US diplomatic cables reveals Saudi oil reserves overstated by 40% – expect price rise
US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks warn Washington the Saudi “kingdom’s crude oil reserves may have been overstated by as much as 300bn barrels
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Sarah Palin trying to feign foreign policy cred reveals her hypocrisy again
Thrown in for good measure are words like “diplomacy”, and “things such as radio broadcasting”, and “the rightness of the ideals of liberty and justice”.
Read MoreAl Jazeera defends against accusations in US diplomatic cables
US embassy cables claim that Qatar is using news channel Al Jazeera to manipulate foreign leaders.
Read MoreOlbermann – Obama has deserted his base with tax cut deal – Special Comment
Keith Olbermann excoriates President Obama for condemning the country’s future generations to a debt held by foreign, not necessarily friendly foreign powers.
Read MoreSaudi donors chief financiers for al Qaeda
In their wide-ranging précis of the leaked cables, Times reporters Scott Shane and Andrew Lehren mention in passing a key detail from one of the diplomatic dispatches: “Saudi donors remain the chief financiers of Sunni militant groups like Al Qaeda.”
Olbermann on Bushonomics
While our troops are suffering and dying Bush economics keeps the top wealth right at the top.
Read MoreUS dependence upon foreign oil weakens our economy
While begging the Saudis for oil recently, Bush must have felt his clout slipping away as the topic of discussion turned always back to who would become his replacement. The Saudis may give Bush little comfort: Oil Minister Ali...
Read MoreBreaking ranks: US Military vs The White House
Nothing in my life has been more frustrating than being led by incompetent leaders. This first part of a two part article from Asia Times illustrates just how maddening it is for the military to be bound to the will of an...
Read MoreJon Stewart on Bush's Saudi fishing expedition
Watch this first Then read this account of the $145B economic stimulus proposed by Bush. Then read how average tax paying Americans subsidize the very wealthy while sticking it to the working stiff. Then read about the $20B arms...
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