Links by George December 29th

LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC:




Exodus Festival- Tenderfield, NSW Australia Jan 9-12










Osho Retreat in Goa - Sea, Sand & Silence






Ayahuasca retreat Brazil May 2009 with our friend Yatra






Iboga: The Visionary Root of African Shamanism,
reviewed by Lux







One of the top rated experiences published was:
"A Life Cycle" (LSD), by Halcyon






Dr. Albert Hofmann: Day Tripper






Matrix Masters podcast 165 - “From Beats, to Hippies,
to McKenna”







Beckley Foundation and psychedelic freedom






Esquire Magazine
Why Obama Really Might Decriminalize Marijuana





Drug law puzzles police






Nimbin Australia is a village which, although not perfect,
is still the place in our global search to call home. It is a
place where the rain forest thrives and the hippie culture
is still alive. A place of sustainability, small town feeling,
Mardi Grass celebrations as well as artistic, cultural,political
and environmental awareness and activism. An excellent
and inexpensive guide to many of the sides on Nimbin is
the recent edition of Nimbin and Environs #6. Although
the website does not give it full justice, I would recommend
your ordering a copy. Send me an address to mail it to
which would be a total cost of USD $12 and will also
include a complimentary copy of the latest and always
colorful Nimbin News magazine. Payment can be through
paypal by going to the "donate" button on top right side
of my ''links by george'' blog. And of course, it you wish
to add any extra donation for keeping this newsletter going,
it would be gratefully accepted.






Luc Sala has sent me this information of a spiritual community
near the Dutch/German border







My friend Benny Zabler just sent me this
letter being drafted by Franklin Scarf to be sent to the media for
support for the establishment of an Australian Ministry of Peace.





Please sign the Petition to President Obama to Support
Mandatory Labeling of GM Foods and other musical
links from the Light Party.








Various social action and support groups







Help CARE Fight Hunger and Poverty






Our Children Are Dying: Lakota Spiritual Leader and
Head Man, David Swallow, Speaks Out on
Reservation Crisis







URGENT: Save Nepal's Monkeys -- Sign
the Petition Options




You can also help support the work of Musicians & Fine
Artists for World Peace. Please see membership page at







BTW, we are joining with people from all over the world to
help make the 40th anniversary of Woodstock a true
celebration of peace and love through music
and collaboration. If you want to join our advisory
committee for that, please
see




My friend Victor's futuristic vision of human evolution






"New Musical Instrument has Spiritual Harmonic
Spirit Tingling Sounds"







Neanderthals could have died out because their
bodies overheated





Spirit Art by our friend Lily Moses








Turning on, Tuning in and Painting the Results-Alex Grey
and the The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors







Burning times and other presentations of the persecution
as well as celebration of wicca and feminine mysticism








Project Montauk: The Time Travel Chronicles - 6 DVD Set






Eartha Kitt, sultry `Santa Baby' singer, dies







Chet Baker Quartet Featuring Russ Freeman -- Remastered
and Reissued (25 Songs)







Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Anti-Iraq War Documentary
(DVD Released in Sep. 2008)









Microwave Technology: An End to the Human Race







Uncle Ernie (Issues and Alibis) sends this family Christman story
“Winky Tinky’s Christmas Adventure.”






How We Can Live with Less and Still Feel Rich







Affluenza (Hard to Find PBS Documentary)






The top green stories of 2008







LEDs And Smart Lighting Could Save Trillions Of Dollars,
Spark Global Innovation








Homeowners Can Harness the Wind / Growing Movement
to Erect Wind Turbines on or Near Urban Rooftops








Japan's Zero Waste Village









How to Tell the Difference between Natural &
Organic Foods








Honey The Ancient Medicine And Health






Important Cod Liver Oil Update







Chemicals in Olive Oil Could Hold the Key to New
Breast Cancer Therapies






Hell for leather






Stephanie Ernst's passionate defense of animal activism.







White Buffalo Calf Woman Society celebrating 31 years







Deepa Fernandes has won the North Star News Prize for 2009,
awarded to people of color who have made outstanding
contributions to journalism, communications and media, and
public understanding of the struggle for social justice. She has
won the award for her reportage on the plight of women
and refugees across the globe and immigrants here in the
United States, and for creating space for young people
to empower themselves through media.







Sex slavery: Living the American nightmare







How 5 Years Can Change a Person







GLOBAL:




World Faces "Total" Financial Meltdown:
Bank of Spain Chief
By AFP
The governor of the Bank of Spain on Sunday issued
a bleak assessment of the economic crisis, warning that
the world faced a "total" financial meltdown unseen
since the Great Depression.






