World-News

The deficit for the just-ended 2012 budget year, the gap between the government s tax revenue and its spending, totaled $1.1 trillion. Put simply, that's how much the government had to borrow.

http://is.gd/5PTclF


From Information Clearing House



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By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

Electronic voting machines owned by Mitt Romney s business buddies and set to count the votes in Cincinnati could decide the 2012 election.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32748.htm

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Yes, Mitt, Lack of Insurance Does Kill People
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/15-1

'Romney/Ryan Tax Plan Still Makes No Sense?
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/10/16

It s Time to Debate Bain Capitalism
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/16-3

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Vote for Liberty
http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/sanchez-d1.1.1.html

The New Declaration of Independence
http://lewrockwell.com/douglas/douglas63.1.html

Voting: A Fool s Game
http://lewrockwell.com/barnett/barnett54.1.html

Election Time
http://lewrockwell.com/thomas-jeff/thomas-jeff13.1.html

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Romney Appeals to White Tribalism in Ohio

Arun Gupta and Michelle Fawcett, The Progressive: How better to unite the elite agenda with the concerns of a struggling working class than with coded comments subtly invoking the parasitic ''other'' as the ever-convenient scapegoat for the country s economic decline.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12123-romney-appeals-to-white-tribalism-in-ohio



The Problem Is Not Romney, It s the Republican Party

Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: When the party base demands tax cuts and deficit hawkery in the same breath, how can he manage anything but obfuscation and double-talk? Plus, his running mate Ryan isn t an actual policy wonk, he just plays one on TV.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12142-the-problem-is-not-romney-its-the-republican-party



Romney s Bain Capital Is Sending Many Jobs to China the Day Before the Election

Joshua Holland, AlterNet: Because Romney has no direct involvement in the operations of Bain (even though he continues to profit from the company), the Sensata story has had little impact on the presidential race. But the real issue is that Mitt is directly responsible for its business model.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12151-romneys-bain-capital-is-sending-many-jobs-to-china-the-day-before-the-election



Romney Told 31 Myths in 41 Minutes

Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress: During the second Presidential debate, Mitt Romney made promises about Pell grants, tax deductions and energy independence that his plan simply cannot deliver. He once again proves that facts are not important to his campaign or his platform.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12158-at-last-nights-debate-romney-told-31-myths-in-41-minutes



Matt Taibbi and Chrystia Freeland on the Power and Privileges of the 1%

Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: Rolling Stone magazine s Matt Taibbi and journalist Chrystia Freeland discuss how the financial elite are privileged participants in America s political system.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12268-matt-taibbi-and-chrystia-freeland-on-the-one-percents-power-and-privileges

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The constance of crony capitalism

Reason
by Veronique de Rugy

Cronyism is the practice by which government officials, Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, give preferential treatment to particular firms or industries in exchange for votes, campaign contributions, or the pleasure of promoting pet projects. Favored companies reap financial rewards, reduce their exposure to risk, and gain an advantage over rivals who don t get the same government help... (for publication 11/12)

http://tinyurl.com/9le7f2h



Ryan spends millions to keep congressional seat

The Raw Story

10/26/12

While Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) has been on the presidential campaign trail with Mitt Romney, he continues to fight his own re-election battle in his home district in Wisconsin, ABC News reported Friday. Ryan s other campaign, to keep his seat in the House of Representatives, is spending about $2 million on new TV, radio and print ads for the Madison and Milwaukee markets, on top of an ad that debuted Wednesday and another one scheduled for release before the Nov. 6 election date...

http://tinyurl.com/9taoa2p


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/37/37760/1.html



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http://lewrockwell.com/douglas/douglas62.1.html

Will the Election Results Cause Massive Riots To Erupt All Over America?
http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/will-election-cause-riots.html



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Bruce E Levine, AlterNet: ''The mental health profession has gone beyond behavioral technologies of control.... While Big Pharma directly profits from drug prescribing, the entire corporatocracy benefits from the mental health profession s legitimization of conditioning and controlling.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12102-why-are-americans-so-easy-to-manipulate

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How To Deal With an Endless Downturn
http://lewrockwell.com/wile/wile63.1.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/14

'Recipe for Disaster': Group Says No Financialization of Nature!
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/13

Going Bankrupt on Planet Earth: The Debate Subject for the Ages
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/13-4

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''Global Noise'' Protests Against Austerity and Debt Spread Worldwide

Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network: Protesters in Chicago, London, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Madrid and elsewhere underlined the culpability and callousness of the elite powerbrokers they say are responsible for the suffering of ordinary people since the economic meltdown.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12136-global-noise-protests-against-austerity-and-debt-spread-worldwide

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United Front Against Austerity, Public Assembly

Live Streaming

To organize an effective opposition to the impending austerity offensive; agitate to shift the burden of the economic depression onto Wall Street oligarchs; and to build momentum toward a genuine political revolution of, by and for the people.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32869.htm



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Panetta: U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the Pentagon and American intelligence agencies are seeing an increase in cyber threats that could become as devastating as the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks if they aren't stopped.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-12/cyberattacks-could-become-as-destructive-as-9-11-panetta.html



Will the Apocalypse Arrive Online?

