>’Make Poverty History’ message banned in Britain ("Crikey! Well ’bout bloody time Guv’nor! I’s don’t likes to think about poverty I’s don’t!")

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The TV ad from a coalition of more than 500 charities and social groups Make Poverty History, which features rock star Bono, seen here, has been pulled off TV after OFCOM, the nation’s media watchdog, decided it was a ‘political’ organization the group(AFP/File/Bretrand Guay)

“Well-fed celebs,
Hell-fed celebs,
What the hell,
Sched: celebs,
If it makes us, turn-
Our heads!
It’s our turn,
To sched,
A close look at,
Celebs,
See, who’s well-fed,
While still, turning heads,
While still, earning cred,
The solutions gotta be new,
Half-in, and half-out?
They can still stay true,
What if celebs were you?
How could you secure your spot?
Give a little, to the have’s,
And a little, to have-not’s…”

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‘Make Poverty History’ message banned in Britain

Mon Sep 12, 2:53 PM ET

LONDON (AFP) – The coalition at the forefront of a British campaign to fight poverty in Africa has been banned from advertising on radio and television after the nation’s media watchdog decided it was a “political” organisation.

Make Poverty History, a coalition of more than 500 charities and social groups, said Monday it was “disappointed” by the decision from OFCOM, just days before world leaders gather in New York where the plight of the world’s poor is on the agenda of the World Summit at UN headquarters.

Its advertisement — in which the likes of rock star Bono and model Claudia Schiffer snap their fingers every three seconds, symbolising how often a child dies as a result of poverty somewhere in the world — has been on the air for several months.

Despite the fact that no one lodged a complaint, OFCOM said Make Poverty History was “wholly or mainly political” in that it sought to “achieve important changes” to British and Western government policy.

For that reason, it said, the advertisement can no longer be aired.

Adrian Lovett of the development charity Oxfam, a member of the Make Poverty History coordination team, said the global poverty issue was not “party political”, but seen by millions as “the great moral issue of our time”.

“We’re disappointed with this decision,” he said. “This advertisement simply highlights the fact that a child dies every three seconds because of preventable poverty.”

Make Poverty History was behind a large peaceful march in Edinburgh in July that called for robust action on aid, trade and debt from the Group of Eight leading industrialised nations to combat endemic poverty in Africa.

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>Democracy NOW! (Because really, it’s just a good idea.)

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“So many lies in disguise,
Prompt sighs,
I keep rubbing my eyes at the why’s,
They even troubling white guys!
White lies,
Are the sins of omission,
It ain’t superstition to understand,
The media’s main mission,
Selling you it’s alright,
So you don’t put up a fight,
Don’t want you too bright,
Or boycotts are in sight,
I caught,
The Red-light,
Of a sniper-sight,
Aimed at my chest,
They wanna test the blessed?
My smart friends are stressed?
How’d we all get messed?
Up in our own spots?
Thank God shortie connects the dots…”

The War & Peace Report…

Hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez

*Monday, September 12th, 2005: Listen/Watch entire show.

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Today’s Show
Headlines for September 12

– John Roberts Nomination Hearing Begins Today
– Report: 1,500 Children Still Separated from Parents After Hurricane
– EPA: Toxic Waters Could Make City Unsafe For A Decade
– Rep. Baker (R-LA): “We Finally Cleaned Up Public Housing in New Orleans”
– Tom Delay to Hurricane Survivors: ” Is This Kind of Fun?”
– Pentagon Set to OK Use Of Nukes In Pre-emptive Attacks
– Two Journalists Detained in Haiti
– U.S. Activist Scott Parkin Jailed in Australia

Los Titulares de Hoy: Democracy Now!’s daily news summary translated into Spanish

New Orleans Activist Points to Neglected Corpse as U.S. Military Passes Off Blame

Democracy Now! reports from the streets of New Orleans. We speak with community organizer Malik Rahim who points out a dead body in his neighborhood that has been neglected since hurricane Katrina hit and we ask soldiers and police why it hasn’t been picked up. [includes rush transcript]

