veritas wrote:
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> On May 11, 8:16 pm, Greg Procter <proc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > veritas wrote:
> >
> > > On May 11, 4:25 pm, Greg Procter <proc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > > veritas wrote:
> >
> > > > > On May 6, 1:40 pm, Reggie <Reggie...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > > > > Latest News-at-a-Glance - Courtesy of
TvNewsLIES.orghttp://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/latest-news-at-a-glance
> > > > > >
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> > > > > > John Bolton: US should bomb Iranian camps
> > > > > > Tuesday, 06 May 2008 14:25
> >
> > > > > > Mr Bolton said that striking Iran would represent a major step
towards
> > > > > > victory in Iraq. While he acknowledged that the risk of a
hostile
> > > > > > Iranian response harming American’s overseas interests
existed, he said
> > > > > > the damage inflicted by Tehran would be “far higher” if
Wa****ngton took
> > > > > > no action.
> >
> > > > > > “This is a case where the use of military force against a
training camp
> > > > > > to show the Iranians we’re not going to tolerate this is
really the most
> > > > > > prudent thing to do,” he said. “Then the ball would be in
Iran’s court
> > > > > > to draw the appropriate lesson to stop harming our troops.”
> >
> > > > > > More...
> > > > > >
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> > > > > > Inquiry: Hospitals couldn't handle terror attack
> > > > > > Tuesday, 06 May 2008 13:29
> >
> > > > > > WA****NGTON — Hospital trauma centers in seven major cities do
not have
> > > > > > the capacity to handle even a modest terrorist attack,
according to
> > > > > > findings released Monday from a House committee investigation.
> >
> > > > > > Lawmakers looked into hospitals' ability to deal with a sudden
influx of
> > > > > > victims in the five cities considered at highest risk for
terrorist
> > > > > > attack and in the two cities hosting this summer's political
conventions.
> >
> > > > > > More...
> > > > > >
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> > > > > > House panel subpoenas top Cheney aide
> > > > > > Tuesday, 06 May 2008 13:19
> >
> > > > > > WA****NGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday
to compel
> > > > > > a top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney to testify to the
committee
> > > > > > about the Bush administration's interrogation practices.
> >
> > > > > > David Addington, Cheney's chief of staff, refused to testify
without a
> > > > > > subpoena. No date has been set for his appearance before
Congress.
> >
> > > > > > Addington is one of several lawyers believed to have played a
key role
> > > > > > in crafting the administration's interrogation policies
shortly after
> > > > > > the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, policies which some say
amounted to torture.
> >
> > > > > > More...
> > > > > >
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> > > > > > Guantánamo Briton sues UK over 'torture evidence'
> > > > > > Tuesday, 06 May 2008 12:49
> >
> > > > > > The last British resident left in Guantánamo Bay is suing the
UK
> > > > > > government for refusing to produce evidence that he was a
victim of
> > > > > > extraordinary rendition and torture.
> >
> > > > > > Binyam Mohamed faces a US military commission which could
sentence him
> > > > > > to death, and his lawyers say proving that the case against
him is based
> > > > > > exclusively on evidence extracted by torture, following his
rendition by
> > > > > > the CIA, is vital to his defence.
> >
> > > > > > Today, they lodged papers at the high court in London, seeking
a
> > > > > > judicial review to force the Foreign Office to release
information on
> > > > > > his movements.
> >
> > > > > > More...
> > > > > >
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> > > > > > Fuelling the world food crisis
> > > > > > Tuesday, 06 May 2008 12:39
> >
> > > > > > Yesterday’s Wa****ngton Post front-page lead story summed up in
seven
> > > > > > words what’s going on: "Siphoning Off Corn to Fuel Our Cars."
> >
> > > > > > Yes, cars on American roads will burn up close to one-third of
the
> > > > > > enormous corn crop American farmers will grow this year. But
because the
> > > > > > United States is the world’s biggest producer of corn, an
essential
> > > > > > staple, this massive diversion from the food bowl to the fuel
tank
> > > > > > threatens to wreak increasing havoc from here to Timbuktu.
> >
> > > > > > More...
> > > > > >
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> >
> > > > > > News updated throughout the day. http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl
> >
> > > > > Well, then Timbuktu will have to pay more for the corn than the
fuel
> > > > > people. Ecomomics
> > > > > at work. Then maybe oil will go down under a $100.00/barrel.
They
> > > > > can't eat oil. Well,
> > > > > maybe they can in Timbuktu, but not the middle east. Ken Hogan
> >
> > > > If "economics" in the sense of "free enterprise economoics" made
sense,
> > > > oil would be $300- per barrel and rising.
> >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Greg.P.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > > > - Show quoted text -
> >
> > > Economics of "free enterprise economics" is all that works. As for
> > > $300 a barrel of oil.
> > > So what? It costs us a 1/4 of one cent to print a dollar bill.
> > > Figure out the math. We
> > > get a barrel of oil and they get .75/cents of paper. Meanwhile our
> > > ex****ts are going full blast and we bought the barrel of oil for .75
> > > cents. So, let it raise. If they don't want to sell it anymore,
they
> > > are on their own. Let them eat the oil. Or we just come take it.
> > > Either way, we get the oil and to our advantage.
> >
> > > --
> > > Ken Hogan
> >
> > Hi Ken,
> >
> > it doesn't work that way - if you print more money your economy
remains
> > the same value so the value of the US dollar drops. (that has a
familiar
> > ring to it)
> > You get one ****pment of oil and then you pay in Euros thereafter. You
> > produce bugger-all that the world wants so you have no Euros.
> > The price of oil goes up until demand begins to droop. The oil
producing
> > countries have finally realized that their resources are worth more
than
> > the US wants to pay and that it doesn't matter how much they charge
> > because we will pay it.
> > Your invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq has shown your military threat
is
> > next to toothless.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Greg.P.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> There are not enough Euros in the world to take care of all the
> economic transactions tht go on every day.
AFAIK the number of US$ and Euros are close to equal.
> The Euros would have run-
> away inflation if they printed or stamped all that money.
Certainly - exactly the same as if you printed excess US dollars.
> There are a
> lot of bodies in Afghanistan, and Iraq buried in the sand with no
> teeth marks I guess.
sure - we don't hold either the US or it's former ally Saddam Hussein in
any high regard.
> not many are ours.
Not enough - I just wish you would get what you deserve. (well, not
really, that would be an awful lot of innocent yanks slaughtered!
> Just remember, we didn't use
> all we had, we used what we felt was necessary.
You've used more than you've got, that's why your currency is taking
it's current decline.
> If we were like the
> muslims, they all would be under the sand if we chose.
The only difference between you and "the Muslims" is that they
generally want peace - you want to continue to steal their resources.
> We chose not
> to. We wouldn't even break a sweat. That's called winning hearts and
> minds, wait until we don't give a damn about winning hearts and minds,
> then we just take them all.
If you did that you would be the pariah of the planet - trade would end
with you and you'd be isolatedand on a par with Myanmar.
> So don't get to mouthy, we aren't done
> yet. We don't have 4 carrier groups in the Indian Ocean for the fine
> weather.
LOL, you can't even subdue minor countries of peasants in black pajamas
carrying bamboo sticks, let alone two stoneage ME nations, how do you
imagine you'd subdue the entire Muslim world?
>
> Regards.
> Ken Hogan
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