| F. William Engdahl - The Financial Tsunami Pt. II
But it would not make the fatal mistake of the British or other European empires before, namely to be an empire of open colonial conquest with costly troops in permanent military occupation. Instead, the American Century would be packaged and sold to the world, above all the emerging countries of Africa, Latin America and Asia, as the guardian of liberty, democracy. It would clothe itself as the foremost advocate of end to colonial rule, a stance which uniquely benefited the only major power without large colonies—namely, the United States The new American Century world was to be led by the champion of free trade everywhere, which also uniquely benefited the strongest economy in the early postwar years, the United States. It was a brilliant, if fatally flawed concept. As State Department planning head, George F.
Media once again run with anonymously sourced allegation of Clinton ...
The law that GOP Chairman Dennis Milligan said that now-U.S. Sen. Clinton of New York may have violated wasn't on the books until 1993. And the complaint was filed 14 years too late. In a press release Tuesday, Milligan cited one paragraph in the book Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton, by TheNew York Times reporters Don Van Natta Jr. and Jeff Gerth. "Hillary's defense activities ranged from the inspirational to the microscopic to the down and dirty. She received memos about the status of various press inquiries; she vetted senior campaign aides; and she listened to a secretly recorded audiotape of a phone conversation of Clinton critics plotting their next attack," the book stated. The complaint offered no further details about the purported conversation or the circumstances of the purported taping or the purported listening.
Next-Gen Smackdown
Wireless joypad is comfortable and light. Doubles as Blu-ray player. TIRED 11-pound leviathan sucks up to 380 watts while running a game (versus 203 watts for Xbox 360 and 53 watts for Wii) and pumps out enough heat to turn our test lab into a sauna. Joypad lacks force feedback, which is sorely missed. $599, www.playstation.com Weather Beaters The latest rage in performance outerwear is a jacket that's windproof and waterproof like a traditional shell but that moves and stretches with you through all your adventures. The best can replace your classic combo of a ratty old fleece and a spendy Gore-Tex jacket. — Mark McClusky MOUNTAIN HARDWEAR SYNCHRO JACKET Wired Slim cut and light weight help you forget you're even wearing a coat.
Gadgets Notebooks Outnumber Desktops in the Consumer Sector
The writing has been on the wall for years concerning the rise of the notebook computer. Notebooks were once relegated to business professionals and the upwardly mobile types that didn't mind paying $1,000 USD or more to "cut the cord." However, Intel's Centrino campaign coupled with lower component prices have allowed the notebook market to blossom. Society's craving for wireless Internet access anywhere and a shrinking performance gap between desktops and notebooks have finally allowed the former to rise to the top in consumer PC sales. Notebooks for the first time outsold desktops during 2007 for the consumer market. Online retailer Amazon.com reinforced the dominance of the notebook with its sales stats for the holiday season – 16 of its top-selling PCs during the holiday season were notebooks.
Southwest Riverside County Community News Briefs: Elks announce poster ...
Mikayla Lebo, Van Avery Prep. Honorable mention, Danielle Meier, Pauba Valley Elementary.Boys -- 1. T. J. Roberts, Susan La Vorgna Elementary. 2. Jacob De La Torre, Tobin Elementary. 3. Jon Andrew Auger-Andrews, St. Jeanne de Lestonnac School.courtesy photoTemecula Valley Elks Drug Awareness Poster Contest winners, front row, from left, Jacob De La Torre, Jon-Andrew Auger-Andrews, Danielle Meier, T. J. Roberts, Mikayla Lebo, Haley Wilde and Yasmine Rodriguez. Back row, from left, are Elks President Paul Gonzalez, and Drug Awareness contest co-chairmen David Jones and Diane Farrens.CLUB NEWSComputer users to review productsTEMECULA -- A review of the "Go to my PC" program and the Open Office free software suite by Sun Microsystems will be featured when the Temecula Valley Computer Users Group meets Saturday.At 8:30 a.m., member Mike Loring will conduct a New Users Special Interest Group at Rancho California Water District headquarters.Then, at 10:15 a.m., the group moves to the Temecula Public Library, where Dan Collier will review the PC program, a tool to access computers from afar.
RIGHT AT HOME: In return to Michigan, Rafalski finds himself in the ...
For the first time in more than a half-dozen years, Brian Rafalski is spending Christmas at home. It's a delightful feeling for the Red Wings newcomer, one matched by how well his overall homecoming has gone. Headed into tonight's game at Montreal, Rafalski ranks fourth in the NHL in scoring among defensemen, with 22 points in 26 games. .
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