U.S. alleges company laundered money for Iran - CNN.com

Ha Ha Ha. Oops. Excuse me. Hardball here: cases filed to sieze properties and accounts that are fronts for Iran's Melli Bank, an entity that is illegal have any dealings with.

They CAN'T let Obama succeed!

I think a lot of Americans more or less agree with what I am about to say. Some for a real respect for the freedom of speech and others for ideological reasons. Obama cannot be allowed to succeed because he is a @!$%#.

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Cairo Journal - Private Motive for Egypt�s Public Embrace of a Jewish Past - NYTimes.com

I find it interesting, and positive, that somehow an Islamic nation is (maybe unconsciously) building for a future PAST the present violent animosity between Jews and Arabs.

Captain jumps overboard, SEALs shoot pirates, official says - CNN.com

Under the Obama Administration, the US has succeeded in rescuing Captain Richard Phillips. Phillips was a hostage of pirates from Somalia, the Horn of Africa area.

Contracting Boom Could Fizzle Out - washingtonpost.com

Change is happening - big change. Outsourcing has been a lucrative revenue center for thousands of contractors. Better government requires much of this work be folded into a more capable, professional government and done by government civil servants.

Multinational Monitor

Wonder how we got to bailouts and financial crash? Here it is in B&W Federal Agencies Reject Regulation

Al Jazeera English - Americas - Obama pick quits over Israel lobby

Charles Freeman, nominee for head of the US National Intelligence Council withdrew his name from the running, blaming the embedded influence of "The Israeli Lobby".

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Sea rise 'to exceed projections'

While the Global Economy struggles with financial catastrophe, earth moves on, and faster than scientific projections had foreseen, apparently. Polar and glacial melting is accelerating and ocean levels will likely rise by 1 meter (39.4 inches) over the next 92 years.

10 Dirty Tricks Wall Street Con Artists Will Pull to Keep the Rip-offs Going | Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace | AlterNet

As I watch Obama's speech, I know the Wall Street financiers and mega-wealthy CEOs are keeping their heads down. How will they restart the smoke and mirrors of the lucrative bull markets? Read and be enlightened. Be afraid for our people and our president.

Intrigue lurks below surface of relations among allies

From Kuala Lampur comes this astute abstract of the mess in South Asia. It mentions that geographers think they have located Bin Laden. (I seeded that see below) and that Special Forces are training Pakistani forces.

With Cash to Spend, China Starts Investing Globally - NYTimes.com

China is acquiring aluminum and zinc mining and oil supply contracts in an orgy of buying around the globe. Looks like China will have plenty of "pot metal" if we outsource US coin minting to them. Good news in all this is they are paying with their hoard of US dollars.

Geographers Find Bin Laden � Theoretically - TierneyLab Blog - NYTimes.com

I was about to select "Travel" instead of "World News" - after all Bin Laden COULD be pumping gas in Fresno. I'm going to Google Earth and find the compounds in that town. NSA, since you are "listening", check it out. This technique is interesting.

Predator drones flown from base in Pakistan, U.S. lawmaker says -- chicagotribune.com

Senator Feinstein did not disclose her [informed] view on this for no reason. What does this "signal"? I think that there is a new leader in town and he knows how to get down.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Prominent Russian lawyer killed

i think Putin's Russia is 'way over the top in [maybe?] supporting this s**t - or are they wimpy and helpless?

Lake County News | California - Robinson Rancheria council begins disenrollment of dozens of tribal members

California Indian Tribes are reeling under the effects of greed and the opacity of dealings inside the shrouds of sovereignty. Clear Lake's Pomo Robinson Rancheria is exiling Pomo people who have questioned the integrity of controversial leader Tracey Avilia.

What Rumsfeld Got Right - The Atlantic

Rumsfeld is a s**t. Ok. The military of the US is a huge, expensive, cumbersome machine. Whether or not it is a necessary evil, it EXISTS. Rumsfeld did a lot of stuff to try and conform it to a newer.

"Be Nice to the Countries That Lend You Money" - The Atlantic

Gao Xiqing, president of the China Investment Corporation, which manages "only" about $200billion of the country's foreign assets but makes most of the high-visibility investments, like buying stakes in Blackstone and Morgan Stanley, as opposed to just holding Treasury note …

Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

ll states define themselves by claiming and using the eminent right to impose violence in pursuit of state aims - from England using privateers to break Spain's strangle hold on the treasures of the New World to the French using (Catholic) Iroquois against Protestant English Co …

BBC NEWS | Business | Miner Rio Tinto cuts 14,000 jobs

At the root, we consumers in the Western world draw on the basic resources - water, wood, oil, and metals - to fabricate both our stuff and to prop up mythologies. Rio Tinto is laying off 14,000 miners.

Ideological Warfare Rages on Federal Appeals Courts Dominated by Republican Appointees - washingtonpost.com

More Bush Effluent - Activist appointees twisting judicial moderation in the appeals courts - even Republican appointed judges (of long standing) note that upstart review panels use loopholes and low-brow tactics to punitively inflict harsh sentences, even when law-enforcement mi …

Bush Administration Effluent Clogs Klamath River

This is from a Northern California Indian newsgroup - with urgent info on the abuse of the Klamath River - one of the greatest Salmon streams in the west, and its destruction beginning with Dep't of Interior Secretary Gail Norton's (major Bush Flunkie) evasions of science, ethics …

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Newsvine - Bush Administration Effluent Clogs Klamath River

The Klamath River, one of the west's major Salmon streams is the life blood of both Indian Tribes and hard-working fisherman. Under the Bush administration, it has been battered and its salmon census has crashed.

Tiny, wired town is an English-teaching hub

The nearest Wal-Mart is two hours away, and only foul weather, a deer in the road or a Washakie County sheriff's deputy would slow down anyone with a mind to drive there faster.

Calculated Risk: WaPo: Regulatory Failure at the Office of Thrift Supervision

Who helped "cut red tape" in 2003? These Bush flunkies called lending institutions "customers" and babied them while they were SUPPOSED to be ensuring financial security for citizen taxpayers.

Retracing the Path Toxic Powder Took To Food in China - washingtonpost.com

This article digs through, with interviews from China, the Melamine/Milk dilution industry that emerged at the time of the Peking Olympics.

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