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RUSSIA-
89-93 '94-2008 UKRAINE 2008-13 PutInvasions 2013-14
-'19 IRAQ
BUSH
IRAN
PAKISTAN+INDIA
ISRAEL-EGYPT
9-11+SECURITY ECONOMY
POLITICS TRUMP SPACE+SCIENCE NUCLEAR THREAT
ELECTION 2000 N. KOREA CHINA
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NATIONAL
SCOOPS
+ ELECTION 2000
"WHOOPS"- HOW THE NETWORKS GOT IT WRONG- PROBLEM POLLING POLICY - Nat. Scoop- Intellectual
Capita1-
11/25/00 - Inside story on the screw-ups
(3-4) at the VNS and Florida counties that
caused the networks to blow the election
call in a strong article/analysis/commentary
against the networks projection policy and
the squirrelly polls w interviews w TV news
execs, Walter Cronkite, Florida officials,
pollsters, Sen. Gorton and VNS people, voting
machine reps.- MediaChannel- 12/26/00 Anchor of largest
media related network. Issue
Cover Talk Show
Media Tenor Book w Whoops Article MEDIOCRACY
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234 pgs Table
of Contents
SAMPLE
BALLOT DECEPTIVE, DIFFERENT - Dems
denied
hand count in Duval Co. - Nat.
scoop
Capital
Times - Madison WI - Nov 25, 2000
HTML longer vers.
Duval Sample Ballot
Duval Actual Ballot
FLORIDA
ELECTION
DOCS
COMET PHOTO
ALTERED, UH
SCIENTIST SAYS- Honolulu Advertiser - Sun
Front
Page-April 20,'97- Nat. scoop
Faking of Univ of Hawaii telescope photo
to "show" a "spaceship"
following Hale-Bopp comet by psychic "remote
viewing" institute; Publicized on Art
Bell national radio show + website, may have
been incitement for San Diego Heavens Gate cult suicide
. Original Article before lame editing- CLICK
HERE
AP
RELEASE
of article - (small)
PUTIN'S
CHILDREN
(Orig.) - exclusive
NY Times/ International Herald Tribune - SCAN
July 6, 07 - from
Moscow ONLINE
NYT
vers. The
Putin Youth groups: Nashi, Young Guard, Young Russia;
badger
and terrorize anyone who even differs
with Kremlin positions; By propagandizing
the vulnerable, is the Kremlin poisoning
the seed corn of young minds? On June 12th,
Russian Independence Day, Red Sq. was reserved
for the Party faithful po
Ryccki
RI
NIGHTCLUB FIRE - exclusive - Worst US fire in
quarter century rips through
smallest state- w photos, interviews, radio
reports MIRROR
Inferno
horror
at The Station nightclub, R.I.- March 03
DUNNING
DEAN- nat. scoop
-
DID
the DOCTOR GET GORED -
Mediachannel HTML
COLUMNIZED
(dnld)
Did
the media try to destroy Howard Dean
by harping on his liberalness and inexperience
(both untrue), and electability until it
became a self-fulfilling prophecy with Dems
desperate to defeat Bush? Analysis of coverage
of campaign fm
Wash. Post, Newsweek, New Republic, US News,
TV
debates; + my NH reporting- Jan 26,04
THE
INFINITE
PUTIN - Capital Times
ORIGINAL Moscow: Putin is supposed to leave
office in
March 2008,
but that was impossible to believe. Appointing
unknown crony Viktor Zubkov PM (told only the day before
and
rammed through
rubber stamp Congress 2 days later) ends
the doubt. Zubkov will be anointed President
(+ win), Putin will become Prime Minister,
and Zubkov will resign in 6-12 months to
let Vladimir Vladimirovich return as Prez. [he did his with Medvedev & stayed effec Prez] Massive conflicts of interests in the Kremlin,
where mini oligarch ministers control the
biggest corporations in the world and can't
separate their interests from those of the
state, crushing and absorbing competitors.-
October 10, 2007
GETTING
GOOD NEWS:
The Government vs.
the Press in Times of
War (realaudio) windowsmedia- HammerAlt-winmedia Mike's
BROWN U. Lecture (listing)
- History of Press
restrictions in War since
WW2; How Vietnam changed everything and made
the media the enemy; 30 min., Salomon Hall,
Brown Univ., Dec 13, 2004
POSTER
10th Anniversary
of Moscow
Oct '93 Revolt
- (
Exclusive AUDIO)
-
VIOLENT COMMUNIST ATTACK that ALMOST DEPOSED
YELTSIN --200 killed in 2 days of battles at WHITE
HOUSE and OSTANKINO TV CENTER ;
w article 24 Hours in
October
Revolt +
Photos AUDIO ONLY - 7:20 min
STOPPING
the
NEXT BOSNIA- comn.
scoop Capital Times -Dec 13, 03 FULL version.
-
It seems obvious we will be forced out
of Iraq, which will explode into Civil War between the
63%
Shiites and 17% Sunni former
rulers (and the 19% Kurds?); Bosnia across
California; Beirut in the third biggest oil
country- Maybe partitioning Iraq could mitigate or
prevent the
coming bloodbath
- Nov 4, 03 ; TALK SHOW
(audio) on subj.- 40min w Barry Farber- Dec
4 Brown U. Conf. on
Kurds
(audio) 4:03 min-
Oct 1
HUNTING TRUTH -
The Trouble with
Harry-
MediaChannel
Exclusive
Is Cheney's hunting accident story as honest as the
Iraqi WMD's?, Accident report shows much
closer distance than 90 ft claimed- smaller
pellet spread, too many pellets + too much
penetration; Cheney + Willeford abandon him
and go 100 yards farther, Cheney shoots him
behind him in the safe zone in a line towards the
car,
"Witness" sees everything from
inside car 100 yards away; with Interviews of Corpus
Christi
reporters;
investigative shotgun pattern comparisons;
Whittington blasted by 2/3 of shot in shell!- March 24
AN
OUNCE
OF PREVENTION
AlterNet Scoop
Sept 2005
ALT
ALT2
Against every rule of
occupation, almost no effort was made to
secure the vast munitions stores of Iraq
after the invasion; 250,000
tons, 39% of the ordinance was looted by
insurgents and is killing our soldiers
every day. IED deaths have more than doubled in the
last year- now 71% of US hostile fatalities, and there's
enough looted armaments to make
ten 500 lb
IED's a
day for the next 274 years.
Interview
of
Military Intelligence agent
who reveals how even an ammo dump next to
huge US base was negligently allowed to be
looted.
NSA Director Gen. William
Odom (news
article) -
exclusive
(REALAUDIO)-
52
min Dissects
strategic blunder of Iraq,
escape strategies, geopolitical consequences,
Iran attack, Korea- April 7,'05 -
Watson Institute Brown Univ.
-
OpedNews,
Scoop
+ 69,000 venues-
My
Questions
7m (wma)
MUTUALLY
ASSURED DESTRUCTION Alt
Pyrrhic Victories of Putin and the West - updated Apr 28,2015
BUSINESS INSIDER
(short) GLOBAL POST (short) SCOOP
EUROMAIDANPRESS
KYIV: Russia's economy + currency
are collapsing from oil price drop and sanctions, but Ukraine's is
dropping faster: 67% drop in hryvna. Russia can survive it, but
Ukraine is tottering on collapse and default. Russia destroyed
Ukraine's economy, and the West has destroyed Russia's, utterly useless
Pyrrhic "victories." Without Donbas, coal is running out so
Ukraine
may go cold + dark. Putin, his great rep as a stabilizing
force immolated, isolated + humiliated, could double down + do
something
truly reckless. Predicted mass Russian offensive in Donbass takes
place w wipeout at Donetsk Airport and encirclement and disaster
in
Dbaltseve
MINSK 2 Agreement "Peace in our
Time?"; New
IMF + World Bank give $7.1 bil
more for Ukr; ~4000
Massacred/Captive @Dbaltseve?, Hrv stablizes @ 23/$- Dec 21-2014- Apr 28-2015
WHY TRUMP LOST THE ELECTION! - Medium - Jan 8, 2017
Was The Donald a Longtime Russian Asset?
The 6 reasons Trump LOST the Election by +7.5 mil votes and the 6 Crimes He Committed
- Incredible news has come out from a respected Brit
MI-5 agent doing Oppo research on Trump that he was a Kremlin tool for 5
years and had been successfully blackmailed and funded! Not surprising
he "believes" a KGB thug dictator rather than all our intelligence
agencies!! Congress should delay the Inauguration 20 weeks
to get Trump's taxes, conclude investigation, and maybe block EC
result, instead of sleepwalking into allowing a likely traitor to become
President.
THE LAST DAYS OF THE REPUBLIC? How Far Will the Demagogue Go? -
What Will the Vindictive Donald Do to His "ENEMIES" with the Powers of
the Presidency?
The pathological Trump carries slights for for 20 years- will he bend
the entire force of the Fed Gov against his critics and activate his 40
mil robotic zombie supporters to attack them?
