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One-Sixth of Debt Reduction Goal

Robert Naiman, Truthout: 'By Thanksgiving, the Congressional 'Super Committee' is supposed to come up with $1.2 trillion in debt reduction over the next ten years. The Super Committee can include anything it wants in its package - short-term economic stimulus (like extending unemployment benefits and the payroll tax holiday), revenue increases from curtailing tax breaks, cuts in military or domestic spending, subject only to two constraints. To avoid automatic cuts, the package has to add up to $1.2 trillion in debt reduction over ten years. Also, to avoid automatic cuts, the package has to pass both houses of Congress in December, so the package has to have the property that it can pass the House and Senate.'

http://www.truth-out.org/ending-wars-time-would-save-200-billion-one-sixth-debt-reduction-goal/1314194678



Defense Contractors Are "Second to None" in Wasteful Spending

Ben Freeman, Project on Government Oversight: 'In what some are calling an 'unprecedented' campaign, defense contractors as an industry bloc are fighting reductions in national security spending to preserve their place on the government gravy train. Spearheaded by the reportedly enlisted the help of LMG Inc., a Washington public affairs firm, the conservative Heritage Foundation, and the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments to push its agenda.'

http://www.truth-out.org/dear-super-committee-defense-contractors-are-second-none-wasteful-spending/1314637409

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Poll: 87% in US disapprove of Congress

Baton Rouge Advocate

08/25/11

Americans are plenty angry at Congress in the aftermath of the debt crisis and Republicans could pay the greatest price, a new Associated Press-GfK poll suggests. The poll finds the tea party has lost support, Republican House Speaker John Boehner is increasingly unpopular and people are warming to the idea of not just cutting spending but also raising taxes - anathema to the GOP - just as both parties prepare for another struggle with deficit reduction...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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- Yveline Frilay, GP in Paris: EHS EMF 'Anyone can be affected by pain'

- Dr Yveline Frilay EHS CEM 'N'importe qui peut être affecté par des douleurs'

http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/MicrowaveSyndromeMicroOndes.php#1

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Thom Hartmann, Berrett-Koehler Publishers: 'When corporations gained the protections that had been written for persons in the United States, a substantial shift began in who bears what risk, resulting in an imbalance that now affects virtually all parts of the world. Most companies handle risk responsibly, but many corporations are legally allowed to avoid responsibility in ways that would never be permitted for an individual.'

http://www.truth-out.org/unequal-protection-risk/1314109548



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Our 50 richest members of Congress had an average net worth of $32mm, and saw a weighted average growth in their net worth of 17.7% (unweighted 26%). The S&P was up 12.8%.

http://bit.ly/oQO4YO



Mortgage Payments One Month Late Jump as Economy Weakens

The percentage of U.S. mortgages overdue by one month rose to the highest level in a year in the second quarter as homeowners who lost jobs were unable to make their payments.

http://bloom.bg/pFGa24


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By James Petras

The US, in contrast to Europe, is experiencing a peaceful transition from neo-liberalism to far-right politics, where the working and middle class are passive victims rather than active combatants.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28923.htm



Keiser Report: Bankers & Aliens

By Rt

We interview Catherine Austin Fitts about exponential fraud and the financial coup d'etat.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28926.htm

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Republicans to Oppose Tax Cut for Working People

Alex Seitz-Wald, ThinkProgress: 'Tax cuts have become the panacea of conservative economic thinking, but curiously, the AP reports Republicans are now lining up to raise taxes on nearly half of all Americans. In his radio address this weekend, President Obama called for an extension to the payroll tax holiday he signed into law last year, which benefits every working American, lowering the 6.2 percent tax that funds Social Security to 4.2 percent. The tax cut will expire in January, and many of the same Republican lawmakers who fought tooth and nail to preserve the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy are now coming out against an extension of the payroll tax holiday.'

http://www.truth-out.org/republicans-oppose-tax-cut-working-people/1314105334

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34 Pieces of Evidence That Prove That the Middle Class in America Is Rapidly Shrinking
http://lewrockwell.com/rep2/us-middle-class-rapidly-shrinking.html



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Too Soon to Declare Victory
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/23-0

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British Brains, Brawn and Bombs Bolster Libyan Rebels

By RT

On Tuesday, British newspapers revealed that the UK not only detached spies and former SAS gurus to train militants, but was also providing them with ammunition for the operation, including night-vision goggles, advanced communication equipment and no less than 1,000 sets of body armor.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28917.htm



Libya: New Information War

By Garibov Konstantin

We have encountered an explicitly mendacious group of world media, reporting facts that were never confirmed.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28919.htm



NATO Tries to Control Libyan Revolution

By Real News

Hamid Dabashi: Neo-liberalism a greater threat to Libya than tribalism or extreme Islam.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28921.htm



The Truth About the Situation in Libya

By Brian Becker

Cutting through the government propaganda and media lies.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28925.htm



South Africa s Zuma says NATO campaign cost lives in Libya

'Those who have the power to bomb other countries have undermined the AU s efforts and initiatives to handle the situation in Libya,' said Zuma, after talks with the visiting president of Ghana.

http://bit.ly/pOG53q



U.S. has nearly doubled air attacks on Libya in past 12 days

As the rebels in Libya push closer to ending the regime of embattled Col. Moammar Gadhafi, U.S. warplanes have been increasing their attacks on government positions as part of the NATO campaign.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/08/22/us.libya.costs/index.html?hpt=hp_t1



The Libya War argument

By Glenn Greenwald

Shamelessly exploiting hatred of the latest Evil Villain to irrationally shield all sorts of policies from critical scrutiny - the everything-is-justified-if-we-get-a-Bad-Guy mentality - is one of the most common and destructive staples of American political discourse, and it s no better when done here.

