http://www.rinf.com/forum World News discussion forum, politics, world news and current events forum. en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:17:12 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.rinf.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.rinf.com/forum http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12776&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:08:27 GMT And can also bark, amazing??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehlPDVNbUio And can also bark, amazing???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehlPDVNbUio ]]> Fun Stuff Unregistered http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12776 http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12775&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:43:34 GMT Gordon Brown is facing demands to make Lord Mandelson foreign secretary in a row that risks tearing apart his government.... Gordon Brown is facing demands to make Lord Mandelson foreign secretary in a row that risks tearing apart his government.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6927006.ece ]]> Unregistered http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12775 http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12774&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:37:35 GMT Société Générale has advised clients to be ready for a possible "global economic collapse" over the next two years, mapping a strategy of defensive investments to avoid wealth destruction.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/e...-collapse.html ]]> Economics Unregistered http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12774 http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12773&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:23:55 GMT Ironically, climate change appears to have stalled in the run-up to the upcoming world summit in the Danish capital, where thousands of politicians,... Ironically, climate change appears to have stalled in the run-up to the upcoming world summit in the Danish capital, where thousands of politicians, bureaucrats, scientists, business leaders and environmental activists plan to negotiate a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Billions of euros are at stake in the negotiations.

http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/2...ast-ten-years/ ]]> fiddle the temperature http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12773 http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12772&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:08:46 GMT Here’s what the Times has had to say on the subject: E-mails allegedly written by some of the world’s leading climate scientists have been... Here’s what the Times has had to say on the subject:

E-mails allegedly written by some of the world’s leading climate scientists have been stolen by hackers and published on websites run by climate change sceptics.

The sceptics claim that the e-mails are evidence that scientists manipulated data in order to strengthen their argument that human activities were causing global warming.

(Yep – definitely an improvement on their earlier, non-existent coverage; but not exactly pointing up the scandalousness of this scandal).

Read more: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/ja...odern-science/ ]]> Unregistered http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12772 http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12771&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:50:32 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...y-antisemitism

C4's Dispatches has been branded 'antisemitic', but surely Britain's Jewish community can cope with reasoned scrutiny?

The serious charges levelled by critics at the Dispatches documentary investigating the UK pro-Israel lobby amount to accusations of gross irresponsibility, or worse. But who is being irresponsible here? Those who say the film will lead to increased antisemitism, displays "1930s style prejudice" and the return of antisemitic politics, and will reinforce Jews' fear of antisemitism? Or the filmmakers whose principal conclusion is: "we have found a worrying lack of transparency"?

Is it the disseminators of scaremongering hyperbole or reasoned critique? ]]> Unregistered http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12771 http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12770&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:39:38 GMT Editor's Note: All those interested in the political, economic and social directions being taken by the people and governments of Latin American states will do well to invest time in reading this treatise by James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer. Those who think they understand the future of the left on the continent may be surprised by what is happening in countries ranging from right wing governments such as Colombia to leftist states like Venezuela after reading this document. Time and energy given to building socialism and combatting the Global Corporate Empire everywhere in the world will be informed by neo-capitalist movements across Latin America. This analysis deserves careful study.

http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publis...le_57521.shtml ]]> Unregistered http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12770 http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12769&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:32:14 GMT "In a column published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal, the paper’s deputy editorial page director, Daniel Henninger, blamed the Fort Hood massacre on those who had questioned domestic surveillance, 'waterboarding, renditions and secret prisons.' The lesson of Fort Hood, he claimed, was that 'over there or here at home, they will keep trying to kill us'.”

http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publis...le_57468.shtml ]]> Unregistered http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12769 http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12768&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:27:57 GMT Modern Life Is Probably Screwed by Peak Oil, But It's Not Too Late to Avoid Mass Starvation

George Monbiot

The challenge of feeding 7 or 8 billion people while oil supplies are falling is stupefying. It'll be even greater if governments keep pretending that it isn't going to happen.

http://www.alternet.org/food/144017/...ass_starvation ]]> Unregistered http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12768 http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12765&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:04:45 GMT http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11/19/beginning-of-the-end-for-the-internet-in-the-uk/ http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/11...net-in-the-uk/ ]]> The Bin Unregistered http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12765 http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12764&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:02:10 GMT In the sixth in a string of damning rulings, the high court accused Miliband of wanting to suppress information about CIA activities even though... In the sixth in a string of damning rulings, the high court accused Miliband of wanting to suppress information about CIA activities even though details had already been disclosed by the Obama administration. Dismissing Miliband's claims, Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones insisted they were not trying to give away "American secrets". They said: "Of itself, the treatment to which Mr Mohamed was subjected could never properly be described in a democracy as 'a secret' or an 'intelligence secret' or 'a summary of classified intelligence'."

The judges revealed that seven paragraphs in a key document Miliband insists must remain secret "relate to admissions of what officials of the US did to BM during his detention in Pakistan". They repeated their earlier finding that "what is contained in those seven redacted paragraphs gives rise to an arguable case of torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...nd-cia-request ]]> NaziWatch http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12764 http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12763&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:42:22 GMT Drivers here have learnt the hard way. You pull over and stop to let the American convoys pass. It is a far cry from General Stanley McChrystal’s... Drivers here have learnt the hard way. You pull over and stop to let the American convoys pass. It is a far cry from General Stanley McChrystal’s strategy of protecting the people.

The villagers’ complaints underline the difficulty that foreign forces face in trying to win over a wary population. Most US soldiers look at Shinwar and see a deathtrap, full of roadside bombs and Taleban ambushes. (What - no AL CIA DA?)


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6924182.ece ]]> NAZIwatch http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12763 http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12762&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:37:48 GMT The power the Fed now holds has vastly increased over the past twelve months owing to the fall out of the financial crisis, yet it continues to... The power the Fed now holds has vastly increased over the past twelve months owing to the fall out of the financial crisis, yet it continues to operate in total secrecy. Its chairman and other officials act as if their unfettered power is a god given right, and they express loathing and contempt when they are simply asked to describe and explain their actions to Congress and the American people.


http://www.prisonplanet.com/fed-sick...nt-passes.html ]]> FedWatch http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12762 http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12761&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:32:41 GMT "I am not exposing my patients to this risk, especially as patients who become sick with the swine flu can be treated easily if they go directly to their doctor."

http://theflucase.com/index.php?opti...mid=64&lang=en ]]> SWINEwatch http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12761 http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12760&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:19:01 GMT According to the Defense for Children International, Israel detained or imprisoned an average of 375 Palestinian minors (under 18) per month,... According to the Defense for Children International, Israel detained or imprisoned an average of 375 Palestinian minors (under 18) per month, including children as young as 12. This marks an increase from 319 children per month the previous year. Many of these children are arrested, blindfolded, interrogated, jailed and fined for rock-throwing incidents. In violation of the Geneva Convention, these detainees are held outside of the territory of occupation by a foreign force.

http://uruknet.info/index.php?p=m60258&hd=&size=1&l=e ]]> NAZIWATCH http://www.rinf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12760