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2010-11-21T17:10:00.001-08:00

Members of Congress Exempt From TSA AIT Full Body Scanners http://ping.fm/i3GlD

2010-11-21T16:16:00.001-08:00

US clutching at straws in Afghanistan http://ping.fm/OP2gd

2010-11-21T16:15:00.001-08:00

Mossad Accused of 1987 Assassination of German MP http://ping.fm/66LNQ

2010-11-21T10:40:00.001-08:00

Another bipartisan panel proposes cuts to Social Security, Medicare http://ping.fm/5IMKl

2010-11-21T02:05:00.001-08:00

The Israeli Dependence on the American Support http://ping.fm/uRcxw

2010-11-21T00:08:00.001-08:00

SEX, DIRT AND AIPAC http://ping.fm/XmOWv

2010-11-19T20:37:00.005-08:00

Haitians Barricade Streets in Protest of UN – Amy Goodman http://ping.fm/sRC4i

2010-11-19T20:37:00.003-08:00

Crisis of the Global Financial System: Collapse in Consumer Spending, Unemployment, Rising Prices http://ping.fm/dBAUd

2010-11-19T20:37:00.001-08:00

Jesse Ventura to air JFK assassination deathbed confession http://ping.fm/qG8cf

2010-11-19T01:35:00.003-08:00

End of Free Internet: US Senate Committee Approves Internet “Blacklist” Bill http://ping.fm/mK4Er

2010-11-19T01:35:00.001-08:00

Release of the ‘Dancing Israelis’, Coincidence or Blackmail? http://ping.fm/QZMhB

2010-11-18T20:57:00.003-08:00

S.510, Food Control (aka, People Control) for Dummies http://ping.fm/yVTGH

2010-11-18T20:57:00.001-08:00

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC): Why Isn’t James Bond in this Picture?.. http://ping.fm/uZrnf

2010-11-18T19:35:00.001-08:00

ISRAEL IS MORE THAN JUST A ROGUE STATE, ISRAEL IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY http://ping.fm/3VGyM

2010-11-18T19:34:00.003-08:00

FACEBOOK HELPS IN ‘EXPOSÉ’ OF ISRAELI WAR CRIMINALS http://ping.fm/MAne7

2010-11-18T19:34:00.001-08:00

TAKING PRIDE IN MURDER http://ping.fm/AAfmw

2010-11-18T11:26:00.001-08:00

Iraqi Christians ‘It’s genocide, essentially’ http://ping.fm/P6Dwf

2010-11-18T11:10:00.005-08:00

Viewers Pull Plug on U.S. Cable Television http://ping.fm/nYSFR

2010-11-18T11:10:00.003-08:00

Cyber Command Prepares the Ground for High-Tech War Crimes http://ping.fm/Hz5uv

2010-11-18T11:10:00.001-08:00

FBI pressuring Google, Facebook to allow ‘back doors’ for wiretapping http://ping.fm/7FjCP

2010-11-17T15:05:00.003-08:00

Raw Foods Raid – The Fight For the Right To Eat What You Want http://ping.fm/ouvhX

2010-11-17T15:05:00.001-08:00

Nazis Who Hid Still Get U.S. Government Cover http://ping.fm/XuWjK

2010-11-17T14:38:00.001-08:00

Debt collectors using Facebook to stalk and humilate http://ping.fm/TAAVv

2010-11-17T12:36:00.001-08:00

BREAKING: Senate votes cloture on S 510 – must now be voted on in 60 days http://ping.fm/Sb8kw

2010-11-17T12:21:00.001-08:00

Codex Alimentarius, Control over the Food Supply and World Government http://ping.fm/U2luN

2010-11-17T12:20:00.003-08:00

Scientist Who Studied How Mosquitoes Transmit Diseases Dies After Ingesting Cyanide http://ping.fm/6qgoi

2010-11-17T12:20:00.001-08:00

For 18 Minutes in April, China Hijacked 15% of the World’s Internet Traffic http://waronyou.com/topics/for-18-minutes-in-april-china-hijacked-15-of-the-world%e2%80%99s-internet-traffic/#comments

2010-11-17T01:29:00.001-08:00

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2010-11-17T01:03:00.001-08:00

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The War On You cost money to operate and lots of time and more importantly google adsense has banned us!

2010-11-17T00:37:00.001-08:00

Colin Powell Chemtrails Confirmed ..... Pandemic Influenza Bioterrorism
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2010-11-17T00:28:00.001-08:00

Thrown Off the Wake-up Wagon
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There once was a time when life seemed more plasticine, through more synthetic eyes. At some point in our pasts, whether distant or near, each of us crossed a threshold in our accepted cycles of living. For some of us, it feels like it's always been there, in one form or another--a final non-acceptance of our stations in life and society.

2010-11-17T00:22:00.001-08:00

Max Igan ~ Defender From Down Under?
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2010-11-17T00:19:00.001-08:00

My first waronyou video...
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2010-11-17T00:12:00.003-08:00

A Year At War On You: by Lizzie
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2010-11-17T00:12:00.001-08:00

The Gold Market is a Ponzi Scheme
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This news has been actively suppressed in the mainstream media.