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/08/22/libya/index.html



How long before the dominoes fall?

We have spent far too much time honouring the courage of Libyan 'freedom fighters' as they scurried across the desert floor, far too little time examining the nature of the beast, the glutinous Transitional National Council whose supposed leader, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, has still been unable to explain if his own chums connived in the murder of their own army commander last month.

http://ind.pn/n5jfzi



US Outsourcing Regime Change

NATO Partnership in Libya Serves as Model, Panetta Says

American Forces Press Service

'It is a good indication of the kind of partnership and alliances that we need to have for the future' US Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28929.htm



Disaster Capitalism Swoops Over Libya

By Pepe Escobar

Think of the new Libya as the latest spectacular chapter in the Disaster Capitalism series. Instead of weapons of mass destruction, we had R2P ('responsibility to protect'). Instead of neo-conservatives, we had humanitarian imperialists.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28931.htm



Turning Libya Into A New Afghanistan

By RT

'The majority of people who are fighting Gaddafi are Muslim extremists or people who believe they must create an Islamic state in Libya,'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28930.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Libya: Obama s Pyrrhic victory

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

08/24/11

In what could well be a premonitory moment, they evacuated the Pentagon when the Richmond earthquake hit. The Capitol was also cleared out, for fear its pylons would crash down upon the heads of our shaken solons. Perhaps it was His way of deflating the hubris of our Washington elite, as they giddily proclaim of the 'victory in Libya' narrative that has taken hold in the Imperial City even before America s housebroken 'rebels' take power...

http://bit.ly/oNVBQY



Obama s NATO war for oil in Libya

The Nation
by Robert Dreyfuss

08/23/11

What do you call it when the full force of a U.S/NATO aerial bombardment is coupled with political support for a ragtag rebel group that, when victorious, promises to hand over its oil resources to its Western backers? A war for oil. Don t believe for one moment that the U.S. backing for Libya s opposition was about freedom...

http://www.thenation.com/blog/162908/obamas-nato-war-oil-libya


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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On War, Obama Has Been Worse Than Bush
http://lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory237.html



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Tar Sands Action: Actors Margot Kidder and Tantoo Cardinal among at 60 Arrested White House Pipeline Protest
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/08/23-2

Activist Bill McKibben on Why Tar Sands Pipeline Is 'Game Over' for the Climate
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/08/24

Tar Sands Action: Nation s Largest Environmental Organizations Stand Together To Oppose Oil Pipeline
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/08/24-7

'Planetary Emergency': Hansen Joins Tar Sands Protest
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/08/29-8

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Over 160 Arrested in Ongoing Civil Disobedience Against Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline

Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW!: 'Fifty-two environmental activists were arrested Monday in front of the White House as part of an ongoing protest calling on the Obama administration to reject a permit for the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline project, which would deliver Canada tar sands oil to refineries in Texas, and rather focus on developing clean energy. An estimated 2,000 people have signed up to hold sit-ins and commit other acts of civil disobedience outside the White House everyday for the next two weeks - 162 have already been arrested since Saturday. Also joining the protest are indigenous First Nations communities in Canada and landowners along the Keystone XL pipeline s planned route. An editorial in Sunday s New York Times joined in calling on the State Department to reject the pipeline, noting that the extraction of petroleum from the tar sands creates far more greenhouse emissions than conventional production.'

http://www.truth-out.org/over-160-arrested-ongoing-civil-disobedience-against-keystone-xl-tar-sands-oil-pipeline/1314113987



With 595 Arrested, Pipeline Protests Heat Up

Britney Schultz, Truthout: 'It is now day 11 of the protests in Washington, DC, against the Keystone XL pipeline, and according to Tar Sands Action, 595 people have been arrested so far for their participation. Environmental author and activist Bill McKibben has called the demonstration 'the largest civil disobedience action in the environmental movement in a generation,' and notes that it is not only the 'usual suspects' who are participating.'

http://www.truth-out.org/595-arrested-pipeline-protests-going-strong/1314810430



It s Time to Take Sides: Why I'm Protesting the Tar Sands Pipeline

Robert Naiman, Truthout: 'The key political fact about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico is this: at the end of the day, the decision of whether to approve the permit for the pipeline or not will be a political decision wholly owned by President Obama. The final determination on the permit will be based on whether approval would be in the 'national interest' of the United States. This is an inherently political determination. By denying the permit for the pipeline, President Obama can take a concrete action against climate chaos without securing one Republican vote, without spending one tax dollar, without getting approval from the Tea Party.'

http://www.truth-out.org/why-im-protesting-tar-sands-pipeline-time-take-sides/1314814147

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Tell President Obama Tar Sands Pipeline Approval Will Alienate Green Base, Warrant Return of His Nobel Peace Prize

http://www.climateark.org/shared/alerts/sendsm.aspx?id=canada_tar_sands

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Tell the President there s no place for the world s dirtiest oil in our clean energy future!

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Call the White House and tell Obama to stop the Keystone XL pipeline
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'Whatever It Is, I'm Against It'

By Robert S. Becker

Don t look to Barry Goldwater or Milton Friedman, even Ronald Reagan, to explain why addled fundamentalists, like zombies surfacing from the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, disparage learning, expertise, and reason.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28924.htm



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Global Gloom, Boom, and Doom
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The Illusion of Safety
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We Do NOT Have a Federal Government
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Wieder mal attackiert Karl-Heinz Bohrer die Provinzialität der Politik und der politischen Klasse hierzulande.

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Der maßgeblich von den USA und Großbritannien initiierte und vorangetriebene Siegeszug der Finanzwirtschaft hat viele Gesellschaften in kritische Lagen getrieben.

