Edition 6 (13th April 2008)

Yes there are things happening in the world other than The Olympic Torch's world tour showcasing Chinese civil liberties and Charles & Camilla's marriage.

Remember if you ever see any articles that you would like run in OYE News please do let us know (thanks this week to CM).

Some interesting articles from the mainstream media over the last week (plus a little added sarcasm):

The World Food Crisis
This may not be high profile news yet, but here are just 4 articles from a 2 day period, off just one news site. A major crisis that will effect us all is brewing, and will only be made worse by any spike in oil prices (war in Iran anyone?), the death of bees in the USA and Europe (see below) and the continued farce that is the growing of bio-fuels on arable land:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7337792.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7336974.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7327858.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7330168.stm


Health:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/apr/07/mentalhealth.drugs The kids are unruly due to the unhealthy artificial cr*p we feed them. Pumping them full of drugs is not the solution....except for GSK & friends obviously.

http://www.naturalnews.com/022982.html Whatever happened to good old fashioned fresh food eh?

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2007/107_virus.html Ditto


Environment:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8436 Yet another reason why there is a world food crisis brewing. And funnily enough GM crops could be to blame. Go figure!

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/05/monsanto200805?currentPage=1 Talking about our friends at Monsanto....their aggressive takeover of the worlds food supply continues apace.


Science:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO408B.html So the technology has been "developed" for us to use mobile in-flight now? Well how the hell did they all seem to work so well from planes back on 9/11?

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822408,00.html Little green men over Washington DC?

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/04/mojix_to_push_r.html The technology is now here to track your every single move (and every single possession you own too for that matter)


Civil Liberties:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/opinion/05sat4.html?_r=2&em&ex=1207627200&en=90540a37c4e58e76&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin&oref=slogin If even the New York Times recognises that "Web monitoring could be used to promote authoritarianism" then you know it is a serious issue.

http://www.cciwa.com/content/Customs_officers_to_be_given_greater_powers.aspx For anyone who has ever been threatened on a flight by someone brandishing a lipstick that has too much lead content!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/antiterror-laws-used-to-spy-on-family-807873.html I could have sworn they weren't meant for this purpose, but what the hey!

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/british-police.html I wonder if he ever read "Brave New World"? See quote of the week.


Politics:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23483093-12377,00.html A political assisination that you may not have previously heard of.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144431/us_presidential_election_can_be_hacked.html Really? But I thought it was so much more secure from fraud from the old fashioned ballot box & pen method? Do you reckon they might have done it at previous "hi tech" elections too?


Finance & Economics:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=a3J3JJ6v3wJQ&refer=latin_america Amazing what you can afford when you take back your country's oil reserves from the foreigners - but its also about ensuring you can outpunch the local deputy sherrifs


The Next War:
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6GKDF76XXDNe7VmT9I_9YgMEnHw Early August while the world focus' on Beijing perhaps?


The War on Terror:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/10/asia/10afghan.php Bringing democracy to Afghanistan

http://www.newsroomamerica.com/politics/story.php?id=414475 Just in case you thought torture was only committed by the lower ranks under their own volition

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1729891,00.html But don't think things will improve even if a victim of torture becomes President. The agenda will keep driving on.

Quote of the week:
"There is of course no reason why the new totalitarians should resemble the old.....A really efficient totalitarisan state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude" - (forward to) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, writing in 1946.