2010-11-17T00:09:00.001-08:00

Zionist Disinfo: Obama to exempt Muslim women from TSA patdown
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2010-11-16T23:38:00.001-08:00

Just Say “No” to Biometric Tyranny and DNA Databases
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2010-11-16T23:12:00.001-08:00

Courts Helping Banks Screw Over Homeowners

The foreclosure lawyers down in Jacksonville had warned me, but I was skeptical. They told me the state of Florida had created a special super-high-speed housing court with a specific mandate to rubber-stamp the legally dicey foreclosures by corporate mortgage pushers like Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan Chase.
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2010-11-16T22:43:00.001-08:00

Man Made Half Million Dollars from Sale of Virtual Space Station in Video Game

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2010-11-16T20:09:00.001-08:00

TSA targets ‘smoking hot’ woman for naked scan; fondles children
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2010-11-05T19:53:00.001-07:00

What In The World Are They Spraying
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2010-11-05T19:28:00.001-07:00

The Mediterranean Union: The Emergence of a New Order and the Battle for the Mediterranean
In PART I of this study, the long-term plans for creating a Mediterranean Union, which predate Nicolas Sarkozy by many years, were revealed as were U.S. and E.U. efforts to turn the Middle East and North Africa into free-trade zones and economic territories. The implementation of what is now called the â€œUnion of the Mediterraneanâ€ was a project planned through the 1995 Barcelona Process and the U.S. Middle East Free Trade Area (MEFTA).
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2010-11-05T19:27:00.001-07:00

Financial Fraud in Germany. The Wall Street Model Backfires
The earlier filing of fraud charges against Wall Street banking titan Goldman Sachs by the US Government Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was only the tip of a huge fraud iceberg. Now a US mortgage insurer has charged one of the most aggressive banks involved in the US subprime mortgage scam of fraud. The bank is none other than Deutsche Bank. This case is also likely to be just the â€œtip of a very big iceberg.â€

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2010-11-05T19:25:00.001-07:00

Obama, Republicans Prepare for Joint Assault on American Workers
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2010-10-31T17:12:00.001-07:00

Sodas, Other Sugary Beverages Linked to Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome
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2010-10-31T17:11:00.001-07:00

Study Shows Monsanto Roundup Herbicide Link to Birth Defects
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Nigerian man was in terror database

2009-12-27T21:40:00.000-08:00

Nigerian man was in terror database
http://waronyou.com/topics/nigerian-man-was-in-terror-database/
A Nigerian man charged Saturday with attempting to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day was listed in a U.S. terrorism database after his father told State Department officials that he was worried about his son’s radical beliefs and extremist connections, officials said.

The suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was granted a two-year tourist visa by the U.S. Embassy in London in June 2008 and has traveled to the United States at least twice before, officials said. His name was added to a catch-all terrorism-related database last month, when his father reported concerns about his son’s “radicalization and associations” to the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, a senior administration official said.

Abdulmutallab, 23, was subdued by passengers and crew members aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Friday after he ignited an explosive device that set his pants leg and part of the airplane, which was preparing to land in Detroit, on fire. The incident marks the latest apparent attempt by terrorists to bring down a U.S. aircraft through the use of an improvised weapon and set in motion a series of urgent security measures that disrupted global air travel during the frenetic holiday weekend.

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Blog wandering? What is that?! I have seen it over and over again. A new blogger kick starts a blog with all intentions of hitting it big and growing a huge subscriber count. They are going to be the next big thing! Just you wait and see! So what does this new blogger do? Picks a domain name, spends countless hours looking at premium blog themes and finally gets around to installing every single cool plugin they can find. Everything is set and ready to blog!
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Forgive the pun, but this would seem to be something of a no-brainer. Quoth the levitating Lotus: “Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone as we’re approaching this new year, I felt it was time to let go of some things that have been gathering dust. Some old things, and some new things, I tried to pick out tracks that I know yall haven’t heard yet so there should be surprises around every turn. can’t believe i’ve been making tracks for over 10 years now..That said, there’s so much to learn still. I hope you all enjoy this mix. Thanks to the Gaslamp Killer for doing an incredible job on this.
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Fractures in the Truth Movement, Part III The Fissure Becomes a Gulf

2009-12-20T21:43:00.000-08:00

Fractures in the Truth Movement, Part III
The Fissure Becomes a Gulf

http://waronyou.com/topics/fractures-in-the-truth-movement-part-iii/
http://waronyou.com/topics/fractures-in-the-truth-movement/
http://waronyou.com/topics/fractures-in-the-truth-movement-part-ii/

“Strange powers have our enemies, and strange weaknesses! But it has long been said: oft evil will shall evil mar.”

–J.R.R. Tolkien, from The Two Towers

“This fracture in the truth movement between the anti-zionists and the Alex Jones automatons was building gradually for a few years until [Jason] Bermas blew the issue wide open on Alex Jones’ show in April. Since then the fracture has become a fissure, and the fissure will soon become a gulf.“

–from Part 1 of “Fractures in the Truth Movement”

As covered in part 1 of this series, the split between anti-zionists and those who equate anti-zionism with anti-semitism was blown wide open last April by Jason Bermas of Loose Change fame, while guest-hosting the Alex Jones Show. He accomplished this by berating a caller who had the audacity to ask about Jewish control of the Hollywood media. This split widened to a fissure with the firing of Jeff Rense from GCN’s radio network, with Texe Marrs writing an article critical of Jason Bermas, and with Nathaniel Kapner opening the debate on whether Alex Jones is a zionist shill–or just a useful idiot.

Well, a new fissure has appeared between Alex Jones and those who honestly seek the truth in politics and history, which has been building gradually–along with the anti-zionist rift–since the PrisonPlanet.com forums were created in 2007. The two rifts, side by side, represent what has now become a gulf between the Alex Jones world and the rest of the war for truth and justice. As explained in Parts 1 and 2 of this series, when Alex Jones had the PrisonPlanet.tv forums deleted in a hissy fit live on air, it was just before this time that the PrisonPlanet.com forums were created. Because the members only .tv forums were un-moderated, Alex Jones equipped the new free forums at PrisonPlanet.com with moderators who would make Pol Pot flinch. These moderators have been suppressing the flow of information on PrisonPlanet.com’s forums ever since.