IMPERIAL STRETCH: A
Bridge Too Far - Yahoo LOCAL
(updated 4/19)
KYIV: With his reckless Crimea Invasion Putin has unleashed
titanic forces that may sweep him from power in 4-8
years: inspiration to 6 separatist
regions of Russia, economic devastation from
sanctions and Euro resource diversification,
reinvigorated NATO + EU, EU pushed into Ukraine's
arms, EUAA signed, $36 billion of loans + grants;
outraged Russian liberals, desperate oligarchs, world
economy closed, UKR lost forever in Ukrainian
COUNTDOWN: LAST CHANCE FOR
UKRAINE - Yahoo Nov 2-Dec 1, 2013 LOCAL (w pics) Predicts EuroMaidan Protests 3 weeks before
they happen! KIEV: Ukraine at
crossroads between
East and West: join the Russian Eurasian
Customs Union or
sign the EU Association
Agreement and Free
Trade Agreement in
Lithuania Nov 28-9.
Incredibly, after 15 years of negotiation, Pres.
Yanukovich scotched the deal a week
before. Huge demonstrations
have broken out across Ukraine - most
people prefer the EU. The choice is stark: whether
Ukraine will be locked in a
neo-Soviet ghetto of dependency and
corruption, or join the Western world in greater transparency, freedom, and
rule of law.
THE
COPYCAT
EFFECT- proves
sensational media coverage of
deadly
mayhem causes people to copy it; Loren Coleman's
important new book; Media + journalistic
response; Ethics and better approaches; Analysis
of newsmags coverage of murder; Imminent
risks: CLEAR
and
PRESENT DANGERS - Columbine + Waco/OKC bombing
anniversaries
and apocalyptic cults re. miniseries Revelations;
w interviews of cult members + experts
THE
GOLDEN
RING-
Quest
for the Presidency
- Yahoo
Network
LOCAL Republican
contenders
+ pretenders
- all
too extreme? Blow by
blow
flips
in states;
Profile of Romney and his Mormon exoticism
(can he ever win Repub hearts?); and Obama's
problems, and supposed betrayal of the base
in various suppressive acts; w long interview
of fmr DNC chair + Pres. candidate Howard
Dean - April-May 2012 - Scoop
in Ukrainian
CRIME
STORY -(gif
) Dec 94
- UNTOLD
STORY of
REASONS Behind
1st CHECHEN WAR - Exclusive;
Hijackings of Buses
with Children, Raids
+ Stripping of Trains, Hundreds of Billions
of Counterfeiting, Vicious Chechen Mafia;
Historical Genocides and Hatreds; STORY Western
Media repeated was simplistic "Soviet
Bear Rising" HTML
vers
(hear '94 NPR
talk
show on Chechen War + rise of Russian Mafia)
NPR
Comments on Moscow theater storming- slider
to 25:30
ECONOMY
THE BUSH
BATTERED DOLLAR - Scoop, OpedNews
-April '08 In the News
Malaga, Spain: With 4-6 trillion
dollars of tax
cuts to
the rich + his wanton war, Bush has rung
up more deficits than all Presidents combined.
Since he took office, the dollar has dropped 47%,
8% in just a
recent
5 weeks- halving the value of trillions of
dollars
of foreign investments. For Americans living
abroad the slow sickening slide of the dollar
is devastating- every week less Rubles or
Euros or Crowns. The now worthless Republican-deregulated
junk mortgage derivative bonds are supposedly
more than all the real stocks and bonds put
together... and world markets are hanging by a
thread.
Swiss UBS Bank just wrote off $37 billion,
and Japan could have $300 billion of losses.
A collapse by any major player could create a chain
reaction that
would cause
a worldwide collapse. Desperate to prevent that, the
Fed injected
$500 bil just to stabilize things. Predicts 2008 collapse 6 months earlier Lehman
Bros
collapses, Merril sold, AIG,
WashMutual tottering
THE SOCIAL SECURITY SCAM + DEBT BOMB - SS trust fund has no cash, so Bush's privatization
plan would need to borrow $200-300 bil a
year
but Deficit
is real threat to SSS; Dollar has dropped 38% since mid
2001-
disaster if foreigners stop
buying our bonds that fund deficit, let alone
sell them- Mar 10, 05
Energy Bulletin,
Los Angeles Herald, SCOOP
-NZ,
Smkg
Chp
IT'S
THE
ECONOMY, STUPID- (Don't Wreck It) -
onlinejournal.com-
Greenspan endorses a tax cut; Danger of George
Bush's $1.6 tril one- Jan 26, 2001
CALIFORNIA
ENERGY RIPOFF WASN'T JUST CRIME- 6
power companies, led by Enron, by manipulating
power production, raised rates up to 90 fold; CAL
paid in
one day what it had been paying in 3 months;
Used this vast scam to punish Gore
voting
state (+12%) and depose Dem governor; secret Cheney Energy
Task Force
likely plotted Iraq war - May '06
Bartcop, Buzzflash
SPACE + SCIENCE
WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED IN MAX-8 CRASHES- A Scenario - Analysis of all the news by pvt pilot - w pics - HammerBlog March 2019
My LECTURE (wma)
@
MOHYLA U, KIEV
Are We Cooked? Global
Warming Worse Than You Think
VOYAGES
to
NEW
WORLDS:
though
the end of the Shuttle means we are
dependent on Russian launches, a plethora
of unmanned missions are happening: the Dawn orbited the second
biggest
asteroid Vesta July
16th
(330mi. diam. and will go on to the biggest Ceres in a year (arrive
2015) -
590mi diam. with
significant water ice); the $1.1 bil JUNO
spacecraft blasted off Aug 5th for a 5-6 year trip to a a polar
orbit
of Jupiter, the Mini
Cooper-size Curiosity
rover takes off for Mars
on
Thanksgiving; and the Sun
has
had the longest period of quiet + cool in shenkrecorded history:
from
2006-2009, 800 days without a sunspot, yet we still had the
hottest
years in history (now maybe back 4 million
years) in 2005 + 2010, when
the cool sun was negating some of the Global Warming!
But, the 11 year-cycle warmer solar maximum
is in 2013-2014, when the coming Great
Drought may hit- Texas everywhere. July 2011 Dawn
leaves
Vesta
for
Ceres 9/5/2012
ARE WE COOKED?-
Global
Warming Worse Than You Think new 8
Latest Scientific Findings each show warming
will be much worse than worst case estimate;
850,000 yr old 4 km Antarctic ice cores prove
radical temperature changes 5-12C happened
as fast as 3 years; CO2 generation exploding from
Chinese (+
Indian)
coal power plants; Methane's threat from
melting tundra and gigantic ocean bottom
methane hydrate deposits (twice all other fossil fuels
combined!);
High altitude sulfur from commercial jets
have cooled the whole earth 1 C- so real
global warming is over double what we see, and
airline collapses
could instantly raise
worldwide temps; 1/3
of Gulf
Stream not flowing North; 1/3 of warming from
black
atmospheric soot
from soaring coal burning; Catastrophic
ice sheet collapse into deep
ocean could make worldwide killer tsunamis;
8 Feedback
loops multiply effects many
fold, inc. ice pack going from 90% reflecting
to 80% absorbing; CO2 in oceans released as it
gets warmer;
increased
CO2 in ocean dissolving limestone shells,
deforesting
a WA state every year; Interviews w 5 top GW
scientists fm Nasa
Goddard, UAlaska, USGS, UCLA - coming; - Novaya Gazeta
CLOUD
WORLD:
MISSION to TITAN- Jan
14,2005 - the 11 year $3 billion Cassini mission
to Saturn,
successfully dropped a landing probe into
the most earthlike atmosphere in the Solar System, the
heavy
clouds of
Titan, the largest moon in the solar system- at
3200 mi. diameter, bigger than planet Mercury,
and with an atmosphere- (94 % nitrogen, 6%
methane)
1.5 X Earths pressure and 4œX as dense. But it is
a
bitter -178C
(-290F), leading to speculation of
lakes, oceans, and
volcanoes of
liquid methane-
photos seem to
show that
(inc.)-With interview of Huygens scientist
European Space Agency, Germany-
SCOOP (NZ),
MSN-UK
LUNAR ECLIPSE
-
total lunar eclipse May 15, 2003- PHOTOS-
20 to 40 power from video stills
FAIRWELL COLUMBIA-
The nightmare of manned spacecraft- an
immolating reentry- finally has struck after
being staved off for 42 years. What should
NASA have done to prevent it? Personal wonders
of space. -
Liberal
Slant
2/3
A WARM + BRIGHT
FUTURE
part 1+2 gif-(
Maui Time- Sept 1+15, 98)- Evidence
and
results of
worldwide unprecedented
warming- hottest ten years in last
2000
all since 1981. 1998 hottest
year ever, 1997 hottest before that, each
month a new world's record. Discusses Nitrogen
oxide, methane, + water vapor's huge contributions
(3-5 TIMES what we've been computing).
Part 1 - Evidence for worldwide global warming-
PART 2 What we can do + what we will do; Weather
extremes + resulting deaths..
Letter
from
VP Gore about article
HTML
FULL
Article
US NEWS + World Report cover
article on
Global
Warming 2/28/00 - Antarctic Meltdown usnewswarm.htm,
WEST
ANTARCTIC
ICESLIDE
The STATE of SPACE
Oct'97 Likelihood of space disaster
in Russian space program and Mir (from 2
years in Russia); America's mistakes (predicts
cost cutting would lead to lost missions-
subsequently 3 Mars and several launches
met disaster) + needs in space and latest
wonders from Galileo spacecraft around Jupiter:
massive water ocean on Europa; and Cassini
launch to Saturn and Titan.
