This is Zionism: Olive Trees being destroyed

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June 08, 2010 — The uprooting of the olive trees and destruction of the land of Abu Nidal in the village of Al-Walaja. This heartbreaking experience was exacerbated by the fact that the apartheid wall being built will encircle the village on all sides cutting all the villagers from their agricultural lands. 30 homes have been demolished and others are slated for demolition. The village is basically being ethnically cleansed methodically. It started in 1948 when villagers were removed from half their lands and continued after 1967 as the Zionist movement coveted and went after the rest of their lands.

The Real Threat Aboard the Freedom Flotilla By Noam Chomsky

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By Noam Chomsky
In These Times
June 8, 2010

Israel’s violent attack on the Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza shocked the world.

Hijacking boats in international waters and killing passengers is, of course, a serious crime.

But the crime is nothing new. For decades, Israel has been hijacking boats between Cyprus and Lebanon and killing or kidnapping passengers, sometimes holding them hostage in Israeli prisons.

Max Keiser: Michael Hudson on the Latvian economy and real liberal economics

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June 08, 2010 — This time Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, look at the scandals of financial wiseguys that ‘know nothing,’ including famed ‘value investor,’ Warren Buffett who says he knows nothing about his investments and nothing about how ratings contributed to the housing bubble. In the second half of the show, Max interviews economist Michael Hudson about the Latvian economy and real liberal economics.

BP Releases New HD Video Of Leaking Oil Well + Feds knew of Gulf spill risks in 2000

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replaced video Aug. 30, 2012

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June 08, 2010 CNN

Whose Ocean Was This? lyrics by Ed Ciaccio

by Ed Ciaccio
Dandelion Salad
Featured Writer
June 8, 2010

(to the tune of Tom Paxton’s haunting “Whose Garden Was This?”)

Whose ocean was this?
It must have been lovely.
Blue was its color?
I’ve heard of blue water,
And I’d love to have seen it.

Iran’s Disappeared Nuclear Scientist: Video Points to Unlawful US Abduction By Finian Cunningham

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8 June, 2010

The mysterious disappearance of an Iranian nuclear scientist took another twist with the broadcast of a video message in which he claims that he was abducted by American and Saudi intelligence agents and taken to the US where is being held against his will.

Reuters said that the identity of Shahram Amiri was not independently verified, but the Iranian foreign ministry seemed convinced of the video’s authenticity and said that it was now following up legal measures with the US over the case.

Committing “Ecocide:” Tipping Point Between Evolution or Extinction? by Robert S. Becker

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by Robert S. Becker
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June 8, 2010

To echo A. J. Toynbee, civilizations fall not by getting murdered by outsiders: they tend to commit suicide first.  Judging by our example, so do advanced species.  The good news: earthlings need not dread the shocker of meteor collisions, volcanic eruptions, outer space invaders (talk about illegals!), or pernicious, end of times Raptures.  Final Judgment looks more like an epilogue than cause for concern.

Ecocide, the ruination of our ecosystems, is wounding us grievously, the upshot of political and corporate mismanagement, overpopulation, climate dislocation, and collective choices – done with a shocking disregard for how fragile, and exceptional, life is.  Life, at its core defined by sustainability, is the extreme exception in a cosmos of rocks and gases and dark energy.