What information is there to suppress on an internet forum, you ask? It’s funny you should ask, because that’s one of the things I’d like to address. I made the case for anti-zionism in part 2 of this series, and it just so happens that this is one of the subjects under extreme scrutiny at PrisonPlanet.com. It seems Alex Jones has a reason to suppress any talk of Jews or zionism. I will leave it up to you to decide why that might be, although if you’ve been reading this series, I think I’ve made my opinion on the matter abundantly clear. When someone claims that Arabs own Hollywood, I have to sit back and smile at the sheer arrogance of the statement. Not to mention, my first thought is: “Who the hell is paying this guy to say that?” Yet Alex Jones has made this exact statement not once, but a number of times.

And how does one go about suppressing the flow of information on an internet forum? How do you go about the seedy business of appearing to be for truth and uncovering political crimes, while hiding and removing any trace of your own lies and crimes? It’s easier than you may think. People who are used to being lied to their entire lives sometimes have a hard time seeing through new lies, even if this is their main desire. But as with all lies, eventually the jig is up. A home built upon a foundation of lies is no home at all…

Following are four main tactics I have observed, which are used by internet forum moderators to suppress the free flow of information:

The first tactic is ridicule. Any idea outside of the accepted bubble must be ruthlessly vilified by both moderators and sycophantic registered users alike.

The second tactic is moving threads to “dunce” boards, which are basically forum boards where moderators can quarantine all “kooky” threads. This effectively quarantines the idea of the thread, along with the thread itself and the person who posted the thread. New users naturally shy away from these boards, not wishing to be outcasts. Included in this tactic is changing the title of threads to make the poster appear ignorant or even hateful, and merging “dunce” threads with other “dunce” threads in order to confuse the issues.

The third tactic is deleting posts and threads altogether… Forum posts which are critical of the moderators, or whose topics are taboo, can be simply deleted.

The fourth tactic is banning registered members from using and viewing the forums outright. The ban can be temporary or permanent. This is the tactic that appears to be the downfall of the PrisonPlanet.com forums.

PrisonPlanet.com’s forum moderators apply all of the above tactics to their forums with ruthless efficacy. Many users become disgusted by the blatant abuse of authority, and simply leave, not waiting to get banned or ridiculed. So some see the scam for what it is, and leave on their own terms. Others, as mentioned earlier, are too used to being manipulated to see through the charade.

There is an immediate danger the internet poses for the powers-that-be, and those powers have every motive–financial and political–to attempt to stifle dissent on the internet. It only makes sense considering the effort they’ve expended on suppressing truth through the mainstream media. They would be stupid to not attempt control of their opposition…

Fractures in the Truth Movement, Part III: The Fissure Becomes a Gulf

The Cult of Pharoah Akhenaten and the Global Elite

2009-10-17T01:22:00.000-07:00

The Cult of Pharoah Akhenaten and the Global Elite

http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/texts/masonic_degrees.html

Masonic orders and degrees

Council of Kadosh

19° [Grand] Pontiff

20° [Grand] Master of Symbolic Lodges

21° Noachite or Prussian Knight

22° Knight of the Royal Axe

23° Chief of the Tabernacle

24° Prince of the Tabernacle

25° Knight of the Brazen Serpent

26° Prince of Mercy

27° Knight Commander of the Temple

28° Knight of the Sun, or Prince Adept

29° Grand Scottish Knight of St. Andrew

30° Knight Kadosh

Consistory of Sublime Princes

31° Inspector Inquisitor Commander

32° Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret

Supreme Council

33° Sovereign Grand Inspector General

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Pharaoh Akhenaten and his family adoring the Aten

Aten (or Aton) was the disk of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology, and originally an aspect of Ra. He became the deity of the monotheistic — in fact, monistic — religion Atenism of Amenhotep IV, who took the name Akhenaten. The worship of Aten seemed to stop shortly after Akhenaten's death. In his poem "Hymn to Aten," Akhenaten praises Aten as the creator, and giver of life.

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The butts stop here

2009-03-14T23:41:00.001-07:00

There are always good reasons to stop smoking, but the economic conditions make this year the ideal time to stub it out, says Laura Howard
Even though wasting money is officially out of fashion, millions of smokers continue to set light to thousands of pounds of their cash every year. However, with the recession biting [...]

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Finally, Iraqis Get Health Care -- on the Market

2009-03-10T21:33:00.001-07:00

Excerpt: BAGHDAD -- Prompt medical care is at last on offer in Iraq, for those who can find the dollars for it.

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Bill opens door for Royal Mail sell off

2009-03-03T15:47:00.001-08:00

Legislation could lead to sell-off of nearly 50% Move delights Tories but further angers unionsThe government has opened the door for a future Conservative administration to privatise up to 49.9% of the Royal Mail without further legislation. Details of a new bill, due before the Lords next week, are said to have delighted [...]

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FEMA for the Internet ???

2009-02-21T22:01:00.007-08:00

FEMA for the Internet ??? Source: Business WeekFor all the fears of sophisticated digital intrusions preoccupying many computer security professionals, President Obamas leading candidates for cyber czar also are focusing on an all-too-human vulnerability: The nations inability to respond to a full-fledged Internet-borne crisis for lack of a central cyber commander.Former White House cybersecurity [...]

