"The UN international climate change conference is in chaos as the G77, which represents 130 developing countries "pulled the emergency plug" suspending the talks over wealthy countries' reluctance to discuss a legally binding emissions treaty.
I scratched my head like everyone else when Gore gave up nine years ago today as the Bush mob stole the 2000 election. It's easy to see the quid pro quo in hindsight. Two factions of the war party put on a good show and one bought off [...]
Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor
"Drugs money worth billions of dollars kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis, the United Nations' drugs and crime tsar has told the Observer.
Antonio Maria Costa, head'" [...]
"LONDON (AFP) – A new “Whack A Banker” amusement arcade game is proving so popular in Britain that the mallets used to clobber them are wearing out fast, its creator said.
Inventor Tim Hunkin’s machine at his seaside pier arcade in" [...]
Soldiers Forced to Go AWOL for PTSD Care
"With a military health care system over-stretched by two ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, more soldiers are deciding to go absent without leave (AWOL) in order to find treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Eric Jasinski enlisted in the military in" [...]
"The mystery began when a blue light seemed to soar up from behind a mountain in the north of the country. It stopped mid-air, then began to move in circles. Within seconds a giant spiral had covered the entire sky. Then a green-blue beam" [...] 
"COPENHAGEN — At an abandoned beer warehouse in this city’s Valby district, law enforcement officials have constructed an elaborate holding facility with three dozen steel cages to accommodate over 350 potential troublemakers during a
Attack of the giant Asian carp threatens to cost the US economy billions
"Forget the recession — the biggest threat to the American economy could be an attack of giant Asian carp.
Ugly, pushy and always hungry, these 100lb (45kg) beasts are evading the high-tech electrical defences that are supposed" [...]
Prostitutes Offer Free Climate Summit Sex...
Actually the fascists aren't even using this twisted psychosis this time around. It seems they've discounted any need to justify smashing resistance to their occupation of this particular country, as if they've decided we've been brainwashed enough to accept this as civilized behavior.
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Time cover from April, 1977