Baltic Dry Index portends absolute economic
disaster worldwide







Slaughter In Gaza
More Than 200 Killed As
Israel Drops 100 Tons Of Bombs In Gaza City
The BBC Video Report
Israeli F-16 bombers have pounded targets across the
Gaza Strip, killing more than 200 people, according to
local medical workers. Click to view







Pakistan Moves Troops Toward Indian Border







Strike Updates For France, Greece, Utah, Russia







Update on the Greek Uprising by Nikos Raptis






ZEITGEIST: THE WITHERING AWAY OF
EUROPE'S ANTI-WAR SPIRIT







THOUSANDS FLEE FIGHTING IN SUDAN
OIL FLASHPOINT





'Australia' Makes a Worthy Apology






NATIONAL:






Pentagon Wants to Double Force in Afghanistan






Dick Cheney Calls 9/11 the "Highest Moment"
of the Last Eight Years






Remembering Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter -
"Is Our Conscience Dead?"





Top 25 Censored Stories for 2008





The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2008






Amerika (TV miniseries) trailer







Bush Insider Who Planned To Tell All Killed In Plane Crash:
Non-Profit Demands Full Federal Investigation






Krugman: We're in for a Year of 'Economic Hell'






CONGRESS GETS A PAY RAISE. DO THEY DESERVE IT?





Housing Starts Fall Through the Floor






Wall Street still flying corporate jets






The 10 Greediest People of 2008






The Criminals Behind The Credit Meltdown
And Those That Profit From It





SEC Whistleblower Speaks on Madoff Fraud






What to do with CEOs and Execs who have
received bailout bonuses?






Gary Corseri's latest, unique take on the diseases of
consumerism and global capitalism.






Dean Baker | Sex and Money: Are Women
Regulators Different?






Official Says California Could Be Broke in Two Months






Podcast: Loretta discusses Rogue Economics with
Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!





Vocies of Dissent: a film about Activism and
American Democracy






The Plan for the theft of the world's wealth was published
in the 90's by the banksters. Missed It. You snooze. You lose.







The Grinning Skull: The Homicides You Didn't Hear
About in Hurricane Katrina






Cheney: I told Leahy to ‘f*ck’ himself because
‘I thought he merited it.’»







Cheney's Contempt for the Republic






Cheney's Shocking Admissions on How Close He
Came to Nearly Destroying the Country







The 'Bush Legacy Project' Is Failing






The Bush Family of Secrets -- The Bush Dynasty and
Who Put It in the WH







Two Dangerous Bush-Cheney Myths







Obama, the military and the threat of dictatorship






USA needs nuclear explosion to turn the world into dictatorship







THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF GENERAL PATTON






Barack Obama: The Naked Emperor






US Secret Government Covertly Building
Tomorrow's Communities




"Class is a dirty word in that it gets close to the truth
about who governs and for whose benefit.”






Flood of Sludge for Tennessee Valley






HOME OF THE BRAVE ? LAND OF THE FREE ?








The numbing of the American mind: culture as anesthetic.






Our relations are poisoned. Our lives are poisoned







The MK Ultra Files - A list of ALL declassified documents







Armageddon for Dummies: The Roots of the next World War.






Heart Attack Cafe.

Links by George Dec. 21st

LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC:




Peace Conspiracy Annual Winter Gala
December 27th, 2008
Springfield Missouri





San Francisco Indie Film Festival, Feb 5-19





Rainbow Serpent Festival, Jan 23 to 26,
Beaufort Victoria Australia





Ayahuasca and the Black Swan






An intersting article on the MDMA/PTDS studies
in the latest Economist Magazine:






Dr. Albert Kurland-Distinguished research psychiatrist studied LSD therapy.





Leary book interview with editor Hasaan I Sirius





Could Obama's Pro-Marijuana Commerce Secretary
Spell a Golden Era for Pot Reform?






Leading Dutch Bank Shuns Cannabis Coffee Shop Accounts





Electric Kool Aid Acid Test-the movie






The Sounds of the '60s: How Dick Dale, the Doors,
and Dylan Swayed to Arab Music






News from Iasos






New music and tantra retreats on Maui from
our friends Kutira and Raphael






Kristan's Sufis Preach Faith and Ecstasy






Ancient ruins may reveal fate of Moche
sex and sacrifice culture







The Essential Willie Nelson: 2 CDs, 41 Songs





Bob Dylan videos






P.O.V. - Julia Butterfly Hill - Andy Warstar
(as Michael T.) - 2001






Beethoven and the Illuminati






Musicians say U.S. should stop using songs as torture






Ayahuasca dub





Recently I mentioned Philip Rubinov Jacobson's book
Drinking Lightning as a must read for anyone interested
in the interelation of spirit and art. His follow up book
"Promethean Flames" carries on as another offering of
high inspiration and bringing light to many of our inner
flames waiting for the will and allowance to generate love
and full expression of our human potentiality.