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U.S. Troops to practice mass gun confiscation in Iowa

2009-02-21T22:01:00.005-08:00

Source: Daily Times Herald in Carroll, Iowa.The Carroll National Guard unit will train on urban military operations by holding a four-day exercise at Arcadia.The purpose of the April 2-5 drill will be to gather intelligence, then search for and apprehend a suspected weapons dealer, according to Sgt. Mike Kots, readiness NCO for Alpha Company.Citizens, law [...]No related posts.

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FEMA for the Internet ???

2009-02-21T22:01:00.003-08:00

Re: The Secret History of the 9/11 Attack

2009-02-21T22:01:00.001-08:00

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Cheney worked behind the scenes, and GWB was a front man for him and his cronies. Do you remember when the attacks happened, and GWB was in a classroom, and how shocked he seemed to be? This was necessary so he could present the proper face to the public. Notice Ch...

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Malcolm X on Zionism

2009-02-20T21:13:00.003-08:00

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22046.htm

Zionist Logic

Malcolm X on Zionism

By Malcolm X (Omowale Malcolm X Shabazz)

Taken from The Egyptian Gazette -- Sept. 17, 1964

February 20, 2009 "Informat...

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Deek Jackson's Latest FKN NEWZ

2009-02-20T21:13:00.001-08:00

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Google exposes US airbase in Pakistan used to launch drones

2009-02-20T18:57:00.003-08:00

Instead of blanket-wiretapping Americans, maybe the Bush Administrations intelligence agencies should have spent a little more time with Google Earth.Until recently, Google Earth prominently displayed an image of a clandestine US airbase that housed unmanned Predator drones in Pakistan. An image appeared to show three drones outside a hangar at the end of a runway, [...]

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Adam Carolla hangs up on Ann Coulter

2009-02-20T18:57:00.001-08:00

conservative pundit Ann Coulter called the Adam Carolla radio show an hour and a half after she was scheduled. (Coulter had not called as scheduled a week earlier, either). This is what happened when she finally did call the program
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Trouble at Treasury: Geithner gets the keys to the henhouse

2009-02-19T23:31:00.003-08:00

The Obama Team has a big problem on their hands; Timothy Geithner. Geithner was picked as Treasury Secretary because he is a trusted ally of the big banks and has a good grasp of the intricacies of the financial system. The problem is that Geithner can’t handle the public relations part of his job. His [...]No related posts.

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New Dems Seek to Lead Regulations Rewrite

2009-02-19T23:31:00.001-08:00

Occupying a place roughly equidistant between the Blue Dogs and the Progressives, but slightly to the right of the House Democratic caucus as a whole, the New Democrats are an often overlooked third (and now fourth) ideological group within the House Democratic caucus as a whole. Ideologically speaking, the New Democrats are closely aligned with 1990's Clintonian policies, and the Democratic Leadership Council. Generally speaking, it is a corporatist group that is left-wing on cultural issues. Of any ideological group in either major political party, the New Democrats were consistently the staunchest supporters of the Wall Street bailout, for example.

Peaking in the 1990's and the early part of this decade, their relative power has swooned a bit in recent years. First, they were passed by the Progressives in overall size. Next, the Blue Dogs stole all their media mojo. More recently, they lost their most prominent member, Rahm Emanuel, and the representation within the House Democratic leadership that Emanuel provided.

Looking for a path back to relevance, the New Democrats have seized upon the forthcoming revamping of financial sector regulations for influence (more in the extended entry):

The New Democrat Coalition, comprising 60-plus centrist Democrats, are planning a news conference early next week to unveil its principles for revamping financial market regulation, Politico has learned.

The group is working with the White House on the issue and has already met with former New Dem Rahm Emanuel, the former Illinois congressman who's now Obama's chief of staff. The New Dems are also planning a meeting with the president himself.
Already, key coalition members have met recently with Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the powerful chairman of the House Financial Services Committee who'll lead the financial regulatory reform effort in the House.

This sounds all well and good in practice, as they are talking with the real leaders on the effort, Chairman Barney Frank and the Obama administration. However, financial industry lobbyist megaphone Melissa Bean (IL-08) reveals their real agenda--keep the regulations to a minimum:

Their regulatory principles focus on putting robust consumer protections in place, but also ensuring the new rules support overall economic growth, "which is critical to getting our economy back on the foundation that it needs for the future," Bean explained in an interview.

"Congress can be very well intentioned," she said, "but in its best intentions sometimes so overreacts or overcompensates that it can create other unintended consequences that are problematic and stifling to our economy."
The New Democrats see themselves as helping counteract such overreaching and overreaction, she said.

In our current economic climate, it takes an extraordinary level of deference to the financial sector to argue that the real problem with the federal government's relationship with that industry is that it often over-regulates. And yet, even as our economy has collapsed largely because of lax regulations, Melissa Bean tells the Politico, with a straight face, that Congress is well intentioned but often over-regulates.

With spokespeople like this, its no wonder the New Democrats have seen their influence decline over the past few years.

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Majority Oppose Chapter 11 of NAFTA

2009-02-14T01:37:00.003-08:00

Majority Oppose Chapter 11 of NAFTAFriday, 13 February 2009 06:34By Dana GabrielA recent binational poll commissioned by the Council of Canadians, found that the majority of Americans and Canadians oppose provisions found in Chapter 11 of NAFTA. The poll found that 70% believe that energy corporations should not be allowed to sue governments for changes [...]No related posts.

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Blackwater Worldwide renamed Xe as company tries to salvage its tarnished brand

2009-02-14T01:37:00.001-08:00

US Security Firm Mired in Iraq Controversy Changes Its NameBlackwater Worldwide is abandoning its tarnished brand name as it tries to shake a reputation battered by oft-criticised work in Iraq, renaming its family of two dozen businesses under the name Xe. The parent companys new name is pronounced like the letter z.Blackwater Worldwides headquarters is [...]

