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... To Richard: the new site gives me some problems: - login takes me not to the home page but to my personal profile page (quinx) - logout takes me this page: http://www.google.nl/ig?hl=nl - most importantly: after clicking 'home' (coming there from my profile page) I only blank space with the text only becoming visible when I scroll way way down, further the web page runs off my screen on the side (blogroll only visible by scrolling to the right). Can you help? |
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... Hi Quinx - login takes me not to the home page but to my personal profile page (quinx) Fixed - goes to main page now - logout takes me this page: http://www.google.nl/ig?hl=nl Fixed - stays on main page - most importantly: after clicking 'home' (coming there from my profile page) I only blank space with the text only becoming visible when I scroll way way down, further the web page runs off my screen on the side (blogroll only visible by scrolling to the right). Not sure about this - I have altered the layout of the main page several times to try and make it work for a small screen res. (800 x 600) and IE 6 but to no avail. If you upgrade to Internet Explorer 7 you won't have that problem Best Richard |
quinx
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... Many thanks Richard! I've tried Explorer 7 (Firefox is my standard browser) but it's the same there... |
Roedy Green
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missing Falluja link A week ago used to have a section on Fallujah in particular http://www.chris-floyd.com/fallujah/hospital.htm Is it gone, or just renamed? Is that video available elsewhere? This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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Other links fixed for Iran, Fallujah etc Hi Roedy. Thanks for noting that. I forgot to move the files and folders after upgrading. They should work fine now. Best Rich |
Telford
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Printing Chris's articles 'EB' remains indispensable, but I'm having trouble printing the articles--I read the paper-and-ink versions more thoughtfully. Particularly appreciate the commentary on Somalia. Thank you so much. |
Tom Lowe
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The 30 Year Lie of the Market Cult Thank you for hitting the nail perfectly on the head with the above essay. |
John Howard
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Supreme Commander Though Chris Floyd is one of my favorites (truly), I suspect he is a liberal since he thinks the current economic calamity is the result of capitalism (!). So it is natural that he would let his hopes for Obama become predictions. That's what liberals do. But I believe that, just in time for the election, gold will plunge, the dollar will rise, the market will recover and it will become clear that the Republicans are in command as they always should be, amen. Suddenly, in the eleventh hour, the race will be Gallop-ing "neck-and-neck" and "too-close-to-call" so when the Diebold switch is thrown for McWarrior, boobus americanus will think the result quite plausible, though disappointing. Polls are owned by pols. It isn't a horse race - it's a sheep round-up. Prepare for sheering. |
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Idea du Jour My Submission to Google's Change the World Contest (http://www.project10tothe100.com). http://www.ishar.es/ |
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... Hi again Richard, I want to change my profile picture, but can't find the "Edit" for this on my profile page? Sorry to bother you with trivia! Sheila |
Johnny Smoke
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Not able to register I'm having problems registering. I get error that page needs to be refreshed or cookies enabled and when I try both solutions I get the same results. I'm using the last version of Firefox. Any suggestions? |
MrEthiopian
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Facts incorrect In your story “The real story of troopergate” its customary to quote sources, I got about a third of the way through your story till I came to this line “However, in one of the more bizarre twists in the case, Wooten himself released his personnel information, perhaps thinking it would vindicate him.” This is incorrect or a blatant lie. Mr. Wooten did NOT release his personal records in to the public domain that information was part of his divorce proceedings, NOT public record. If you cant get the simple facts correct than why should I bother reading your blog? |
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Editing image Hi grandma Please look for the edit button above your profile when viewing. A dropdown will appear and you can edit profile or image from there. Best RGK |
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Registering Hi Johnny. Not sure what is the problem here - people are registering every day without a problem. I would suggest cleaning your browser cache, turning off your security and trying again. Or download Google's new browser, Chrome, and register with that. Best RGK |
mistah charley, ph.d.
