http://cleaves.zapto.org/news/ Cleaves Independent Publishing Newswire. Redefining News in the Digital Age en 2009-11-21T01:35:26+11:00 Cleaves Alternative News Cleaves Alternative News Open Content License, http://www.opencontent.org/ http://cleaves.zapto.org/news/graphics/newsfeedlogo.jpg http://cleaves.zapto.org/news Redefining News in the Digital Age http://cleaves.zapto.org/news/story-1727.html Oz not immune to criminal Banksters FEDERAL police have raided the homes of executives from a Reserve Bank of Australia company as part of an international bribery investigation. ... 2009-11-21T01:35:26+11:00 Injustice/Law Cleaves Alternative News http://cleaves.zapto.org/news/story-1726.html 2010, right on schedule Société Générale has advised clients to be ready for a possible "global economic collapse" over the next two years, mapping a strategy of defensive investments to avoid wealth destruction. ... 2009-11-20T13:45:04+11:00 Social/Political Cleaves Alternative News http://cleaves.zapto.org/news/story-1725.html Cleave to Love; it is your power, strength and Being. cling to it for dear Life, more important than the need to breathe is Y/OUR Love. ... 2009-11-19T13:19:49+11:00 Prose/Poetry Cleaves Alternative News http://cleaves.zapto.org/news/story-1724.html The collapse of the Palestinian Authority, the result of Israel’s 42-year refusal to implement a two-state solution, leaves the Palestinians no option but to unilaterally declare an independent state. Israel acted unilaterally when it announced independence in 1948. It is the Palestinians’ turn. It worked in Kosovo. It worked in Georgia. And it will work in Palestine. There are 192 member states in the United Nations and as many as 150 would recognize the state of Palestine, creating a diplomatic nightmare for Israel and its lonely ally the United States. Israel will face worldwide censure if it attempts to crush the independent state by force and very likely be subjected to the kind of divestment campaigns and boycotts that brought down the apartheid government of South Africa. ... 2009-11-18T13:07:10+11:00 Social/Political Cleaves Alternative News http://cleaves.zapto.org/news/story-1723.html Oz police are on their own when it comes to gross incompetence, cowardice and the inability to use appropriate force. The latest episode highlights the FACT! Confronting a man attempting self-harm today, our (genius) police opted to take the harm initiative themselves and shoot the man instead – the 35yo man is now in CRITICAL condition in intensive care – BRILLIANT, you fuckin’ MORONS! Never forget, police incompetence starts at the TOP with the (Labor) Minister and the Commissioner. [Update: The man died shortly after being admitted to hospital. Ed] ... 2009-11-18T11:51:17+11:00 Injustice/Law Cleaves Alternative News http://cleaves.zapto.org/news/story-1722.html When General Suharto, the West’s man, seized power in Indonesia in the mid-1960s, he offered “a gleam of light in Asia”, rejoiced Time magazine. That he had killed up to a million [mostly ethnic Chinese] 'communists' was of no account in the acquisition of what Richard Nixon called “the richest hoard of natural resources, the greatest prize in South-east Asia”. ... 2009-11-17T11:44:36+11:00 Imperialism Cleaves Alternative News http://cleaves.zapto.org/news/story-1721.html Justice Dept. Asked For News Site's Visitor Lists It is not widely known that the Cleaves site was developed from the Indymedia (IMC) model. The current CMS software package in use by the Cleaves team is a product of Indymedia Ireland. We acknowledge that our existence (and continuing presence) would not have been possible but for the assistance of the IMC and as a show of solidarity we take this opportunity to throw our support behind our persecuted comrades in the Independent Media. ... 2009-11-17T01:13:26+11:00 Mass Media Cleaves Alternative News http://cleaves.zapto.org/news/story-1720.html The 4-year presidency of Barack Hoover Obama Barack Obama is on his way to becoming a one-term president. According to Politico: "President Barack Obama plans to announce in next year’s State of the Union address that he wants to focus extensively on cutting the federal deficit in 2010 – and will downplay other new domestic spending beyond jobs programs, according to top aides involved in the planning. The president’s plan, which the officials said was under discussion before this month’s Democratic election setbacks, represents both a practical and a political calculation by this White House." (www.politico.com) ... 2009-11-16T22:34:49+11:00 Social/Political Cleaves Alternative News http://cleaves.zapto.org/news/story-1719.html APEC leaders meeting in Singapore -- the hanging capital of the region -- have clearly indicated that any chance of a realistic climate deal in Copenhagen is doomed, didn’t we know it! ... 2009-11-16T11:01:10+11:00 Environment Cleaves Alternative News http://cleaves.zapto.org/news/story-1718.html Desperate for any diversionary tactic, the White House PR machine has opted to hold the trial of alleged 9/11 “mastermind,” Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in New York! However, the problem for American ‘justice’ (ROFL) is the widespread knowledge of a ‘confession’ obtained under torture – Sheikh Mohammed was subjected to 183 separate instances of ‘waterboarding’ by the State -- and as any first year Law student would inform you, any case against the Sheikh would have been severely compromised as a result. But in the lobotomised land of cowboys, a minor technicality like a confession obtained under torture is not a problem -- the White House has been flouting every civilised Law in the world since the Balkan intervention – how many civilians have we killed this month, Uncle Sam? ... 2009-11-14T23:11:32+11:00 Injustice/Law Cleaves Alternative News