Signs Economic Commentary for 18 December 2006 Donald Hunt Signs of the Times December 18, 2006 Augusto Pinochet died last week. Add to that the death of his groupie, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, and his economic mentor, Milton Friedman, and it really does seem like the end of an era. Good riddance to them all. The mainstream press in the United States attempted a "balanced" portrayal of Pinochet. That in itself speaks volumes. ~ Read More ~

Ex-soldiers break 'silence' on Israeli excesses Toronto Star 17/12/2006 A young Israeli was in Canada last week raising ethical questions about the conduct of Israeli soldiers in the Occupied Territories. ~ Read More ~

Israel - Apartheid State Opposing Israeli apartheid Results in Personal Attacks and Defamation Jimmy Carter - Revisiting 'Apartheid' Jimmy Carter's Mideast book polarizes opinion Israel wants to sabotage Baker Different narratives in the Middle East - No, Israelis are not Nazis. But it's time we talked of war crimes Congress extends Israel loan guarantees An enlightened occupier- Israeli Supreme Court Legitimizes War Crimes Ex-soldiers break 'silence' on Israeli excesses - Yehuda Shaul tells Haroon Siddiqui 'something rotten' is going on in Gaza and the West Bank We must speak out - Cultural Boycott of Israel? Palestinians Stranded in Egypt Palestinian factional feud worsens Shooting resumes, Gaza cease-fire ends Defiant Hamas rejects call for elections Abbas forces overrun part of Gaza after polls call	Winning The Destruction Of Iraq Iraqi death squad leader evades capture as more US troops die Dozens kidnapped at Baghdad Red Crescent office Powell sez: We Are Losing In Iraq - Former Secretary Of State Says More Troops Isn't The Answer "These people should be court-martialed" About Face: Soldiers Call for Iraq Withdrawal Bush to Ask for 20,000 or More Additional Troops to be Sent to Iraq US general says Iraq could 'break' army The Green Zone Follies: U.S. Army Mutiny in Progress? Britain never thought Saddam was threat - diplomat	America's Zionist Body Politic Groups Mute Criticism of Iraq Report After Bush Assurances That He Will Ignore It McCain's Character US accused of using aid to sway votes in UN security council Enthusiasm for president waning among Greenwich Republicans UAE Opinion: Bush Response to Baker Report 'Truly Astounding' Propaganda: An American Global Retreat: A Scenario for Catastrophe in 2010 Tucson military recruiters ran cocaine - Some kept visiting schools for 3 years after FBI caught them on tape Lethal injection halted in Calif., Florida
Feed The Rich - Starve The Poor More Americans hungry, homeless in 2006 The Great Wealth Transfer - more of the nation's bounty held in fewer and fewer hands. And Bush's tax cuts are only making the problem worse Wealth Transfer? Hunger and Homelessness? The Real Culprit: Corpocracy How Dangerous is the Dollar Drop? Pentagon to ask $468.9 bln budget for fiscal 2008 - While More Americans Go Hungry and Homeless and Without Healthcare Tax Leads Americans Abroad to Renounce U.S. Land of the Free: Seizing of debtors' cars is curtailed	Creeping Fascism Spreads In Western "Democracies" Showdown Looms Over Domestic Spying Tortured Canadian Cleared By Ottawa Inquiry Still on U.S. 'Watch List' Criminalizing Compassion in the War on Terror: Muslim Charities and the Case of Dr. Rafil A. Dhafir 66% Think U.S. Spies on Its Citizens - 52% in Poll Back Hearings on Handling of Domestic Surveillance Aussie Man Wearing Anti-Bush T-Shirt Not Allowed To Board Flight US Sec of Navy admits they oversee mind control research Telephone lie detector claims to catch fibbers History lessons from the 'splendid little war'	Setting Up Syria And Iran Bush accused of gagging critic of Iran policy White House Forbids Publication Of Op-Ed On Iran By Former Bush Official Olmert rejects Syrian calls for peace talks The Truth About The Tehran Holocaust Conference - By One Who Was There Spin-doctoring Neocons: We expected Israel to attack Syria Russian Opinion: Does Iran Really Want a U.S. Withdrawal? ... Hell No!' Iran offers Arab states nuclear technology Iran bloggers test regime's tolerance
