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The United States of War Criminals (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust "People from poorer places and poorer countries have to call upon their compassion not to be angry with ordinary people in America." --Arundhati Roy Dec. 14, 2010 -- ...
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On the Streets of Bedford Falls (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Dec. 13, 2010 -- There is not much happening this year on the streets of Bedford Falls. The Christmas decorations went up on Main Street, same as always, but it’s ...
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Warning Global systemic crisis – First quarter 2011: Breach of the critical threshold of global geopolitical dislocation (LEAP/E2020)
Nov. 16, 2010 (LEAP/E2020) -- Public announcement GEAB N°49 As the LEAP/E2020 team anticipated in its open letter to the G20 leaders published in the international edition of the Financial Times of ...
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Cables Reveal Background of Pro-Dictator U.S. Policy (Ted Rall)
Dec. 8, 2010 -- NEW YORK (CommonDreams.org) -- After the Soviet collapse in 1991 U.S. policy toward Central Asia was transparently cynical: support the dictators, screw the people. As the United ...
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Happy as a Hangman (Chris Hedges)
Dec. 6, 2010 (TruthDig.com) -- Innocence, as defined by law, makes us complicit with the crimes of the state. To do nothing, to be judged by the state as an innocent, is to be guilty. It is to ...
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General Electric Tapped Fed To Borrow $16 Billion (Jeff Gerth)
The GE building in New York City. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Dec. 2, 2010 (ProPublica) -- Newly released documents from the Federal Reserve Board show that General Electric Co. was a significant ...
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U.S. Federal Reserve Conjures -- and Redefines -- Money (Matthew Cardinale)
Nov. 30, 2010 (Inter Press Service) -- ATLANTA, Georgia - The private central bank of the United States, the Federal Reserve, has begun purchasing $600 billion of long-term U.S. Treasury Bonds, ...
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Fail and Grow Rich on Wall Street (Robert Scheer)
Nov. 24, 2010 (TruthDig) -- Welcome to the brave new world of post-bailout capitalism. The Commerce Department announced Tuesday that corporate profits are at their highest level in U.S. history, ...
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Corporate Profits Were the Highest on Record Last Quarter (Catherine Rampell)
Nov. 23, 2010 (New York Times) -- The nation’s workers may be struggling, but American companies just had their best quarter ever. American businesses earned profits at an annual rate of $1.659 ...
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Bernanke vs. Keynes (Mike Whitney)
Nov. 23, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Investment drives the economy. It creates jobs, builds factories, develops technology, and stimulates growth. When investment falls, spending slows, ...
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Power and the Tiny Acts of Rebellion (Chris Hedges)
Nov. 23, 2010 (TruthDig) -- There is no hope left for achieving significant reform or restoring our democracy through established mechanisms of power. The electoral process has been hijacked by ...
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