World-News

Nick Turse, TomDispatch and AlterNet: 'Last year, Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe of the Washington Post reported that U.S. Special Operations forces were deployed in 75 countries, up from 60 at the end of the Bush presidency. By the end of this year, U.S. Special Operations Command spokesman Colonel Tim Nye told me, that number will likely reach 120. 'We do a lot of traveling - a lot more than Afghanistan or Iraq,' he said recently. This global presence - in about 60% of the world s nations and far larger than previously acknowledged - provides striking new evidence of a rising clandestine Pentagon power elite waging a secret war in all corners of the world.'

http://www.truth-out.org/uncovering-militarys-secret-military/1312465992

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The Myth of the Voluntary Military
http://lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker202.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bush+legacy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pentagon
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Karen+DeYoung
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Greg+Jaffe
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Nick+Turse
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/tucker
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America In Collapse

By Leon Fisher

Elections are no longer effective as the promise of hope and change which in the last presidential election energized the electorate and won the White House for Barack Obama but as it turned out was nothing more than a slick and deceptive advertising campaign.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28731.htm

China Central Bank Chief Warns on U.S. Debt

The comments Wednesday by People s Bank of China Gov. Zhou Xiaochuan came as the country's state media continued to condemn Washington over its debt problems, and as one of China s smaller credit ratings companies downgraded its sovereign rating for the U.S.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903520204576485052384754400.html

Apple has more cash than US govt :

Keiser Report Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgCqSEpGBF4&feature=player_embedded

Has Americans for Prosperity election fraud been exposed in WI?

The billionaire Koch brothers have moved in and are attacking democracy in the state. With recall elections against Republican state senators just around the corner - the Koch-funded Astroturf group Americans for Prosperity is reaching into their bag of dirty tricks to keep their buddies in power at any cost.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA9y9hoaF3A

Tycoons laughing all the way to the bank

It shows how a band of far-right Republican Tea Party extremists - financed initially by the billionaire Koch brothers - have managed to effectively take control of the U.S. political system and block the will of the American people.

http://bit.ly/qI074L

US company profits surge, even as economy slows

Of the companies in the S&P 500 list of large-cap firms which have reported their quarterly earnings to date, 72 percent have beaten analysts' forecasts, according to Standard & Poor s analyst Howard Silverblatt.

http://bit.ly/o44k4J

Why do the people of the U.S. stand for this culture of exploitation

By Phil Rockstroh

Moving beyond the debt ceiling canard; much more is at stake.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28740.htm

8 Reasons Young Americans Don t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance

By Bruce E. Levine

The ruling elite has created social institutions that have subdued young Americans and broken their spirit of resistance.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28741.htm

Dancing on the Edge of Oblivion
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28750.htm

Barack Obama and the Debt Crisis: A Successful Con Game Explained

By Bruce A. Dixon

The object of the supposed 'crisis' was to short circuit public opinion, - in order to deal fatal blows to Medicaid, Medicare, social security, job growth and public expenditures for the common good. It worked. We have been conned.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28744.htm

From Information Clearing House

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Welcome to what recovery?

OpenMarket.org
by Jacqueline Otto

08/03/11

Today, August 3, 2011, marks the one year anniversary of Treasure Secretary Tim Geithner s op-ed in The New York Times, ostentatiously titled 'Welcome to the Recovery.' ... He might as well have printed that on a banner and hung it over a battle ship for how much he has likely grown to regret those words. 'We are on a path back to growth' Geithner declared, as he went to great lengths to justify and praise the stimulus package...

http://tinyurl.com/44nlt8s

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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The Koch Spider Web

Allison Kilkenny, Truthout: 'Rick Boucher, a then-28-year incumbent Democratic Congressman from the Ninth District - the longest-serving Congressman in that district since the Civil War - was surprisingly defeated by Republican Morgan Griffith. The upset came as a shock to many, since an early October poll showed Boucher ahead by double digits, including one measure earlier in the month that put him ahead by 10 percentage points. C'est la vie. Such is political life. The National Republican Congressional Committee spent around $600,000 in ads, and the media framed the defeat as a Blue Dog, Boucher losing due to his support for cap-and-trade policies. Except, there was more to the story.'

http://www.truth-out.org/koch-spider-web/1312231636

The Fight for a Progressive America Begins Today - and Does Not End in 2012

Amy Dean, Truthout: 'If only 500 people are showing up for a rally, it s because the public doesn t care. In this case, it doesn t care about politicians bickering over the debt ceiling. America has a different agenda and Washington is missing it entirely. As has been often noted, we are not facing a debt crisis in our country. We are facing a jobs crisis. Working people desperately need the economy to improve and to start generating well-paying jobs. Less often noted is the fact that taking on America s real problems will require the president to behave differently, and it will require us to behave differently.'

http://www.truth-out.org/fight-progressive-america-begins-today-and-does-not-end-2012/1312478387

Nuclear War or Real Security?

