this august. peace breakers nato forces clash with serbs in northern cost of over control over a disputed border area which the serbs consider their territory it's the latest outbreak of violence in the region with international peacekeepers once again supporting the cause of an side of the conflict. and protests in the streets of greece turned violent paralyzing the country for the second day of his biggest general strike in years the parliament stupid vote for more punitive cuts to services recalled. well with the occupy wall street movement showing no signs of abating r.t. talks next to author and blogger james caan the sluice says that president obama is a hostage to big business that interview coming right up. i. archie is sitting down with author blogger and public speaker james howard kunstler so thanks so much for joining us it's nice to be here let's get started with the occupy wall street

movement we've seen many media outlets try to ridicule them marginalize this movement as something that's temporary and really an artist's teenage behavior and you've essentially called this bogus in your blog let's talk about that what is your take on occupy wall street well first of all it's hell areas that all of these scolds in the media are shaking their fingers at these young people and say oh you don't you can articulate your position you have any agenda we're living in a time in the united states when the consensus about reality is so fractured even among people who are supposed to know what's going on that we cannot construct a coherent story about what's happening to us and what we're going to do about it so to expect the young people to be able to construct a coherent narrative when nobody else in the culture is capable of doing that i think it's a little unfair. what's more you can tell just from the

placards that they're carrying around we know where their heads are at the the most significant or telling one that i saw said. i have seventy thousand dollars college debt twelve thousand dollars in medical bills i'm twenty two where's my bailout that's a good enough reason to be out there i think so and i think what it represents is very clear it's the idea that this younger generation feels like their future has been sold out from under them but with major unions joining we've seen a much more kind of mature knowledgeable group of people come out onto the streets thousands of people do you think that's reason enough for the media and politicians to really start taking this seriously i don't know if we're capable of really interpretating what's going on politically in our country right now you know i have a pet theory that the more social and economic distress a culture goes through the greater the delusional thinking gets

so that you know as the social stress rises the crazy ideas and delusional ideas send tend to increase it's not a very. good it's not a very good set of conditions for you know arriving at a picture of reality if we compare occupy wall street to the arab spring we saw american politicians on the mainstream media plotting the arab spring yet this is somewhat of a similar beginning of some uprising along those lines isn't the double standard a little bit too obvious yeah it's amazing it's amazing that we were cheerleading for all those people in the street in tahrir square you know anderson cooper was down there and you know all the other. usual media suspects were there cheering for the protesters in spite of the fact that there was a very good chance that the outcome of the revolution might not be so good let's

put it this way you know the outstanding feature of the politics in the last three years. has been that nobody on wall street has had to sit in a court room to answer for the tremendous amount of misbehavior in banking and you know this includes acts that can only be described as swindles and frauds well people have been talking about the lack of accountability ever since the financial meltdown took place three years ago but we haven't seen anybody come out onto the streets why now and do you think that this movement could end up taking america to a better place at least in terms of pushing politicians to hold someone accountable if just i do think there's a reason why we haven't seen a lot of protests the kind of things that have been happening to americans are very shameful they lose their job they lose their income they can't support their

families they can't feed their families their house gets taken away from them you know these are things that tend to be humiliating and shameful and i think that because of the way our system works where you know this is the land of freedom and liberty people blame themselves and they internalize the lot of the bad feelings and then you know they suppress it because it's shameful the combination of the shame and the anger that's all kind of mixed up with that has not really expressed itself and it may take a bit more to shove it over the edge and may take you know a bit more hardship now in one of your articles you say the hope invested in obama will end up in a museum of lost hopes along with the integrity of t.v. news i want to ask you if this were to be obama's only term as president what would he be remembered like in history well i voted for obama i think that he's probably

