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1: Sludge
Report #140 - Thou Shalt Not
Steal
In This Edition: Thou Shalt Not Steal - This Is Not About Persuasion, It Is About PR For A Decision Already Taken - The Countdown To War Has Begun - Poppy’s Friends Run Interference For Junior - The Prize – Cui Bono – Commanders In Thief - There ...
2:
UQ
Wire: 911 - They Let It Happen On
Purpose!
Imagine you wake up from a coma and you learn that 11 months ago, an "Attack on America" destroyed some significant buildings, killed 3,000 people and forced a war against terrorism. You switch on the news and see pictures of Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, ...
3:
UQ
Wire: Bush Betrayed Consciousness Of 911
Guilt
The difficulty when investigating the possible criminal actions of powerful officials is that they can use their power to cover up involvement in criminal conspiracies. One of the ways around this problem is to examine a politician's behavior at the ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Scoop
Images: Towers Of Light Over Ground
Zero
The following images were sent to Scoop today by a Scoop reader. They are reported to show lights over Manhattan last night.
5:
Scoop
Images: Freak Hail Storm Closes
Airport
A freak hailstorm this morning left up to 30mm of hail on the ground in parts of Miramar and on the Wellington airport runway. The hailstorm led to the closure of the Wellington Airport till around 10am. The following images were taken by Wellington ...
6:
Scoop
Feedback: The World BELONGS To
US!
Once again I have happened upon a website espousing anti-American ideals. Let me say right off, the world depends on US, so the world BELONGS to us, therefor, it ain't "stealing", as you so pejoratively label it.
Now that it's the first anniversary of the attacks by (presumably) Al Qaeda on New York and Washington, two things in particular worry me. The American political leaders seem to have learned nothing about how to avoid terror, and they make statements ...
8:
Guest
Opinion: Alan Greenspan Is No John
Law
Welcoming the world's central bankers to their annual summer conclave at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 30 2002, Fed chairman Alan Greenspan delivered a remarkable speech. In unusually clear language, he acknowledged the existence of a bubble in ...
9:
INVESTIGATION:
Sept 11th - Unanswered Questions
Within a few months, the events of Sept. 11th, 2001 became but an echo of the events that followed. War in Afghanistan, anthrax, unprecedented powers of detention: the public mind moves from one shock to another, appearing to accept the government’s ...
10:
Annan
looking forward to Bush speech at UN
6 September – The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today said he was looking forward to a speech by President George Bush of the United States to the UN General Assembly when its annual high-level debate opens on 12 September.
11:
Big
News: Maharey's Views Of The Nuclear
Family
Never before has the family received such media and political coverage. We have the beginnings of Commission for the Family and a debate on what constitutes a family unit. We also have a Social Services Minister who says the two-parent family is history, ...
12:
Scoop
Images: Satellite Reveals Qatar US Air Base
Images published by GlobalSecurity.org taken by DigitalGlobe.com on June 13 2002 – and used here with permission of DigitalGlobe - reveal that preparations are well advanced for air strikes against Iraq.
13:
September
11: International Enough Day
If we had a moment of silence marking the time of every atrocity ever committed in the name of nationalism, religion ... every atrocity committed in the name of the artificial borders that try to make us forget that we're all human, all in this together, ...
14:
UQ
Wire: DOJ To Attempt Shut Down of 9/11
Evidence
On June 20, Bush Administration officials quietly informed a New York judge of their intention to commence legal actions likely to be far-reaching in their constitutional, political, and individual rights implications pertaining to current lawsuits and ...
15:
Questions
Of The Day Transcript - 12 September
1. JILL PETTIS (NZ Labour--Whanganui) to the Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education): How will the recently announced Polytechnic Regional Development Fund assist skill development
16:
Saudi
Arabia: The Sarajevo of the 21st
Century?
