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The petroleum industry's plan for us
by Walter Anson •
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007 at 6:47 PM
The petroleum industry's plan for us
Indymedia says: the First Amendment doesn't exist
When does Fall begin?
persistent sources
sites:
911videomashups.com
Astronomy Pic of the Day
ATPTennis.com
informationclearinghouse.info
waynemadsenreport.com
WSWS.org
J. Orlin Grabbe (nudity warning):
http://64.33.76.120/archive271.htm
lists:
911InsideJobbers (at) yahoogroups.com
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blogs:
http://www.Legitgov.org
http://www.Rense.com
http://911tvfakery.blogspot.com/
http://wakeupfromyourslumber.blogspot.com
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http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/16065/index.php
*HOW MANY GM EXECUTIVES DOES it TAKE to TURN ON AN ELECTRIC CAR?*
********CLIMATE CHANGE: POWER GAME********
The petroleum industry's plan for us:
http://www.precaution.org/lib/07/prn_the_industry_plan.071025.htm
it is clear that the US/Israeli/UK governments are deliberately withholding from the general population the commitment needed to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
we can have electric cars now.
********CLIMATE CHANGE********
UN report: Bleak outlook for human race:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071027-new-un-environmental-report-paints-a-very-bleak-future-for-humanity.html
Drought dries up NC wells:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=state&id=5730426
Much of US could see a water shortage:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071026/D8SH34A04.html
Many states seen facing water shortages:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071026/ap_on_re_us/vanishing_water
Bangkok sinking under rising seas:
http://tinyurl.com/2jktcv
--or--
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bangkok-sinking-under-rising-seas/20071020153809990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
At the poles, melting occurring at alarming rate:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/21/AR2007102100761.html
Atlanta's faucets may run dry:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071019/D8SCHTI00.html
The American West is drying up:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/magazine/21water-t.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Fading foliage in Connecticut:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E3D6143FF935A25753C1A9639C8B63
Our drinkable water supply is vanishing:
http://www.alternet.org/story/64948/
Ice caps melting fast: Say goodbye to the Big Apple?
http://www.alternet.org/environment/64735
Earth getting wetter and stickier:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071011/india_nm/india299467
Global greenhouse gas emissions already beyond "worst case" scenario:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/09/asia/AS-GEN-Australia-Climate-Change.php
Asian storms force evacuation of millions of Taiwanese:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0%2C%2C2185766%2C00.html
Amazon jungle could be lost in 40 years:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/oct/02/conservation
Arctic sea ice reaches record minimum
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/sep2007/ice-s26.shtml
Rising seas to flood US cities:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070922/ap_on_sc/rising_seas
Scientists report severe retreat of Arctic ice:
http://tinyurl.com/3ax7fr
--or--
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/science/21arctic.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1190380244-xm/qfxSIhr/XwJlqzUBMSg
Polar ice levels lowest on record:
http://www.nunatsiaq.com/index.html
Arctic ice continues record melting:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/09/22/eaice122.xml
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=3582433
"An area of Arctic sea ice the size of Florida has melted away in just the last six days as melting at the top of the planet continues at a record rate..."
2008 predicted to be the warmest year in a century:
http://tinyurl.com/2yfb6r
--or--
http://www.boston.com/news/weather/articles/2007/09/11/old_farmers_almanac_2008_will_be_the_warmest_year_in_a_century/
Greenland icebergs raise sea levels:
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3579084
Ice fjords, lifeblood for polar species, at risk in melting Arctic:
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZXHBB6dyuV52jVF3ZfxV5p0ZjLg
********NEXT WORLD WAR/ESCALATION********
(meanwhile, about 95% of Americans want an end to the Iraq/Afghan wars. also, don't forget that future generations bear the cost.)
*IRAN: NUCLEAR WEAPONS*
the global oil grab of 2007:
http://www.isecureonline.com/Reports/DRI/EDRIH512/
"...To Iran's north is a nuclear-armed Russia. To its east, a nuclear-armed Pakistan. To its west, a nuclear-armed Israel. And to its south, nuclear-armed U.S. ships in the Persian Gulf..."