when all is said and done he's probably a decent chap but it also appears that he's either a hostage to history or hostin. to certain factions in our culture and economy like the wall street bankers. remember over a thousand people were successfully prosecuted for the misdeeds in the savings and loan scandals of the late one nine hundred eighty s. and early one nine hundred ninety s. no significant figure from the banking community has really been even sat in a courtroom and had to answer for any of their their deeds you know there have been a couple of fluky cases including bernie made off you know these are outliers these are the marginal cases but really the heart of the system hasn't been touched i think that. mr obama will be remembered as kind of a spectacular failure and i also think that this is

a period of history that is comparable to the eight hundred fifty s. in the usa that was the period that preceded the civil war and it was a period in which political institutions were failing you know an interesting thing happens in situations like this institutions lose what's called legitimacy legitimacy a reason to exist and the faith among people who have subscribed to the to their beliefs that they are worth believing in and you know we're seeing a grand failure of legitimacy now in the political system in the usa and it's rather frightening you really sort of forecast every year for for the year ahead what the united states should await and in your forecast for twenty eleven you said that the number one question really is can a political economy be floating like a when he will loon gusts of sheer fakery how's that balloon pop yeah well i think that the air has been going out of it steadily but surprisingly slowly for

three years and you know we're the whatever pin. in this balloon you know where where it seems to be located at the moment is over europe with tremendous questions about the legitimacy of the european union and the banking sector more more generally but you know all of the banks in europe and north america are. interrelated and there's no chance that what happens on one continent is not going to affect another i think that you know sooner or later we're going to see similar problems in the usa the air is going out of the balloon. it's been remarkable that the fabric of this bubble was so strong but when all is said and done it's a fabric of faith and confidence that the system is meaningful and sustainable and

people are beginning to doubt that that it is if we could return to the role of the media you return to to the this issue in your blog quite often you've written that they shout down invited guest commentators pander to their demographic and dissed their rivals for ratings what role do they play these days well you know culture goes through cycles when institutions. take various forms acquire a certain legitimacy and then blow it throw it away and i've seen it happen in my lifetime where you know the authority of the evening news on the networks was unquestioned but what's happened is that you know i think that the the media has lost its confidence it's certainly in a great state of. convulsive transition we do know that younger people tend not to really get their news from t.v.

at all you know they mostly get it from the internet. there are very few kind of vested legitimate authorities on the internet who are trust. news bringers they all appear to have an agenda of some kind or another whether it's left wing right wing capitalist socialists you know we never won it is and you know i think we have a long way to go before any of these things are sorted out and it's one of the reasons that we can't construct a coherent narrative about what's happening to us do you think the united states could face its own per store i prefer to call it a reset because i don't think it's the end of the world or the end of culture or the end of america i think it's a reset of culture but it can be very very painful and you know there will be a lot of losses involved of of property and status and you know things that were important to people that they're going to lose and so we have to somehow

be prepared for this period of history that's very difficult what i think we're seeing is something that i did expect that we would mount a campaign to sustain the unsustainable because of our tremendous psychological investments in the stuff that we've got running you know we put all of our national treasure into building freeways and building these massive suburbs and building all of the accessories and furnishings for them you know the strip malls and the malls and all the you know all the stuff that comes with them. that's where our national wealth has gone you know we're not going to just kick it into the garbage can without a struggle. but i don't think that it's going to work very well for us anyway so the final in the final analysis what i think is going to happen is america is going to be dragged kicking and screaming into

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easy to. see. the main story the breaking news out of the face of a fallen dictator this. footage just been released to make claims by libyan officials that colonel gadhafi has died from his injuries after being shot by government troops during his capture earlier today the news comes from the city of sirte which has reportedly been freed after two months of fighting was still waiting for independent confirmation on the colonel's death. he ruled libya for nearly forty two years before being ousted by revolutionary forces assisted by nato airstrikes it's all those. protests in the streets of greece turned violent paralyzing the country for the second day running in the biggest general strike for years the parliament to devote more punitive cuts to services for.