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Nationen und Unternehmen in Wartestellung.
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35355/1.html



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'Im Krisensommer 2011 offenbart sich der desaströse Zustand unserer Demokratien. Eine übermächtige Finanzwirtschaft führt Politik und Eliten vor?' Artikel von Tissy Bruns in Die Zeit online vom 21.8.2011 http://www.zeit.de/politik/2011-08/finanzkrise-politik-eliten


Aus Erfahrung klüger: Konservative zweifeln an ihren Analysen

Kommentar von Robert Misik in der taz vom 20.8.2011 http://www.taz.de/!76617/

Aus dem Text: '?Interessant wird sein, wie weit die 'Neorenegaten' mit ihrem Kurswechsel gehen. Denn ihre Einsichten sind mit Restbeständen 'bürgerlicher' Überzeugungen letztendlich nicht vereinbar. Die irre gewordenen Finanzmärkte anzuprangern ist billig. Aber werden sie am Ende so weit gehen, einzusehen, dass nur massive Umverteilung die sozialen Pathologien verringern kann, die Marktergebnisse produzieren? Sind sie, beispielsweise, nur für weniger Ungleichheit oder auch für ein egalitäres Schulsystem? Sind sie gegen die 'Rettungsprogramme' für die Reichen, weil sie ihren liberalen Auffassungen von Gewinn, Verlust und Risiko widersprechen, oder sehen sie, dass diese Auffassungen selbst in einer komplexen globalen Ökonomie renoviert gehören und das Gewicht des Staates wieder zuungunsten der Märkte erhöht werden muss? Kurzum: Ein Bürgerlicher, der von sich sagt, er 'beginne zu glauben, dass die Linke recht hat', der wird vielleicht nicht gleich zum 'Neolinken'. Er ist zunächst einmal ein Konservativer, der von der Realität überfallen wurde??


Der Kapitalismus zerstört sich selbst

'Die Ungleichgewichte zwischen Superreichen und Mittelstand in den westlichen Industriestaaten werden zu einer Gefahr für Marktwirtschaft und Demokratie. Es gibt nur ein Rezept?? Artikel von Philipp Löpfe im Tagesanzeiger vom 15.08.2011 http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wirtschaft/konjunktur/Der-Kapitalismus-zerstoert-sich-selbst/story/17292866


Tatort Markt

'Ein wortgewaltiges Buch rechnet mit mächtigen Bankern ab. Hinter der Finanzkrise stecken Systemkriminalität und eine 'Finanzmafia' aus Bankern und Banditen. Das schreibt kein durchgeknallter Kapitalismuskritiker, sondern der EU-Spitzenbeamte für Korruptionsbekämpfung. Freunde macht sich Wolfgang Hetzer vom Europäischen Amt für Betrugsbekämpfung (Olaf) in Brüssel damit nicht unbedingt?' Eine 'erweiterte' Buchbesprechung von Meinrad Heck in 'Kontext-Wochenzeitung' vom 11.Juni 2011 zu Wolfgang Hetzers 'Finanzmafia: Wie Banken und Banditen unsere Demokratie gefährden' http://www.kontextwochenzeitung.de/newsartikel/2011/06/tatort-markt/


Ökonomen gegen neoliberale Weisheiten. Streitschrift der »bestürzten Wirtschaftswissenschaftler« stürmt französische Bestsellerlisten

'Wieder sorgt ein kleines Buch in Frankreich für Furore. Vier Ökonomen haben das »Manifest der bestürzten Wirtschaftswissenschaftler« verfasst. In Deutschland ist das Büchlein von den vier französischen Ökonomen Philippe Askenazy, André Orléan, Henri Sterdyniak und Thomas Coutrot weitgehend unbekannt, in Frankreich dagegen ist das Manifest ein Bestseller. Mehr als 1000 Ökonomen haben die Streitschrift unterschrieben. Zehntausende Exemplare wurden verkauft, obwohl das Buch im Internet auf Französisch, Englisch, Spanisch und Portugiesisch frei erhältlich ist?' Artikel von Ralf Streck im ND vom 17.08.2011 http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/204584.oekonomen-gegen-neoliberale-weisheiten.html


Altersarmut: Hunderttausende Rentner aufs Dazuverdienen angewiesen

'Im Vergleich zu 2000 hat sich die Zahl der Rentner um fast 60 Prozent gesteigert, die nebenher jobben müssen. Auch staatliche Grundsicherung ist häufiger nötig?' Artikel vom 22.8.2011 in Die Zeit online http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2011-08/rente-minijob-grundsicherung


Aus: LabourNet, 23. August 2011

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24. August 2011

Drei schallende Ohrfeigen für die Kanzlerin

Zur Rede des Bundespräsidenten Wulff, erklärt die Vorsitzende der Partei DIE LINKE, Gesine Lötzsch:

Der Bundespräsident hat in seiner Rede zur Finanzkrise der Kanzlerin drei schallende Ohrfeigen versetzt:

1. stellt er fest, dass die Kosten der Krise nicht fair auf die Gesellschaft verteilt werden. Bankenmanager werden von der Regierung immer wieder geschont.

2. stellt er fest, dass die Kanzlerin die Demokratie missachtet und sich von den globalen Finanzmärkten treiben lässt und nicht mehr das Heft des Handels in der Hand hat.

3. stellt er fest, dass die Kanzlerin kein Konzept für die Lösung der Finanzkrise hat und Einzelmaßnahmen die Krise nicht beenden werden.

Ich habe große Zweifel, dass diese Bundesregierung überhaupt in der Lage ist, die Krise zu lösen. Das wäre überhaupt nur möglich, wenn sie die alten neoliberalen Konzepte auf den Müllhaufen der Geschichte werfen.

