Venezuela Rejects US Sanctions, Evaluates Oil Supply to US By Eva Golinger

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By Eva Golinger
Postcards from the Revolution
May 26, 2011

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Venezuela’s government strongly rejected the Obama administration’s attempt to sanction its state-owned oil industry, PDVSA, and interrupt its relations with other nations. Latin American nations and groups worldwide have expressed support for Venezuela’s defiant stance

“Sanctions against the homeland of Bolivar? Imposed by the US imperialist government”, declared Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Twitter this Tuesday (@chavezcandanga), “Bring it on, Mr. Obama. Do not forget that we are the children of Bolivar”,

Welcome to the Violent World of Mr. Hopey Changey By John Pilger

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By John Pilger
Information Clearing House
www.johnpilger.com
May 26, 2011

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When Britain lost control of Egypt in 1956, Prime Minister Anthony Eden said he wanted the nationalist president Gamal Abdel Nasser “destroyed … murdered … I don’t give a damn if there’s anarchy and chaos in Egypt”. Those insolent Arabs, Winston Churchill had urged in 1951, should be driven “into the gutter from which they should never have emerged”.

The Mockery Award, the Fraudulent Club and the Gullible Cheering Crowds by Sibel Edmonds

by Sibel Edmonds
Featured Writer
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Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post
May 26, 2011

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A Serious Assault on Transparency & Government Whistleblowers

Have you ever tried standing on your head in order to view the world upside down? What if the world stage before you turns upside-down; will you then have to stand on your head to view it right-side up? You see, we have a fraudulent institution that has been standing on its head, and has been trying very hard to get you to either stand on your head to see what they see or simply look the other way and take their word in describing a totally upside down phenomena as right-side up. Enough for riddle-like communication; let me put it all in perspective for you, ok? I’ll start with the actors:

Conversations at the Rich Man’s Club by Philip A. Farruggio

by Philip A. Farruggio
Featured Writer
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May 26, 2011

Deep inside this country estate, where only the very rich and powerful are allowed in, a meeting is about to take place. Let’s be a ‘fly on the wall ‘and listen in:

Host- Good that we four can meet here every so often. I felt with the new elections coming around the corner, we should all talk. Now, since I called this meeting, and I handle and control most of the mainstream media, allow me to begin. Things could not be better for us at this time. I and my friends have been able to consistently consolidate more and more of the larger media outlets in America. We have our friends in Europe doing the same as well. Simply put, whatever spin we need we get.

In your Face! By William Bowles

by William Bowles
Featured Writer
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williambowles.info
crossposted on Strategic Culture Foundation
26 May, 2011

Facebook transforms who you are, your likes, dislikes, beliefs and fantasies, all of it into a commodity that it alone owns, 600 million intimate profiles of people like you and me

Many moons ago, when the Web was still in its infancy I wrote that the way the Web was evolving led inevitably to the emergence of monopolies, whether of content or access to information. In the early days it was Portals, or the ‘place’ where you entered the Web eg, Netscape, Microsoft, CNN or whatever, that commanded ‘value’.

Inside Job (trailer; 2010)

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Note: replaced video Aug. 8, 2017

SonyPicturesClassics on Aug 27, 2010

From Academy Award® nominated filmmaker, Charles Ferguson (“No End In Sight”), comes INSIDE JOB, the first film to expose the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, INSIDE JOB traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia. Narrated by Academy Award® winner Matt Damon, INSIDE JOB was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China.