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US Wars: People vs Generals
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/26-2

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10 needed steps for Obama to start dismantling America’s gigantic, destructive military empire

AlterNet
by Chalmers Johnson

08/25/10

Excerpt from Dismantling the Empire: America’s Last Best Hope, by Chalmers Johnson. “The failure to begin to deal with our bloated military establishment and the profligate use of it in missions for which it is hopelessly inappropriate will, sooner rather than later, condemn the United States to a devastating trio of consequences: imperial overstretch, perpetual war, and insolvency, leading to a likely collapse similar to that of the former Soviet Union...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Kevin Zeese, Truthout: "Are US troops still fighting and dying in Iraq? Yes, troops are still dying and they are still engaged in combat. No, the war is not over. In the week since the much publicized withdrawal of 'combat' troops from Iraq, it has become more evident that the Iraq war continues under a new name: 'Operation New Dawn.'"

http://www.truth-out.org/is-iraq-war-over62648

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Iraq sanctions and the NYC imam

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

08/26/10

The controversy over the mosque/cultural center in New York City is performing at least one valuable function, one that no one could have ever predicted: causing Americans to confront the wrongdoing of their own government and reflect on how such wrongdoing has contributed to the terrorist woes that now besiege our nation. The issue involves the brutal sanctions that the U.S. government and the United Nations (where the U.S. government was the driving force) enforced against Iraq for more than 10 years...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2010-08-26.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Nicht nur Terroristen, sondern auch extreme Rechte und Linke und Globalisierungskritiker stehen im Visier.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/148267



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Wie früher beim Antisemitismus sind es die Konservativen, die älteren und weniger gebildeten Menschen, die stärker Angst vor dem Anderen haben.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/148269

Army: Soldiers plotted to kill Afghan civilians

Gibbs formed what one called a "kill team" to randomly execute Afghan civilians while on patrol, the documents said. No motive was discussed.

http://bit.ly/c4qgcj



Mass Assassinations Lie at the Heart of America's Military Strategy in the Muslim World

By Fred Branfman

Greatly expanded U.S. military Special Ops teams, U.S. drone strikes and private espionage networks run by former CIA assassins create a threat to our security.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26252.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Bringing freedom and prosperity to Afghanistan

Campaign For Liberty
by James Bovard

08/26/10

The Obama administration is seeking to rechristen the Afghan debacle it inherited from the Bush administration. Obama’s efforts to legitimize the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan simply ignore the previous record of American actions in that nation. But the past debacles ensure the failure of Obama’s ramped-up interventions...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=1071


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Janet Tavakoli

Much of poor America, especially in our major cities, has been Third World America for decades. Soon the urban middle classes and even upper classes will become better acquainted with that world.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26248.htm



USA a failed state? It may be closer than you think

There's only one common factor in the failure of great nations: Mismanagement. The USA is heading down a well traveled road to its own Armageddon. Rome, China, Russia, the British Empire and others have all been there before.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/296444



Fed in Emergency Bid to Put Bailout Ruling on Hold

The Federal Reserve asked a U.S. appeals court to delay implementing a ruling that would force the central bank to disclose details of its emergency lending programs to banks during the financial crisis.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/38860972



For America's Middle Class, the Hits Just Keep on Coming

Americans are making due with less and don't have the money to put into stock funds, and many are taking money out of their investments to pay for basic necessities like food, clothing and shelter.

http://yhoo.it/9J4VzA


From Information Clearing House

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Rotten Eggs and Our Broken Democracy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/26-4



The age of Mammon

Nolan Chart
by Jim Quinn

08/30/10

As our economy hurtles towards its meeting with destiny, the political class seeks to assign blame on their enemies for this Greater Depression. The Republicans would like you to believe that Bill Clinton, Robert Rubin, Chris Dodd, and Barney Frank and their Community Reinvest[ment] Act caused the collapse of our financial system. Democrats want you to believe that George Bush and his band of unregulated free market capitalists created a financial disaster of epic proportions. The truth is that America has been captured by a financial class that makes no distinction between parties. These barbarians have sucked the life out of a once productive nation by raping and pillaging with impunity while enriching only them...

http://www.nolanchart.com/article7978.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Treasury Makes Shocking Admission

By Zach Carter

The Treasury Dept.'s mortgage relief program isn't just failing, it's actively funneling money from homeowners to bankers, and Treasury likes it that way.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26251.htm



Corporate America, it's Time to Spread the Wealth

By Michael Hiltzik

Businesses are sitting on a record hoard of cash, but they're not using it to hire workers or pay existing ones better wages. Broadly distributing the fruits of economic growth is the only way to sustain that growth.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26250.htm



28% of Ga. mortgages underwater

11 million, or 23 percent, of all residential properties with mortgages in the United States were in negative equity at the end of the second quarter.

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2010/08/23/daily38.html?surround=lfn



One in 10 with a mortgage face foreclosure

One in 10 American households with a mortgage was at risk of foreclosure this summer as the government's efforts to help have had little impact stemming the housing crisis.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2010-08-26-mortgages-foreclosure_N.htm



Rich no more: 700,000 wealthy people wiped out by the credit crunch

It also highlights how hard the recession has hit the value of savings and investments, which may take decades to recover their value.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1306144/700-000-wealthy-people-wiped-credit-crunch.html



Desperate homeowners line up for mortgage modification marathon

Before dawn, with a plump white moon overhead, a line of desperate home­owners trailed around the outside of the building. They slept in beach chairs or on blankets on the ground, refugees from a bad economy, bad loans, or bad decisions.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/money/real-estate/desperate-homeowners-line-up-for-mortgage-modification-marathon-882338.html


From Information Clearing House

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Chase Bank and Obama's "Make Home Affordable" Scam
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/26-0

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Will financial crimes perps ever face justice?

Our Future Blog
by Mary Bottari

08/26/10

Some will rob you with a six gun and some with a fountain pen — Woody Guthrie. Like mushrooms popping up in a damp basement, a slew of court settlements have been registered recently involving the big banks and their role in the financial crisis. An informal review of settlements over the last two years reveals about 16 multi-million dollar payouts from the big banks amounting to some $1.6 billion in fines and restitution and $13 billion in buybacks of auction-rate securities that were represented to be as safe as cash. Sounds impressive, doesn’t it? But when fines are stacked up against an elite white-collar crime spree worth trillions, it is a little less impressive...

http://tinyurl.com/38y8qqu


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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What Would Jim Rogers Do?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rogers-j/rogers-j113.html



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