New Orleans Resident Discusses Race and Looting at Circle K

New Orleans resident Mike Howell is a “holdout” – one of those refusing to leave his home – in the French Quarter. He discusses the looting of a local grocery store saying, “this could happen in Santa Monica, California, it could happen on Long Island, New York, it could happen in Palm Beach, Florida…if people felt they were going to run out of food and water.” [includes rush transcript]

New Orleans “Holdout” Compares U.S. Military Evacuating Residents to Nazi Germany

A New Orleans resident discusses why she is refusing to leave her home in the French Quarter and describes how soldiers approached her house and asked her to leave: “It was kind of like being in Nazi Germany, [the U.S. military] came with guns and told us we had to leave our home. Very, very nasty, and said they would come back the next day and drag us out of our homes.” [includes rush transcript]

New Orleans Resident Outlines the Seven Betrayals by Government and Rescue Operations

New Orleans resident Mike Howell discusses how the federal and state government, relief organizations and aid agencies betrayed the people of his city in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. [includes rush transcript]

New Orleans Evacuee Compares Louisiana Shelter to Jail

We go to Gonzales – between Baton Rouge and New Orleans – where a shelter has been set up for evacuees. One New Orleans evacuee compares the shelter to jail and says, “It ain’t our fault that the hurricane came and we had to come here. Like we had to end up in a place that we got to be told what to do.” [includes rush transcript]

Overkill: Feared Blackwater Mercenaries Deploy in New Orleans

In addition to the thousands of military troops patrolling the streets of New Orleans, there are also scores of private soldiers that are now spreading out across the city, like those from the Blackwater Security firm. Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill reports. [includes rush transcript]

NY Firefighter in New Orleans : “This Is Much Worse, This Dwarfs 9/11”

As the eyes of the nation remain focused on these devastated Gulf States, people across the country marked the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. In Baton Rouge, some 300 New York Police and Firefighters held a commemoration ceremony. We speak with one firefighter about hurricane Katrina and 9/11. [includes rush transcript]

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MUST CLEAN BRANE…

SOURCE – http://www.democracynow.org/

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BONUS: Bravo Italia…

“I can’t see,
I can’t see,
I can’t see, no more,
What’s war for?
Do we even know anymore?
Can’t bear to see the pictures,
Can’t bear to read the scriptures,
Can’t bear to hear the victims cries,
So lies become fixtures,
Everywhere in the world,
So many dare to unfurl,
The mysteries of history,
That make us all hurl,
Got my Superman curl,
It covers my third eye,
But only just enough,
To make me think I can fly…”

[home] [embargo] [diritto internazionale] [documentazione] [e-mail]

CONTAMINAZIONE

Impact of Depleted Uranium on Man and Environment in Iraq

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L’utilisation d’Uranium appauvri
durant la guerre du golfe et ses effets

Further Evidence on Relation between Depleted Uranium, Incidence of Malignancies among Children in Basra, Southern Iraq

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Depleted Uranium
Facts for All the World to See

SOURCE – http://www.benjaminforiraq.org/contaminazioneitaly.htm

(sigh)

(and now i’m fighting with blogger.com to load a great picture of Father Jean-Marie Benjamin and a group of Iraqi kids that refused to load. even his own website only loads half of it, and it would’ve been a nice piece of propaganda to offset the disturbing image of the child above, prove he’s been there, and that he’s done his homework.)

(i even tried re-naming and re-saving the half-pic, and i’m still waiting… waiting… waiting… for blogger.com to say again they won’t load it.)

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(and there you have it: censor-sational. the results are below, just check his websites home page to see what i’m talking about.)