Joseph Gerson, Truthout: 'In the months leading up to the debt deal struck on August 2, we grew accustomed to news of our government on the verge of bankruptcy, and news that failing to lift the debt ceiling would trigger a second recession - or worse - and that the best we could hope for was the nightmare of $2.7 trillion in cuts to Social Security benefits, Medicare and essential social services. Talk about national decline! When I return to Hiroshima to mark the August 6 anniversary of the atomic bombing that destroyed that city in nine seconds, people will ask, 'How can the US plan to spend still more to prepare for nuclear war?' Here's what I will have to tell them: We can invest to intimidate the world, but not to create jobs, keep people in their homes, or to build the 21st century infrastructure our children deserve.'

http://www.truth-out.org/nuclear-war-or-real-security/1312465072

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Is the New 'Super Congress' Constitutional?
http://lewrockwell.com/eddlem/eddlem50.1.html

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Starmail - 4. Aug, 09:13

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The Unmaking of a President

Starmail - 4. Aug, 08:42

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Economic Development Leaving Millions Behind

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/08/03-5

Tax Wall Street, Bail Out Public Education
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/08/03-0

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Starmail - 4. Aug, 08:37

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In Coverage of Extreme Weather, Media Downplay Climate Change

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/08/03-8

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=climate+change
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Neil+deMause
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Starmail - 4. Aug, 08:33

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War, Debt and the President

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/03

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=debt
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Amy+Goodman
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Starmail - 4. Aug, 06:20

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Die Arbeitsagentur und Instrumente zur Statistikverschönerung

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35177/1.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Hartz+IV
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Arbeitsagentur
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Starmail - 4. Aug, 06:08

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Britische Abgeordnete kritisieren den Libyen-Einsatz in Zeiten des Sparens

Der Verteigungsausschuss warnt in einem Bericht, dass Großbritannien weltweit an Einfluss durch die vorgesehenen Kürzungen beim Verteidigungshaushalt verlieren wird.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/150246

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Starmail - 4. Aug, 06:06

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Mittwoch, 3. August 2011

Next-up News Nr 1777

- Nouveau: IEEE 802.22 'Super WiFi 100 km = Super irradiation pour tous'

http://www.next-up.org/France/Wifi.php#1
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Starmail - 3. Aug, 22:02

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Wirtschaftsweiser: 'Krise kehrt im Herbst zurück'

- oder Europa als Echternacher Springprozession: 'Ein Schritt vor - und zwei Schritte wieder zurück'?

Kommentierte Presseschau von Volker Bahl vom 2.8.2011 http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/eu/wipo/krise_bahl9.html

Studie: Deutsche immer unzufriedener mit ihrer Arbeit

'Die Arbeitsbelastung steigt, die berufliche Zukunft ist oft unsicher: Noch nie hatten die Deutschen in den letzten 25 Jahren so wenig Freude an ihrer Arbeit. Das zeigt eine aktuelle Studie?' Meldung in der FR online vom 2.8.2011 http://www.fr-online.de/wirtschaft/deutsche-immer-unzufriedener-mit-ihrer-arbeit/-/1472780/8738302/-/index.html

Siehe dazu:

Arbeitszufriedenheit in Deutschland sinkt langfristig. Auch geringe Arbeitszufriedenheit im europäischen Vergleich

Studie von Yan Bohulskyy, Marcel Erlinghagen und Friedrich Scheller, Institut Arbeit und Qualifikation an der Universität Duisburg-Essen, erschienen als IAQ-Report 2011-03 (pdf) http://www.iaq.uni-due.de/iaq-report/2011/report2011-03.pdf

Die Zusammenfassung: 'Seit Mitte der 1980er Jahre nimmt die Arbeitszufriedenheit von Beschäftigten in Deutschland in einem langfristigen Trend ab. Besonders stark ist der Rückgang bei älteren Arbeitnehmern jenseits des 50. Lebensjahres. Ansonsten zeigt sich ein Rückgang der Arbeitszufriedenheit in allen Qualifikationsstufen und in Betrieben unterschiedlicher Größe in ähnlicher Form. Im internationalen Vergleich weisen Arbeitnehmer in Deutschland eine besonders geringe Arbeitszufriedenheit auf. Die Ursachen dafür sind in Entwicklungen wie der Intensivierung der Arbeit in den Betrieben, Problemender Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf, geringen Lohnsteigerungen und wachsender Unsicherheit bezüglich der beruflichen Zukunft zu suchen.'

Ein anderes Bild

Deutschland geht es so gut wie lange nicht, sagt die Kanzlerin. Neue Studien zeigen: Der Graben zwischen Statistik und Alltagserfahrungen wächst. Artikel von Tom Strohschneider in Der Freitag online vom 02.08.2011 http://www.freitag.de/politik/1130-ein-anderes-bild

Reallohnverluste und ihre Hintergründe

Neue Befunde aus dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP), nach denen vor allem Arbeitnehmer mit niedrigerem Einkommen in den vergangenen zehn Jahren große Reallohnverluste hinnehmen mussten, haben für große Aufmerksamkeit gesorgt. Mehrere aktuelle Studien und Analysen von Forschern der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung leuchten Hintergründe dieser Entwicklung aus. Ein wesentlicher Aspekt ist danach die Entwicklung des Tarifsystems. Es stabilisiert die Lohnentwicklung in Deutschland. Die Tariflöhne sind in den vergangenen Jahren deutlich stärker gestiegen als die effektiven Bruttoeinkommen. Allerdings sinkt die Reichweite des Tarifsystems, abzulesen an der Tarifbindung, seit etwa anderthalb Jahrzehnten. Gleichzeitig wuchs der Niedriglohnsektor, atypische Beschäftigungsformen wie Leiharbeit oder Minijobs breiteten sich stark aus. (Siehe die Grafik unten (WL)) Die Arbeitsmarktreformen der vergangenen Dekade haben dazu erheblich beigetragen und so das Tarifsystem weiter unter Druck gebracht. Die folgenden Links führen Sie zu kurzen Zusammenfassungen relevanter Untersuchungen?? Dossier in den Nachdenkseiten, Hinweise des Tages 1. August 2011 http://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=10292#h03