The publisher of Philip's books also has a fantastic collection
of artists of high vision and deep spiritual portals and adventures
for an open mind called "True Visions" which I also invite you
to have a look at





Paintings of Rene Margritte






More beautiful fantasty and expansive sensuality from
the art of Brigid Marlin






Saturn Moon Enceladus Has Spreading Earth-Like Crust
Indicating Liquid Seas






Marine Scientists Find Unknown Sea Creatures







ARCHAEOLOGY'S TOP 10 FINDS







The African Walk to Makkah *
By Isma'il Kushkush






'Hobbit' Fossils Represent A New Species,
Concludes Anthropologist






Earth's Original Ancestor Was 'LUCA'






Cave Village in China






Archeologists in Peru unearth ancient Wari city






Rock Hewn Churches






Ancestral History Explains Roots Of Income Inequality






Video Game to Help Save Indigenous Languages






Cherokee Nation to Offer Registration Aid in 2009






"First Contact With Inner Earth": Drillers Strike Magma






The World’s 10 Best Vacation Islands






Brazil Declares Whale Sanctuary Along Entire Coast






Greenland's glaciers losing ice faster this year than last year,
which was record-setting itself






Sound the Alarm Against this Midnight Raid on
America's Redrock Wilderness!






Coral Reef Loss Suggests Global Extinction Event






Earth's Magnetic Field Is Fading






Images of oil addiction in Canada's tar sands





E.P.A. Ruling Could Speed Up Approval of Coal Plants






Jellyfish Taking Over Tourist Spots






Secret Ingredient For The Health Of Tropical
Rainforests Discovered






When under attack, plants can signal microbial
friends for help






World's smallest storage devices






With No Roads, Villagers Used a Caravan of Yak to
Transport Solar Cookers in the Himalayas






Car-Free Sundays Proposed For Vancouver






Growing Up Vegetarian






All-star sustainable chefs share their favorite holiday recipes






In "eat local" movement, Cuba is years ahead






Argentina makes environmental insurance a must






Many pesticides in EU may damage human brain: study






Eco-Farm to tackle tough rows gardeners hoe






Secrets From Within Planets Pave Way For
Cleaner Energy







It’s Nuts: Adding Nuts to Mediterranean Diet Zaps
Metabolic Problems






My One Hour FREE Vitamin D Lecture to Clear Up
All Your Confusion on this Vital Nutrient







Hot Tips for Better Sleep







Beauty Secret: Your Make-Up Can Kill You






Microsoft wants to get under your skin
HealthVault links up with VeriMed RFID chips






FDA Stuns Scientists, Declares Mercury in Fish to be
Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers!





U.S. natural hazard death map is produced






Everything We Do Matters







Whitley Streiber: "The hour is getting late"





Waking Up from the Propoganda Trance







How the Nazis stole Christmas






GLOBAL:




Sri Lankan air force bombs rebels in north






Interventionism, Not Muslims, Is the Problem





Gaza Families Eat Grass as Israel Bocks Food Aid






Israel's 'Crime Against Humanity'





Portugal to take Guantanamo inmates





Bird flu spreads in India





Zeitgeist: The withering way of Europe's anti-war spirit





Europe’s ruling elite fear the “contagion” from Greece







My friend Augustine's first hand account of what is happening
in Greece and its effects on European politics






*Greek Teenagers*by Nikos Raptis






Greek youths take over TV, radio stations






Greece unrest eyewitness reports





2008 Greek riots-amazing photos






The political issues posed by the mass protests in Greece






SPANIARDS DUMP RIGHT WING SCUMBAG






Rwandan 'Genocide Mastermind' Sentenced to Life






Zimbabwe’s misery prolonged by two unlikely partners







Russian warships sail into Nicaragua political storm





Zimbabwe cholera death toll passes 1000
Thu, 18 Dec 2008









Canadian PM concedes Depression






China slumps as global recession deepens






10 Obscure Currencies Affected by the Credit Crunch






Protests heat up over Australia's climate plan






Australia's big drought






Australia - Beautiful Land







NATIONAL:



MoveOn's Top Goals for 2009





Iraqi Reporter Throws Shoes at Bush, Calls Him 'Dog'






Thousands Demand Release of Iraqi Journalist






Iraqi Shoe Thrower Captures Mideast Rage at Bush





Aaron Lake Smith | The Shoe Heard Round the World







Bush shoe-thrower in hospital after beating: brother






Bush Leaving Office in a Barrage of Figurative Shoe Throwing






Send Bush your shoes






Throw a shoe at Bush-the perfect Christmas game gift






In Praise Of Muntather Al Zaidi






Total defeat for US in Iraq






WHERE IS YOUR CONSCIENCE AMERICA?