IT'S THE END OF
THE
WORLD AS WE KNOW IT - Science + history behind meteor,
asteroid,
+ cometary impacts (rel. to
Armageddon + Deep Impact
movies-
8/98)
STORMING LIONS -- Nov 18th, 2001+ Nov '98 Leonid
Meteor
Showers w
End of World article above
FOLLY OF CUTTING SPACE SPENDING- (
Providence Journal)
Miracles of Voyager revelations- Jupiter
+ Saturn Moons; Madness of Reagan plan to
cut funding for receipt of data from Uranus
+ Neptune
PLUS
GRAPHIC of BOTH
THE NEWS, ALL THE NEWS + NOTHING BUT THE
NEWS --
(scroll right) Columbia
Journalism Review (page 1 of 4) ...
911
+
SECURITY
WHO'S SAYIN
HUSSEIN NOW? -
Scoop Bin
Laden's death
is good news, but
his quick disposal will fuel conspiracy theories:
monsters must be displayed to prove they
are gone- PolPot, Ceaseacu, Mussolini; Better
he rotted in a US prison- now he become myth
and martyr; But America was changed and damaged
forever, by it's own overreaction and Bush's
Oedipal criminal invasion of Iraq; $3 trillion of endless
war + 400,000 dead
9-11
NARCISSISM - The Oliver
Stone movie World Trade Center is another
moving hagiopic to the terrible
sacrifice of 9-11. But we've been celebrating
ourselves for being victims for 5 years now,
and it's too much. It's time to stop congratulating
ourselves for something we didn't do. And
we didn't do many things.- Aug 2006 Scoop, Worldnews
UNPATRIOTIC SPYING - OpedNews,
Scoop,
Online
Journal The FBI is doing full spectrum
warrantless
monitoring of 30,000 people a year, but are there even
3000
legitimate
terrorism suspects a year? Now the
Pentagon, CIA, NSA have also been spying
on Americans- all illegally or illegitimately.
No judge, no magistrate, no control, no limits;
Records are open to state, local, and corporate
"authorities" and are never destroyed. Thousands can rip
through anyone's life,
and could this vindictive administration
avoid persecuting critics? With stunning
revelation from Joe Wilson. Jan 5, 06
COULD
AMERICA GO BAD? -
What
would America do if we were hit
with a terrorist nuclear attack ... with
this President, Congress, and a packed Supreme
Court? Hyperbolic nightmare scenario- Nov
23-
Op-Ed
News, USA Editorial, Tokyo Hello, North American
Media, Chinese American News, Saudi Post,
Hiroshima Post, Scoop,
Liberia Sport, Turkmen Post, Tunesia Cup,
World News Network
MIXED SIGNALS-
Liberal
Slant Sept 22,2001 President Bush has promised to punish states
that shelter terrorists while soliciting
Pakistan + Iran's help, 2 of the leading
supporters of terrorism// Now he claims we
won't overthrow the Taliban, but then whom
is this war against?
Interview
w
Commander Massoud (saying Paki army were fighting w Taliban-
reporter killed in Israel in April)
WTC
Ruins 12/6
More
PHOTOS
A BRUTAL WAKE-UP
CALL
-
Liberal Slant Sept 12,01 We have been heedless and careless in failing
to dispatch bin Laden, protect our airliners
w skymarshals or an air cap over our cities;
blind in our ignorance of the growing Palestinian
rage; stupid in our cruel embargo of a crushed
foe; arrogant in our imagined invulnerability//
Our enemies noticed...but will reap the whirlwind-
WTC Summit
PHOTO'S More
AIRLINE
INSECURITY-
March 12,02 5
months after 9-11 gaping security holes
exist in the airline system. "Screening"
now means "passenger bag matching",
but they can't even manage that for the connecting
flight; Skymarshals are nowhere to be found,
even by pilots; and up to 50,000 Al Qaeda
members lust for revenge; 2200 bag scanning
machines are needed by Dec- new orders since
911?-
ten until
March 5-
ALT
Radio
Comments
STEPHEN
FLYNN
(audio) ALT Radio News Report - author
+
director of
HART-RUDMAN Report on America's
continued huge vulnerability
to terrorism -4:52,
Watson
Institute, Brown U.
2/10/2003
Council
on
Foreign Relations Sn. Fellow -
Oct
2002
Task Force inc. Gary Hart, Warren Rudman, William Webster,
Warren Christopher, George Shultz, 2 Joint
Chiefs; Flynn's
Senate
Testimony
on containers
GARY HART
(full audio) 5:10 min Mar 18,03- Senator,
Pres.
candidate and Chairman of Nat. Security Commission
- Brown U lecture on US security on eve of
Iraq War
IRAQ
WAR
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION Sept 2005 AlterNet
Scoop
ALT
ALT2
Against every rule of
occupation, almost no effort was made to
secure the vast munitions stores of Iraq
after the invasion; 250,000
tons, 39% of the ordinance was looted by
insurgents and is killing our soldiers
every day. IED deaths have more than doubled in the
last year- now
71% of US hostile fatalities, and
there's enough looted armaments to
make
ten 500 lb IED's a day for the next 274
years.
Interview of
Military Intelligence agent
who reveals how even an ammo dump next to
huge US base was negligently allowed to be
looted.
OVER
THERE
- Capital Times Feb 26 HTML Bush
claims we
are fighting them there so they won't
come here, and that seems logical, even to some liberals;
After all there haven't been more attacks
in America- Feb 15
NO
RESPONSIBILITY IN BUSH'S FANTASY WORLD ALT Bush steamed
straight
ahead in a speech
that penalized no one for the systematic
brutalization of our Army prisoner policy
and ignored the insanity of dumping entire
Iraq mess on a government in 5 weeks that
doesn't exist -May 25
SmrkCp
STOPPING the NEXT BOSNIA-
comn. scoop Capital
Times
(
online)-Dec
13,
FULL version.
- It seems obvious we will be forced out
of Iraq, which will explode into Civil War
between the 63% Shiites and 17% Sunni former
rulers (and the 19% Kurds?); Bosnia across
California; Beirut in the third biggest oil
country- Maybe
partitioning Iraq could mitigate or prevent
the
coming bloodbath
- Nov 4;
TALK SHOW
(audio) on subj.- 40min w
Barry Farber- Dec
4
Brown U. Conf. on
Kurds
(audio)
4:03 min-
Oct 1
BUSH's BIG
BETRAYAL
-
Liberal
Slant comn. scoop First
Cheney + Co. tried to bully the CIA
into claiming Iraq was an imminent threat;
then they created their own intelligence
outfit, which incorporated every wild rumor
to fuel Bush's War. Now that the Iraq Niger
uranium purchase was proved a cheap forgery
Bush knew about for a year, Cowards betray
CIA second time by
trying to blame them. Worse,
they
punish Ambassador that reported
on Niger forgery by
outing his wife as a CIA agent; The
CIA has
many ways to hurt him; imperial
lies, stupidities, and distortions carefully
filed and indexed. -
Smirking
Chimp , ,
Buzzflash ,
Bartcop- July 23
FIRM of MIND, SOFT
on
FACTS - 3-18 Bush has, with a steady stream of
lies, deceptions, and propaganda, has managed
to convince half the country that Saddam
supports Al Qaida or
even was behind 9-11. Iraq invasion
historic blunder that may
echo through the decades-
Liberal Slant, Bartcop ALT
WARBLOG
BUSH's
WANTON
WAR- Saddam is a monster, but Bush's militancy
is due to the '93 plot to kill his father
and upcoming elections, not any imminent
danger or 9-11 guilt. Punishing enemies is
a family tradition, where he started his
career-
Liberal Slant, Bartcop 10/12/02
LOCAL
SANCTIONS
ON
SANCTIONS- (
Moscow Guardian- Aug 20, 93)-
Uselessness
+ immorality of
endless sanctions- In Iraq, Cuba, Serbia,
South Africa; Hurting the innocents rather
than the leaders
IRAN + BIG BIDNESS
BOMBING IRAN - Action
against
the nuclear facilities of
Iran is said to be impossible, but this is
a
real urgent security concern; Iran has consistently
been the most murderous terroristic nation
+ has a perverse obsession with martyrdom;
Extremist leader Ahmadinejad still sees America
as the
Great Satan; For quarter century the world has
known-
Iran must never possess nuclear weapons- what's changed now
? Reckless dishonest Iraq invasion paralyzes
all options-
4/'06
NEW HOPE for IRAN html- (scroll
right
below)
NPR
TOTN
comments on Iran- 1/22/03 Move
slider to 21:45-24:40
Overwhelming election of Khatami; likelihood
of overthrow of Islamic dictators. A country
of children: 70% under 25 years, 40% under
14- tired of sexual and cultural repression:
strict segregation of sexes, no dances, Western
videos, movies, handholding. Corruption of
ruling mullahs and perversion of Islamic
values: 98% of clergy NOT in leadership.
Origin of Shiite's obsession with death and
sacrifice. America's options- (forecasts
lifting of Rushdie Fatwa) - June
'97
PLUS
GRAPHIC
of
BOTH ARTICLES
MONSTER MERGER MANIA - July
'97
Bishop
Estate
Firestorm - Hon. Advertiser Aug 17, '97
$800
billion of mergers a year. Good for the economy,
improve efficiency, good for stockholders?
