All the news that's fit to procrastinate?
My circadean rhythms are so screwed up that I overslept, missing my afternoon class. Mike returns today, which is good for the House of Competence, because lately it's been the House of Unhealthy News.google.com Addiction.
Now for the good stuff:
*Ancient Egyptian Neuroscience - more proof that people in modern times don't hold a monopoly on intelligence and knowledge.
*Why the current debate on stem cell research is a sham - politicians being politicians, really. They get to say that they did something, while doing a whole lot of nothing. It's up to the voters to change this though.
*As near as a complete transcript that I can find on the Bush/Blair discussion at the G8. Bush sounds actually coherent here. Also, he's a fan of diet coke, which may just tell you everything you might have ever needed to know about him, assuming you haven't formed an opinion on him already.
*Techno remix of Sen. Ted Andrews describing the internet. Fans of net neutrality are not a fan of this man, who incidentally is in charge of important things, like commerce regulation, concerning these "tubes".
And last, a pretty uh interesting 'opinion' piece... I think it's always good to get some perspective by seeing what your 'enemy' thinks of you and your policies.
Getting at the Roots
By H. Jafari
Foreign ministers of Iraq’s neighboring countries met in Tehran at a sensitive juncture in the war-ravaged Arab country and a new wave of Zionist crimes against Palestinian Muslims.
A thorough examination of all that inspired during the two-day session is beyond the scope of this writing. However, one thing is certain and that is the common concern of all the participants that is how to help establish security and stability in Iraq. This has been one issue that has evaded Iraq’s friends and regional leaders after the tyrant in Baghdad, Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003.
To return law and order to Iraq, the roots of ongoing tension and senseless crime in that country must first be analyzed. Here one key question must be answered: Who wants to see the oppressed nation mired in violence and anarchy?
The answer must be sought in two different phases. First, the closing years of the second millennium, and second the post-9/11.
Before the Soviet Union became history, the communists had identified Iraq within the framework of the Eastern bloc. In short, Baghdad was viewed as a catalyst for strengthening the political equations preferred by Moscow in the former global bipolar system.
At that time, the Kremlin used Iraq as a tool for the fulfillment of its demands. Not to mention that among western powers, including France openly endorsed the Baathist Party under Saddam Hussein in the hope of ensuring their interests.
When the Soviet Union disappeared, the global bipolar system also went with it. In 1991, the world witnessed moves by George Bush Sr. in the Persian Gulf War. In wake of the failure of reforms initiated by the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990, the Eastern bloc disintegrated within the framework of autonomous republics. These two incidents led to a situation wherein global political equations and subsequently the governing geopolitical equations guiding international relations came a full circle.
However, after Bill Clinton defeated Bush I in the 1992 presidential elections, Saddam saw the opportunity to rehabilitate himself in the so-called new global order.
It should not be doubted that the role of the Zionists in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US, despite systemic White House efforts to cover it up, is now a foregone conclusion.
Over the years, American neocons, in a rather different approach from Democrats and traditional republicans, have resorted to every trick in the book to promote Zionism and its goals in the Middle East and have worked hard on the Zionist conspiracy of domination ’from the Nile to the Euphrates’.
Iraq was invaded and occupied by the US and Britain with this specific goal. By dislodging Saddam’s tyranny did America really want to establish democracy and freedom in Iraq? The answer is obvious to all intelligent people across the globe.
In the post-Saddam era, Iraq could be a US pet only and only if it contributes to Israeli security and interests. It must be mentioned that by subjugating Iraq, Bush Jr., and his generals never had in mind the effective presence of all Iraqi ethnic groups in the power equations or the establishment of a strong government of national reconciliation in Baghdad.
Recent reports say Zionist agents are busy buying land in southeastern Turkey and Anatolia. It is clear that given the geographical proximity of the purchased areas, Tel Aviv hopes to annex them to territories under its ’influence’ in post-Saddam Iraq.
Observers note that if Iraq stands united and ethnic groups interact with wisdom and for the common cause under the leadership of figures like the revered Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the ’Nile to the Euphrates’ plot that has long been the covert desire of the evil US-Israel-UK axis ever since the 1948 occupation of Palestine, will never materialize.
One is bound to conclude that a stable and peaceful Iraq is indeed a nightmare for the US-led occupying forces and their Zionist patrons.
The ongoing savage Israeli attacks against defenseless civilians in Gaza and yesterday on southern Lebanon shows that the usurper state is desperate over the situation in Iraq. After all things are simply not going in the direction Tel Aviv and its bankrollers in Washington and London had initially planned or anticipated.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s prudent speech at the meeting of
foreign ministers of Iraq’s neighbors among other things demonstrated the extent to which Tehran has studied and realized the root cause of the problems in Iraq. Without venturing into diplomatic jargon, Ahmadinejad said the main problem of the Islamic world is the existence of the Zionist pseudo state in the heart of the Islamic world. He appealed to all Muslim nations to use all at their disposal to pool their minds and address this issue.
http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2609/html/
Now for the good stuff:
*Ancient Egyptian Neuroscience - more proof that people in modern times don't hold a monopoly on intelligence and knowledge.