'Qualifikationsbedingte Lohnunterschiede'

'Laut einer aktuellen Studie bewegen sich die Reallöhne von Geringqualifizierten in Deutschland auf dem Niveau der 80er Jahre. Aber auch andere Beschäftigte haben Probleme auf dem vermeintlich boomenden Arbeitsmarkt?' Artikel von Thorsten Stegemann in telepolis vom 03.08.2011 http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35240/1.html

Aus: LabourNet, 3. August 2011

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Arbeitsmarkt
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US-Finanzkompromiss: Obamas Haushalts-Waterloo

Der Deal steht, aber er ist faul. Auch wenn die drohende US-Pleite abgewendet werden konnte, stehen die Verlierer des Polit-Geschachers bereits fest und es sind wieder einmal die Ärmsten der Armen. Schuld an der Misere sind aber nicht nur die Republikaner?? Kommentar von Yascha Mounk vom 02.08.2011 in The European Magazin http://www.theeuropean.de/yascha-mounk/7569-us-finanzkompromiss#7569

Aus: LabourNet, 3. August 2011

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=debt
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Starmail - 3. Aug, 16:57

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Banks spent $17.3 million on lobbying in 2011 first quarter

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo and other major banks, credit unions and industry groups spent at least $17.3 million on federal lobbying in the first three months of 2011, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

http://bit.ly/oj6iEX

From Information Clearing House

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Starmail - 3. Aug, 09:46

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Iraqis want US military presence terminated

Over 2.5 million Iraqis have signed a demand that the US military presence in the country should be terminated.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/08/02/54072217.html

From Information Clearing House

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
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Starmail - 3. Aug, 09:41

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the U.S.

http://lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory232.html

Bosnia, Kosovo, and Now Libya
http://lewrockwell.com/orig11/scott-pd12.1.html

Hot Peppers and Nuclear Weapons Are a Dangerous Combination
http://lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis251.html

The 10 Commandments of the American Religion
http://lewrockwell.com/altucher/altucher10.1.html

The Hiroshima Myth
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/denson7.html

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Truman Lied, Hundreds of Thousands Died

By David Swanson

When Truman lied to America that Hiroshima was a military base rather than a city full of civilians, people no doubt wanted to believe him.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28761.htm

Is this the Greatest Crime in Human History?

Video

Watch it to believe it - Hiroshima Atom Bomb Impact.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28754.htm

The Great Hiroshima Cover-Up And the Greatest Movie Never Made

By Greg Mitchell

This is a story of the official suppression of the most important film footage of the human consequences of the bombing, created by the American military and a Japanese newsreel team.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28755.htm

Who Would Jesus Nuke?

US Air Force Pulls 'Jesus Loves Nukes' Training

By Bryant Jordan

The Air Force has suspended decades-old Bible-centric ethics training intended to make Christian officers comfortable with the possible use of nuclear weapons.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28757.htm

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Science Distorted by the Bomb

Evaggelos Vallianatos, Truthout: 'The United States assumed the mantle of Western civilization immediately after blasting Japan with atomic weapons on August 6 and 9, 1945. Scientists created those weapons. By that act, scientists made science dangerous and changed themselves, America, and the world forever... Science is potentially lethal because, in many instances, it does not serve the well-being of citizens. Instead, it is a subsidiary to war; it fuels a medical system based on drugs rather than healing; it supports industrialized agriculture hooked on broad-spectrum toxins (biocides) that poison humans.'

http://www.truth-out.org/science-distorted-bomb/1311184715

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Starmail - 3. Aug, 09:29

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US Kills 15 in Yemen Abyan Province

Two US drone attacks in Zinjibar, Abyan, killed 15 suspected al-Qaeda fighters on Monday, a senior military official in Abyan confirmed.

http://yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=3873&MainCat=3

From Information Clearing House

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Yemen
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Starmail - 3. Aug, 06:18

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Bank-backed House Lawmakers Try to Kill IRS Plan

By Michael Hudson

Two U.S. House members who collected large campaign donations from the financial industry are pushing legislation to block an Internal Revenue Service plan to discourage foreign tax evaders and money launderers from stashing money in U.S. banks.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28720.htm

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The IRS Wants Your Electronic Data
http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/2402115/12759198/150745/0/

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Starmail - 3. Aug, 06:14

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The Willful Ignorance That Has Dragged the US to the Brink

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/02-4

Debt Deal s 'Super Congress' Puts Democracy Behind Curtain
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/08/02-8

House Dems Furious, See Debt Deal as GOP Win
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/08/02-0

The Coming Double Dip: How DC Manufactures Recession
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/08/02-2

The Four Great Hypocrisies of the Debt Deal
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/08/02
[ http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28746.htm ]

Tycoons Laughing All the Way to the Bank
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/02

Doing Debt Ceiling Battle the FDR Way
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/02-5

Debt and Empire
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/02-7

Senator Bernie Sanders Votes No on ?An Extremely Unfair Agreement?
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/08/02-7

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Debt Ceiling Madness
http://lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner493.html

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Who gains from debt deal? The Pentagon, for one