Untold is brutal downsizing of target company
workers, crushing load of debt, monopolist
concentration of power, and obscene amount
of executive profits. Criticizes crooked
management of Bishop Estate, largest charity
in US: 2 weeks later Governor ordered massive
investigation-
West Hawaii Today html
OUR
FAILURE
OF WILL IN IRAN - (
East Side/West Side-also in
Providence
Journal)-Dec
'79-Jan '80 Outrage of Iran Hostage
Crisis + our weakness in dealing with it
NORTH
KOREA
+ NUCLEAR THREAT
SPEAKING
LOUDLY
WITHOUT
ANY
STICK - Nightmare of North Korean nukes: the
most
dangerous country in the world has started
to mass produce a nuclear arsenal; Administration
response?- no negotiations, no problem;
But Saddam needs crushing; History
of NK terrorism-
Liberal Slant 1/4/03 ALTER
TREMBLING
ON
THE BRINK--
ALT
HTML Pakistan + India have mobilized
almost
all their forces and
are marching towards a war that neither can
control; Both countries have 30-100 nuclear
bombs and the missiles to deliver them; With
such tiny numbers, paranoia and pressure
for a first strike could be irresistible-
a threat that will last a decade-
Online Journal
1/16/02 Cover
VULNERABLE WINDOW of OPPORTUNITY
(2 panel
gif- pan right)
NEXT
STAR
of BETHLEHEM meaning of Israeli
nuclear arsenal
Chance
to buy + destroy Soviet missiles and
bombs- Moscow Tribune 93
Seattle Times '87
MAD
FANTASY
OF LIMITED NUCLEAR WAR-2 panel gif- scroll right (
Prov.Journal)
Dangerous lunacy and impossibility of limited
nuclear warfighting strategies
A WARM + BRIGHT FUTURE (orig .-1/2 pending OCR) - Threat of nuclear war w visit to
FEMA
defense
center, and detailed effects of 20 meg blast
on NYC (long mag. art.)
CHINA
RISING
DRAGON Feb '97 Dangers of China burgeoning wealth
and power. Aggressive actions in firing missiles
22 miles from Taipei, huge amphibious landing
"training", occupying Spratley
Is., murdering Tibetans and their culture,
rage + paranoia over world acknowledging
Taiwan.1.23 billion people- if they all
run east at noon, they could change the rotation
of the earth, and 20 mil added every year-
2 people every 3 seconds.
LETTER
fm US Sen JACK REED (D-RI) about article
PAKISTAN +
INDIA
MIXED
SIGNALS- President Bush has promised to punish states
that shelter terrorists while soliciting
Pakistan + Iran's help, 2 of the leading
supporters of terrorism// Now he claims we
won't overthrow the Taliban, but then whom
is this war against?- Sept 22,2001-
Liberal
Slant Interview
w
Commander Massoud (saying Paki army were fighting w Taliban-
reporter killed in Israel in April)
WTC Ruins 12/6 More
PHOTOS
TREMBLING
ON
THE BRINK--
Pakistan + India have mobilized
almost
all their forces and
are marching towards a war that neither can
control; Both countries have 30-100 nuclear
bombs and the missiles to deliver them; With
such tiny numbers, paranoia and pressure
for a first strike could be irresistible-
a threat that will last a decade-
Online Journal
1/16/02 Cover
ALT
HTML
ISRAEL
WHY THEY HATE US
- Israel's savage assault on Lebanon is
shattering the rebuilt country and threatening
the tenuous government, all with GB2's blessing;
Hezbollah are bad guys, but destroying the
only Western-style free Middle East country
will have long term poisonous effects, creating
thousands of Hezbollah/Hamas recruits and
perhaps reigniting the hideous civil war-
July 24, 2006
- Scoop, Smrk Chp
BLIND FAITH- War Without End- Bush, who received only
47% of
the vote,
has demanded the removal of Arafat (whom
he's never met), who received 88%, though
the most likely successor is
Hamas. Our extreme tilt
towards
Israeli hard liners
risks our position as an honest broker of
peace, increases potential US terrorists
from a few thousand to millions, and perhaps
extended our war a decade. The
real problem in the Middle
East-
Liberal Slant- July 15,02 ALTERN
NEXT
STAR
of BETHLEHEM Seattle Times '87 meaning of Israeli
nuclear
arsenal
AVNER COHEN
(aud)
- Israeli historian of their nuclear
program; Author- Israel and the Bomb, The
Last Taboo Question when America knew about
Israeli bomb + if Israel has missile silos
and IRBMs- Brown U Watson Institute- Feb
10, 05 5:50 min
DENNIS ROSS (aud)-
Ambassador
+ Mideast Negotiator -
1:36 min April 29, 03 Brown U. - about difference
between US Camp David proposal + Arafat claims;
whether Abu Mazen will be endangered by plan
to confiscate arms
RAYMOND COHEN- (aud- threat of Shiite control in Iraq
3:14) Israeli terrorism expert 4-23-03-
Palestinian
Peace
prospects (3:36), Brown U., Watson Institute,
Rabin
Assasination,
CAIRO
CALM - new CAIRO: Obama makes
a historic speech in the heart of the
Arab World June 4th. A Feb 22nd terrorist
bombing in Cairo sounded like business as
usual... but Cairo is really one of safest
cities in world, where one can
walk
anywhere at 3am; and never
hear an anti-Western sentiment in 2 months;
partly due to the
civilizing
effect of Islam, which
punishes rude, criminal,or violent behavior,
but Egyptians are really special-a warm blend of world peoples-
Scoop, OpEdNews
MEDIA CRITIQUE
LIVING in the DANGER ZONE
-
new
COA
News, MediaChannel Reporters risk themselves in war zones for
far more than glory, Vulnerability of freelancers,
Tales of personal terror in the dissolving
Russian Empire; A prayer for Jill Caroll-
Jan 20, 2006
THE
COPYCAT
EFFECT- proves
sensational media coverage of
deadly
mayhem causes people to copy it; Loren Coleman's
important new book; Media + journalistic
response; Ethics and better approaches; Analysis
of newsmags coverage of murder; Imminent
risks: CLEAR
and
PRESENT DANGERS - Columbine + Waco/OKC bombing
anniversaries
and apocalyptic cults re. miniseries Revelations;
w interviews of cult members + experts
GETTING GOOD NEWS:
The
Government vs. the Press in Times of
War (audio) - Mike's
BROWN
U. Lecture - History of Press
restrictions in War since
WW2; How Vietnam changed everything and made
the media the enemy; 30 min., Salomon Hall,
Brown Univ., Dec 13 POSTER
"WHOOPS"-
How
the Networks Got
it Wrong-
PROBLEM POLLING POLICY -
Nat. Scoop-
Intellectual
Capita1-
11/25/00 - Inside story on the screw-ups
(3-4) at the VNS and Florida counties that
caused the networks to blow the election
call in a strong article/analysis/commentary
against the networks and projection policy
and the squirrelly polls w interviews w TV
news execs, Walter Cronkite, Florida officials,
pollsters, Sen. Gorton and VNS people, voting
machine reps.-
MediaChannel.org- 12/26/00 Anchor of
largest
media related
network.
IF
DOESN'T LOAD Issue
Cover Talk Show
DUNNING
DEAN- nat. scoop - DID the
DOCTOR GET
GORED - mediachannel HTML COLUMNIZED
Did
the media try to destroy Howard Dean
by harping on his liberalness and inexperience
(both untrue), and electability until it
became a self-fulfilling prophecy with Dems
desperate to defeat Bush? Analysis of coverage
of campaign fm
Wash. Post, Newsweek, New Republic, US News,
TV
debates; + my NH reporting- Jan 26
NETWORK
NEWS
HEADS IN THE DOCK - Tauzin Hearings Confused by Red
Herrings,
Election Woes-
Exclusive
Comprehensive Jigsaw Narrative of Tauzin
Hearings testimony +
Network Reports (CNN,CBS,ABC,RTI) +
Our
analysis- with
TABLES
+
TIMELINE- Relative Times of Network Calls, Minute
x minute CBS/CNN Election Nt Miscall Timeline-
March 13, 2001-
MediaChannel.org -
Issue Cover
RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT TAKES CONTROL of TELEVISION- War
of
the Vladimirs.. Return to the Bad
Old Days?- Putin Has Taken Control of 2 Other Networks;
Strengthened Press Ministry; Prosecuted and
Persecuted Gusinsky's (+ Berezovsky's) Media
Empire- History of, Reasons for, + Meaning
of Conflict- with
timeline - mediachannel.org-
April
9,01 3000 or 1500
wd
Issue Cover TALK
SHOW
Comments on Reporter Attacks -
(move
slider to 44:40)
THE
NEWS,
ALL THE NEWS, AND NOTHING BUT THE
NEWS- (
Columbia Journalism Review)- more
complete
version from
Isthmus, Madison WI
Analysis + examination of plethora of late
late night news programs; Distilled from
22 page art.; CBS Nightwatch, NBC Overnight,
ABC Last Word, America Tonight, + others;
1st page of 4
Columbia
Journalism
Review version- scroll right
PRIVATE
WARS - Feb '84
Analyzed media's ability to cover wars in
Vietnam, + Predicted new restrictive
policies in Grenada, Lebanon, Falklands was
ominous trend that could cripple Press ability
to cover conflicts
Jan '91
Press
is rigidly
controlled in Gulf War, not allowed free
movement or to talk to soldiers without officers
present; Reporters set out on their own
+ are captured + tortured by Iraqis
1989
RUSSIA - SOVIET UNION
WINDS
OF
CHANGE - Predicts collapse of the Warsaw Pact +
possible end of the Cold War in June '89...