peace breakers nato forces clash with serbs in northern kosovo for control of a disputed border area which the serbs consider their territory is the latest outbreak of violence in the region with international peacekeepers once again supporting the cost of inside the mccombs. twenty four seven of course as well online wherever you are at r.t. dot com. thursday evening schools around the house with us coming up game of the century locomotive the path of their one hundred european fixture rightfully showdown at home to aipac. while points drop to try to split the rules and miss chances as to meet twice come back to draw two two a shutout in the champions league. home sweet home while the one one saying is tied

for the lead like radical won't go ladies golf tournament in hell native taiwan. i will start with you rightfully where lucky for mike history later this thursday the moscow side are preparing to kick off at home to greek outfit like athens in what will be their one hundredth european fixture let's follow on young reports. like a month before only will milestone thursday's europa league clash at home to i will begin number one hundred in european competitions for the muscovite side although the railway man's head coach just that qusayr all cleans this should not affect his players' motivation and that will go on it's a good number for the club no doubt but it doesn't really matter much in terms of motivation we treat every game as a crucial one because all the place take it as an owner to defend the colors of the club. however not all of them will be able to do so at the true cost of

a stadium with at least four key members of the scored set to sit on the sidelines and listen to those of you not we've got a number of injured players and to be honest that is a problem matilda star us of and a story of our sidelined and tubby's key is just recovery and also i'm not sure if they said it will be able to help us in the front line but will try to get away with those who are fit. the second placed hosts have won one of their two group games so for having suffered their first defeat under the poor to get skill which against under left three weeks ago and adding three points at home against the greek side who are boredom and have failed to clean a point so far is definitely must for loko back. last of the two games in use in this competition of course now. the game of course is not everything games. i think the next in this

game but it is for us looking at if are looking to sue bray their european jubilee in style although it's a safe bet i have different plans for thursday night robert berliner on earth t no skill region. well in the meantime opponents ike have their own selection problems in their attacking line the visitors last newly signed striker i did get johnson to a broken leg over the weekend though they still held city rivals olympiakos two zero one one draw just a joint top of the domestic league however as we heard in the roper league the bottom of group bell after defeats to and let them go out and the coaches outlined what needs to be them. with you there are several key points we should stick to if we are to at lokomotiv these fully focused for the whole of the match especially when it comes to defending and then be brave and aggressive of a lot of resistance and eventually take the three points. well meanwhile russia

strike iran in public will make a rest stop the talk then when the north london club host joint group eight leaders rubin later this thursday night django has spent just seventeen minutes on the pitch in the english premier league this season but he has been a regular starter in the europa league games and netted the equalizer in last month's three one win at home to shamrock rovers tottenham are behind rubin only on goal difference so the winner would take the outright lead and spurs manager harry redknapp is wary of the russian side. job in what you can read all the videos on america. is up to speed. to the good side well organized counter-attack into a very good team. staying with the ball ans an honest letter he says he was disappointed not to have claimed all three points shot in the champions league after the size drew to two in ukraine ranchero missed a penalty for it all to just eleven minutes and the visitors were punished as

beyond that shattering fun of the four minutes later however we deemed himself by levelling just after half an hour and three are no put the home side to one up on the strength of half time how about within our own victimizer to equalize two against towards an eight level and today was how it finished russian champions day second behind our well the two one one the poor side who meanwhile fernando torres struck twice as chelsea recalled to bed biggest champions league victory with a five nil thrashing of the belgian side gang at stamford bridge. also out into his european accounts of the greatest chelsea remain top of group b. by a point from violated cruzan you want to want time to balance here but blues manager under the last boss thinks his team jelling nicely. i'm very very happy with the performance it's not only the way play but the commitment of the team towards a game that everybody expects you to will and you know that when. surprise is.

