Thursday, August 28, 2008
For me this is a season of hope -- new hope for a justice and fair prosperity for the many, and not just for the few -- new hope.
And this is the cause of my life -- new hope that we will break the old gridlock and guarantee that every American -- north, south, east, west, young, old -- will have decent, quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege.
We can meet these challenges with Barack Obama. Yes, we can, and finally, yes, we will.
Barack Obama will close the book on the old politics of race and gender and group against group and straight against gay.
And Barack Obama will be a commander-in-chief who understands that young Americans in uniform must never be committed to a mistake, but always for a mission worthy of their bravery.
We are told that Barack Obama believes too much in an America of high principle and bold endeavor, but when John Kennedy called of going to the moon, he didn't say it's too far to get there. We shouldn't even try.
Our people answered his call and rose to the challenge, and today an American flag still marks the surface of the moon.
Yes, we are all Americans. This is what we do. We reach the moon. We scale the heights. I know it. I've seen it. I've lived it. And we can do it again.
... there, this seams a reasonable expectation ...
... hoping the democratic party may be up for the challenge ...
... if the country drifts away from its theocracy attitude ...
... maybe all may benefit from a state of law ...
... based more on damage and less on opinable "morals" ...
# posted by intcoex : 10:18 PM
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Evidence mounts that we're in midst of mass extinction event
By Jonathan M. Gitlin | Published: August 19, 2008 - 03:35PM CT
It's difficult to follow the literature right now in ecology without feeling like you need a drink. Pretty much wherever you look there's bad news, and it just keeps coming. It all seems to point to one thing: we're living in the middle of a mass extinction, and we're almost certainly the cause. The irony, if such a word should be used, is that the planet has only just emerged from a mass extinction at the end of the last ice age.
All across the planet, from ecosystem to ecosystem, we're observing a massive loss of biodiversity—bat colonies being wiped out by a mystery pathogen, huge falls among common bird species, and an entire group, the amphibians, are closest to the edge1,2.
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# posted by intcoex : 1:52 AM
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
S. Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity stated that Georgia used mercenaries from several countries during its aggression against his nation.
“There were many mercenaries from Ukraine and the Baltic states. We have found dead bodies of African Americans too,” Interfax quoted Kokoity as saying.
The official supposed that it was exactly the reason why the Georgian side had not provided any reports about the losses, which it was suffering during the military operation.
Presidents Bagapsh and Kokoity also accused Western media outlets of the schemed informational war against South Ossetia. They believe that the vast majority of Western news agencies provided the biased coverage of events.
“It was a well-prepared and thought-out action, when there was only one opinion provided – the opinion of the USA, Great Britain and several other countries. Everyone started to support this opinion,” Sergei Bagapsh said.
The president said that there were just a few countries which did not follow the fraudulent trend – Spain, France and Germany.
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The S. Ossetian president stated that that the Russian peacemakers did not open fire first.
“Believe me as an eyewitness. We were aware of all commands and we heard them all. I wonder what would happen to citizens of Israel, the USA or France, for example, if they found themselves in Ossetians’ shoes,” he said.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former president of the USSR, said in an interview with CNN that Georgia’s President Saakashvili deserves to be deprived of the trust of his own nation, although it is a matter of the Georgians.
Gorbachev emphasized that Russia was acting accordingly responding to Georgia’s aggression.
Mikhail Gorbachev said that US officials should trust their Russian counterparts. It is absolutely obvious that the USA supports Georgia. However, Gorbachev is certain that Russia did not have the goal of overthrowing the Georgian president.
Analysts of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies calculated that one day in South Ossetia cost Russia 2.5 billion rubles, the supervisor of the center, Ruslan Pukhov said.
For Georgia, one day of war cost 4.8 billion rubles (about $200 million). However, Georgia’s defense economy is fully supported by the US budget. Georgia’s defense spending in 2007 made up 1 billion dollars. Georgia does not have this money per se.