(i’ve spent enough time on the internet to know this crap is turning into a pattern, and even a Google Search of “Black Krishna” no longer turns up a listing for the archive.org free download of “Martial Law 911: Rise of the Police State” despite Google still listing a far less popular review of mine from the same site…)

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>Embattled FEMA Director Mike Brown Resigns ("Excellent job Mike… I see The Force is strong within you…")

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Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown addresses the media at the Louisiana State Emergency Operations Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in this September 7, 2005 file photo. Brown, the embattled director of FEMA, is resigning, a senior homeland security official said September 12, 2005. REUTERS/Allen Fredrickson/Files

“Good job man!
You fell on your sword!
A world of riches’n’bitches-
Awaits-
From your Dark Lord!

Pull the rip-cord-
I guarantee-
A safe-landing,
Take a hit for the team,
While we get to grandstanding!

Have a bowl of Vector,
The private sector’s-
Gotcha back-
Covered,
They love serial killers,
And you just got discovered!

Even American Idol,
Couldn’t make you a star,
But keep ya C.V. tight,
We know you’ll go far…”

(…)

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Embattled FEMA Director Mike Brown Resigns

By RON FOURNIER, AP Political Writer 51 minutes ago

WASHINGTON – Federal Emergency Management Agency director Mike Brown said Monday he has resigned “in the best interest of the agency and best interest of the president,” three days after losing his onsite command of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

“The focus has got to be on FEMA, what the people are trying to do down there,” Brown told The Associated Press.

His decision was not a surprise. Brown was abruptly recalled to Washington on Friday, a clear vote of no confidence from his superiors at the White House and the Department of Homeland Security. Brown had been roundly criticized for FEMA’s bearish response to the hurricane, which has caused political problem for Bush and fellow Republicans.

“I’m turning in my resignation today,” Brown said. “I think it’s in the best interest of the agency and the best interest of the president to do that and get the media focused on the good things that are going on, instead of me.”

Brown, who said he last talked to Bush five or six days ago, said the resignation was his idea. He spoke on Saturday to White House chief of staff Andy Card, who did not request his departure, according to Brown.

He said he feared he was becoming a distraction to FEMA’s relief effort.

“I came to the conclusion that this was in the best interest of not just the administration and not just me, but FEMA,” he said. “They need to be focused on the continuing efforts in the Gulf.”

Shortly after Brown was recalled to Washington last week, officials close to the FEMA director said he would likely resign. They said that even before Katrina, Brown had been planning on leaving the administration late this fall to go into the private sector.

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Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts glances around the Caucus Room of the Senate’s Russell office building during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 12, 2005. Judiciary Committee members, both Democrat and Republican, plan to question the chief justice nominee on the nation’s most divisive issues _ abortion, the death penalty, the powers of Congess and the presidency, states rights _ all likely to come before the high court. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

“Luke…

Come rule by my side,
Lie through your teeth,
So we know you’ll ride…

We got big plans for ya,
Big scams for ya,
Pretty-boy ploy,
Got big fans for ya,

Don’t worry my little Nazi,
It’ll be All Right,
And when you lay your head to sleep,
The Press Corpse will fight,

They move in silence at night,
Work in mysterious ways,
CNN is CIA’s,
With Fox callin’ plays…”

(…)

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Roberts Says Judges Play a Limited Role

By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer 19 minutes ago

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee John Roberts said Monday that justices are servants of the law, playing a limited government role, as the Senate opened confirmation hearings on President Bush’s choice to be the nation’s 17th chief justice.

“A certain humility should characterize the judicial role,” the 50-year-old Roberts told the Judiciary Committee in a brief statement. “Judges and justices are servants of the law, not the other way around.”

The appellate judge likened judges to baseball umpires, saying that “they make sure everybody plays by the rules, but it is a limited role. Nobody ever went to a ballgame to see the umpire.”

The drama of Roberts’ swearing-in and his short statement capped a half day in which Democrats and Republicans sparred over the legitimacy of questioning him about divisive issues. Arguments about ideology and judicial activism also marked the hours devoted to opening statements from the 18-member panel.

Speaking without notes, Roberts addressed the committee for about five minutes — half the time each of 18 senators had been allotted for opening statements before he took the oath and made his remarks. He will answer questions from senators at much greater length on Tuesday.

