The Weapons Used In Iraq Afghanistan Have Far Reaching Effectshttp://www.paltelegraph.com/columnists/peter-eyre/3125-the-weapons-used-in-iraq-afghanistan-have-far-reaching-effects

Change blindness: research and history how Americans are as blind to US fascism as Nazi-era Germanshttp://www.examiner.com/x-18425-LA-County-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2009m12d12-Change-blindness-research-and-history-how-Americans-are-as-blind-to-US-fascism-as-Naziera-Germans

Houthis: Riyadh Keeps Dropping Phosphorus Bombshttp://dprogram.net/2009/12/13/houthis-riyadh-keeps-dropping-phosphorus-bombs/

Leftist Latin American bloc to begin using its own virtual currency, the “Sucre”http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091213/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_leftist_bloc;_ylt=Ar5i9pIsiNxT6uNSx22IqJBvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTJxbWhnYXQ4BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMjEzL2NiX2N1YmFfbGVmdGlzdF9ibG9jBHBvcwMxOARzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA2xlZnRpc3RsYXRhbQ--

HAVANA – Members of a leftist bloc of nine Latin American nations said Saturday they plan to use a new currency dubbed the “sucre” for trade among themselves starting in January

Book in India: Israelis crooks Priest in Goa publishes book on 'dealing with tourists from Israel,' whom he calls 'druggies' .... http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3819161,00.html

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Miguel D'Escoto: it's time to save the planethttp://www.telesurtv.net/noticias/entrev-reportajes/index.php?ckl=431

Coming to a close the first decade of XXI century the planet faces onslaught of natural disasters, political, economic and social demand an urgent response from the international community and its mechanisms of consensus. In this context, former president of the General Assembly Miguel D'Escoto United Nations agreed to talks in Caracas with Prensa Latina on the situation and the prospects for multilateralism and build a harmonious coexistence with the environment.

Miguel D'Escoto: The planet is undergoing a tremendous crisis, impacting on the economy, finance, politics, social issues and the environment. More than a billion poor, many people who die of preventable or curable diseases, the unemployed, displaced from their territories, wars and a deteriorating environment make up a picture of unpredictable consequences. Even some experts say that by the end of this century will be gone at least half the species of flora and fauna. This complex scenario is compounded by the individualistic stance of powers like the United States instead of going to combat the problems, its one many of whom are responsible, trying to ensure only their survival.

We in Latin America are sending signals to the world, including the emergence of leaders like Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales and Daniel Ortega are the horizon drawn by Fidel Castro, the largest Latin American of all time. Another proposal is the Bolivarian Alliance for the peoples of our Americas, ALBA, because of it emanating from principles of cooperation and development in harmony with nature. Unlike other experiences, ALBA arises in order to not leave behind any country and they are using modest resources.

D'Escoto: Many want to be generous and we hoped that the change credible hosted by President Barack Obama during his campaign and even after being elected would be given. However, we are back to reality and we must recognize that Obama is only U.S. President not more, which means that it is the decision maker. It  is the U.S. military-industrial complex that has always governed the empire and not interested in reversing the current situation. The evidence is that many of the country instead of worrying about global problems are working instead to regain or extend its hegemony.

D'Escoto: The empire wants to recover what has always considered its backyard (Latin America), and evidence ranging from its role in the coup against Manuel Zelaya in Honduras until the installation of new military bases in Panama and Colombia. Nor can we ignore the destabilizing plans in Bolivia, Paraguay and Venezuela. Behind all this are the interests of transnational corporations to secure energy resources, water, minerals and biodiversity. The world crisis could lead to even bigger problems and it should ttry to position itself for when that day comes

'Saudi, Israel tie-up' in Turkmenistanhttp://www.upi.com/Science_News/Resource-Wars/2009/12/10/Saudi-Israel-tie-up-in-Turkmenistan/UPI-95231260467100

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The drive by foreign companies to grab a piece of the action in gas-rich Turkmenistan is reported to be producing some strange bedfellows -- like PetroSaudi, owned by the son of King Abdallah, and Merhav, an Israeli conglomerate run by former intelligence officer Yosef Maiman. According to Intelligence Online, a Paris-based Web site that covers global security issues, the companies from these longtime Middle Eastern adversaries are negotiating a partnership "through intermediaries" to explore the Serdar field that straddles the border between Turkmenistan and oil-rich Azerbaijan.

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Here's what's in store for Hawai`i if the Akaka bill becomes law.http://stopakakabill.com/

AKAKA BILL = DISASTER FOR HAWAI`I

Surprising Results of CFR Survey What the U.S. Elite Really Thinks About Israel By JEFFREY BLANKFORT http://www.counterpunch.org/blankfort12072009.html

Israel tells foreign dignitaries not to visit Gazahttp://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1517724.php/Israel-tells-foreign-dignitaries-not-to-visit-Gaza

Jerusalem - Israel does not want foreign dignitaries to visit the Gaza Strip, because that would grant undue legitimacy to Hamas, a foreign ministry official said . The Jerusalem Post daily said the government of hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, since taking office in March, had imposed a de-facto ban on the entry of foreign diplomats into Gaza.