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... There's been discussing of the hiding of low-rated comments - that is still happening (I'm reading now using Firefox) |
Grandma Jefferson
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... Hi Rick, I'm still not finding that edit button on my profile! Sorry but it's driving me nuts now! |
CMyers
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... Unable to post against Nov6 "Happy Days" Comment post 24hrs ago didnt take. Wonder why. Chris, your piece is noted for two aspects. First, to note the Cheyneyesque characters have infiltrated in nearly every strata of civic life. Condi's afflictions and Koppels-Russerts bumlicking is now the local fare. These folks are running schools, county offices and hospitals. There is wholesale retribution in stock when the public says enough to main street recession. The point here is focusing on Condi and Scooter dodges the entrenched local civic disruption, instore. What is not often discussed in the Obama euphoria is minorities are playing the same game, they bumlick the power structure just as well as anyother. Whole lists of civic issues and local Utility watchdogging has been wasted by their complicity. The second as a journalist, there needs to be an open process to charge the mainstream media conspirators with fraud. Unless that is done the public will not see sunshine on any newsworthy event. And if there is no trasnparency then watch out for lawlessness from the disenfranchised. Independant media is our only hope. You cant remain isolated too long, we want to see you on Amy Goodman. |
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Your blinking favicon Great site. Much needed analysis. Thanks. And so I save your pages via the excellent scrapbook Firefox extension to my harddrive. For future reference, to remind myself that it was so etc. Only to find that in a long list of articles, your site's favicon blinks. Like all the time. Amusing the first couple of times and then very irritating. Could you turn it off, please? |
Kimberly Wilder
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Love your Al-Zaidi, the eloquent shoe-thrower story I loved your story and analysis about Al-Zaidi and his thrown shoe. Thank you. I have to say, the best stories I have seen about this are from people who embrace theater. What Al-Zaidi did was a kind of performance art. (And, maybe that is why Bush took the cue to duck so well.) I, too, am frustrated by people taking the time to harp about what may be wrong about throwing a shoe. When a brave man is being tortured in jail, when someone our country has oppressed his throw in jail, we should focus on getting him out, and talk about angels or loafers on the head of a pin later. |
Daro1
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Tokyo Journal OK - so it wasn't just me... Your website always produced weird results on my PC (mostly sudden CPU rocketing up, also script time-out errors). As a 12 year IT pro I narrowed down unique registry entered rootkit invasions and unwarranted sniffer monitoring on my IP almost exclusivelyonly after visiting your site. Locking these out often would leave your site unloadable on my FireFox (but all other sites would be OK). I'd take careful note of whoever your host provider was and cross them OFF your Christmas list. |
Ricahrd
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Rootkit? Please. We have a new server anyway and are moving soon... but rkhunter and mod_security are long installed on the old FREEBSD box. I am the co-developer of the site who - also hosts it - not that I enjoy that all the time to be honest - and it's pro bono work on my part. Rootkit checks... Rootkits checked : 77 Possible rootkits: 0 Applications checks... Applications checked: 7 Suspect applications: 0 Not sure what you are seeing, but whatever it is - it's not a rootkit. Port scans maybe - as the IRC hackers get in sometimes. The delays on the site are usually traffic related and the fact that Joomla makes a few too many database calls. Anyway, I am on Chris's xmas list - trust me. Richard www.expathos.com |
moses
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Bush Emperium I think the title at top of the html pages should be changed from "Bush Imperium" to "American Imperium". High Crimes and Low Comedy in the American Imperium |
Sally 2
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About The book Hi Chris For folks like me who hail from NZ, Australia etc the price of shipping is prohibitive. Even the price of the book itself is double due to our low dollar, so I would only be able to buy it online as a pdf or whatever. I think many of your readers are financially challenged and would appreciate this option but you would have to watch copyrite infringement. If possible both pdf and book options would be ideal. Hey here's an idea! If you could find a good text to speech voice with save to mp3 or wav and put the files on your articles. You might prefer to read them yourself although I have noticed when you are interviewed on antiwar radio you often have a cold :). Theres also the issue of privacy so it would be good to be able to use paypal so as your customers dont end up on a cia terrorist list. That might be over the top paranoid but you never know. |