What the Hell is wrong with the US?







What Does Letting Our Own War Criminals Go Free
Tell Us About Ourselves?






Change? Obama Inner Circle Filled With Bilderbergers






Obama v. Washington Mythmaking






Giroux and Saltman | Obama's Betrayal of Public Education?
Arne Duncan and the Corporate Model of Schooling






Praise from Cheney for Obama’s national security team






Cheney Admits Key Role in Torture





Cheney Throws Down Gauntlet






Sen. Richard Shelby is an Economic Subversive and a Hypocrite






Iraq, Afghan War Costs Top $900 Billion: Report







Report: U.S. reconstruction in Iraq '$100 billion failure'






Bush sneaks through host of laws to undermine Obama





Robin Williams on Obama’s Election






Obama Faces Hungry Nuclear Industry






AP source: Rep. Hilda Solis is Obama's labor pick






We Told You
By David Sirota






The United States: A Country Without Mercy
By Paul Craig Roberts
We have to ask ourselves why American service men and
women and CIA operatives delight in torturing people about
whom they know nothing? It has been well known since the
Stalin era that torture never produces accurate information.






Welcome to Our World
By David Glenn Cox
You thought your white collar and your wealth would protect
you as you nodded in agreement that outsourcing was vital to
a growing economy. You thought these things could never
reach you? Well here's another clue for you all, the walrus is
Paul, coo coo ka choo.






Rep. Dennis Kucinich on His Battle With the Bank






American People Warned To Prepare For
Financial Armageddon






Fed Refuses to Disclose Recipients of $2 Trillion
in Bank Loans






Where Have the Bailout Billions Gone?







Chrysler Closing 30 Plants for 1 Month






Bush Announces $17.4 Billion Auto Loan Program






Secrecy Worsens Wall Street Mess







The Madoff scandal






Madoff scandal could lead to tax losses nationwide






A Second Mortgage Disaster On The Horizon?






Collapse of Pension Funds: The End of Retirement?






Why Did Kennedy Call on Elites Instead of Reaching
Out to the Public?





How We Got the Worst Health Care System Mountains
of Money Can Buy





Kapputradio broadcast: Corruption





Watergate "Deep Throat" Mark Felt dies at 95



A Rundown of Bush's Terrible Last Minute Regulations





If the former chairman of Nasdaq is a crook
Who Can You Trust in America?
By Nicholas von Hoffman
Madoff's fall has planted the seeds of suspicion. We now doubt those
we have done business with for years. The presumption of trust is gone.





Could GE Collapse?






The Superpower of Toilet Papers
By Matthias Chang
The US has been abusing its financial power by the use of its
greatest invention, the "toilet paper printing press" (now, the
modern "electronic printing press") to issue irredeemable fiat
money. Now the world is flooded with trillions of this toilet
paper, namely US dollars.






What are we all working for?






Hunger mounts in the US





A word about Easter Island and other calamitous feedback loops





Appalling: The Untold Story of Hurricane Katrina's
Violent Race War






No Justice for the African-Americans Targeted by White
After the Katrina Flooding






Letter From Athens: Greek Riots and the News Media in
the Age of Twitter







The Newspaper Industry Is Dying Before Our Very Eyes








Greece-Style Riots Coming To U.S. Troops and mercenaries
will be used to detain Americans in prison camps, warns
deadly accurate trends forecaster






A History of Music Torture in the War on Terror
By Andy Worthington






Iran says has proof U.S., UK back police killer group






Kids Learn that Killing Is Fun at the Army's Lethal
New Theme Park






Blackwater used grenades on unarmed Iraqis
By LARA JAKES JORDAN and MATT APUZZO
Associated Press





Experts Predict a Possible Terrorist Strike with a Nuke
in the US by 2013 -- What Can We Do to Stop It?






Iran Warns Of Bilderberg Plot To Plunge World Into
Total Chaos





“Dirty, Filthy, Christians”: Treatise On The Most Dangerous
Death Cult In Human History






Today is the most TERRIBLE day in the history of US farming






SURVIVAL IS NON-NEGOTIABLE
By Joshua Kahn Russell
Youth action frames the debate at the UN in Poznan, Poland.






The new edition of "Issues & Alibis!"






