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` ` OREO 07 30 08 ` ` Newsstories of interest: ` ** = Important [in this edition: 2 ] ` MH = Misleading Headline [in this edition: ] ` ` ` 1 DISORDER ` ` == ` Iowa Rally Protests Raid and Conditions at Plant ` ` "The marchers said, 'Stop the raids!' Protesters across the street responded, 'Illegals go home!'" ` and ` Feds arrest 58 undocumented workers in raids on 8 eateries ` http://www.cleveland.com/crime/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/iscri/1216888211263560.xml&coll=2 ` "None of their bosses has been charged with a crime --yet." ` AND ` Another Blow To Justice ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072802467.html ` "in 2003, the apolitical process for selecting immigration judges and prosecutors was stood on its head." ` and ` Gonzales Aides Broke Laws in Hiring, Report Concludes ` ` and ` Office of Professional Responsibility and Office of the Inspector General | An Investigation of Allegations of Politicized Hiring by Monica Goodling and Other Staff in the Office of the Attorney General | July 28, 2008 ` ` and ` Editorial | Justice Besmirched | How the Bush administration soiled itself ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072802475.html ` == ` ` ` EPA Managers Warned Not to Answer Inquiries | Only Press Officers Are Allowed To Talk to Media, Investigators ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072801198.html ` "according to an e-mail obtained by The Washington Post." ` ` ` U.S. Food Portions: Monuments Of Decadence? ` http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/lifestyle-food-usa-portions.html ` "Americans have the highest per capita daily consumption in the world, eating 3,770 calories a day" ` ` ` Calculating Economics of an Eye for an Eye ` ` "In the last couple of decades a lot of work has shown how important trust and reciprocity are in developing efficient markets...and what helps to create trust is punishment." ` To help make that crystal-clear, here's an excerpt from my November 18, 2006 post, "The Harder Line - Part 3"-- ` In my Monday June 12, 2006 essay "Two Reminders For The Loose Cannon," I wrote: ` "The Superpower has become so dangerous, that mutual assured destruction is now accepted and is no longer a factor in decision-making." ` Here's how Putin restated that fact in his Thursday No- vember 16, 2006 Closing Address at the Meeting with the Armed Forces' Command Staff: ` "For us, this idea of maintaining the strategic balance will mean that our strategic deterrence forces must be capable of destroying any potential aggressor, no matter what modern weapons system this aggressor possesses. ` "Only the guaranteed possibility of destroying such an aggressor can ensure Russia's strategic security in a a long-term perspective." ` Now you know what "strategic balance" means. ` Now you know what "long-term perspective" means. ` O how fortunate you are! ` http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PoliticalEssays/message/844 ` ` ` Dr Bryant Welch | Torture, Political Manipulation and the American Psychological Association | Why Did They Do It? | July 28, 2008 `Home` In Welch's new book *State of Confusion: Political Manipula- tion and the Assault on the American Mind,* he writes: "Gaslighting is an insidious set of psychological manipula- tions that undermine the mental stability of its victims." ` Gaslighting: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting ` and ` Eugene Robinson | A Torture Paper Trail ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072802465.html ` "I wouldn't be surprised if, as he left office, Bush issued some sort of pardon clearing those who authorized or carried out 'enhanced techniques' of interrogations from any jeopardy under U.S. law." ` ` ` Editorial | The Censors Lose in Court ` ` "the [Federal Communications Commission] violated its own standards for what constitutes indecency." ` ` ` Sovereign immunity blocks DMCA suit against Air Force ` http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/30/dmca_suit_blocked/ ` ` THERE IS NO CRIME THE SUPERPOWER WILL NOT COMMIT ` ` Digital Millennium Copyright Act: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act ` ` ` Strategy Against Al-Qaeda Faulted | Report Says Effort Is Not a 'War' ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR2008072902041.html ` "the authors contend that al-Qaeda has sabotaged itself by creating ever greater numbers of enemies while not broadening its base of support. 'Al-Qaeda's probability of success in actually overthrowing any government is close to zero,' the report states." ` COWARDLY CONFESSION THAT AQ IS A SUPERPOWER MYTH ` and ` HOW TERRORIST GROUPS END | Lessons for Countering al Qa’ida `Click to access RAND_MG741.pdf