Wir brauchen jetzt eine Regierung, die den Mut hat, die Finanzindustrie wirksam zu regulieren, eine demokratisch legitimierte Wirtschaftsregierung in Europa zu etablieren und eine Finanztransaktionssteuer durchzusetzen. Eurobonds sind nur dann sinnvoll, wenn sie in einem Gesamtregulierungspaket eingebunden werden.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/drei-schallende-ohrfeigen-fuer-die-kanzlerin/



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On dangerous meddlng by the neocon empire.
http://lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan181.html

More War, More Dollar Depreciation
http://lewrockwell.com/wile/wile33.1.html



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Nolan Chart
by Kenn Jacobine

The exchange highlighted the irreconcilable differences that exist between those who believe there is a bad guy under every rock and those who actually know history and understand international relations. Santorum and his neoconservative brethren are the former while Ron Paul represents the latter. Its only common sense that if you corner an animal it will act aggressively in order to defend itself and escape. Countries are no different...

http://bit.ly/rkduQQ



Ron Paul: Exposing establishment propaganda since 1976

Fr33 Agents
by Szandor Blestman

08/21/11

Ron Paul is the rarest of politicians. He is the embodiment of honesty, integrity and principle. Most people like him would have just given up long ago on the political process and returned to their normal lives where they would not have to deal with so much filth and corruption. Dr. Paul has hung in there since 1976 when he first entered politics in hopes that he could change for the better the way things are run in Washington, DC...

http://bit.ly/qjO0wE


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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The Relevancy of Ron Paul vs. the Coming Irrelevancy of the Status-Quo
http://lewrockwell.com/orig12/westfall5.1.1.html



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John Pilger, Truthout: 'For the young at the bottom of the pyramid of wealth and patronage and poverty that is modern Britain, mostly the black, the marginalized and resentful, the envious and hopeless, there is never surprise. Their relationship with authority is integral to their obsolescence as young adults. Half of all black British youth between the ages of 18 and 24 are unemployed, the result of deliberate policies since Margaret Thatcher oversaw the greatest transfer of wealth from the bottom to the top in British history. Forget plasma TVs, this was panoramic looting.'

http://www.truth-out.org/damn-it-or-fear-it-forbidden-truth-theres-insurrection-britain/1314021994

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Looters in suits

Three years ago this week, Lehman Brothers crashed. Since then, Britain s bankers have learnt nothing and have been let off the hook again.

http://bit.ly/plCcFN


From Information Clearing House



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Lee Fang, ThinkProgress: 'Warren Buffett penned an op-ed last week declaring that America s super-rich have been 'coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress.' Lamenting the numerous tax loopholes and special breaks afforded to billionaire investors, Buffett noted that in his entire career, even when capital gains rates were as high as 39.9 percent, he never saw anyone 'shy away from a sensible investment because of the tax rate on the potential gain.' Charles Koch, head of the massive petrochemical, manufacturing, and commodity speculating Koch Industries corporation, has responded to Warren s call for shared sacrifice: 'No Thanks.'

http://www.truth-out.org/billionare-koch-responds-buffet-refuses-call-shared-sacrifice/1314027523

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Wall Street aristocracy got $1.2 trillion in bailout loans

Bloomberg News

Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke s unprecedented effort to keep the economy from plunging into depression included lending banks and other companies as much as $1.2 trillion of public money, about the same amount U.S. homeowners currently owe on 6.5 million delinquent and foreclosed mortgages. The largest borrower, Morgan Stanley (MS), got as much as $107.3 billion, while Citigroup took $99.5 billion and Bank of America $91.4 billion, according to a Bloomberg News compilation of data obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, months of litigation and an act of Congress...

http://bloom.bg/n59UXx



Why wait for Washington politics to change? Go local

Christian Science Monitor
by Kyle Scott

08/22/11

Every year, states, counties, and cities hold innumerable elections that go largely ignored by volunteers, fundraisers, and voters. Yet what is striking is that the more local the election, the more of an impact the single voter, or the single volunteer, or the single dollar has...

http://tinyurl.com/3e2krj8



Wall Street pulls Obama s strings

In These Times
by Leonard C. Goodman

08/23/11

Whatever grim bargain emerges from the federal debt ceiling and budget negotiations, it s clear the losers will be poor and middle-class Americans. Less clear is who exactly to blame. Some say President Obama is a bad negotiator - too eager to please, too willing to compromise. Others say the Democratic Party is bad at messaging. The real culprit is something much more insidious than bad tactics or message marketing...

http://tinyurl.com/3w85rm2


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Ellen Brown, Truthout: 'What just happened in the stock market? Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose or fell by at least 400 points for four straight days, a stock market first. The worst drop was on Monday, August 8, 2011, when the Dow plunged 624 points. Monday was the first day of trading after US Treasury bonds were downgraded from AAA to AA+ by Standard & Poor s (S&P). But the roller coaster actually began on Tuesday, August 2, 2011, the day after the last-minute deal to raise the US debt ceiling - a deal that was supposed to avoid the downgrade that happened anyway five days later.'

http://www.truth-out.org/standard-poors-and-bilderbergers-all-part-plan/1313765245

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Inserting the Constitution into the budget debate

Independent Institute
by Melancton Smith

08/20/11

In recent weeks, Americans have been debating issues related to the national debt and current budget. One camp calls for higher taxes while the other urges spending cuts (or at least a reduction in the rate of growth). What?s been missing from the debate is any conversation about the appropriate powers of the national government or constitutional limitations...

http://bit.ly/reJNJa


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/22-9

A Sad Scene in America, the Past Dishonored and the Future Neglected
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/22-7

Crisis of Confidence: How Washington Lost Faith in America s Courts
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/22-0

Learned Helplessness and the Imperial Mind
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/22-6

Respect Civil and Human Rights
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/08/22-4



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Michele Bachmann fürchtet sich vor der 'Sowjetunion'.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/150346



