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Oct 31, 2010

The Peoples Voice News

Permalink There was no change There will be no change Stop Complying Start Defying

In our dying democracy, those with power and the puppets they parade in election charades every two years are above the law and think nothing of breaking it. And in our raped republic, those with wealth from stealing the Sheeples’ tax money and savings by the billions have no problems paying millions in penalties for doing so. But in this wasteland of unbridled greed and moral decay, those of you with character and courage can still prevail...

Permalink Barack Obama: The oligarchs' president

The director of "Inside Job" writes about Obama's depressingly rational decision to give in to Wall Street. When I first decided to make a documentary about the financial crisis, in late 2008, my biggest question was how to handle Barack Obama. Alas, the answer rapidly became all too clear, as my film "Inside Job" shows in painful detail.

Permalink The 2010 elections, the working class and the Democratic Party

With only a few days remaining in the 2010 election campaign, one thing is certain: the Obama administration and the Democratic Party are preparing a further lurch to the right. Four years after a massive turnout at the polls to repudiate the Republican-controlled Congress and give the Democrats the majority, and two years after the election of Barack Obama to the White House by a margin of 7 million votes, the administration’s right-wing policies have shattered the popular illusions raised by Obama’s vague appeals to “hope” and “change.”

Permalink Millions march in France against pension cuts

Millions of workers and students took to the streets across France Thursday to protest final approval by the National Assembly of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s pension “reform” bill. The French economy was still crippled by gasoline shortages due to ongoing refinery and port strikes.

Permalink Bluegrass Tea: How Rand Paul, Tea Party Darling, Learned to Love Mitch McConnell and the GOP Establishment

Rand Paul came to to the GOP table as an outsider, but there's no way to win without holding hands with the ultimate insider -- the Senate minority leader. So he is.

Permalink Earnings of FTSE 100 chiefs up 55% over past year

FTSE 100 company directors saw their total earnings soar by an average of 55 per cent during the past year in a startling recovery from short-lived restraint during the recession, according to research to be published today.

Dilma Rousseff: 'I will govern for all Brazilians' - Telegraph

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with Dilma Rousseff
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with his protégé, Dilma Rousseff Photo: AP
Ms Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla and twice-divorced grandmother, had 57 per cent of the vote compared to 43 per cent for her opponent, Jose Serra, according to an exit poll from IBOPE (Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics).

Somali pirates are holding over 435 sailors hostage

Somali pirates are holding over 435 sailors hostage
Each hijacked ship and its crew will bring the pirates holding it a ransom of anywhere between £1.5 and £3 million pounds Photo: AFP/GETTY
Figures gathered by the London-based International Chamber of Commerce’s Commercial Crimes Services show that while the total number of attacks has declined, the numbers of crew kidnapped and ships hijacked has not. The pirates have had more success with less effort.

Olive tree wars: Israeli settlers do battle with Palestinians over olive groves

Olive tree wars: Israeli settlers do battle with Palestinians over olive groves
The two communities have planted record numbers of new saplings in a bid to entrench their rival claims over one of the world?s most bitterly contested territories Photo: AFP/GETTY
Nearly 3,500 olive trees a week have been destroyed in the harvest’s first month after settlers set them alight, cut them down or poisoned them with chemicals, according to Palestinian officials. Reprisal attacks on settler produce have also been reported.

British Consulate could be thrown out of Kazakh base

The British Consulate and British Council could face eviction from a landmark building in Kazakhstan's commercial capital as the state-owned bank which shares the property seeks to seize control.  

Samal Towers, worth an estimated $70m, serves as BTA's headquarters, as well as housing the UK and US consulates, and several major international companies

UK awarded top prize at the Shanghai Expo

UK awarded top prize at the Shanghai Expo
The UK pavilion captured the imagination of the Chinese public from the beginning and around eight million visitors passed through its doors Photo: AFP/GETTY
The UK pavilion, a shimmering cube of 60,000 perspex rods, was judged to be the best of the Expo’s large exhibits, despite costing a fraction of its competitors’ budget.

US mid-term elections 2010: Barack Obama implores Americans to 'keep on believing'

US President US Obama implores Americans to 'keep on believing'
Even Barack Obama's old Senate seat in Illinois is under grave threat Photo: REUTERS
Mr Obama returned to Chicago, where 200,000 people in Grant Park cheered his historic victory on a balmy night two years earlier, to tell a crowd of 20,000 at Midway Plaisance Park that they needed to “keep on fighting” despite all the setbacks.

US mid-term elections 2010: Hillary Clinton stays away from mid-term elections

US midterm elections 2010: Hillary Clinton stays away from midterm elections
Hillary Clinton visits the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia today Photo: AP
Although former President Bill Clinton has held more than 100 election events, his wife is unable to campaign because of her foreign policy role. She is currently on a two-week tour of Asia and Australasia that includes stops in Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia.

Silvio Berlusconi accused of having 'uncontrollable sickness' for women

Silvio Berlusconi accused of having 'uncontrollable sickness' for women  
Silvio Berlusconi and Ruby, the Moroccan belly dancer
The Italian prime minister has been accused of personally intervening to have 17-year-old Karima Keyek released from police custody when she was arrested in May on suspicion of stealing cash and valuables from a female acquaintance in Milan.

BBC wildlife presenter Johnny Kingdom confronted 'poacher' over Emperor's death - Telegraph

BBC wildlife presenter Johnny Kingdom confronted 'poacher' over Emperor's death
Johnny Kingdom's own role in the shooting has also been a subject of intense speculation since he tipped off a local newspaper that the stag had been killed last weekend Photo: CHRISTOPHER JONES