Banks Own The US Government

On 2 July, 2009, in Current events, by joe

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Neocons Agree

Report Projects Continued U.S. Military Presence in Iraq

By Michael Novinson
When former Republican presidential candidate John McCain said in January 2008 that he would be OK with United States troops in Iraq for another 100 years, Democrats ridiculed him as a warmonger. Now, a report from a “centrist” political think tank predicts that U.S. troops will remain in Iraq well after the current December 2011 withdrawal deadline.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22960.htm
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The “Spirit of Humanity
By Paul Craig Roberts
On June 30, the government of Israel committed an act of piracy when the Israeli Navy in international waters illegally boarded the “Spirit of Humanity,” kidnapped its 21-person crew from 11 countries, including former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and Nobel Laureate Mairead MaGuire.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22964.htm
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Pirates of the Mediterranean
By Yvonne Ridley
While western naval fleets are patrolling the waters off the coast of Africa, acts of piracy are being carried out routinely in the Mediterranean.  But the international community leaders couldn’t care less because most of those who are kidnapped, shot at and hijacked at sea are Palestinian fishermen from Gaza.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22965.htm
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Demonising Iran Conveniently Hides Uncomfortable Truths for the West
By Robin Yassin-Kassab
THE MAINSTREAM media narrative of events unfolding in Iran has been set out for us as clear as a fairytale: an evil dictatorship has rigged elections and now violently suppresses its country’s democrats, hysterically blaming foreign saboteurs the while. But the Twitter generation is on the right side of history (in Obama’s words), and could bring Iran back within the regional circle of moderation. If only Iran becomes moderate, a whole set of regional conflicts will be solved.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22966.htm
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The Significance Of Washington’s Coup Attempt In Honduras
By Shamus Cooke
Nearly all of the U.S. media’s writing about the Honduran coup is littered with negative references to Hugo Chavez, the “socialist project,” and other buzzwords meant to influence the reader toward acceptance of the coup.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22958.htm
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Weapons: Our #1 Export?
By Frida Berrigan
Absent an explicit shift away from Bush administration policies, U.S. weapons sales are likely to continue to fuel conflict and abet human rights abuses. During the two Bush terms, the majority of U.S. arms sales to the developing world went to countries that our own State Department defined as undemocratic regimes and/or major human rights abusers. And over two-thirds of the world’s active conflicts involved weapons that had been supplied by the United States.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22961.htm
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
How the U.S. Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions
By John Perkins
In his first book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins told the story of his work as a highly paid consultant hired to strong-arm leaders into creating policy favorable to the US government and corporations, what he calls the “corporatocracy.” John Perkins says he helped the US cheat poor countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars by lending them more money than they could possibly repay and then taking over their economies.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17829.htm
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Banks Own The US Government
By Dean Baker
Last month, when the US Congress failed to pass a bankruptcy reform measure that would have allowed home mortgages to be modified in bankruptcy, senator Dick Durbin succinctly commented: “The banks own the place.” That seems pretty clear.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22963.htm
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Declaration of Indictment
The unanimous Declaration of the fifty united States of America
By David Swanson
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with a gang of lawless thugs and insist on the appointment of a special prosecutor to enforce the laws of the land even against those until recently holding the reins of Power, a decent respect to the opinions of humankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Prosecution.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22954.htm
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The Fourth of July Is a Celebration of Agitation
By Jim Hightowe
Are you an agitator? You know, one of those people who won’t leave well enough alone, who’s always questioning authority and trying to stir things up. If so, the Powers That Be detest you – you … you … “agitator!” They spit the term out as a pejorative to brand anyone who dares to challenge the established order.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22962.htm
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Iraqis are too shrewd to fall for an ‘invisible’ occupation:
US operations will be suspended for a few days to promote the perception that Iraqi forces are actually in control; Ali al-Adeeb, a senior leader of Mr al-Maliki’s Dawa party, says the Americans will become “invisible”.
http://snipurl.com/lebrv
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Xe-Blackwater Personnel Shot Iraqi Children, Others in Multiple Incidents:
A spate of unprovoked civilian shootings by Xe-Blackwater personnel in Iraq between 2005 and 2008 are detailed in an amended lawsuit filed late Tuesday in Virginia federal court, according to the Washington, D.C. law firm that represents the families of those killed and wounded in the incidents.
http://snipurl.com/lebxe
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US forces to free Iranian diplomats:
As part of its security accord with the Baghdad government, the US military will release the Iranian diplomats it took hostage in Iraq two years ago.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99404&sectionid=351020101
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UK Embassy staff released in Iran:
Three more Iranian staff of the British embassy in Tehran are released by authorities as two losing presidential candidates denounce the election.
http://snipurl.com/lecfa
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Plight of Palestinians getting worse, UN warns:
The blockade of Gaza is causing severe humanitarian hardship and the situation is getting worse every day, the head of the U.N. aid agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Wednesday..,
http://www.adn.com/nation/story/849816.html
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US remains silent over McKinney arrest by Israel:
Israeli Navy detained former US congresswoman and Nobel Prize laureate Cynthia McKinney and twenty other human rights activists on board a relief boat outside Israel’s territorial waters on Tuesday as they were heading to Gaza on a humanitarian mission.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99532&sectionid=351020202
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Gaza aid activists transferred to immigration authority ahead of deportation:
The 19 foreign peace activists, who were arrested on Tuesday after trying to sail to the Gaza Strip, were transferred to the immigration authority’s detainment facility ahead of their deportation from Israel.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3739828,00.html
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We are NOT the “Story”, It’s Not Just Our 21 Kidnapped Passengers:
Since its founding in 1948 the State of Israel has regularly kidnapped and tortured Palestinians, throwing them into forgotten prisons where they can languish for years. Today, over 11,000 Palestinian political prisoners without benefit of due process, some never even charged – men, women, and children – endure torture and isolation in Israeli jails, outdoor prison camps, and secret black sites
http://snipurl.com/lecsr
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Netanyahu: Israel’s bond with the United States is unbreakable:
Speaking at 4th of July reception, PM praises US as model for freedom, values; hints that a nuclear Iran would be “greatest danger facing the world.”
http://snipurl.com/lecyu
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U.S. spy says just followed orders in Italy kidnap:
A former U.S. spy at the center of a kidnapping trial in Italy appeared to acknowledge a role in the abduction of a Muslim cleric but said he was only following orders, according to a rare interview published on Tuesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE55T3H420090630
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GM and Ford suspend Russian plants:
General Motors and Ford, the US car manufacturers, have suspended operations on their production lines in Russia.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/07/20097113506239148.html
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Citi raises rates on millions of credit cards: report:
Citigroup Inc has increased interest rates on up to 15 million U.S. credit card accounts just months before curbs on such rises come into effect, the Financial Times reported citing people close to the situation.
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE5600ZI20090701
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California budget crisis deepens:
John Chiang, state controller, could now issue “IOU”-style notes by Thursday to the state’s vendors, local agencies overseeing health programmes and recipients of state aid – including the elderly, the disabled and college students.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/07/200971184645433465.html
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Hotel Loan Defaults Double as Recession Cuts Travel:
As many as one in five U.S. hotel loans may default through 2010 as the recession means companies are spending less on travel and perks, according to University of California economist Kenneth Rosen.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=acgd9We.1TEY
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Goldman Sachs The Fourth Branch of the U.S. Government:
Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleQuietly and almost unnoticed by most Americans, the US Federal Government introduced a fourth branch to its political structure in 2006.
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article11686.html
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