Economic crisis stalls NAFTA superhighway






Palin church promotes gay-conversion event






Melchizedek Communique





NO CONSPIRACY JUST NAZIS RUNNING THE WORLD

Links by George December 14th

LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC:




Meeting on Save Makena Resort Dec 9






Shrooms Urine and Santa Claus







"The psychedelic secrets of Santa Claus"






Attacking Alzheimer's with Red Wine and Marijuana






2C-B-Fly Entry from Shulgin 'Psychedelic Index'






Klea McKenna has published a book on her father Terence's
butterfly collection and a romantic perspecive of nature and culture.
Check it out on her website






Plant Medicines and Shamanic Healing, by Ross Heaven






San Pedro, The Miracle Healer, by Ross Heaven





Ayahuasca, shamanic chants and videos from my friend Dean Jefferys






Mexico's War On Drugs Claims Another 30 Lives





Drug legalisation in Mexico






Debate Over Marijuana Legalization in Morocco Hits
the Airwaves





In Holland, Cannabis Politics Heats Up






Amsterdam's brothels and cannabis cafés furious over
mayor's 'clean-up'






Einstein, insanity and the war on drugs







Why Nadelmann Should Be Our Next Drug Czar






Obama Sends Mixed Messages On Marijuana






Obama's Smoking Drama






Pot Supporters Bang on Obama's Doors for Drug Reform







Tommy Chong, the Unanticipated Warrior







The top 50 drug trips in movies






Project on Aquarius Rising (by Pierre Sogol)
Bringing a rare 1967 film documenting hippie life in California back
to life
Grateful thanks to Rob Menzies for providing the source VHS tape
from which these
excerpts were drawn




''Leary on Drugs'' edited by RU Sirius








Psychedelic Salon Quarterly Call for Papers






Press Release: UN Drug Czar Embarrassed Again by Fredrick Polak






Former drug officer launches 'KopBusters' TV show




Ohio authorities stormed a farm house in LaGange Monday, December 1, to
execute a search warrant, holding the Jacqueline and John Stowers and their
son and young grandchildren at gunpoint for nine hours. During the raid the
Ohio Department of Agriculture and police confiscated over ten thousand
dollars worth of food, computers and cell phones. The Stowers’ crime?
They run a private, members-only food co-op.
The Morning Journal, a newspaper serving northern Ohio , reported that
the Stowers were believed to be operating without a license. However, the
Stowers claim that the food co-op they run does not engage in any
activities that would require state licensing.




Bush administration moves to allow guns in national parks and
wildlife refuges






Administration Loosens Species Protections






Draft bailout deal calls for 'car czar,' ban on lawsuits challenging
emissions standards







Crews clean up 1,134-gallon oil leak in Santa Barbara Channel






Will The World Die Of Thirst






On the 60th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of
Human Rights.
We Celebrate 60 Years of Failure
By Cindy Sheehan
Human rights have been converted from a noble goal into an
instrument of foreign policy used by rich and powerful nations
against the poorest and weakest people of the world.






Tell Congress to help stop the epidemic of rape in Congo!






Bush administration finalizes rule; blocks crucial polar bear protections






Last Minute Rule Change Threatens Wildlife






Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Prisoners Caring For Homeless Animals






Canadian Government Demands Captain Paul Watson's Resignation






Paul Watson interviewed by Jason Miller





JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU'VE HEARD THE WORST?
REVOLTING ANIMAL SEX FARMS IN EUROPE!






My friend Martin's at Nimbin FM radio podcasts that are excellent
blends of politics, satire and humor. Check them out at:





Stephen Stills latest music news






Rolling Stones: Rock and Roll Circus






My friend Nate's Blues Society news






Jarrah's latest music and concert schedule






Fantastic visions of Artur Gulacki






1950s pinup model Bettie Page dies in LA at 85






How to use a Native American medicine wheel






Late Neandertals and Modern Human Contact in Southeastern Iberia






The fights of Machu Picchu: Who got there first?






Mystery Pyramid Built by Newfound Ancient Culture?




TURKEY: ANCIENT PAGAN TEMPLE SITE YIELDS NEW ARCHEOLOGICAL CLUES ON ORIGINS OF FARMING





The Ancient City of Athens - Acropolis








Black hole confirmed in Milky Way






Foretelling A Major Meltdown






Air Marshall Sir Peter Horsley Claims He Met ET







Scientists develop software that can map dreams








Everyone jump upon the peace train-Fifty years after protest symbol
made its debut, hippiedom's enduring sign is retailers' dollar sign







Emergency Storage Food






Top 10 Eco Friendly Countries






Eco-babble






Join Local Peoples in Resisting Paraguay's Devastation By
Genetically Modified Soya Monocultures





Hemp: Stronger than cement-- and lighter too






Who Needs Steel When You Can Use HEMP?





