The Daily WAR (10-29)

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

 

 

THE HOLY ROMAN...

[Sacrum Romanum / Heiliges Römisches]

 

Vatican rebukes bishop over Holocaust remarks

...B16 "is sabotaging Xian-Jewish dialogue" (German press)

 

B16 notes religion's key role in France

 

 

...EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION

[Imperium Nationis Germanicae / Reich Deutscher Nation]

 

Reports offer hope for German economy

...Cabinet approves rescue package

 

 

EUROPE/RUSSIA

 

On Holocaust Day, Europe needs a common memory

    [WAR: How 'bout having the truth as the common memory?!]

 

Obama calls Europe, gets largely cooperative response

 

Russia prepares to defend against attacks from PACE

 

Georgia seizes Russian soldier

 

Leningrad Blockade claimed 2 million lives

 

Russia chooses new Orthodox head

 

 

MIDEAST/AFRICA/ASIA

 

A Bibi-Barack collision?

...Bibi woos religious sector

...Bibi: Existing settlements will grow

...Kadima tries hawkish route for elections

...Lieberman to hold balance of power

...Breakdown of the different parties

 

Hamas offers Israel a 1-year truce

Israel's response: Israeli jets roam over Gaza

Result: Fears for Gaza cease-fire after border killings

And: Livni: Israel must respond immediately

So: Israeli strike on southern Gaza

 

Gaza war pushes Arabs to the brink

...Demands for Israeli war crimes probe grows

 

Mitchell heads straight for Israel

...Disarray awaits Mitchell

...Carter: Hamas can be trusted

...The EU and the Gaza war

 

Is peace out of reach? [Yes!]

 

NATO: Afghanistan could spoil the Obama party

 

Islamists overrun Somalia city as Ethiopians leave

 

 

PROVOKING PERSIA

 

Top commander supports Ahmadinejad

 

Iran condemns EU for taking group off terror list

 

US Navy releases Iranian ship

 

NATO chief urges engagement with Iran

...He sees role for Iran in Afghanistan

 

Obama open to talks with Iran

...US to hold "direct talks"

 

But!: "Uranium for nuke in 2009" [Propagenda!]

 

 

HOUSE OF ISRAEL

 

Newspaper didn't solve Obama eligibility question

..."Too much secrecy in this city"

 

On Arabic TV, Obama engages Muslim world

..."Americans are not your enemy"

...Will Obama stack Mideast team with neocons?

...Continuing Bush's policies

...Bad cop, good cop (cartoon)

 

Reading between Obama's lines (analysis)

...Obama's world

 

Will Obama save liberalism?

 

Obama's million ghost march

 

How Dr Spock destroyed America

 

California prepares to stop paying bills

 

 

ECONOMY

 

Gold above $900

...Gold, stocks, and government

 

Bloody Monday: 74,000 layoffs in 1 day

...Gloom deepens as 76,000 jobs go in a day

 

Forecasters see historic drop in retail sales

 

Bad faith economics

 

Murky era lies ahead for Fed policy-making

...China to continue propping-up dollar?

 

Is Europe's welfare system a model for 21st century?

...European governments facing big refinancing risks

 

BOJ: Japan economy in state of emergency

 

Global crisis talks move to Davos

 

 

MISC

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

 

The Arctic in NATO's crosshairs

 

Mystery virus hits 15 million PCs

 

Court shitfit: Man attacks lawyer and jury

 

Ancient nuclear reactor?

 

Venus and Moon pair again

    [WAR: To-night, the crescent Moon should rule with the stars -- which makes to-morrow the 1st day of the 11th month.]

 

 

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    * "If people intend to be informed, they must turn to foreign news broadcasts, to Internet sites, (or) to foreign newspapers available on the Internet. People ask me where they can get reliable information. I tell them that their goal cannot be reached without their commitment of time."

 

    * "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."

 

    * "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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