5 months before the Berlin Wall fell
1993-94 >>> from Russia
chronological
SANCTIONS ON SANCTIONS- (
Moscow Guardian- Aug 20,
93)-
Uselessness + immorality of
endless sanctions- In Iraq, Cuba, Serbia,
South Africa; Hurting the innocents rather
than the leaders
PLUS
GRAPHIC
of
BOTH
A VULNERABLE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY-scroll right (
Moscow
Tribune- Mar 5, 93) Chance to buy + decommission
Ukrainian, Kazakh, Byelorussian Nuclear bombs
and Plutonium; Cheap at any price....
THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE- (
Mos News- April 23,93)
Supreme Court
Justice Valerie
Zorkin plotting perilous middle road in power
struggle between Yeltsin and Parliament +
allies Veep Rutskoi and Speaker of Congress;
Rule of law new concept in Russia
PLUS
GRAPHIC
of
BOTH
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVILS- scr. down (
Moscow Guardian-
Jun
11,93) Dismissal of prosecutors in
'91 Coup plotters case; Perversion of law
in typical Soviet style; Prosecutors go on
trial for libel while plotters go free-
WELCOME TO DODGE- VIOLENCE TAKING ROOT IN
MOSCOW-
scroll right (
Moscow
News-English-
most respected liberal paper in
Russia)-Aug 27,93-
Epidemic of Gangland shootouts, contract
murders, government willful ignorance of
organized crime. Dangerous effects of violence
+ death; What can + must be done
HTML
1st
PLUS
GRAPHIC
of
BOTH
UP, UP, AND AWAY- (
Moscow News- Sept 24, 93) Effects
and
dangers of rampant inflation
(2600%)
NOT SO DANDY LITTLE WAR -(
Moscow Tribune- Oct 15,93)
reflections on Oct '93 revolt;
~200 killed in attempted Yeltsin overthrow;
Yeltsin's possible culpability; 25 Government
soldiers that defended television center
from 3000 Communists
PLUS
GRAPHIC
of
BOTH
THE CULT OF THE WARRIOR -scroll right (
MosNews-)
Wry
commentary on Russians' penchant for
ritualistic abuse and casual violence; Rude,
sullen, offensive service possibly cured
by Mafia murders...
24 Hours in an October Revolt - Moscow OCTOBER REVOLT
- Oct
1-2, 1993
- Communist Revolt that almost
Overthrew Yeltsin
- 200-500 died; Speaker of Parliament
+ Vice President urged violent attack on
Mayors Skyscraper + Ostankino TV Studios with live
AUDIO
Reports + 10 year anniv.
report
A MORE PERFECT UNION - scroll right (
MosNews- Nov
26,93)
Russia's cynical effort to cripple
CIS states Georgia, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan,
Estonia; Territory lust + yearning for reunifying
Soviet Union vs. new morality and
poverty
HTML vers.
PLUS
GRAPHIC
of
BOTH
FORTIFYING THE CASTLE- (
MosNews- Jan 10,94)
Yeltsin's move
to strengthen
the presidency + weaken other political groups
could lead to disaster when he's gone; Dec
'93 elections results- loss of Russia's Choice,
Zhirinovsky, crimes of KGB ...
HTLM vers.
THE BLUES CALLING- (
Moscow News Nov 5,93) Funny take
on
diseased Moscow
phone system and a listing of it's many ailments
PLUS
GRAPHIC
of
BOTH
AROUND THE WORLD IN 63 DAYS- scroll down (
We/Mui-
Feb
7,94 weekly- Moscow/Wash DC -Hearst/Izvestia)-
(Full Front Page-2nd sec) story of round
the world Russia aircraft expedition, hitting
50 odd countries, 7 continents, in antique
planes.. inc. Soviet DC-3.. In
Russian
+ English editions
1994
MOVIE REVIEW- Tombstone-- Moscow Radisson
Slavjansky
Hotel-
Moscow News-Jan
94
HTML vers.
PLUS
GRAPHIC of
BOTH
A BOY NAMED SUE - (
Mos News- Feb 94) -scroll right-
Funny reflection on
Russian penchants + redundancy of names:
60% of country are Sergei, Oleg, Lena, +
Natasha; COMMUNIST names- Tractor, Vladlen;
Persecution of "unsafe" names so
better stick w old stalwarts
HTML Vers.
RUMBLES
in
the SOUTH (Pt 1)-html 7/93 Article about the Moslem
wars
of the South (Armenia/Azerbaijan,Georgia,Abkhazia,Tadjikistan)
that morphs into an argument for Russia to
not sell submarines and advanced arms to
Iran (rel. to Gore/Iran deal) - ROUGH DRAFT
(rumbles.gif);
Page
2-
(rumbles2.gif)
QUÉ SERA SERA-
html
Rumination on the vagaries of fate, fatalism,
and the line between life + death: in the
Russian Oct. revolt, Mt. St. Helens explosion,
+ the Moscow metro- Nov '93
from
RUSSIA (AUDIO) RADIO TALK SHOWS
- KING-am Seattle, Radio South
Africa Reports,
Press Conference Questions
1994-95
TV
TALK
SHOW on RUSSIA (Audio)- 13th
State, WSBE -Ch
36, Providence RI - VIDEO (real)- 2:25 min
Only Guest - 1/2 Hour - RealPlayer
streaming G2 File fm Realproducer
8
CRIME
STORY -(gif
) Dec 94
- UNTOLD
STORY of
REASONS Behind
1st CHECHEN WAR -
Exclusive;
Hijackings of Buses with Children, Raids
+ Stripping of Trains, Hundreds of Billions
of Counterfeiting, Vicious Chechen Mafia;
Historical Genocides and Hatreds; STORY Western
Media repeated was simplistic "Soviet
Bear Rising"
HTML
vers
(hear '94
NPR
talk
show on Chechen War + rise of Russian Mafia)
NPR
Comments on Moscow theater storming-
slider to 25:30
RUSSIAN MAFIA + CHECHEN WAR
(audio)- KUOW-FM Seattle- NPR- Weekday
Talk Show - Dec 94 - 20 min REALPLAYER
SPEAKER ABOUT "RUSSIA on the EDGE"- Ad for my
lecture on
Russia and its myriad
problems
PRESS
HERE
THE
NEW
EVIL EMPIRE - The Mafiya in Russia- details the rise
of the vicious Russian Mafia and full-scale
'93 gang war intercut with my kidnapping
at gunpoint in St. Petersburg 3 days after
Soviet Union collapsed (avail only on special
request) -5700 wds
1996-98
THE
SWAN HAS
FLOW AWAY - West Hawaii Today Oct '96
Firing
of
Russian Gen. Lebed from Security
Council-
- The most popular and toughest politician
in Russia driven from Yeltsin's government;
Litany of his offenses;
NON-WAGE
SLAVES -
Johnson
Russia List - Sept 10, '98 (
Center for Defense
Information +
Carnegie
Corp) Abusive Russian habit of not paying workers
or creditors, employees for months- including
submarine captains and nuclear workers; Makes
business ex. difficult and semi-criminalized;
Security concerns
BACK
TO
THE FUTURE -
Johnson
Russia List
- Sept 29, '98 Disastrous reappointment
of Victor Gerashchenko as Russian Central
Bank Chrmn, whose reckless policies caused
40,000% hyperinflation before- regarded as
worst central banker in the world
2000-2001
SEASON
of
PLAGUES - Russian
Kursk Submarine + Ostankino
TV
tower disasters-
Aug 29, 2000
RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT TAKES CONTROL of TELEVISION- War
of
the Vladimirs.. Return to the Bad
Old Days?-
mediachannel.org- April 9,01 - Putin Has
Taken
Control of
2 Other Networks; Strengthened Press Ministry;
Prosecuted and Persecuted Gusinsky's (+ Berezovsky's)
Media Empire- History of, Reasons for, +
Meaning of Conflict- with
timeline - 3000
or
1500 wd
Issue Cover TALK
SHOW
Comments on Reporter Attacks -
(move
slider to 44:40)
2003
10th
Anniversary
of Moscow Oct '93
Revolt -
2003 (
EXCLUSIVE
AUDIO) -
VIOLENT COMMUNIST
ATTACK that ALMOST DEPOSED
YELTSIN --200 killed in 2 days of battles at WHITE
HOUSE and OSTANKINO TV CENTER ;
w article 24 Hours in
October
Revolt +
Photos AUDIO ONLY - 7:20 min
2006
LIVING in the DANGER ZONE
- new COA
News, MediaChannel Reporters risk themselves in war zones for
far more than glory, Vulnerability of freelancers,
Tales of personal terror in the dissolving
Russian Empire; A prayer for Jill Caroll-
Jan 20, 2006
2007>>> from Russia
FADING
FREEDOMS- Capital
Times (almost NYT)- from
Moscow March
24, 2007 (must
view
in IE) Step by step
democracy
has become a fading
photograph of the nineties, as Putin restricts,
harrasses and crushes political independence,
the free press, and concentrates all power
in the Kremlin; Giant state industries reconstituting
as the state forces out foreign oilcos LONG with Pics
RATTLING RUSTING SABERS-
Scoop from
Moscow April 2007- The US's proposed "missile shield"
in Eastern Europe has provoked a reaction
by Russia; Encircled by NATO against promises,
facing renewed US nuclear development and
bases in FSU, the US cancelling ABM treaty
+ non-proliferation regimes; Have the Russians
been betrayed? Heavy handed cutoffs of gas
+ oil supplies to neighbors have led them to seek
shelter with the West,
no matter how destabilizing. Can Russia glean
respect without threats?
