POLITICAL ESSAYS Uncontaining The Contained ` ` Wednesday, May 31, 2006 Reuters Seven die as police, rebels clash in south Russia ` The Superpower's newsstories help readers acquire a taste for ` THE ABSURD. ` Really? ` Try this! ` "Chechen rebels have fought a decade-long war for independence from Moscow. ` "Russian forces have contained that rebellion but are now fighting an insurgency that has spread to other parts of the poor and mainly Muslim North Caucasus region." ` ` ` ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/31/AR2006053100441_pf.html ` `
May 31, 2006
Uncontaining The Contained
May 30, 2006
The Manhole Story
POLITICAL ESSAYS The Manhole Story ` ` Monday, May 29, 2006 Associated Press [1] Canadian Diplomat Found Dead in Italy ` "The body of a man found in a manhole with a knife in his abdomen has been identified as that of a Canadian diplomat missing since March...." ` The diplomat, based in Vienna, was found in Naples. ` ` The book *The Strategy Of Subversion* makes the point that "Beneath the surface of events" substan- tial changes can occur --"with little objective news leaking to the world at large." ` Paul Blackstock, the author, continues: ` "The same is true of covert operations in general: ` a foreign minister or a nationalist leader is murdered, ` a militay attache 'falls off' a train [or might be found in a manhole], ` a 'border incident' makes headlines. ` Such events are frequently only isolated, accidentally exposed incidents in the larger pattern of ` SILENT, CLANDESTINE WARFARE ` which goes on restlessly and unceasingly beneath the surface." [2] ` ` You've heard about the "push for the arrest and ex- tradition of 22 purported CIA agents who have been accused by an Italian prosecutor of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric from Milan as a suspected terrorist" [3] and you're aware of Maher Arar, the Canadian citizen who, returning to Canada from a vacation in Tunisia, was detained in New York by The Superpow- er and deported to Syria where he was tortured [4]. ` Perhaps the Canadian diplomat, exasperated by Canadian kow-towing to The Superpower, had docu- ments to show the Italian prosecutor: but fell victim to the ` SILENT, CLANDESTINE WARFARE ` which goes on restlessly and unceasingly beneath the surface. ` ` ` ` [1] ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/29/AR2006052900573_pf.html ` [2] Pages 21 and 22 of-- ` Paul W Blackstock ` The Strategy of Subversion: Manipulating The Politics Of Other Nations ` Quadrangle Books ` 1964 ` 351 pages ` I capitalized the words "silent, clandestine warfare." ` [3] ` Wednesday, April 12, 2006 Associated Press Analysis: Italy-U.S. Ties Likely to Change ` http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2006/04/12/analysis_italy_us_ties_likely_to_change/ ` [4] ` Updated Feb. 17, 2006 CBC News Online Maher Arar: Timeline ` http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/arar/ ` Scroll to bottom, read up. ` `
May 29, 2006
David Kelly Is Not Dead
POLITICAL ESSAYS David Kelly Is Not Dead ` ` David who? ` Friday May 19, 2006 BBC [1] MP investigates Dr Kelly's death ` "An investigation into 'unanswered questions' about the death of weapons scientist Dr David Kelly has been launched by...[Member of Parliament Norman Baker]." ` "Dr Kelly was found dead after being named as the possible source of a BBC story on the government's Iraq dossier." ` Goverment's Iraq dossier? ` Blair's WMD Lie Machine dossier. ` Since Blair is The Superpower's *poodle,* you might as well say ` Bu$h's WMD Lie Machine dossier. ` "An inquest into Dr Kelly's death was opened and adjourned in July 2003. ` "The task of investigating the 'circumstances sur- rounding the death' of Dr Kelly was then handed [by Blair] to Lord Hutton, who, following a two month in- quiry, concluded the scientist had taken his own life." ` But "unanswered questions" remain. ` BBC sums it up: ` "[MP NORMAN] BAKER'S QUESTIONS ` "Why would Dr Kelly want to commit suicide? ` "Why did he choose an unusual method? ` "Why was the police hunt for him launched before he had disappeared?" ` ` Which brings us to my Friday July 25, 2003 essay [2]: ` {start} ` The [UK] Guardian on Tuesday July 22d published the text of a statement issued by Lord Number 10, who was appointed by Number 10 to investigate the death of David Kelly, the scientist who bravely exposed the lies of Number 10. ` Lord Number 10 declares: ` "I make it clear that it will be for me to decide as I think right...the matters which will be the subject of my investigation." ` The main matters NOT to be investigated: ` KELLY-KILLER BLAIR ` and The Poodle's handler [Bu$h]. ` ` Number 10? It's in the back alley named Downing Street. ` {end} ` ` ` ` [1] ` http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4995076.stm ` [2] "Me(ow)": ` http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.europe/browse_thread/thread/bdcf8d8d3475660f/fab8e27b880d68aa?lnk=st&q=PoliticalEssays%3A+Me(ow)&rnum=1&hl=en#fab8e27b880d68aa ` "Murdering Kelly By 'Suicide'": ` http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/123 ` ` David Kelly: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly ` "The Strange 'Suicide' of David Kelly": ` http://deadscientists.blogspot.com/ ` `
May 28, 2006
Visible Invisibility
