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US breeds a Chinese-style inmate labor scheme on its own soil. Both state and some of the biggest private companies are now enjoying the fruits of a cheap and readily available work force.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33266.htm



The New Poster Child For US Two-tiered Justice System

By Glenn Greenwald

The US is the world s largest prison state, imprisoning more of its citizens than any nation on earth.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33303.htm

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The US' School to Prison Pipeline
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/12/13

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Lobbying for Lock-Up: How Private Prisons Profit From the Criminalization of Immigrants

Laura Carlsen, CounterPunch: The US, which locks up the highest percentage of its population in the world, has found a new population for its private prison industry to detain: Immigrants.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13316-lobbying-for-lock-up-how-private-prisons-profit-from-the-criminalization-of-immigrants



America s Three-Tiered Justice System

Mike Lofgren, Truthout: Big shots are above the law, the government now admits, but a three-tiered justice system has Congress churning out new bills to keep the prison industry booming.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/15178-americas-three-tiered-justice-system

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Made in the USA, By prisoner labor
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By Phillip Faruggio

Amazing, how we are living in a time when, as with the Inquisition, God is placed on a pedestal of violence and terror.... all in the name of Peace!

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33271.htm



Growing The Empire

US Deploying Troops To 35 African Countries

By Russia Today

The Department of Defense is hoping to install American soldiers overseas in order to prepare local troops there for any future crises as tensions escalate.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33431.htm



8 Striking Parallels Between the U.S. and the Roman Empire

By Steven Strauss

Is our republic coming to an unceremonious end? History may not be on America s side.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33489.htm



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Beim kanadischen Halifax International Security Forum treffen sich jeden November Militärs und ihre Freunde.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/38/38161/1.html



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Sadat-Mubarak-Mursi
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Gretchen Morgenson, The New York Times News Service: Like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before it, the Federal Housing Administration is suffering in a mortgage hell of its own making. F.H.A. officials say they won t need taxpayers? help, but we have heard that kind of line before. The F.H.A. backs $1.1 trillion of American mortgages.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13223-do-we-have-another-fannie-mae-or-freddie-mac-on-our-hands



Why the Housing Recovery Is Nearly Homeowner-Less

Darwin Bond Graham, Truthout: Low interest rates by the Fed are causing investors to purchase foreclosed homes in blocks of hundreds.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13883-why-the-housing-recovery-is-inequitable

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Banks, Get-out-of-jail Free Card

U.S. Banks Win Mortgage Fraud Settlement, Borrowers Lose

By Pratap Chatterjee

Ten major U.S. banks settled charges of illegally kicking people out of their homes for pennies on the dollar, under two agreements with the government announced this week.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33574.htm



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US Special Operations Command Leads Propaganda Fight

By Tom Vanden Brook

The report, examines the military s growing role in shaping perceptions about the United States around the world.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33256.htm



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http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/12/11894/koch-carbon-kings-driving-force-behind-un-deadlock-doha


Informant: Werner Loell

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Doha Climate Talks Produce More Hot Air

By Eric J. Lyman

The latest round of UN climate change talks will probably be remembered as the final resting place of the Kyoto protocol on climate change, done in by longstanding financial woes and a lack of engagement by the United States.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33263.htm

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Are the Billionaire Koch Brothers Economic Imbeciles?
http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1235.html



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The Real U.S. Budget Problem

In 2010, the US government collected $898 billion in federal income tax revenues. The same year, we spent $847 billion on useless wars and national defense.

http://is.gd/9Vpo1s



CHART SHOCK: The REAL US Unemployment Rate Is 22%

It s now above 23% with the October update. Details from John William s Shadow Stats.

http://is.gd/eX1IhB



Austerity to last until 2018, admits George Osborne

The Chancellor confirmed that Britain s growth figures had been significantly downgraded with further public sector spending cuts and tax rises ahead.

http://is.gd/8TJe6n


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The Cost of Austerity? Just Look at the UK Economy, It s a Mess

Christopher Ryan, America Blog: The next time any Republican, or center-right Democrat, calls for austerity wake them up and tell them to read the news beyond their hometown or inside the Beltway.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13201-the-cost-of-austerity-just-look-at-the-uk-economy-its-a-mess



Budget Thugs: What Do They Know About the Economy?

Dean Baker, Truthout: They missed the housing bubble that put us in these dire straits. Now they want us to trust their demands for cuts to social welfare programs.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13247-the-budget-thugs-what-do-they-know-about-the-economy



Fiscal Cliff: Going Nuclear and the Grand Betrayal

Paul Jay, The Real News Network: Bill Black, an associate professor of economics and law, says the GOP threatens to use the debt ceiling as leverage to create conditions for more austerity measures by Obama.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13610-fiscal-cliff-going-nuclear-and-the-grand-betrayal

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More Phony Employment Numbers
http://lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts379.html

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Washington s Austerity Plan Threatens the 50 Million Americans Already in Poverty
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/21-2

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The plunder continues

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Tim Kelly

01/11/13

It was clear the fix was in the moment the term 'fiscal cliff' was coined to describe the series of spending cuts and tax increases that were set to kick in on January 1, 2013. The American people were told in 2011 that the debt ceiling needed to be raised again to avert an outright default on the national debt...

http://tinyurl.com/cbahzgv


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/06-0

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Newly Released Drone Records Reveal Extensive Military Flights in US

The Air Force and Marine Corps regularly fly both large and small drones in the national airspace all around the country. This is problematic, given a recent New York Times report that the Air Force s drone operators sometimes practice surveillance missions by tracking civilian cars along the highway adjacent to the base.

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From Information Clearing House



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