America has become a bank-owned state, allowing its banking oligarchs to suffocate the economy so they can survive at any price.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22897.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22897.htm
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International Bailout Brings Us Closer to Economic Collapse
By Ron Paul
Last week Congress passed the war supplemental appropriations bill. In an affront to all those who thought they voted for a peace candidate, the current president will be sending another $106 billion we don’t have to continue the bloodshed in Afghanistan and Iraq, without a hint of a plan to bring our troops home.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22890.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22890.htm
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Juicy Details on Corporate Lobbying
Why American Policy SUCKS
Why American Policy SUCKS
By Jill Richardson
I know everyone’s aware of the problems lobbying poses to our country, but good lord, if people saw the sheer magnitude of it (and the comparatively paltry amounts spent in the people’s interest) they would be outraged. So here goes. Here’s the list of the top 100.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22891.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22891.htm
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Seeing Through All the Propaganda About Iran
By Eric Margolis
In viewing the Muslim world, Westerners keep listening to those who tell them what they want to hear, rather than the facts. We are at it again in Iran.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22898.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22898.htm
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The Pathological Narcissism of the NeoCon Right
Video and Transcript
Rachel Maddow and Chris Hayes of the Nation discusses how the pathological narcissism of the NeoCon right who seem to think the entire world revolves around America.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22895.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22895.htm
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Michael Scheuer: “Obama Managed To Keep His Big Mouth Shut While Israelis Killed 1500 People In Gaza!”
3 Minute Video
Click to view
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22899.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22899.htm
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Kissinger Calls For “Regime” Change In Iran If Protests Fail
1 Minute Video
Talking on BBC Newsnight Henry Kissinger says that while the US will not intervene in the current crisis, if the protests fail and a “popularly based” government is not installed (ie the one he wants), then “we may conclude that we must work for regime change in Iran from the outside”.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22892.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22892.htm
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The Making Of A War Criminal
Video:
“A fascinating, bombshell documentary that should shame Americans, regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with Kissinger. Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike.” — Brent Simon, Entertainment Today.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6623.htm
“A fascinating, bombshell documentary that should shame Americans, regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with Kissinger. Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike.” — Brent Simon, Entertainment Today.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6623.htm
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The Deep Politics of Hollywood
Close Encounters with the Pentagon
By Robbie Graham and Matthew Alford
For purposes of psychological warfare and/or reasons of national security – the U.S. government (and the DoD in particular) has taken a serious interest in monitoring and controlling the content of flying saucer feature films and documentaries for decades. It’s a forgotten chapter in the history of American Cinema and we hope your readers will find it an intriguing story.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22893.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22893.htm
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The World According to Monsanto
Controlling Our Food
Controlling Our Food
Video Documentary
On March 11 a new documentary was aired on French television – a documentary that Americans won’t ever see. The gigantic bio-tech corporation Monsanto is threatening to destroy the agricultural biodiversity which has served mankind for thousands of years.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22894.htm
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22894.htm
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Extrajudicial Killing:
U.S. attack kills at least 45 in Pakistan:
The “militants” were meeting after a funeral in the South Waziristan region, a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLN52794720090623?rpc=401&
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLN52794720090623?rpc=401&
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US to keep using Kyrgyz air base:
A Kyrgyz parliamentary committee on Tuesday approved the deal to allow the US to use the Manas air base as a “centre of transit shipments” for US-led military forces in Afghanistan. The committee approved the deal after the US agreed to pay more than triple the rent it currently pays for using the base
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/06/2009623131857472299.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/06/2009623131857472299.html
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Man who stayed silent during Israels Gaza massacre:
Obama condemns ‘unjust’ Iran:
Obama said the international community was “appalled and outraged” by what he said were the “threats, beatings, and imprisonments” of demonstrators.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/06/200962316213973872.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/06/200962316213973872.html
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Sometimes you just gotta to laugh:
Netanyahu slams Iran at start of Europe trip.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harshly criticised Iran Tuesday as he began his first trip to Europe since taking office, saying the country’s current turmoil revealed its “true nature”, AFP informed.
http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n185238
http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n185238
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Iran finds no ‘major’ election fraud:
Iran’s top electoral body, the Guardian Council, found “no major fraud or breach in the election,” spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei was quoted by Press TV as saying yesterday. “Therefore, there is no possibility of an annulment taking place.”
