World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/07/06-3

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Libor: The Biggest Financial Scam In World History

Video

Professor of economics and law Bill Black notes: It is the largest rigging of prices in the history of the world by many orders of magnitude.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31768.htm



Countrywide Used Loan Discounts to Buy Congress, Fannie Mae Execs, Other Government Officials

By Press TV

Among those who received loan discounts from Countrywide, the report said, were.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31779.htm



Obama s Justice Department Rushes to the Rescue of LIBOR Criminals

By Glen Ford

Obama has been loyal to Wall Street, the guys who gave him the campaign cash to become a viable candidate. His Attorney General, Eric Holder, a corporate lawyer to the core, is busily staging a pre-emptive LIBOR prosecution of bankers in order to shield them from legal action by a host of other government agencies.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31919.htm



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By Nick Turse

Starting or fanning brushfire wars on several continents could lead to raging wildfires that spread unpredictably and prove difficult, if not impossible, to quench.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31767.htm



Is the Bible a Threat to National Security?

By Kelley B. Vlahos

A military Bible paints war as religious devotion. What could go wrong?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31775.htm



Can Americans Escape the Deception?

By Paul Craig Roberts
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31769.htm



TPP: A Trade Deal from H...

By Stephen Lendman

Obama and political Washington support an alphabet soup of repressive police state laws, other freedom destroying measures, and h... trade deals.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31773.htm



The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama

By Tom Junod

Sure, we as a nation have always killed people. A lot of people. But no president has ever waged war by killing enemies one by one, targeting them individually for execution, wherever they are.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31813.htm



From the Welfare State to the Imperial Police State

By James Petras

The United States has experienced the biggest political upheaval in its recent history: the transformation of a burgeoning welfare state into a rapidly expanding, highly intrusive and deeply entrenched police state, linked to the most developed technological innovations.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31873.htm



The Rise of the Police State and the Absence of Mass Opposition

By James Petras and Robin Eastman Abaya

The hope is that mass economic pain will ignite mass activity, which, in turn, will make people aware of the dangerous growth of the police state.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31997.htm

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Washington s Militarized Mindset

The Military Solution: The Lessons Washington Can t Draw From the Failure of the Military Option

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/07/05-5

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President seizes control of all U.S. communications
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/obama-watch-1/president-seizes-control-of-all-us-communications.html

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Police State in Full Force
http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/nall1.1.1.html

The National Security Complex and You
http://lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt446.html



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http://lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts353.html

Freedom in America?
http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/do-you-know-what-freedom-is.html

On Class Warfare
http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/lyndon1.1.1.html

Financial Collapse End Game
http://lewrockwell.com/spl4/infinite-qe.html

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The Western Welfare State: Its Rise and Demise

By James Petras

The growth of 'Homeland Security' and the 'War on Terror' parallels the decline of Social Security, public health programs and the great drop in living standards for hundreds of millions.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31765.htm



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http://lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo232.html

Should We Ask God To Bless the Troops?
http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance296.html

Happy Enslavement Day?
http://lewrockwell.com/berwick/berwick57.1.html

Let s Enslave Your Children
http://lewrockwell.com/anderson/anderson343.html

What Americans Used To Know About the Declaration of Independence
http://lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo260.html

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The Dawn s Early Light

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: ''Tonight at 10:30 PM, if the weather decides to behave, I will look up into the sky and behold one of the greatest spectacles to be found anywhere in America.... All those pretty lights in the sky, however, will do nothing to obscure the brutal truths facing America. As we celebrate the anniversary of freedom, we become more and more each day a country that seems to have forgotten the meaning of the word.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10137-the-dawns-early-light



Thomas Jefferson s Betrayal

Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company: ''We should remember that behind this Fourth of July holiday are human beings, like Thomas Jefferson, who were as flawed and conflicted as they were inspired, who espoused great humanistic ideals while behaving with reprehensible racial discrimination. That conflict, between what we know and how we live, is still a struggle in contemporary politics and society.''

http://truth-out.org/video/item/10147-thomas-jeffersons-betrayal



Our Interpretations of Patriotism Can Inspire Solidarity or Discrimination: Which Will Americans Choose?

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: ''The first version of patriotism is protecting America from people beyond our borders who might otherwise overrun us, whether immigrants coming here illegally or foreign powers threatening us with aggression. The second version of patriotism is joining together for the common good.... It also means paying our fair share of taxes so our community or nation has enough resources to meet all our needs, and preserving and protecting our system of government.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10149-our-ideas-about-patriotism-can-inspire-solidarity-or-discrimination-which-will-Americans-choose



Remembering the Violence and Elitism Behind US Independence

David Swanson, War Is a Crime: ''It s just possible that the space of 236 years and a truckload of fireworks are obscuring our vision. It s hard for us to see what should be obvious. Many nations, including Canada as the nearest example, have gained their independence without wars. We claim that a war was for independence, but if we could have had all the same advantages without the war, would that not have been better?''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10148-oh-say-maybe-we-cant-see-another-4th-of-july



