by Mike Whitney of GlobalResearch.ca I have no way of knowing whether the 32-year-old maid who claims she was attacked and forced to perform oral sex on IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is telling the truth or not. I'll leave that to the braying hounds in the media who have already assumed the role of judge, jury and Lord High Executioner. But I will say, the whole matter … [Read more...]
More on the Lost Mayan City of Mirador in Guatemala
On the Israeli Occupation of Palestine
I recently found this documentary, made in 2006, called "Occupation 101". It's an up close look at the Palestinian story behind the Israeli occupation of their homeland. It is what the news media doesn't show. International journalists rarely, if ever, travel into the West Bank and Gaza Strip to talk to the people trapped there. It's a shocking and brutal world these people are … [Read more...]
Lost City Revealed Under Centuries of Jungle Growth
Hidden for centuries, the ancient Maya city of Holtun, or Head of Stone, is finally coming into focus. Three-dimensional mapping has "erased" centuries of jungle growth, revealing the rough contours of nearly a hundred buildings, according to research presented earlier this month. Though it's long been known to locals that something—something big—is buried in this patch of … [Read more...]
Libya: It’s Not About Oil, It’s About Currency and Loans
by John Perkins WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- World Bank President Robert Zoellick Thursday said he hopes the institution will have a role rebuilding Libya as it emerges from current unrest. Zoellick at a panel discussion noted the bank’s early role in the reconstruction of France, Japan and other nations after World War II. “Reconstruction now means (Ivory Coast), it means … [Read more...]