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We've opened up a new front on the war on terror. It's an attack on the unique, the unorthodox, the unexpected; it's a war on different. If you act different, you might find yourself investigated, questioned, and even arrested -- even if you did nothing wrong, and had no intention of doing anything wrong. The problem is a combination of citizen informants and a CYA attitude among police that results in a knee-jerk escalation of reported threats.

The problem is that ordinary citizens don't know what a real terrorist threat looks like. They can't tell the difference between a bomb and a tape dispenser, electronic name badge, CD player, bat detector, or a trash sculpture; or the difference between terrorist plotters and imams, musicians, or architects. All they know is that something makes them uneasy, usually based on fear, media hype, or just something being different.

Tags: terrorism, war, usa, world

Julian Beever´s art

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:37:36 GMT

clipped by: Patty2007
clipper's remarks: Julian Beever has made pavement drawings for over ten years. He has worked in the U.K., Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Germany, the USA and Australia.

Take a look at the site. The pavement art is really incredible.

Clip Source: users.skynet.be

his drawing of a Rescue was to be viewed using an inverting mirror.

Tags: art, beever, pastel, artist

Mutiny among USA Generals? Revolt over Iran?

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:59:56 GMT

clipped by: righthand
clipper's remarks: "KOLKO: Many in the US military think Bush and Cheney are out of control. They are rebelling against Bush and Cheney. Washington Post reporter Dana Priest recently said in an interview that she believed the US military would revolt and refuse to fly missions against Iran if the White House issued such orders.

"CENTCOM commander Admiral Fallon reportedly thwarted Cheney's wish to sent a third additional aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf. One paper wrote that he "vowed privately there would be no war against Iran as long as he was chief of CENTCOM."

"Lt. Gen. Wright, in charge of US forces in Japan, told AP last week that the Iraq war had weakened American forces in the face of any potential conflict with China. He was quoted as saying, "Are we in trouble? It depends on the scenario. But you have to be concerned about the small number of our forces and the age of our forces."

...Spiegel

Mutiny in the ranks - at the top!!!

Clip Source: www.spiegel.de

'Many in the US Military Think Bush and Cheney Are Out of Control'

In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, the Amsterdam-based military historian Gabriel Kolko talks about the prospect of war with Iran and argues that many in the US military now view the White House as being 'out of control.'

The American military is stretched to the limit. They are losing both wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Everything is being sacrificed for these wars: money, equipment in Asia, American military power globally, etc

Where and how can they fight yet another?

The Pentagon is short of money for procurement, and that is what so many people in the military bureaucracy live for.

More money and better weapons don't mean that you win.

IEDs, which cost so little to make, are defeating a military which spends billions of dollars per month. IEDS are so adaptable that each new strategy developed by the

The Israelis were also never quite able to counter IEDs

Many in the US military think Bush and Cheney are out of control

Tags: usa, iraq, mutiny, military

National Post Attack on Gore a Last Gasp from Some Sore Losers

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:26:56 GMT

clipped by: Patty2007

Clip Source: www.desmogblog.com

The fading National Post chose sides today: in a snarling attack on the Nobel Committee decision to award a Peace Prize to Al Gore, The Post went on to condemn other Nobel recipients, dismissing the work of Mother Teresa, the goals of nuclear disarmament and the heroism of UN peacekeepers - among whom Canadian soldiers have always played a major role.

Which leaves me wondering: has Post business editor Terence Corcoran finally and completely taken leave of his senses? I mean, I can understand someone debating the lifetime record of a Nobel Prize winner like Yasser Arafat, but how can Corcoran dismiss as "obscure and absurd" the work of UNICEF or the (Canadian-led) activists who forged the international land mines agreement?

The Post, which seems as hostile to science as it does to Al Gore, also devoted nearly a full page to a two-day-old story about a UK court case that - the Post would have you believe - was critical of Al Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth

Tags: al gore, usa

Beautifu Libraries

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:11:02 GMT

clipped by: vandamonium

Clip Source: www.boredstop.com

World's Most Beautiful Libraries

Strahov Theological Hall - Original Baroque Cabinets

Strahov Theological Hall; Statue of John the Evangelist Holding a Book

Strahov Philosophical Hall

Abbey Library St. Gallen, Switzerland

Bernadotte Library, Stockholm Sweden

Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, Italy

Biblioteca Di Bella Arti, Milan, Italy

Biblioteca do Palacio e Convento de Mafra I, Lisbon Coast, Portugal

Biblioteca do Palàcio Nacional da Ajuda Lisboa III, Lisbon, Portugal

Biblioteca Geral University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Biblioteca Palafoxiana, Puebla, Mexico

Bibliotecha de la Real Academia De La Lengua, Madrid, Spain

Bibliotheque Alencon, Normandy, France

Bibliothéque Nationale de France, Paris, France

Bodlein Library, Oxford University, England

Boston Copley Public Library, Boston, USA

British Reading Room, British Museum, London, England

Casanatense Library, Rome, Italy

Cathedral Library, Kalocsa, Hungary

Chethems Library, Manchester, UK

Dutch Royal Archives Library, Netherlands

Tags: libraries, beautiful

The Most Important Future Military Technologies

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:27:05 GMT

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Clip Source: discovermagazine.com

The Most Important Future Military Technologies

Super lasers, binoculars that read minds, manipulating the "human terrain"...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), like this MQ-9 Reaper, are receiving a great deal of funding.