"Take the pledge to never,ever drink Coca cola again!"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6fbiQK4dL4&feature=player_embedded#

Two Cola-Cola* employees urged people in Copenhagen to never drink the soft drink again, denouncing their company's environmental and human rights record in a highly unusual press conference* in the Hopenhagen LIVE area in City Hall Square.

CFR: World Attitudes on Global Governance (Highlights) Part 1/ 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eupYO0lQ0zA CFR: World Attitudes on Global Governance (Highlights) Part 2/ 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Kooeo48nk Here is the link to the full hour long video http://tinyurl.com/yb785c6

Tony Blair told by Azerbaijan victims: 'Give your £90,000 speaker's fee to charity'http://mytechnologyworld9.blogspot.com/2009/12/tony-blair-told-by-azerbaijan-victims.html

Tony Blair is under pressure to give to charity a fee of at least £90,000 he was paid for making a speech in Azerbaijan, which is notorious for its human rights abuses.

British royalty grooming young Prince William to be king?http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1235375/Prince-William-share-Queens-duties-Treasury-document-reveals-secret-plan-make-Shadow-King.html#ixzz0ZXPYpPNm

Prince William to share Queen's duties: Treasury document reveals secret plan to make him the 'Shadow King'

US air strikes kill exactly 30? enemies every time .... http://rawstory.com/2009/12/airstrikes-kill-30-enemies/

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Obama and Western Civilizations: Hypocritical Rhetoric and Righteous Holocaustshttp://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/69450

"The West resorts to economic dominance of the third world through the World Bank run by Americans and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) run by a European for the sole purpose of controlling and strangling third world economies to benefit Western corporations. Political dominance is acquired through the Western created United Nations where the Security Council consists of a cabal of five nuclear powers who decide life and death of the Unpeople.

US rejects Iran nuclear offer http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/12/20091212234230232521.html

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Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline- Unicol and Karzai_- Former UK ambassador: CIA sent people to be raped with broken bottleshttp://centurean2.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/trans-afghanistan-pipeline-unicol-and-karzai_-former-uk-ambassador-cia-sent-people-to-be-raped-with-broken-bottles/ videooo

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Happy Anniversary Amerika!http://rense.com/general88/icka.htm

Today is the Ninth Anniversary of the Death of this Nation, and no doubt it shall go unnoticed just like this Anniversary did on the eight previous Anniversaries of this day.What I'm talking about happened on December 12, 2000 when the US Supreme Court stopped the presidential vote-count and appointed Bush Junior to the office of president. That was a day that should have 'Lived in Infamy' but has instead been banished to the trash-heap of the history that was written by those that are still in stolen-power and denial.

Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisorhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2009/dec/13/drug-money-banks-saved-un-cfief-claims

Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis, the United Nations' drugs and crime tsar has told the Observer.Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, said he has seen evidence that the proceeds of organised crime were "the only liquid investment capital" available to some banks on the brink of collapse last year. He said that a majority of the $352bn (£216bn) of drugs profits was absorbed into the economic system as a result.

Tax-exempt terror: the US cash behind extremist settlershttp://www.hybridstates.com/2009/12/tax-exempt-terror-the-us-cash-behind-extremist-settlers/

. Settlers are not some magical force of nature, of unknown origin, impossible to contain. They are a state-sponsored movement to drive out Palestinians from their ancestral homeland and move Jews to the newly created space. It is a movement that consumes occupied and stolen Palestinian land purely because the government of Israel, with the fourth most powerful army in the world, allows them to. That is, settlers exist in Palestine at the behest of the Israeli government that funds them, defends them from international pressure (with unconditional US acquiescence), and uses its military to protect them. They also exist because US tax-exempt organizations give them millions of dollars each year to further their agenda of ethnic cleansing.

Boycott Committee applauds Christian call for sanctionshttp://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=246039

The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) applauded prominent Christian Palestinian leaders on Friday after they released a document calling on churches around the world "to say a word of truth and to take a position of truth with regard to Israel's occupation of Palestinian land." ...

'A horrifying demographic problem'http://www.palestinemonitor.org/spip/spip.php?article1201

A wave of recent studies from academics both sides of the wall have revealed ingrained racism in Israeli schools. Books authorised by the ministry of education habitually use geography, history, language and other methods to instil negative perceptions of Arabs and Palestinians ... Both Adwan and Peled have closely studied representation of Palestinians in a wide range of children’s texts, with similar conclusions. “We could not find one picture of an Arab human being,” Peled reflects sadly, “they are all of types. They are presented as primitive terrorists, farmers who reject modernity. They are not people.

 US Kids Represent Psychiatric Drug Goldminehttp://www.truthout.org/1213091

Poor Children Four Times More Likely to Get Antipsychoticshttp://cryptogon.com/?p=12609