The last-minute deal that Congress is considering to raise the federal debt limit probably will mean trillions of dollars in government spending reductions for most agencies. But one department stands to gain: the Pentagon.

http://bit.ly/nUYuas

Greek austerity: new measures 'catastrophic' say protesters

Strikes bring Athens to a standstill as government announces further swingeing cuts to public sector jobs and pensions.

http://bit.ly/nxUzL6

From Information Clearing House

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Debt ceiling fraud

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

08/02/11

I told you so! For the past several months, I have been saying that the Republicans were going to cave on the lifting of the debt ceiling. I have been writing it and I have been proclaiming it on my weekly Internet show. And sure enough, that?s exactly what they did. After weeks of huffing and puffing about the enormous size of the national debt and the out-of-control federal spending, they caved, once again, and voted to lift the debt ceiling...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2011-08-02.asp

Debt deal: Politicians win, middle class loses

Cato Institute
by Daniel J. Mitchell

08/02/11

America is on a path to becoming a Greek-style welfare state. Thanks to the Bush-Obama spending binge, the burden of federal spending has climbed to about 25% of national economic output, up from only 18.2% of GDP when Bill Clinton left office. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. Because of a combination of demographic forces and poorly designed entitlement programs, federal spending could consume as much as 50% of economic output by the time the baby boom generation is fully retired...

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=13505

Wars to nowhere

Authority!
by Timothy J Taylor

08/02/11

The biggest lie in the politician s trick box is that these wars to nowhere are necessary for the nation s defense. They aren t. Neither Afghanistan nor Iraq posed any credible threat to the United States before we invaded and occupied those nations. We simply stirred up a hornets nest in the Middle East...

http://authoritycon.blogspot.com/2011/08/wars-to-nowhere.html

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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A Tale of Two Lootings

Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: 'The political posturing around the debt ceiling 'crisis' was mostly a distraction from the hard issues. The hardest of those - underlying US economic decline - keeps resurfacing to display costs, pains and injustices that threaten to dissolve society. Its causes - two long-term trends over the last 30 years - help also to explain the political failures that now compound the social costs of economic decline.'

http://www.truth-out.org/tale-two-lootings/1312292014

Who Gains From Debt Deal? The Pentagon, for One

Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers: 'The last-minute deal that Congress is considering to raise the federal debt limit probably will mean trillions of dollars in government spending reductions for most agencies. But one department stands to gain: the Pentagon. Rather than cutting $400 billion in defense spending through 2023, as President Barack Obama had proposed in April, the current debt proposal trims $350 billion through 2024, effectively giving the Pentagon $50 billion more than it had been expecting over the next decade.'

http://www.truth-out.org/who-gains-debt-deal-pentagon-one/1312382630

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Raising The Debt; Lowering The Boom

by Pastor Chuck Baldwin

The big story this week is the decision of the US Congress and Senate to raise the debt ceiling. Did this really surprise anyone? Despite millions of pieces of communication from their constituents to the contrary, congressmen and senators voted by substantial margins to increase the debt ceiling by up to $2.4 trillion. The House vote was 269 to 161. The Senate vote was 74 to 26. Coincidentally, the amount of this increase to the debt ceiling is now the largest debt-limit increase in US history........

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin660.htm

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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Nancy+A.+Youssef
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=com/baldwin
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Die Verwüstung der letzten Wildnis auf der Erde

Wissenschaftler haben versucht, den Einfluss menschlicher Aktivitäten auf das Leben in der Tiefsee abzuschätzen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35234/1.html

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tiefsee

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Starmail - 3. Aug, 05:33

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Der Weg in Hartz-IV ist kürzer als vermutet

Über 1,42 Millionen Menschen wurden in den letzten sechs Monaten neu arbeitslos. Nicht wenige davon landen direkt im Hartz-IV-System.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/150234

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=arbeitslos
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Hartz+IV

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Dienstag, 2. August 2011

A New Jury to Put the British Public Interest First

By Compass

Something is unraveling before our eyes. From bankers to media-barons, private interests have bankrupted and corrupted the public realm. Power, for so long hidden in the pockets of a cosy elite, has been exposed.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28723.htm
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Starmail - 2. Aug, 23:15

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Billion Dollar Bill and NATO Attack On Libya

Video

It is not conspiracy - it's structural economic behavior locked into Western Foreign Policy and therefore the global economy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28719.htm

Putin says U.S. is 'Parasite' on Global Economy

By Maria Tsvetkova

'They are living beyond their means and shifting a part of the weight of their problems to the world economy...'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28718.htm

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=global+economy
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Maria+Tsvetkova
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Unequal Protection: Corporate Control of Politics

Thom Hartmann, Berrett-Koehler Publishers: 'Fascism is rising in America, this time calling itself 'compassionate conservatism,' and 'the free market' in a 'flat' world. The point of its spear is 'corporate personhood' and 'corporate free-speech rights.' The behavior of the Roberts Court in Citizens United eerily parallels the day in 1936 when Roosevelt said: 'In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for.' Even before the Citizens United case blew open the doors to a corporate takeover of American politics, the corrosive influence of corporations' having 'rights' was already evident. Now these 'unequal consequences' have been put on steroids.'

http://www.truth-out.org/lowering-americas-war-ceiling/1312293573

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Welcome to the United States of Austerity

By Andy Kroll

Polluted water, smoggy skies, crumbling bridges, less education funding, more unhealthy Americans: the impact of the debt deal s massive cuts.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28725.htm

Socialism for the Rich

Capitalism for Everyone Else

By Mark Braund

If more people understood the means by which banks create money, the way it swells the coffers of the already wealthy, and the destabilising effect it has on the real economy, then surely there would be a outcry of Murdochian proportions.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28722.htm

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What is liberty?

