Bush Send Military to Aid Georgia

Good morning. I’ve just met with my national security team to discuss the crisis in Georgia ... , that Russian armored vehicles are blocking access to that port, and that Russia is blowing up Georgian vessels. We’re concerned about reports that Georgian citizens of all ethnic origins are not being [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 16:51:03

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Putin’s Winning Hand By Mike Whitney + video

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 08/16/08 “ICH” Once the Atlantic Alliance is shattered, America’s lifeline to the world is kaput There are no military installations in the city of Tskhinvali. In fact, there are no military targets at all. It is an industrial center consisting of lumber mills, manufacturing plants and residential areas [more...]

Date: 2008-08-16 20:52:06

THE WORLD today!

———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope ... of Congress, in the House reaching 257 seats/up 21 seats remaining 178 seats for the Republican Party ... Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker as Chairman of the new White House Economic Recovery Advisory Board [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 00:33:08

Russia: What is Happening on This Side of the World!

This is how the West looks at Russia and Iran! Hello, I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and thought to myself: " ... at.... Georgia Will Levy War on South Ossetia in Fall, Kokoity SaidGeorgia plans to unleash large ... Alexander Surikov. U.S. says further "punitive" steps against Iran needed The White House said on Wednesday [more...]

Date: 2008-08-06 13:10:00

Georgia: Update and Considerations

Status: No significant changes to report. The Humvees (and possible other equipment according to some reports) ... , or even any obvious preparations for same. The Russians have outlined their plans for a security ... to be to have the upper house of parliament recognize Ossetian and Abkhazian independence. Russia has also reportedly [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 13:16:22

News - Commentary - Opinions - Photos

Mumbai Siege Ends, Death Toll Hits 195By Mubashir Zaidi and Laura King - Los Angeles TimesWhile India has not yet accused a particular group, Pakistan vows to investigate possible links to militants. Indian National security Guard (NSG) commandos rappel down from a helicopter onto the roof of Nariman House, which houses a Jewish centre [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 11:27:00

Moving Office

Next week, I'll be packing up my old office and getting ready to move to a new one the following week ... - temporarily, we're told. There are long-term plans to renovate the entire floor, but moving everyone ... , Georgian stone building which is a registered heritage property. According to the blue plaque [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 22:15:00

RUSSIA/GEORGIA WAR UPDATES TICKER & VIDEOS: - Russia Cuts Off Access To Georgia’s Main Port - Russians Just Dig In Deeper! Only Handful Have Left - Russians Kidnap Soldiers, Steal U.S. Humvees, Blow Up Top Naval Vessel

A Georgian gestures, whilst waiting for humanitarian aid to be distributed, in Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Some 80,000 refugees are in more than 600 centers in and around Tbilisi, primarily sheltered in schools, hospitals and previously abandoned buildings [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 10:38:47

Bill Moyers on Israel/Gaza

(updated below - Update II - Update III) On his PBS Journal Show last night, Bill Moyers delivered a poignant essay on Israel/Gaza ( ... not a single U.S. Senator and no House member other than a handful dare utter anything other than ... or justifiability): Download video! Moyers worked in Lyndon Johnson’s White House when Johnson escalated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:26:38

Project Humanbeingsfirst Index

Project Humanbeingsfirst.org Download-PDF | Print | Press-Releases | Mirrors | Topical-Index Urgent-Action | Topic du jour | Latest | Essays | ... a second more powerful front to disarm them. If at least one of you in your House speeches being ... has been declared in the House, is fictitious. And therefore, you, as the Representative of the People [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 15:20:00

Israel fears Russian response to Tel Aviv's military support for Georgia ... media news wrap on conflict

I have collated a variety of analytical articles written over the past week on Europe's first war of the 21st century, that between Russia and Georgia. I have also included an article on Israel's key involvement in the build up and training of Georgia's armed forces.Has Israel overstepped its line in its dealings in external conflicts? [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 10:00:00

Why I have come to believe that McCain is a dangerous choice for president

Let me start by saying that for as long as I’ve been paying attention to politics, I’ve liked John McCain.  I thought he would have made a great president in 2000, until his campaign was derailed in my home state by a series of vicious push-polls and a whisper-campaign that claimed McCain had an illegitimate black child [more...]

Date: 2008-09-14 15:24:00

Obama Nation - Now What?

