Computer Security Day
Details about this annual event (November 30) “to remind people to protect their computers and information.” Features a list of over 50 suggestions for Computer Security Day activities, such as backing up data and eliminating dust from computer areas. Also includes thematic posters.
From a group of professional organizations and security software companies.
At:
http://www.computersecurityday.com/
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New Website Simplifies Your Access to Your FBI Files
The new website, http://www.getmyfbifile.com provides a quick and easy way to request your FBI Files, if they exist, from FBI Headquarters as well as the various FBI Field Offices.
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Morning Joe failed to note Bill Clinton’s statement against March 2003 invasion of Iraq
The November 28 edition of MSNBC’s Morning Joe featured a discussion of former President Bill Clinton’s November 27 comment that he “opposed [the war in] Iraq from the beginning,” which contributor Willie Geist called “revisionist history.” Similarly, in a November 28 “On Deadline” column discussing Clinton’s comments, Associated Press writer Ron Fournier asserted: “In truth, Clinton did not oppose the Iraq war from the start — at least not publicly.” Fournier continued: “If the former president secretly opposed the war but did not want to speak against a sitting president (as some of his aides now claim), what moral authority does he have now?” But absent from either the Morning Joe discussion or Fournier’s column was any mention of Clinton’s comments on March 14, 2003, just days prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq — which the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) posted on its website the evening of November 27 — opposing war at that time. In those remarks, he said “let’s give him [Saddam Hussein] a certain date in which, in this time, he has to destroy the missiles, reconcile the discrepancies in what we believe is the truth on chemical weapons, reconcile the discrepancies on biological weapons, reconcile the issue of the Drones, and offer up 150 scientists who can travel outside of Iraq with their families for interviews. If you do that, then we’ll say this is really good-faith disarmament, and we’ll go on without a conflict.”
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http://mediamatters.org/items/dailyemail/200711280006?src=other
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Ten Reasons Why “Save Darfur” is a PR Scam to Justify the Next US Oil and Resource Wars in Africa
By Bruce Dixon
Nov 27 2007
The star-studded hue and cry to “Save Darfur” and “stop the genocide” has gained enormous traction in U.S. media along with bipartisan support in Congress and the White House. But the Congo, with ten to twenty times as many African dead over the same period is not called a “genocide” and passes almost unnoticed. Sudan sits atop lakes of oil. It has large supplies of uranium, and other minerals, significant water resources, and a strategic location near still more African oil and resources. The unasked question is whether the nation’s Republican and Democratic foreign policy elite are using claims of genocide, and appeals for “humanitarian intervention” to grease the way for the next oil and resource wars on the African continent.
At:
http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=453&Itemid=1
From: CLG News
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AFRICOM’s Dilemma: The “Global War on Terrorism” “Capacity Building,” Humanitarianism, and the Future of U.S. Security Policy in Africa.
by Robert G. Berschinski.
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=827
Africa is quickly emerging as a region of strategic importance. United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) is charged with strengthening stability and security on the continent. The author argues that recent U.S. military operations in Africa have not bolstered U.S. interests, and should be reevaluated as AFRICOM reaches full operating capability.
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Afghanistan ‘falling into Taliban hands’
Nov 21 2007
A Taliban fighter The Taliban has a permanent presence in 54% of Afghanistan and the country is in serious danger of falling into the group’s hands, according to a report by an independent thinktank with long experience in the area.
At:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,2214813,00.html
From: CLG News
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Want to Be a ConocoPhillips Flack (for Free)? Here’s How!
Source: San Antonio Current (Texas), November 21, 2007
ConocoPhillips’s Bob Ridge visited San Antonio, Texas recently, as stop number 32 of a 33-city “Conversation on Energy” tour. “It becomes obvious fast that Bob isn’t in San Antonio to make any great promises,” writes local reporter Greg Harman, who attended the event. “He tells our group straightaway that the next 30 years belong to oil, natural gas and coal. In the meantime, ConocoPhillips will be ‘keeping a watch on global climate change and our water resources.’” (Shell Oil and Chevron have held similar public events.) A flyer distributed at Ridge’s presentation encourages San Antonians to become “more involved in the Conversation on Energy,” by serving on a local “advisory committee,” helping to “inform ConocoPhillips about energy issues and events in my community,” participating in online discussions, or communicating with “local groups, organizations, officials, and media.” Harman concludes, “Bob is not here to find out what we think about his company. What he wants is permission to function through us. Or, barring that, to delay or diffuse potentially damaging outbursts to our representatives in Congress.”
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Iraq Oil Report – ‘Kirkuk Oil Battle Heats Up ; Oil Funds for Refugees ; Lukoil on Talking Terms With Baghdad Again’
Iraq’s Oil Ministry is accusing the Kurdistan region of preventing development of one of Iraq’s oldest, largest and most controversial oil fields, another dispute in the battle over control of the country’s vast reserves. While the rift has been public, the issue of the Kirkuk oil field project is starting to surface in conflicting accounts. “We [...]
You may view the latest post at
http://tinyurl.com/ysohla (iraqoilreport.com)
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New Bush-Malaki Agreement “Undermines Iraqi Sovereignty, Democracy”
On Monday President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki signed — via video conference — a Declaration of Principles covering a host of military and economic issues. The AP reported on Monday: “Iraqi officials foresee a long-term presence of about 50,000 U.S. troops…” stemming from the agreement. AP’s report is at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_us ;
the agreement is on the White House webpage:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/11/20071126-11.html .
SAMEER DOSSANI, sameer@50years.org, http://50years.org
Director of 50 Years Is Enough, a group that scrutinizes major international financial institutions, Dossani said today: “The agreement, which expressly mentions ‘U.S. investments’ and ‘transition to a market economy,’ can be seen as a shift from a primarily military occupation of Iraq towards expanding the already ongoing economic occupation of Iraq.
“While questions of the ownership of Iraq’s oil reserves, for example, should be answered by the Iraqi people through democratic processes, this agreement indicates that the U.S. would continue to have a strong hand in such decisions. If meaningful democracy is to be even an option in Iraq, questions over economic policy must be left up to Iraqis and not officials in the U.S., who would make such decisions with their own interests in mind, not those of ordinary Iraqis.”
From: Institute for Public Accuracy
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And now for the important news ….
By Argus Hamilton
Washington D.C. was named in a health survey Tuesday as having the highest rate of sexually transmitted disease of any city in the United States. The government is clearly to blame. You can’t screw that many taxpayers each day and not catch something.
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com
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three thousand words
Steve Benson: allies
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John Cole: really bad santa
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Ann Telnaes: time to do something new