OpedNews,
Scoop
DEATH OF
A BEAR
- from Moscow Boris Yeltsin,
despite
his faults, was a courageous decent leader
and a historical giant; Tagged with much
that wasn't his fault, the early Boris broke
up the largest empire on earth without bloodshed
+ ended the Cold War that could have killed
500 million- Scoop, Johnson Russia List, OpedNews- April
22,
2007
PUTIN'S
CHILDREN
(Orig.) - NYT /International Herald
Tribune -
SCAN
July 6, 2007 - from
Moscow The Putin Youth groups: Nashi,
Young
Guard, Young Russia; badger and terrorize anyone who
even differs
with Kremlin positions; By propagandizing
the vulnerable, is the Kremlin poisoning
the seed corn of young minds? On June 12th,
Russian Independence Day, Red Sq. was reserved
for the Party faithful po
Ryccki ONLINE
IHT
vers.
THE
INFINITE
PUTIN - Capital Times
ORIGINAL new Moscow:
Putin is supposed to leave office in March,
but that was impossible to believe. Appointing
unknown crony Viktor Zubkov PM (told
only the
day before and rammed through
rubber stamp Congress 2 days later) ends
the doubt. Zubkov will be anointed President
(+ win), Putin will become Prime Minister,
and Zubkov will resign in 6-12 months to
let Vladimir Vladimirovich return as Prez.
Massive conflicts of interests in the Kremlin,
where mini oligarch ministers control the
biggest corporations in the world and can't
separate their interests from those of the
state, crushing and absorbing competitors.-
October 10, 2007
(On May 7, 2008 Putin
became PM; In 2012 he will return for 12 years as
Prez,
the "tandem"
decided)
NO
SYMPATHY
FOR THE DEVIL- Moscow:
Putin visited the NKVD killing fields of
Butovo and expressed sympathy for the tens
of millions of victims of the purges and
murders, for the first time; Before he had
exalted the security agencies and diminished
the crimes of his agency; Many places have
had genocidal monsters, but only Russia still
has fans of them; supposedly 35% would vote
for Stalin now if he were running- Oped News
; Nov 07
2008-19>>>
from Ukraine
GEORGIA'S
FOLLY & the RAGE OF THE BEAR - Kiev:
Saakashvili's reckless
invasion
of S. Ossetia was bound to
provoke a
virulent Russian reaction, but
it has disappeared in the news as the world's
condemnation falls entirely on Russia; McCain's
foreign policy advisor is a paid lobbyist
for Georgia- did he or Administration encourage
this to create a new bugaboo enemy to intimidate
voters, since terrorism wasn't working anymore?;
Georgia isn't Budapest or Prague, but the
Russians can't resist grinding their face
in the dirt as an object lesson for Ukraine,
Estonia, or Poland- Scoop,
OpedNews Aug
19, 2008
NO NATO NOW - PIK
(Russian, Ukrainian),
Scoop- KIEV:
The invasion of Georgia scared FSU states,
esp. Ukraine who lobbied fervently for NATO
membership, but that would provoke the exact
crisis it was designed to prevent, which
the callous gas cutoff is showing. Nobody
really wants Ukraine in NATO, the people
(61% against vs 24%), the Rada, and NATO
itself, for whom Ukr instability and Russian
military presence would be destabilizing.-
Dec 2008
TALE
OF THREE
WORLDS - Skullduggery
in
the
Sugar
Business- KIEV: What
is
going on at the Ukrainian Sugar Company, a Mykolayev
project
of the commodities
giant ED&F Man with a 25% Ukrainian investor
UPK/TEKT. TEKT claims that the coal bought
for the renovated plant by the Polish managers
is "dead rock" and the new factory is a
sweetheart deal
used one; Man and USC say the plant was in such
poor shape they had to replace it, and that original
assets were diverted. After over 2 years
it still hasn't started production - Aug 2009
"DEADLY"
EPIDEMIC in UKRAINE - KIEV: Ukraine panics over swine
flu
epidemic but
the numbers don't support anything out of
the ordinary- less deaths or sickness from
flu than last year - Nov 2009
2010
Radio Report (MP3 audio)
- KIEV: Realplayer
-
6:06 min,
Jan
17-18, 2010 Ukrainian voters are exhausted and
disillusioned by the endless vicious battles
between the big 3 candidates: President Yushchenko,
PM Tymoshenko, and former PM Yanukovich,
but after Presidential elections Jan17, one
will soon be gone.- Yushchenko's support
has plummeted to 5%. The top 2 will participate
in the second round runoff in 3 weeks with
Yanukovich (35% -results) leading Timoshenko (25%) by
10%. Early
fresh face former Speaker Yatseniuk (7%)
faded with an atrocious advertising campaign,
but newcomer Sergei Tigipko has surged to
third (13%). Interviews of a dozen voters
in Kiev + Mohyla Academy Political Science
Professor Olexiy Haran.
BLUE
STEEL - Billionaire's
Boy's Club;
Ukraine Pres Election - Business
Ukraine
KIEV: Mar 25, 2010, Ex-convict
ex-PM
Yanukovich has won the Presidential election by
3.47% points over Tymoshenko
in a 69% turnout. She claimed fraud and
challenged the result in a friendly
Appeals Court (which was threatened in an
occupation by POR MP's weeks ago), but liberals
were dispirited. 4.4% voted "against
all". All
election observer groups have declared
the result fair. Yanukovich
was
inaugurated Feb 25th. With
blinding
speed, her coalition collapsed
and enough of her BYuT delegates and orphaned
Our Ukraine
MOP's
defected
to
Yanukovich's
Party of Regions to
give them a majority and end her reign as PM
on March 3.
Yanukovich immediately packed his Cabinet
with the billionaire bosses of the POR,
without a single Orange
face, and has moved
to control the Court system and attain absolute
control.Yushchenko's
reckless constant
undercutting
of Tymoshenko, no matter what the damage
to the country, has given Ukraine back to
the oligarchs, and to a lesser extent Russia,
as dreams of European integration recede
and Soviet-style corruption returns.
ENDLESS
GAS -
Kyiv
Weekly - April 30, 2010 Ukraine got some
breathing space on
gas prices- 30% discount in exchange
for 25 years longer stay of Black Sea Fleet,
but at what cost;
Tymoshenko's deal was
horrible, Ukr paid among the highest prices
in Europe, but gas is plentiful due to exploding
US (and soon Polish/Ukr) shale gas production
and Ukraine has negligible transportation
costs, so the 30%
"discount"
was maybe
4%; Is the next part of this deal turning
over Ukraine's pipelines to Russia, it's
last bargaining chip? With Russia buying
Industrial Union of Donbass, (probably)
stage-managing the
Kyrgyz revolt,
helping Ukraine with billions of loans for
nuclear power plants- Russia is rising, and
looking to extend it's web of influence throughout
Ukraine
TAKEOVER
- Kyiv Weekly May
20,2010 Can
Ukraine
Remain
Independent - FULL Putin's
suggestion that Gazprom and Naftogaz
merge hit with a thunderclap; At 6% value,
Naftogaz would be devoured by Gazprom and
Ukraine would be under Moscow's thumb; Oligarchs
maybe last guarantors of Ukr independence-
they would lose immense powers being vassals
of Moscow; Yanukovich resists proposal- Ukrainians
have been managing Russian overlordship for
centuries
THE
BEAR'S EMBRACE -
Kyiv Weekly
May
27, 2010 FULL
Pres. Medvedev comes to Kiev- signs deals
on nuclear loans and plant-building; joint
aviation projects; controversial border "resolution" and joint Rukrainian textbook production
to howls from marginalized opposition; Answers
questions at Taras Shevchenko U; Linguistic
war against Russian is over- deep sense of
comfort among Russian speakers; Yanukovich
attacked
by
Mother
Nature
DON'T
BE
SAD,
BE
BOTANICAL - Botanical gardens of Kiev - Kyiv
Weekly- May 27
The beauty of Kiev's 2 Botanichsky Sads- the central one
by
Universitet Metro, and
the huge Vydubichy one south
ABSOLUTE
POWER -
Scoop
, OpEdNews,
KIEV:
In seizing
full control
of the Courts, City
of Kiev, changing the Constitution to the
old powerful-President one, prosecuting the
impotent opposition (imprisoning 25!), and
restricting who can run in local elections;
Yanukovich and his Party of Regions have managed to do
in 7
months what took
Putin 7 years- achieve an absolute monopoly
of control in Ukraine. The Supreme Court was demoted
and
bowdlerized,
as the High Court of Justice and Constitutional
Court
were packed with majority POR judges.- Oct 2010
2011-2013
BACK IN THE USSR
-
Kyiv
Post Nov
2011
ORIGINAL
After
a
teaser of decriminalizing the ridiculous charges against
Tymoshenko,
the Yanukovich government decided to crucify
her- with a dozen new
investigations inc. contract killing. In the financial
charges
there may be a glimmer of truth, but the 7 year treason sentence
for
her normal duties was preposterous. Examples
of treason, betraying
one's state, were the Oedipal Bush-neocon
invasion of Iraq, which
benefited no one but war profiteer Dick Cheney and killed
300-400,000... or the throwing of the RosUkrEnergo
case in the
Stockholm Arbitration Tribunal, which
bankrupted state co. Naftogaz and could lose Ukraine its
sovereignty
SAFE
HAVEN - June 12, 2012 - Is Ukraine racist?
