6
POPSVision of Obama's assassin . .
continues: Mr Johnes, who also claims to have foreseen the flooding which occurred around Britain last winter, says the vision came before him when he was praying at his home in Kingston Close. Describing the experience, Mr Johnes, who is originally from Sri Lanka, said: "I have three types of vision, one kind when I am tired, when it comes to me, the other is when I see him before my eyes like a screen, and the other I can just hear his voice. "In August, I saw clearly a picture of Obama and then a man carrying a gun in a box who was getting into a car. "I went to the American Embassy and wrote to George Bush, but I did not receive a reply. "The Lord asked me to protect Mr Obama because he is doing the Lord's work like me." It therefore came as no surprise to him when news broke two weeks ago that two men, who describe themselves as neo-Nazis, were arrested for trying to kill Senator Obama and his supporters at an election rally. Mr Johnes added: "I had a feeling in
7
POPSIraq disintegrating from ethnic cleansing The flight of the middle class started about six months after the invasion in 2003 as it became clear Iraq was becoming more, not less, violent. They moved to Jordan, Syria and Egypt. The suicide bombing campaign was largely directed against Shias who only began to retaliate after they had taken over the government in May last year. Interior Ministry forces arrested, tortured and killed Sunnis. But a decisive step towards sectarian civil war took place when the Shia Al-Askari shrine in Samarra was blown up on 22 February this year. Some 1,300 Sunni were killed in retaliation. Kadm Darwish Ali, a policeman from Baquba and now also a refugee, said: "Everything got worse after Samarra. I had been threatened with death before but now I felt every time I appeared in the street I was likely to die."
7
POPSWil S**t Hapen? This smacks of petty paranoia. Comments at the source offered some creative solutions: "waterguns full of bleach or urine, just like releasing poisonous snakes, just like the balloons filled with hydrochloric acid... this is just police fantasy. There is a big difference between being prepared for a situation and preparing for a fictional tactic that you came up with yourself" "Carry empty buckets and fill them on-site. Ex-Lax helps. " I can see it now: "Is that a bucket of feces?" "No, officer. It's a firkin of feces." "Oh. Okay, then."
1
POPSThe Russians Have Always Favored Overkill Vladimir Putin had ordered the assassination of Russian journalists and capitalists before Litvinenko, of course. But the Litvinenko murder defined him for the world -- or at least the sane and sensible fraction of the world --- just as Don Corleone in the Godfather ordered the decapitated horse's head to be placed in Jack Woltz' bedroom. Like the bloody horse head, Polonium poisoning signaled a public but deniable threat to Putin's enemies: Defy me, and I can use the rarest poison in the world to kill you anywhere I choose. And I will get away with it, because everybody else is cowed. Which is exactly what happened. Putin never paid a price, and in the manner of bullies everywhere, he was emboldened when the Brits failed to respond to Litvinenko's assassination in the middle of London. That is why Putin's invasion of the small, free, and democratic Republic of Georgia was predictable. Today the Russian threat to the Ukraine is just as obvious.
32
POPSFor WHAT? One Man! And the Next WAR? And all for the lack of one assassins bullet. Where is Mossad when it's needed? "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" If he was such a bad man could no one be found to "judicially assassinate" this 'turbulent' ruler? Keeping the rules has NOT been the hallmark of this administration, so why not 'eliminate' Saddam? The truth is that he was never the target. Assassination would not have produced occupation. It would have save 4,000+ US lives but we have learnt that these didn't matter either. The out of sight, out of mind, no presidential presence at funerals worked for AWOL Bush. However the broken in mind and body will not go away so easily. Until they are swamped by the next lot.
11
POPSThe Economics Of Democracy In Muslim Countries
The Status of Democracy Index (SDI) measures each country's progress toward democratic governance through multiple variables. First, it measures governance through four variables: how heads of state and members of the legislature are selected; political party development; suffrage; and the maturity of civil liberties The Status of Democracy Index rates each of these nine variables on a three-point scale: 0 (nonexistent), 1 (emerging), or 2 (fully present). Some of the variables, such as media freedom, religious liberty, and respect for human rights, are easy to quantify, whereas measuring human development is more subjective. Economic freedom can be scored on the level of governmental interference in the economy: 0 (strong), 1 (moderate), and 2 (low). It is then possible to convert the totals to a percentage for ease of digestion. Only three of these countries—Mali, Guyana, and Suriname —are considered full democracies. http://www.meforum.org/article/1921
8
POPSBefore & Now! Leave? BEFORE: free healthcare, free education, better electricity and water services, security of law and order INVASION: No health, little education, power by the hour, some water, no law, no order. US; 4,000 dead military plus 10s of 1,000 of broken in mind and body. Iraq; 100,000 dead, displaced? Both America and Iraq broken for how long? Why again? WMD? Oil? Israel? Democracy? Regime change? Why not a Mossad assassins bullet if Saddam was ever the problem? CIA had no qualms before although Castro shows their incompetence at illegal regime change.