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# posted by intcoex : 11:25 PM
The Iranians are about to commit an "offense" far greater than Saddam Hussein's conversion to the euro of Iraq’s oil exports in the fall of 2000. Numerous articles have revealed Pentagon planning for operations against Iran as early as 2005. While the publicly stated reasons will be over Iran's nuclear ambitions, there are unspoken macroeconomic drivers explaining the Real Reasons regarding the 2nd stage of petrodollar warfare - Iran's upcoming euro-based oil Bourse.
In 2005-2006, The Tehran government has a developed a plan to begin competing with New York's NYMEX and London's IPE with respect to international oil trades - using a euro-denominated international oil-trading mechanism. This means that without some form of US intervention, the euro is going to establish a firm foothold in the international oil trade. Given U.S. debt levels and the stated neoconservative project for U.S. global domination, Tehran's objective constitutes an obvious encroachment on U.S. dollar supremacy in the international oil market
"Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes...known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. . . No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."
- James Madison, Political Observations, 1795
Madison’s words of wisdom should be carefully considered by the American people and world community. The rapidly deteriorating situation on the ground in Iraq portends an even direr situation for American soldiers and the People of the world community - should the Bush administration pursue their strategy regarding Iran. Current geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran extend beyond the publicly stated concerns regarding Iran’s nuclear intentions, and likely include a proposed Iranian "petroeuro system" for oil trade. Similar to the Iraq war, upcoming operations against Iran relate to the macroeconomics of the `petrodollar recycling’ and the unpublicized but real challenge to U.S. dollar supremacy from the euro as an alternative oil transaction currency.
... well, in this scope of events ...
... and assuming good faith ...
... the only reasonable solution ...
... would be one similar to korea ...
... where the nuclear materials are based and provided ...
... by another country ...
... but since this conflict is characterized by another conflict of interest ...
... and since europe, france, amerika, nato and russia are all barking loud for georgia ...
... the only one left to "guarantee" integrity would be australia ...
... except that australia does not believe in nuclear energy ...
... so the result may end up being ...
... something damaging for iran ...
... supposed russia may forget about its interests ...
... otherwise, a cowboy action in iran ...
... could possibly mark the start ...
... of a thirld world war ...
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# posted by intcoex : 10:55 PM
Sunday, August 17, 2008
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Signs of unusual behavior abound across the commodities markets. Take cotton, for example. In late February, the price of cotton futures jumped by 50 percent within two weeks. But cotton farmers haven't even been able to sell half of their harvest from the previous year yet. Warehouses in the United States are fuller than they have been since 1966. Indeed, all signs point to a price decline.
In a statement to the US Congress, the American Cotton Shippers' Association blames this "irrational" development on "speculators driving up prices." According to the trade group, cotton processors would never pay the fantasy prices being quoted on the commodities futures exchanges.
Two worlds have developed. One is the world of the traders at hedge funds and investment companies, and the other is that of farmers, grain dealers and mine operators. They may be dealing in the same commodities -- barrels of oil or bales of cotton, for example -- but for some these are nothing but abstract concepts while others see them as down-to-earth products.
... the day an asteroid may hit wall street ...
... will be always too late ...
A classic archetype for all future panics is the Dutch tulip mania of the 17th century. In 1636, at the height of the bubble, the most highly coveted bulbs, such as the Viceroy and Admiral van der Eyck species, commanded prices on par with the cost of an entire house. All social classes succumbed to the hysteria. Contemporary paintings depict butchers, guards, shipping agents, students and chimney sweeps trading the bulbs in taverns.
But then the Dutch public's faith in a permanently golden future for the tulip collapsed. At a tulip auction in the city of Haarlem on Feb. 4, 1637, not a single finger was raised when the first bulb went under the hammer. The auctioneer dropped the price, but still no one moved. This led to a widespread selloff of bulbs, causing prices to plummet.
The country plunged into a deep depression. As is so often the case after overheated speculation, the government had to step in and banned the use of futures contracts, which was already customary at the time. Preachers castigated the speculators from their pulpits, calling the affair "God's punishment for the blasphemous greed and stupidity of the masses."
... and one in chicago too ...
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# posted by intcoex : 6:35 AM
Saturday, August 02, 2008
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