Is Iraq a Diversion from the Real Invasion or Will Bush Try to Occupy Both Countries at Once? - by Michael C. Ruppert of From The Wilderness
17:
Parliament
misled by irresponsible answers
New Zealand First MP and Deputy Leader, Peter Brown, has labelled the actions of Minister of Internal Affairs George Hawkins, for attempting to mislead the Parliament as “lamentable, reprehensible, and most regrettable”. The incident giving rise to ...
18:
PM's
Chief Adviser Wants Zimbabwe Style Media
RAROTONGA (Pacnews/Cook Islands News): The Prime Minister's chief adviser Piho Rua says Cook Islands Government should use the Zimbabwe media law as a model to control newspapers, Pacnews reports.
Farmers are angry that once again ACC's proposes to increase their levies, says Charlie Pedersen, Federated Farmers National Vice President.
20:
Scoop
Feedback: Election, AIDs, Budget And
Whales
In This Edition: Letter to the Editor - Get Your Own Act Together - Fiscal Irresponsibility - The 'Anti-Whaling Fanatic' Responds
21:
Sept
11 Demonstration US Embassy Wellington
On September 11 2001, the world was rocked by a terrorist attack in New York killing up to 2500 innocent people. On the same day millions of innocent people died all over the world as a result of American Foreign Policy. The same thing happened the ...
22:
Will
United Future change its
mind?
Petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB, Lindsay Mitchell, reports,"Whilst debating the newly named Social Security (Personal Development and Employment) Amendment Bill in Parliament yesterday, United Future MP, Judy Turner, said, 'The work ethic, ...
23:
Scoop
Archive: UQ Wire: Connecting The Dots Bush..Bath..Bin
Laden
Saudi Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz, an Osama bin Laden benefactor, has laundered money into tax-exempt U.S. entities for years as a foreign financier of terrorism. But a new 9/11 lawsuit is thrusting Mahfouz's latent past business links to George W. ...http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/86/29/200208282218.a20163e3.html
24:
All
aboard for a rail buy-back
Agreement is emerging from political parties, major users and from the public for the Government to regain control of the nation's rail track, Greens Co-leader, Jeanette Fitzsimons said today.
25:
Sludge
Report #142: Richard Butler Is A CIA
Asset
In This Edition: Senate Hearing On Iraq “Blitzkrieg” Now On - Richard Butler Is A U.S. Spy – A CIA Asset
26:
Local
government moves an
outrage
Business NZ says it is an outrage that the Local Government Bill is continuing to proceed in the new Parliament despite the fact that a virtually new select committee is now considering the Bill.
27:
UQ
Wire: Connecting The Dots Bush..Bath..Bin
Laden
Saudi Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz, an Osama bin Laden benefactor, has laundered money into tax-exempt U.S. entities for years as a foreign financier of terrorism. But a new 9/11 lawsuit is thrusting Mahfouz’s latent past business links to George W. ...
28:
Think
the Days of the Draft are Gone? Think
Again
2.7 million Americans served in Vietnam. 304,000 of them were wounded in action, and over 75,000 of those were disabled by their injuries. As of Memorial Day 1996, there were 58,202 names listing the dead on the long, black monument in Washington, ...
29:
United
Future’s u-turn undermines the
family
“United Future must justify its decision to do a u-turn by supporting the Social Security (Working Towards Employment) Amendment Bill. At face value the Bill is anti-family and an insult to widows,” said Party Leader Graham Capill.
30:
The
911 Evidence that May Hang George W. Bush
The Case Against G.W. Bush: a Preliminary "Hearing" in the Court of Common Sense
Ian Powell: Non-disclosure Agreements In Health Systems – An Oxymoron!
Ramzy Baroud: No Matter The Cost – Things The Israeli Genocide In Gaza Taught Us About Palestine, And The World
Binoy Kampmark: Welcome To Tariff Land - The Retreat Of Free Trade
Peter Dunne: Dunne's Weekly - Edmonds Aims To Follow Willis - And Roger Douglas
Gordon Campbell: On The Coalition’s Fast-tracked Speed Dates With Property Developers
Ramzy Baroud: A Year Of Genocide - Despite The Unbelievable Pain, Palestinians Emerge Stronger