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Gespräch mit Thomas Beyer, Sprecher der Nationalen Armutskonferenz, über soziales Gewissen und gute Arbeit.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35322/1.html



Die Redaktionen setzen Kapitalismus auf 'Sell'

Wie im Crash die Mainstream-Medien zu Vorreitern der Kapitalismuskritik werden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35336/1.html

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Immer mehr Menschen droht Altersarmut. Sozialverband VdK fordert armutsvermeidende Rentenpolitik

Anlässlich des morgigen nationalen Auftakts des Europäischen Jahres gegen Armut und soziale Ausgrenzung hat Ulrike Mascher, Präsidentin des Sozialverbands VdK Deutschland, einen rentenpolitischen Kurswechsel für mehr Sicherheit im Alter gefordert. 'Von Altersarmut sind in Deutschland immer mehr Menschen bedroht, die vorzeitig erwerbsunfähig werden, die aufgrund von Arbeitslosigkeit oder der Pflege von Angehörigen nur brüchige Erwerbsbiografien vorweisen können oder von Billigjobs ohne Altersabsicherung leben müssen', sagte Mascher heute im Rahmen einer VdK-Fachkonferenz, die sich mit den Ursachen und Folgen von Altersarmut beschäftigte. Lesen Sie den ganzen Artikel:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/immer-mehr-menschen-droht-altersarmut-345.php



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Architects & Engineers: Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 9/11 Prejudice = Contempt Prior to Investigation

Video

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28906.htm

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Disney, Militarization and the National Security State After 9/11

Henry A. Giroux, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.: 'Walt Disney's testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee on October 24, 1947 - in which he declared, 'Everybody in my studio is one-hundred-percent American,' while he also named a number of former employees who had organized a labor strike as 'Communists' - signified the culmination of a long-standing relationship of collaboration between the Walt Disney Company and the American government. Disney told the committee that he felt the best strategy for safeguarding 'all of the good, free causes in this country, all of the liberalisms that really are American' would be to uncover the 'un-American' labor activists who had infiltrated the motion picture industry and had propagated their Communist 'ideologies,' which in turn were directly responsible for activities such as the 1941 strike at the Disney studio in Burbank, California.'

http://www.truth-out.org/disney-militarization-and-national-security-state-after-911/1314130806



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By Stephen C. Webster

The U.S. Federal Reserve made approximately $1.2 trillion in loans from public money to support Wall Street firms in the midst of one of the worst financial crises ever.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28911.htm



Let s 'Make Them' End the Great Recession

By Mazher Ali

We can no longer allow a hopelessly unreasonable minority in a severely corrupted system to dictate the terms of our economy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28909.htm



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Attorney Rejects Request To Inform On His Muslim Clients

By Nick Meyer

Boyle was visited by two agents from a joint FBI-CIA anti-terrorist fusion center in his office, who attempted to persuade him to become an informant on his Arab American and American Muslim clients.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28900.htm



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Video
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28904.htm



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Eine sehenswerte Sendung des unabhängigen Nachrichtenmagazins Kontext TV. Mit Marc Thörner, Malalai Joya, Niels Annen, Norman Paech und Phyllis Bennis. Infos und Video beim Friedensratschlag vom 20. August 2011 http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/regionen/Afghanistan/kontext-tv.html


'Jugendoffiziere sind wichtige Träger der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit der Bundeswehr, vor allem im schulischen Bereich'

Bundeswehr legt Jahresbericht 2010 der Jugendoffiziere vor (pdf) ? Doku beim Friedensratschlag vom 19. August 2011 http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/themen/Schule/jugendoffiziere2010.pdf


»Friedensgruppen sind in die Falle getappt«. Rheinland-Pfalz: Pazifisten schließen Kooperationsvereinbarung mit Landesregierung.

'Im Februar 2010 hat die Bundeswehr in Rheinland-Pfalz mit dem Kultusministerium eine Kooperationsvereinbarung abgeschlossen. Diese gewährt Jugendoffizieren der Bundeswehr den Zugang zu Schülern, um sie von der Notwendigkeit der Armee und ihrer Einsätze zu überzeugen. Friedensorganisationen kritisieren die einseitige Einflußnahme auf die jungen Leute. Daher wurde in Rheinland-Pfalz vor einer Woche auch ein Kooperationsabkommen mit Friedensgruppen geschlossen?' Dokumentation des Gesprächs der jW vom 22.8.2011 mit Markus Pflüger, Mitarbeiter der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Frieden e.V. in Trier, als IMI-Standpunkt 2011/043 http://www.imi-online.de/2011.php?id=2339


Beim Zielen mit dabei: die Bundeswehr

Deutsche Soldaten arbeiten in NATO-Stab für Libyen-Krieg ? Regierung verschwieg Einsatz vor Parlament / Dokumentiert: Das Waffenarsenal der Militärallianz. Dossier des Friedensratschlags vom 21. August 2011 http://www.ag-friedensforschung.de/regionen/Libyen/bundeswehr5.html

Für aktuelles zu Libyen siehe Internationales > Libyen http://www.labournet.de/internationales/ly/index.html


Aus: LabourNet, 22. August 2011



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http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance254.html

Stop Clinging to False Hope and Face Reality
http://lewrockwell.com/wile/wile36.1.html

'They Are Setting the Stage for Violence in This Country'
http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo52.1.html

Flash Mob Epidemic
http://lewrockwell.com/rep2/flash-mob-epidemic.html



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Während im Irak die Chancen bislang schlecht aussehen, scheinen die Verhandlungen in Afghanistan für eine Stationierung von US-Truppen bis 2024 besser zu laufen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35337/1.html



