Archive for the 'War' Category
Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority
January 7th, 2009This is an outstanding documentary. Please pass it along. Official Site: occupation101.com
Israeli Tank Fires at School, Kills At Least 40 Palestinian Civilians
January 6th, 2009Via: Reuters: Israeli tank shells killed at least 40 Palestinians on Tuesday at a U.N. school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said, in carnage likely to boost international calls for a halt to Israel’s Gaza offensive. An Israeli military spokeswoman said she was looking into information on the incident at al-Fakhora school in […]
So Many Israeli Atrocities, So Little Time
January 5th, 2009Israel’s ghastly slaughter of civilians in Gaza amounts to genocide. Frankly, I can’t manage to keep up with the links on this. As usual, however, whatreallyhappened.com has more of it than you are likely to be able to stomach. I’d seen enough after reading these stories just this morning: Global Human Rights Groups Protest Slaughter […]
Ron Paul: We’re in for Big Trouble, Big Trouble, Big Trouble
January 4th, 2009Israeli Troops Launch Attack on Gaza
January 3rd, 2009Via: New York Times: Israeli tanks and troops swept across the border into Gaza on Saturday night, opening a ground war against the militant group Hamas after a week of intense airstrikes.
30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere, All At Once
December 31st, 2008Cylons attack? Probably not. Anyway, there’s an object lesson in critical infrastructure here, even though this situation involves digital music players. Via: Ars: Around midnight Pacific time last night, 30GB Zunes began restarting and locking up at their boot screens. Reports have swamped official forums and fan sites, and Microsoft has yet to officially comment […]
The $775,000-a-Year GI
December 31st, 2008Via: CounterPunch: Kosiak estimates that by 2018, the total spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with related spending on veterans’ health care and other matters, could reach $1.7 trillion. The 88-page report, which includes 182 footnotes, provides an exhaustive look at the cost of Bush’s foreign adventures. It also provides a more […]
Israel Attacks Gaza, Hundreds Dead: Who Made a Killing?
December 27th, 2008What did the Benazir Bhutto assassination and the latest Israeli attacks in Gaza have in common? There was a strong move higher on gold immediately preceding both incidents, which were spaced one year apart, to the day. Remember how gold moved before Bhutto was killed? Check out this Bloomberg piece from yesterday (a day before […]
CIA Buys Off Afghan Warlords with Viagra
December 27th, 2008The Washington Post didn’t interview any of the child brides/rape victims for this story. Via: Washington Post: The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an […]
U.S. Police Could Get ‘Pain Beam’ Weapons
December 26th, 2008Via: New Scientist: The research arm of the US Department of Justice is working on two portable non-lethal weapons that inflict pain from a distance using beams of laser light or microwaves, with the intention of putting them into the hands of police to subdue suspects. The two devices under development by the civilian National […]