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Out of Iraq?

2009-02-14T01:36:00.007-08:00

President Obama's campaign promise to get us out of Iraq in sixteen months gave him the electoral heft to oust "frontrunner" Hillary and catapulted him into the White House. Yet, now that the public's attention is fixed on our swiftly deteriorating economic plight, that promise is being quietly – but definitely – broken. I've been predicting that for god-knows-how-many weeks, but now we have substantial evidence that my hunch presaged an emerging reality. Eli Lake reports in the Washington Times:

"As President Obama weighs options for withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq, the country's military is purchasing American helicopters, cargo planes and tanks equipment that typically requires a prolonged U.S. presence for maintenance and training.

"Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, who is in charge of training Iraq's security services and military, told The Washington Times that some of the ordered equipment would not be delivered until 2012, even though a new status of forces agreement (SOFA) requires all U.S. troops to exit the country by [the end of] 2011."

To Gen. Helmick, this looks like the Iraqis are seeking "a long-term strategic relationship with the United States."

Translation: We ain't leaving!

Remember that "residual force" Obama mumbled about under his breath, right after pledging to Get US Out? Yeah, well they'll be there well beyond 2011, maintaining, guarding, and otherwise souping-up all the neat gear we're going to be selling them. Hey, it's all part of the economic "stimulus" plan, don'tcha know – after all, the military-industrial complex needs a bailout, too, along with the banks, the auto industry, and the makers of bridges-to-nowhere. As Lake reports:

"The deals also will begin to redress the economic costs borne by United States to wage the Iraq war. Among the U.S. companies that will benefit from contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars are General Dynamics, which makes the M1 Abrams tank, Bell Boeing, which produces the assault helicopters, and Lockheed Martin, which makes the C130-J Super Hercules tactical airlifter. Lockheed Martin also makes the F-16 fighter jet, which also is generating some Iraqi interest, Gen. Helmick said."

Got that? The costs are borne by the United States government – but the "redress" goes to General Dynamics, Boeing, and Lockheed-Martin. Funny how that works….

Yes, folks, the General predicts that we're in for a "long-term strategic relationship" with the Iraqis – kind of like a sugar-daddy/ho arrangement, with US aid flowing into Iraqi coffers and into the pockets of politically-favored US companies. It's the new crony capitalism in action – with a distinctly military beat.

The status of forces agreement stipulates that all US forces must be out by the end of 2011, but nothing must be allowed to get in the way of the war industry's profits: according to Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell, the US will ask for an "adjustment" in the agreement – which can no doubt be made after some more cash exchanges hands.

The Iraqis are already slated to go shopping for arms in the US: defense minister Abdul Qader al-Obeidi will be in Washington next week for consultations with Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Senor al-Obeidi – fresh from a trip to South Korea, where he extolled the 50-year master-slave US-Korean relationship as exemplary – will also meet with "defense contractors and weapons makers," reports Lake.

The Korean model, you'll recall, came up in the summer of '07, when the presidential campaign was underway and the Democrats were driving home the point that John McCain anticipated a fifty to one-hundred year occupation of Iraq. Tony Snow, confronted with the Korean analogy, played agnostic, answering "I don't know" to a reporter's question about whether we'd be in Iraq for the next half century or so:

"So you're not suggesting that U.S. troops would be there for over 50 years in a –

"MR. SNOW: No, no, I'm not. I don't know. It is an unanswerable question, but I'm not making that suggestion."

Well, now that Bush is gone, and an ostensibly "antiwar" President is in the White House, we know the answer to that question, which is: yes, not only will we be in Iraq well after the mythical sixteen-month cut-off point, but the Korean model is on the agenda. This isn't a strategic hook-up, after all: it's a long-term strategic relationship. If not quite a marriage, then a long-standing affair – one that, however stormy and dysfunctional, is held together by the offspring, i.e. a motley crew of war profiteers and ambitious politicians, both American and Iraqi.

Another major factor practically precluding a real US withdrawal is the Kurds, our troublesome "friends" in the region who might be expected to act up if and when we packed our bags and left. Lake cites Thomas Donnelly, defense guru over at the "center-right" (i.e. neocon) American Enterprise Institute, as saying: "The Kurds will feel more secure and behave better if there is a long-term deployment of American troops in Iraqi Kurdistan."

They'll be better behaved if we stay on – you know, like rambunctious children who, left to their own devices, will jump on the bed, break the china, and disturb the neighbors. We'll be babysitting them for a long time to come. Such are the wages of "liberation."

U.S. out of Iraq? Not in my lifetime. President Obama has already stated his own "regional" perspective, in which our relations with Iraq are inextricably linked with our ambitious plans in Afghanistan, Pakistan – and Iran. Sixteen months from now, that "residual force" will be battling suicide bombers, restraining the Kurds, and keeping the Shi'ites and Sunnis from each others' throats.

Campaign promises? Don't be a fool. By the time Obama is up for reelection, this country will be so mired in the global economic downturn that we won't even remember his out-of-Iraq pledge – or, at least, the average voter won't. The pundits will compliment Obama on his "maturity," and the Washington establishment – and their corporate allies – will breathe a sigh of relief, as war profits continue to flow and the Afghan front opens up all sorts of new investment opportunities for them.

The US empire is like the Borg, or the old Warsaw Pact – once you're absorbed, that's it. Only a complete collapse, economic and/or military, would succeed in cutting the Iraqis loose. That's not out of the question, by any means, but it's a subject best left for another column. In the meantime, don't hold your breath waiting for Obama to make good on his pledge to end the war – unless blue is your favorite color.

