Top Senate Democrat: Bankers 'Own' the US Congress
By Glenn Greenwald
The blunt acknowledgment that the same banks that caused the
financial crisis "own" the U.S. Congress -- according to one of that
institution's most powerful members -- demonstrates just how extreme this
institutional corruption is.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22534.htm
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Information Clearing House Newsletter
News You Won't Find On CNN
May 01, 2009
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"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely
believe they are free.": Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - (1749-1832)
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A Historic Day For Iraq
But not in the way the British want to believe
By Robert Fisk
One hundred and seventy-nine dead soldiers. For what? 179,000
dead Iraqis? Or is the real figure closer to a million? We don't know. And we
don't care. We never cared about the Iraqis. That's why we don't know the
figure. That's why we left Basra yesterday.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22525.htm
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Children as Unlamented Victims of Bush's War Crimes
By Michael Haas
The best kept secret of the Bush's war crimes is that thousands
of children have been imprisoned, tortured, and otherwise denied rights under
the Geneva Conventions and related international agreements. Yet both Congress
and the media have strangely failed to identify the very existence of child
prisoners as a war crime.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22529.htm
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Israel
The Kingdom of Lies
By Jeremy Salt - Ankara
All modern 'western' colonial settler states share the same
characteristics, i.e. the obliteration of indigenous cultures and the
displacement of people from their land. This was true of the North American
settlers, the Australian colonists and the Boers who eliminated the Herero
people of southwest Africa in the early 20th century.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22527.htm
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Seamless Continuity From Bush Time
Obama and "Two States"
By Ellen Cantarow
A false claim is wafting through the press: Obama is hanging
tough with Benjamin Netanyahu, he's going to "twist Israel's arm" and at long
last force the Jewish state into a two-state agreement, settling the
Israel-Palestine question for good. - There's no proof for any of this.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22528.htm
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US Hides Behind Iran Sanctions Threat
By Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Whereas United States President Barack Obama promised in his
new year message to Iran that he was committed to a new diplomacy that "will
not be advanced by threats", a month later this is precisely what is happening.
This is in light of new White House-backed legislation in the US Congress that
aims to impose "crippling sanctions" on Iran by targeting its energy imports.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22532.htm
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Five Things You Should Know About the 'Torture' Memos
By Judge Andrew Napolitano
The memos describe in vivid, gut-wrenching detail the
procedures that the CIA apparently inquired about. The memos then proceed to
authorize every procedure asked about, and to commend the CIA for taking the
time to ask.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22526.htm
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Economy On The Ropes
By Mike Whitney
The real economy is sinking fast and, with it, any hope for a
quick recovery. Policymakers are completely at a loss. The public knows that
things are far worse than they are being told.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22531.htm
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Top Senate Democrat: Bankers 'Own' the US Congress
By Glenn Greenwald
The blunt acknowledgment that the same banks that caused the
financial crisis "own" the U.S. Congress -- according to one of that
institution's most powerful members -- demonstrates just how extreme this
institutional corruption is.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22534.htm
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Paying the Price for Cheap Meat
By Johann Hari
Modern factory farms have created a 'perfect storm' environment
for powerful viruses.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22533.htm
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The Corporation
Video
This is an extraordinary film about the creation of the
American corporation, its legal organizational model, its global economic
dominance and its psychopathic tendencies, and its incredible ambition to
influence every aspect of culture in its unrelenting pursuit of profit.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12998.htm
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Manufacturing Consent For Attacks On Pakistan:
Pakistan's civilian govt very fragile, says Obama: "
We want to respect their sovereignty, but we also recognise
that we have huge strategic interests, huge national security interests in
making sure that Pakistan is stable and that you don't end up having a
nuclear-armed militant state," Obama said.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=21844
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US general says Pakistan could be just two weeks from collapse:
There may be just two weeks left to prevent the Taliban from
overthrowing Pakistan's government, Gen David Petraeus, the commander of
American forces in the region, has told officials.
http://snipurl.com/h6hlq
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US gives Pakistan time to eliminate Taliban:
Stepping up pressure on Pakistan to take concrete action
against the Taliban, the US has given Islamabad two weeks time to eliminate the
insurgents from its soil before Washington determines what it will do next.
http://snipurl.com/h6hme
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Clinton seeks $495 million for Pakistan:
In her opening remarks before the Senate Appropriations
Committee, Secretary Clinton also said that a bill to triple US assistance to
Pakistan -$1.5 billion for a period of five years -will be presented in the US
Senate in the next few days.