The Founders' True Spirit

E.J. Dionne Jr., The Washington Post Writers Group: ''Constitutional questions enter the political conversation in the United States more than in most countries because our diverse nation is bound by our founding principles, not by blood, race or ethnicity. This has advantages and disadvantages. The biggest advantages are our openness and the fact that we tend to argue on the basis of high principles. The biggest disadvantage is that differences over policy are often disguised as differences over whether a preferred choice is constitutional or not.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10151-the-founders-true-spirit



Why Don t Americans Take More Vacations? Blame it on Independence Day

Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: ''This hidden history of our national celebration is only a small portion of [author Alex] Carey s account of the extent and reach of the Americanization campaign. It shows how big business has led a long-standing, persistent, and well-financed campaign to turn the public against fighting for one s rights if those rights are workplace rights.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10153-why-dont-americans-take-more-vacations-blame-it-on-independence-day

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Obama s Foreign Policy Deception
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/07/12

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Governments Exist to Further the Interests of ''Favored Groups''. ''We the People'' are Never the Favored Group.

By Prof. John Kozy

The people are viewed by the establishment as chickens to be broiled for lunch.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31857.htm



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By Kathy Kelly

We must think hard about ways to democratize our country, and reverse the ''unwarranted influence'' over our society which, half a century ago, a Republican president was warning us already belonged to the military industrial complex.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31753.htm



The Party of Great Moral Frauds

By Thomas J. DiLorenzo

The Republican Party has always been about disguising a lust for economic plunder with phony ideas about ''freedom,'' ''Christianity,'' ''equality,'' ''civilization,'' and other nice-sounding words.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31803.htm



The War Party

Video

Panorama investigates the ''neo-conservatives'', the small and unelected group of right-wingers, who critics claim have hijacked the White House.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8581.htm

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Four more years of warrantless surveillance

Antiwar.com
by Philip Giraldi

07/26/12

When the Amendments Act was passed, it came with a sunset provision. Congress understood that it should be a temporary measure because it raised some serious constitutional issues relating to privacy. The Act was to be allowed to expire after four years, but its persistence is testament to the fact that the government will never willingly give up powers that it has acquired...

http://bit.ly/SVOOjq



The new police surveillance state

CounterPunch
by David Rosen

07/31/12

May Day has come and gone, but there are lessons to be learned. In particular, the forces of established order, especially government officials and law enforcement agents, are perfecting their policing techniques to suppress popular democracy...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/07/31/the-new-police-surveillance-state/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Clara Gutteridge

Suleiman joined the growing list of disappeared prisoners held at undisclosed locations with no access to a lawyer, tracked by a handful of global NGOs.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31752.htm



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Video

Former Republican presidential candidate and House Speaker Newt Gingrich expressed his support for the MEK, an Iranian opposition group considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31750.htm



'Our (New) Terrorists' the MEK: Have We Seen This Movie Before?

By Coleen Rowley

If only the American people would wake up to this corruption, they might find themselves, at the very least, extremely confused that some of the same U.S. political figures who were so hell-bent to take out Saddam Hussein are now sponsoring one of Saddam s main ''terrorist'' underlings.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32579.htm



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When Governments Spend Wealth Instead of Building It
http://lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner559.html

17 Reasons To Be EXTREMELY Concerned About the Second Half of 2012
http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/concerned-2nd-half-of-2012.html



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'A Journey Into Moral Depravity'

By Chris Woods

If the drone programs are not shut down, then what we are looking at is the potential of war of all against all, a pulverisation of national sovereignty and a rejection of the structure of international law.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31731.htm



Drone Program Will Dismantle Our Freedoms

By Glenn Lindley

How many Draconian laws, passed by our so called ''representatives,'' are we willing to tolerate before screaming? ''Enough is enough!'' Well the answer to those two questions is: It may already be too late.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31771.htm

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Drone war 'even more extensive' than previously reported
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11076/



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Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet: ''Bankers love to rail against government interference in the ?free market.' Even while some of them occasionally have the grace to admit that they wouldn t still be around without the massive taxpayer bailouts of 2008 ? they still like to claim that they are free-market entities, subject to the whims of the invisible hand, and that the government s meddling can only be destructive. Yet those same banks are happy to make their money from the same governments about which they love to whine.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/10086-six-ways-the-big-banks-are-getting-back-door-bailouts?newsletter

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Banking scandal: how document trail reveals global scam

It s not a comfortable weekend for the men heading some of the world s biggest banks. Barclays has already been hit by a £290m fine for rigging interest rates but that could be dwarfed by a series of global lawsuits which could cost banks billions.

http://is.gd/wrEfWO



Jail The Bankers: Joseph Stiglitz

Man who ran World Bank calls for bankers to face the music.
http://is.gd/ELdEfh


From Information Clearing House



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