Authority!
by Timothy J Taylor

08/25/11

The Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States of America promise individual freedom and liberty, but those who have sworn an oath to uphold these principles have systematically dismantled them to the point where there is almost nothing left. Where is the freedom? Where is the liberty?

http://authoritycon.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-is-liberty.html

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Starmail - 2. Aug, 22:13

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Is it not Time to Lower the America War Ceiling?

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: 'One American world, one Washington, is devouring the other. Think of this as the half-hidden psychodrama of this American moment. Put another way, for months Americans have been focused on raising that debt ceiling, as onscreen countdown clocks ticked away to disaster. In the process, few have asked the obvious question: Isn t it time to lower America s war ceiling?

http://www.truth-out.org/lowering-americas-war-ceiling/1312293573

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Starmail - 2. Aug, 22:08

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Despite New Denials by Rumsfeld, Evidence Shows US Military Used Waterboarding-Style Torture

Jeffrey Kaye, Truthout: 'In the controversy over whether torture, especially waterboarding, was used to gather information leading to the capture of Osama bin Laden, former Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld told Fox News' Sean Hannity recently that 'no one was waterboarded at Guantanamo by the US military. In fact, no one was waterboarded at Guantanamo, period.' In his memoir, 'Known and Unknown,' Rumsfeld maintained, 'To my knowledge, no US military personnel involved in interrogations waterboarded any detainees, not at - or anywhere else in the world.' But as we shall see, Rumsfeld was either lying outright, or artfully twisting the truth.'

http://www.truth-out.org/despite-rumsfeld-denial-evidence-shows-us-military-use-waterboarding-style-torture/1312225772

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Crisis at Guantanamo: Call Your Senators Now
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ojKXJcPOLjIXLfK&s=8rLNJZNzGaJLK3OGLnE&m=lvLZJ5OMLhLZLmI

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Starmail - 2. Aug, 22:03

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Next-up News Nr 1776

- CASINO et WiFi (lettre Cliente) et Irradiation illégale des clients (Next-up org.)

http://www.next-up.org/France/Wifi.php#1
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Starmail - 2. Aug, 17:31

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Persönlichkeitsrechte, Datenschutz & Co. im Netz: Informationen für Eltern

Weltexpress München

(Weltexpress) - Netiquette und Fair Play, Urheberrechte und Recht am eigenen Bild, Cybermobbing und Cyber-Bullying - wo Menschen, vor allem junge Menschen, im Internet unterwegs sind, stoßen sie früher oder später auf diese Themen und müssen...

http://tinyurl.com/3bdv8jw

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Starmail - 2. Aug, 17:27

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Altersarmut: Fast die Hälfte geht mit Abschlägen in die Rente

Altersbezüge auf dem Sinkflug

'Nur ein Fünftel der Rentner wechselt aus einem sozialversicherten Job in den Ruhestand. Gar ein Drittel aller NeurentnerInnen war bereits zuvor arbeitslos oder frühverrentet. Die Folge: 45 Prozent der Senioren werden die Bezüge gekürzt, die Gefahr von Altersarmut wächst?' DGB-Beitrag vom 28.07.2011 http://www.dgb.de/themen/++co++16509764-b8fd-11e0-4234-00188b4dc422

Siehe dazu das Dossier 'Rente und Alterssicherung' beim DGB http://www.dgb.de/themen/++co++1e7dab6c-6cc2-11df-59ed-00188b4dc422

Vor dem Regierungsdialog Rente: Kampf um Altersarmut

Hintergrund Sozialpolitik von Johannes Steffen (Arbeitnehmerkammer Bremen) vom 27.07.2011 (pdf) http://www.ak-sozialpolitik.de/dukumente/2011/2011-07-27%20Kampf%20um%20Altersarmut.pdf

Sozialausgleich: Irrsinniger als die Gesundheitsreform geht es nicht

'Der Sozialausgleich gehört zum Kern der schwarz-gelben Gesundheitsreform. Die jüngste Neuregelung jedoch würde ihn seiner Wirkung völlig berauben?' Artikel von Philipp Neumann in Die Welt online vom 31.07.2011 http://www.welt.de/debatte/kommentare/article13518056/Irrsinniger-als-die-Gesundheitsreform-geht-es-nicht.html

Aus dem Text: '? Ziel der Reform war es, Gesundheits- von Lohnkosten zu trennen. Der von den Arbeitgebern mitfinanzierte Krankenkassenbeitrag soll nicht weiter steigen. Stattdessen tragen die Versicherten die steigenden Gesundheitskosten künftig allein über Zusatzbeiträge. Ein Sozialausgleich soll diese Last lindern. Er soll sich aus Steuern finanzieren. Das heißt nichts anderes, als dass steigende Gesundheitskosten zu steigenden Ausgaben für den Sozialausgleich führen. (...) Gesundheitskosten über Steuern zu finanzieren, hat einen Vorteil, besonders für Wahlkämpfer: Die Last lässt sich über das Steuersystem gerechter verteilen. Sozialbeiträge werden nur bis zu einer bestimmten Einkommensgrenze fällig, wodurch Gutverdiener begünstigt werden. Mit eben diesem Argument warb die CDU einst für ihre Gesundheitsprämie. Dieses Argument nutzte auch die FDP bei der jüngsten Reform, als sie den Sozialausgleich installierte?'