http://snipurl.com/h6hnf
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The Iraq war has been a monstrous crime:
Politicians crave a whitewash - but Britain must hold a fully
open public inquiry into the bloodbath it helped to create
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/01/iraq-britain-inquiry
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Demonizing Iran: U.S. defense chief: Military strike won't halt
Iran nuke program:
United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that
utilizing the military option in efforts to force Iran to abandon its
controversial nuclear program would have merely temporary, ineffective results,
and that imposing sanctions against the Islamic Republic made more sense.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1082133.html
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:
Iran remains most active state sponsor of terror: US:
Iran, which continues to plan and finance terrorist attacks in
the Middle East and beyond, remains the "most active state sponsor of
terrorism" in the world, the US government charged Thursday.
http://snipurl.com/h6hue
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Israeli Spy Scandal: Prosecutors to Drop Charges Against Two
Former AIPAC Lobbyists:
The AIPAC case has always been controversial, and it came to
public attention again with the recent disclosure that a prominent House
lawmaker, Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif), had been recorded in 2006 on FBI wiretaps
allegedly offering to use her influence on behalf of Rosen and Weissman.
http://snipurl.com/h6hvl
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UN: Israel must freeze East Jerusalem home demolitions:
Only 13 percent of East Jerusalem is zoned for Palestinian
construction, while Jewish "settlements" occupy 35 percent of East Jerusalem,
"in violation of international law."
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1082149.html
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Hamas: 65% of Gazans unemployed:
Hamas labor minister says 80% are beneath poverty line, and 85%
rely on foreign aid for relief
http://snipurl.com/h6hx9
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Israel warns EU to tone down its criticism:
The warning came after EU's commissioner for external
relations, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, this week criticized Israel's refusal to
endorse a Palestinian state. She said an upgrade in Israeli-EU relations would
depend on Israel's commitment to the "two-state solution."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090430/ap_on_re_us/ml_israel_eu_2
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'U.S. lied about Saudi king's talks with Peres':
Saudi Arabia demanded on Thursday that the U.S. State
Department retract a claim that King Abdullah met Israel's president last year,
in a rare public rebuke toward the kingdom's veteran ally.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1082120.html
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US prof's Holocaust-Gaza comparison stirs debate:
A Jewish university professor accused of anti-Semitism for
comparing Israel's treatment of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to the Holocaust
says he has received hundreds of messages of support and a bombardment of hate
mail.
http://snipurl.com/h6hz1
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Iran, China moves in Americas 'disturbing':
"They're building very strong economic and political
connections with (many) of these leaders. I don't think that it's in our
interests," Clinton said.
http://snipurl.com/h6i07
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US keeps Cuba on terrorism blacklist:
The report said "the Cuban government continued to provide safe
haven to several terrorists," even if it "no longer actively supports" armed
struggle beyond its shores.
http://snipurl.com/h6i27
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Waterboarding, Interrogations:
The CIA's $1,000 a Day Specialists: New Focus on Two Retired
Military Psychologists Called the 'Architects' of the CIA's Techniques
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7471217&page=1
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In Defense Spending Battle, Lawmakers Seek Funds for Top
Donors:
Some lawmakers have already been lobbying their colleagues to
support requests that will benefit defense contractors in their home
states--companies that also help fill the campaign coffers of many members of
Congress.
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2009/04/in-defense-spending-battle-law.html
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UK wages collapse at fastest rate in 60 years:
Weekly wages fell at the fastest rate in 60 years in February
as City bonuses were slashed and workers agreed to reduced hours in the wake of
recession, the latest official figures show.
http://snipurl.com/h6i48
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China has 'canceled US credit card': lawmaker:
China, wary of the troubled US economy, has already "canceled
America's credit card" by cutting down purchases of debt, a US congressman said
Thursday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090430/pl_afp/financeeconomyuschinabonds
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US Senate defeats mortgage relief measure:
The US Senate on Thursday defeated a measure that could have
helped millions of Americans avoid foreclosure by letting bankruptcy judges cut
their mortgage payments.
http://snipurl.com/h6i59
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Chrysler court rescue bid begins:
Chrysler closed its US factories on Friday - having earlier
said it would wait until Monday - as proceedings to start its restructuring
plans began.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8028427.stm
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Over 100 Investment Firms and Agents Subpoenaed in Widening
Pension Fund Probe:
A national network of investment firms and their middlemen are
conspiring in fraudulent practices and kickback schemes to receive lucrative
business opportunities with state and local pension funds, according to New
York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7481344&page=1
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Mexico Scientists Say Flu's Ability to Spread Is 'Fairly Low':
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Mexican scientists studying the influenza virus here have
found that its ability to spread from person to person is "fairly low" and no
more infectious than normal seasonal flu, giving them hope that they can better
contain its spread.
http://snipurl.com/h6i8m
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