High's Web bots predict dire future

Rebel Newsflash: High's Web bots predict dire future (plus 22 more items)

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• High's Web bots predict dire future
• Prof William O. Beeman: Iranians deny the arrogant literature of the west
• Kucinich: 'We are losing our nation to lies about the necessity of war'
• Is Gilad Shalit a prisoner of war?
• Sacking McChrystal: Testimony to a Lost War
• Obama's Moral Bankruptcy Regarding Torture
• Allies at odds over Somalia
• Vote set to test Merkel's coalition
• After McChrystal: What Now?
• Military Spending Must Be on the Table
• What, Me McWorry?
• Dan DIcks & Charlie Veitch's Final Report from G8/G20 Summit in Toronto
• Cybersecurity Measures Will Mandate Government "ID Tokens" To Use Internet
• You Next, Israel
• Jew LIEberman Gives Obongo Internet Kill Switch
• Heads I Win, Tails I Win
• Monday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 19 Wounded
• Guantánamo as an "Intelligence Squeezing" Center: Pakistan Media Interviews Col. Morris Davis
• Prince Charles Saves Chelsea Barracks
• Competing Ideologies: G20 v. US Social Forum
• Lives Lived and Lost in Time: Remembering Shatilla
• Gaza Siege: Catastrophic, Not 'Unsustainable'
• The President Chooses the Guru

High's Web bots predict dire future Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:52 AM PDT George Ure, the long wave economist, called it the "web bot project," and the name stuck. Its inventor, Clif High, calls it "the shape of things to come." Catherine Austin Fitts, perhaps the only honest banker in America, explained it this way. "Clif is a software developer who worked for a large software company. He became intrigued with the possibilities of using software tools to read, aggregate and interpret large amounts of information and feelings communicated on the Internet.

Prof William O. Beeman: Iranians deny the arrogant literature of the west Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:32 AM PDT Iran is still under the continued and relentless pressures of the Western governments to halt its nuclear program. While Israel is illegally advancing its nuclear activities in violation of the UNSC resolution 487, Iran is being lethally pressured by the West to retreat from its nuclear programs. In an interview with the American academic and commentator William O. Beeman, I've discussed the prospect of Iran-U.S. relations in the wake of growing conflict over the nuclear program, the impact of Islamic revolution of Iran on the course of political equations in the world and the modality of Iran-West relations with regards to the nuclear dispute.

Kucinich: 'We are losing our nation to lies about the necessity of war' Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:40 PM PDT In Afghanistan, corruption is rife. It is so abundant, in fact, that a senior US lawmaker declared on Monday that she'd be freezing $3.9 billion in Afghan aid dollars until the situation is addressed. Rep. Nita Lowey's declaration of principle was made in response to a Wall Street Journal report that claimed over $3 billion has been legally shipped through the airport in Kabul over just the last three years, leading investigators to believe much of it comes from U.S. aid dollars being diverted by corrupt officials.

Is Gilad Shalit a prisoner of war? Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:03 PM PDT In a stunt labelled the "True Freedom Flotilla" Gabriella Shalev, Israel's ambassador to the UN, other diplomats and Zionist activists set sail last week on New York's Hudson River towards UN headquarters. Their goal was to draw attention to Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by Hamas four years ago as he was enforcing Israel's occupation and blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Sacking McChrystal: Testimony to a Lost War Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:57 PM PDT On August 10, 1997, in The New York Times Magazine, David K. Shipler headlined, "Robert McNamara and the Ghosts of Vietnam" saying: Looking back, one of the key war architects admitted "how dangerous it is for political leaders to behave the way we did" about a war that shouldn't have been fought and couldn't be won.

Obama's Moral Bankruptcy Regarding Torture Posted: 28 Jun 2010 08:45 PM PDT Saturday was the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, established twelve years ago to mark the day, in 1987, when the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Punishment or Treatment came into force, but you wouldn't have found out about it through the mainstream US media. No editorials or news broadcasts reminded Americans that "No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture," and that anyone responsible for authorizing torture must be prosecuted, and no one called for the prosecution of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld or their supportive colleagues and co-conspirators, including, for example, John Yoo, Jay S. Bybee and Stephen Bradbury, the authors of the Office of Legal Counsel's "torture memos," or other key figures in Cheney's "War Council" that drove the policies: David Addington, Cheney's former Chief of Staff, Alberto Gonzales, the former Attorney general, and William J. Haynes II, the Pentagon's former Chief Counsel.

