"collateral murder," the WikiLeaks video

I am sure most on the net have seen this video showing the shooting of media people on the street by soldiers in a helicopter in Baghdad in 2007.
WikiLeaks VIDEO Exposes 2007 'Collateral Murder' In Iraq is on youtube.

Now have a listen to this - interesting.......

From ABC Radio National

Every year the Pentagon spends six billion dollars using the latest game technology for training and practice. Almost by accident it has become the manufacturer of America's Army, one of the most successful games in the world and also an effective recruiting tool. PW Singer discusses how the technology of computer games is transforming warfare.


Counterpoint

Newsy today - Man arrested at LHC

A would-be saboteur arrested today at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland made the bizarre claim that he was from the future. Eloi Cole, a strangely dressed young man, said that he had travelled back in time to prevent the LHC from destroying the world.

The LHC successfully collided particles at record force earlier this week, a milestone Mr Cole was attempting to disrupt by stopping supplies of Mountain Dew to the experiment's vending machines. He also claimed responsibility for the infamous baguette sabotage in November last year.

UM OK ?


CNET

What is Higgs Boson?

The Higgs boson is a hypothetical massive scalar elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model in particle physics. At present there are no known elementary scalar particles in nature. The existence of the particle is postulated as a means of resolving inconsistencies in current theoretical physics, and attempts are being made to confirm the existence of the particle by experimentation, using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Other theories exist that do not anticipate the Higgs boson, described elsewhere as the Higgsless model.The Higgs boson is a hypothetical massive scalar elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model in particle physics. At present there are no known elementary scalar particles in nature. The existence of the particle is postulated as a means of resolving inconsistencies in current theoretical physics, and attempts are being made to confirm the existence of the particle by experimentation, using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Other theories exist that do not anticipate the Higgs boson, described elsewhere as the Higgsless model.


Wiki

Newsy today - Vatican to report sex abuse

BUT only if it is required by law. BS

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican on Monday made clear for the first time that bishops and other church officials should report clerical sex abuse to police if required by law. But the policy failed to satisfy victims who charge that the church deliberately hid abuse for decades.

Victims, government inquiries and grand juries have all charged that the Catholic Church created what amounted to a conspiracy to cover up abuse by keeping allegations that priests raped and molested children secret and not reporting them to civil authorities.

YahooNews

Newsy today - URANIUM mine protesters

"Justice"

Judge slams ministers
URANIUM mine protesters who were beaten, capsicum-sprayed and locked in a shipping container by police have been awarded compensation by a South Australian judge, who criticised the state's Deputy Premier and Police Minister for provocative comments they made about the case.

TheAustralian

Newsy today - asylum seekers

Don’t use asylum seekers as political footballs
The Australian Government has announced a blanket suspension on the processing of new asylum claims by Afghan and Sri Lankan nationals.
Tell our government that it’s time to rise above political point-scoring and uphold fundamental human rights.
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Richard Dawkins: I will arrest Pope Benedict XVI (Not)

I saw that headline and felt great but the writer Marc Horne

has been correct by Richard Dawkins.

"WE MUST LOOK FOR THE TRUTH AND NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING THE MEDIA SAYS (chela)"

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Comment #478580 by Richard Dawkins on April 11, 2010 at 8:48 am

Needless to say, I did NOT say "I will arrest Pope Benedict XVI" or anything so personally grandiloquent. You have to remember that The Sunday Times is a Murdoch newspaper, and that all newspapers follow the odd custom of entrusting headlines to a sub-editor, not the author of the article itself.

What I DID say to Marc Horne when he telephoned me out of the blue, and I repeat it here, is that I am whole-heartedly behind the initiative by Geoffrey Robertson and Mark Stephens to mount a legal challenge to the Pope's proposed visit to Britain. Beyond that, I declined to comment to Marc Horme, other than to refer him to my 'Ratzinger is the Perfect Pope' article here: http://richarddawkins.net/articles/5341

Here is what really happened. Christopher Hitchens first proposed the legal challenge idea to me on March 14th. I responded enthusiastically, and suggested the name of a high profile human rights lawyer whom I know. I had lost her address, however, and set about tracking her down. Meanwhile, Christopher made the brilliant suggestion of Geoffrey Robertson. He approached him, and Mr Robertson's subsequent 'Put the Pope in the Dock' article in The Guardian shows him to be ideal:
http://richarddawkins.net/articles/5366
The case is obviously in good hands, with him and Mark Stephens. I am especially intrigued by the proposed challenge to the legality of the Vatican as a sovereign state whose head can claim diplomatic immunity.

