2011 December | American Pendulum

Kids of New Libya: New values for ‘green’ minds

Posted by admin Featured Media Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Libya’s record high 90 per cent literacy rate, one of the undeniable achievements of the ousted Colonel Gaddafi, is now being challenged by the controversial education policies of the new leaders. Revolution fever has subsided, but not all Libyan kids are coming back to school. Some parents are unhappy with the values their children will [...]

Pepe Escobar: “NATO Wants a Simmering Civil War as a Prelude of Something Much Tougher”

Posted by admin Top Stories Sunday, December 18th, 2011

The UN Security Council is pouring over the details of a new draft resolution on Syria, put forward by Russia. It condemns all sides in the ongoing conflict, calling for violence to stop – but there’s no mention of sanctions. Moscow’s been trying to mediate a peaceful solution for months, but there’s been little let-up in the violence. Over two dozen state security officers were killed in recent clashes by defectors. The Free Syrian Army claims to have more than 25-thousand troops, fighting to bring down President Assad. Western states still don’t acknowledge that anti-regime protesters are armed.

Clashes in Kazakhstan: Inspired by the Arab Spring?

Posted by admin Top Stories Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Unrest in Kazakh cities is gaining pace ahead of next month`s parliamentary elections in the country and presidential elections in the years to come. Terror threat has long become a major issue of concern in the country`s domestic policy. And one should not ignore that in the north Kazakhstan has the world`s longest 7,000 km and poorly guarded border with the Russian Federation…

Battle Rages in Cairo as “Thugs” and Army Attack Protesters

Posted by admin Featured Media Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Army attacks occupation of cabinet office, street fighting into the night, at least nine dead

Kazakhstan Reports More Deaths After Clashes in Oil Town

Posted by admin Top Stories Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Death toll form clashes in the Kazakhstan oil town of Zhanaozen has reached 13, official spokesman for the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office Nurdaulet Suindikov said on Sunday.

The End Game Approaches

Posted by admin World Sunday, December 18th, 2011

As far fetched as it may sound, every Pepsi we swig, every day we decide to drink beer and tune into our corporate-sponsored bread and circus, be it the modern day chariot races of NASCAR or the gladiatorial contests of the NFL, we bring inescapable eternal servitude to a corporate-fascist scientific dictatorship one step closer.

How George Soros ended up with MF Global’s client money

Posted by admin Economy Sunday, December 18th, 2011

While the congressional hearings have been interesting, at times shocking, at other times even quite entertaining, Congress has yet to connect the dots. So I will do it for them.

Gerald Celente: Criminals Own The Government

Posted by admin Featured Media Sunday, December 18th, 2011

War abroad and war at home – Economic martial law heading to the US

Exotic Pet Banking Fraudsters

Posted by admin World Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss Keiser’s GIABO soup for the protesting person of the year and the true cost of bankers. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Leah McGrath Goodman about the price of oil and MF Global.

Interview: Will Grigg On US Law Enforcement Using Predator Drones

Posted by admin Top Stories Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Highly recommended | Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses how a cattle-trespass dispute between a North Dakota farmer and the local sheriff escalated into a “full spectrum military response,” including a Predator drone used for surveillance, and the arrest of the farmer, his wife, daughter and three sons; the greatly expanded scope and definition of domestic terrorism laws from the post-Oklahoma City AEDPA through 9/11 and the PATRIOT Act; why private citizens targeted by the government always seem to live in “compounds;” and the UAV lobby’s effort to get unmanned drones into police and sheriff departments around the country.