NOTES IN THE MARGIN

Be sure to check out my essay, “The Old California,” over at Taki’s Magazine. I had great fun writing it.
~ Justin Raimondo

Expect New, More Populist Tactics From President Obama

2009-02-14T01:36:00.005-08:00

Elitist (as in, only accountable to large donors), false (as in, doesn't describe any actual problems we face), non-transparent (as in not offering clear choices to the electorate), and right-wing (as in consistently thwarting progressive governance) are only some of the ways we have described "bi-partisanship" here at Open Left. Now, we can add "strategy shelved by the Obama administration" to that list:

White House aides say they have concluded that Obama too frequently lost control of the debate and his own image during the stimulus battle. By this reckoning, the story became too much about failed efforts at bipartisanship and Washington deal-making, and not enough about the president's public salesmanship.
For Obama's next act, the program is the same as he has been planning for months: New Deal-style plans to rescue struggling homeowners and rewrite regulations on the financial markets, plus a budget proposal that lays the groundwork for sweeping health care reform.
But the strategy to promote these items is getting an emergency overhaul. Obama plans to travel more and campaign more in an effort to pressure lawmakers with public support, rather than worrying about whether he can win over Republican votes in Congress.

Awesome. I am excited about this shift in focus, and eager to engage in the legislative battles that will take place over the coming months. What we need now is a populist, progressive President who offers a clear choice to Americans, and allows his activist supporters to place pressure on fence-sitters. President Obama seems prepared to move in that direction.

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Wary Netanyahu in Driving Seat

2009-02-14T01:36:00.003-08:00

Excerpt: JERUSALEM -- Israel's foreign minister Tzipi Livni clung precariously to a narrow lead over her right-wing rival Benjamin Netanyahu as vote counting neared conclusion from Israel's Tuesday general election. Both would-be prime ministers continue to claim victory: "I won," read the headline of the country's biggest newspaper, Yedioth Ahronot, alongside the photos of the two.

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Hoping for a Spontaneous Regime Change in Iran

2009-02-14T01:36:00.001-08:00

Excerpt: With the new U.S. administration comfortably situated and setting political goals and policies, looming Iranian elections cast a long shadow over one of its thorniest issues: how to deal with the Islamic Republic.

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Americas Most Mysterious Places

2009-02-02T15:50:00.003-08:00

From UFO hotspots on the West Coast to mystifying castles in Florida, weird and wonderful places await.By Adrien GloverRacetrack PlayaDeath Valley National Park, Calif.The Mystery: People have long scratched their heads over the Sailing Stones, which mysteriously move across the sandy playas surface on their own, leaving visible tracks in their wake.Fact: Given that these [...]

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Does Planet X Exist? Is Nibiru Inhabited and Inbound?

2009-02-02T15:50:00.001-08:00

Robert Sepehr’s effort to inform and make public information that has been witheld or forgotten by the masses for millennia.

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US Housing Crisis Pushing Up Homelessness

2009-02-01T20:08:00.001-08:00

Every Christmas season a large electric star visible for miles is illuminated on a mountainside overlooking Bethlehem, Pa., to commemorate the time the holy family of Christianity took refuge in a manger on the night of Christs birth. This past Christmas, this city of 71,000—whose principal landmark is the rusting remains of the [...]No related posts.

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Former UK Min of Defense UFO Project Claims Brit Military Tried to Shoot Down UF

2009-01-28T16:58:00.001-08:00

Very interesting interview and remember, these accounts are from PILOTS. He also claims that the Royal Air Force got into dog fights with UFO's and it is being covered up...BUT not for long. The files are being declassified.
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Prez-O Bombs Pakistan

2009-01-24T17:22:00.003-08:00

In a continuation of Bush policy, our post-ball prez is doing just what we thought he'd do, but sooner maybe than expected: The Shock Doctrine Shuffle! Yep. Everyone's favorite dove who never pretended to be a dove just flicked a couple hot ones Pakistan's way.

The Washington Post reports that at least 20 people were killed in northwest Pakistan near the border of Afghanistan on Friday in two suspected U.S. missile strikes, marking the first such attack in Pakistan's tribal areas since President Obama's inauguration.

More at WashingtonPost.com

Prosecute George W. Bush for Illegal Acts

2009-01-24T17:22:00.001-08:00

Excerpt: The Obama administration is reluctant to turn over too many rocks in the Bush administration's conduct in the War on Terror.

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Newest Gaza fight: Who controls reconstruction aid?

2009-01-22T15:18:00.001-08:00

Newest Gaza fight: Who controls reconstruction aid?
Israel and the US don't want rebuilding homes to become rebuilding Hamas.
By Joshua Mitnick | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

from the January 23, 2009 edition

Tel Aviv - As the tentat...

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Bernanke calls for banking clean-up

2009-01-16T20:01:00.003-08:00

Ben Bernanke called for fresh efforts to clean up the US banking system on Tuesday, warning that fiscal stimulus measures alone would not be enough to overcome the economic crisis.Speaking in London, the Federal Reserve chairman said he would like the Obama administration to combine capital injections with a plan to cut troubled assets from [...]