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=405181&type=World
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=405181&type=World
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Iran leader extends deadline over vote complaints: : -
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei agreed on Tuesday to grant the election watchdog five more days to examine complaints of fraud in the dispute presidential poll, ISNA news agency said.
http://snipurl.com/kqqbd
http://snipurl.com/kqqbd
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UK, Iran order tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions:
Britain said on Tuesday it was throwing out two Iranian diplomats in response to Tehran’s expulsion of two British diplomats as relations hit a new low following Iran’s disputed presidential election.
http://snipurl.com/kqqcz
http://snipurl.com/kqqcz
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Iran’s “most treacherous” enemy, Britain:
Stuart Littlewood recalls Britain’s – and the USA’s – history of perfidy and double standards towards Iran, from the coup that toppled democratically-elected Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq in 1953, to duplicity in the Iran-Iraq war to the current hypocrisy about human rights and democracy.
http://www.redress.cc/global/slittlewood20090623
http://www.redress.cc/global/slittlewood20090623
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Stop the War statement on the crisis in Iran:
The responsibility of the anti-war movement is first of all to oppose the role of the British government in the region, and to prevent its posturing being used as a pretence to justify a US or Israeli military attack against Iran, an attack which would have catastrophic results for the whole Middle East, and the Iranian people first of all.
http://stopwar.org.uk/content/view/1310/1/
http://stopwar.org.uk/content/view/1310/1/
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Demonizing Iran: Israel:
Iran’s aggression makes it greatest threat to world peace:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday praised Iranians protesting against the election results and said Tehran’s “aggressive and violent” behavior made it the greatest threat to world peace.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1094988.html
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1094988.html
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Barak authorizes illegal construction of 300 new homes in West Bank:
Defense Minister Ehud Barak has authorized the building of 300 new homes in the West Bank, defying U.S. calls for a halt to settlement growth.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1095031.html
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1095031.html
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Canada to consider settlements suit:
A Canadian court is to consider a lawsuit brought by Palestinians from the West Bank town of Bilin who say two Canadian firms have committed war crimes by assisting in construction of Israeli settlements.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/06/200962215507105433.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/06/200962215507105433.html
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Official: Israeli demonstrators prevent humanitarian aids’ entrance into Gaza:
Hundreds of Israeli demonstrators on Tuesday prevented the entrance of dozens of food aid-laden trucks to enter into the democratically elected – Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official told Xinhua.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/23/content_11589047.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/23/content_11589047.htm
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Israel steps up sales of Palestinian refugee property:
Israel has stepped up sales of the property of Palestinians who fled or were driven out in 1948, a human rights group said yesterday, adding the move went against both Israeli and international law.
http://snipurl.com/kqqh9
http://snipurl.com/kqqh9
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Palestinian plots up for grabs:
A Palestinian advocacy group is accusing Israel of removing by stealth, what Palestinians see as a one of the key elements of any future peace deal – the right of return for refugees.
http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/06/200962121323361453.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/06/200962121323361453.html
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Russia plans Middle East summit:
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s president, has said that Moscow aims to hold a peace conference before the end of 2009 to help resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/200962313429117861.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/200962313429117861.html
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Israeli spy case: DOJ: AIPAC case witness was asked to ‘fake… suicide’:
Two people asked a Pentagon official cooperating with prosecutors in an investigation into the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to fake his own death to avoid testifying against two pro-Israel lobbyists charged in the case, according to the Justice Department.
http://snipurl.com/kqqjz
http://snipurl.com/kqqjz
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Chávez wants to end medicine patents:
President Hugo Chávez has vowed to shake up the rules governing intellectual property rights on medicines and other products in Venezuela
http://snipurl.com/kqqkv
http://snipurl.com/kqqkv
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U.S. Tops List of Countries with the Largest External Debt:
The top five countries with the largest external debt are as follows:
http://snipurl.com/kqqlu
http://snipurl.com/kqqlu
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Hyperinflation Could Hit US In 5-10 Years:
The US is headed toward hyperinflation, and within five to 10 years it could have inflation rates of 10 to 20 percent, said Marc Faber, editor and publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/31450173
http://www.cnbc.com/id/31450173
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California Collapsing:
California is America’s most populous state with 38 million people. Its GDP of $1.8 trillion is the largest in the U.S. Its economy is bigger than those of Russia, Brazil, Canada, or India. And it’s collapsing.
http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/california-collapsing-34271
http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/california-collapsing-34271