Jimmy Montague (lordmisterford)
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Proposed book by Chris Richard -- I voted that I would buy the book "just to help Chris out financially." And so I will if it comes to that. But what I'd really be INTERESTED in is a bona-fide book by Chris. That is: I'd like to see Chris write an actual book. I don't want a compilation of previously published columns but an actual, coherent book -- an in-depth treatment on a single topic. Which topic, of course, is entirely up to Chris. That is what I'd like to have. On the other hand, I understand that Chris, like me, is more the essayist than the novelist or the biographer. With that thought in mind, I hope for a book of original, unpublished essays rather than a rehashed collection of stuff I've already read. As I said, I'll buy the book to help Chris if it comes to that. But I'd buy the book EAGERLY if it consists of original, all-new writing. Thanks for your interest. Jimmy |
littlehorn2
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Search function is annoying I'm looking for a specific article by Chris. But the search function seems to include far too wide an area now, and I get tons of results that I scarce have the courage to go through. Can't there be such a thing as a rolling menu to restrict the selection to Chris's articles ? |
michael jordan
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I really can't afford to contribute to you now And am so glad that you and I all blog in a community so I can get the milk without having to buy the cow. Dyersberg, TN |
pikase
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SATA drive I’ve got it running on a SATA drive (look for here http://rapid4me.com/?q=sata). I didn’t have to consciously do anything special to get that going. I’m running 10.5.2 though, perhaps there’s a difference there. |
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Pakistan For some years I have been following events in Pakistan with growing alarm, not least because the media were silent on what was happening there while preoccupied with the senseless, counterproductive, wasteful, expensive diversion in Iraq. Now the world has discovered Pakistan and doesn't like what it sees. People such as Jessica Stern and Richard Clarke warned ages ago of likely happenings but no one took notice. As a long-time observer my principal concern is AQ Khan, the father of the Pakistani nuclear program. If I were the CIA I'd want to know every time that Khan broke wind. The Pakistani nuclear arsenal is indeed a worry. Who's got the keys and where do their sentiments lie? It may be, however, that Khan and his shady organisation represent a more clear and present danger. Small nuclear devices, taken into the USA per people smuggling routes, detonated simultaneously in say three American cities. It is a frightening but not implausible scenario. I'm in the very south of Australia, of no interest to nasties. My elder son and his family, however, live in elegant Boston. Am I worried for their welfare? You betcha. The Bush years featured neglect of the situation in Pakistan, cleverly conned by the duplicitous Musharraf. Years have been lost to the cause. Will Obama make any difference? No, on the evidence so far. |
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American way; right on right on Chris. I wrote the column pasted below to show that all of our wars since 1776 were based on lies. Regards, Dave xxxxx Published Mon. SEP 10, 2007 Wisconsin State Journal www.madison.com (regional daily newspaper) Our presidents, and their complicit henchmen, have lied us into every war since the revolution in 1776. Their true reasons have not been legal, constitutional, or politically acceptable, so they invent one or more false reasons that they can "sell " to the people. Sadly, most people believe the lies, and proudly support the "wars for defense. " They can 't imagine that our leaders would be so evil as to spend the lives of our troops to gain their hidden political and economic goals for Empire-USA. The secret plan of Bush and his gang is to: 1) Take over all oil in the Middle East so we don 't have to share it with China and India, and 2) Defend Israel at any cost. Control of oil was the hidden reason for the Balkans, Afghan, and Iraq wars. Iran is their next target. The war drums are beating in Washington to justify bombing Iran, so this is a good time to consider whether our leaders are lying again. Here are the facts on how we got into a few major wars. Each one could be a book, so please forgive the brevity. War of 1812 Lies: In 1812, Congress declared war on England based primarily on their kidnapping ( "impressment ") of our sailors at sea. Truth: To drive England out of North America and get southern land. Mexican-American War Lies: Fight to defend our Texas border with Mexico. Truth: We invaded to expand, and took the northern half of Mexico, now our entire Southwest region. Civil War Lies: Fight to end slavery and preserve the union. Truth: The South seceded due to economic abuse by the North. Slavery was ended later (but only in Southern states). Spanish-American War Lies: Spain blew-up the U.S. battleship Maine in Cuba 's Havana harbor. Truth: The accidental explosion was used to invade Cuba, and the Philippines. World War I Lies: Join