The Daily WAR (01-08)

Reading between the lines, and thinking outside the box . . .

 

[WAR: Sorry that there was no WAR yesterday, but I had difficulty accessing the internet. And due to a number of factors, this week I'll only be posting the headline with no synopsis -- unless warranted by events, especially with B16 being in the US.]

 

 

THE HOLY ROMAN...

[Sacrum Romanum / Heiliges Römisches] [Vaticams]

 

B16 begins trip to US...

Washington waits...

Bush ignores opposition to B16 visit

Bush says he sees God in eyes of B16

Bunting, baseball and a birthday for B16

B16 nixes Bush's birthday bash (spoof)

B16 theme for UN: Might doesn't make right

B16 will come to feed those hungry for God

B16: Mass appeal

The audacity of B16

B16's full itinerary

 

 

...EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION

[Imperium Nationis Germanicae / Reich Deutscher Nation] [Satan's Throne?]

 

Left party wants Marx back

Munich [Nineveh] quietly reawakens

Banking crisis topples Saxony governor

 

 

EUROPE/RUSSIA

[Europress]    [Russopress]

 

Berlusconi wins Italian election

Fears raised over anti-immigrant party

Italy: The sick man of Europe

 

This week in the EU

Merkel calls on Irish voters to back EU treaty

Member states consider perks and staff for new EU president

Sarkozy's Mediterranean Union

EU eyes Gazprom's Nigeria play

 

 

MIDEAST/AFRICA/ASIA

 

Carter request to enter Gaza turned down

Carter: Hamas, Syria "must be part of peace deal"

Carter embraces Hamas official

Israel snubs Carter, declines security help

Carter has reduced security in Israel

Israeli MP has boosted security

 

Israel's manifest destiny?

 

Israel steps up rhetoric against Syria

Syria claims Israel will start war in late-May to mid-June

 

A change in the Mideast?

The UK's Saudi mess

Basra battles: Barely half the story

 

 

PROVOKING PERSIA

 

Iran shells border villages in northern Iraq

Iran says US aids rebels at its border

Israel to Arabs: Iran the threat, not Israel

Cheney on warpath again; encouraging Israel to attack Iran

Iran: We'll "eliminate Israel" if it launches attack

"Massive" US attack against Iran/Pakistan said ready

Petraeus's Iran gaffe

Ron Paul questions, Petraeus avoids answering

 

 

HOUSE OF ISRAEL

[US drought monitor][Interactive primary map]

 

US role as the 1st, only, and last truly global superpower

US hegemony is not guaranteed

US grand delusions

 

Bush's emergency act NSPD51 (video)

Bush's emergency act NSPD51 (text)

 

Does conservative's crack-up spell doom for McCain?

Media, Clinton assail Obama for "bitter" truth

Millionaires accusing each other of elitism

An electoral upheaval?

 

Wall Street and Washington are failing spectacularly

 

 

ECONOMY

[Market data]

 

Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo warn "delusional" investors on stocks

    Wall Street faces the growing risk of an equities bloodbath in coming months as the credit crunch spreads to the wider economy and earnings crumble, according to a pair of grim reports issued by Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo.

 

Wachovia seeks to raise $7 billion

GE earnings signal next phase of financial crisis

Fed: Credit crisis is not over yet

Recession takes hold in US

Dollar at mult-year low against peso

Nobody wants to rescue dollar

Wholesale prices soar

Retailing chains caught in a wave of bankruptcies

US foreclosures jump 57% as homeowners walk away ... worst is not over

America is feeling bleak

 

When will the crisis start to hit Europe?

Europress: No more rainbows

 

Oil over $113

 

Food costs rising fastest in 17 years

Global food crisis: The fury of the poor

Fuel choices, food crises and finger-pointing

The great biofuel famine

Europe defends biofuels as debate rages

Global warming rage lets global hunger grow

Farming practices "must change"

Amid mounting food crisis, governments fear revolution of the hungry

UN head: Global food crisis is an emergency

World Bank head calls for immediate action on deepening global food crisis

French minister urges global action on food prices

France's answer to global food crisis is EU protectionism

The global food crisis and the Indian situation

Germany to give another $16mn to UN food program

 

Bush digs into reserves after food warning

How far is the US from food shortages/riots?

At least 36 US states face water shortage

 

 

MISC

[CFR Opinion Roundup][Newseum][Global Incident Map][Earthweek][Day-Night Map][Tonight's Sky][Moon phase]

 

Today in Scripture

    "...and by the 8th day of the [1st] month they reached the portico of YAHWEH." (2 Chronicles 29:17)

 

 

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    * "Here I have to reveal a trade secret, which punctures the mystique of intelligence analysis. Generally speaking, 80% of the information one needs to form judgments on key intelligence targets or issues is available in open media. Truth be told, everyone with a high-school education can do it."

 

    * "In his usual form, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter told a packed crowd to stop whining about corporate media and become their own intelligence operatives. We the people have the same resources and tools that intelligence networks rely heavily on; it's called 'Google.' As our own intelligence operatives we can't allow CNN, FOX, NBC, and ABC to edit and cherry pick information, but ask questions and find the answers ourselves."

 

    * "Many apparently separate developing daily events don't make the slightest sense, if you don't look at them in their strategic context. In the face of Orwellian control of the media, it is even more necessary, to judge contemporary developments with the eye of an historian, who has not forgotten the lessons of [history]."

 

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