Sometimes it
is endlessly surprising. Story
of
a beloved Angolan Ukrainian - Kyiv
Post LOCAL
Oct
28, 2012
Ukraine Parliamentary
Elections: new Great
Clean Hope?-
Heavy weight champion
Vitaly
Klitschko's
political party UDAR
(PUNCH) underperforms but beats Communists;
Could Dr.
Iron Fist
have reduced the Africa-level corruption of the richest
resource FSU
country?
Photos Audio
WITH
98% reporting: Party of Regions
wins sweeping
but tainted
victory 30.2%, 25.4% Batkivshchina
(Tymoshenko), 13.8%
Udar, 13.3% Communist, 10.3% Svobody
(Ukr nationalists) in party
list vote; though fully allied opposition would outmatch
POR-Com 49.5%
v 43.5%; but real determinant- individual precincts in the
bizarre
50/50 party list/individual split system, POR coalition could
get 56%
of final seats- at least 250 of 450 Rada seats
(assuming they "per$uade" 60% of
50 "independent" and smaller party victors to join); leaving
them w
commanding majority;
-----according
to the Central Election Commission, Party of Regions will
get a total
of 188 seats in the new parliament, Batkivshchyna - 104,
independents -
43, UDAR - 40, Communist Party - 32, Svoboda - 36, others -
7 ----
Opera's parallel vote
count
indicates official count accurate. "Many problems but unclear if it's systemic,"
says a US election observer
in Sevastopol. "Incompetence is not a crime"
(unless it
is) .... including
massive DOS hacker
attack on opposition and observer websites.
Molodist
Film Festival Opening - Review: Walesa: Man of Hope - Kyiv Post LOCAL
The 43rd Molodist Film
Festival, one of oldest and biggest (42yr, 250-300
movies) in Europe, opened on Saturday with
a premier of Walesa, the inspirational tale
of the indomitable man who helped bring down an empire.
- Oct 19, 3013
ICELANDIC
TRIALS-- In the News
- Kurmakur
made EVEREST5 Kyiv Post
Two Icelandic films by cinematographer
Bergsteinn Bjorgulfsson and director Batasar
Kurmakur made as splash at Molodist: The Deep, an incredible true tale
of shipwreck survival in the Arctic, and XL, a kaleidoscopic 60-ish
story of the vast excesses of a Parliament Deputy.
LOCAL - Oct
21, 2013 5 - I met
expedition leaders + fatalities
Scott Fischer + Rob Hall climbing Mt Rainier
in '87 (huge volcano on
Windows 8 that looms over Seattle), where they
were Mtn guides/rangers
2013-2014 MAIDAN REVOLUTION
COUNTDOWN: LAST CHANCE FOR
UKRAINE - Yahoo Nov 2-Dec 1, 2013 LOCAL (w pics) Predicts EuroMaidan Protests 3 weeks before
they happen! KIEV: Ukraine at
crossroads between
East and West: join the Russian Eurasian
Customs Union or
sign the EU Association
Agreement and Free
Trade Agreement in
Lithuania Nov 28-9.
Incredibly, after 15 years of negotiation, Pres.
Yanukovich scotched the deal a week
before. Huge demonstrations
have broken out across Ukraine - most
people prefer the EU. The choice is stark: whether
Ukraine will be locked in a
neo-Soviet ghetto of dependency and
corruption, or join the Western world in greater transparency, freedom, and
rule of law
SECOND
TRY AT DEPOSING YANUKOVICH GOVERNMENT - Scoop Kiev: Dec 18,2013 According to Arseniy
Yatseniuk, Opposition forces arrayed against
President Victor Yanukovich may be poised for
another attempt to remove his Prime Minister,
and Government in a No Confidence vote in the
Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament. The last time
on Dec. 3rd, they received only 189 votes, far
short of the 226 needed to succeed. UTUBE VIDEO BBC/my YATSENIUK
Interview- Dec 13, 2013
VICTORY
FOR MAIDAN PROTESTS? - THE
TAKING of UKRAINIAN HOUSE - Scoop the frigid
(-18C) seige and taking of Ukrainian House; Klitschko
saves day; Yanu cracks- offer PM, DPM,
concessions to Opposition; Ode to courage + endurance
of Ukrs Jan 29, 2014
DANGEROUS TIMES: YANUKOVICH
LIKE A CORNERED RAT - Interview of Mike by Bulgarian journo-
Yanukovich dangerous + unpredictable because all
efforts to break up Maidan failed + his power was
slipping away; Bloodbath 2 wks later was his
demise -Economics (Bulg Mag) Feb 5
2014 PUTINVASIONS UKRAINE/RUSSIA
March-Sept
2014: HAMMERBLOG-
PUTINVASION in UKRAINE, EUAA SIGNED!,
BORDER OPEN- EAST IS LOST,
IT'S A PORONATION,
EASTERN SUBVERSION FRIEND
KILLED, DONETSK ARPT BTL., HEAVY FIGHTING
SLOVYANSK; 6th HELO DOWNED; KRAMATORSK
SBU, TV FREED (5D UKRs),
46 DEAD in
FIREBOMBED ODESSA TRADE CEN after 5
ULTRAS KILLED, BLDG TAKEOVERS, 5
WESTERN SHIPS BLACK SEA, 40K RUSSIAN
SOLDIERS ON BORDER; CRIMEAN INVASION- SEIZE ISTHMUS,
AIRPORTS, PARLIAMENT, BALACLAVA BASE;
YANU, Zakar,
Pshonk FLEE to RUSSIA;
NEW GOV PRESENTED TO MAIDAN WED,
YANU REMOVED 328-0
IMPERIAL STRETCH: A
Bridge Too Far - Yahoo LOCAL
(updated 4/19)
KYIV: With his reckless Crimea Invasion Putin has unleashed
titanic forces that may sweep him from power in 4-5
years: inspiration to 6 separatist
regions of Russia, economic devastation from
sanctions and Euro resource diversification,
reinvigorated NATO + EU, EU pushed into Ukraine's
arms, EUAA signed, $36 billion of loans + grants;
outraged Russian liberals, desperate oligarchs, world
economy closed, UKR lost forever in Ukrainian
IS PUTIN CRACKING?
Russian President Acting Erratic EuroMaidanPress
- Putin was weird at Minsk press conference; Extraordinary
pressures on
Putin from all sides- caged in by
imperialist monster he has unleashed;
Rattles nuclear sabres over
Ukraine addressing
Putin Youth camp (Nashi), pitiful, like a
pimp getting approval from his stable -
Sept 2, 2014
WHAT'S PUTINS GAME:
5 Scenarios - EuroMaidanPress
ALT
Is Putin coming or going? Are the
half-empty Potemkin relief trucks a false flag op to be attacked
and spur a full PutINVASION or are they supposed to REMOVE the
Seps and all their gear cause Putin is pulling the plug on the
whole foul adventure? Not since 1938-9 has the world so
obsessed over the psycho-pathology of one potentate. WITHDRAW, INVADE, PUTIN's SNAPPED,
BLEEDING UKR- the latest events, assessments,
probabilities, and ramifications. Strelkov, Borodai,
Bolotov, Gubarov all wounded/retired + removed. 2-4000 Russians
regulars flood Ukraine w 400 tanks + APCs. American-Ukr
millionaire diaspora pvt. killed- Aug 31, 2014
heated
UKR ROLLING: THE BATTLE FOR LYSYCHANSK
SCOOP Aug 19, 2014
Kiev: With a stunning series of victories and
rebel leaders fleeing (Bezler, Borodai), Ukraine may be
close to a breakthrough in their Putinvasion/civil war.
LATEST NEWS+LINKS Donetsk is encircled and almost cut off,
has little electricity, water, phone- Lugansk also dark.
Horlivka, Snizhne under seige. Sep counterattack w fresh Rus
weapons in Shaktarsk, Torez- Donetsk's lifeline; Interview w
National Guard troop who has been fighting 10 days - Jul
31 NOTE: hero of this story Andre is missing in
Ilovaisk (massacre)- anyone who knows of his fate plz
contact; Donbas
Bat. bazooka operator, 28-32, last phone ring - Aug
19
ELECTION
2000
FLORIDA'S
SLANTED
SECRETARY- Online Journal- Katherine
Harris may face the music for
violating oath of office- Dec 4,
2000
Jan 14: 40 suits filed against Sec St + $2/3
million spent defending her already
Longer HTML vers.
