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maandag 30 juni 2008

'Goud kopen, gaan huren en uiteindelijk weg uit Nederland'

Tweedelig interview van Daan de Wit, met financieel expert Albert Spits:

"Als privé-persoon heb ik mezelf al ingedekt, 10% van mijn kapitaal is al in goud. Mijn pensioen heb ik al in grondstoffen en in grondstoffenaandelen overgezet. Mijn huis heb ik verkocht, sinds 2002, dus ik woon in een huurhuis. Qua pensioenfondsen zijn we nu bezig om ze te adviseren minimaal 10% van hun pensioenvermogen in goud om te zetten ."

Lees/luister via Deepjournal

zondag 29 juni 2008

Roma fight skinheads in Sofia

In Sofia vochten Roma-zigeuners terug, nadat ze door neo-nazis waren belaagd:

Roma Fight Skinheads in Sofia

Seymour Hersh: "Preparing The Battlefield"

Seymour Hersh schreef onder de titel "Preparing The Battlefield" een opiniestuk in de New Yorker, over de dreiging richting Iran, en over de samenwerking van de Amerikanen met lokale verzets/cq. terreurbewegingen.. Hieronder drie excerpts:



It is not known whether McCain, who is the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has been formally briefed on the operations in Iran. At the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, in June, Obama repeated his plea for "tough and principled diplomacy." But he also said, along with McCain, that he would keep the threat of military action against Iran on the table.


[...]

The C.I.A. and Special Operations communities also have long-standing ties to two other dissident groups in Iran: the Mujahideen-e-Khalq, known in the West as the M.E.K., and a Kurdish separatist group, the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan, or PJAK.

The M.E.K. has been on the State Department's terrorist list for more than a decade, yet in recent years the group has received arms and intelligence, directly or indirectly, from the United States. Some of the newly authorized covert funds, the Pentagon consultant told me, may well end up in M.E.K. coffers. "The new task force will work with the M.E.K. The Administration is desperate for results." He added, "The M.E.K. has no C.P.A. auditing the books, and its leaders are thought to have been lining their pockets for years. If people only knew what the M.E.K. is getting, and how much is going to its bank accounts - and yet it is almost useless for the purposes the Administration intends."

[...]


Admiral Fallon acknowledged, when I spoke to him in June, that he had heard that there were people in the White House who were upset by his public statements. "Too many people believe you have to be either for or against the Iranians," he told me. "Let's get serious. Eighty million people live there, and everyone's an individual. The idea that they're only one way or another is nonsense."

When it came to the Iraq war, Fallon said, "Did I bitch about some of the things that were being proposed? You bet. Some of them were very stupid."


Lees het hele artikel op
Truth Out


Updates

zaterdag 28 juni 2008

Uncle Sam's cyber force wants you

"This building will be attacked 3 million times today. Who's going to protect it?" Two army colleagues of mine nearly died on September 11, 2001, when the third hijacked plane crashed into the Pentagon, so I can't say I appreciated the none-too-subtle reminder of that day's carnage. Leaving that aside, it turns out that the ad is referring to cyber attacks and that the cyber protector it has in mind is a new breed of "air" warrior, part of an entirely new Cyber Command run by the air force.

Using the latest technology, our cyber elite will "shoot down" enemy hackers and saboteurs, both foreign and domestic, thereby dominating the realm of cyberspace, just as the air force is currently seeking to dominate the planet's air space - and then space itself "to the shining stars and beyond".


Asia Times

Coole ansichtkaarten van Mars

De Marslander Phoenix heeft wat ansichtkaarten naar Aarde gestuurd. Ze zijn verbluffend mooi!

Bekijk ze op Boston.com

"...er begint een complete meltdown in de VS.”

BRUSSEL/AMSTERDAM (DFT) - Fortis rekent binnen enkele dagen tot weken op het volledig instorten van de Amerikaanse financiële markten. Dat verklaart volgens de bankverzekeraar de serie ingrepen van donderdag om zich met €8 miljard te versterken.