Allies at odds over Somalia Posted: 28 Jun 2010 08:05 PM PDT The US and its main ally in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia, are pursuing contradictory policies when it comes to dealing with Somalia's Islamist movements. While Addis Ababa is pursuing its traditional unaccommodationist and at times hostile policy towards these groups, Washington is encouraging all those Islamist movements that are interested in renouncing violence to participate in the political process.

Vote set to test Merkel's coalition Posted: 28 Jun 2010 06:48 PM PDT A special electoral college will gather in Berlin on Wednesday to decide who becomes Germany's new president following the resignation of Horst Kohler. Kohler quit the post last month after he seemed to suggest the country's operation in Afghanistan was about economic self-interest rather than helping the Afghan people or fulfilling Nato obligations.

After McChrystal: What Now? Posted: 28 Jun 2010 06:00 PM PDT Nearly a week after the abrupt demise of Washington's top commander in Afghanistan, U.S. strategy for reversing the flood of bad news that has been recently pouring out of that strife-torn country remains as unclear as ever. Led by Sen. John McCain and many of the same neoconservatives who championed the war in Iraq, hawks are calling on President Barack Obama to abandon his July 2011 timetable for beginning to withdraw U.S. combat troops in favor of an open-ended military commitment to achieve "victory" over the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

Military Spending Must Be on the Table Posted: 28 Jun 2010 06:00 PM PDT This past week various news events once again made it abundantly clear that our foreign policy is an abject failure. Unfortunately, in spite of this, the administration is determined to stay on this destructive course, despite any past promises to change it. For Afghanistan especially, if ever there was an opportunity to admit shortcomings and change strategies along with leaders, this past week was it.

What, Me McWorry? Posted: 28 Jun 2010 06:00 PM PDT Now we know why "King David" Petraeus fainted like a girl at his Senate testimony [.pdf] two weeks ago. Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin put Petraeus on the ropes by asking if his allegiance to President Obama's withdrawal timeline for Afghanistan reflected his "best personal professional judgment." Petraeus rope-a-doped his way out of that one with his "qualified yes" answer, but he hit the canvas when John McCain dared him to deny an open-source report that he'd promised Obama his 18-month timeline would work. Petraeus sputtered something about how he didn't see anything productive in discussing an Oval Office conversation,  McCain gave him a yeah, right wink, and Petraeus did a half-gainer into his microphone. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Dan DIcks & Charlie Veitch's Final Report from G8/G20 Summit in Toronto Posted: 28 Jun 2010 04:25 PM PDT On The Alex Jones Show, Alex will cover breaking news and get an update from Charlie Veitch of The Love Police on the G20 meeting in Toronto where he was arrested earlier in the week for photography. Also on the program is Dan Dicks of Press for Truth.ca who has been covering the ramped up police & security presence leading up to the meeting in Toronto.

Cybersecurity Measures Will Mandate Government "ID Tokens" To Use Internet Posted: 28 Jun 2010 02:11 PM PDT The move to shut down and regulate the Internet under a new government-controlled system has accelerated into high gear with the announcement that the government's cybersecurity strategy revolves around issuing Internet users with ID "tokens" without which they will not be able to visit websites, the latest salvo against web freedom which, in combination with Senator Joe Lieberman's 'kill switch' bill, will serve to eviscerate the free Internet as we know it.

You Next, Israel Posted: 28 Jun 2010 11:23 AM PDT The New York Times has published the polar opposite of Paul Gottfried's eulogy for the WASP. Five years ago, the Supreme Court, like the United States, had a plurality of white Protestants. If Elena Kagan — whose confirmation hearings begin today — is confirmed, that number will be reduced to zero, and the court will consist of six Catholics and three Jews.

Jew LIEberman Gives Obongo Internet Kill Switch Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:27 AM PDT This is not from some "conspiracy website," this is a nationally syndicated CBS news article from their bureau. Even CBS news is now calling this an "internet kill switch." The left-wing Huffington Post is also calling the legislation an "Internet kill switch." Obama is being handed broad unprecedented powers over the internet that could easily be abused to silence free speech.

Heads I Win, Tails I Win Posted: 28 Jun 2010 08:44 AM PDT By offering to set up negotiations between Hamid Karzai and insurgent-commander Sirajuddin Haqqani, Pakistan shows it's in control of Afghanistan's Great Game. In this 21st-century version of the Great Game in Afghanistan, Pakistan seems to be maneuvering masterfully. Its reported offer to convince one of its most-prized strategic Afghan assets, the powerful insurgent commander Sirajuddin Haqqani and his fearsome al Qaeda-linked network, to negotiate with the Afghan government is just Islamabad's latest gambit in its grand strategy of securing influence in a post-U.S. and post-NATO Afghanistan. But it might also prove a clever move on the home front: If Haqqani proves to be a good-faith negotiator, it may quell America's relentless pressure on Pakistan to get tough on its terrorist havens.

