8 June - Quick Notes

 Obama and American exceptionalism
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/03/29/exceptionalism

 

Bin Laden and Raymond Davis” – Gordon Duff on Press TV (video)

 

An Open Letter to the Troops: You’re Not Defending Our Freedoms
http://www.thetotalcollapse.com/an-open-letter-to-the-troops-youre-not-defending-our-freedoms

 Your actions overseas are placing our freedoms here at home in ever-greater jeopardy. 

Ecology biased against non-native species?
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/asu-eba060811.php

Some scientists say that non-native species could just as easily be coined "abductees" whose transport links to activities by humans.

The authors of the Nature comments section note that assumptions that "introduced species" offer only deleterious impacts are misguided and "that human-induced impacts, such as climate change, nitrogen eutrophication, urbanization and land use change are making the native-versus-alien species dichotomy in conservation increasingly meaningless."  

Congressman Warns: “Those Who Can, Should Move Their Families Out Of the City” (Video)
http://www.thetotalcollapse.com/congressman-warns-%e2%80%9cthose-who-can-should-move-their-families-out-of-the-city%e2%80%9d-video/comment-page-1/#comment-24191

 

Obama’s Foreign Policy Objectives: The Geopolitical Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia Mosaic
http://www.thetotalcollapse.com/obamas-foreign-policy-objectives-the-geopolitical-middle-east-north-africa-central-asia-mosaic

The policy Washington adopted  is to prevent the emergence of any powerful rival or military force potentially able to undermine American dominion. 

The neoconservative Bush White House invaded Iraq, which was considered a pushover after 12 years of U.S.-British-UN killer sanctions, not only to control its oil but as a prelude to bringing about regime change in neighboring Iran, thus providing Washington with total control of the immense resources of the Persian Gulf. The Iraqi guerrilla resistance destroyed the plan, for now.

Libyan Rebel Leader Spent Much of Past 20 Years in Langley Virginia
http://www.thetotalcollapse.com/libyan-rebel-leader-spent-much-of-past-20-years-in-langley-virginia

Khalifa Hifter was once a top military officer for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, but after a disastrous military adventure in Chad in the late 1980s, Hifter switched to the anti-Gadhafi opposition. In the early 1990s, he moved to suburban Virginia, where he established a life but maintained ties to anti-Gadhafi groups.

Scandal: The 10 Biggest Corporations That Didn’t Pay Any Taxes And In Many Cases Got A Refund From The IRS
http://www.infiniteunknown.net/page/2

 

I Have Zero Respect For The Mainstream Media
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/06/04/have-zero-respect-for-the-mainstream-media-gilad-atzmon-interview-by-silvia-cattori