Lees verder


RBS en Barclays lieten kort geleden gelijksoortige geluiden horen.

donderdag 26 juni 2008

Woonwagenbewoners vogelvrij verklaard door Vogelaar

Het allerergste is toch wel dat de minister niet van plan is om ook maar één vinger uit te steken om mensen die binnen een aantal weken op straat worden gezet te helpen.

Weblog Kamerlid Paulus Jansen

woensdag 25 juni 2008

AFGHANISTAN: Finland, NATO, U.S. and Depleted Uranium

Last month we reported that Finland has suffered its first UN casualty caused by depleted uranium (DU).

UN Observer

CBS - Israel Prodding U.S. To Attack Iran

Israel's message is simple: If you don't, we will. Israel held a dress rehearsal for a strike earlier this month, but military analysts say Israel can not do it alone.

"Keep in mind that Israel does not have strategic bombers," Oren said. "The Israeli Air Force is not the American Air Force. Israel can not eliminate Iran's nuclear program."

CBS (!!!)


Duh....I hate to say I told you so

Israeli 'suicide cop': family refute claims that he killed himself

The family said that it had hired a lawyer to ensure there was a “complete and detailed” investigation and to gain access to security video footage from the airport.

Read article at Times


Seems like Henk Ruyssenaars could be right about this one.

WHO IS TRYING TO SHATTER THE GAZA TRUCE? ~~ J'ACCUSE ISRAEL!

Is it not conceivable that a nation operating a spy ring against a ‘friendly nation’ could possibly have paid infiltrators working in what they consider to be ‘enemy territory’? Personally, the way Israel has behaved over the past 60 years, I would not put anything past them. They have proven time and time again that they cannot be trusted, nor can those nations that continue to support them.


More at Desert Peace

dinsdag 24 juni 2008

At Last, Some Truth About Iraq and Afghanistan

PARIS – After a sea of lies and a tsunami of propaganda, the ugly truth behind the Iraq and Afghanistan wars finally emerged into full view this week.

Four major western oil companies, Exxon, Mobil, Shell, BP and Total, are about to sign US-brokered no-bid contracts with the US-installed Baghdad regime to begin exploiting Iraq’s oil fields. Saddam Hussein had kicked these firms out three decades ago when he nationalized Iraq’s foreign-owned oil industry for the benefit of Iraq’s national development. The Baghdad regime is turning back the clock.

Meanwhile, according to Pakistani and Indian sources, Afghanistan just signed a major deal to launch a long-planned, 1680 km long pipeline project expected to cost $ 8 billion. If completed, the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline (TAPI) will export gas and, later, oil from the Caspian Basin to Pakistan’s coast where tankers will transport it to the west.

More at LewRockwell

Iran War Resolution May Be Passed Next Week

Introduced less than a month ago, Resolution 362, also known as the Iran War Resolution, could be passed by the House as early as next week.

The bill is the chief legislative priority of AIPAC. On its Web site, AIPAC endorses the resolutions as a way to ”Stop Iran’s Nuclear Program” and tells readers to lobby Congress to pass the bill. In the Senate, a sister resolution, Resolution 580, has gained co-sponsors with similar speed. The Senate measure was introduced by Indiana Democrat Evan Bayh on June 2. It has since gained 19 co-sponsors.

More at AntiWar

The Coming Catastrophe?

It’s no secret that the U.S. is currently putting the finishing touches on several contingency plans for attacking Iranian nuclear and military facilities. With our ground forces stretched to the breaking point in Iraq and Afghanistan, none of the most likely scenarios involve a ground invasion. Not that this administration wouldn’t prefer to march into the seat of Shiite Islam behind a solid, moving line of M1 Abrams tanks and proclaim the country for democracy. The fact is that even the President knows we can’t pull that off any more so he and the neo-cons will have to settle for Shock and Awe Lite.

More at Global Research

No blood for ... er ... um ...

More than five years after the invasion of Iraq - just in case you were still waiting - the oil giants finally hit the front page ...

