OREO 08 25 08
` ` OREO 08 25 08 ` ` Newsstories of interest: ` ** = Important [in this edition: ] ` MH = Misleading Headline [in this edition: 1 ] ` ` ` 1 DISORDER ` ` New Orleans repeating deadly levee mistakes ` http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080823/ap_on_re_us/katrina_repeating_the_past ` "If you [>] believe you can't flood, that's when you in- crease the risk of flooding." ` and ` DOD: Engineers to review post-Katrina pumps ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082302201.html ` "to [>] assure the citizens of New Orleans that pumps de- signed for flood protection will perform as specified [?] during hurricanes." ` ` ` Rabbis Debate Kosher Ethics at Meat Plant ` http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/us/23kosher.html?pagewanted=all ` "A low-level Agriprocessors floor supervisor pleaded guilty this week to criminal immigration charges, the only manager convicted to date." ` PRACTICAL ETHICS ` ` ` Joshua Frank | Targeting Pelosi (and the War Machine) | An Interview with Cindy Sheehan ` http://www.counterpunch.org/frank08232008.html ` "Sheehan: I decided to target Pelosi because she is the number one Democrat in Congress and she was the number one obstacle to ending the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan." ` THE # 1 GUTLESS IN A COWARD CONGRESS ` and ` Thousands protest ahead of Democratic convention ` http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/4961557/thousands-protest-ahead-democratic-convention ` "anti-war protesters...marched through the US city of Denver" ` ` ` Guards' Lapses Cited in Detainee Suicides | Probe Also Faults Lenient Policies At Guantanamo ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082203083_pf.html ` "The simultaneous suicides on June 10, 2006, raised claims from top U.S. military commanders that the detainees were engaging in 'asymmetric warfare' against the United States." ` WE TORTURED 'EM 'TILL THOSE S.O.B.S WENT AND DIED ON US ` ` ` Homeland Security Comes to Vermont | Changes in Border Town Unsettle Some Residents ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082300816_pf.html ` "They're stirring up a little hate and discontent with that deal." ` THE SUPERPOWER IS DOOMED ` ` ` Balancing free speech with protest rights ` http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080824/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_conventions_free_speech ` "Hundreds of lawsuits still are pending on behalf of people arrested during the 2004 GOP convention. In 2000, more than 600 people were arrested at the Republican National Conven- tion in Philadelphia, and 200 were arrested in Los Angeles at the Democratic convention." ` DE-MOCK-RACY ` ` ` Warning on voting machines reveals oversight failure ` http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/50485.html ` "an unofficial laboratory testing system failed for years to detect an array of flaws in $1.5 billion worth of vot- ing equipment sold nationwide since 2003." ` IT IS TO LAUGH ` ` ` ==== ` Does the software at this site automatically convert URLs ` to links? If not, go to the Oreo Archive: ` Oreo ` ==== ` ` ` 2 AFRICA ` ` CHAD ` Chad floods force 10,000 from homes, kill 3: U.N. ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082300723.html ` And-- ` "Further round Africa's Atlantic coast, tiny Guinea-Bissau is struggling to control an outbreak of cholera that has killed at least 59 people since May." ` ` ` 3 ASIA ` ` THE BU$H PLAN (SYRIA) ` Major events in Syria-Lebanon history ` http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080824/D92OLU0O0.html ` ` ` THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ) ` Fear Keeps Iraqis Out of Their Baghdad Homes ` http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/world/middleeast/24baghdad.