- Former Uruguayan fascist dictator sentenced to 30 years in prison. Juan Maria Bordaberry was one of Henry Kissinger's Latin American caudillos. Hopefully, the vile Kissinger will be next.
- Cyber-rebels shut down Australian government websites. Hacking of sites protests Australian government censorship of Internet. GOOD ON YA MATES!
- Thousands protest Greek government wage freeze. Government workers hit streets while only the police -- the new centurions of the elite -- stage standoff with their fellow government employees. Did the police ever wonder who orders their guns and ammo? It is the employees in the contracting and logistics departments -- people who could easily divert such shipments to others, with the police on the receiving end for a change.
QUAKE NEWS (Chapter III of "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism" by Emmanuel Goldstein, 1984, by George Orwell: "All members of the Inner Party believe in this coming conquest as an article of faith. It is to be achieved either by gradually acquiring more and more territory and so building up an overwhelming preponderance of power, or by the discovery of some new and unanswerable weapon . . . others explore even remoter possibilities such as focusing the sun's rays through lenses suspended thousands of kilometres away in space, or producing artificial earthquakes and tidal waves by tapping the heat at the earth's centre. Secretary of Defense William Cohen, Pentagon briefing, April 28, 1997:"Others are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves.")
- Haitian government raises quake death toll to at least 230,000. Of course, who will ever know after the world was okay with bulldozers dumping piles of bodies into mass graves. When its black people who are the victims, mass disposal of human bodies seems perfectly okay to the corporate media.
- South Java shaken by quake. 5.4 quake strikes in Yogyakarta province with USGS once again under-estimating quake at 4.8.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- Reuters photographer released in Iraq after a year and a half of being detained by U.S. military thugs without charges. Military's charges against Ibrahim Jassam Mohammed are "classified." A year of Mohammed's incarceration was under Obama. more change, huh, Barky?
- Simon Wiesenthal Center shows its "tolerance" by building a Jewish "Museum of Tolerance" on top of an ancient Muslim cemetery in occupied Jerusalem. The other "constant whiner" -- Abe Foxman's pal Rabbi Marvin Hier proclaims "its a fantastic site." Meanwhile, The New Republic plays its tiresome "anti-Semite" card [canard] against Andrew Sullivan. It is really just a question of mind over matter with the Zionist lickspittles, we don't mind and they don't matter.
- Iraq expelling 250 Blackwater/Xe personnel. Iraq responds to CIA Judge Ricardo Urbina dropping case against Blackwater murderers of Iraqi civilians.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Blackwater billed government for prostitute and alcohol. Mercenary firm also double-billed on Afghanistan and Katrina contracts.
- Four governors defend Toyota. They claim Obama has a major conflict-of-interest because his administration has a major stake in GM. This article has an error: one of the four "Republican" governors is a Democrat -- Kentucky Gov. Steven Beshear. WMR reported on Toyota story with further details of Obama's conflict-of-interest.
- 1,000 children forced into sex trade every year. Not in Thailand -- in Ohio! Connections to Harrisburg -- Gov. Ed Rendell's sordid state capital.
- Historic blizzard slams East Coast. Snowfall in Washington beats record set in 1898-1899 winter.
13th Street in downtown Washington devoid of traffic as blizzard wallops DC Metro area.
- Former U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson (D-TX) dead at 76. Wilson's advocacy for Afghan mujaheddin inspired the "Al Qaeda" CIA pool of mercenaries and weapons smugglers and he was the main character in the book and film "Charlie Wilson's War."
- Obama is cool with obscene bonuses for Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase and Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs. Thanks for letting us know who controls you, Barky (the trained seal).
