Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends
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Friday, May 06, 2011
The U.S. Is Editing 'The Killing of Osama' Film / Politics / US Politics
By: LewRockwell
Jack D. Douglas writes: The first U.S. edited version of "The Killing Of Osama" made it look like one Seal found Osama and his wife in their third floor bedroom, the surprised and unarmed Osama used her as a shield so the Seal shot her first and then him. It did not seem to occur to them that this made the Seal both a coward – or a terrified incompetent – and a war criminal. By the second day they had edited this scene to have the wife rushing at the Seal, presumably scaring him witless, so he shot her and then shot the unarmed old Osama who was either sitting around or standing around doing nothing but, presumably, looking dumb.
Thursday, May 05, 2011
The Agendas Behind the Bin Laden Death News Event / Politics / US Politics
By: Paul_Craig_Roberts
The US government’s bin Laden story was so poorly crafted that it did not last 48 hours before being fundamentally altered. Indeed, the new story put out on Tuesday by White House press secretary Jay Carney bears little resemblance to the original Sunday evening story. The fierce firefight did not occur. Osama bin Laden did not hide behind a woman. Indeed, bin Laden, Carney said, “was not armed.”
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Osama Bin Laden Is Dead -Again! / Politics / US Politics
By: Submissions
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich writes: When Obama announced OBL dead, it was established as a fact - the truth. Where truth is concerned, it clearly matters where you were born - or else the truth does not matter.
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Bin Laden’s Daughter Confirms Osama Captured Alive Then Killed By U.S. Special Forces / Politics / Al-Qeeda
By: Submissions
By Al Arabiya’s correspondent in Islamabad : Senior Pakistani security officials said Osama bin Laden’s daughter had confirmed her father was captured alive and shot dead by the US Special Forces during the first few minutes of the operation carried out at the huge compound in Bilal Town, Abbottabad.
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Is the Myth of Osama bin Laden Still Alive? / Politics / US Politics
By: Global_Research
Maksim Shevchenko writes: Why has the almost-forgotten Osama bin Laden, the main reason the US has been campaigning in Iraq and Afghanistan for the past 10 years, been killed rather than seized?
Why has this news, with all its vicious detail, overshadowed the reports about daily bombings in Libya and Gaza? What opportunities does the elimination of Bin Laden open up to the US? Political expert, publicist and Russian Civic Chamber member Maksim Shevchenko discusses these questions with RT.
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011
The New York Times Is Dying / Politics / Mainstream Media
By: Gary_North
What's black and white and red all over?
Answer: the balance sheet of the New York Times.
That was a two-liner that appeared in The Daily Show's torpedoing of the New York Times. You can see it here.
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Why Osama bin Laden Was Killed (Not Caught) And The Evidence Destroyed / Politics / US Politics
By: Andrew_Butter
According to the reports, the death of OBL was preceded by a 40 to 45 minute fire-fight during which three people including the target died (none of the assailants were injured), and the “target” was not armed.
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Trump to China: "Listen You Motherf***ers...." / Politics / US Politics
By: Submissions
Donald Trump delivers an F-bomb laden speech in Las Vegas where he covers everything from Obama's misgivings to the middle east and China. The most shocking moment was undoubtedly his views on how to deal with China's global manufacturing monopoly.
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011
America has Turned Into a Moral Swamp / Politics / US Politics
By: Mike_Whitney
What does the assassination of Osama Bin Laden have in common with Guantanamo Bay?
They're both intended to send a message that the United States has sunk deeper into savagery and abandoned any commitment to conventional norms of behavior. That's the message, and we hear it "loud and clear".
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
The Scariest Story Ever Told and False Flag Attacks / Politics / Social Issues
By: Ashvin_Pandurangi
"The last human freedom is to be able to choose one's attitude to a given set of circumstances." - Dr. Viktor Frankl
Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine, recently gave a 20-minute lecture at a TED Conference about peak oil, climate change and the fundamental power of "stories". Institutional disciplines of all stripes, whether they are classified as religion, economics or "hard" sciences, constantly feed us tales about what we are and what we were meant to be. It is not necessary to know the specific details of her talk to follow along with this article, but I recommend readers take a look at it whenever they can find the time.
