Volume 33, Number 8, February 24, 2006

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Cheney: Caught in the Act of Being Himself  

by Jeffrey Steinberg

The Texas “hunting accident” of Feb. 11 showed the true face of the Vice President, as a bald-faced liar and “scowling incompetent.” Despite Administration efforts to say that the incident is “over,” the fact is that Cheney has become a subject of universal ridicule, and will never recover from this public exposure of his true self. As Lyndon LaRouche advised in a Nov. 16, 2005 webcast, “The post-Cheney era in world affairs” has now begun.

Cheney Bags His Limit

They Didn’t Smell Cheney’s Breath!  

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

Character Tells: Cheney’s Doom  

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

Shoot, Look, & Listen  

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

Cheney’s Crimes: The Wilson-Plame Affair

Economics

Commodity Hyperinflation: Bomb at the End of Iran-War Fuse

by Paul Gallagher

If the countdown to war against Iran is not stopped, the already intense inflation in the markets for almost all industrial commodities, will create an explosion. Another huge jump in the crude oil and oil products prices, triggered by such a war, will hit already hyperinflationary markets for metals, plastics, and chemicals, and crush industry in the United States, Europe, and Japan.

Hyperinflationary Patterns: Inflation Runs Wild

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

In September 2005, Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. warned of the “hedge fund-driven shock front” of inflation that he said was beginning to strike the commodities markets.

Shocks in Unsound Economies

by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

Excerpted from a memo from September 2005.

A Renaissance in Nuclear Power Is Under Way Around the World  

by Marsha Freeman

Mexican LYM: Use ‘Nuclear Option’ To Stop Fascism

The Bolkestein Directive: European Labor Erupts Against Dereg Policy

by Rainer Apel

Business Briefs

International

Netanyahu’s Fascist Record: All Roads Lead to Shultz  

by Steven Meyer

George Shultz groomed Netanyahu in the 1980s to support his pre-emptive war policy “to stop terrorism,” and to push for fascist austerity inside Israel. Now, Shultz is pushing for Benjamin Netanyahu to again become Israel’s Prime Minister.

Dow Jones Stokes Riots Against Thai Premier

by Michael Billington

Iran Crisis: British Empire Is Up to Its Old Tricks  

by Helga Zepp-LaRouche

A statement by the national chairwoman of the Civil Rights Movement Solidarity party (BüSo) in Germany.

EIR Cairo Visit Exposes Psywar Behind Cartoons

by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach

National

Bipartisan Coalition Won’t Work Until Cheney Goes

by Nancy Spannaus

In every significant area of policy, the Cheney apparat has thrown down the gauntlet to Congress: Either move to impeach us, or submit to our unlimited prerogatives to do what we wish.

Lyndon LaRouche: Rumsfeld’s ‘Long War’ Is Imperial Fascism  

by Carl Osgood

An analysis of the Department of Defense’s Quadrennial Defense Review.

National News

Congressional Closeup

by Carl Osgood

Departments

From the Congress

Democrats challenge the constitutionality of the Omnibus 2005 budget law.

Strategic Studies

Lessons of the Peloponnesian War: Winning the Battle Against Sophistry

The LaRouche Show, an Internet radio program, interviewed EIR Editorial Board member Gerry Rose. Host Harley Schlanger was joined by LaRouche Youth Movement panelists Quincy O’Neill and Randy Kim.

Editorial

Presidents’ Day

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