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Robert Fisk: We've all been veiled from the truth

By Robert Fisk

We are supposed to look through the veil which Lord Blair placed in front of our eyes so that lies will become truth, so that what is true will become untrue. And thus we will be separated from the truth. Which is why Blair himself now represents that "mark of separation". O tempora! O mores!
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15375.htm

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Putin Gets Mugged in Finland

By Mike Whitney

Most people won’t pay any attention to this week’s energy summit in Lahti, Finland, but they should. It is particularly instructive for anyone who is interested in the latest developments in the global resource war.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15377.htm