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all ` "Out of the more than 151,000 families who had fled their houses in Baghdad, just 7,112 had returned to them by mid- July" ` A TRIUMH OF SUPERPOWER SOCIOCIDE ` ` ` 911 system knocked out in parts of SoCal ` http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080823/D92O0SO01.html ` "for 90 minutes." Gunmen Kill a Top [puppet] Official in Baghdad ` http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/world/middleeast/24iraq.html ` "member of the [puppet] Communist Party" ` THE SUPERPOWER CORRUPTS ALL ` ` ` Train catches fire after derailment in Oklahoma ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082202438.html ` "Explosions at the site sent large balls of fire into the air, and the blaze continued into the evening." ` ` ` CIA More Fully Denies Deception About Iraq ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082202681.html ` "new CIA denial that it helped the Bush administration pro- duce phony documents" ` ` THE CIA MUST BE ABOLISHED ROOT, BRANCH, AND SEED ` ROOT includes The Superpower's National Security Council ` ` ` THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN) ` France to take long look at Afghan mission ` http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-France-Rethinking-Afghanistan.html ` "The risk for Sarkozy remains that the mission in Afghani- stan could erode his popularity... --much like former Prime Minister...Blair of Britain faced political damage over his commitment to the Iraq war." ` We trod the Fool's Parade! We did not care: we knew we were The Devil's Own Brigade ` ` ` Taliban win over locals at the gates of Kabul | While clash- es in remote Helmand dominate the headlines, another battle is being waged by the insurgents on Kabul's doorstep ` http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/24/afghanistan ` "Ten days ago [puppet] authorities reported a 'rocket strike' on the newly refurbished [Kabul] airport. ` Only it was not rockets...but rocket-propelled grenades, launched from 200 metres away." ` 200 meters = ~ 1/8 mile ` ` ` __THE PREPOSTEROUS IN OVERDRIVE__ ` Afghans sacked over deadly strike ` http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7580018.stm ` "[puppet] Afghan President...sacked two...[Afghan puppet] mili- tary commanders over...[The Superpower's] air strike two days ago that...killed 89 civilians." ` ` ` Taliban turns lethal: 101 US deaths in Afghanistan [actual- ly 3,077 US deaths in Afghanistan a/o May 2008] ` http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080824/ap_on_re_as/afghan100_us_deaths ` Emirate of Afghanistan troops "once derided as a ragtag rabble unable to match U.S. troops have transformed into a fighting force --one advanced enough to mount massive con- ventional attacks and claim American lives at a record pace." ` BY DEFEATING ONE SUPERPOWER, RUSSIA, YOU'VE LEARNED HOW TO DEFEAT ANOTHER ` When fools rush in, you get out of their way. Fools then imagine they're top dogs and you're just a ragtag rabble. ` THEN YOU KILL THEM. ` ` ` JAPAN ` Toyota announces price hikes to offset soaring costs ` http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080825091452.wr9zbo1l&show_article=1 ` "on some passenger cars in Japan for the first time in more than 30 years" ` ` ` KASHMIR ` Kashmir under [Indian] indefinite curfew ` http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7578709.stm ` "Local journalists say 15 of their colleagues were beaten up by [Indian] police" --photo caption ` "despite having curfew passes." --down in the newsstory ` and ` MH Three killed as Kashmir protesters defy curfew ` Rather, 3 separatist leaders detained as Kashmir protesters defy curfew ` http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP15049920080825?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&sp=true ` "The conflict has had little impact on [Indian] national politics, with a consensus in India that Kashmir should stay part of the country, no matter what." ` No matter what... ` That attitude toward PEOPLE is fostered by a similar atti- tude toward NATURE, as indicated in this newsstory: ` 1 million cut off by monsoon floods in India ` http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92P9K680&show_article=1 ` "India's monsoon season, which lasts from June to Septem- ber, brings rain vital for the country's farmers but also massive destruction. Floods, mudslides, collapsing houses and lightning strikes kill hundreds of people every year." ` Every year... ` SUCH ATTITUDES GET YOU NOWHERE ` ` ` 4 EUROPE ` ` DENMARK ` Danish central bank [Nationalbanken] rescues crisis bank ` http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92P96HG0&show_article=1 ` Bought "country's eighth largest bank [Roskilde Bank]" ` ` ` IRELAND ` 300 IRA members to fight convictions and seek compensation ` http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/25/northernireland.northernireland ` "The state [= the UK occupation]...set up the Historical Enquiries Team within the police service to look at un- solved killings 'but no similar mechanism to explore all the wrong-doings that went on in the [army] barracks and police stations.'" ` ` ` UK ` Poverty is UK's hidden child killer | Government has failed to tackle the epidemic of chronic illness and early deaths among the most disadvantaged in society, says a new report ` http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/24/welfare.health ` EU NEEDS TO KICK OUT UK ` End Child Poverty coalition: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_Child_Poverty_coalition ` ` ` 5 LATAM ` ` BOLIVIA ` Bolivia split in two as the wealthy aim to defy the Morales revolution ` http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/24/bolivia ` "survey by the Catholic Church found that 50,000 families [of the nine million population] own almost 90 per cent of the country's productive land." ` ` ` EL SALVADOR ` El Salvador's Police Chief Resigns Amid Scandal ` http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-salvador-police.html ` "media reports accused two close advisers of corruption and links with drug traffickers." ` ` ` MEXICO ` Mexicans deported from US face shattered lives ` http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080824/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_forced_homecoming ` "On average, 700 Mexicans expelled from the United States walk through this gate [at Tijuana] daily" ` Nearby, "American tourists pose for photos" "oblivious to the [expelled] men, women and children" ` ` ` NICARAGUA ` ...Medvedev sent a message in return to the President of Nicaragua...Ortega ` http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/text/news/2008/08/205659.shtml ` "We think that military-technical cooperation can become a promising field of cooperation between our countries." ` ` ` 6 SUPERPOWER ` ` In the Ruins of the Housing Bust ` http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/business/24house.html?ref=business&pagewanted=all ` Caption of photo on page 1: "Three-fourths of existing-home sales in Merced County [CA] are foreclosures." ` PRE-USED CARS, PRE-FORECLOSED HOMES ` Merced County, California: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merced_County ` ` ` Small Kansas Bank Is 9th Failure This Year ` http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-columbianbank-failure.html ` "Columbian Bank and Trust Company" ` ` ` Gas prices nationally drop 15 cents in 2 weeks ` http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Gas-Prices.html ` Regular self-serve: "$3.70 Friday" ` ` ` 7 $$$$ ` ` U.S. and Global Economies Slipping in Unison ` http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/business/24global.html?hp=&pagewanted=all ` "Economic trouble has spread..., threatening American busi- nesses with the loss of foreign sales and investment that have become increasingly vital to their sustenance." ` Sustenance? Hush! P-r-o-f-i-t-s. ` ` ` Wall Street bailout aid questioned at Fed event ` http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Bailout-Wrong-Signal.html ` Questioned? Hush! B-r-i-b-e-s. ` ` ` Criminals dumping weak US dollar for euro ` http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080822/wl_canada_afp/canadauseucrimemoney_080822212441 ` "other currencies...are poised to weaken the US dollar's dominance as the currency of choice for international remittances and payments." ` ` ` US grain exports snagged by infrastructure delays ` http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Grain-Bottleneck.html?pagewanted=all ` "surge in exports is revealing inefficiencies in the coun- try's railways, highways and rivers" ` AIN'T GOT NO MONEY FOR NOTHIN' SAVE WAR, WAR, WAR ` ` ` Oil rises above $115 as dollar weakens ` http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92P91T00&show_article=1 ` ` ` Malaysia says palm oil price dropping to realistic value ` http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/4963369/malaysia-says-palm-oil-price-dropping-realistic-value ` "price of palm oil...plummeted 42 percent in recent months" "Oil palm cultivation occupies 67 percent of Malaysia's total agricultural land, and some 500,000 people are en- gaged in the sector." ` ` ` ==== ` ` Oreo Archive: ` http://groups.yahoo.com/group/O-r-e-o ` `
