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And now, in my own words

In 2008 I wrote a piece entitled The only two choices for the 2008 Presidential election: Nader vs Solzhenitsyn in which I concluded with the following words: If you have any faith left at all in the American democracy, then, by all means, vote Nader as any other vote is a vote against the American Republic (and for a Fascist Empire). If you, like myself, believe that the system cannot

A good take on the voting charade

Submitted by The Needle Blog on ZeroHedge Why I Don’t Vote Democracy has become a religion and anyone who criticises it is labelled a heretic. How many times have you heard the mantra that ‘if you don’t vote, you can’t complain’? Whereas, actually, the opposite is true, ‘if you do vote, you can’t complain.’ It is no coincidence that the emergence of the philosophical concept of the ‘Social Contract’ runs parallel to

Meet the FSA

Just imagine what these people will do if they ever come to power…From Bosnia, to Kosovo, to Chechnia, to Libya, these folks have always had the same modus operandi: committing the worst type of atrocities while screaming Allahu Akbar!  I cannot imagine a worse blasphemy.Yet, these are the people which the US/EU – and some doubleplusgoodtinking imbeciles in the blogosphere – are trying to put in power in Syria.  Sure,

Personal announcement: this was only a short intermission

Dear friends,I just wanted to touch base with you and let you know that the reason why this blog was relatively inactive recently was due to a mix of three factors: 1)  I have had an rather insanely busy schedule and a few personal issues I needed to focus on.  Things are better now.2) Most of the stuff in the news recently is boring beyond belief.  For example, I cannot find

Lebanon’s red lines, bared

By Sharmine Narwani for the Asia Times What a difference a week can make in the Middle East. On October 19, when a car bomb tore through the upscale Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh in Beirut killing a major security official, Lebanon shuddered in fear that the era of political assassinations was back. Politicians and commentators didn’t miss a beat. The murder of Internal Security Forces (ISF) Information Branch head Wissam

Orthodox priest kidnapped in Damascus found dead

Agenzia Fides reports: The body of the Greek-Orthodox priest Fr. Fadi Jamil Haddad, pastor of the church of St. Elias in Qatana, was found today in the Jaramana neighborhood (north of Damascus) not far from the place where he was kidnapped, on October 19, by unidentified armed group (see Fides 24/10/2012). This was confirmed to Fides by Fr. Haddad’s Greek-Orthodox confrere, who asked for anonymity. “ His body was horribly

Survey: Most Israeli Jews Would Support Apartheid Regime in Israel

Haaretz reports via InformationClearingHouse: Survey, conducted by Dialog on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, exposes anti-Arab, ultra-nationalist views espoused by a majority of Israeli Jews.  By Gideon Levy October 23, 2012 “ Haaretz” — Most of the Jewish public in Israel supports the establishment of an apartheid regime in Israel if it formally annexes the West Bank. A majority also explicitly favors discrimination against the state’s Arab citizens, a survey

In one week the US will have three aircraft carriers facing Iran

(many thanks to HL for this info!  S.) Zerohedge reports:US Aircraft Carrier John Stennis Arrives By Iran Ten days ago, when we last tracked the progress of the third US aircraft carrier, CVN-74 Stennis, with destination Arabian Gulf, aka Iran, we reported that it was “within a week of reaching” its destination. Sure enough, as the latest Stratfor naval update confirms, CVN-74 has now reached its destination for which it

A short survey of the main international actors before the coming crisis

Looking at all the nonsense filling the news recently (Presidential debates in the USA, the dying EU with a Nobel prize, etc.) I get a feeling that we are living through a proverbial “calm before the storm” and that is a good opportunity to make a quick survey of the situation of the main actors of the coming crisis.The EU: contrary to what we see in media reports, the EU

Request for assistance: Karadzic trial

Dear friends, I am trying to locate the statement made yesterday by Radovan Karadzic at the opening of his defense at his trial in The Hague.  I am also looking for the statement/testimony of Col. Andrey Demurenko made on the same day.  Any help in locating these documents (in whatever language, including Serbian or Russian) would be greatly appreciated.  Many thanks and kind regards, The Saker

Speech of Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on October 11, 2012

I take refuge in Allah from the stoned devil. In The Name of Allah, The Most Compassionate, The Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, The Lord of the World. Peace be upon our Master and Prophet – the Seal of prophets – Abi Al Qassem Mohammad and on his chaste and pure Household, his chosen companions and on all prophets and messengers. Peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and

Mujahideen-e Khalq goes from “terrorist” to “freedom fighter” in perparation for war on Iran

Just as it had done with the KLA before the US/NATO war on Serbia, the USA is about to take the local terrorist group, in this case the Mujahideen-e Khalq, off its official terror list.  That makes sense politically and it is legally necessary to make it easier to fund, train and otherwise assist it: US assistance to various terrorist groups worldwide is usually provided only covertly which, of course,

And now, a word from an enlightened secularist

I hesitated for a while before posting this, but ugly as this guy is, he does deserve to be better known.  For one thing, Pat Condell  makes no secret of his rabid hatred for Islam, Christianity and any other religion or, for that matter, anybody religious.  He is an iconic example of what I would call the “degenerate Crusader“: he is still filled with the condescending arrogance of his Frankish

French magazing to publish “shocking caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed”

Amazing. According to Ha’aretz, A French satirical weekly magazine announced Tuesday it would publish caricatures depicting the Prophet Mohammed, a move that could spark further protests by Muslims already enraged at an internet video insulting Islam.   Stephane Charbonnier, editor of the weekly Charlie Hebdo, told broadcaster iTele that the caricatures to appear Wednesday “would shock those who wanted to be shocked.” He said the decision was aimed at defending freedom

Speech of Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday, September 16, 2012.

In The Name of Allah, The Most Compassionate, The Most Merciful. Peace be upon our Master and Prophet – the Seal of prophets – Abi Al Qassem Mohammad and on his chaste and pure Household, his chosen companions and on all prophets and messengers. Peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. My word today will primary tackle what we have witnessed during the past few days – namely

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