The truth behind barb wire

Looking at the secret cables content, some times simultaneously disclosing information about western democratic governments and dictators around the globe, it comes as a surprise only to the most naive. The way dictators behave and rule with the iron fist over hundreds of millions of people around the world is nothing new. What may be new to some is financial and other aid they are getting from the western world while in the same time this same governments on the west are publicly condemning those dictators and under their rule widespread lack of freedom of speech, human rights abuses, treatment of political opposition, control of media etc.

And this is apparently just an icing on the cake.

It’s almost impossible to write something more on the subject that hasn’t been already said or hadn’t been written about by everyone involved. Also, it would be probably impossible to find anyone who did not comment more then once about Wikileaks in heated online debates.

Without further ado I list links containing written or video material, one I came across, featuring involved parties and others. This material is not always published by the mainstream media but by others on the web. I will continually update this post with links to new material related to Wikileaks.

Bookmarks on Wikileaks:

Mar. 12, 2011

“Corporate media smears WikiLeaks”
by Green Left

Feb. 11, 2011

Who is behind attacks on Wikileaks?
Video: EXPOSED: Attack on Wikileaks

Feb. 9, 2011

‎”Courage is contagious…”
Adapted from Micah L. Sifry’s new book, “WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency”;
http://www.huffingtonpost.com…

Jan. 11, 2011

Looks like, we were waiting for too long on “Chinese democracy” – Guns N’ Roses album
- it finally came out in Europe & North America – at our doorsteps.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/wikileaks

Dec. 31, 2010

“8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread By the Media”
http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/149369

Dec. 18, 2010

Today’s media… with governments always the same story…
¡Viva WikiLeaks! SiCKO Was Not Banned in Cuba

Dec. 18, 2010

“Biden declared that “I don’t think there’s any damage” by Wikileaks”. Next day his mind has been changed…
Joe Biden v. Joe Biden on WikiLeaks

Dec. 16, 2010

03:15:11h long video – Washington – Lawmakers Discuss Constitutional Issues Raised by WikiLeaks…

Dec. 16, 2010

“Sweden has the HIGHEST per capita number of reported rapes in Europe. Number of rapes has quadrupled in the last 20 years.” – M.M.
Dear Government of Sweden…

Dec. 2010

An hour long doc. on Wikileaks. Swedish site – video no longer available…
http://bit.ly/icWbmD

Dec. 14, 2010

Bail Money for Julian Assange…

Dec. 13, 2010

Few interesting people among the top 10 and Julian Assange on the top: Readers’ Choice for TIME’s Person of the Year 2010
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/12/13/…

Dec. 8, 2010

Financial Times – “WikiLeaks – not so dull, after all”…
http://blogs.ft.com/rachmanblog/2010/12/…

Dec. 6, 2010

“The lawless Wild West attacks WikiLeaks”
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/…

Dec. 4, 2010

Interesting solidarity among Paypal and Amazon users in the comment section…
http://www.readwriteweb.com/…

June 2, 2009

The 2009 Amnesty International human rights reporting award (New Media) goes to…
(guess who?)
http://amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18227

Photo preview of some places featured on video:

In some cases videos are accompanied with the photo gallery or two from the same location, some with travel notes and maybe a food recipe.

Videos featuring places in North America:

Lake on the Mountain Resort, Prince Edward County

• Canada: QC: MTL Botanical Garden
• Canada: QC: Blueberry Lake Resort
• Canada: QC: Apple pick, Rougemont
• Canada: QC: Mont Royal, Win.2010
• Canada: ON: Prince Edward County
• Canada: QC: Montreal
• Canada: QC: Eastern Townships
• Canada: QC: Mt. Tremblant in winter
• Canada: QC: Mt. Tremblant
• Canada: QC: Mt. Tremblant (v2.0)
• Canada: ON: Niagara Falls
• Canada: QC: Quebec city

Photo gallery featuring countries of North America…

World Through News collection of photographs from North America – Canada, Mexico and the United States of America.

Random choices from photo galleries North America:

Photo galleries:

Mont Tremblant in winter, Quebec, Canada.

Video clips featuring places in North America…

Plattsburgh is also on the western shore of Lake Champlain (photo #7).

Niagara Falls

As we said, there are three waterfalls, two large; Horseshoe Falls, on the Canadian side and American Falls on the USA side of the border, and the smaller Bridal Veil Falls located on the USA side.

Also, travel notes from Niagara Falls…

Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Camera: kB
Recorded: June 2003
Video edited: 2003/09 by kB
Length: 3.10 min.
Premiere: Low resolution premiere – April 2004

Countries of North America on the World map

Maps of north-American countries:

• Canada
• United States
• Mexico

• Canada
• Mexico
• United States of America

From photo galleries North America:

Generally speaking:
• Estimates on how many people lived in North America in pre-Columbian era are ranging from two million to up to twenty million.
• Christopher Columbus is the first European to discover the Americas in 1492 (but thinking he got to Asia).
• Population of North America (Canada, Mexico and USA) is at around 445 million people (approximate number for 2007).
• Longest river in North America is the Mackenzie river (Canada); 4 240 km (2 635 miles).
• Highest Mountain in North America is McKinley (Alaska, USA); 6 194 meters.
• Herds of buffalo (bison) roamed North America until 18-19 century. Estimates range from 30 to 75 million. By the end of 19 century there was less then 500 buffalos left.

States: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming and the District of Columbia.

Industries: chemical, car, food, machinery, metallurgy, mining, technology, tourism.

Agriculture products: cotton, dairy products, livestock, wheat, seafood.

History:
Gained Independence on July 4th 1776 (from Great Britain). Today a holiday, US Independence Day.

Generally speaking:
• The United States of America is comprised of 50 states.
• The Declaration of Independence was issued on July 4, 1776.
• Some well know Americans are; inventor Thomas A. Edison, writers Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway… music legends Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, artist Andy Warhol, film makers George Lucas, Peter Bogdanovich, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Walt Disney, Woody Allen…
• Great Lakes are largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth. There is five lakes; Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior.
• Mount McKinley (Alaska) is the country’s tallest mountain; 20 320 ft (6 194 meters).
• Some of the USA National parks; Colorado National Monument, Everglades National Park (Florida), Navajo National Monument (Arizona), Mojave (California), Mount Rushmore National Memorial (South Dakota), Rocky Mountain (Colorado), Yellowstone National Park (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming), Yosemite (California)…

Overlooking the Falls there are many hotels where you’ll find comfort of your home wile enjoying spectacular view. Just steps away there are many theme parks, restaurants, casinos, attractions for all family and experiences for everyone’s taste.

What one should not miss? – Fill the power of the nature! Get on one of the boats that will bring you just under the Fall where you’ll disappear in the mist. Beside noise and mist that waterfall makes you’ll feel engines of the boat working full power just to stay in the same place for few unforgettable minutes.

Niagara Region stretches also on to Niagara-on-the-Lake where you’ll discover lovely towns and villages, fruit orchards and more then 50 wineries. Among the wineries and orchards, in towns and villages you’ll discover excellent selection of gourmet restaurants. One should not leave without trying extraordinary Ice-wines produced in the Niagara Region.

Enjoy!

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