*RUSSIA/EASTASIA*
Russia/Eastasia beginning major military exercises, in response to Washington's beligerance regarding Iran:
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20071028/85709221.html
*DIEGO GARCIA*
Report: Strategic air base being readied for war on Iran
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/base-o31.shtml
US installing stealth bomber hangers in Diego Garcia to faciliate airstrikes on Iran:
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/foreign/display.var.1792035.0.0.php
*IRAN/WORLD WAR*
We must bomb Iran, says "US Republican guru":
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/27/wbomb127.xml
(naturally the website shows a photo of this madman as if he seemed rational.)
US imposes unilateral sanctions on Iran: One step closer to war
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/iran-o26.shtml
White House demands more bunker-buster bombs; will escalate economic warfare against people of Iran:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=3771522
Third world war or new world economic order?
http://www.larouchepub.com/hzl/2007/3442ww3_or_nweo.html
"...American plans to station missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic are very threatening..."
Russia steps up bomber exercises near Alaska and Canada:
http://tinyurl.com/2vp8t2
--or--
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/01/america/NA-GEN-US-Russian-Bombers-Alaska.php
*TURKEY*
US moves closer to air strikes on separatists in Iraq's north:
http://tinyurl.com/2vweqw
--or--
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/us-moves-closer-to-air-strikes-on-separatists-in-iraqs-north/2007/10/23/1192941064537.html
Turkey strikes Kurdish "militants" in northern Iraq:
http://en.rian.ru/world/20071024/85260040.html
Turkey's war drums grow louder:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1674242%2C00.html?imw=Y
*SYRIA*
US must commit war crimes in Syria, says former White House senior advisor:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/05/wiran105.xml
********BLEAK ECONOMICS********
*ECONOMIC OUTLOOK*
USSR was better prepared for its collapse than the US is:
http://www.energybulletin.net/23259.html
Merrill Lynch reports billions in losses amidst growing signs of US recession
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/merr-o26.shtml
*US AUTO WORKERS*
Ford and UAW press for deeper concessions from US auto workers
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/ford-o31.shtml
*...LATEST BAILOUTS...*
US government brokers scheme to bail out Wall Street banks
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/bank-o18.shtml
Banks may pool billions to avert securities sell-off:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/business/14bank.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Banks and US treasury discussing $100 billion support fund:
http://tinyurl.com/3dg4ve
--or--
http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/10/13/banks-siv-treasury-biz-wallst-cx_pm_1013citicorp.html
*US DOLLAR*
Gold climbs to $800, platinum hits record high, Dollar keeps sinking:
http://tinyurl.com/2bsae8
--or--
http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?rpc=401&type=goldMktRpt&storyID=2007-10-29T111905Z_01_L29265984_RTRIDST_0_MARKETS-PRECIOUS-UPDATE-4.XML
Head of the IMF predicts the Dollar will fall:
http://politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/6086/1/291/
Gold futures rise, crude oil rallies, dollar falls:
http://tinyurl.com/2wkoj8
--or--
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/gold-futures-rise-crude-oil/story.aspx?guid=%7BDB8A45F7-0DD3-4D21-94EB-48562C0044AD%7D
Hyperinflation will blow the economic doors off:
http://www.kitco.com/ind/Wiegand/oct112007.html
*REAL ESTATE MARKET*
Cash-strapped Americans raiding their 401(k)s:
http://tinyurl.com/2nyxlq
--or--
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-ym-borrowing-1014oct14%2C0%2C5181066.story
US foreclosure filings nearly double since a year ago:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071011/foreclosure_rates.html?.v=3
********GENERAL NEWS********
*INSECTS*
Giant snails overrun Brazil:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/071019-brazilian-snails.html
Following Honeybee disappearance, bumblebees begin vanishing act:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C299982%2C00.html
*NAVY SONAR*
California sues Navy over unecessary use of sonar:
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/23/26/
*ANIMALS*
Primates in danger of extinction:
http://www.enn.com/animals/article/24099
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071026/ap_on_sc/primates_in_peril
Gopher tortoises being buried alive in Florida:
http://tinyurl.com/yuqkco
--or--
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/13/AR2007101301181.html
Fish get insomnia, too:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071016/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_science_fish