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- EHS Hunger Strike / Grève de la faim: SUSPENSION
http://www.next-up.org/France/EHS_Greve_de_la_faim_News.php#1

- EHS Hunger Strike / Grève de la faim: Messages Support / Soutien
http://www.next-up.org/France/EHS_Greve_de_la_faim_Messages.php#1
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20 Minuten Online

Von Andy D. Veraguth - Die Hilferufe bei Pro Juventute wegen Cybermobbing nehmen stark zu. Verantwortlich sind auch die Eltern der Täterkinder...

http://www.20min.ch/news/schweiz/story/22462571



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High-Stakes Blackmail

Jeff Klein, CounterPunch: 'Why can t a Democratic President talk about the 'Malefactors of Great Wealth' who are responsible for the economic catastrophe we face today? Could it have something to do with the fact that wealthy individuals and corporations fund the expensive electoral campaigns of both political parties, and so ensure that the solutions supported by the majority of people - raising taxes on the wealthy and the corporations, putting people to work, ending the wars, protecting Social Security and Medicare - are simply off the agenda?'

http://www.truth-out.org/high-stakes-blackmail-malefactors-great-wealth/1313935819



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- EHS SFR Hunger Strike/Grève de la Faim

http://www.next-up.org/France/EHS_Greve_de_la_faim_News.php
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British police are cracking down on users of social media for allegedly encouraging mass uprising during a time ripe with riots. One message on Facebook even got two Brits four years behind bars recently for what they say was just a drunk joke. Now human rights groups are sounding the alarm, saying the courts are over-reacting by dishing out penalties which are far too harsh.

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


From Information Clearing House
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History is an excellent teacher, and though her lessons can be painful, Americans had better start listening up, says Texas Rep. Ron Paul.

http://bit.ly/mZ1438


From Information Clearing House



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America and Afghanistan are close to signing a strategic pact which would allow thousands of United States troops to remain in the country until at least 2024, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

http://tgr.ph/p0Rg5o



Details of Secret Pact Emerge: Troops in Afghanistan Until 2024

If you thought President Obama was ending the war in Afghanistan, think again. Your children will be fighting it in 2024 if the Pentagon has its way.

http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/3019/tom_engelhardt_details_of_secr/


From Information Clearing House

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American Dogs Count More Than Afghan People
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/24-2



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By Larry Elliott

Only a new way of managing the global economy can prevent more mayhem in the markets and on the streets.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28893.htm



Guard-Dogs for the Banks: The Case Against Rating Agencies

By Michael Hudson

Masquerading as objective think tanks and research organizations, the ratings agencies act as lobbyists for banks and underwriters by endorsing a race to the bottom.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28892.htm



One in Four California Families Can t Afford Food for Their Kids

By Raul Rodriguez

California had the second highest number of metropolitan areas with rates of food hardship in households with children in 2009-2010, according to the report.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28898.htm



Nancy Pelosi Reported Net Worth Triples in Last Two Years

By Bluegrass Pundit

It s nice to know someone is prospering during the 'Obama years'. The rest of us are watching our home values and retirement investments plummet.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28896.htm



The American Dream?

Woman s Yard Sale to Pay Medical Bills Gets Shut Down

By KATU

A woman fighting a terminal form of bone cancer is trying to raise money to help pay bills with a few weekend garage sales, but the city of Salem says she s breaking the law and is shutting her down.

http://salem.katu.com/news/news/442449-womans-yard-sale-pay-medical-bills-gets-shut-down



Stock Tip: Be Worried. Workers Are Consumers

We are slouching toward a double dip, and Wall Street is imploding, because consumers - whose spending is 70 percent of the economy - have reached their limit.

http://www.businessinsider.com/stock-tip-be-worried-workers-are-consumers-2011-8


From Information Clearing House



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By Nat Hentoff

You, President Obama, are obligated to bring the foregoing list of war criminals during the Bush presidency into our courts or, before that, be subject to an independent criminal investigation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28897.htm



Lemmingly, We Roll Along

By Ray McGovern

When soldiers are killed, the politicians who sent them to their deaths typically use euphemisms, words like 'fallen' or 'ultimate sacrifice.' On one level, the avoidance of blunt language may be seen as a sign of respect, but on another, it is just one more evasion of responsibility.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28895.htm



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Verheerende Umweltkatastrophe im Nigerdelta.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416812901ms275



Zweites Leck an Nordsee-Plattform vor Schottland

'Gannet Alpha': Es fließt weiter Öl ins Meer. NABU: Öl-Förderung in der Nordsee ist ein unkalkulierbares Risiko.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416812905ms275



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Am gestrigen Mittwoch hat die Bundesregierung ihren 'Tierschutzbericht 2011' veröffentlicht, der auch die neuesten Tierversuchszahlen enthält. Und die sind alarmierend.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416812900ms275



Animationsfilm ?Unsinn Tierversuch?

Um einem möglichst breiten Publikum die wichtigsten Argumente gegen Tierversuche näher zu bringen, haben "Ärzte gegen Tierversuche" einen Animationsfilm produziert.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/r/d87416819575ms394.html



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Warum die Hälfte aller Lebensmittel im Müll landet und wer dafür verantwortlich ist.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416812882ms275



Afrika hungert: Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit

ARD | 22.08.11 | 20:15 Uhr
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416812885ms275



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Wie Taifune tropische Küstenökosysteme schädigen

2005 richtete Hurrikan Katrina an der Golfküste der USA enorme Schäden an und forderte viele hundert Menschenleben. Das Ereignis verdeutlichte, welche Zerstörungskraft in einem tropischen Wirbelsturm steckt. Das weltweit am häufigsten von tropischen Stürmen heimgesuchte Meeresgebiet liegt vor der Küste Südchinas mit der Insel Hainan. Die Region wird im Schnitt achtmal jährlich von Taifunen heimgesucht. Im Jahre 2008 traf der Wirbelsturm Kammuri auf Hainan.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416812880ms275



