperialism
Sunday, April 10, 2005
The Facts
This website says "Dead because of a lie. Dead because selfish people in government wanted a war and lied to get one, aided by selfish people in the media WHO TOOK MONEY FROM GEORGE BUSH TO LIE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. The government and the media traded the blood of these young Americans for their personal gain. Look at their faces. How can you not be angry?"
Taxpayer funds the whole thing!!
Taxpayer funds the whole thing!!
Saturday, April 09, 2005
Evolutionism v. Creationism
Saturday, April 02, 2005
Papal Election
Racism alive and well
Friday, April 01, 2005
Israel leaving Gaza
Thursday, March 31, 2005
Tesco Watch
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Dirty Tricks
Friday, March 11, 2005
Interesting stuff
Sunday, March 06, 2005
Is your house clean?
Friday, March 04, 2005
Smell the Fascism
Laurence Britt says:"I spoke to some 2,000 students during their annual lecture at a Baptist college in Pennsylvania. After a short prayer service for peace centered on the Beatitudes, I took the stage and got right to the point. “Now let me get this straight,” I said. “Jesus says, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers,’ he does not say, ‘Blessed are the warmakers,’ - With that, the place exploded, and 500 students stormed out. The rest of them then started chanting, “Bush! Bush! Bush!” "
More Here
Interviwer: Why did 9/11 happen?
Britt: I don't think it happened because we're the beacon of freedom and opportunity, which is what we heard from the president. It happened because America has been extremely aggressive in the last 50 or 60 years on the world stage and has caused a lot of suffering that most Americans have absolutely no clue about.
We've interfered in the internal affairs of 51 countries --- Lebanon, Syria, Cuba, El Salvador, Columbia, Bolivia, Angola, and many more --- since the end of World War II, putting agents on the ground, interfering with elections, things that, if done to us, would be absolutely outrageous.
Twenty-six countries we've attacked, bombed, invaded, without being asked in. Seventeen we've overthrown governments and in just about every case the result was very bad for the people involved. In virtually every case, the government installed was autocratic. We say we're trying to promote democracy, but that isn't happening. Of the seven fascist countries in the article, we set up three of them: Greece, Chile, and Indonesia.
More Here
Interviwer: Why did 9/11 happen?
Britt: I don't think it happened because we're the beacon of freedom and opportunity, which is what we heard from the president. It happened because America has been extremely aggressive in the last 50 or 60 years on the world stage and has caused a lot of suffering that most Americans have absolutely no clue about.
We've interfered in the internal affairs of 51 countries --- Lebanon, Syria, Cuba, El Salvador, Columbia, Bolivia, Angola, and many more --- since the end of World War II, putting agents on the ground, interfering with elections, things that, if done to us, would be absolutely outrageous.
Twenty-six countries we've attacked, bombed, invaded, without being asked in. Seventeen we've overthrown governments and in just about every case the result was very bad for the people involved. In virtually every case, the government installed was autocratic. We say we're trying to promote democracy, but that isn't happening. Of the seven fascist countries in the article, we set up three of them: Greece, Chile, and Indonesia.
Monday, February 28, 2005
Israel´s Dirty tricks
Saturday, February 26, 2005
Hunter Thompson
Friday, February 18, 2005
Sounds familiar?
The Prisoner was "not cooperating"
He had a good excuse, he was dead.
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Election Fraud
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Roy goes into stare mode
Bush Movies
Bushman is the best
Saturday, February 05, 2005
Rumsfeld to be arrested for war crimes?
Friday, February 04, 2005
Bush Administration Chooses it´s Jounalists
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Status "upgraded" -- from dead to alive
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Thank God for the Americans
Thank God for the Americans Without them we wouldn´t have things like this in the world. A must have item for those who may be caught short while hunting, fishing, camping or off-roading.
North Korea next?
Quagmire deepens in Iraq
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Tsunamiballs and Harry goes to the Ball
War Crimes in Fallujah
Excellent blog from Iraq
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
I Look Like My Dog
Fox News 2004
Top 10 stories and top 10 non stories: Guess which category the hunt for Osama Bin Laden is in?
Sunday, January 09, 2005
New states in the Union
Referees' mistakes or corruption
Guide to Looking Busy
aka "taking a micro-break to increase your efficiency"
Satellite imagery of tsunami damage
"POSSIBLY" INNOCENT LIVES
Innocent Lives, Surely Not
An American air strike in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul has hit the wrong target, the US military has admitted.The bomb demolished a house in Aaytha, killing 14 people, according to local officials. The US put the toll at five. The military said it "deeply regrets the loss of possibly innocent lives", and promised an investigation. So that´s ok then.
An American air strike in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul has hit the wrong target, the US military has admitted.The bomb demolished a house in Aaytha, killing 14 people, according to local officials. The US put the toll at five. The military said it "deeply regrets the loss of possibly innocent lives", and promised an investigation. So that´s ok then.