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World markets slide on economic woes

2009-01-16T20:01:00.001-08:00

Europe joined Asia and Wall Street in a global selloff on the heels of the latest discouraging economic news.Bookmark and Share More »Powered by Bookmarkify™

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Iran says uncovers U.S.-backed coup plot

2009-01-13T15:19:00.001-08:00

Iran has arrested four Iranians accused of involvement in a U.S.-financed plot aimed at toppling its Islamic system of government, the judiciary said on Tuesday.The announcement came a week before the inauguration of Barack Obama as U.S. president. In a shift from George W. Bush’s approach, he has pledged to increase diplomatic efforts to engage [...]Related posts:

Obama Orders Close Of Gitmo

2009-01-13T15:18:00.003-08:00

Geithner Did Not Pay Taxes

2009-01-13T15:18:00.001-08:00

NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports:

Tim Geithner, Treasury Secretary nominee, is here with Obama transition officials to discuss a legal issue involving a personal household employee. The specifics have not been disclosed. We are checking on a report that Geithner may have an issue concerning a household worker and the withholding of social security taxes.

Geithner's confirmation hearing before this committee is scheduled for Thursday Jan 15.

That kind of issue unraveled past nominations like Zoe Baird (Clinton) and in a related way Kimba Wood (Clinton). The "emergency" meeting began at 2:30.

*** UPDATE *** From NBC's Chuck Todd and Domenico Montanaro
Sources close to the transition say Geithner did not pay some taxes when he worked for the International Monetary Fund. The error was discovered in November 2008, and the taxes have since been repaid.

With regard to the housekeeper, transition officials say Geithner verified legal status when she was hired, but that her papers expired while still employed.

Washingtons criminal role in the Sri Lankan states anti-Tamil war by Keith Jones

2009-01-12T22:28:00.001-08:00

Last Wednesday, the US embassy in Colombo issued a statement that welcomed the Sri Lankan state’s recent victories in the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and urged Sri Lanka’s government and military to press forward with the annihilation of the LTTE. The key passage in the statement read: “The United States [...]

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Sunday: 1 US Soldier, 9 Iraqis Killed; 11 Iraqis Wounded

2009-01-12T22:24:00.003-08:00

Excerpt: Updated at 8:59 p.m. EST, Jan. 11, 2009At least nine Iraqis were killed and 11 more were wounded in the latest attacks. Also, a U.S. soldier was killed during a roadside bombing late yesterday in Baghdad. There seems to be some difficulty in getting news reports out of Iraq this weekend, as some of the incidents that took place yesterday were not reported until today. Meanwhile, Iraq backed off forcing journalists to sign a code of conduct that could impair fair coverage of upcoming elections. Also, parliament is in disarray over the selection of a new speaker.

H.R. 362, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for temporary improvements to the Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and to provide for the use of the non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program, and for other purposes

2009-01-12T22:24:00.001-08:00

H.R. 362 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for temporary improvements to the Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and to provide for the use of the non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program….Vote on This Bill: For | Against

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States with worst jobless rates share root causes

2009-01-10T19:07:00.001-08:00

Unemployment hot spots all over the map, but worst states share housing, manufacturing pain Unlike the last recession, today’s unemployment hot spots are all over the map.The five states with the highest unemployment rates — Michigan, Rhode Island, South Carolina, California and Oregon — all have something in common, though: a heightened exposure to the [...]

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I already have a flying car.

2009-01-07T18:45:00.001-08:00

As Dylan said the other day, Happy New Year! May this year bring good things to you and yours. I wanted to take a second and thank everyone out there who continues to support us and the Truth Movement, for a great 2008. We achieved outstanding results, over and over again.Louder Than Words is slowly [...]

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Ron Paul: Failure of dollar will dwarf current crisis

2009-01-07T18:41:00.003-08:00

President-elect Barack Obama has started warning that getting the country out of its current economic hole may mean trillion-dollar deficits for years to come — but Rep. Ron Paul has very different ideas.“I think it’s just more of the same,” the former presidential candidate told CNN’s John Roberts on Wednesday. “I don’t think it’ll solve [...]

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Kissinger: Obamas Opportunity To Form A New World Order

2009-01-07T18:41:00.001-08:00

Former secretary of state,Henry Kissinger talks to MSNBC news about the situation inside Gaza and how Obama should take this opportunity to forge a New World Order.No related posts.Bookmark and Share More »Powered by Bookmarkify™

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Financial 9/11' struck over $6.9 trillion from US economy during 2008

2009-01-02T22:08:00.001-08:00

Government bailouts total over $8.5 trillion, nearing a rivalry with US GDP2008 is over, and we have survived it. Though for some of us, just barely.2008 saw the greatest financial losses in generations, as $6.9 trillion poured from investors’ coffers in the worst series of cascading disasters since the Great Depression.The resulting panic was met [...]

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Northcom Combat Team Conducts Humanitarian Support Exercise in Maryland

2009-01-01T21:20:00.001-08:00

The military as NO BUSINESS engaging in domestic policing activities! If we allow the military to take over domestic policing, the Military will dispense entirely with civilian rule. Mark My Words!

As Jeff Stein, CQ National Security editor, wrote at t...

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The Federal Reserve Abolition Act

2008-12-31T04:37:00.001-08:00

Ron Paul introduced HR 2755: Federal Reserve Abolition Act. There were no co-sponsors, no further action was taken, and the legislation was referred to the House Committee on Financial Services and effectively pigeonholed and ignored.It’s a bold and needed measure to “abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve [...]

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Tuesday, December 31, 2008

2008-12-31T02:55:00.001-08:00

The Good (As mentioned in an earlier post, the first carbon-neutral city is under contruction in the Gulf state of Abu Dhabi.):

Feds consider searches of terrorism blogs

2008-12-31T02:54:00.001-08:00

Feds consider searches of terrorism blogs
The Homeland Security Department may soon start scouring the Internet to find blogs and message boards that terrorists use to plan attacks in the USA. Feds,Patriot Act,Terrorism,Peak Oil

The effort comes...