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Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Bin Laden's Death Announcement Only Fuels the Mythology / Politics / US Politics
By: Patrick_Henningsen
The mythology surrounding America’s public enemy number one took yet another bizarre turn this week as Washington announced that after ten years of searching they have finally located and killed their illusive adversary, Osama bin Laden. Unfortunately for US authorities, however, this latest media event has created far more questions than it has answers.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Federal Debt Burdens, How to Restore Fiscal Sanity in the United States / Politics / US Debt
By: John_Mauldin
One of the great privileges of traveling and speaking as I do is getting to meet a wide variety of very interesting people. Of late, I have become friends with David Walker, former Comptroller General of the US, who is now crisscrossing the country warning of the deficit crisis. It is a message that my book Endgame resonates with. If we do not bring the deficit down below the growth rate of nominal GDP, we become Greece. We hit an economic wall and everything collapses. It will be a real and true Depression 2.0. Fixing this is the single most important topic and task of our generation. If we do not, worrying about P/E ratios, moving averages, long-term investments - anything else, in fact - is secondary. Solve this and we can go back to the usual issues.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
What Is The Real Significance of Bin Laden's Death? / Politics / Al-Qeeda
By: DK_Matai
We asked a select group of senior executives in regard to the significance of Osama bin Laden's death from their perspective. We also asked: What are the consequences of this development? The perspective of Nigel Churton, vice-chairman of Control Risks Group, based in London, UK, is worth noting. He wrote the following for the ATCA 5000:
Monday, May 02, 2011
Bin Laden Is Dead, But Why Didn't We Kill Him 10 Years Ago? / Politics / US Politics
By: Washingtons_Blog
President Obama announced tonight that U.S. special forces killed Osama Bin Laden.
That's great ... but we could have killed him years ago.
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Monday, May 02, 2011
Osama bin Laden’s Second Death / Politics / US Politics
By: Paul_Craig_Roberts
If today were April 1 and not May 2, we could dismiss as an April fool’s joke this morning’s headline that Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight in Pakistan and quickly buried at sea. As it is, we must take it as more evidence that the US government has unlimited belief in the gullibility of Americans.
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Monday, May 02, 2011
Osama Bin Laden's Body Buried at Sea, Sounds Fishy / Politics / Al-Qeeda
By: Nadeem_Walayat
News continues to drip out of the White House and into the media-sphere on the purported details surrounding the assassination of Osama Bin Laden by U.S. special forces, who had apparently been holed up for several years in a luxury mansion in the town of Abbottabad some 60 miles north of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
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Monday, May 02, 2011
Washington DC has become a Significant Risk to Investors’ Portfolios / Politics / Central Banks
By: David_Urban
S&P’s warning on the US credit rating and the subsequent refusal to acknowledge the problem should give investors pause.
The inability to tackle the budget deficit and debt problem is causing the Dollar to selloff and head towards levels not seen since late 2009.
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Sunday, May 01, 2011
Breaking News- President Obama to Announce Osama Bin Laden Killed by U.S. Bomb / Politics / Al-Qeeda
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Multiple sources are reporting that President Obama is to shortly announce that the master mind behind the 2001 Sept 11th attacks, Osama Bin Laden is dead and that the US has possession of his body.
Initial reports are that the Al-Qeeda leader was killed by a possible U.S. drone attack deep inside Pakistani territory nearly a week ago whilst living in a mansion in the suburbs of the Pakistani Capital, Islamabad.
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Sunday, May 01, 2011
France Questions Fundamental Principles of the European Union / Politics / Euro-Zone
By: Pravda
France seems to have questioned one of the fundamental EU principles - freedom of movement within the EU. The possibility of revising the Schengen agreement by French was on the agenda in connection with the influx of refugees from North Africa, particularly from Tunisia.
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Horrific Global Food Crisis is Looming / Politics / Food Crisis
By: Pravda
Michael Snyder writes: In case you haven't noticed, the world is on the verge of a horrific global food crisis. At some point, this crisis will affect you and your family. It may not be today, and it may not be tomorrow, but it is going to happen. Crazy weather and horrifying natural disasters have played havoc with agricultural production in many areas of the globe over the past couple of years. Meanwhile, the price of oil has begun to skyrocket.