ATimes

9/11 and Federal Funding for Urban Moving Systems






Emergency Official Witnessed Dead Bodies In WTC 7

Exclusive video of emergency official Barry Jennings discussing explosions inside WTC 7 before either of the twin towers had collapsed and having to step over dead bodies of victims as he attempted to vacate the building has been released for the first time.

The clip, which was originally intended to feature in Loose Change Final Cut but had to be withdrawn according to Jennings' wishes after he had received threats, has now been made public in anticipation of a BBC documentary about Building 7 which is expected to skew Jennings' account in an attempt to reinforce the official story.

In reality, what Jennings witnessed completely contradicts the official story of what happened to Building 7.

Read more at Prison Planet



The Israeli Spy Ring

"Evidence linking these Israelis to 9/11 is classified. I cannot tell you about evidence that has been gathered. It's classified information."

-- US official quoted in Carl Cameron's Fox News report on the Israeli spy ring and its connections to 9-11.



Read more

Israeli guard tries to kill Sarkozy at airport

They really tried to get at Sarkozy, and it was immediately - by all their media propaganda machines in the western world - declared some kind of 'suicide'. And that's what we are supposed to believe.

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Privacy: we zijn allemaal verdacht

Netwerk: Mensenrechtenschendingen in Indonesie

Ingekomen via Solidair met de Molukken:

Mensenrechtenschendingen in Indonesie

Lovende woorden aan de minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Verhagen nu Nederland onderdak biedt aan de bedreigde Zimbabwaanse oppositieleider Tsvangirai. Maar steekt Nederland ook de nek uit voor Molukse onafhankelijkheidsstrijders die vastzitten in Indonesische gevangenissen?

Bekijk uitzending

Zie ook

Debat over mensenrechten Molukkers

Weg uit de ‘War on Terror’

Is het praten met "terroristen" en de politieke islam dé manier om een eind te maken aan de "war on terror?" Alastair Crooke, zelf ervaringsdeskundige in het creëren van dialoog in diverse conflicten, meent van wèl.

Daarom richtte hij het Conflicts Forum op, waar hij informele ontmoetingen organiseert tussen Westerse zwaargewichten en vertegenwoordigers van o.a. Hamas en Hezbollah. Het forum heeft als doel de wederzijdse vooroordelen tussen het Westen en de politieke islam weg te nemen. Alleen zo kun je volgens hem wegkomen van de oorlogretoriek en uit de impasse die de wereld verlamt sinds de Oorlog tegen het Terrorisme.

VPRO's Tegenlicht maakte een reportage over het forum, waarin o.a. een interview met Midden-Oosten-deskundige Robert Fisk.

Bekijk uitzending.

Elliot Abrams’ uncivil war- Conflicts Forum

Is the Bush administration violating the law in an effort to provoke a Palestinian civil war?

Read more at Conflicts Forum

Huis van Afgevaardigden legaliseert verdere privacyschendingen

Het Amerikaanse Huis van Afgevaardigden heeft afgelopen vrijdag de Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments Act aangenomen, waardoor rechtszaken tegen telecom-en internetproviders, die hierin met de NSA samenwerken, vrijwel geen kans meer maken.

Zie Webwereld

Op school werd mij geleerd dat de VS de beschermer en leider van het vrije westen is.-J.

zondag 22 juni 2008

The NORAD Papers

As is plainly obvious from the pre-9/11 literature quoted above on the capabilities of NORAD (for both the United States and Canada), the official accounts of NORAD’s capabilities before 9/11 were a lie; a monstrous story concocted by the Pentagon and its controllers in the White House to explain away the non-response of NORAD on 9/11.

Read all....

Provocateur tijdens vredesdemo blijkt politieagent

Erg interessant artikel over hoe de auteur tot het besef kwam dat een nogal agressieve demonstrant feitelijk een politieagent was, die ze al eerder had ontmoet op een feest...



He continued to shout slogans such as: 'Pigs Out.'