Air car






Hawaii's Ambitious Electric Car Plan






Who Killed the Electric Car? (DVD)






Coldest Places on Earth






Seed Hunter or poachers






Seedsavers






Seawater as blood plasma substitute






''Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond'' by our friend in
Tucson Brad Lancaster






Some Doctors and Other Health Care Professionals Steer Clear
of Flu Shots





Copper door handles and taps kill 95% of superbugs in hospitals







Obama pledges to use stimulus to make schools and public buildings
more energy efficient






EU commissioner urges 'responsible' use of antibiotics






The Reclassification of Sugar as a Drug






The Creative Personality






World’s only private resort for billionaires goes bankrupt





USA: Transition Town







Consume This Movie Trailer







Bondage, Cum Shots, Violence -- Sexist Ad Trends That Refuse to Die






NBC Stuck in the 1950s






GLOBAL:





ISI Gen. Hamid Gul on CNN 12 7 08 | Mumbai + 911 = Inside Job






Clashes, looting rock Greek cities for 4th night






Athens rocked by 7th day of clashes






Australian SAS Units Function as Death Squads in Afghanistan






Promoting a Vision of Tourist Bliss in Baghdad’s Dusty Rubble







Settler violence overwhelms Israel







Creating an "Arc of Crisis": The Destabilization of the Middle East
and Central Asia
The Mumbai Attacks and the “Strategy of Tension”







Tense India-Pakistan standoff continues






In China's Mining Region, Villagers Stand Up To Pollution






New Zealand: Jobs and democracy at stake with fire-at-will bill






Rights group: US making Somalia crisis worse






Thailand Slides Toward Civil War






Europe Develops RFID License Plate Tracking






European Union in crisis






World Bank predicts global gloom





World Markets Plunge as US Auto Bailout Fails







NATIONAL:







Afghanistan: Another Untold Story
By Michael Parenti






US to Increase Troops in Afghanistan







UN Confirms Afghan Mass Grave Site Disturbed







Norman Solomon | The Silent Winter of Escalation





Obama to Offer Israel 'Nuclear Umbrella' Against Iranian Attack
By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent
A senior Bush administration source said that the proposal for an
American nuclear umbrella for Israel was ridiculous and lacked
credibility. "Who will convince the citizen in Kansas that the U.S.
needs to get mixed up in a nuclear war because Haifa was bombed?






One thriving sector: The business of war






Video: Prosecutors: Blackwater guards used grenades on
unarmed citizens






A Whitewash for Blackwater?






Halliburton accused of supplying rotten food to U.S. forces







Rumsfeld Responsible for Torture, Report Says






Role of Alleged CIA Asset in Mumbai Attacks Being
Downplayed






Portugal's Offer May Help Shut Guantánamo






Torture Trail Seen Starting with Bush






Bush Regime Declares Itself Above the Law
By Paul Craig Roberts
Isn't it great to be an American. Our laws don't apply to us, only
to every other nation. This is what it means to be the moral light
of the world, the unipower, the salt of the earth.







Bush Ditches His Ranch for Ritzier Digs in Dallas






Supreme Court Overturns Bush V. Gore







U.S. Collective Dictatorship Enlarges
By Michael S. Rozeff
Dictatorship is unlimited rule. Collective dictatorship is unlimited
rule by an assembly. National government in the U.S. has tended
toward collective dictatorship over its entire history.









The Significance of Nixon's 'Treason'







Senate to Middle Class: Drop Dead ...a message from
Michael Moore





The Most Outrageous Media Comments of 2008








The Extinction Of Right Wing Neanderthals;
The Rising Of Bottom-up Intelligence





Illinois governor arrested on federal charges





Transition Mania








Obama’s Team of Reactionaries







What's with Obama's Deputy Telling Progressives to Pipe Down?






As Obama Cabinet Grows So Does Progressive Concern






Into the cuckoo's nest: Fighting against Obama's
natural-born U.S. citizenship






How Rahm Emanuel Made Mega-Millions and Bought His
Way to Power







(Off the scale of absurd and ludicrous)
Disgusting: Bought Out Merrill CEO Wants $10 Million Bonus







Hey Buddy, Can You Spare a Billion?







Bank of America's Greed Sparked the Eye-Opening Worker's
Strike in Chicago







The American Financial Regime







Jim Rogers Calls Most Big U.S. Banks "Bankrupt"
By Jonathan Stempel
"Governments are making mistakes," he said. "They're saying to all the banks, you don't have to tell us your situation. You can continue to use your balance sheet that is phony.... All these guys are bankrupt, they're still worrying about their bonuses, they're still trying to pay their dividends, and the whole system is weakened."







Madoff's Alleged $50 Billion Fraud Hits Other Investors








Coming soon to U.S., 1 million jobs lost every month: Report






The new edition of "Issues & Alibis!"







Velvet Revolution political activism updates







Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
(Documentary DVD)






The U.S. Agriculture Department is looking to fast-track the deregulation
of Genetically Engineered (GE) corn for ethanol production, despite growing
evidence that GE crops are dangerous for human health and the environment.