“I come before the committee with no agenda. I have no platform,” Roberts told the panel.

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>45 Bodies Found at New Orleans Hospital (Whew! Only 24,955 bodybags left to fill…)

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President Bush, joined by Vice Admiral Thad Allen, left, Lousiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco, in red, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, right of Bush, and White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, second right of Bush, during a tour of downtown New Orleans, Monday, Sept. 12, 2005 damaged by Hurrican Katrina. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

“Bodybags,
And bodybags,
Shootin’ those lootin’,
Shiverin’,
In wet-rags,
Waitin’ for aid, for days,
Needin’ grocery bags,
Soldiers stand around,
Smokin’ peeps, and mad fags,

Military minds,
On the grind,
I wanna be kind,
But they don’t seem to mind,
All the bodies they find…”

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FLASHBACK:

Bob Johannessen, spokesman for the state Department of Health and Hospitals, said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has 25,000 body bags on hand in Louisiana.

Asked if authorities expected as many as 25,000 bodies, he said: “We don’t know what to expect.”

“It means we’re prepared,” Johannessen said.

SOURCE – http://blackkrishna.blogspot.com/2005/09/chuck-d-writes-first-katrina-song-hell.html#comments

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45 Bodies Found at New Orleans Hospital

22 minutes ago

NEW ORLEANS – Forty-five bodies have been found at a hospital that was abandoned more than a week ago after it was surrounded by floodwaters unleashed by Hurricane Katrina, a state health official said Monday.

The bodies were located Sunday at Memorial Medical Center, said Bob Johannesen, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Hospitals. Johannesen said the bodies were those of patients, but he had no other information.

The Louisiana death toll rose to 279 on Monday, up from 197 on Sunday, Johannesen said.

On Sunday, reporters were kept at a distance from Memorial Medical by law enforcement officers as workers removed bodies from the hospital, situated in the city’s Uptown section.

The 317-bed hospital, owned by TenetHealthcare Corp., remained closed Monday and was still partially surrounded by floodwaters.

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BONUS: Where are we going? (Make sense yet?)

“Uh, and if you don’t know, now you know, nigga…”

– The Notorious B.I.G., “Juicy”

Chiggidy-check yo’self…

Martial Law 9/11: Rise of the Police State (2005)

Evil has spread across the land. Martial Law: 9/11 Rise of the Police State exposes the high-tech control grid that is being set up across America.

Out of the ashes of the September 11th tragedy, a dark empire of war and tyranny has risen. The Constitution has been shredded and America is now a Police State. This film exposes not just who was behind the 9-11 attacks, but the roots and history of its orchestrators.

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SOURCE – http://www.archive.org/details/MartialLaw911

MARTIAL LAW 911: RISE OF THE POLICE STATE Information Resource Companion Web Site.

SOURCE – http://www.martiallaw911.info/index.htm

P.S. Here’s an example of documentation from the Martial Law website…

SOURCE – http://martiallaw911.info/policestate.htm

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2:27:58 Police State ID Card Bill Passes Without Congress Even Reading It – Ron Paul Liberty Committee, December 7 2004
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>Alex Jones at Infowars.com: "Salvooo!!!"

>

“Mr. Jones,
Phone-home,
I’m, takin’ ya call,
Seen cats at Rucker,
With less balls to ball,
Stand tall,
Been in the game,
For 8 years,
Exposing lies and fears,
Through wide-eyes and jeers,
We owe you a cheers,
Let’s share 8 beers,
The truth is finally here,
But it’s the truth we fear…”

(…)

Police forcibly tackling elderly, confiscating firearms and dragging them out of their homes

FOX News | September 12 2005

So-called conservative O’Reilly lauds it as cops force their way into homes and aprehend dangerous insurgent old women.

FLASHBACK: New Orleans Court Opens Door To Searches Without Warrants

WDSU | March 29, 2004

NEW ORLEANS — It’s a groundbreaking court decision that legal experts say will affect everyone: Police officers in Louisiana no longer need a search or arrest warrant to conduct a brief search of your home or business.

