"Few notice huge shift towards globalization as frothing masses distracted by climate change debate"
- US and EU agree 'single market'
The United States and the European Union have signed up to a new transatlantic economic partnership at a summit in Washington.
- EU/US Merger: New Global Order By Stealth
In a sweeping move that has garnered surprisingly little attention this week the United States and the European Union have signed up to a new transatlantic economic partnership that will see regulatory standards "harmonized" and will lay the basis for a merging of the US and EU into one single market, a huge step on the path to a new globalized world order.
The Truth About Iran
- Iran Open To Iraq Meeting, Willing To Improve U.S. Relations
Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki says he is willing to meet with his U.S. counterpart Condoleezza Rice and to cooperate with Iraq to boost stability.
Something Smells in Bush World
- Bush Family Gets Millions From Cult's Fake "Nonprofit":
"Bruce Wilson: Over $3,000,000 From Shadowy Moon 'Foundation' Goes To Bushes"
- Rove's Role in Prosecutor Firings Testimony:
"Two months ago, he helped coach Justice Department officials on how to testify about the U.S. attorneys' firings. Was that a harmless part of his job, or an inappropriate attempt to mislead Congress?"
- Airing Gonzales' Dirty Laundry
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is feeling the heat to come up with some answers to dozens of questions he evaded on April 19 as he appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to explain his role in the firings of eight federal attorneys. Bill Boyarsky has an idea what Gonzales doesn’t want the committee—or the nation—to find out.
- Cheney behind forged Niger documents, says former CIA officer:
"Former CIA officer Ray McGovern went on Tucker Carlson's show on Monday and directly accused Vice President Dick Cheney of being behind the Niger forgeries. Carlson pressed McGovern for evidence, but McGovern said he wouldn't share his evidence at present."
- 'They sold out the world for an F-16 sale'
"Onetime CIA analyst alleges Cheney, Libby lied to Congress about Pakistani nukes"
- GOP Lawmaker Told of Plan to Fire U.S. Attorney:
"The White House told a Republican member of Congress last summer about its plans to fire a U.S. attorney in Arkansas and replace him with a former aide to presidential adviser Karl Rove, but it did not tell Democratic lawmakers, according to a new Justice Department e-mail...."
- Administration considered firing at least 12 U.S. attorneys but cut list down
"The latest revelation could provide new fodder to critics who contend that politics, not policy or performance, played the determining role in the firing decisions. At the very least, it opens new avenues of inquiry for investigators from the House of Representatives and Senate Judiciary Committees."
The Truth About Iraq and "The War on Terror"
- The War on Terror's Grand Snafu:
Ruth Conniff comments on how the so-called war on terror has been used “to justify policies that damage our conscience and make us less safe.”
- After Thousands Have Died, Tenet Comes Clean:
The three short sentences at the beginning of Chapter 17 of former CIA Director George Tenet’s memoir, "At the Center of the Storm," tell it all: "The United States did not go to war in Iraq solely because of WMD. I doubt it was even the principle cause. Yet it was the public face that was put on it."
- Democracy Now! | Ex-CIA Analyst Accuses Tenet of Hypocrisy For Not Speaking Out Earlier on White House Push For War:
Six former CIA officials, including former top terrorism experts, are accusing Tenet of hypocrisy for not speaking out earlier. In a letter issued over the weekend, they call on Tenet to "dedicate a significant percentage of the royalties from [his] book to the U.S. soldiers and their families who have been killed and wounded in Iraq."
- U.S. Cites 91 Percent Rise In Terrorist Acts in Iraq:
"The number of terrorism incidents in Iraq -- and resulting deaths, injuries and kidnappings -- skyrocketed from 2005 to 2006, according to statistics released by U.S. counterterrorism officials yesterday."
- No Exit
There are people in Washington ... who never intend to withdraw military forces from Iraq and they're looking for 10, 20, 50 years in the future ... the reason that we went into Iraq was to establish a permanent military base in the Gulf region, and I have never heard any of our leaders say that they would commit themselves to the Iraqi people that 10 years from now there will be no military bases of the United States in Iraq. -- former President Jimmy Carter, Feb. 3, 2006
Why there was no exit plan
By Lewis Seiler, Dan Hamburg"For all the talk about timetables and benchmarks, one might think that the United States will end the military
occupation of Iraq within the lifetimes of the readers of this opinion editorial. Think again.
There is to be no withdrawal from Iraq, just as there has been no withdrawal from hundreds of places around the world that are outposts of the American empire. As UC San Diego professor emeritus Chalmers Johnson put it, 'One of the reasons we had no exit plan from Iraq is that we didn't intend to leave.'..."
A Strong U.S. Economy?
- Post Mortem for the Stock Market��������������������:
"The real estate market is crashing faster than anyone had anticipated. Housing prices have fallen in 17 of 20 of the nation's largest cities and the trend lines indicate that the worst is yet to come. March sales of new homes plummeted by a record 23.5% (year over year) removing all hope for a quick rebound. "
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