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Christian Science Monitor
by Walt Minnick

12/13/10

Every business person, and anyone who has ever managed a checkbook, knows you can?t survive by borrowing 40 cents of every dollar you spend. Yet this is what our federal government is doing ? with no real improvement projected even after the economy recovers. Tax cuts, trillion-dollar wars, deep recession, and the spending binge of the past 10 years have boosted our national debt to $13.8 trillion, over 90 percent of our total national output (GDP). This is two and a half times what it was 10 short years ago...

http://tinyurl.com/27bh3sn



The tax deal and the apocalypse

Huffington Post
by Dean Baker

12/13/10

The proponents of the tax deal that President Obama and the Republicans negotiated last week have gotten out their TARP and Iraq War hysterics. All the important people are now telling us that if Congress doesn?t approve the package, it will be the end of the world! To be an important person in Washington these days requires a solid record of failure. That is why we have 25 million people unemployed, underemployed or out of the labor force altogether. And those who got us into this disaster are still overwhelmingly the ones calling the shots...

http://tinyurl.com/2ddjng5



Payroll tax cut: Another bailout for the rich

Our Future Blog
by Daniel Marans

12/13/10

We already know the proposed $120 billion payroll tax cut in President Obama?s deal with the Republicans poses tremendous risks to Social Security. Now, an analysis done by Nancy Altman, Co-Director of Social Security Works, reveals that it is altogether bad policy. ? State and local workers who are not covered by Social Security, including policemen and firefighters, would receive nothing from the plan. Americans seeking employment would also see nothing from the payroll tax cut...

http://tinyurl.com/2eoa6s7



No, really ? we can!

Boston Globe
by Heather Boushey

12/13/10

?Yes, we can.? That was Barack Obama?s mantra as he took the helm of the nation nearly two years ago. Even though the economy looked scary, he ? and we ? had a sense of optimism that we could fix it. Not only would we avoid a second Great Depression, but we?d make things better. Since then, we?ve successfully pulled back from the precipice. Private employers have added jobs for 10 straight months. In September, the National Bureau of Economic Research declared that the recession ended in June 2009. And yet despite these improvements, we seem to have lost our can-do conviction that the economy can indeed improve, that we can again create good jobs for all who need them...

http://tinyurl.com/28knomo



Charting the US fiscal catastrophe

Zero Hedge
by Tyler Durden

12/12/10

With little fanfare, the November budget deficit of $150.4 billion was reported, which happened to be the worst fiscal November in the history of the US, and just out of the top 10 of worst deficit months ever, including the traditionally weak seasonal months of December, April and September (indicatively, the worst deficit month was the February 2010 $221 billion)...

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/charting-us-fiscal-catastrophe


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Tax Cuts Create Jobs? Prove It
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/14-8

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The Next Financial Meltdown

State Budgets: The Day of Reckoning

Video

The day of reckoning is at hand. Steve Kroft tells us what we need to know about the looming financial crisis that almost no one is talking about.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27117.htm



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Court Approval of Bargain-Basement Plea Deal for Halliburton Energy Service s Destruction of Evidence Is a Travesty
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/09/19-8



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Unsinniges Katz-und-Maus-Spiel der Sicherheitsbehörden
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33790/1.html

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Menschensuchmaschine des Polizeistaats. Auf EU-Ebene wird an einem vernetzten Überwachungssystem geforscht. Die Bundesregierung weiß von nichts

?Eine Datenbank soll künftig alle modernen Überwachungstechnologien vereinen. Die Forschung im Auftrag der Europäischen Union, an der eine deutsche Hochschule beteiligt ist, läuft unter strenger Geheimhaltung. Auch die Bundesregierung blockt?? Artikel von Marian Krüger im ND vom 07.12.2010 http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/185848.menschensuchmaschine-des-polizeistaats.html?sstr=INDECT


Aus: LabourNet, 4. Januar 2011

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INDECT, das europäische Totalüberwachungs-Programm, noch nicht vom "Radar der Öffentlichkeit" erfasst

Der innenpolitische Sprecher der FDP im Europaparlament kritisiert das Forschungsprojekt unter EU-Flagge, das in einem Mitgliedsstaat "so nicht durchsetzbar gewesen wäre".

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/149099



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Julian Assange's Lawyers Warn of Imminent US Charges
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/12/10-3

UN Rights Boss Concerned at Targeting of WikiLeaks
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/12/10-0

International Manhunt for Julian Assange
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/12/10-0

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Interview with Julian Assange
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/assange2.1.1.html

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US Assange indictment 'unconstitutional'
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/us-assange-indictment-unconstitutional-20101211-18t5j.html


Informant: Bob Banner

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Julian Assange Internet Wars
https://groups.google.com/group/freepage-news/t/7525d16b8c99211d?hl=en

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What's new about Wikileaks?
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10022/

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WikiLeaks cables: Pfizer 'used dirty tricks to avoid clinical trial payout'

Cables say drug giant hired investigators to find evidence of corruption on Nigerian attorney general to persuade him to drop legal action.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/dec/09/wikileaks-cables-pfizer-nigeria



Did Pfizer Bribe Its Way Out of Criminal Charges in Nigeria?