Um die Wasserqualität in Deutschlands Flüssen ist es schlecht bestellt

Studie zeigt: Erreichen des von EU bis 2015 geforderten guten ökologischen Zustands fraglich.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416812888ms275



Badestrände bringen Nahrungskette in den Seen durcheinander

Von Menschen veränderte Ufer sind mitverantwortlich für den schlechten ökologischen Zustand von Gewässern.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416812890ms275



Brasilien: Vernichtung des Regenwaldes nimmt dramatisch zu

Satellitendaten belegen drastischen Anstieg um 79 Prozent im ersten Halbjahr 2011.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416812895ms275

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Arktis: Nordwestpassage offen

Eis auf dem Polarmeer zieht sich extrem weit zurück. Anzeichen für den Klimawandel nicht mehr zu übersehen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/150354



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Klimawandel
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Verstärkte Lachgas-Emissionen aus gedüngtem Boden heben die klimaschonende Wirkung des gespeicherten Kohlendioxids auf.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416812879ms275



CCS: Gefahr für das Wattenmeer?

Keine CO2-Endlager-Projekte unter der Nordsee.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416812889ms275



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Durch einen von der Öffentlichkeit kaum beachteten Strukturwandel im Finanzgeschäft werden die Staatsschulden heute weltweit vor allem von den Banken gehalten.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35332/1.html


Eurokrise ohne Bonds

'Sparen, kürzen, Schulden bremsen - das sind seit Monaten die Krisen-Rezepte der europäischen Regierungen. Sollte der Export unter dieser Sparwut einbrechen, wird man sich auch hierzulande fragen, warum die deutsche Schnapsidee 'Schuldenbremse' in allen Euro-Staaten Verfassungsrang bekommen soll?? DGB-klartext 28/2011 vom 19.08.2011 http://www.dgb.de/themen/++co++9697d680-ca46-11e0-46c4-00188b4dc422


Im ideologische Nebel der Krise

'Wer nach nüchternen Einschätzungen zum Stand der Krise sucht, muss im Nebel der immer ideologisch eingefärbten Horror- oder Entwarnungsmeldungen zwischen den Zeilen lesen. Dabei ist es fast unmöglich, alle Dimensionen in einem schlüssigen Bild zu erfassen, weil auch die herumjonglierten Begriffe - wie etwa Sparpakete, Spekulation, Ratingagenturen, solide Haushaltspolitik, Schuldensünder_innen, Konjunktur ? nie ohne ideolgische Einfärbung benutzt, geschweige denn erklärt werden. Die im vorherrschenden medialen und politischen Diskurs angebotenen Erklärungen können ein widerspruchsfreies Bild auch überhaupt nicht anbieten, weil je nach Interesse der Sprechenden die Tatsachen verdreht werden, oft sogar offen gelogen wird. Die jeweiligen Interessen werden dabei selten offen gelegt, die Medien versagen hier meist kläglich, auch nur die Frage danach zu stellen?' Artikel von 'die drei waisen aus dem morgenland' vom 14.08.2011 bei linksunten http://linksunten.indymedia.org/de/node/45179


Aus: LabourNet, 22. August 2011



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Die doppelte Katastrophe - Erdbeben-Tsunami und nukleare Verseuchung - hat die seit zwei Jahrzehnten anhaltende gesellschaftliche Krise Japans deutlich verschärft, Japan muss sich neu organisieren.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35317/1.html



Fukushima-Reaktoren in unserer Nachbarschaft: Baugleiche AKWs laufen weiter

GLOBAL 2000 Störfall-Karte zeigt Hochrisikoreaktoren in Europa und Zwischenfälle.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416812913ms275



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Kinder im Alter von unter drei Jahren in der SGB II-Statistik

Immer wieder behaupten vor allem konservative, neoliberale oder rechte Kreise, dass die Zahl der Hartz IV Bezieher mit der Geburtenrate der Betroffenen ansteige. Dieser 'Eindruck' wird fortlaufend in Debatten verwendet, um Arbeitslosengeld II Leistungen perspektivisch zu kürzen. Zudem wird mit dem Scheinargument die Angst verbreitet, die Sozialausgaben würden somit den bundesdeutschen Haushalt immer weiter belasten. Das Bremer Institut für Arbeitsmarktforschung und Jugendberufshilfe (BIAJ) hat sich die Zahlen aus der Hauptstadt Berlin genauer angeschaut. Das Ergebnis: Die statistische Auswertung deckte sich keineswegs mit dem sozialrassistischen Argument, 'Hartz IV Familien bekommen viele Kinder'. Hier nun die Ergebnisse...

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/nicht-mehr-hartz-iv-bezieher-durch-kinder-1023.php



Jobcenter streicht wieder Schwangeren Hartz IV

Schon wieder hat ein Jobcenter einer schwangeren Frau die kompletten Hartz IV Leistungen gestrichen. Nach Angaben des Erwerbslosen Forums Deutschland (ELO) hat das Jobcenter Bonn die Sanktion ausgesprochen, weil die Betroffene aufgrund einer ärztlich verordneten Bettruhe einen Meldetermin beim Fallmanager nicht wahrgenommen hatte. In einem Anschreiben heißt es, sie sei 'trotz Belehrung über die Rechtsfolgen der Aufforderung zur Mitwirkung' nicht nachgekommen.. Weiter lesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/jobcenter-streicht-wieder-schwangeren-hartz-iv-20119.php



