Archive for August, 2008
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Bush Surrenders to the “Terrorists” — U.S. Agrees (Secretly) to Maliki Demands for End of Foreign Presence in Iraq by 2011
Looks like Bush has decided to be a "defeatist" and has begun to "embolden our enemies" by agreeing to a pre-determined withdrawal date. Or in politico-speak a "date certain". Story by Reuters.com:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSLP66354720080825
No Comments » - Posted in General News, Politics by Garrett Tedeman
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraf Resigns
Former Commando and General, Pervez Musharraf, who seized power of Pakistan’s 170 million people and their arsenal of nuclear weapons and failed to find Osama Bin Laden (currently hiding in Pakistan’s "lawless border region"), but who nevertheless has been a so-called "loyal U.S. ally" and "trusted partner in the Global War on Terror" — even […]
No Comments » - Posted in Finance, General News, Politics by Garrett Tedeman
Friday, August 15th, 2008
Timeline of CIA Atrocities — Since 1929
Here at NewChicagoCPA.com, I’ve posted a lot of material from various sources about this sort of historical record over the years, but this is the most comprehensive I’ve found yet.
As this material becomes more public, we will all have to answer the difficult questions of whether we should have this policy of overthrowing all sorts […]
No Comments » - Posted in General News, Politics by Garrett Tedeman
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Bush to “relax” Endangered Species Rules by Allowing Developers to Decide What’s Endangered… Rather Than Scientists…
MSNBC staff and news service reports
updated 4:53 p.m. CT, Mon., Aug. 11, 2008
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Monday said it plans to let federal agencies decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants.
The proposal, which does not require the approval of Congress, would reduce […]
No Comments » - Posted in Finance, General News, Politics, Science, Uncategorized by Garrett Tedeman
Friday, August 8th, 2008
Belfast Telegraph: “Georgia Says that Russia Has Invaded”
Russia seems to have attacked Georgia (!)… :
Georgia: Russia has invaded and we are under attack
Vladimir Putin: the war has started
By Gary Fennelly
Friday, 8 August 2008
Russian First Channel claims these are burning Georgian armored vehicles are seen in Tskhinvali in the South Ossetian breakaway region of Georgia on Friday, Aug. 8, 2008.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/georgia-russia-has-invaded-and-we-are-under-attack-13934899.html?a=13934899
Youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqfh8CEf0cg&feature=user
No Comments » - Posted in General News, Politics by Garrett Tedeman
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
**Breaking** AFP: Pervez Musharraf to be Impeached
The former commando, Gen. Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, who took power in 1999 through a military coup, looks to be finished:
Analysts wonder whether Mr Musharraf would risk sacking his government
The decision by Pakistan’s new ruling alliance to impeach the country’s President, Pervez Musharraf, has sparked jubilation as well as fears across the country.
If current opinion […]