POLITICAL ESSAY Visible Invisibility ` ` The Superpower rashly exposed its evil nature in Afghanistan and Iraq and it now needs to hide its deeds. ` So... ` You may have noted lately a rash of newsstories about invisibility. ` Here's the latest such newsstory. ` Sunday May 28, 2006 The [UK] Sunday Times [1] It’s magic: science gets closer to creating the Invis- ible Man ` A "professor of theoretical physics" "whose work was partly sponsored by the Pentagon" claims to to "have delivered a blueprint for a new type of cloaking device" which "could be used on fixed mili- tary installations" (unwittingly making spy satellites obsolescent). ` ` Here's excerpts from John Ambler's book *The French Army in Politics 1945-1962,* which looks into the background causes of the French war of terror in Algeria [2]: ` "Cast in a perpetual shock-troop role, paratroop officers and men came to symbolize the continuing battle for the defense of French Algeria." ` Likewise: ` "For the Algerian rebels and their sympathizers, and for liberals in France who opposed the war, the *paras,* the 'victors of Algiers,' were equally symbolic of French Algeria. ` "In June, 1957, in the midst of the battle of Algiers, an elementary school teacher in the Casbah of Algiers asked his Moslem pupils to write an essay on the subject, 'What would you do if you were invisible?' ` "Almost all of the responses from his eleven- to thirteen-year-old charges mentioned vengeance on the *paras*: ` "'If I were invisible I would kill the soldiers and the paratroopers.... I would kill the *paras* who tor- ture men.... I would kill all of Massu's Paras.' -- ` "'I would kill all the *paras* because they are doing evil....' -- ` "'I would attack Massu's *paras,* those *misera- bles,* those thieves, those imbeciles, those idiots, those cretins. Down with Massu's *paras.*' -- ` "'If I were invisible, the first job I would do would be to go seek revenge on the *paras* who caused so much misery to my brothers. I would take a rope and I would strangle the last of the *paras* who patrol in the tunnel of our neighborhood and I would take his weapons, then I would run after the other *paras* and kill them....'" ` ` The Superpower's crimes cannot be hidden. ` They are INDELIBLE STAINS. ` ` ` ` [1] ` http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2200466,00.html ` [2] Pages 346 and 347 of-- ` John Steward Ambler ` The French Army in Politics 1945-1962 ` Ohio State University Press ` 1966 ` `
May 26, 2006
Dangerous Dogfaces
POLITICAL ESSAYS Dangerous Dogfaces ` ` Thursday, May 25, 2006 Reuters General to Marines: kill only when justified ` Reuters quotes a Marine Corps statement: ` "To most Marines, the most difficult part of courage is not...raw physical courage.... ` "It is rather the moral courage to do the right thing in the face of danger or pressure from other Mar- ines." ` That's a confession that most Marines lack courage to do the right thing. ` Why is that so? ` They've been "justified" by The Lie Machine to in- vade and occupy one country after another. ` They've been "justified" by The Lie Machine to kill ten, a hundred --no, thousands-- of "enemies." ` Nothing new there. ` So why did the Commandant fly off to Iraq? ` Reuters reports the trip "showed his personal con- cern over recent allegations about the actions of Marines in combat...." ` The Superpower's real concern is the breakdown in discipline. ` The orders of officers are not being followed. ` If discipline cannot be restored, the offing of offi- cers may follow. ` Talk of "civil war" in Iraq may take an unexpected turn. ` ` ` ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052500929_pf.html ` `
May 25, 2006
The Superpower’s Secret Experiment
POLITICAL ESSAYS The Superpower's Secret Experiment ` ` The Superpower may be cultivating and financing already-existing Third World street gangs so as to open up Third World societies to corporate greed. ` An example from Puppet-australia-- ` Tuesday, May 23, 2006 Associated Press [1] 300 Displaced Aborigines May Have to Move ` "Up to 300 Aborigines living as refugees just outside their own town after fleeing clashes by rival gangs may have to move elsewhere...." ` "Many of Australia's 400,000 Aborigines live in con- ditions of poverty commonly found in Third World countries." ` "On average, they die more than 20 years younger than other Australians." ` ` An example from Puppet-honduras-- ` Wednesday, May 24, 2006 Associated Press [2] Central Americans Seek Refuge From Gangs ` The big picture: ` "Street gangs have an estimated 70,000 to 100,000 members across Central America...." ` Part of that picture: ` In one Honduran town, gang A ruled one side of the town; gang B the other side. ` One lad refused to join either gang. ` "Rivera soon went to live with his mother in Miami, joining a steady stream of young people from Cen- tral America who apply for asylum in the United States to escape street gangs." ` But judges in The Superpower know the score. ` "Rivera, like most other illegal immigrants in his situation, lost his case and is set for deportation." ` ` ` ` [1] ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/23/AR2006052300743_pf.html ` [2] ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/24/AR2006052401634_pf.html ` `
May 24, 2006
“War On Terror” Defined
