"The Democrats think Republicans are stealing elections. The Republicans think Democrats are stealing elections. And those of us independent of the two old parties know they are both right." - Kevin Zeese = "Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates." - Gore Vidal = "Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government." - Gerald F. Lieberman = "There is one category of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television commercials for candidates in Presidential elections." - David Ogilvy (Scottish born British military intelligence officer and later top advertising executive, 1911-1999) see news articles here: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ The Debate That Made No Difference By Timothy V. Gatto If what happened last night is any indication of what is in the future for America, we may as well brace for it. There was no mention of civil liberties being returned to Americans, no lessoning of the military budget that brought us into this debt, along with the declining housing market. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20977.htm === Thousands of Troops Are Deployed on U.S. Streets Ready to Carry Out "Crowd Control" By Naomi Wolf Members of Congress were told they could face martial law if they didn't pass the bailout bill. This will not be the last time. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20975.htm === I Survived The Georgian War. Here's What I Saw. By Lira Tskhovrebova I know this because I was in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, on Aug. 7 when Georgian troops marched into the city and killed my friends and neighbors. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20974.htm === "To the Bunkers!": Central banks slash rates in emergency "midnight" meeting By Mike Whitney The United States is headed into another Great Depression and has probably dragged the rest of the world along with it. The global financial system will look very different by the time we reach the other end of the tunnel. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20976.htm === McCain Linked to Group in Iran-Contra Affair By PETE YOST In the 1980s, McCain served on the advisory board to the U.S. chapter of an international group linked to ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20970.htm === The Financial Crisis Could be the Euro's Death Knell ... and even end the shambolic EU By Christopher Booker The truth is that this massive banking crisis has exposed the hollowness, the impotence and the hypocrisy of the European Union like nothing before in its history. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20973.htm === Israel: Wedded To War? By Ben White Far from learning the lessons of past conflict, the country's military seem ever more willing to resort to brute force. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20967.htm Judge Orders 17 Released From Guantanamo Bay: For the first time, a federal judge has ordered the Bush administration to release prisoners held at the U.S. military facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling Tuesday that 17 Chinese Muslims must be brought to his courtroom by the end of the week so that they can be set free. http://us.oneworld.net/article/357897-judge-orders-17-released-guantanamo === AP Exclusive: Documents say detainee near insanity: A U.S. military officer warned Pentagon officials that an American detainee was being driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation in a U.S. military brig, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. http://tinyurl.com/3ud5tl === Hutchins defends covert spying by state police: Hutchins, who was the Maryland State Police superintendent at the time of the surveillance, did say the agency was at fault for classifying 53 individuals of the anti-death penalty and war groups as terrorists in the state police database. http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=148915&type=Daily === Brazil, Argentina abandon US dollar: Brazil and Argentina have launched a new payment system in their bilateral trade, doing away with the US dollar as a medium of exchange. http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=71493§ionid=3510213 === IMF: World economy to slow sharply, led by US: "The world economy is now entering a major downturn in the face of the most dangerous shock in mature financial markets since the 1930s," the IMF said in its report. http://tinyurl.com/4aodc6 === Russian stock exchanges shut down until Friday as prices plummet: The RTS and MICEX stock exchanges halted trading until Friday after opening for barely more than half an hour on Wednesday as prices plummeted in tune with the overall situation in the world's stock markets and falling oil prices. http://biznes.onet.pl/7,1839974,wiadomosci.html === FTSE falls 2.6 percent on commodities;: Britain's top share index slid 2.6 percent by midday on Wednesday as recession fears stemming from a credit crisis battered commodity stocks http://www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSTRE4972XU20081008 === Central banks cut interest rates: The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point, as did the European Central Bank, Bank of England and Swiss, Canadian and Swedish central banks. http://english.aljazeera.net/business/2008/10/2008108114540195243.html === Bush to America: Hang in there: President Bush on Tuesday told a country engulfed by dire economic news that it should not expect a sudden recovery, but rather a gradual rebound that will test people's patience. http://tinyurl.com/5yvwn9 === 'Economic 9/11' exacting grim psychological toll in US: The murder-suicide of a Los Angeles financial manager who shot dead five members of his family before killing himself has highlighted the psychological toll of the economic meltdown. http://tinyurl.com/3w9u3o === Retirement accounts have lost $2 trillion so far: Americans' retirement plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months - about 20 percent of their value - Congress' top budget analyst estimated Tuesday as lawmakers began investigating how turmoil in the financial industry is whittling away workers' nest eggs. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown_retirement === Americans' Satisfaction at All-Time Low of 9%: Only 9% of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the United States -- the lowest such reading in Gallup Poll history. http://tinyurl.com/3hslck === McCain is heading for defeat, says Republican analyst: Voters lose faith in party amid economic meltdown http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/08/uselections2008.johnmccain --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. 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