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Cheney 'Signed Off' on Waterboarding

2008-12-28T00:09:00.000-08:00

Author's note: The statements Cheney made this week during an interview with the Washington Times about his role in approving the waterboarding of three Guantanamo detainees and the so-called "enhanced interrogation" of 33 prisoners was, disturbingly, not covered at all by the mainstream media.

Also published at my web magazine, The Public Record.

Vice President Dick Cheney, in another stunning admission during his campaign to burnish the Bush administration’s legacy, said he personally authorized the “enhanced interrogations” of 33 suspected terrorist detainees and approved the waterboarding of three so-called “high-value” prisoners.

“I signed off on it; others did, as well, too,” Cheney said about the waterboarding, a practice of simulated drowning done by strapping a person to a board, covering the face with a cloth and then pouring water over it, a torture technique dating back at least to the Spanish Inquisition. The victim feels as if he is drowning.

Cheney identified the three waterboarded detainees as al-Qaeda figures Abu Zubaydah, Khalid Sheik Mohammed and al Nashiri. “That's it, those three guys,” Cheney said in an interview with the right-wing Washington Times.

Other detainees at secret CIA prisons and at Guantanamo Bay were subjected to harsh treatment, including being stripped naked, forced into painful stress positions, placed in extremes of heat or cold and prevented from sleeping – actions that international human rights organizations, and previously the U.S. government, have denounced as torture and illegal abuse.

“I thought that it was absolutely the right thing to do,” Cheney said of what he called the “enhanced interrogation” of the detainees. “I thought the [administration’s] legal opinions that were rendered [endorsing the harsh treatment] were sound. I think the techniques were reasonable in terms of what they [the CIA interrogators] were asking to be able to do. And I think it produced the desired result.”

Cheney also took issue with the notion that waterboarding was torture.

“Was it torture? I don't believe it was torture,” Cheney said. “The CIA handled itself, I think, very appropriately. They came to us in the administration, talked to me, talked to others in the administration, about what they felt they needed to do in order to obtain the intelligence that we believe these people were in possession of.”

Other experts, including some military and intelligence interrogators, have disputed Cheney’s claims of success in extracting reliable information through waterboarding and other harsh techniques. Much of the confessed information turned out to be dubious or incorrect.

The First Case

Zubaydah was the first “war on terror” detainee to be subjected to the Bush administration’s waterboarding, according to Pentagon and Justice Department documents, news reports and several books written about the Bush administration’s interrogation methods.

However, according to author Ron Suskind who interviewed CIA and other insiders, Abu Zubaydah was not the "high-value detainee" that the Bush administration had claimed. Rather, Zubaydah was a minor player in the al-Qaeda organization, handling travel for associates and their families, Suskind wrote in his book The One Percent Doctrine.

Nevertheless, Suskind said President George W. Bush became obsessed with Zubaydah and the information he might have about pending terrorist plots against the United States.

"Bush was fixated on how to get Zubaydah to tell us the truth," Suskind wrote. Bush questioned one CIA briefer, "Do some of these harsh methods really work?"

Abu Zubaydah's captors soon discovered that their prisoner was mentally ill and knew nothing about terrorist operations or impending plots. That realization was "echoed at the top of CIA and was, of course, briefed to the President and Vice President," Suskind wrote.

But Bush did not want to "lose face" because he had stated Zubaydah’s importance publicly, according to Suskind.

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The Population Control Agenda - A Timeline

2008-12-23T02:42:00.001-08:00

Going by what the people who are behind the existence of The Georgia Guide stones. The Georgia Guide stones are telling us that there are 6.248.931.517 too many on our world.

6,748,931,517 minus 500,000,000 = 6.248.931.517

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Obama's War By Patrick J. Buchanan

2008-12-19T17:20:00.003-08:00

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21496.htm

Obama's War

By Patrick J. Buchanan

December 19, 2008 "Creators Syndicate" -- -- Just two months after the twin towers fell, the armies of the Northern Alliance marched into Kabul. The Tal...

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Court sides with ACLU, strikes down Patriot Act gag provision

2008-12-19T17:20:00.001-08:00

At the end of 2008, there are three consumer marketplaces that are experiencing record sales volumesfirearms, precious metals, and emergency storage food. Crisis preparedness is increasingly the theme for those seeking a refuge for their money and co...

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Americas Dollar Denominated Toilet Paper

2008-12-17T20:09:00.005-08:00

It Is So Stupid To Borrow US Dollar “Toilet Papers” For Trade Finance. There Can Be Only A Credit Crunch For Dollars If You Are Stupid Enough To Want To Be Paid And To Pay In Dollars.Otherwise, There Is Only An Illusion Of A Global Credit Crunch.This Is The Global Con Game By Bernanke, Paulson,.It [...]

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What might really make you smarter

2008-12-17T20:09:00.003-08:00

Tonight: After my rundown of the news of day... NYT columnist Nicolas Kristof, on why iodized salt makes you smarter (and how we could be Raising the World"s I.Q. ). Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, the co-author of "China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power" and "Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia."

And later, Eve Ensler, playwright of SThe Vagina Monologues and the founder of V-Day (the global movement to end violence against women and girls) on offenses against women and why she"s speaking up for women of the Congo.

Plus your excellent calls: 866 303 2270

Bush Administration created executive pay loophole

2008-12-17T20:09:00.001-08:00

The Bush Administration inserted an eleventh-hour provision into the $750 billion bailout bill to protect executive bonuses, a single sentence that will torpedo efforts to reduce bonuses even as companies slash tens of thousands of jobs and use taxpayer money to gobble up other companies at fire-sale prices.Pressured by constituents who worried that companies would [...]

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Watch: Obama's Press Conference

2008-12-15T19:37:00.001-08:00

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