TOKYO, March 15 – The Japanese government is considering splitting off Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp’s fiber-optic businesses into a separate company, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Monday. The move is part of the government’s effort to s NTT fibre-optic ops may be split off -report

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—The privatization of the Manila North Harbor has taken a turn for the worse, with the government and labor groups now in a deadlock over the terms of the takeover by the consortium between businessmen Reghis Romero II and Manuel V. Pangilinan. Phil North Harbor privatization hits a snag

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Sounds like a good time to start tapping the nest egg. Too bad the federal government already spent that money over the years on other programs, preferring to borrow from Social Security rather than foreign creditors. In return, the Treasury Department issued a stack of IOUs — in the form of Treasury bonds — which are kept in a nondescript office building just down the street from Parkersburg’s municipal offices. Now the government will have to borrow even more money, much of it abroad, to start paying back the IOUs, and the timing couldn’t be worse. The government is projected to post a record $1.5 trillion budget deficit this year, followed by trillion dollar deficits for years to come. WRH permalink

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Bangkok Post Sunday, March 14, 2010 The Georgian opposition on Sunday denounced a mock television report of a Russian invasion as government-sponsored propaganda aimed at smearing President Mikheil Saakashvili’s critics. “This government’s treatment of its own people is outrageous. I am sure that every second of this programme was agreed with Saakashvili. Many people suffered psychological trauma,” opposition leader Nino Burjanadze told AFP. “Every word about me was malicious slander and I will sue both Imedi television and the authorities,” said Burjanadze, who heads the Democratic Movement-United Georgia party. (ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW) The report, aired Saturday night on privately owned Imedi television, sparked brief panic in ex-Soviet Georgia as viewers feared a repeat of the August 2008 war that saw Russian troops pour into Georgia and bomb targets across the country. Showing footage from the war, the report said Russian tanks were headed for the capital Tbilisi and that Saakashvili had been killed. A brief notice before the report said it was a “simulation” of possible events but the report itself appeared genuine and carried no warning it was a fake. Full story here.

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In summary, the REAL STORY is that the government knowingly allowed Mr. underpants to enter the “homeland.” Because of their INCOMPETENCE, every citizen of the country will be inconvenienced FOREVER when travelling by airplane. Also, the taxpayer will get to pay for all of these unnecessary machines, as well as the associated manpower and maintenance to operate them, FOREVER. On the bright side, at least Michael Chertoff, former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, will profit handsomely from this little fiasco because he represents the company that manufactures the full body scanners. Good for you Michael Chertoff and good for your friends! Nicely played. WRH permalink

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In summary, the REAL STORY is that the government knowingly allowed Mr. underpants to enter the “homeland.” Because of their INCOMPETENCE, every citizen of the country will be inconvenienced FOREVER when travelling by airplane. Also, the taxpayer will get to pay for all of these unnecessary machines, as well as the associated manpower and maintenance to operate them, FOREVER. On the bright side, at least Michael Chertoff, former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, will profit handsomely from this little fiasco because he represents the company that manufactures the full body scanners. Good for you Michael Chertoff and good for your friends! Nicely played. WRH permalink

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SEOUL, March 12 – South Korea expects to appoint the next central bank governor via cabinet approval in late March, the presidential office said on Friday. The Blue House declined to confirm reports that the government would approve a nominee for S.Korea may appoint new c.bank head in late March

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The Alex Jones Channel March 13, 2010 Alex welcomes back to the show former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura. Jesse’s latest book is American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us, now available from the Infowars store.  

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Consumer advocates and environmentalists are outraged that the government resold products it deemed unsafe to live in, saying warning stickers attached to the units will not keep people from misusing them. Besides formaldehyde, units may be plagued by mold, mildew and propane gas leaks, FEMA acknowledged. “Proceed with caution, extreme caution, if you are tempted to respond to what appears to be an attractive offer for a travel trailer or manufactured home,” Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel wrote in a consumer alert. WRH permalink

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Cyber wars and cyber security are no longer fictional plots from science fiction movies. They are very real and very serious concerns for the American people, being tracked by politicians and the government in Washington. Webster Tarpley gives his opinion on the seriousness of the cyber threat. WRH permalink

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Kurt Nimmo | Government letter encourages business owners to rat out suspected terrorists.

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In theory the USA is a country which detests slavery. Well, not counting welfare, bonds, the IRS, the EPA, public schools, and addictive entitlements that remind us of opium dens in old San Francisco. I am talking about being forced, literally, into involuntary servitude, complete with being told where you will be, when, what you will do at all times until you are manumitted–which could, theoretically, be your seventieth birthday if you annoyed the wrong overseer–what you will wear, when you may speak and what you may say, lockdowns, and restrictions on to whom you can talk and what you can read in some instances on pains of large, capricious fines and jail sentences. I’m bound to have been busted by at least one of you. Yeah, I got a summons to be a juror and have been informed that if I am not there on the dot of 1:15 p.m. on March 16th I can be fined a thousand dollars–presumably a day–until I am in the appointed place at the appointed hour, properly contrite, wearing clothing “reasonably befitting the dignity and solemnity of the court proceedings.” Word of a Traynham, that is a direct quote. One immediate thought was of Charles Rangel, who is always impeccably and expensively garbed, something which is a great deal easier to do when one is on the take and does not pay taxes, no doubt. Perhaps Barney Frank or Nancy Pelosi should be taken as examples of the connection between civic duty and haberdashery? My next thought on mandatory duty uniforms/sartorial standards was that I lead a very quiet country life, these days. On my rare trips to town I am usually upholstered in a good velour “jogging outfit” by someone like DKNY (That being cutting edge around here for having “dressed” for those who do not wear suits to their offices. Garb most places runs to tee shirts, shorts, and flip-flops.) I’ve got my Madame DeFarge get-ups/widow’s weeds, if a black tunic and silky slacks are befitting the dignity of County Court at Law 2. Finally, for this time of year there is my “spring and summer weddings suit,” a symphony of peach, cream, and brown…but entirely too dressy for…

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Involuntary Servitude