3
POPSSymbol for Bush visit: Masada, Fraud and Myth How ironic that the symbol of the Bush presidency will be his visit to Masada, a fraud and myth knowingly perpetuated by the government of Israel that will turn his presidency into a total fiasco and make America party to the fraud and corruption! ! !
4
POPSRabbi: Assassinate another Israel PM!!! Why? For returning East Jerusalem to the rightful owners, the Palestinians. Who to do it this time? Who else but the Israel 'Defence' Forces (IDF), the master assassins. "I deeply regret such statements and apologize for them. They were uttered spontaneously, off the cuff, and were not meant seriously." Not serious? Assassination! Some apology. An American MS sufferer is facing two years in jail for suggesting solving the US problems by killing Bush, a noble cause.
3
POPSThe Story Behind the Killings Of Congo's Rare Mountain Gorillas The Congolese park authorities moved Ngobobo to the park's less important northern sector, away from the vulnerable gorilla population and the conservation groups who backed his enforcement efforts. He took the transfer—presented to as temporary—with equanimity. "What I have done was really upset the system," says Ngobobo, who has the demeanor of an academic and speaks impeccable French. "And for that, they have put my head on a tray." Ngobobo bemoans what he says is the corruption that influences some local officials, military authorities and conservation officials. "The charcoal industry is a whole mafia." 550 park rangers are paid about $5 a month Rwandan authorities see the value in protecting the gorillas, a draw for the growing numbers of tourists who pay $500 each to see the rare mammals in their habitat. Virunga's top ranger in charge of tourism hasn't seen a single tourist since August. "The first thing we need to do is stop the fighting." [and find another source..
11
POPSMASADA: Another MYTH Exploded. All the remains were reburied at Masada as Jewish with full military honours on July 7, 1969. There's no doubt but that these were the remains of Roman soldiers, the enemy.
7
POPSAll Out War Against Country Music Now, granted, as an old school punk rocker, I've made my own fair share of "hunting whiny country music singers for sport" jokes, but this crosses the line in a really creepy way. It seems like this is a movement to totally wipe them out! This surreal violence puts the artistry of music in an entirely new context. I for one am going to try to find and buy their albums as much as possible.
1
POPSBrit MP--British WMD Iraq Inspector Murdered
The British MP's book "The Strange Death of Dr. Kelly" claims their was foul play in the suicide, that he was in fact murdered. Of course the Downing Street Memos prove that the "intelligence was fixed around the policy" to go to war, by the U.S. neoconservatives and Cheney, in league with Tony Blair. After BBC reported the intelligence about WMD had been "sexed-up" (exaggerated and fraudulent) Dr. Kelly was found dead in the woods, reportedly "suicide". Immediately the coincidence was considered suspicious by many. The story also says this: He said it was virtually impossible to kill yourself in the manner Kelly had, by cutting his ulnar artery, there was a lack of blood at the scene, and no fingerprints were found on the knife used. Kelly had also booked a flight to Iraq for the following week, his wife was unwell, his daughter was shortly to be married and he left no suicide note, all factors that appeared to contradict the official verdict, Baker argues.[/quot
5
POPS"Rockets are hitting the Green Zone!" US employees protest The assassins of democracy are now trying to force foreign service employees to work in Iraq, but running into this unheard of resistance from government employees. Another 'unheard of,' fact: "Rockets are hitting the Green Zone!: This might become a new catchphrase of the day, like: "Don't taser me, bro; don't taser me!"
0
POPSMore calls for the truth A group of eminent lawyers told me that no matter who headed the inquiry into the death and causes of-of the late David Kelly, the wording of the remit made it impossible for the examiner to come to any conclusion other than the one it did. It was a lawyers use of language.
15
POPSAxis of Evil: SOA School of the Americas/WHINSEC "SOA Watch is an independent organization that seeks to close the US Army School of the Americas, under whatever name it is called, through vigils and fasts, demonstrations and non-violent protest, as well as media and legislative work. The Pentagon has responded to the growing movement and Congress' near closure of the SOA with a PR campaign to give the SOA a new image. In an attempt to disassociate the school with its horrific past, the SOA was renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation in January of 2001."
7
Pops
Newest Clips
Latest Comments
Most Pops
Print
Save
Turn on live update