"The most commom way people give up their power is by thinking
they don't have any": Alice Walker
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complicit children regrading murderous criminals | hysterical
paralysis & the stockholm syndrome?
Payback's A Bitch
By David Michael Green
The number of sacrificial victims to the fragile ego of one
George Walker Bush is astonishing to contemplate. It's staggering to imagine
that one individual's personal childhood inadequacies could wreak so much havoc
on an entire planet, but indeed they have.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21045.htm
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In Case You Missed it
Breaking The Silence
Video By Award Winning Journalist John Pilger
A hard hitting special report into the "war on terror"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12555.htm
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10 Years of the Pinochet Principle
By Philippe Sands
The arrest warrant served on the Chilean head of state in 1998
changed history and has implications for the US government now.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21044.htm
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No More Investment Banks
Turn Them Into Public Utilities
By Mike Whitney
The stock market will probably lose another 15 to 20 percent,
unemployment will soar, real estate will continue to crash, and consumer
spending will dry up. That's all part of the hard landing ahead.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21046.htm
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Economic Peace
By Garda Ghista
A "toxic combination" of poverty and social injustice is
killing people on a grand scale, with more than one billion people as poor as
ever.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21043.htm
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Imperialist Strategic Thinking on Iran
By Reza Fiyouzat
I have argued that the U.S. ruling classes do not want a regime
change in Iran at all. On the contrary, they like and appreciate greatly the
theocratic setup in Iran, and all they wish is for the mullahs cool it down on
the rhetorical front and act differently with regards to a few agenda items
dear to Uncle Sam's heart as pertains to the regional setup in the Middle East.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21047.htm
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McConnell says Iraq action likely helped prevent more terrorist
attacks on US:
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said Friday he likely would have
voted to invade Iraq in 2002, even if he knew that Saddam Hussein didn't
possess weapons of mass destruction.
http://tinyurl.com/63aaxo
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Ex-U.K. security chief: 9/11 response was overdone:
The former head of Britain's security services said in remarks
published Saturday that the response to the 9/11 terror attacks in the United
States was a huge overreaction.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1029640.html
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Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran?
Spy documents detail Iraqi militias - Iran link:
The files appear to back U.S. claims about Tehran's Shiite
influence.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/6066398.html
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Gordon Prather: Iran attack?: Has the 'Amber Light' Turned
Green?:
In the opinion of the Likudniks, Russia's refusal last month to
even consider the imposition of such sanctions constitutes "negotiations
breaking down."
http://www.antiwar.com/prather/?articleid=13606
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Putin May Use Credit Squeeze to `Destroy' Oligarchs:
Billionaires seeking bailouts -- including Oleg Deripaska,
Russia's richest man, and Mikhail Fridman -- will have to give authorities veto
power over their companies' financing decisions.
http://tinyurl.com/5ho4u5
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U.S. Trade Move Shakes Bolivia:
The decision by the Bush administration to suspend trade
preferences that benefit Bolivia has left workers here worried about the
potential for widespread layoffs at a time when the nation is struggling to
cope with the international financial crisis.
http://tinyurl.com/6qy596
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Evo: Bolivia won't "kneel down" to US on "drug war":
"We can't kneel down for $63 million," said Morales during the
opening in La Paz of a textile factory that will be run by workers.
http://ww4report.com/node/6175
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UK: Passports will be needed to buy mobile phones:
Everyone who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register
their identity on a national database under government plans to extend
massively the powers of state surveillance.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4969312.ece
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Wall Street banks in $70bn staff payout:
Pay and bonus deals equivalent to 10% of US government bail-out
package
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/17/executivesalaries-banking
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War in Iraq took her son, Wall St. greed is about to take her
home:
Jocelyne Voltaire, a native of Haiti and a 20+ year resident of
Queens Village just lost her son in Iraq and is in danger of losing her house
on Friday, October 17th. This is another tragedy of the failed economic and
foreign policies of the Bush Administration- lend your support TODAY to help
Jocelyne keep her home
http://tinyurl.com/6erayr
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Mervyns plans liquidation:
The Hayward retailer said Friday that it would close its
remaining 149 locations. The stores will remain open through the holiday season
with liquidation sales. Mervyns previously planned to close 26 underperforming
locations.
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/10/13/daily62.html
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Food Stamp Challenge prompts belt tightening:
The average person receiving the full benefits of food stamp
assistance goes grocery shopping with only $29.35 for a five-day period, or
$5.87 a day.
http://tinyurl.com/55qwvz
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