Even if the Pope doesn't end up in the dock, and even if the Vatican doesn't cancel the visit, I am optimistic that we shall raise public consciousness to the point where the British government will find it very awkward indeed to go ahead with the Pope's visit, let alone pay for it.

Richard

White/black Australian victims of nuclear testing sue UK

NATIONAL, April 6, 2010: As a 21-year-old, Ric Johnstone drove 240km daily across the scorching vastness of the Australian outback to work. A motor mechanic in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), he spent 1956 servicing military vehicles in the Great Victorian Desert.

He lived with 300 other men in a tent town, eating dinners of bully beef with the occasional vegetable.

Johnstone described his first six months as similar to being a prisoner in a chain gang: "There was no church, no women, no entertainment, nothing."

More at National Indigenous Times

NIT

Modern In-Dependence

Cleaves Independent Publishing

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Modern In-Dependence
by Tobias - suv Saturday, Apr 10 2010, 5:01pm
international / prose/poetry / literature

A Steep Step under

Being Fish

Imagine a world
in which you are a Fish, not human.
You gather, hunt & lacerate the pray
& have many such perfect days.

Purposeful & reasonable,
gliding through the water,
thrill.

Imagine,
a shadow-figure
appearing at the ponds edge
throwing something white
strange in shape & bland of taste
sinking to the bottom
waiting in the current.

At a later time
we will call it bread & think "it's fine"
even make it a staple upon which we'll all depend.

The Shadow continues reappearing
with his filling morsels
from sources unknown.

Soon you become dependent,
fed until fat
moving slowly in and out of bed.

No need to hunt or gather,
until all discipline is drained.

You forget the old ways,
those precious knowledge filled days.
Fading images of Elders
waiting for the dead to come,
too sad to go on.

Seemingly unfair, then suddenly,
the Shadow turns & walks away.
Abundance gone, never to return.

However, Independence only sleeps
wake it up & step real steep.
No need for stuff from somewhere else,
be aware,
everything speaks of prolific potential
in our world.

Now
it is around you, here
lets make it happen in this Sphere.


[Thanks to the inspiration from the traditional guardian of this land,
the Originals]

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Paul Craig Roberts Last Essay

Wherever one looks, truth has fallen to money.
Wherever money is insufficient to bury the truth, ignorance, propaganda, and short memories finish the job.
The American media does not serve the truth. It serves the government and the interest groups that empower the government.

http://www.examiner.com/blog/printexaminerarticles.cfm?section=examiners,examiners&blogtype=examiners&mode=alias&blogid=18425&blogURL=LA-County-Nonpartisan-Examiner&byYear=2010&byMonth=3&byDay=26&byAlias=Paul-Craig-Roberts-final-essay-Corporate-media-is-propaganda-serves-US-police-state-and-oligarchs

Demise of the Catholic Church

Nostradamus

16 Demise of the Catholic Church

I p193 (cX-70)

Ruin will befall the Catholic church because of its leaders' ambition
for illegitimate power. The leaders will become vain glorious and
think that they can handle whatever they desire to grasp, and it will
be their downfall. Their ambitions will be chilled when they fail and
the church will be subject to great upheaval, with the Pope
ultimately being dethroned. Catholics will become alienated and
disillusioned with the powermongering, will no longer support the
church, and the sphere of influence of the Church will greatly
diminish.

Catholic Truth

I would like to recommend a very long read if you have the feeling of being baffled by the church as I have.

Even though this web site is not to do with child abuse it give a detailed history of the vatican.
The link is to Part 4

http://one-evil.org/acts_holocaust/acts_vatican_holocaust_part_4.htm

Roman Catholic Church

I have personal experience and I dearly hope that this corrupt organisation will be served justice for the crimes against children and the faithful.

Old Blog

I have dug this blog out of cyber-space to help myself.
I need to get stuff off my chest and talking to friends gets me odd responses.
Talking on forums, groups etc gets me flamed.
So the format is simple and my posts will be also.
I persue truth which leads me to some very odd articles.
namaste