Cyber Attack Could Take Down Your Liberties and the Constitution

By Karen J. Greenberg

You better wonder what the future holds for erstwhile American civil liberties, privacy, and constitutional protections.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32824.htm



Is the DOD crazy enough to bring nukes to a cyberfight?

The problem is that some in the Pentagon are threatening ''deterrence'' via kinetic reprisals, including nuclear counterattacks in the most extreme cases, that could actually encourage the very cyberattacks the government hopes to prevent.

http://is.gd/QF0gGT


From Information Clearing House



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By S. Brian Willson

The illegality and immorality of these wars, conducted with no accountability or plausible justification, breed a corruption at the top political levels of society that permeates into every aspect of society.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32728.htm

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Mr. President: The Earth Does Not Have Forever
http://www.climateark.org/blog/2012/10/earth-meanders-mr-president-th.asp



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By Eric Posner

The U.N. Charter permits countries to use military force abroad only with the approval of the U.N. Security Council, in self-defense, or with the permission of the country in which military force is to be used.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32727.htm



Drones: US outright contempt to Pakistan

In total disregard to the aspirations and will of the people of Pakistan, the United States continues to carry out drone attacks inside the country killing many innocent people.

http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=177802



CIA Demands Drones Despite 80% Civilian Death Rate

By RT

The news comes just a day after the Pakistani Interior Minister quoted statistics suggesting 80 per cent of people killed in US drone attacks have been civilians.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32794.htm



CIA seeks to expand drone fleet, officials say

The CIA is urging the White House to approve a significant expansion of the agency s fleet of armed drones, a move that would extend the spy service s decade-long transformation into a paramilitary force, U.S. officials said.

http://is.gd/hx7lvx


From Information Clearing House

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CIA s Petraeus Tells White House: 'We Want More Drones'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/19-0



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Lynn Parramore, AlterNet: The following 1% wonders desperately want to see the first financier president, Mitt Romney, elected this November, in hopes that he will preserve the status quo or even further reduce their marginal tax rates.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/12097-romneys-six-billionaires-this-is-what-plutocracy-looks-like



Does Romney s Religious Devotion Make Him More, or Less, Trustworthy?

Valerie Tarico, Truthout: ''Are the devout more likely to speak the truth, base policy on objective evidence and demonstrate integrity in public life? It turns out, many religious have nuanced definitions of integrity, and some faith leaders have used that as a license to deceive.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12049-does-romneys-religious-devotion-make-him-more-or-less-trustworthy

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The Romney-Ryan Agenda: Cuts to Taxes and the Social Safety Net
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/10/13

Will E-Voting Machines Owned by His Buddies Give Mitt Romney the White House?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/14-4

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Will the Election Results Cause Massive Riots To Erupt All Over America?
http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/will-election-cause-riots.html

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Mitt Romney s lies and a startling truth

In These Times
by David Sirota

10/12/12

When it comes to tax policy, Mitt Romney is not merely a spinner, an equivocator or a run-of-the-mill dissembler. He s a liar. Hyperbolic and overwrought as that label seems, it is, alas, the only accurate description for someone who would, in February, promote a proposal to cut taxes 'on everyone across the country by 20 percent, including the top 1 percent' and then appear at an October debate and insist that the very same proposal 'will not reduce the taxes paid by high-income Americans.' For the most part, analyzing such hideous dishonesty is where political reporting has started and stopped. How big a liar is Romney?

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/14012/a_gop_shift_on_taxes



The creaming of Paul Ryan

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

10/15/12

In the first exchange of the presidential election season over foreign policy issues, the neocons, in the person of GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, got creamed. That s the good news. The bad news is that Ryan got creamed by Joe Biden, who serves in an administration that is pursuing each and every one of the neocons? policy goals, and doing a much better job of it than George W. Bush ever did...

http://tinyurl.com/8womzkp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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