Tuesday, May 6, 2008

The stringpullers.

The first episode of a Dutch documentary series about the Israel lobby (particularly AIPAC) in the USA and the situation in the Middle East. Featuring interviews with Mearsheimer, geostrategist Lawrence Wikerson, Richard Perle, historian and critic Tony Judt, John Hagee, former Congressman Earl Hilliard, Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch, Michael Massing and Daniel Levy.

The intro of this video was adapted - with footage of the former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad and with some other things. So please try to remember that while watching this video.

The stringpullers.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Frontline - House of Saud.

The House of Saud has controlled every aspect of Saudi life and politics since the kingdom was established in 1932. But outside the Desert Kingdom, little is known about Saudi Arabia's secretive royal family. In "House of Saud," Frontline explores how the Al Saud family maintains its hold on power in the face of growing tensions between Islam and modernity.

Through interviews with members of the royal family, government officials and other experts from Saudi Arabia and the U.S., the two-hour documentary also traces America's relations with the Saudi royal family from their first alliance in the 1930s through Sept. 11 and beyond to the present day.

The Saudis say they wish to change themselves, modernising the monarchy. Watch the programme, and try to figure out whether they will ever be capable of doing so.

Frontline - House of Saud.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

What is normal?

This video outlines man-made global warming theory due to greenhouse gasses. It then proceeds to demonstrate, mostly using historical evidence and actual data from the UN climate panel, why man's impact on world temperatures is unlikely to reach catastrophic levels. It concludes by showing the tremendous costs involved in reversing carbon dioxide production, and demonstrates why these costs may well outweigh impacts of man-made warming.

A critique of catastrophic man-made global warming theory.

Dementia, and therapeutic approaches to Prion Disease.

Twenty-five year ago, little was known about the causes of neurodegenerative diseases. Now, however, it is clear that they result from abnormalities in the processing of proteins. Of all the laboratory research done on neurodegenerative diseases, the studies that led to the discovery of prions, infectious proteins, have yielded the most unexpected findings.

The concept of prions has provided an explanation of how a disease can be both infectious and genetic, and has revealed previously unknown kinds of neurologic disease.

Dementia, and therapeutic approaches to Prion Disease.