` "CHAPTER ONE Introduction CHAPTER TWO How Terrorist Groups End CHAPTER THREE Policing and Japan’s Aum Shinrikyo CHAPTER FOUR Politics and the FMLN in El Salvador CHAPTER FIVE Military Force and al Qa’ida in Iraq CHAPTER SIX The Limits of America’s al Qa’ida Strategy" ` ` ` ==== ` Does the software at this site automatically convert URLs ` to links? If not, go to the Oreo Archive: ` Oreo ` ==== ` ` ` 3 ASIA ` ` THE BU$H PLAN (PALESTINE) ` [Ron] Paul: US would back Israeli strike on Iran ` http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=65029§ionid=351020104 ` "there is no 'such thing as independent Israel doing anything'" ` "No matter what they do, it is our money, it is our weapons, and they are not going to do it without us approving it" ` ` ` THE BU$H PLAN (LEBANON) ` Roadside bomb wounds Fatah commander in Lebanon ` http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Lebanon-Bombing.html ` "critically wounded" ` ` ` THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ) ` U.S. Says Contractor Made Little Progress on Iraq Projects ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072701768.html ` "$142 million to build prisons, fire stations and police facilities...never built or finished" ` Parsons Corporation: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsons_Corporation ` See item 1 in THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN) below. ` ` Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 28 July 2008 ` http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2008/0708/iraqiresistancereport_280708.htm ` Item 5: Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah [in Iraq] belt bombers kill 32 Iraqi civilians [Shi‘i pilgrims] in sectarian sui- cide attacks in Baghdad, Monday morning. ` Item 8: Woman bomber kills 25 [Kurdish separatist] civil- ians in suicide attack on demonstration in Kirkuk Monday morning ` "Kurdish demonstrators vented their rage on the nearby headquarters of a Turkoman political party. The Kurds opened fire on the guards posted outside the party head- quarters, wounding five" "Kurdish mobs also set fire to about 15 private cars that happened to be in the vicin- ity." ` Image:Iraq demography.jpg: `` Iraqi Turkmen Front; ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Turkmen_Front ` Iraqi Turkmen: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Turkmen ` ` Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 29 July 2008 ` http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2008/0708/iraqiresistancereport_290708.htm ` ` ` THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN) ` Private Contractors' Role in Afghanistan To Grow With Awarding of Latest Contracts ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072701592.html ` "the administration, which in Iraq turned to the private sector for tasks once handled by military or government personnel, is stepping up this practice in Afghanistan." ` See item 1 in THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ) above. ` ` Canadian Soldiers Firing on Car in Afghanistan Kill 2 Children ` ` "In Helmand Province...a British soldier was killed Monday while patrolling" ` Patrolling? TERRORIZING ` ` Marjorie Cohn | End the Occupation Of Iraq --and Afghanistan ` http://marjoriecohn.com/2008/07/end-occupation-of-iraq-and-afghanistan_28.html ` "Conspicuously absent from the national discourse is a ...comprehensive strategy to overhaul U.S. foreign policy to inoculate us from the wrath of those who despise Amer- ican imperialism." ` ` ` THE BU$H PLAN (IRAN) ` Ahmadinejad: US exploiting UNSC ` http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=65097§ionid=351020101 ` "'Can the [United Nations Security Council] adopt a resolu- tion against the US?' President Ahmadinejad...asked in a Tuesday address to the 15th Foreign Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement...in Tehran. 'When the root of most problems in the world traces back to the White House, it is a waste of time to expect this body (the UNSC) to be the solution to any crisis.' he [stated]." ` "Regarding the Vietnam War, President Ahmadinejad said... any conflict started by certain permanent members of the UNSC will not end in justice and [the] aggressors will go unpunished." ` LIKE IMF AND WORLD BANK, THE UNO IS A TOOL USED BY THE SUPERPOWER ` Non-Aligned Movement: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement ` ` ` THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN) ` Five Pakistani troops, 25 militants killed in clashes: army ` http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/4838570/pakistani-troops-25-militants-killed-clashes-army ` "spokesman for the Taliban in Swat...rejected the military's casualty claims and said that many soldiers had been killed and an armoured vehicle destroyed." ` ` ` MYANMAR ` Contributions to storm victims ` Left column | Item 6 ` http://www.myanmar.com/newspaper/nlm/index.html ` "Wellwishers, from abroad or at home, who want to make any contribution, cash or kinds, to the storm survivors may contact the following places," which are listed. ` Myanmar Bank Information: ` http://www.etrademyanmar.com/Bank/#Banking_and_finance ` "Calculation is pegged to SDR at K[yat]s 9.5084 equal to 1 SDR." ` Special Drawing Rights: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Drawing_Rights ` "A few countries peg their currencies against SDRs" ` ` ` 5 LATAM ` ` CUBA ` General of the Army Raúl Castro Ruz | Our battle today is the same as that initiated on the 26th of July [1953] | 55th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Garrisons | The 26th of July Ciudad Escolar, Santiago de Cuba, July 26, 2008 | transcript ` http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2008/julio/lun28/31rdiscursob-i.html ` ` Reflections of Fidel | Chávez’ Message ` http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2008/julio/mar29/31reflexiones4.html ` "Today is his birthday. Raúl and I sent him a painting which shows Che emerging from the earth" ` ` ` 6 SUPERPOWER ` ` ** [NY Governor] Paterson Warns of Economic Crisis ` http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/paterson-warns-of-economic-crisis/index.html ` "Everywhere I go, I meet people who are losing their jobs and their homes. I meet families who are forced to pay more for gasoline and for food while their paychecks stay the same. Next winter, some of these families will have to choose between heating their homes and feeding their children. The rising cost of health care means that they cannot afford to get sick.” ` ` ` Louisianians Cash In on Gas Rush ` ` "In the space of months, the price of [mineral] rights on an acre has shot up to $30,000 from a few hundred dollars" ` ` Editorial | The Reign of 'Sheriff Joe' | In Arizona, the perils of driving while brown ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072701367.html ` SUPERPOWER RACISM ` ` Roger Hall, a Spy With a Sense of Humor, Is Dead at 89 ` ` "He wrote...other books, both novels. One,...'19,' was about the O.S.S., in particular about a secret organi- zation within the secret organization." ` ` __SITUATION SUMMARY__ ` Farm animal rights law would require room to roam ` http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_re_us/farm_scene_animal_welfare ` ` ` 7 $$$$ ` ` Hopes of World Trade Deal Collapse [in rancor] ` ` "[The Superpower's trade representative] challenged the assertions of India and other developing countries that the United States had been the chief obstacle to sewing up the deal." ` THERE IS NO LIE THE SUPERPOWER WILL NOT TELL ` ` ` Lloyds TSB net profit falls 63% ` http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/4838554/lloyds-tsb-net-profit-falls-63 ` Lloyds TSB: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyds_TSB ` ` Bush administration projects record 2009 deficit ` http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_go_pr_wh/budget_deficit ` over "a half-trillion dollars next [fiscal] year" ` ` Merrill to sell troubled assets, raise capital ` http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_bi_ge/merrill_lynch_sale ` "asset-backed securities and...hedges linked to bond insurers" ` SOLD, SINGAPOREAN! ` ` As Most Airlines Struggle, Middle East Carriers Expand ` "The technological capacity of new-generation aircraft like the Airbus A380 allows gulf states to leverage their geographical position as a crossroads, putting 80 percent of the world’s most attractive markets, like India and China, within reach of nonstop flights." ` ` This Oasis Is Closed ` ` "Airport lounges are the latest casualty of the current crisis in the airline industry." ` ` Worried Banks Sharply Reduce Business Loans ` ` "Two vital forms of credit used by companies...collectively dropped almost 3 percent over the last year, to $3.27 tril- lion from $3.36 trillion" ` ` Venture Capital Funding Slips, Slowing Business Development ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072701486_pf.html ` "second-quarter venture capital investment slid 15 percent from the same period of 2007" ` ` Fuel Subsidies Overseas Take a Toll on U.S. ` ` "Many in Asia bridle at being told to reduce oil use, particularly by the United States, a country of sport- utility vehicles and big houses." ` LIKE political-environmentalists telling the Third World not to cut down the bee-you-ti-ful trees --when pioneers HERE stripped the country bare coast to coast. ` ` Treasury, Banks Promote 'Covered Bonds' | Use of Securities Could Help Unlock Housing Market, Paulson Says ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072801512_pf.html ` Covered bond: ` http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covered_bonds ` ` Home Prices Drop by Record 15.8% in May ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR2008072900978.html ` ` ` DAY 3 ` ** Calif. Field Goes from Rush To Reflection of Global Limits ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072802905_pf.html ` EXTRAS ` Rising Oil and Gas Prices ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/07/26/DI2008072601366.html ` California's Oil Rush ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2008/07/25/GA2008072502547.html?sid=ST2008072803138&pos=list ` As Oil Supplies Go Dry ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2008/07/28/GA2008072802335.html?sid=ST2008072803138&pos=list ` Kern River: A Case Study ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/07/29/GR2008072900630.html?sid=ST2008072803138&pos=list ` Calif. Oil Fields Reflect Limits of Supply ` http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/07/29/GR2008072900631.html?sid=ST2008072803138&pos=list ` ` ` ==== ` ` Oreo Archive: ` http://groups.yahoo.com/group/O-r-e-o ` `
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