Death Through Health High-dose fertility drugs put mothers and babies at risk Medics face death while Libya uses HIV children as diplomatic pawns Stem cell baby deaths probe 'too close to the truth', claims investigator Ukraine babies in stem cell probe - Healthy new-born babies killed in Ukraine to feed international trade in stem cells Israeli Pharmaceutical Giant Involved in Stem Cell Research: From primordial cell soup to a therapy Drug maker accused of cover-up - Documents show side effects of Eli Lilly schizophrenia pill were played down in marketing Diabetes breakthrough - Toronto scientists cure disease in mice Mass. health plan drawing interest as model for US - Universal care issue reemerges Corporate Agribusiness Is Behind Our Deadly Food Supply - An E. coli outbreak in China could spell disaster in your own dining room Farming polytunnels unlawful, says judge	Climate Chaos Pacific NW winds kill four, leave 500,000 powerless 1 climber found dead, 2 still missing Thousands in Northwest bracing for fifth night without power Carbon Monoxide Poisons 100 in Northwest - People Using Generators and Grills for Heat and Light After Major Storm Australian bushfires leave grisly trail of environmental damage Fast-tracking global warming - A Texas utility giant hopes to be able to emit more CO2 than most countries. Seven dead, 150 injured in Indonesian earthquake Global Warming: Shorelines may be in greater peril than thought Fireball Friday 15th December Over Albuquerque	Corruption: Business as Usual Ethics are dead. Long live BAE! - Dropping the inquiry into the Al-Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia is a triumph of realpolitik over principle. Flashback: US accuses British over BAE arms deal bribery bid Flashback: BAE faces corruption claims around world - Disclosures on Czech deal to be referred to police Flashback: Homes for executive's mistress 'bought from BAE fund' Blair defends decision to drop fraud probe into Saudi arms deal - Business Profits Supercede the Rule of Law? Arms and the man - Blair and the Saudi Arms Deal Probe Blackmailed by dictators - Blair has shamefully flouted the law to protect the arms industry's bungs. It's an all-time low
Closing in on Tony Blair Blair on surprise Baghdad visit Blair sez: UK troops to stay in Iraq until job done The final, ghastly days of Blair No 10 investigated for perversion of justice Knives are out for Lord Levy as Blair rift grows Blair aides deny 'shambles' memo link No. 10 secret memo: We are seen as a shambles	Publishing Shenanigans Time magazine's "Person of the Year" is You Publisher of OJ Simpson murder book is sacked Fired Editor's Remarks Said to Have Provoked Murdoch Crichton finds novel way to exact revenge on critic Cock and Bull - Michael Crichton: Jurassic Prick Jurassic Prick's Child-Rape Fantasies Revealed U.S. Fines Oliver Stone as Part of 'Barbaric Blockade'	Suffolk Murders Suffolk Strangler: Police release CCTV footage of murdered prostitute Suffolk Strangler: British police begin putting together 'jigsaw puzzle' of Ipswich murders Suffolk Strangler: No 10 'blocked move to legalise prostitution' Suffolk Strangler: Twist religious motive behind deaths sez psychic Man held over Suffolk murders
Developing Chaos Bangladeshi detainee flown home from Guantanamo Pakistan wedding fire - Kills 27 Women and Children Including Bride Bombay frees killer leopards to roam wild in city Judge Unity Dow, the first woman to be appointed a high court judge in Botswana	Britain - Echoes Of Empire Desperate Mugabe allows white farmers to come back British tycoon seizes TV crew in battle over Mugabe film Drugs boom fuels Dublin gang killings - five murders in a fortnight testify to a ruthless underworld war Minister warns 'can work, won't work' Britons over benefits	European Unity Shvets sez: Litvinenko killed over dossier on Russian France to withdraw special forces from Afghanistan Le Pen dynasty's bid to renew appeal of far right Journalist Predicts: Turkey is not going to join the EU
The Human Condition - It's All In Your Head It's all in your head - Diagnosis Made by Hallucinatory Voices Over 50 Vietnamese girls faint due to mass 'hysteria' 'Holy' chocolate sighting linked to survival instinct With just a touch, a spirit is healed "Do You See What I See?" 'Ridicule factor' fading, UFO buff says Why are we so hooked on conspiracies?	In God's Name Religious offering: Faith, hope - and Western vanity - From Hair to There America's religious right: God's own country Catholic church in new sex abuse row Solved at last: the burning mystery of Joan of Arc When was Jesus born?	Cornering Cuba US lawmakers set to wrap up visit to Cuba Cuba says ailing Castro well enough to work the phones Cuba denies Castro has cancer

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