Supporters of ‘Medicare for All’ Prepare for Health
Care Showdown






Top 10 False-Flag Operations





Spying on Pacifists, Environmentalists and Nuns







Survival and conspiracy updates





And now for a world government






Media Alert: Intellectual Cleansing






Gun Crazy on College Campuses






A Time Machine to Save America

Links by George Dec. 7th

LIFESTYLE/ ARTS/ CULTURE/ ETC:





Dreamtime Walkabouts Dec 17 to Jan 2




TWO FREE GATHERING OF THE PEACEMAKERS
IN NEGRIL, JAMAICA Jan 24-31





Robert Roskinds other gathering in Jamaica




MSSF Fungus Fair
December 6-7, 2008: Oakland, CA





Eureka Day, Australia Dec 3






Sea Shepherd set for anti-whaling battle






Today is the 75th anniversary of that blessed day in 1933 when
Utah became the 36th and deciding state to ratify the 21st
amendment, thereby repealing the 18th amendment. This ended the
nation's disastrous experiment with alcohol prohibition...






Shamanic Retreat updates from Ross Heaven and The Four Gates





Gnostic Media podcasts: interview with Dr.James DeMeo






The Holy Mushroom: Evidence of Mushrooms in Judeo-Christianity






DOPE MENACE: The Sensational World of Drug
Paperbacks 1900-1975 (new link)





Swiss to Agree Heroin Scheme but Say No to Pot






Why Switzerland decriminalised heroin - but not cannabis (opinion)






Australian Police make first seizure of DMT drug






Saving Salvia An explosion of noisy YouTube videos endangers
the sanctity of a visionary herb






The Long Trip: A Prehistory of Psychedelia by Paul Devereux






Excellent psychedelic/entheogenic books reviewed






Downloadable psychedelic literature






Group Uses Marijuana As Sacrament







Yippie Museum






Poisonous Tree Frog Could Bring Wealth to Tribe in Brazilian Amazon






JOHN SINCLAIR Guide To Amsterdam






Exclusive First Listen: Neil YoungHear Sugar Mountain: Live At
Canterbury House 1968






Venosa meets fantastic realism artist Peter Gric






Latest commentary from my friend Peter Terry's ecellent
Nambassa blogspot







John Trudell - Tribes of Europe







Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Traditions of the World






KANYINI is a story told by an Aboriginal man, Bob Randall,
who lives beside the greatest monolith in the world, Uluru in
Central Australia





Professor Publishes ‘Folktales of the Amazon’






VIDEO: Machu Picchu Mummy, Gold Found




Archaeologists have discovered a lost city carved into the
Andes Mountains by the mysterious Chachap






Angkor: "Temple of Doom" - Ta Prohm





Humans 80,000 Years Older Than Previously Thought?






Using Water To Understand Human Society





Huge glaciers detected under rocky debris on Mar






Georges Brassens and the French “Renaissance of Song”






Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77






Woody Guthrie: A Little Recession Music, Please





Coleridge in the army




The Right Livelihood Award








My friends Salli and Gabe Butterfield are offering exotic products
at reasonable prices. Check out the article and find out more
about Gabe's website on his father, the great musician Paul Butterfield







5 Surprisingly Effective All-Natural Aphrodisiacs
(That You Probably Have in Your Kitchen)






Welcome to Orgasmic Birth







Half Past Human- Adventures in Future Viewing






Grist: behind the scenes video







Space-Based Solar Power Breakthrough







Solar car completes 1st ever round-the-world trip







The Renewable Dead: Spanish Cemetery Goes Solar







CDC and Congress Secrets Vaccine Mercury Report: Experts
Expose Lucrative American Genocide






The CDC's Vaccination Genocide-youtube talk
by Dr. Leonard Horowitz






Ways to Reduce Inflammation -- Without a Statin Drug





Coca-Cola's Latest Environmental Scam







China moves towards GM foods







A taste test of seven 'natural' frozen dinners






Truth and Lies in Organic Personal Care






Chickens as sin- absorbers







Bangladesh's climate refugees search for higher ground






The Great Global Warming Swindle






Students lie, cheat, steal, but say they're good






Adam Engle's clever and amusing satirical analysis of the childrens'
Christmas special, Santa Claus is Coming to Town....







Neo-Transcendentalist Time: What's The Difference Between
Neo & The Other "Matrix" Characters?






Americans Are Crazy Workaholics -- It's Time We Brought
More Balance to Our Lives







GLOBAL:




Infants and Children in Danger, Milk Desperately Needed





Mumbai Attacks: Piecing Together the Story






The Implications of the Mumbai Attacks






Mumbai Massacre Carried Out By Brits
By By Jerry Lawton, Emma Wall and Gemma Wheatley
Indian security forces said at least two of the captured terrorists were
British-born Pakistanis, while the total number could be as many as seven.






