Enlargement to the East: How Nato broke its word (tags)
One point of contention, however, should have been settled by the declassified documents. They allow no other conclusion than that the West made a promise to Gorbachev to leave NATO in its former borders, but that this promise was already broken at the end of the 1990s.
Flashback to 1991: "Kuwait freed, Iraqis crushed" (tags)
"The [1991] war on Iraq was portrayed in the U.S. as a war without casualties. Yet, on the first day of air strikes against Iraq (Jan. 17, 1991), the U.S. dropped explosives equivalent to the explosive power of the Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Throughout the duration of the bombing, explosives equivalent to seven nuclear bombs were dropped, in addition to internationally banned biological and chemical weapons."
Water Theft from Aquifers Benefit Developers at Expense of Ecosystems (tags)
Water theft from rural aquifers for the short term benefit of Las Vegas developers is a crime against the ecosystems and human communities that depend upon their water for survival. The theft of the aquifer water by SNWA is a sequel of the Owens Valley water grab by LADWP nearly a century ago. Any ELF actvists looking for training sites have over 200 miles of practice targets if this pipeline goes through. Maybe someone should send LADWP a message that water theft can be stopped by preventing transport. When the pipeline is ruptured in numerous places this water theft will become a more costly endeavor! The LADWP and SNWA needs to stop stealing water from aquifers and desert lakes!
Judyth Baker, Lee Oswald's lover, speaks in N. Hollywood & Venice Tues. Wed. 11.27-28.2012 (tags)
See MeAndLee.com for details of book tour and for contact info: Judyth Vary Baker, alleged JFK assassin Lee Oswald's lover, speaks this week in North Hollywood and Venice, CA - see below for details - both venues FREE. Books will be available for sale.
The One Percent Turns Class War into Generational War (tags)
The cost of making social security solvent for 75 years amounts to 0.58% of the GDP. The cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars amount to three times as much. The cost of transferring wealth to the top 1% over the past thirty years is 6% of the GDP or 10 times as much as social security cost.
Videos on Debt and Recession: Michael Hudson, Richard Wolff and Dean Baker (tags)
We face a worldwide downward spiral and the capture and instrumentalization of the state by big capital. We face a repressed 40-year crisis of capital, a neoliberal counter-revolution of reduced corporate taxes, wage stagnation, language distortion and state indebtedness,
THE BUSH TARP PONZI SCHEME= TAKE ALL RESOURCES POLITELY... (tags)
WHEN OUR little American tax payer FUNDS WIND UP IN ELITE'S DEEP POCKETS IT'S TIME 4 ANOTHER PYONY 2+ TRILLION $$ BUSH ELITE BILLIONAIRE TAX CUT & TAX ESTATE ABATEMENT...
"Baker Boys: Inside the Surge" at the Newport Beach Film Festival (tags)
April 23 Friday 2:45pm - 4:45pm, Newport Beach: "Baker Boys: Inside the Surge" at the Newport Beach Film Festival. This documentary was filmed over 90 straight days with a forward combat Army unit in Iraq carrying out the counterinsurgency known as The Surge, which was the shift from 'shock & awe' to 'hearts & minds'. The film presents the most honest and intimate portrait of the modern American soldier ever captured on film. Screening followed by Q&A with the commanding officer of Baker Company.
NV; New Cave Species at Risk from SNWA Pipeline (tags)
Two new cave species were discovered near Great Basin Natn'l Park's Lehman Caves, part of the same cave aquifer system that SNWA plans to pump billions of gallons away from with their proposed pipeline. The species found were a shrimp called an ostracod and a cave millipede. Both depend on groundwater in caves that would be taken to Whittemore's suburban sprawl developments outside of Vegas city limits.
UCSB terminates case against Professor (tags)
After withholding recommendation of charges committee, UCSB drops case against Robinson
Respectable Minuteman Terrorists (tags)
Minuteman 'tactical' leader/murder suspect Shawna Forde was part of the 'respectable' nativist Right too -- with video
Health Officials Not Recommending Cancelation Of Large Events (tags)
Five probable Swine Flu cases detected in Wisconsin
Economist Dean Baker on Book TV: "Plunder and Blunder" (tags)
Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington.
Sean Baker on Finance Capitalism (tags)
Education and health care are the new gold. Without massive investments in education and health care, dour country will be under-developed and under-achieving.
Paul Baker Hernandez of Nicaragua Performing Sunday in Los Angeles (tags)
Paul Baker Hernandez is a songwriter, performer, and lecturer specializing in the works of Victor Jara. He has led a cultural organization in Nicaragua since the 1990s, and is presently on a performance and speaking tour of the U.S. He will perform in L.A. this Sunday, September 28th.
Underground workers movement vs. DCWD, Franklin Baker (tags)
Cheney “Fixes” Libby, Cons America and Thwarts Justice (tags)
Vice President Dick Cheney is a Halliburton-challenged-con-man extraordinaire! Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) charged, via H Res 333, that he lied the nation into the Iraqi War and that he is also seeking, by hook or by crook, a war with Iran. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) said Cheney acts like he is “above the law.” Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) urged, after “Scooter” Libby, a Cheney stooge, got his sentence commuted, that it’s time for “an inquiry into these very serious crimes.” Bottom line: Impeach Dick Cheney!