On his back was a black rucksack and he carried a professional-looking camera with a large telephoto lens. Hardly the sort of kit for a few snaps of his day out.

My friends and I, standing a few rows back, asked him a couple of times to calm down, but he ignored us.

I wondered why I was drawn to him. Was it his dark good looks or was I worried for the safety of my 70-year-old friend and children nearby?

Then it dawned on me. I had met this man at a party. I tapped him gently on the shoulder and said: 'Have we met before?'

Instantly he recognised me. 'Hi, how are you? It's really nice to see you here.'

My puzzlement grew. This chap wasn't really the sort you'd expect to see shouting abuse at police officers at an anti-war demo. He was, after all, a policeman himself - and a high-ranking one at that.


Lees verder



Finally...a day at the beach in Gaza

Finally something positive to tell about Gaza:

Palestinians enjoy a day at the beach, on the second day of the Egyptian-brokered truce between Hamas and Israël.

See more at Desert Peace

Thermobarische wapens ingezet in Afghanistan

Westerse strijdkrachten zetten steeds meer "controversiële" wapens in in Afghanistan...

Artikel op Zapruder

Pelosi past wet aan voor AIPAC: oorlog tegen Iran mogelijk zonder toestemming Congres

De wet zou het in feite onmogelijk maken om een ongeprovoceerde oorlog met Iran te beginnen zonder toestemming van Congress, tenminste, als deze sectie aanwezig was geweest in het wetsvoorstel.

En nog mooier, ze zegt dat ze dit moest doen op het verzoek van AIPAC, de Israelische lobby in Amerika. Vertaald artikel door Squarepusher



Ik zou zeggen: Nancy's out, Cindy's in!

Storing Ams-ix mogelijk door 'ongewenst protocol'

Storing Ams-ix mogelijk door 'ongewenst protocol' aldus Tweakers.

Ik ben niet zo thuis in de techniek die hier achter zit. Maar als waar is wat één van de commenters beweert , dan ben ik inderdaad héél erg benieuwd wie of wat hier achter zit. En om welke reden.

zaterdag 21 juni 2008

Reports of Hezbollah in Canada unsubstantiated: expert

A terror expert says reports about Hezbollah's presence in North America are unsubstantiated, and the organization has no reason to attack on Canadian soil.

Source

Israelis 'rehearse Iran attack'

Israel has carried out an exercise that appears to have been a rehearsal for an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, US officials have told the New York Times.
BBC


Palestijnen:camera als zelfverdediging tegen gewelddadige kolonisten

"Ik hou de camera altijd bij me. Dat is het enige wat de kolonisten er van weerhoud met stenen te gooien of mijn winkel binnen te dringen"
Yahoo News

vrijdag 20 juni 2008

Bestuur ToN stapt op

Althans, daar gaat Rita Verdonk vanuit.

De Stentor

'Kernwapens in Nederland liggen niet veilig'

Dat blijkt uit een rapport van de Amerikaanse luchtmacht, waar Time Magazine de hand op heeft weten te leggen.

De kernbommen liggen naar verluidt op de luchtmachtbasis Volkel.


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Die kernwapens die er officieel niet liggen???

donderdag 19 juni 2008

Tweede Slachtoffer Gedachtenpolitie: HoeiBoei

Ik vind dat blog voor het grootste deel reactionaire onzin bevatten. Maar ze hebben alle recht om onzin te publiceren, net als Nekschot. En afhankelijk van waar je staat, net als ik.

Politie en justitie zijn hele enge dingen aan het doen. Dit moet stoppen.

Lees artikel

Privacy Zweden opgeheven

De Zweden slikken de wet niet voor zoete koek. Betogers buiten het parlementsgebouw strooiden met het boek '1984' van George Orwell, waarin het totalitarisme wordt verworpen.


BNR

Komen we hier ook in actie?

woensdag 18 juni 2008

U.S. School District to Begin Microchipping Students

(NaturalNews) A Rhode Island school district has announced a pilot program to monitor student movements by means of radio frequency identification (RFID) chips implanted in their schoolbags.