By Joel Skousen Editor - World Affairs Brief 11-11-8 If last Wednesday’s massive media celebration of Barack Obama’s life was any indication, this country is in for a propaganda blitz like nothing we have seen since the death of JFK. This young, ever-smiling and well spoken Marxist Senator, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 13:18:04

Iran’s Fantasy: A Renewed Cold War between "Infidels" Russia and America

Following is a short commentary I wrote about the Iranian regime strategic opportunity to dodge the international sanctions and the rise of its own ... a military operation inside South Ossetia in Georgia. Ostensibly, the Georgian incursion ... by the leaderships at the White House and the Kremlin. Almost two decades after the fall [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 01:04:32

Hope abandoned.....

Published here with permission of Robert van Voren from GIP-global.org (written in december 2008) ... right in front of us the barrier with a military post, guarded by a few Georgian soldiers.We ... past, looking cautiously in our direction.Later we explore the village, discovering one destroyed house [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 15:31:00

Economist Vs. Idiot: Just Close Your Eyes And Pretend That Wolf Is James Spader

Officially, the Economist Vs. Idiot feature now lives on Friday.  Let's go! The World Last Week -Hurricane Gustav, much like a former co-worker named Gustav, screwed up the proceedings of a major event by showing up and making a lot of noise--the Hurricane caused the cancellation of the first day of the Republican [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 05:33:03

Lincoln Didn't Sleep Here

Spearheaded by First Lady Caroline Harrison, this 1889 proposal called for transforming the White House into a vast quadrangle with two multilevel ... gardens, and conservatories. Images from "The White House: The History of An American Idea" by William Seale (The White House Historical Association/The American Institute of Architects Press, 1992 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 07:00:00

Economist Versus Idiot: Pat That Back, Pat It Like It Was A Shiba Inu Puppy

The World Last Week -The trend that George W. Bush missed out on of the stock market doing well around the election of a new US president returned with the election of Barack Obama. -Panasonic and Sanyo are talking team-up.  If it happens, their bastard marriage will form Japan's biggest electronics company, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 22:47:25

USA and Israel knew beforehand of Georgian attack on Ossetia? Well, duh!

Georgia in US-financed arms race for war on Abkhazia, South Ossetia, from The Tiraspol Times, independent news from Moldova.Written by Jason Cooper ... as the next target of Georgian military aggression, and many here worry that it is only a matter of time ... soldiers in country before the attack) and no one could foresee the Georgian attack on Ossetia.On [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 21:17:00

The planning threats just keep on coming

The Wandsworth Borough News is reporting on a reception held by the council last night to unveil yet more overdevelopment they're championing - ... HillHardwick's Quarter, which is presumably their fancy name for the Cockpen House ... the Conservatives keep rolling out these plans (just before Christmas, when they think we'll [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 01:14:18

60 Minutes reality check on Bush/McCain surge

60 Minutes reality check on Bush/McCain surge For all the cheering about how the "surge" worked, they are forgetting details ... to get their act in gear and finish this off. It's not happening. With 2,000 Georgian forces pulled ... to continue the practice and says he has no plans of putting them on his every growing payroll [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 12:22:55

Bush to Putin, “Get out now!” Putin to Bush, “Nyet!” By Mike Whitney

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 08/21/08 “ICH” When Vladimir Putin heard President Bush demand that Russian troops “leave Georgia territory ... Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin are hanging on every word that emerges from the White House ... out the details of its so-called “withdrawal plans” with the United Nations, not Washington. Bush isn’t even [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 04:54:53

Facing 2009 with optimism

Sociologists say that societies collapse. Economists say that markets collapse. Political analysts say that powers collapse ... in both the building of military infrastructures and economic rescue plans. We have a collapsing ... with its inflicting of terror to Zimbabwe's population, Russia with its invading a Georgian territory, Burma [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 01:40:00

RTS Index Tumbles and Fitch Warn On Investor Sentiment

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday he had signed a decree recognizing the Georgian rebel regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as ... they were ``shocked'' by the company's plans to raise its investment budget to more than $40 billion ... given that the company revised its investment plans only a month ago,'' Troika Dialog analysts Oleg [more...]

