king of the world! Or so he thinks.

Hope he's wrong, but he might be right.


Bin Laden reportedly calls Obama 'powerless'
dead man talking!

Obama’s UN Gambit: King of the Universe and the Polls

Obama names IMF official to U.S. Treasury post

Obama Will Play A Major Role at UN General Assembly

Lehman collapse: Barack Obama unveils biggest regulatory overhaul 'since the Depression'

EXCLUSIVE: W.H. collects Web users' data without notice
Is this news? Really?

Obama Seeks National Oversight of Waters
Just great.

U.S. to push for new economic world order at G20
doo bee doo bee doo...

The Bigger Scandal: Catholic Church Funding of ACORN
Aaaaarrrggghhh!

The White House - Press Office - Remarks by the President to the United Nations General Assembly
I myself haven't been able to stay awake long enough to read it.

Obama's UN General Assembly Speech Epic in Its Own Awfulness

American Thinker Blog: Andersen Book Blows Ayers' Cover on 'Dreams'
HA ha! Not that anyone cares, but it's funny it came out by accident.

Obama to Usher In New World Order at G-20
Lah di dah di dah...

UN and G20 meetings: One week and the world



UN wants new global currency to replace dollar
The dollar should be replaced with a global currency, the United Nations has said, proposing the biggest overhaul of the world's monetary system since the Second World War.

Dollar Gets Roughed Up In Unusually Heated World Economic Forum Panel

Enthusiasm Builds for Financial Tax Idea
No longer just a hopeless cause for anti-capitalist activists, the idea of a global tax on financial transactions is gaining ground in Europe.

Sarkozy may quit G20 if limitation on bankers bonuses failed
Looks like he got his way.

IMF: G20 Leaders To Agree To Keep Economic Stimulus

Libyan takes helm of UN General Assembly

China wants support on IMF voting at G20
China wants the G20 summit next week to throw its support behind an increased role for Beijing and other developing countries in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Clinton Sees Need For 'Global Architecture Of Cooperation'

G-20 opponents, police clash on Pittsburgh streets
But the tea parties are mobs. Ugh.

New world order after Pittsburgh?
doodoo doo doodoo (mnah-mnah!)...

Upbeat G20 takes new lead role on global economy

So here's what I got so far.

Yeah, still way behind. At the rate things are happening these days I may never catch up.

Anyway.

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Zimbabwe's Diamond Production Draws Scrutiny
A diamond-trade watchdog ratcheted up scrutiny of alleged human-rights violations by the Zimbabwean army and police tied to diamond production.

Nigeria rebels 'to end ceasefire'

Kenya: Highway Robbers Steal Arms from UN Convoy

Libya to buy Canadian oil producer Verenex

Special Report : Mugabe's new land grab
Government report recommends 'acquiring' white-owned land and prosecution of resistant farmers

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China issues all clear in syringe attack tests
Blood tests taken from alleged victims of mysterious syringe attacks which sparked panic in the restive Chinese province of Xinjiang have not revealed the presence of any toxic substances, local health officials have confirmed.

Armenia to Deepen Ties with China, Says Nalbandian
Armenia is seeking a “comprehensive development” of its friendly relationship with China in all possible fields, Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian said Monday in an interview with the state run Xinhua news service.

See also:

• China, Moldova eye closer military ties
• China, New Zealand vow to further military cooperation
• Defense chiefs of China, Tanzania pledge closer military ties

Is the Red Dragon snarling again?

China wants support on IMF voting at G20
BEIJING (Reuters) - China wants the G20 summit next week to throw its support behind an increased role for Beijing and other developing countries in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank

South China Sea piracy hits five-year high: agency



United Korea economy could pass Japan: Goldman Sachs
hmm.

Gorgon natural gas project will loom large off Australia

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Turkey denies fine for media group is political

Patriot Missiles Offered to Turkey in $7.8 Billion Arms Deal

Georgia worried about Turkey, Armenia talks, says expert

Azerbaijan: Baku Refuses to Elect a Mayor

Russia: Officials say 7 die in Caucasus violence

Russia to detain Georgian ships off Abkhazia

Russia, Georgia to seek deal on non-use of force

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Turkmenistan Grabs Energy Spotlight As Caspian Leaders Gather

Russia seeks base in Tajikistan
Sources within the Tajik Foreign Ministry said the sides discussed the lease of a Russian military base near Tajik-Afghan border and the legal status of Russian military personnel in Tajikistan

Bin Laden's Strategy Shift

Uzbekistan Baptist Union Leaders Face Up to 3 years in Jail

Lawmaker: Kazakhstan could have president-for-life

Turkmenistan, Russia's Itera sign energy deal


Four-way street in Kazakhstan
The presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan ended their meeting in Kazakhstan's resort city of Kenderly last weekend with its purpose and consequences as clear as distant figures in an early autumn mist.