*Why the current debate on stem cell research is a sham - politicians being politicians, really. They get to say that they did something, while doing a whole lot of nothing. It's up to the voters to change this though.
*As near as a complete transcript that I can find on the Bush/Blair discussion at the G8. Bush sounds actually coherent here. Also, he's a fan of diet coke, which may just tell you everything you might have ever needed to know about him, assuming you haven't formed an opinion on him already.
*Techno remix of Sen. Ted Andrews describing the internet. Fans of net neutrality are not a fan of this man, who incidentally is in charge of important things, like commerce regulation, concerning these "tubes".
And last, a pretty uh interesting 'opinion' piece... I think it's always good to get some perspective by seeing what your 'enemy' thinks of you and your policies.
Getting at the Roots
By H. Jafari
Foreign ministers of Iraq’s neighboring countries met in Tehran at a sensitive juncture in the war-ravaged Arab country and a new wave of Zionist crimes against Palestinian Muslims.
A thorough examination of all that inspired during the two-day session is beyond the scope of this writing. However, one thing is certain and that is the common concern of all the participants that is how to help establish security and stability in Iraq. This has been one issue that has evaded Iraq’s friends and regional leaders after the tyrant in Baghdad, Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003.
To return law and order to Iraq, the roots of ongoing tension and senseless crime in that country must first be analyzed. Here one key question must be answered: Who wants to see the oppressed nation mired in violence and anarchy?
The answer must be sought in two different phases. First, the closing years of the second millennium, and second the post-9/11.
Before the Soviet Union became history, the communists had identified Iraq within the framework of the Eastern bloc. In short, Baghdad was viewed as a catalyst for strengthening the political equations preferred by Moscow in the former global bipolar system.
At that time, the Kremlin used Iraq as a tool for the fulfillment of its demands. Not to mention that among western powers, including France openly endorsed the Baathist Party under Saddam Hussein in the hope of ensuring their interests.
When the Soviet Union disappeared, the global bipolar system also went with it. In 1991, the world witnessed moves by George Bush Sr. in the Persian Gulf War. In wake of the failure of reforms initiated by the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990, the Eastern bloc disintegrated within the framework of autonomous republics. These two incidents led to a situation wherein global political equations and subsequently the governing geopolitical equations guiding international relations came a full circle.
However, after Bill Clinton defeated Bush I in the 1992 presidential elections, Saddam saw the opportunity to rehabilitate himself in the so-called new global order.
It should not be doubted that the role of the Zionists in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US, despite systemic White House efforts to cover it up, is now a foregone conclusion.
Over the years, American neocons, in a rather different approach from Democrats and traditional republicans, have resorted to every trick in the book to promote Zionism and its goals in the Middle East and have worked hard on the Zionist conspiracy of domination ’from the Nile to the Euphrates’.
Iraq was invaded and occupied by the US and Britain with this specific goal. By dislodging Saddam’s tyranny did America really want to establish democracy and freedom in Iraq? The answer is obvious to all intelligent people across the globe.
In the post-Saddam era, Iraq could be a US pet only and only if it contributes to Israeli security and interests. It must be mentioned that by subjugating Iraq, Bush Jr., and his generals never had in mind the effective presence of all Iraqi ethnic groups in the power equations or the establishment of a strong government of national reconciliation in Baghdad.
Recent reports say Zionist agents are busy buying land in southeastern Turkey and Anatolia. It is clear that given the geographical proximity of the purchased areas, Tel Aviv hopes to annex them to territories under its ’influence’ in post-Saddam Iraq.
Observers note that if Iraq stands united and ethnic groups interact with wisdom and for the common cause under the leadership of figures like the revered Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the ’Nile to the Euphrates’ plot that has long been the covert desire of the evil US-Israel-UK axis ever since the 1948 occupation of Palestine, will never materialize.
One is bound to conclude that a stable and peaceful Iraq is indeed a nightmare for the US-led occupying forces and their Zionist patrons.
The ongoing savage Israeli attacks against defenseless civilians in Gaza and yesterday on southern Lebanon shows that the usurper state is desperate over the situation in Iraq. After all things are simply not going in the direction Tel Aviv and its bankrollers in Washington and London had initially planned or anticipated.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s prudent speech at the meeting of
foreign ministers of Iraq’s neighbors among other things demonstrated the extent to which Tehran has studied and realized the root cause of the problems in Iraq. Without venturing into diplomatic jargon, Ahmadinejad said the main problem of the Islamic world is the existence of the Zionist pseudo state in the heart of the Islamic world. He appealed to all Muslim nations to use all at their disposal to pool their minds and address this issue.
http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2609/html/