By Walter Armstrong

The cables suggest that the world's largest drugmaker may have blackmailed the head of Nigeria's Ministry of Justice into dropping a $6 billion criminal lawsuit.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27149.htm



WikiLeaks cables: Consult us before using intelligence to commit war crimes, US tells Uganda

The US told Uganda to let it know when the army was going to commit war crimes using American intelligence - but did not try to dissuade it from doing so, the US embassy cables suggest.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/08/wikileaks-cables-uganda-war-crimes



Putin leads backlash over WikiLeaks boss detention

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Thursday led growing support from some world leaders for the beleaguered WikiLeaks founder, describing his detention in Britain as "undemocratic".

http://bit.ly/fj9y7N



Europeans Criticize Fierce U.S. Response to Leaks

For many Europeans Washington's fierce reaction to the flood of secret diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks displays imperial arrogance and hypocrisy, indicating a post-9/11 obsession with secrecy that contradicts American principles.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/world/europe/10wikileaks-react.html?_r=1



Chomsky signs Australian letter of support for Assange

Renowned American scholar and activist Noam Chomsky signed an open letter to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday urging her to make a "strong statement" in support of Julian Assange.

http://bit.ly/e9oH8B


After 12 days of WikiLeaks cables, the world looks on US with new eyes

Reaction across the globe to the leaked US embassy cables has ranged from anger and bitterness to extreme indifference.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/10/wikileaks-reaction-world-reaction



WikiLeaks: US 'lobbied Russia on behalf of two credit card companies'

New cables released by the WikiLeaks website disclose how Visa and Mastercard received lobbying support from the Obama administration.

http://bit.ly/hllttK



Assange Lawyer: Rape Allegations a "Stitch Up"

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's lawyer tells CBS News that rape and sexual molestation allegations against his client in Sweden are a "stitch up," and the Swedish prosecutor's failure to provide him with documentation on the claims, or any evidence, makes it impossible to begin crafting a legal response.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20025111-503543.html



Amazon Kindles cash from Wikileaks

Won't host the leaked cables but will sell them: Amazon's UK tentacle is selling a Kindle version of the Wikileaks documents for £7.37.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/09/amazon_sells_wikileaks/


From Information Clearing House



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WIKILEAKS AVOIDS SHUTDOWN AS SUPPORTERS WORLDWIDE GO ON THE OFFENSIVE
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10018/

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Wikileaks Mirrors

Wikileaks is currently mirrored on 1334 web sites
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27007.htm



WikiLeaks Shows America's Imperious Attitude to Pakistan

By Simon Tisdall

Leaked US diplomatic cables published by the Guardian show the extraordinary extent to which Pakistan is in danger of becoming a mere satrapy of imperial Washington.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27023.htm



Free Julian Assange! Hands off WikiLeaks!

By Bill Van Auken

It is almost certain that the ultimate goal of the shoddy legal frame-up is to have Assange extradited to the United States to be tried as a spy or even as an accomplice of terrorism.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27025.htm



Wikileaks and the Diplomacy of Secrecy

Video

Gareth Porter, Investigative Journalist and Ray McGovern, Retired CIA Analyst discuss Wikileaks.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27022.htm



WikiLeaks cables: Shell's grip on Nigerian state revealed

US embassy cables reveal top executive's claims that company 'knows everything' about key decisions in oil-rich Niger Delta.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/dec/08/wikileaks-cables-shell-nigeria-spying



Top human rights lawyer to defend Assange

Robertson, a barrister who has dual British and Australian nationality, has participated in some of the highest-profile freedom of speech trials in British history.

http://www.thelocal.se/30706/20101208/



Cyberattacks Are Retaliation for Pressure on WikiLeaks

Targets included Mastercard.com, which stopped processing donations for WikiLeaks; Amazon.com, which revoked server space from the group; the online payment service PayPal, which cut off its commercial cooperation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/world/09wiki.html?hp


From Information Clearing House

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WikiLeaks: The Man Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/man-who-kicked-hornet-nest.html

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Cables Reveal Background of Pro-Dictator U.S. Policy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/08-5

This Case Must Not Obscure What WikiLeaks Has Told Us
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/08-0

From Jefferson to Assange
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/08-2

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Leaks and leakers

AntiWar.Com
by Philip Giraldi

12/09/10

Contrary to the message emanating from the chattering media, WikiLeaks has embarrassed many but it has neither killed nor endangered anyone. Washington?s relationships with most foreign nations are based on mutual interests and they will continue in spite of concerns expressed by Hillary Clinton and others. And the positive far outweighs any potential negatives...

http://original.antiwar.com/giraldi/2010/12/08/leaks-and-leakers/



Wikileaks vs. the empire

CounterPunch
by Eric Walberg

12/08/10

The sides are lining up, much like Bush predicted in 2001 with his ?You are with us or against us.? A brave Aussie, a principled French judge, an American libertarian congressman, a youthful computer nerd ? the enemies of empire come in all shapes and sizes...

http://counterpunch.org/walberg12082010.html



WikiLeaks: The problem is America?s imperial foreign policy

Campaign For Liberty
by Doug Bandow

12/08/10

The WikiLeaks disclosure of U.S. diplomatic cables has stirred a storm of outrage in Washington, generating apparently serious calls to execute individual leakers and bomb media organizations. Yet despite the abundant egg over the faces of many American officials, there?s little evidence of significant harm to U.S. security. In fact, not much in the documents is new...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=1232


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Want To Find the Best WikiLeaks Mirror Site?
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Wikileaks: Stop the crackdown
http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?cl=850233236&v=7730



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