BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- August 6, 2012
Monday, 6. August 2012
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“By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.” – Gore Vidal
International Newsworthy
Iran Airs Scientist Killing Confession
Iran Eyes Role as Post-Arab Spring Anchor
US-Israel Arranging Roles in Iran War Theater?
Iran-Pakistan Talk on Expansion of Relations
Tehran Reaches Out to Egypt’s Morsi
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Afghanistan: Kabul Changes Horses Mid-Stream
Afghanistan: Donkey Bomb Kills District Police Chief-Wounds Three
Pakistan: “Karzai Supporting Taliban Leader”
Pakistan Says Good Bye to Afghan Refugees
Pakistan: Cabinet to Make “Important Decisions” on Balochistan
India Restricts Contacts with CIA
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Syria Arrests Turkish-Saudi Officers in Aleppo
Syrian PM Sacked
Germany Rejects Military Option in Syria
Iraq: Oil’s Big Players Raise the Stakes in Iraqi Kurdistan
Turkey: “115 Kurds Killed in Offensive”
Israel Confirms Banning 5 Ministers from Abbas Conference
Saudi Daily Denies Bandar’s Death Report
Yemen: Suicide Bomber Kills 45 in South Yemen City
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15 Egyptian Police Killed in Sinai Border Attack
France OKs African Military Intervention in Mali
Libya: Red Cross Attacked with Rockets-Grenades
US Terror Drone Crashes in Somalia
Tunisia: Banned Protest Leads to Clashes
Nigeria: Boko Haram- ‘I Won’t Resign’
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China Addicted to Hang Kong’s “Opium”
Who or What is Russia’s “Pussy Riot”?
Bomb Blast Hits Chechen Capital-Kills Several People
Central Asia: Shake Up for Backers of Caspian-Gas Pipelines
Azerbaijan President Meets with BP Executive Director
Uzbekistan’s “House of Torture”
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Spain Charges Russian Nationals over “Al-Qaeda Plot”
Warsaw Blasts US Missile Defense Deal
National Newsworthy
Police State: Former CIA Army General-”Martial Law Expected & Warranted”
White House Considers Executive Order-Leaves Internet Takeover a Possibility
DHS Requests Plastic Explosives Then Hides Evidence
TSA Shuts Down Another Terminal-Here we Go Again
Global Surveillance Industry Gets a New Toy
Pop-Up Campaign Finance Groups Dance Rings Around the IRS & FEC
Late Senator Byrd’s FBI Files Reveal CIA Leak Uproar
Cryptome: DOD Questionable Spying Activities
Noteworthy Editorials
Pepe Escobar: Obama Does Syriana
Paul Pillar: Plans & Interventions
Paul Craig Roberts: Friday’s Job Report- More Lies from Our Big Brother
The Police State is Here
The Pentagon Goes to Hollywood
Obama’s October Surprise: Bombing Iran
Is America the World’s Largest Sponsor of Terrorism?
BFP Nightly Video-Audio
Video 1: Warfare, Welfare & the State
Video 2: Corbett Report- New World Next Week
Podcast 1: BFP Podcast Show- David Swanson on “the Military Industrial Complex= the top opponent of all that is good & just”
Podcast 2: Corbett Report- The End of Anonymous?
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Xicha Says:
In response to Video 1: Warfare, Welfare & the State:
While I don’t disagree with much of the characterization of the State as a collection of criminal entities, I found there was no offering of any alternative in this presentation.
I find the same problem in the frequent presentations by Corbett – the complaint against “violence” inherent in any government – sounds to me like complaining against “gravity” inherent in any mass. The complaints are presented as though violence is created only by government. The alternatives always include the words “only as a last resort”.
I hear that we need to take responsibility for our own protection. That we need to make agreements with our neighbors to deal with ownership/use difficulties. But the arguments never seem to be taken to their natural conclusion – that those agreement ARE what government SHOULD BE.
Although I entirely agree with ownership of self and many libertarian ideas, I see the advice to disregard the state or suffer and die = disregard gravity or fall to the Earth.
My conclusion continues to be that we need to enlighten the populace in order to cleanse the government of criminality. The outlook isn’t great and many have pointed out that a collapse is the most probable outcome.
I know there are many viewpoints in the BFP community on this philosophical question, and I hope to hear more.