Wachstum und die Krise der Arbeit

Artikel von Sabine Ferenschild in der DGB-Gegenblende vom 18. Juli 2011 http://www.gegenblende.de/10-2011/++co++b7c08d3a-b12c-11e0-58a6-001ec9b03e44

Aus: LabourNet, 2. August 2011

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Ergebnisse des Mikrozensus 2010: Risiko von Kinderarmut steigt

'In Deutschland gibt es immer weniger Kinder. im Jahr 2000 zählte das Statistische Bundesamt noch 15,2 Millionen Kinder, 2010 waren es nur noch 13,1 Millionen. Dieser Trend werde sich fortsetzen. Außerdem sei in Deutschland jedes sechste Kind von Armut bedroht. Die meisten leben in Haushalten von Alleinerziehenden. Und die haben die schlechtesten Aussichten auf einen Job, der nicht im Niedriglohnsektor liegt?' Meldung der IG Metall vom 04.08.2011 http://www.igmetall.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-30062898-3276D2AF/internet/style.xsl/ergebnisse-des-mikrozensus-2010-8206.htm

Aus: LabourNet, 5. August 2011

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Pakistan seeks 'clear terms of engagement' with US

Orlando Sentinel

08/01/11

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari called Monday for his government and the United States to agree on 'clear terms of engagement' in the fight against Islamist militants to avert troubles in their relationship. Zardari s remarks, the first such call by the Pakistani president, came at a meeting with the U.S. envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Marc Grossman...

http://tinyurl.com/42fy3eu

Pakistan: US drone strike kills seven

Dawn [Pakistan]

08/10/11

A US drone strike in Pakistan s northwestern tribal belt along the Afghan border on Wednesday killed at least seven fighters of the militant Haqqani network, local security officials said. A US drone fired two missiles, destroying a vehicle and a compound near Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district...

http://bit.ly/nUgofa

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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US kills 4 people in North Waziristan

Two missiles were fired from a US drone targeting a militant vehicle. So far, four militants were killed, a security official said, while another official in the area confirmed the attack and the toll.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-40634.html

US drone strike kills 21 in North Waziristan

Initial reports said three 'militants' were killed in the attack but officials said the toll had gone up to 21 after more bodies were found from the rubble of the house.

http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?242581

From Information Clearing House

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pakistan
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Starmail - 2. Aug, 09:24

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'Economic Martial Law Will Be Declared'

Starmail - 2. Aug, 08:52

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BP 'Has Gained Stranglehold Over Iraq' After Oilfield Deal is Rewritten

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/08/01-3

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Spanische Regierung erklärt den Stierkampf zur Kunst

Die von der Abwahl bedrohten Sozialisten wollen damit vor den Wahlen Konservativen und Nationalisten ein Zuckerl geben.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/6/150227

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Stierkampf
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Starmail - 2. Aug, 05:57

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Die unbekannte Trittin-Rente

Neu: Flaschensammeln für Arme jetzt auch im Internet.
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35231/1.html

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Müll zu Geld: Wenn der Flaschensammler zweimal klingelt

'Zynisch oder einfach ein kluger Einfall? Arme Menschen, die auf der Straße Pfandflaschen auflesen, können den geldwerten Abfall nun gleich bei jenen Leuten zu Hause abholen, die das bisschen Geld nicht brauchen. Erfinder Jonas Kakoschke sagt, er bringe Arm und Reich zusammen?' Artikel vn Barbara Bollwahn in Spiegel online vom 28.07.2011 http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/wunderbar/0,1518,775134,00.html#spRedirectedFrom=www

Aus: LabourNet, 5. August 2011
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Starmail - 2. Aug, 05:54

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Die USA sind ärmer als Griechenland und Portugal

Fast kein Vermögen zur Tilgung vorhanden.
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35225/1.html

Südamerika wappnet sich gegen spekulatives Kapital

Gipfel der Regionalorganisation Unasur bespricht gemeinsames Vorgehen gegen Angriffe auf Finanzmärkte.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/150232

Same procedure as 2008

Was wir dennoch über Finanzmärkte wissen können.
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35288/1.html

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US-Schulden 'kompromiss'

Die Wall Street ließ ihre Beziehungen spielen

Großbanken machten Druck auf die Kongressmitglieder, die Zahlungsunfähigkeit der USA zu vermeiden. Artikel von Max Böhnel im ND vom 02.08.2011 http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/203466.die-wall-street-liess-ihre-beziehungen-spielen.html

Aus dem Text: '? Der Haushaltsstreit ist damit aber nur mittelfristig entschärft. Die Details des Sparprogramms in Höhe von 2,4 Billionen Dollar, auf das sich die Verhandlungsführer beider Parteien einigten, sind noch offen. In zwei Runden soll die große Axt zum Abbau des Schuldenbergs angelegt werden. Kurzfristig geht es um eine knappe Billion Dollar und damit die Teile des Haushalts, über die der USA-Kongress jährlich abstimmt, etwa Mittel für Rüstungsprojekte, aber auch zivile Ausgaben. Ausgenommen sind zunächst Programme der Sozialhilfe, die medizinische Versorgung für die Armen, »Medicaid«, und die Arbeitslosenversicherung. Rentner sollen zunächst ihre Auszahlungen aus der Krankenversicherung »Medicare« weiter erhalten. Trotzdem sollen die staatlichen Subventionen an Krankenversicherungsanbieter schon jetzt gekürzt werden??