Date: 2008-08-26 17:11:00

Cheney Aide In Georgia Just Before Conflict

27 August, 2008 — RickB The LA Times which reveals this is at pains to promote the official version as to why he was there- What was a top national security aide to Vice President Dick Cheney doing in Georgia shortly before Georgian President ... up the vice president’s just-announced visit to Georgia. (It is common for the White House to send [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 20:26:07

DrumBeat: September 5, 2008

U.S. highway fund crushed by cutback in driving NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- An unprecedented decline in driving will deplete the federal Highway Trust Fund by the end of September prompting the government to ask Congress for an $8 billion emergency infusion Friday. Gasoline sales are crucial to maintaining the nation's highway infrastructure [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 14:22:45

The Axis of Weevils: (Part 1 of 3) Current Operations

"Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States" Exerpt from the statement (PDF 203 Kb) by Lieutenant General Michael D. Maples, U.S. Army Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, on Wednesday, February 27, 2008. (Unclassified) Good afternoon Mr [more...]

Date: 2008-06-09 19:37:03

War With Russia Is On The Agenda By Paul Craig Roberts

Dandelion Salad By Paul Craig Roberts 26/08/08 “ICH” Thinking about the massive failure of the US media to report truthfully is sobering ... , such as the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, one gets a radically different view of the situation than ... in the coverage of the Georgian-Russian conflict.  The US media presented the conflict as a [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 00:00:35

Weekend News Digest

Weekend News Digest is an Open Thread 49 Stories. Now with U.S. News. From Yahoo News Top Stories 1 Election spurs 'hundreds' of race threats, crimes By JESSE WASHINGTON, AP National Writer 26 mins ago Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 04:48:28

Iranian Trump Card. Russia Can Take Control of Persian Gulf

The recognition of South Ossetia's and Abkhazia's independence by Russia is a timely step to protect these republics from new Georgian aggression. However, taking into account the United States' plans to expedite Georgia's and Ukraine's ... States' and entire NATO's unfriendly plans. In particular, Russia can rely on those countries [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 00:05:20

A Splash of Red, Antonia Fraser

Jemima Shore, writer and presenter of the television programme “Jemima Shore Investigates” is flat-sitting for her friend Chloe Fontaine, also a writer. The block of flats is a controversial development in a large Georgian square close to the British Library, which is ideal for Jemima as she plans to spend most of her time [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 09:33:51

Russian troops still in Georgia after pullout

By Gareth Jones TBILISI (Reuters) - Russian soldiers held positions deep inside Georgia’s heartland on Saturday, ... up to what it had promised. Russian soldiers talk with Georgian soldiers at the last checkpoint on the Gori ... from Georgia but the Georgian government challenged the claim while the United States and France called [more...]

Date: 2008-08-23 13:48:18

FREEDOM OF SPEECH - AS LONG AS YOUR LOCAL MOSQUE AGREES

A novel about the child bride of the Prophet Mohammed has been withdrawn by publisher Random House, ... ( pictured above ), was due to have been published next Tuesday, and Random House, which ... . But the publisher abruptly informed her that all plans were now off. Thomas Perry, the deputy publisher [more...]

Date: 2008-08-09 23:08:48

Reinventing the Evil Empire

Reinventing the Evil Empire - by Stephen Lendman For the West, everything changed but stayed the same, hard-wired and in place. Things just lay dormant in the shadows during the Yeltsin years, certain to reemerge once a more resolute Russian leader took over. If not Vladimir Putin, someone else little different [more...]

Date: 2008-08-25 18:54:37

Expertise

The New Republic has an interview with a former State Dept expert on Georgia that may shed a little light on recent events: Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has pointed to the West as the source of blame ... , very different in the last 10 months than they did during the Rose Revolution. When the Georgian [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 04:17:03

Russia Drives Deeper Into Georgia

ZUGDIDI, Georgia — Russian tanks roared deep into Georgia on Monday, launching a new western front in the conflict, ... on the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. The western assault expanded the days-old war beyond the central breakaway ... from Russia. While most Georgian forces were still busy fighting there, Russian troops opened the western [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 07:11:38

Presidential Wanna B....UH Um UH Hussein Obama

There is so much to post about Obama right now, so I thought I would take snipets of things and put them all here ... a $1.65 million restored Georgian mansion in an upscale Chicago neighborhood. To finance ... in Chicago, Obama's rate could have saved him more than $300 per month. Obama's house purchase [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 08:12:22

McCain vs. Bush: Russians in Georgia

by Mark Silva President Bush will have lunch today at the George Bush Center for Intelligence, ... to his possible successor, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona. While the White House was busy "setting ... , visiting the CIA today for briefings and lunch with staffers, has postponed his August vacation plans [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 12:40:13

Reinventing the Evil Empire

Reinventing the Evil Empire - by Stephen Lendman For the West, everything changed but stayed the same, hard-wired and in place. Things just lay dormant in the shadows during the Yeltsin years, certain to reemerge once a more resolute Russian leader took over. If not Vladimir Putin, someone else little different [more...]