Leaders in law enforcement say it will keep officers safe, but others argue it’s a privilege that could be abused.

The decision in United States v. Kelly Gould, No. 0230629cr0, was made March 24 by the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

(cont’d…)

VIDEO

SOURCE – http://www.infowars.com/articles/new_orleans/gun_grab_police_force_elderly_out_of_homes.htm

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Blackwater Mercenaries: Coming Soon to Your Town

Kurt Nimmo | September 12 2005

It is now obvious how martial law (not officially declared as such) will work in America in the wake of the devastation of New Orleans. Instead of federal troops or an influx of National Guard troops sent to “restore order” (the latter mandated in our now anachronistic Constitution; see Article 1, Section 8) and empowered to “suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions,” in Louisiana the state and federal governments have brazenly violated the Constitution by sending in Blackwater Security and other private goon squads. “Heavily armed paramilitary mercenaries from the Blackwater private security firm, infamous for their work in Iraq, are openly patrolling the streets of New Orleans,” write Jeremy Scahill and Daniela Crespo. “Some of the mercenaries say they have been ‘deputized’ by the Louisiana governor; indeed some are wearing gold Louisiana state law enforcement badges on their chests and Blackwater photo identification cards on their arms. They say they are on contract with the Department of Homeland Security and have been given the authority to use lethal force.”

(cont’d…)

SOURCE – http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/mercenaries_coming_soon_to_your_town.htm

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Doctors Euthanized Katrina Victims

Australian Daily Telegraph | September 12 2005

DOCTORS working in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans killed critically ill patients rather than leave them to die in agony as they evacuated.

With gangs of rapists and looters rampaging through wards in the flooded city, senior doctors took the harrowing decision to give massive overdoses of morphine to those they believed could not make it out alive.

One New Orleans doctor told how she “prayed for God to have mercy on her soul” after she ignored every tenet of medical ethics and ended the lives of patients she had earlier fought to save.

Her heart-rending account has been corroborated by a hospital orderly and by local government officials.

One emergency official, William Forest McQueen, said: “Those who had no chance of making it were given a lot of morphine and lain down in a dark place to die.”

Euthanasia is illegal in Louisiana and the doctors spoke only on condition on anonymity.

(cont’d…)

SOURCE – http://www.infowars.com/articles/new_orleans/docs_euthanized_katrina_victims.htm

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[Ed note: so medical aid is not necessary, but military aid is?]

Mexico, Holland send troops to Biloxi

Sun Herald | September 9, 2005
BY GEORGE PAWLACZYK

COMMENT:

A very trusted friend who works at a shooting range here in Austin reported to me that on Friday of last week, Dutch troops were at the range target shooting. Furthermore, additional regular US Army troops were present sighting their rifles! We have ARMED Mexican and Dutch troops in the United States under the pretense of helping with the Katrina recovery effort.

The Marines have landed in Biloxi — the Mexican Marines.

And Dutch Marines as well.

RELATED:

Armed Mexican Troops Invade US

For the first time since the 19th Century, Mexican troops landed Friday on U.S. soil, sent from the Mexican Navy ship ARM Papaloapan anchored near the USS Bataan. The Mexican ship’s name means, “River of Butterflies.”

Marines from Mexico, Holland and the U.S. are part of an international Hurricane Katrina cleanup effort building up on ships about 20 miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Four Canadian ships are on the way.

“Our President called George Bush and three days later we came here,” said Oscar Martinez Pretelin, a fleet or admiral rank officer aboard the Papaloapan, a 440-foot-long U.S.-built troop landing ship. Vincente Fox is the president of Mexico.

“We are honored to help the United States,” Pretelin told press and television reporters Thursday aboard the Mexican ship.

(cont’d…)

SOURCE – http://www.infowars.com/articles/us/mexican_dutch_troops_sent_biloxi.htm