Sunday, January 02, 2005
"Referee" Mike Riley strikes again
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Child Soldiers?
Bush´ No Child Left Behind may mean that children as young as 6th Grade are being targetted as suicide bomb fodder for future wars on terrorism.
Friday, December 17, 2004
Election Fraud
Sunday, December 12, 2004
Business as Usual in Texas
Man executed after a fire killed his three daughters may have been innocent. And here´s some more "justice" USA style.
Strange
Guess what happened a CIA agent who suggested there may not have been any WMD in Iraq? Yes, he got fired.
Saturday, December 11, 2004
How to fix an election
Based on the full set of the 4 p.m. Election Day exit poll data Dr. Stephen F. Freeman from the University of Pennsylvania calculated that "the odds of just three of the major swing states, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania all swinging as far as they did against their respective exit polls were 250 million to one."
The Ohio Election Protection Coalition's public hearings have documented insufficient voting machines in black Democratic precincts resulting in five-to-seven hour waits, voter intimidation, machine malfunctions and other irregularities.
The Ohio Election Protection Coalition's public hearings have documented insufficient voting machines in black Democratic precincts resulting in five-to-seven hour waits, voter intimidation, machine malfunctions and other irregularities.
Thursday, December 02, 2004
What did that nice General Pinochet ever do wrong??
Tax Fraud, Torture, Murder that´s what. His friends Mrs. Thatcher and Henry Kissinger would probably say it was all in the name of freedom.
OBSCENE
The Israeli public and presumably politicians are very perturbed because some soldiers forced a Palestinian man to play the voilin at a checkpoint. Their concern was that Jewish suffering in the Nazi death camps where similiar events had occured had been diminished. Yoram Kaniuk, author of a book about a Jewish violinist forced to play for a concentration camp commander, wrote in Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper that the soldiers responsible should be put on trial "not for abusing Arabs but for disgracing the Holocaust". "Of all the terrible things done at the roadblocks, this story is one which negates the very possibility of the existence of Israel as a Jewish state. If [the military] does not put these soldiers on trial we will have no moral right to speak of ourselves as a state that rose from the Holocaust," he wrote.
A soldier who emptied his machine gun into a 13 year old girl caused less concern a few weeks ago. He was charged with a minor infraction.
A soldier who emptied his machine gun into a 13 year old girl caused less concern a few weeks ago. He was charged with a minor infraction.
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Giant Jesus Statue
Sunday, November 28, 2004
Ofsted: who polices the police?
Friday, November 26, 2004
Marlboro man captures Falluja
Monday, November 22, 2004
Not what Che had in mind
All Cubans are equal but some are more equal than others it seems, Go to the last few lines of this story,Is this what Che Guvara died for? longer version in Spanish here
Sunday, November 21, 2004
Computer Software company in decline
Kerry Football Clips
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Old Europe doing just fine
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
25-5-1977
How to fix an election
Monday, November 08, 2004
Henry to face music?
Sunday, November 07, 2004
Abu Ghraib images censored
Google has decided that pics of the abuses by US soldiers that were in the world press earlier in the year are no longer suitable for public viewing.You would have thought that accessing these photos on the web would be easy. Not so, if you type "Abu Ghraib" into Google you get this. Everything to do with Abu Ghraib except what you were probably looking for.However with Yahoo you get this.
Saturday, November 06, 2004
George W gets a few extra votes in Ohio
Americans flee to Canada
Thursday, November 04, 2004
Election 04
Monday, November 01, 2004
John Dean on the Bush Presidency
Track the Electoral College
Powell concedes Iraq
A year ago the insurgents were relegated to sabotaging power and gas lines hundreds of miles outside Baghdad. Today they are moving into once safe neighborhoods in the heart of the capital, choking off what remains of "normal" Iraqi society like a creeping jungle.At one point in Ramadi last week, while U.S. soldiers were negotiating with the mayor two insurgents rode by shooting AK-47s—from bicycles.
Sunday, October 31, 2004
If Bush Wins
Enjoy a Spring Break with a difference if Bush wins the election.
Dirty tricks Dept swings into action
Rummy´s War
Saturday, October 30, 2004
Ha Ha
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Kerry wins
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Arnie suffers a setback!!
Friday, October 22, 2004
US Elections
History of US Presidential elections since 1948. In 1972, Mass. was the only state to vote against Nixon (they were right ,everybody else was wrong)and in 1984 Minnesota was the only dissenter to the re-election of Regan.
Thursday, October 21, 2004
13 year old girl shot 17 times
No one to blame except herself.Soldier charged with minor infraction.