just around the corner and we were able to keep the concentration and focus. on all ninety minutes to put a good performance and good results well elsewhere defending champions barcelona enjoy day to nowhere in a tent at home to record their genya process take a second in group h. behind ac milan to kneel at the san siro meanwhile the spanish champions enjoyed seventy eight percent of the possession then brazil yes to that and having clear scoring the goals so not all the noise from the and all messing with who scored sixteen times already this season coach pep guardiola that's was a positive. image meant to him we made a real exhibition tonight we played some tremendous food book the new system. when messi doesn't score think of the level that keith has achieved we have got to the level that didn't use his rank he doesn't score which is i wish this to continue for many years which is right. and also all top of group effort after every round

is enough to the stoppage time went on and there one will win it last say he slipped a second to the point behind them the arkansas third after that we want higher victory over vs dortmund got us one of your ass and then get billy's his side deserve to be where they are to wednesday night's performance. to gadhafi took over and i don't think it was dangerous in the second offertory and. in turn this very different. but you can see the last fifteen minutes we created some chances and in the end of course you would be rewarded for because we kept going. living on status now s. third seed marion bartoli has begun rushing to send your power back to go straight to the quarter finals of the club and cup here in moscow eventually to still victory and she faced her ranking points to reach the season ending w two year championships however she needs to take the title to qualify nothing else where no one at best may not want her or russian battle seeded to make it to

a book about triumph in straight sets in the next place to see various ponder over and finally succeed because that's over just take notes but out of they don't come back all the area that is that in the men's draw local manzanita it was not converted the first of his five much points in the second set times right about muscle the french were judeans on it so the six save it would next play either back to patrick to go for the same or seven top seed six out of the. french qualify ahead in the show only asked if you creating products and adopt a policy next by the culture of germany would have the better of lots of bags to show me that. swimming now and american start michael phelps once again took just one gold from three races the latest world cup stage here in moscow while russian world record holder. did perform to his best win in the one hundred metres butterfly constant but off as a little test. despite moving to the form where after

a below poor display in tuesday for in time olympic champion michael phelps produced almost an identical set of results on day two of the world cup in the russian capital in the two hundred metres freestyle the twenty six year old american was overtaken in the last fifty by john the world record holder paul be their mom and have to settle for silver. and phelps competing in moscow for the first time frame to make it to the podium in the one hundred metres butterfly where world record holder you can out the group first place to the delight of the home crowd i mean yeah. it was very important for me to. in today so i can see and want to battle and now my aim is to win and war and by that i mean the london olympics. however just as he did on the opening day felde showed his competitive design as he bounced back to claim gold in the two hundred metres backstroke after being fourth for the first one hundred fifty metres the american found

a burst of power and managed to surge to victory it's all working and some of the small things to really get to the end of the year being able to tie together some of the stuff you know the starch turns under waters have i can do that as many times when i can leading off in the feel of a child and form a conception i drive. the london olympics in just nine months away in berbera ations a well underway for the swimming event however there are still four stages to go before the end of the world cup giving press fondant and swimmers alike the opportunity to gauge who will be clinching the gold medals at the twenty twelve games is maybe not most ot. fun as a golf fans despite high pre-tournament nerves well number one yani tseng produced a strong finish to the opening rounds to tie for a one shot lead at the first ever event in the highlands of taiwan the twenty two year old a five time major winner did both the first hole but to bounce back in style setting up this burden on the top five night and saying hell had that on the bottom

nine to caught have faced but in the final hole for the hot round of sixty eight that sank a share of the mate with. the japanese while the seven rallied from a bogey at the sixteenth to sink a bird in creating a kind of a song on the northwest and more the press saw all one strike behind. and that's all the sport for now i'll be back in just under two hours hyphen.

breaking news on our t.v. international a for the dictator footage that appears to show the body of colonel gadhafi the libyan government says has died from his injuries after being shot by government troops during his capture earlier today the news comes from the city of sirte which has reportedly been freed from gadhafi loyalists after two months of fighting. other top stories the greek parliament prepares to vote on tough austerity measures as protests turned violent again paralyzing the country for the second day. peace break because nato forces clash with serbs in northern cost of full control over a disputed border area which the serbs considered their territory. under.