Date: 2008-08-25 10:25:35

Gold & Silver Get Slammed, Home Price Update, U.S. Versus Russia, Buffett Buys, and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Gold and silver get creamed… 11 reasons why you should keep the faith Dollar still surging… twisted logic and Deutsche Bank report send greenback to higher highs Home prices still falling, yet home equity loans on the rise… wait till you read these marketing gimmicks Oil and gas remain on the [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 18:29:32

THE WORLD today!

——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope ... of Congress, in the House reaching 257 seats/up 21 seats remaining 178 seats for the Republican Party ... Federal budget, appointing former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker as Chairman of the new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 00:09:08

Dr. Paul’s Speech - Rally for the Republic

’ One of the things we love so much about Dr. Paul is that he never reads canned speeches - he always speaks from his head, and, his heart. For the Rally for the Republic, Dr. Paul worked hard on an outline and wanted to share his notes. His exact words will differ, and some parts will improvised, but his sentiment is in this text [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 23:39:23

WW4 File: Fourth World War enters "Sitzkrieg" phase as Soviets, NATO assess other's resolve; putative rivals Russia, Ukraine hold concurrent wargames

FOURTH WORLD WAR HIGHLIGHTS: CAUCASUS THEATER- August 26: Russian Communist Leader Zyuganov Calls for Annihilation of Saakashvili Regime - August 30: Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: More than 900 Russian Soldiers Manning 23 Illegal Checkpoints "Deep" in Country - September 2: Putin Declares: "There are no Russian troops on Georgian soil [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 10:18:00

National and International Headlines for August 11

Headlines from Democracynow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, ... for Kosovo's secession from Serbia. On Friday, Georgian forces attacked South Ossetia's capital Tskhinvali ... by Georgian forces. In response, Russia launched an air, land and sea assault on Georgia. Georgia's [more...]

Date: 2008-08-11 20:16:26

Overcoming Human Nature: The Revolution of the Meek

by Peter Chamberlin What words can I conjure to give meaning to the visions that dominate my brain, images of evil and bloodlust, consuming the flesh of an unwary people. I see the rapidly approaching epic, the cataclysmic convulsion of a violent racist culture, stabbing feverishly at its own womb, [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 13:20:38

Bill Moyers on Israel/Gaza

(updated below - Update II - Update III) On his PBS Journal Show last night, Bill Moyers delivered a poignant essay on Israel/Gaza (video below) ... not a single U.S. Senator and no House member other than a handful dare utter anything other than ... ): Moyers worked in Lyndon Johnson's White House when Johnson escalated the Vietnam War [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 01:45:43

Towards a Second Cold War? Ossetia-Georgia-Russia-U.S.A.

By NOAM CHOMSKY Aghast at the atrocities committed by US forces invading the Philippines, and the rhetorical flights about liberation and noble intent that routinely accompany crimes of state, Mark Twain threw up his hands at his inability to wield his formidable weapon of satire [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 04:24:12

The Crazies Destroyed Themselves

Posted by anarchore on October 29, 2008 I love getting updates from National Journal. Politics 2008 powered by FreeFind Globalism/Locust - History - Holocaust Industry - Jewish Studies - Letters - Multiculturalism - Politics Political Persecutios - Religion - Support us - Email us - German Section - MainPage - [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 01:37:34

Israel of the Caucasus

NATO guarantees that an attack against one member country is an attack against all are no longer what they used to be ... its "pet project" Georgia and a partnership with Moscow. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili ... that was mostly under the radar. Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili is a former Israeli [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 01:18:49

Sarkozy: Israeli Attack Inevitable - ‘Russia may aid Iran to spite the US’ - Iran to hold three-day war games

by Gordon Prather While the Republicans were nominating Sarah Palin – who reportedly believes the Bush-Cheney war of aggression against Iraq was ... on Iran. However, the Russians just may have seriously upset their plans. According to UPI’s Arnaud de Borchgrave, the special relationship Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has with the Cheney [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 16:39:15

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