Monday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 19 Wounded Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:57 AM PDT Updated at 9:00 p.m. EDT, June 28, 2010 At least seven Iraqis were killed and 19 more were wounded in the latest violence. Also, Turkish warplanes conducted yet another bombing run on suspected Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) hideouts in northern Iraq.

Guantánamo as an "Intelligence Squeezing" Center: Pakistan Media Interviews Col. Morris Davis Posted: 28 Jun 2010 02:54 AM PDT Today, the Daily Times in Pakistan has published an interview with Colonel Morris Davis, conducted by political analyst Ali Kamran Chishti. The interview is of interest for Col. Davis' explanation of how Guantánamo operated as an illegal "intelligence squeezing" center, and for his description of the prison as "an embarrassment to the United States." For Pakistani readers, and those interested in Pakistan's relationship to the US, the interview is also fascinating for Col. Davis' assertion that the ISI (the Inter-Services Intelligence directorate, Pakistan's largest, and most controversial intelligence agency) was involved in negotiations regarding proposed trials for prisoners, but that the Pakistani government was not informed about these discussions.

Prince Charles Saves Chelsea Barracks Posted: 28 Jun 2010 02:14 AM PDT Something happened to British architects after the Second World War. Rugged Howard Roarke-like geniuses and obscure mediocrities alike shared an aesthetic that, for some reason, no one outside the profession understood. Perhaps the architecture schools gave them sets of glasses that made them to see the world in a way the rest of us cannot. I have yet to meet a British architect who does not believe that the Trellick Tower, a 31-storey socialist-realist monstrosity that dominates the northern reaches of Notting Hill, is beautiful. I have never met anyone else who would not prefer to see it erased from the skyline that it disfigures. I curse the Irish Republican Army for accepting a ceasefire before it brought the damn thing down. Blowing up pubs in Birmingham and churches in the City of London (London's centro storico, not to be confused with Greater London) rather than Trellick must have been Ireland's punishment for seven centuries of British colonial rule. Ian Fleming hated the Trellick Tower so much when it was commissioned in 1966 that he named his most famous villain for its designer, Erno Goldfinger.

Competing Ideologies: G20 v. US Social Forum Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:07 PM PDT Established in 1999, G20 finance ministers, central bank governors, and, at times, heads of state meet semi-annually to "discuss key issues in the global economy," the initial 1999 meeting in Berlin, hosted by German and Canadian finance ministers. G20.org calls its itself "the premier forum for our international economic development that promotes open and constructive discussion between industrial and emerging-market countries on key issues related to global economic stability," saying it "support(s) growth and development across the globe," or does it?

Lives Lived and Lost in Time: Remembering Shatilla Posted: 27 Jun 2010 07:51 PM PDT "It was the flies that told us. There were millions of them, their hum almost as eloquent as the smell. Big as bluebottles, they covered us, unaware at first of the difference between the living and the dead." -- (Robert Fisk, Pity the Nation, 359) This quote opens Robert Fisk's account of his encounter with the massacre at the Shatilla refugee camp in 1982, a massacre controlled by the invading Israeli army here in Beirut. This blatant act of horrific barbarity occurred roughly 30 years ago, half the time the state of Israel has been in existence, transforming the mid-east into a seething cauldron of internecine conflicts , smoldering hatred, and absolute vengeance.

Gaza Siege: Catastrophic, Not 'Unsustainable' Posted: 27 Jun 2010 07:37 PM PDT There is still doubt in the minds of serious people about Israel's attack on the Free Gaza flotilla and the events that lead to the death of 9 of the activists aboard. There can be little surprise of course because the commander of the Israeli Navy, Admiral Eliezer Marom, claims the mission was a success. According to him, thanks to the restraint shown by the Israeli soldiers no innocent activists were hurt, the soldiers returned safely to their base and "9 terrorists were killed." So there are people, perhaps you event know them, who feel that we should "cut Israel some slack." Well, I say no!

The President Chooses the Guru Posted: 27 Jun 2010 06:00 PM PDT Much of the time, our wars may hardly exist for us, but in the age of celebrity, our generals do – exactly because they become celebrities. When Barack Obama picked Stanley McChrystal as his Afghan war commander, the general was greeted by the media as little short of a savior. He was, we were told, superhumanly fit, utterly austere (eating only one meal a day), and – strangely for the man who was to oversee a protect-the-people counterinsurgency war – had spent his professional life in the deepest shadows of counter-terror warfare at the head of groups of hunter-killer special operations forces. His was the darkest of legacies, but he was greeted like Superman.

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