Sozialer Selbstmord

'Kompromiß im US-Schuldenstreit: Tiefe Haushaltseinschnitte, keine Steuererhöhungen, Sozialprogramme vor dem Aus. Die Finanzmärkte sind zufrieden..' Artikel von Philipp Schläger in junge Welt vom 02.08.2011 http://www.jungewelt.de/2011/08-02/023.php

So funktioniert Kapitalismus: Die Reichen kommen davon

Im letzten Moment hat die US-Politik verhindert, dass der Regierung in Washington morgen das Geld fehlt, um ihre Rechnungen zu bezahlen. Die USA sind damit nur knapp den Verhältnissen einer Bananenrepublik entkommen. Der gefundene Kompromiss ist eine herbe Niederlage für Barack Obama und schadet der amerikanischen Wirtschaft?' Kommentar von Fabian Lindner vom 1. August 2011 im Zeit-Blog http://blog.zeit.de/herdentrieb/2011/08/01/die-reichen-kommen-davon_3346

Aus: LabourNet, 2. August 2011

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http://siriusnetwork.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/occupy-wall-street/

Ein Video bereits aus dem letzten Jahr:

Amerika taumelt dem Ende entgegen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXDP1hFfrGc&feature=player_embedded

Nichts davon in unseren Nachrichten.

Gerd Ernst Zesar

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Montag, 1. August 2011

Obama Capitulation to the Tea Party

Robert Borosage, Campaign for America s Future: 'The raw deal on the budget ceiling has been cut. The Tea Party terrorists - the extremist faction willing to hold the economy hostage to get their way - have won. The Republic, common sense and decency have been trampled. With the economy deeply depressed, 25 million people in need of full time work, the raw deal will impede any recovery. It precludes any serious action on jobs from the federal government. It will cost jobs as spending is cut. Instead of getting serious about a plan to revive this economy and put people back to work, Washington will remain fixated on what and how much to cut.'

http://www.truth-out.org/obamas-capitulation-tea-party/1312206805

Did Bush Leave Us Bankrupt, Corrupt, Ungovernable?

Dave Johnson, See the Forest: 'When you sell the farm, the farm is gone. Is it already too late for America?"

http://www.truth-out.org/did-bush-leave-us-bankrupt-corrupt-ungovernable/1312205569

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Next-up News Nr 1775

- Jean-Jacques Crèvec?ur: 'Toutes ces choses que nous vivons actuellement sont le symptôme de l'ancien monde qui s'effondre'.

http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/Medias.php#1
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Peter King reckless claim of al-Shabaab menace to the US

The New York congressman seeks to put the spotlight on Somali Americans as a domestic terror threat. The facts show otherwise.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/jul/31/al-shabaab-peter-king

From Information Clearing House

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Somalia
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The damning of Tony Blair

Iraq war deal 'signed in blood' by former Prime Minister.

Former PM to be held to account on Iraq in Chilcot report on war.
http://bit.ly/nWknwi

Chilcot inquiry report will not reveal Tony Blair s pledges to George W Bush

Former cabinet secretary consulted Blair before suppressing documents described by Sir John Chilcot as central to inquiry.

http://is.gd/NJfYNB

From Information Clearing House

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US-Iraq raid causes 'massacre' of civilians

A US-Iraqi raid north of Baghdad on Saturday killed a tribal sheikh and two of his family members, police said, as local leaders condemned what they branded a 'massacre' of civilians.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=47412

From Information Clearing House

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Starmail - 1. Aug, 19:19

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The President Surrenders

Ransom Paid

By Robert Reich

The deal does not raise taxes on America s wealthy and most fortunate - Yet it puts the nation's most important safety nets and public investments on the chopping block.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28717.htm

The President Surrenders

By Paul Krugman

For the deal itself, will take America a long way down the road to banana-republic status.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28716.htm

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Starmail - 1. Aug, 19:11

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How Murdoch Ran Britain

Dispatches - Channel 4 Documentary

Dispatches investigates the world of the Rupert Murdoch and the influence and political power he holds in the UK.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28715.htm

Rupert Murdoch given $27M no-bid contract from state Department of Education

More than a dozen private firms wanted to work on a project like the one the state Education Department is set to award to a Rupert Murdoch-owned company in a $27 million no-bid contract.

http://nydn.us/rg58pj

Murdoch The Mogul Who Screwed the News

Video Documentary - Dispatches Channel 4

The incredible story of how Rupert Murdoch used celebrity scandal to bankroll his expanding media empire, before scandal ultimately engulfed the News of the World itself.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28714.htm

From Information Clearing House

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Black Ops for Major U.S. Banks and Corporations
http://lewrockwell.com/orig10/burghardt8.1.1.html

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12 U.S.-related Human Rights Stories the Press is Missing

By H. Victor Condé

Our leaders preach obedience by others to rules we choose not to follow, and criticize other countries for violating treaty norms that we have not accepted to become bound by ourselves.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28713.htm