Two elements did emerge more clearly than others - Turkmenistan's determination to diversify its energy export routes and to make future price talks with Russia tough going, and Iran's displeasure at not being invited to the party.


Pakistan Army Said to Be Linked to Swat Killings
Two months after the Pakistani Army gained control of the Swat Valley, bodies have been dumped on the streets in what rights advocates and residents say is the work of the military.


Israel warns India of more 26/11s

New evidence of widespread fraud in Afghanistan election uncovered

Pakistan raids security firm hired by US: police
Uh-oh.

Turkmenistan to open China, Iran gas pipelines

Rare glimpse inside hidden Turkmenistan

How U.S. Removed Half a Ton of Uranium From Kazakhstan

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60 injured, 130 held during extremist violence in Germany

Arrests following Hamburg clashes
Left-wing demonstrators clash with police following a street festival in the German city of Hamburg.

German ships blaze Arctic trail

Greek opposition backs oil pipeline

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Iran insists on nuclear 'right'
Iran's president says he is ready to hold talks with world powers, but that Tehran's nuclear programme is non-negotiable.

Sneh: We may have to attack Iran by end of 2009
Former MK Sneh says Israel will be compelled to strike nuke sites if West doesn't sanction Teheran.




Thousands march in Iran opposition protests

Hard-liners attacked senior pro-reform leaders in the streets as tens of thousands marched in competing mass demonstrations by the opposition and government supporters. Opposition protesters, chanting "death to the dictator," hurled stones and bricks in clashes with security forces firing tear gas.

The opposition held its first major street protests since mid-July, bringing out thousands in demonstrations in several parts of the capital. In some cases only several blocks away, tens of thousands marched in government-sponsored rallies marking an annual anti-Israel commemoration.

The commemoration, known as Quds Day, is a major political occasion for the government — a day for it to show its anti-Israeli credentials and its support for the Palestinians. Quds is the Arabic word for Jerusalem. During a speech for the rallies, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad railed against Israel and the West, questioning whether the Holocaust occurred and calling it a pretext for occupying Arab land.
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Opposition supporters poured onto main boulevards and squares, wearing green T-shirts and wristbands and waving green banners and balloons — the color of the reform movement. They waved their fingers in the air in V-for-victory signs along with pictures of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, chanting "death to the dictator."

Others chanted, "Not Gaza, not Lebanon — our life is for Iran" — a slogan directly challenging the government's support for anti-Israeli Palestinian militants in Gaza and Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla. Some shouted for Ahmadinejad's government to resign. Some women marched with their children in tow.
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The opposition claims that Ahmadinejad won the June election by fraud and that Mousavi is the rightful victor. Hundreds of thousands marched in support of Mousavi in the weeks after the vote, until police, Basij and the elite Revolutionary Guard crushed the protests, arresting hundreds. The opposition says 72 people were killed in the crackdown, thought the government puts the number at 36. The last significant protest was on July 17.

In sheer numbers, the opposition turnout was far smaller than the mass pro-government Quds Day marches — not surprising given the state's freedom to organize the gathering.

Major Protests Erupt in Iran



Brezinski Calls for Obama to Shoot Down Israeli Jets; "A Liberty in Reverse"
Screw you, Zbigniew.
What bothers me is that it wouldn't surprise me if we did just that.

Kremlin says Israel promised not to strike Iran

Iran Agrees to Talks With Six Powers, Warns Against Attack on Its Nuclear Sites

Iran warns India on gas pipeline

Gulfnews: Iran hopes for a new world order
Once upon a time I laughed at people who got freaked out and rambled nonsense over the NWO. You know what, though? I ain't laughing anymore. You can't get away from it. Gaah.

Iran says 'new framework of cooperation' agreed with IAEA

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PM heads to Egypt to discuss regional peace initiative

Al-Qaeda Continues Attacking Israel From Lebanon

Obama Is Pushing Israel Toward War
Bret Stephens writes in The Wall Street Journal that the longer the U.S. delays playing hardball with Iran, the sooner Israel is likely to strike. But an Israeli strike could mean higher gas prices and a Middle East war.

