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The board of the UN's atomic watchdog has passed a resolution expressing "deep and increasing concern" over Iran nuclear activities, following the Vienna-based body's recent highly critical report of the country's atomic programme.

However, the text of the resolution, proposed by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Germany and 12 others, stopped short of reporting Iran to the UN Security Council or setting Tehran a deadline to comply.

  alJazeera

That’s the next step.

I listened to an interview with Chris Floyd last night in which he and Cindy Sheehan commented that the politicians in charge don’t even bother to be original with their aggressive buildups any more. Sadly, true. They just rinse and repeat. Floyd also lamented that politics draws a certain kind of person; that no one would be in high political positions if they didn’t already think that way. There are exceptions to the first part, but the second part of that is dead on. He also made the same comment about mainstream newscasters, saying they don’t have to be censored, because they are believers. You can listen to the interview here, and while Floyd apologizes for his performance on his website (it was the night his father died), in my opinion, it’s Sheehan that’s difficult to follow.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.