Deutlich mehr Sanktionen gegen ALG II Bezieher

Jobcenter haben im vergangenen Jahr deutlich mehr Sanktionen gegen Bezieher von Hartz IV Leistungen ausgesprochen, als im Vorjahreszeitraum. Das ergeht aus einer kleinen Anfrage im Deutschen Bundestag an die Bundesregierung durch die SPD Fraktion...Weiter lesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-mehr-sanktionen-gegen-alg-ii-bezieher-1092.php



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The Unacceptables

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: 'And so begins again the Herculean task of wrapping my poor, abused mind around yet another crop of Faustian caricatures lined up to scrap and scrape for the Republican presidential nomination. They seem to get worse every year, but this time around, there are definitely a lot more bananas in the bunch.'

http://www.truth-out.org/unacceptables/1313703982



Bush III Takes His Stand in South Carolina

Tolu Olorunda, CounterPunch: 'When Perry speaks, a notion is nudged - that a joke far too turbulent is traveling within him, and only the truly perverted hold antennas strong enough to detect the signals. He smiles using up as little fraction of chin space possible, speaking of his Horatio Alger parents, sinking his right and left pupil deep down, casting a gaze far off beyond the camera s lenses. And those bullet eyes seem to hold his darkest secrets, flashing every now and then, as the cadences pick up and arms rise and drop like hammers, rhythmically knocking every word into place: the governor has just resurrected Reagan and Lincoln to remind supporters what presidents once used to be: White.'

http://www.truth-out.org/president-perry/1313771216



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The bipartisan 'super committee' created by the debt ceiling deal is comprised of lawmakers who have received big bucks from special interest groups, according to a report by MapLight.

http://bit.ly/nv8XMw



How to Make the Super Congress Open and Accountable

The last thing we need is an all-powerful congressional committee allowed to make crucial spending decisions without the scrutiny of an engaged citizenry and press.

http://www.otherwords.org/articles/how_to_make_the_super_congress_open_and_accountable


From Information Clearing House

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The Super Committee s Super-Close Ties to Banking and Finance

Lynn Parramore, New Deal 2.0: 'The folks at Maplight have released some disturbing numbers on who has been the most generous to the 12 members of the newly-formed Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, fondly known as the 'Super Committee.' Maplight reports that the 10 biggest organization contributors (this includes PACs and Employees) to Super Committee Members are: Club for Growth, $990,066; Microsoft Corp., $810,100; University of California, $629,495; Goldman Sachs, $592,684; EMILY's List, $586,835; Citigroup Inc., $561,081; JPMorgan Chase & Co., $494,316; Bank of America, $349,566; Skadden, Arps, et al., $347,356; General Electric, $340,935 ... Guess how these folks feel about paying their fair share in taxes?'

http://www.truth-out.org/getting-what-you-pay-super-committees-super-close-ties-banking-finance/1313761155



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Panetta: Iraq has agreed to keep American troops in Iraq beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/19/iraq-agrees-to-extend-u-s-military-role-panetta/


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
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By Joseph McBrennan

Our nation is getting desperate. When will chaos rise in our streets?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28891.htm



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By Yolanda Pierce

Raquel Nelson s conviction for causing her own child s death by jaywalking shows America s indifference to the cost of poverty.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28890.htm

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Poverty. Just Say It

Kathy Mulady, Equal Voice Newspaper: 'Some worry that the conversation about the 'p' word is more about the 'nouveau poor' than about the 37.3 million people who were living in poverty before the recession. Others say it is the crumbling middle class, changing demographics and raised consciousness of people living closer to the edge that have sparked the conversation. Talk about poverty is moving beyond the choir of social service organizations, churches and unions, and grabbing the attention of journalists - and even talk show hosts - who are using their platforms to give voice and visibility to the poor.'

http://www.truth-out.org/poverty-just-say-it/1313932122



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Yolanda+Pierce
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Kathy+Mulady
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This Is Getting Exciting

By Bill McKibben

The climate movement s biggest civil disobedience action ever is about to take Washington by storm.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28889.htm



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civil+disobedience
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bill+McKibben
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Ratings Agency Rotten With Conflicts, Corruption, And Greed

By Henry Blodget

A former senior analyst at Moody s has gone public with his story of how one of the country s most important rating agencies is corrupted to the core.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28888.htm

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Deficits, Debts and Deepening Crisis

Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: 'Standard & Poor's downgrades US debt, stock markets gyrate around the world, Sarkozy and Merkel perform yet another empty summit, the Chinese and Japanese economies look worrisome. Serious commentators worry about global recession, another global banking collapse, eurozone dissolution and austerity programs that only make matters worse. Nouriel Roubini, famed professor at NYUs Stern School of Business asks this month, 'Is Capitalism Doomed?' His answer: maybe.'

http://www.truth-out.org/deficits-debts-and-deepening-crisis/1313700343

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The consequences of corruption
http://www.realecontv.com/videos/us/the-consequences-of-corruption.html



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Henry+Blodget
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Richard+D.+Wolff
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By Thierry Meyssan

Five months into the bombing campaign, it is no longer possible to believe the initial official version of the events and the massacres attributed to the "Gaddafi regime".

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28882.htm



Tripoli on the Cusp

By Franklin Lamb

Truth be told, some foreign observers, and certainly this one, having been based in Tripoli the past nearly eight weeks, have not taken very seriously occasional media predictions that Tripoli might soon be invaded by 'NATO rebels'.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28881.htm



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Franklin+Lamb
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BUND verweisen auf unerforschte Gefahren, die von der Einlagerung von Kraftwerksabgasen unterm Meer drohen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/150333



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Marktbereinigung, Zyklen, Konjunktur, Kurskorrektur - das hören wir bei jedem Crash.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/35/35329/1.html



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Arbeitsstress und zu wenig Lob vom Chef lassen die Arbeitszufriedenheit sinken und die Krankenstände steigen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/150328

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Jung, männlich und ohne Arbeit
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/150330

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