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Urban Audit
Compare quality of life in almost 200 EU cities (2001 data)
Sunday, October 17, 2004
Patriot Pledge
Take the patriot pledge and ditch your human rights
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Open Secrets
George Dubya rewards has campaign donors
Have a Laugh
Funny Football Story
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
David Beckham and all those minutes silence
Mailbox on the above topics. Also check out one of the best writers on football right now - John Nicholson. This is a recent article on Rooney.The archive of other articles on the right of the page is also worth checking out.
Football Quotes
The discussion betwen Savage and Souness is interesting
Who´s dead?
A slightly different way to play a fantasy football league type of game.
Monday, October 11, 2004
Good Fun
Cheney gets it wrong
Monday, October 04, 2004
Cartoons
Kids´Sport
American article on the problem of over-competitive sport at too young an age.
Sunday, October 03, 2004
George Soros
Once the bain of the British exchequer, George Soros now has a pop at the Bush administration.
Friday, October 01, 2004
Vote vote vote
Sad News Indeed
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Name Calling
What name would you want to call your child-Superman, maybe even Tarzan or Batman? Check out this story
Sunday, September 26, 2004
Something Different
Sunday, September 19, 2004
Privatised Schools
This is what can happen when a government, as in this case in California, tries to privatise schools.
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Hmmm
Colin Powell and the crazies
Friday, September 03, 2004
Comparing Education Systems
The Irish Education System performs well in the latest(2000) OECD comparisons of educational attainment in around 30 countries in the developed world. We are near the top in Reading Literacy, average at Maths and above average in Science. Not that you'd know this from reading the Irish papers which prefer to slag off teachers on issues like holidays, pay and league tables. These are the league tables they should be publishing. Luckily we do have some commentators like David McWilliams to stand up for us.
Key Numbers
Some interesting facts on the Bush presidency.
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Life in Occupied Territory
Report from Orla Guerin in Nablus
Friday, August 13, 2004
Colin Powell
Interesting interview, I´m still not sure why he´s hanging around with that crowd.
Friday, August 06, 2004
Nobody Laughed
Alabama kills 74 year old man suffering from dementia
Thursday, August 05, 2004
Beware, News Managment Dept(aka disinformation/lies)at work
What do you do when the news headlines are unfavourable? Change them of course. How? Easy, CRY WOLF AT THE TOP OF YOUR VOICE(just declare a major terror alert). This believe it or not makes people think you´re doing a good job. There´s a link between the terror alerts and Bush's approval ratings.
Timeline of terror alerts and their proximity to damaging headlines
Timeline of terror alerts and their proximity to damaging headlines
Friday, July 30, 2004
Report your local clamper
You know how clampers´ vans always block traffic while clamping cars, well here´s some good news.
From Irish Independent 30-7-2004
Clamper had a 'God-given right' on road
A CLAMPER seemed to think he had a "God-given right" to block the road while trying to clamp cars, a judge declared yesterday. Thomas Graham refused to take a garda's direction after drivers said his van blocked the street, Dublin District Court heard. Judge Murrough Connellan convicted Graham of dangerous parking and obstructing traffic in Dublin's Mespil Road in February last year. Graham, St Finian's Crescent, Lucan, Co Dublin, who pleaded guilty to the offences, was fined €150 for dangerous parking and €200 for obstructing traffic.
From Irish Independent 30-7-2004
Clamper had a 'God-given right' on road
A CLAMPER seemed to think he had a "God-given right" to block the road while trying to clamp cars, a judge declared yesterday. Thomas Graham refused to take a garda's direction after drivers said his van blocked the street, Dublin District Court heard. Judge Murrough Connellan convicted Graham of dangerous parking and obstructing traffic in Dublin's Mespil Road in February last year. Graham, St Finian's Crescent, Lucan, Co Dublin, who pleaded guilty to the offences, was fined €150 for dangerous parking and €200 for obstructing traffic.
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
A Little bit of Humphries
Best line: "The A1 from Lisbon to Oporto is 100mph hell, if you slow down to less than 90 you fear the truck driver behind will make you his bitch."
Those mass Graves
Another completely inaccurate wild exaggeration to justify you know what.
Saturday, July 17, 2004
Is this yours?
Saturday, July 10, 2004
Interesting
Friday, July 09, 2004
Some Bad news
The Pentagon has just announced some bad news. Oh Dear Guess what´s happened to GWB´s military service records.
A School tour with a difference
Thursday, July 01, 2004
Something to smile at
Sporting failures don't come more stoical than Tim Henman - a quality noted by the Daily Telegraph in an opinion piece this week. "He takes every disappointment in good humour... He is incredibly polite... He has supportive parents, a charming wife... And he is from Surrey."
Saturday, June 19, 2004
The Moon
Thursday, June 17, 2004
Dull Web Site
Saturday, June 12, 2004
Bush´s New Running Mate
President Bush has a new running mate to help him get reelected. Florida´s election officials, yes the very same are also rowing in.