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Eliminate the debt ceiling

by Ayn R. Key

The Keynesians and Monetarists who control fiscal and monetary policy in the government will never accept that anything should actually be cut, other than a few token items of window-dressing. Their plan is to keep raising the debt limit every time it is reached. The entire show is Kabuki Theater because the Congress and the President know that the voters are actually watching this time and actually demanding that something be done about the excessive spending. But they do not believe in restraint. So perhaps the opposite approach should be taken on the debt ceiling issue.

http://aynrkey.blogspot.com/2011/07/eliminate-debt-ceiling.html

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Forget Compromise: The Debt Ceiling Is Unconstitutional

Ellen Brown, Truthout: 'The debt ceiling crisis can be averted by enforcing the 14th Amendment, which mandates the government to pay its debts already incurred, including pensions. That means Social Security, which IS an 'entitlement,' in the original sense of the word. We are entitled to it because we have paid for it with taxes. The game of Russian roulette being played with the US federal debt has been called a 'grotesque political carnival' and political blackmail. The uproar stems from a statute that is unique to the United States and never did make much sense. First passed in 1917 and revised multiple times since, it imposes a dollar limit on the federal debt.'

http://www.truth-out.org/forget-compromise-debt-ceiling-unconstitutional/1312205856

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Mehrheit der Amerikaner hält Kongress für korrupt

52 Prozent glauben, dass Kandidaten nicht wegen ihrer Politik gewählt werden, sondern weil das Wahlrecht sie begünstigt.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/150220

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The Great Correction: Still No Recovery in Sight

http://lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner492.html

As America Continues to Tank, What Will You Do?
http://lewrockwell.com/wile/wile31.1.html

Escalating Brutality in the Late Empire
http://lewrockwell.com/peters-e/peters-e76.1.html

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Sonntag, 31. Juli 2011

Brazil Deforestation Quagmire

Elizabeth Rust, Council on Hemispheric Affairs: 'A string of recent events indicates that Amazonian deforestation and violence against environmental activists are on the rise. The Brazilian Congress s lower house approves a bill that weakens protection of the rainforest - which may explain the drastic increase in deforestation, as land clearers anticipate amnesty for their crimes. Given Brazil s historical disregard for the Amazon rainforest s global importance, and the legislature's evident lack of commitment to resolving the issue, a strong and long-term executive response is urgently needed.'

http://www.truth-out.org/brazil%E2%80%99s-deforestation-quagmire/1312130449

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Veto the new Forest Code before it is too late
http://tinyurl.com/ctxx4zh

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Congressional Republicans Hack Away at Medicaid While the Rich Hollow It Out From the Inside

Russ Wellen, Truthout: 'Republican assaults on social service programs have finally yielded some significant advances, with the Obama administration offering to push the eligibility age for Medicare up from age 65 to 67. Also, as part of a bargain to raise the debt ceiling, the administration has offered to dial down cost-of-living increases in Social Security benefits. But it s Medicaid, which, as the health provider of last resort for the most vulnerable segment of society, has long been a tempting target for Republicans.'

http://www.truth-out.org/congressional-republicans-hack-away-medicaid/1311878004

The Wisconsin Workers Uprising

Part 2

Making Contact, National Radio Project: 'Was the occupation of the state capital in Madison, Wisconsin a resurgence of organized labor in the United States? Or the last gasp for unionized workers, as they face continual erosion of their rights. This week, we hear Part 2 of a retrospective documentary on the 2011 Wisconsin uprising, produced by Workers Independent News.'

http://www.truth-out.org/wisconsin-workers-uprising-part-2/1312122576

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More whistleblowers prosecuted under Obama than under any other president

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/4551.html

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'Totaler Krieg' um Stuttgart 21

Fronten verhärten sich immer weiter, Schlichter Geißler und S21-Befürworter versuchen, das Ergebnis des Stresstests schönzureden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35227/1.html

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Stuttgart 21: Das dümmste Großprojekt?

Fortschritt sieht anders aus: Vor 15 Jahren fuhr die Bahn in zwei Stunden und fünf Minuten von Stuttgart nach München. Heute braucht sie für dieselbe Strecke zwei Stunden und 19 Minuten. Doch mit Hilfe von Stuttgart 21 soll ja jetzt bald alles wieder schneller gehen: ganze 26 Minuten schneller soll die gleiche Strecke werden. Aber dafür will die Bahn viele Milliarden Euro investieren.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416812661ms272

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Proteste gegen das Bahnprojekt Stuttgart 21

S21: '... wer entscheidet?'

Bei der 88. Montagskundgebung gegen Stuttgart 21 sprach der bei Behr gekündigte Betriebsrat Mehmet Sahin zu den DemonstrantInnen: "(...) Wenn es bei S21 darum ginge Arbeitsplätze zu schaffen, dann könnte mit dem Geld ein Mehrfaches an sinnvollen öffentlichen Arbeiten finanziert werden. Und zwar nach Tarif und nicht mit Billiglöhnen, wie das jetzt von Bahn und Baufirmen geplant wird! (...) Der Kampf um S21 ist nicht nur ein Konflikt um Verkehr und Umwelt. Es ist ein tiefer sozialer Konflikt! Es ist auch ein Konflikt um die Demokratie, also um die Frage wie entschieden wird. Wie entscheiden, heißt aber immer auch wer entscheidet? (...)" Das Video auf der Webseite von Thomas Trueten 24.08.2011 http://www.trueten.de/archives/7278-S21-...-wer-entscheidet.html

Aus: LabourNet, 25. August 2011

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