Why are huge numbers of camels dying in Africa and Saudi Arabia?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071009083359.htm
Factory animal farming produce meat through routine torture and environmental destruction:
http://www.newstarget.com/022101.html
Polar bear endangered status "likely":
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL0314002820071003
Receding ice displaces Alaska walrus:
http://tinyurl.com/36snv6
--or--
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i86-YHtGnJd2ZLbjp6bfON7YdCsQD8S41K003
Stark warning of extinction list: Life on Earth is disappearing:
http://environment.independent.co.uk/wildlife/article2956437.ece
Gorillas now 'critically endangered':
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070912/ap_on_re_eu/endangered_gorillas
Threatened species list shows escalating 'global extinction crisis':
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/sep/12/internationalnews.greenpolitics
One in four mammals under threat:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/sep/09/conservation
World's birds on death row/
race against time to save 190 species from extinction:
http://environment.independent.co.uk/wildlife/article2856857.ece
*ENVIRONMENT*
Feds want to possibly clean up vast garbage pit in Pacific:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/30/MNT5T1NER.DTL
*CORPORATE POWER*
Head of Consumer Protection Safety Commission doesn't want a strengthened agency:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/washington/30consumer.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
*MEDIA CONSOLIDATION*
US: Bush administration fast-tracks relaxation of media ownership constraints
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/medi-o23.shtml
*CALIFORNIA FIRES*
Arson caused Santiago fire:
http://kdka.com/national/topstories_story_295060843.html
(arson by the Bush dictatorship?)
*FOR-PROFIT PHARMACEUTICALS*
Merck's net income soars:
http://tinyurl.com/34rotz
--or--
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/breaking/business_breaking/20071022_Mercks_net_income_soars_63_.html
*AGRICULTURE*
'Biotech bugs' could stop spread of diseases, scientists say:
http://usinfo.state.gov/ei/Archive/2004/Sep/22-233392.html
New study shows that GM corn could pollute aquatic ecosystems:
http://www.enn.com/agriculture/article/23718
At stake: safe steak:
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/10/01/at_stake_safe_steak.php
"...this farm bill provision will effectively end the federal meat and poultry inspection system..."
*SCAPEGOATING: IMMIGRANTS*
Anti-illegal-immigration movement (or CIA PsyOp) claims to hurt Bank of America economically:
http://www.alipac.us/article-2671-thread-1-0.html
*PRIVATIZATION/GAS LOBBY*
Pennsylvania turnpike to be privatized, turned into toll road:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07285/824867-147.stm
(what a boondoggle. first the government builds an environmentally devasting highway that imprisons the general population. Years later, profits from tolls go to private interests.)
*DECRIMINALIZING DRUGS*
San Francisco considers “shooting gallery” for drug addicts:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21367579/wid/11915773?gt1=10514
UK addicts given free drugs as reward for staying clean:
http://tinyurl.com/3xjytt
--or--
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=488248&in_page_id=1770
*FOR-PROFIT HEALTH CARE*
89.6 million lacked health insurance:
http://tinyurl.com/29cxkj
--or--
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-na-uninsured21sep21,1,1380065.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true
One-third of US lacked health insurance:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070920/hl_nm/insurance_usa_dc_2;_ylt=Aku1G3BHQoORcP70OAPGSy8E1vAI
(Question: What's more barbaric than for-profit health care? Answer: Nothing.)
*MANDATORY BIO-CHIPPING*
Microchip implants cause malignant tumors in lab animals:
http://www.citizensadvocate.net/newsletters/albrechtVeriChipAP.html
*POLICE TASERS*
Toronto man struck in eye by police taser:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2007/10/29/siu-taser.html?ref=rss
*ILLEGAL WAR/PERMANENT OCCUPATION BUDGETS*
Bush's illegal wars of aggression costing $2.4 trillion so far:
http://www.rense.com/general78/not.htm
http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/24/news/economy/cbo_testimony/?postversion=2007102412
Afghanistan and Iraq set to cost more than Vietnam and Korea:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article3090340.ece
Dictator Bush's request for illegal wars increases to $196 billion:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/washington/23prexy.html
Three weeks of illegal warfare or one year of health coverage for kids:
http://blog.thehill.com/2007/10/15/three-weeks-of-war-or-one-year-of-health-coverage-for-kids-rep-xavier-becerra/
Visualizing $87 billion more for illegal wars:
http://www.crunchweb.net/87billion/