Freedom - Libya yes! - Bahrain no!

SUBHEAD: How is it we sit by and watch peaceful Bahrainis seeking democracy murdered in the street by invading Saudis?By Tom Scocca on 17 March 2011 for Slate.com -(http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/scocca/archive/2011/03/17/would-a-no-fly-zone-over-america-save-the-democracy-movement-in-bahrain.aspx)Image above: Saudi forces moving across causeway to Bahrain armed with US supplied weapons and

Bahrain Demolishes Pearl Square

SUBHEAD: After Saudi "support" Bahrain demolishes Pearl Square monument that became symbolic of peaceful Shiite resistance to Sunni monarchy.By Barbara Surk on 18 March 2011 for Huffington Post - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/18/bahrain-pearl-square-monument_n_837799.html)Image above: Symbolic monument representing a pearl. The rich pearl trade there was the pre-oil occupation of

Is Saudi supression OK with US?

SUBHEAD: Saudis and Fifth Fleet want calm to return to Bahrain and both want to limit Iran's influence in the region.By David Usborne on 18 March 2011 for New Zealand Herald - (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10713281)Image above: US Fifth Fleet conducts maintenance and support of submarines and surface vessels in its area of responsibility from Manama, Bahrain

The Race Is On

SUBHEAD: Whether oil soars or China swoons, the race to the bottom is on.By Guy McPherson on 14 March 2011 in Nature Bats Last -(http://guymcpherson.com/2011/03/the-race-is-on)Image above: "Chariot Race" to celebrate the 2762nd birthday of Rome. From (http://eternallycool.net/2009/04/games-in-honor-of-romes-2762nd-birthday).Everywhere I turn, I read and hear about $200 oil in the near future (

Collapse of the Old Oil Order

SUBHEAD: Consider the recent rise in the price of oil just a faint and early tremor heralding the oilquake to come.By Michael T. Klare on 3 March 2011 in TomDispatch - (http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175362/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_oilquake_in_the_middle_east)Image above: Awbari lakes in Fezzan, Libya. From (http://landsgenre.webs.com/thecosmiclandscape.htm).Whatever the outcome of the