Read more

See also

Dutch protest for privacy

Ruzie over geld binnen TON

Rita Verdonk en ex-adviseur rollen over straat over geld.

Lees meer

dinsdag 17 juni 2008

Kazachstan verliest enige communicatiesatelliet

Kaart van de regio. Just in case. -J.

De Kazachse staatstelevisie gebruikt op dit moment een backup-satelliet, maar een aantal kleinere Kazachse tv-stations heeft moeten sluiten.


De Pers

Turkish newspaper reveals Maliki’s wait-game

Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyat [via alriyadh] revealed why Maliki is playing a time game and why the Kurds want to sign the agreement as soon as possible:

Iraqi government asked both Turkey and Iran to provide written guarantees on security cooperation with Iraq, in exchange for abandoning the security agreement the U.S.

The newspaper uncovered, that Baghdad is waiting for answers from Tehran and Ankara, and will cancel the whole idea of the agreement in case Iran and Turkey provide such guarantees.

Uruknet


This actually means that US military presence would no longer be necessary. If it ever was. It also means that a US/Israeli attack on Iran would become virtually impossible, without upsetting Nato-partner Turkey, and without sparking a major new wave of violence and political instability in Iraq.

Let's just hope no 'incident' will happen in the near future, to prevent this deal from happening.

De NAVO kan niet winnen

Unembedded oorlogsverslaggever Arnold Karskens nam deel aan een hoorzitting over Afghanistan in het Belgisch parlement.

‘In Afghanistan woedt een oorlog die de NAVO niet kan winnen en de taliban niet kan verliezen. De burgers zijn het grootste slachtoffer. U kunt geen vliegtuigen sturen zonder vuile handen te maken’, was mijn conclusie. Er volgde geen applaus.


Zijn verslag is te lezen in De Pers.

Marijnissen treedt af

SP-fractievoorzitter in de Tweede Kamer Jan Marijnissen treedt af, wegens gezondheidsklachten. Hij blijft wel Kamerlid. Komende vrijdag zal er een opvolger worden gekozen.

Zie ook BNR

Zie ook De Pers

maandag 16 juni 2008

Report Says Nike Plant Workers Abused by Bosses in Indonesia

'Workers at nine of Nike's contract factories in Indonesia have witnessed verbal and physical abuse by supervisors against co-workers, and female employees being coerced into sex, according to a report released today by a nonprofit group.

Employees also complained of being forced to work overtime and of seeing assembly-line workers fondled by managers, the report by the Global Alliance said'


Read more

Of course Nike will start an internal 'inquiry', and the outcome will be that they are not the ones to blame...The contract factories are. So as a resolvement, NIKE will sign a new deal with a new abusive sweatshop holder. Welcome to the wonderful world of the free market!


Muslimfundamentalists are currently gaining strength and influence in Indonesia. Don't blame me for not being surprised...at all. If you have the chance, read this book by John Perkins, and you'll understand what I mean.- Johnito

Iran Nuke Laptop Data May Have Come From Mossad

German officials have identified the source of the laptop documents in November 2004 as the Mujahideen e Khalq (MEK), which along with its political arm, the National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI), is listed by the U.S. State Department as a terrorist organization.

There are some indications, moreover, that the MEK obtained the documents not from an Iranian source but from Israel’s Mossad.

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Police open fire on anti-NATO protest

Gunfire wounds more than a dozen protestors, doctor says

POLICE have opened fire on anti-NATO demonstrations in the south-east, wounding more than a dozen protestors, eye-witnesses have said.

Hundreds of people in Paktia’s Zurmat district took to the streets on Saturday in protest at what they called NATO’s heavy-handed military tactics, which residents blame for the recent death of 15 civilians in a NATO raid on a home in the district.

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Jeepers! Has Everybody Forgotten This Story?

