Yoda: India’s Economic Policy Change in Favor of Foreign Retailers and Foreign Ownership of Natural Resources

Any country that can marshal 100 million protesters on a single call, or produce 2,000 suicides among debt-ridden farmers distraught by draught, is by definition a “crowd” economy that will not respond well to any repetition of the Industral-Era mistakes of the USA that rigged the system in favor of the few at the expense …

Mini-Me: Italian Court Confirms Convictions of CIA Personnel for Rendition & Torture – Way Now Clear for Formal Extradition Request

Huh? Italy court upholds American convictions in CIA case ROME (AP) — Italy’s highest criminal court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 Americans in the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street as part of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program, paving the way to possible extradition requests by Italian authorities. The …

Mini-Me: Afghan & US Flag Corruption on “‘Auschwitz-like’ Conditions at Hospital + Meta-RECAP

Huh? General’s Defence on Afghan Scandal Ducks Key Evidence WASHINGTON, Sep 13 2012 (IPS) – Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, the former commander of NATO’s training mission in Afghanistan, denied to a U.S. Congressional panel Wednesday that he had cited the impact on Congressional elections in opposing the timing of a request for an investigation …

Mini-Me: From 9/11 to Arab Spring to Iran War — Who, Exactly? + Meta-RECAP

Huh? Iran Review – Interviews James H. Fetzer: Mossad Played a Crucial Role in 9/11 Attacks Interview with James H. Fetzer By: Kourosh Ziabari EXTRACT The key players in relation to 9/11 were the neo-conservatives in the Department of Defense and the Israeli Mossad. Philip Zelikow, Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission, for example, had …

Marcus Aurelius: These Days, Reservists Are Just Soldiers Who Get Laid Off Between Deployments

(1)  Little to disagree with here; (2) I remember author’s name from my first years in current job; (3)  there seem to be multiple reserve studies/actions ongoing now; (4) there is a major effort ongoing to reduce the number of Reserve/National Guard soldiers brought on active duty for “Active Duty of Operational Support.” Phi Beta …