Europe to "Make the World Safe for Democracy. " Truth: Wilson was convinced to join by U.S. and European industrialists. World War II Lies: Defend the United States from unprovoked attacks by Japan. Truth: FDR wanted to help his pal Winston Churchill, so he poked Japan until he got his "incident. " Korean War Lies: Defend America. Truth: Truman and the generals wanted a reason to have troops in the Far East area of our Empire. Vietnam War Lies: Johnson said Vietnam attacked our ships in the Gulf of Tonkin. Truth: The United States didn 't want to lose the southeast Asia region, and its oil, to China. Gulf War Lies: To defend Kuwait from Iraq. Truth: Saddam was a threat to Israel, and we wanted his oil. Balkans Lies: Prevent Serb killing in Kosovo. Truth: 1. Get the Chinese out of Eastern Europe and Caspian Sea areas so they couldn 't get control of the oil, and 2. Grab land for bases and an oil/gas pipeline. Afghanistan Lies: The Taliban were hiding Osama. Truth: To build a oil/gas pipeline from the northern "...stan " countries to a warm water port near Karachi. Iraq Lies: Stop use of WMDs, or bring democracy. Truth: Oil, defense of Israel, land for permanent bases and restore oil sales in the United States Dollar. Possible Iran War Lies: They almost have an atom bomb. Truth: Oil and defense of Israel. Fight the Bush gang to stop their plans for war against Iran. **************** Redick, of Madison, is president of www.Forward-USA.org |
Kent Barrett
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No Access to the site Just in case you don't know, your site is being blocked by Safari (Mac) which throws up a "Known Phishing Site" page with a non-functional "Ignore Warning" button. |
mrpablo
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... Just seconding that Safari (Mac) makes it difficult to get to your site. WARNING: Visiting this site may harm your computer! The warning says something about Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page brockenmon.cn BUT, I didn't use google! |
Howard2
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Virus warning You may want to know that when I opened Empire Burlesque homepage, I received a warning from Spybot that the virtumonde virus attempted to load and was terminated. |
Ragamuffin Brian
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Thank You For The Photo Collection!! Richard In 2004, having watched yet another transport plane land at RAF Lynham bringing home another 8 dead UK. service men and one women, I felt moved and motivated to sit down and compose a good old fashioned Folk protest song. I am neither a musicians or a singer, but my satisfaction has been to see and to hear this song subsequently recorded and performed by numerous Folk musicians here in the UK., and now one or two in the USA. This week I decided that I would experiment by editing my music with graphic pictures from the Iraq war zone, and stumbled across your site. Richard, Thank you for your web site, and thank you for compiling such an illustrative collection of photographs from that war zone: so very, very thought provoking! In exchange and with gratitude, my humble efforts:- http://ragamuffin.biz/programfiles/johnnieblue.wmv Johnnie Blue With the setting of the sun And the beating of a drum Can you hear me, can you see me Johnnie Blue? For we’ve gone to fight a war Like so many times before Can you hear me, can you see me Johnnie Blue? For the politicians say It is the only way And tyranny should never ever win So we’ve packed our old kit bag And we’re off to old Baghdad Can you hear me, can you see me Johnnie Blue? Now I’ve said goodby to Mum, And to Shaun, me only son And I’ve written out me will if I should fall For make no mistake of this This is one fight I could miss Can you hear me, can you see me Johnnie Blue? In the shadow of the street In the sand and in the heat Can you hear me, can you see me Johnnie Blue? In the danger of the night We move out to fight the fight Can you hear me, can you see me Johnnie Blue? For I feel I hear the sound of feet on broken ground And shadows seem to flicker in the trees And the Sunset lights a fire As I cross a bomb trip wire Can you hear me, can you see me Johnnie Blue? Now there’s danger all around As I roll and hit the ground And shadow figures move from wall to wall Then small children run to play So I swing my gun away Can you hear me, can you see me Johnnie Blue? For they smile and wave a hand And play football in the sand So I shoulder up my gun and turn away And it was a single round But it felled me to the ground Can you hear me, can you see me Johnnie Blue? For explosions in the sky Bring a darkness to my eyes Can you hear me, can you see me Johnnie Blue? For I’m going home to Mum And to Shaun me only son Can you hear me, can you see me Johnnie Blue? All the rainbows in the skies Can’t wipe the tear drops from my eyes Can you hear me, can you see me Johnnie Blue? And I say to Bush & Blair Did you ever really care? You can’t hear me, You can’t see me - Johnnie Blue? With the setting of the sun And the beating of a drum Can you hear me, can you see me Johnnie Blue? For we’ve gone to fight a war Like so many times before Can you hear me, can you see me Johnnie Blue? Take care now! Ragamuffin Brian |
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