"Iran was dangerous, Iran is dangerous, and Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon," Bush told a White House news conference. iht.com

Hello!?!? Has everybody forgotten that Bush has already given the secrets of building an atomic bomb not only to Iran, but to every evil empire in the world? I remember when this story first broke. It's lifespan in the news cycle lasted from Friday afternoon to a Saturday morning. Supposedly the story was dropped because it was "unfair" and "too partisan" to run it because of the upcoming election.

Article worth reading on Zaius Nation

zondag 15 juni 2008

Dutch protest for privacy

Get Osama Bin Laden before I leave office, orders George W Bush

President George W Bush has enlisted British special forces in a final attempt to capture Osama Bin Laden before he leaves the White House.

Times


'Start diggin!' -GW Bush

Afghan President Karzai Threatens To Send Troops Into Pakistan

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened Sunday to send Afghan troops across the border to fight militants in Pakistan, a forceful warning to insurgents and the Pakistani government that his country is fed up with cross-border attacks.

Huffington Post

dinsdag 10 juni 2008

Buurtbewoners redden buurtsuper

Buurtbewoners redden buurtsuper.

Vogelwijk als mooi voorbeeld voor Vogelaarwijken. Hoewel daar over het algemeen heel wat minder geld zit. Toch een goed initiatief, aangezien buurtwinkels doorgaans de smeerolie van een goed draaiende samenleving zijn.

Oliecrisis raakt visserij

De stijgende brandstofprijzen raken ook visserijfamilies in Nederland, aldus Visserij Nieuws.

De beslissing om te gaan varen met zware olie wordt uiteraard ingegeven door de onwerkbaar hoge gasolieprijs. ,,Ja, het is jammer genoeg een verbouwing uit armoede. Je gaat toch in iets moois de slijptol zetten vanwege de omstandigheden.


maandag 9 juni 2008

BREAKING! Kucinich Introduces 35 Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush!

History is in the making as I type: Rep. Dennis Kucinich has taken to the floor of the House and has begun reading 35 Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush.

At last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We can be sure Kucinich will come under furious attack by the White House, the Republican Party, the Corporate Media, and even Bush Democrats. So let's inundate Congress with emails and calls showing our full support for Rep. Kucinich's Articles of Impeachment!


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Dat had eerder gekund....

Israel and 9/11: A Summary


See link

zondag 8 juni 2008

GAZA IS ABOUT TO BE WIPED OFF THE MAP.......

…. and not a word about the situation on any major news site today. Has AIPAC got all of them tied up in their pocket? Has it officially come to a point where it is treason to criticise Israel and their genocidal policies?

Desert Peace

Wat Verdonk wil

De SP heeft een, naar mijn mening, goede gewoonte. Waar de meeste politieke partijen het liefst met modder gooien naar nieuwkomers in de politieke arena, doet men bij de SP gewoon serieus onderzoek, en vertellen de achterban wat

...Janmaat wilde (bleek in de Tweede Kamer vooral de neo-liberale koers van het CDA te volgen)

...Fortuyn wilde (sterk in zijn analyses, maar qua "oplossingen" een radicale voortzetting van het ook door hem verfoeide Paars)

...Wilders wil (nog liever voor multinationals en onvriendelijker voor de gewone man dan de VVD)

Het verleidde, hoewel niet iedereen dat zo ziet, niet-racistische proteststemmers destijds om voor de SP in plaats van de CD te stemmen. Het behoedde de SP voor een zetelverlies, vlak na de moord op Fortuyn. En Geert Wilders, tja, daar horen we eigenlijk niet zo heel veel meer van sinds zijn Fitna-flop.


Met het huidige snoepje van de week, Rita Verdonk, lijken de onderzoekers van de SP wat meer moeite te hebben. Na maanden intensief onderzoek is dit het resultaat van hun poging om er achter te komen wat Verdonk wil....




Ik moet eerlijk zeggen dat ik binnen een dag al tot dezelfde resultaten kwam...

vrijdag 6 juni 2008

Bush als dekmantel

Kamerlid Harry van Bommel over de werkelijke reden van Balkenende's bezoek aan Bush. De Bilderberg-conferentie.

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