India: Please Don't Go Down the Bush- Cheney Road






Recognizing the slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians by Turkey during WW1






ISRAEL'S YOUNG CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS.






Thai airports to reopen after PM ousted by court






Canada’s constitutional coup: A warning to the working class







Anand Gopal | Who Are the Taliban?







Pirates Chase, Fire on Cruise Ship







Venice under water for second day






Thousands Flee As Ecuador Volcano Erupts








Battle for Congo's Mineral Assets






NATIONAL:





The new edition of "Issues & Alibis!"







IDF preparing options for Iran strike




US masses naval-air-marine might in Arabian Sea opposite
India, Pakistan, Iran





Gen. Jim Jones: What Kool-Aid Will He Offer Obama?






The End of the Affair
Obama and the antiwar movement





With Gates, Obama Opts for Empire
By Matthew Rothschild
He's about running the U.S. empire-with less bravado than Bush-Cheney, but perhaps more efficiently. And he's perfectly willing to use the old hands like Gates, bloody as they are, to get that job done.





America's Child Soldiers: US Military Recruiting Children to Serve in the Armed Forces






Youth Embarrassed By US Delegation at Climate Conference





Henry Giroux: Rethinking the Promise of Critical Education





Bush Still Lies about Iraqi Inspections






Pakistani Security Consultant Calls Mumbai Attacks A “Botched” False Flag







Outside Agitator: Naomi Klein and the New New Left






James L. Jones' Energy Views Worry Some Environmentalists






Colonial style empire-building is making a comeback






Anti-Empire Report, December 1, 2008






Saving US Autos the American Way






Saving the Big 3 for You and Me ...a message from Michael Moore






Michael Moore: Save the Auto Industry and Kick Its CEOs to the Curb






US stock market plunges 680 points on signs of severe recession






Foreclosures Soar 76 Percent to Record 1.35 Million








Hope You Die Before You Get Old
By David Michael Green






Jobless Rate Soars to 6.7 Percent, 533,000 Jobs Lost







Record number of Americans using food stamps: report






Steve Jonas's excellent analysis of US energy policy and how it has been dictated by Big Oil for decades






Break the Bailout (over $17,000 could be given to everyone in the US instead of the corporations-even the corporations-even their top executives would get a fairer slice)






Economic rescue could cost $8.5 trillion






Financial crisis a distraction, says Nobel winner





Steve Fraser, Empire of Depression







Marc Ash | The Threat of Realism






Untold Story of Election 2008: The Death of the NRA






Right-Wingers and Neocons Love Obama's Cabinet Appointments






The 4 Craziest Right Wing Fears About Obama






Barack Obama's Kettle of Hawks






Sarah Palin, I'm pumped and in your corner, but you need help






The Election of Obama and the White Supremacist Threat






Corporate Media Just Won't Let the 'Clinton Drama' Zombie Die







Al Franken Closes In: New Ballots Could Reduce Margin to 13






"Midnight Laws" -- President Bush Signed 96 Decimating New Laws on Election Day






Bush's Worst Midnight Regulation Yet






Mukasey's 'Nixon Defense' of Bush





Loyal Bushie Won't Vacate Office Under Obama






An excellent deconstruction of Thanksgiving by Gary Corseri,







Kafka Has a Rival
John Pilger describes the black irony of an "open day to celebrate the 60th
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" at the Foreign Office,
guardian of rapacious British power and policies that invert the meaning of human
rights.





New York Times Misleads on Taliban Role in Opium Trade







Financial crisis a distraction, says Nobel winner







Mossad-CIA Connection To Mumbai Terror Attacks?







Washington exploits Mumbai attack to promote “war on terror”







Homeland Security Council Planning Scenario Envisions Anthrax Attacks on Multiple Cities







Swat Team Conducts Food Raid in Rural Ohio







Flashback: U.S. Counterinsurgency Manual Leaked, Calls for False Flag Operations, Suspension of Human Rights







For JFK Assassination Conspiracy Buffs, the "Legacy of Secrecy" is a Must!






Nixon's 'Treason' and Historical Gaps







KBR Sued for Giving Soldiers Ice with 'Traces of Body Fluids and Putrefied Remains'







Psychic killers







American Left and Counterculture






The History Of The Spanish American War
And The Rise Of US Imperialism
By Michael Parenti - Audio
Michael Parenti uses the history of the Spanish American War to
answer several very intriguing questions.






The Functions of Fascism
Michael Parenti - Audio
Many of the measures enacted by fascists were frighteningly similar
to those enacted today: They include the privatization of state
owned enterprises, reduction of corporate taxes and inheritance
taxes, defeat of unions, and the suspension of civil liberties.