Lack of Progress in Mideast Defies Obama’s Hopes
How dare you defy the Bringer of Hope!

Rabid animals due to Lebanese and Syrian neglect | Israel

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Graves desecrated in Argentina, Russian skinhead lights shul

Russia to Finance $2.2 Billion for Venezuelan Arms

Honduras envoy says "ordered out" of U.N. rights body


Mexico orders Bolivian jailed in plane hijacking
A court has ordered a Bolivian preacher kept in jail during the investigation into sabotage and kidnapping charges in the hijacking of a jetliner from the resort city of Cancun.

The Attorney General's Office says a federal court issued the order Monday for Jose Flores.

Flores has said he does not regret threatening to detonate a fake bomb aboard an Aeromexico plane last week. He says he was acting on a divine revelation and wanted to warn Mexican President Felipe Calderon an earthquake could occur in 2012.

U.S. fears Venezuela could trigger regional arms race

Brazil proposes banning sugarcane in Amazon
I've seen a lot of empty space on the sugar aisle, lately.

Vale Pressured by Lula to Invest as Brazil Recovers

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Assad to visit Turkey for talks on peace process

EGYPT: Thousands of Christians gather to pray for equality in a Muslim land

Lehman collapse: Dubai and Gulf give a glimpse of a new world order
There it is again!

Turkey-Syria leaders hold Middle East peace talks

SKorean destroyer rescues 3 ships from pirates

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Saudis lose out to Russia in oil cuts

New Opel to invest 170 million euro in Russia: Magna

Obama Missile Plan Wins Russia Praise, No Iran Shift
ya think?

Russia's Putin praises Obama's missile defense decision

Mark Steyn: Obama helping Putin restitch Iron Curtain

NATO chief calls for closer ties with Russia: report

Putin risks becoming new Brezhnev: Medvedev aide
I would be very surprised if this aide is still around. Accidents happen, comrade!

Arctic Sea investigation 'over'
Say. That's odd.

Russia starts talks to buy French warship: minister

Putin to meet global majors on Yamal gas projects

Russia Sberbank expects strong rise in 2010 profit

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Pittsburgh, Secret Service sued over G-20 permits

New Government Policy Imposes Strict Standards on Garage Sales Nationwide
Barry, keep your stinking hands OFF my yardsales!!!!!
Americans who slap $1 pricetags on their used possessions at garage sales or bazaar events risk being slapped with fines of up to $15 million, thanks to a new government campaign.

DHS to review report on vulnerability in West Coast power grid

Spate of terrorism arrests not connected, analysts say
Oh really? 'Cause they all seem to have the same religion. Coincidence, I'm sure.


Local DHS worker headed to federal prison - Atlanta
A former U.S. Department of Homeland Security worker from McDonough, Ga., was sentenced Monday to federal prison for three years and four months on a dozen counts related to a fraud and bribery scheme and a conspiracy to bring illegal aliens to the United States.

Hasmukh Patel was convicted in April.


Robert Knight : What I Saw at the (Muslim Prayer) Revolution

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Coins with Joseph's name found in Egypt

'Chip on the shoulder' medication reminder
Eeps.

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At Least 31 Die in Flash Floods Around Istanbul

Scoop: Around 88,000 People Displaced By African Floods
An estimated 48,000 people uprooted by severe flooding in Burkina Faso are sheltering in temporary accommodation such as schools, churches and public buildings while another 40,000 are living with host families, the United Nations reported today.

Mexico Now Enduring Worst Drought in Years


Dust Turns Sydney Sky Red
Dust storms hit Sydney
Creepy freaky pics!

Coyotes shot after attacks on visitors in Los Angeles


Earth approaching sunspot records
Not good.

never forget

Have you forgotten?

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11 The angel of the LORD also said to her:
"You are now with child
and you will have a son.
You shall name him Ishmael,
for the LORD has heard of your misery.

12 He will be a wild donkey of a man;
his hand will be against everyone
and everyone's hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
toward all his brothers."


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47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity, 48 therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the LORD sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.

49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand, 50 a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young.


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Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American)

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13 "When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.


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"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."

Barring some major catastrophe posts should resume sometime after Labor Day.

Yay!