FL Div. Elections Letter ordering
Supervisors
to NOT do Hand-Count P. 1
RELATIVITY-
OnlineJournal + Bartcop
A
rumination on the changing
firmament of truth + the nature of
integrity as it pertains to vote-counting
and the election- Jan 4, 2001 ALTERNATE
SOME
SOLUTIONS - semi-funny ideas on Presidential
election
resolution- Nov 26, 2000
SUPREME ARROGANCE - Online Journal- Supreme Court trashes separation of powers
+ destroys its legitimacy in Presidential
race decision- Dec 13, 2000
IT'S
ONLY
WORDS - (onlinejournal.com) - the Inauguration + how George Bush's words
have no connection with his actions - Jan
22, 2001 ISSUE Cover
BUSH (+ see 4 above)
My LECTURE (RealAudio) MP3
@CHEKHOV
CENTER, MOSCOW- The
Rise + End of the Bush Era 6-20-07, 33min
of 50
THE
PRESIDENT'S
CONTEMPT - After
7 years of lies, corruption, national
security failures, and a disastrous unjustified
war, the new Dem Congress is asking questions;
Heedless of the Constitution, Bush is giving
no answers + with unprecedented arrogance,
directed staffers to not testify; Time for
inherent contempt charges? Tally of Bush's cost in
human lives-
OpedNews, Online Journal- Aug 2007
END
of
BUSH's ROHYPNOL HONEYMOON?- Bush's Blunders in
Foreign Policy,
the
Environment, the Economy, + Corporate Payoffs
have won him dislike throughout world + awakened
a blindly non-critical press- onlinejournal.com- April
12, 01
POLITICS see BLOG also
DID DEMS BLOW
A FLORIDA SWEEP - Jan 2019 HammerBlog NEGLECTING PUERTO RICANS?- 300K Puerto
Ricans fled Maria to FL + could fully vote
BLUEWAVE ELECTION!!? HYSTERICAL IMMIGRANT HATE, MAGA SYNAGOGUE SHOOTER / MAIL BOMBER, VOTER SUPPRESSION IN GA, KS, ND- HammerBlog Nov 2018
WHY TRUMP LOST THE ELECTION! - Medium - Jan 8, 2017
Was The Donald a Longtime Russian Asset?
The 6 reasons Trump LOST the Election by +7.5 mil votes and the 6 Crimes He Committed
- Incredible news has come out from a respected Brit MI-5 agent
doing Oppo research on Trump that he was a Kremlin tool for 5 years and
had been successfully blackmailed and funded! Not surprising he
"believes" a KGB thug dictator rather than all our intelligence
agencies!! Congress should delay the Inauguration 5 weeks
to get Trump's taxes, conclude investigation, and maybe block EC
result, instead of sleepwalking into allowing a likely traitor to become
President.
THE LAST DAYS OF THE REPUBLIC? How Far Will the Demagogue Go? - What Will the Vindictive Donald Do to His "ENEMIES" with the Powers of
the Presidency?
The pathological Trump carries slights for for 20 years- will he bend
the entire force of the Fed Gov against his critics and activate his 40
mil robotic zombie supporters to attack them?
OBAMA's STRENGTHS TRUMP
ROMNEY
-
Kyiv Post Oct 2012
Obama's
calm
tough
leadership
in
foreign
policy
has
decimated Al Qaida,
ended US involvement in Iraq, saved the Benghazans, won America
world
respect; whereas hothead Romney has promised new conflicts in
Iran,
Syria, and with Russia and China.. and wants to unleash Wall St.
hucksters and punish the poor; the FSU is sadly not a priority
with the
West [written before BO's pitiful performance
in 1st
debate]
THE
GOLDEN
RING-
Quest
for the Presidency
- Yahoo
Network
LOCAL Republican
contenders
+ pretenders
- all
too extreme? Blow by
blow
flips
in states;
Profile of Romney and his Mormon exoticism
(can he ever win Repub hearts?); and Obama's
problems, and supposed betrayal of the base
in various suppressive acts; w long interview
of fmr DNC chair + Pres. candidate Howard
Dean - April-May 2012 - Scoop
in Ukrainian
Russian
HALLELUAH...
HEALTH CARE-
Obama Gets his Mojo Back - Scoop LOCAL
On the
cusp of a "failed Presidency",
Obama settles down, gives up on bipartisanship,
and wins the strange half-a-loaf health care
bill.
Like a magician, he then achieves a historic
START arms control agreement with the Russians,
cuts out banks from the student loan business,
and makes 15 recess appointments. This President
has depths of resilience and smarts unseen
before.- April 1, 2010
THE MORAL VOTERS - Nov 5,
08 For decades harsh
evangelicals have
controlled
and distorted the Republican party, drowning
out other voices and imposing their narrow
views on the country; But a new
morality has
emerged in Obama's
historic election from the vast bulk of voters
who are sick of war, of corruption, of lies,
and stupidity... who believe in Obama's phrase
that we are our brother's keepers
A
QUESTION
OF JUDGMENT - Oct '08 Despite his "maverick" image,
John
McCain's judgment has been abysmal, starting
with his decision to remain in a brutal NV
prison for 4 1/2
years
rather than go home (which
we questioned
him on).
His economic advisor, friend, and so-called
"genius" Phil Gramm wrote the bills
that tore down Depression protections and
exempted these junk bond derivatives from
any regulation- creating this economic meltdown;
McCain
was a fervent backer of the catastrophic Iraq
invasion + has never
had any qualms;
Cynical choice of the
woefully
unqualified
Palin for Veep endangers nation; Rash reckless decisions the norm- Scoop, OpedNews
COULD
AMERICA GO BAD? - Op-Ed
News - What
would America do if we were
hit with
a terrorist nuclear attack ... with this
President, Congress, and a packed Supreme
Court? Hyperbolic nightmare scenario- Nov
23
HOW KERRY LOST - The first
Catholic
candidate in 44 years
lost the Catholic vote, almost lost the Hispanic
vote, lost ground with women; and neglected
to talk about the immorality of Bush's "values"...
If he actually did lose- Nov 4-20- Crisis Papers
KERRY's
COMEBACK - Washington
Dispatch - Kerry
outmatched the accidental President
in the first debate but he could have put
him away had he concentrated on Bush's greatest
weakness- his pathological dishonesty; With
evaluation of all debates, and strategy-
Oct 2-16
HOWARD
DEAN and the WORLD - (columnized
doc) MIRROR
Dems are asking who can stop Dean,
but they should ask, should we even try? Dean's world
view is
solidly in the mainstream,
inc. Iraq- increasingly strident attacks on him are
sign of desperation, but may doom Party candidate;
With analysis of Dean's foreign policy; inc.
questioning him and reporting from NH; AUDIO of NH
Town Meeting
TALK SHOW
(audio) on subject w Barry Farber- 38min- Jan 6
JFK- LINGERING SHADOWS - 40 years ago the greatest murder
mystery
of our time occured and the echos still reverberate;
The conspiracy theories defeat themselves,
multiplying like mutant strains, till the
truth itself is just another aberation, another
chip in a pile of chips; With interview
of
historical
conspiracist - Nov 17
JACKSON DESERVES
A SEAT
AT THE TABLE - Seattle Times- Jackson's
energy,
eloquence, careful reasoned
arguments, + superb performance in 1988 debates
has earned him a shot at Sec. State
MOVIES
+
TV
Molodist
Film Festival Opening - Review: Walesa: Man of Hope - Kyiv Post LOCAL
The 43rd Molodist Film
Festival, one of oldest and biggest (42yr, 250-300
movies) in Europe, opened on Saturday with
a premier of Walesa, the inspirational tale
of the indomitable man who helped bring down an empire.
- Oct 19, 3013
ICELANDIC
TRIALS-- In the News
- Kurmakur
made EVEREST5 Kyiv Post
Two Icelandic films by cinematographer
Bergsteinn Bjorgulfsson and director Batasar
Kurmakur made as splash at Molodist: The Deep, an incredible true tale
of shipwreck survival in the Arctic, and XL, a kaleidoscopic 60-ish
story of the vast excesses of a Parliament Deputy.
LOCAL - Oct
21, 2013 5 - I met
expedition leaders + fatalities
Scott Fischer + Rob Hall climbing Mt Rainier
in '87 (huge volcano on
Windows 8 that looms over Seattle), where they
were Mtn guides/rangers
MOVIE REVIEW- Tombstone-- Moscow Radisson
Slavjansky
Hotel- Moscow News-Jan
94
HTML vers.
PLUS GRAPHIC of
BOTH
A BOY NAMED SUE - (Mos News- Feb 94) -scroll right-
Funny reflection on
Russian penchants + redundancy of names:
60% of country are Sergei, Oleg, Lena, +
Natasha; COMMUNIST names- Tractor, Vladlen;
Persecution of "unsafe" names so
better stick w old stalwarts
HTML Vers.
MOVIE REVIEWS- Internet Movie
Database-
City of God (2002), Badlands (1973) , The
Bear (1990), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The
Jackal (1997), Magnolia (1999), The Omen
(1976), Summer Lovers (1982), Zulu (1964),
Life of David Gale (2003), Mission to Mars
(2000), The Invisibles (1999), Max Headroom
(1987), The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Altered States - RI
Times
SNOW ON THE TUBE - scroll
right (Jackson Hole News- Weekly column on
television-
funny, hip, snide reflections on trends,
shows, movies, + actors
FUNNY
(see boy named sue + snow on tube above)
THE
BLUES
CALLING- (Moscow News Nov 5,93) Funny take on
diseased Moscow
phone system and a listing of it's many ailments