POLITICAL ESSAYS "War On Terror" Defined ` ` Tuesday, May 23, 2006 Reuters Doublespeak undermines war on terrorism: Amnesty ` Reuters quotes Amnesty International's secretary general : ` "Duplicity and doublespeak have become the hallmark of the war on terror." ` Plainly put: ` Duplicity and doublespeak are The Superpower's hall- mark. It's been that way since August 6, 1945. ` Reuters quotes AI's secretary general: ` "There is no doubt the war on terror has given a new lease of life to old-fashioned repression." ` Plainly put: ` The Superpower renamed its same ol' same ol' global repression. Thereby its puppets got more lash-room. ` Unfortunately, decades-old D&D has messed with the brains of those who claim to oppose it; and they are reduced to phrases such as "powerful governments" and "powerful forces." ` There should be NO amnesty for The Superpower's decades-old duplicity and double-speak. ` Why not? ` Because it undermines the world's REAL resistance to terrorism. ` ` ` ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/23/AR2006052300277_pf.html ` `
“War On Terror” Defined
POLITICAL ESSAYS "War On Terror" Defined ` ` Tuesday, May 23, 2006 Reuters Doublespeak undermines war on terrorism: Amnesty ` Reuters quotes Amnesty International's secretary general : ` "Duplicity and doublespeak have become the hallmark of the war on terror." ` Plainly put: ` Duplicity and doublespeak are The Superpower's hall- mark. It's been that way since August 6, 1945. ` Reuters quotes AI's secretary general: ` "There is no doubt the war on terror has given a new lease of life to old-fashioned repression." ` Plainly put: ` The Superpower renamed its same ol' same ol' global repression. Thereby its puppets got more lash-room. ` Unfortunately, decades-old D&D has messed with the brains of those who claim to oppose it; and they are reduced to phrases such as "powerful governments" and "powerful forces." ` There should be NO amnesty for The Superpower's decades-old duplicity and double-speak. ` Why not? ` Because it undermines the world's REAL resistance to terrorism. ` ` ` ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/23/AR2006052300277_pf.html ` `
May 23, 2006
The Latest Adventures – Part 2
POLITICAL ESSAYS The Latest Adventures - Part 2 ` ` Monday, May 22, 2006 Associated Press [1] Workers Burn 2 Factories in Bangladesh ` "Textile workers demanding better pay and one [!] day off per week went on a rampage...at an indus- trial park near [Dhaka,] the Bangladeshi capital, setting fire to two factories and several buses...." ` Rampage? ` "The rioting...began when authorities at some fac- tories tried to stop their workers from joining the protest." ` The workers wished only to protest. ` Their slavedrivers got rampage, rioting, and minus two factories. ` ` How it is in The Superpower's $lave world. ` ` Monday, May 22, 2006 Reuters [2] Philippine communist rebels vow attacks on mines ` Vow? ` "The...New People's Army (NPA), fighting one of the world's oldest...insurgencies, has attacked three mining companies since last month and has urged tribal communities to defend their ancestral land. ` "The rebels burned the facilities and some equip- ment at an Australian-controlled copper and gold mining company in the north and raided two local firms...on the southern island of Mindanao." ` In the north? On the southern? ` The NPA's active "in 69 of 79 [PI] provinces...." ` ` How it is in The Superpower's $lave world. ` ` ` ` [1] ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/22/AR2006052200463_pf.html ` [2] ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/22/AR2006052200271_pf.html ` `
May 21, 2006
The Latest Adventures
POLITICAL ESSAYS The Latest Adventures ` ` THERE... ` Saturday May20, 2006 Reuters [1] Main Colombian port city without power after bomb ` Colombia = The Superpower's South American Iraq. (For a simple start-here map: [2].) ` This newsstory = a police report full of psywar s__t. ` Nevertheless: ` "Colombia's main port city of Buenaventura was left without electricity...after the country's main rebel group bombed the town's power installa- tions...." ` ` ...AND HERE ` Saturday May 20, 2006 Washington Post [3] Power Outage Unleashes Raw Sewage ` "Seventeen million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac River yesterday after a three- hour power failure at the regional Blue Plains sew- age treatment plant, with both the cause and impact of the accident in dispute." ` "The plant's electric supply went dead about 12: 30 a.m. after a 69,000-volt line into the facility failed for unknown reasons...." ` As for impact, there's the usual psywar-sewage differences of opinion. ` ` The Superpower's Evil People will ingest it all, be it THERE or be it HERE. ` ` ` ` [1] ` http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20306551.htm ` [2] ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Colombia#See_also ` [3] ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/19/AR2006051901595_pf.html ` ` Spell it ColOmbia, not ColUmbia. ` THEN ` "In the 1980s, only 3% of all Colombians resided in the Pacific lowlands, a region of jungle and swamp with considerable but little-exploited poten- tial in minerals and other resources. Buenaventura is the only port of any size on the [West] coast." [2] ` NOW ` "...Buenaventura...handles more than half [of] Co- lombia's international commerce...." [1] ` `