The total proposed American defense budget for 2008 is more than half a trillion dollars—with $75 billion of that set aside for research and development. For decades, the Pentagon’s investment in science and technology has produced widely hailed achievements like the Internet and the Global Positioning System. It has also backed quixotic and costly failures, like space-based lasers. And sometimes it has gone off the deep end, funding such things as psychic spies and weapons that defy the laws of physics.

Tags: weapons, usa

ZIONIST peace? new SETTLEMENTS on ARAB Land ?

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:29:01 GMT

clipped by: righthand

Clip Source: www.haaretz.com

The Israel Defense Forces recently issued an order expropriating over 1,100 dunams of land from four Arab villages

The Palestinians and the international community, including the United States, have long objected to the E-1 plan on the grounds that it would cut the West Bank in two and sever East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank

Due mainly to American objections, the E-1 plan has been frozen since 2004

The plan also noted that the proposed housing development in E-1 would create an uninterrupted urban expanse between Jerusalem and Ma'aleh Adumim. Such an expanse would effectively sever the territorial contiguity between the northern and southern West Bank

Ramon, the minister in charge of the "seam" region that runs along the border between Israel and the West Bank, told Haaretz that he was not consulted about the expropriation order and knows nothing about it

in general the U.S. opposes any move that could impair the chances of an Israeli-Palestinian final-status deal

The West Ban

Tags: idf, settlements, usa, lies, land

The man who stands between US and new war

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:52:13 GMT

clipped by: Patty2007

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

The man who stands between US and new war

Pentagon and State Department officials say Mr Gates has set himself up as chief rival to Dick Cheney in a bid to thwart the vice president's desire to bomb the Islamic state.

Those familiar with internal battles in the Bush administration say Mr Gates has eclipsed Condoleezza Rice, the secretary of state, as the chief opponent of air strikes and is the main reason President George W.Bush has yet to resort to military action.

Pentagon sources say Mr Gates is waging a subtle campaign to undermine the Cheney camp by encouraging the army's senior officers to speak frankly about the overstretch of forces, and the difficulty of fighting another war.

Bruce Reidel, a former CIA Middle East officer, said: "Cheney's people know they can beat Condi. They have been doing it for six years. Bob Gates is a different kettle of fish. He doesn't owe the President anything. He is urging his officers to be completely honest, knowing what that means."

Tags: iran, usa, war

Homeless in USA photos 4

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:00:16 GMT

clipped by: Patty2007

Clip Source: ziza.es

Tags: homeless, usa, photos

Homeless in USA photos 3

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:59:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I am still thinking if the photos are real...Sometimes seems models "dressed" as homeless

Clip Source: ziza.es

Tags: homeless, usa, photos

Homeless in USA photos 1

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:56:27 GMT

clipped by: Patty2007

Clip Source: ziza.es

Tags: homeless, usa, photos

Homeless in USA photos 1

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:55:30 GMT

clipped by: Patty2007

Clip Source: ziza.es

Tags: homeless, photo, usa

Political Cartoons. How the World sees your world

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:56:27 GMT

clipped by: righthand

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

By Arcadio Esquivel, La Prensa, Panama

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Dr. Bush

Christo Komarnitski, Bulgaria

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Burma Protest

Riber Hansson, Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Know Your Audience

By Mike Luckovich

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Newt’s Exploratory Committee

By Mike Luckovich

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Misplaced Complaint

By Mr. Fish

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Ass Spanking

By Mr. Fish

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

The Iraqi Flag

Emad Hajjaj, Jordan

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

revOILution

By Alen Lauzan Falcon

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Greenspan’s Legacy

By Mike Luckovich

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Condi Visits the Middle East

By Rainer Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland, Germany

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

The $64,000 Question

By Mike Luckovich

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Insurgency

By Harry Harrison, The South China Morning Post

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Kerry That Weight

By Mr. Fish

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Questions for Bush

By Dario Castillejos, Dario La Crisis

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

War at the End of the Tunnel

By Christo Komarnitski, Bulgaria

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Cancerous Logic

By Mr. Fish

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Slippery Slope

By Mike Luckovich

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Making Reagan Look Good

By Mr. Fish

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Nihilistic War Chimps

Posted on Oct 3, 2007

By Mr. Fish

Tags: images, political, usa

"The Killing Zone" Frightening.

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:28:45 GMT

clipped by: righthand

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

Rachel Corrie in "The Killing Zone"

[Video]

Section of the documentary "The Killing Zone" produced for the series "Dispatches" on Channel 4 in Britain. See: http://www.channel4.com/news/2003/spe... (more) (less)

Category People & Blogs

Tags: corrie, idf, israel, usa