Democrats wimp out again (tags)
Proposal would force Bush to admit military shortfalls. WASHINGTON - House Democratic leaders are developing an antiwar proposal that would not cut off money for U.S. troops in Iraq but would require President Bush to acknowledge problems with an overburdened military.
Omissions in the Iraq Study Group Report (tags)
Omissions in the ISG Report are more important than what's in it.
and what it is
Kathy Kelly to James Baker: “Tell the Truth about Iraq!” (tags)
Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Kathy Kelly, gave a talk at the UMBC campus, on Nov. 20, 2006. She mocked the ex-Secretary of State, James Baker, for saying he wasn’t going to “wring his hands” about past mistakes in Iraq. Baker heads up the so-called “Iraq Study Group.” Kelly roared: “We will wring our hands! One of the ways to stop this next war is to tell the truth about this war. And, it’s not going to be such a pleasant mirror to look into.”
THE PRICE OF IMPERIAL ARROGANCE (tags)
THE HARM AT HOME AND ABROAD OF BUSH ADMINISTRATION POLICY
Having slaughtered countless women and children
Abramoffgate: It’s the Same Sleaze, Just Bigger! (tags)
Jack Abramoff may be the sleaziest influence peddler to hit the halls of power in Congress - ever. As many as 20 Congressmen may be caught up in the crimes of this confessed master briber. Yet, there is nothing really new about corruption scandals on Capitol Hill. The biggest obscenity is this: Brave U.S. soldiers are dying in Iraq in a war sanctioned by the “most corrupt Congress in history,” and started by a wacky President - George W. Bush.
Resolution To Kill The Resolution (tags)
The impotance of territorial compromise if true peace is ever to come between the 22 Arab states and the sole one of the Jews
Bush's Numbers Racket (Dean Baker) (tags)
Bush's plan would undermine a system that has provided security for tens of millions of workers and their families for seven decades and which can continue to do long into the future if it is just left alone. His private accounts would provide far less security..
System Failure/ Movie Showing in Riverside, CA (tags)
Video Showing about abuses in the California Youth Authority. Video by the Ella Baker Foundation and WITNESS.
These days it seems like anarchy is everywhere. Of course, we’re not talking about chaos breaking out everywhere, since anarchism has never been about chaos. No, there seem to be more and more signs that anarchy is afoot, above and beyond and below the anarchist movement. We anarchists are used to thinking about anarchism in narrow terms: anarchists are people who call themselves anarchists and belong to something called “the anarchist movement.”
NICHOLAS BAKER RECIPIENT OF LOS ANGELES TIMES "ABOVE & BEYOND " AWARD (tags)
TWELVE YEAR OLD STUDENT RECEIVES LOS ANGELES TIMES AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
Is Bush a bigger liar than Clinton? (tags)
George W. Bush and his sleazy gang have but one guiding principle that dominates all they do. They use public power and influence for private gain and will do just about anything to keep the power in order to keep the gain.
nazis in costa mesa this weekend (tags)
Here's a message I was forwarded with information on where the nazis are holding their show this weekend -- Costa Mesa. People need to start alerting the neighbors in that area IMMEDIATELY about the dangers posed by this show, because white supremacist "concerts"just use music to preach hate and foment violence,
SCARLET 23 Headlines At Knitting Factory (tags)
Leading music professionals are calling SCARLET 23 the most promising band to have been seen in years, and their large group of fans confirms their growing popularity.
Santa Cruz Police Violate Free Speech With Two More Arrests! (tags)
Steve Argue and Matt Hartogh were arrested on Sunday July 6th for distributing literature on Pacific Avenue.
33rd Annual Los Angeles LGBT Pride Parade & Festival (tags)
June 21-22 West Hollywood, California A community as diverse as the rainbow fills Santa Monica Blvd. Freedom from persecution and the right to the pursuit of happiness has been a long time coming. The Supreme Court’s ruling this week, striking down anti-gay law in Texas, would not have been possible with a Bush appointed court.
Emotions rock death penalty sentencing in Riverside (tags)
Steve Woodruff was sentenced to death for the shooting death of Riverside Police Department detective Doug Jacobs but not quietly, as both sides of a controversial case plead for life or death.
U.S. political objectives in the Middle East will Fail--Is Iran the Target? (tags)
In every age...the ultimate sources of war are the beliefs of those in power: their idea about what is of most fundamental importance and may therefore ultimately be worth a war.
Emotions rock capital punishment sentencing in Riverside (tags)
Last week, Steve Woodruff was sentenced to death amidst a courtroom filled with mixed emotions involving what has been one of Riverside's most controversial cases.
Reversal of Fortune part III - Regime Change (tags)
Now we explore the actual day that started the disraveling of democracy: November 22, 1963.
Monsanto and Environmental Justice (tags)
From Truthout.com