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How Congress Has Signed Its Own Arrest Warrants

By Naomi Wolf

US Congresspeople and Senators may think that their power protects them from the treacherous wording of Amendments 1031 and 1032: but their arrogance is leading them to a blindness that is suicidal.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30139.htm



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Jim Hightower, OtherWords: 'Not since the Gilded Age, which preceded and precipitated the Great Depression, have so few amassed so much of our nation s riches.'

http://www.truth-out.org/shoveling-americas-wealth-top/1325519907



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Cyril Mychalejko, Toward Freedom: 'A controversial public relations program run by former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld s Pentagon was cleared of any wrong-doing by the agency s inspector general in a report published last month. The program used dozens of retired military officers working as analysts on television and radio networks as 'surrogates' armed by the Pentagon with 'the facts' in order to educate the public about the Department of Defense s operations and agenda.

http://www.truth-out.org/rumsfeld-era-propaganda-program-whitewashed-pentagon/1325529880



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by Ayn R. Key

12/31/11

Every single election, the Republicans make the same sales pitch to independent libertarian voters: this election is so critical, support us in this, and maybe later once the enemy is defeated we can maybe support issues that are important to you. It is an offer that will never be reciprocated...

http://bit.ly/vRouRT



Why Ron Paul matters

Cato Institute
by Edward H. Crane

12/31/11

Support for dynamic market capitalism (as opposed to crony capitalism), social tolerance, and a healthy skepticism of foreign military adventurism is a combination of views held by a plurality of Americans. It is why the 21st century is likely to be a libertarian century. It is why the focus should be on Ron Paul's philosophy and his policy proposals in 2012.'

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=13973



Ron Paul IS dangerous

The Price of Liberty
by Edward Britton

01/02/12

McQuaid is right. Paul IS dangerous, just not for any of the reasons he cites. Ron Paul is 'dangerous' in the sense that freedom from a tyrannical statist quo is 'dangerous.' Liberty itself is 'dangerous' to anyone who asserts the right to rule (own) other human beings, to play global 'enforcer' of a shallow, barbaric and hypocritical ethic, to play hall monitor to a people who would otherwise involve themselves in peaceful behaviors, habits or business practices, etc...

http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/2012/01/02/britton.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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With the eurozone on the brink of a new recession, this will be the year when millions of people bear the brunt...

http://bit.ly/sHXjQS



Occupy activists retake Wall Street while police focus on New Year s Eve in Times Square

The Occupy Wall Street movement made a surprise invasion of Zuccotti Park last night while the police focused on New Year s Eve celebrations elsewhere in New York.

http://bit.ly/uVgdNk



IMF executive warns of eurozone 'spiral'

A senior International Monetary Fund executive warned on Monday that Europe required bold action to avert a ''downward spiral'' that could drag the world economy into ''catastrophe''.

http://yhoo.it/A1NHbB


From Information Clearing House

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Austerity and the Modern Banker

Simon Johnson, Project Syndicate: 'The rationale, or perhaps we should call it ideology, behind supporting big banks is that they are needed for the economy to recover. But this position looks increasingly doubtful when the banks are sitting on piles of cash while creditworthy consumers and businesses are reluctant to borrow.'

http://www.truth-out.org/austerity-and-modern-banker/1325513814



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Unless the military drastically increases its recruiting efforts, with the defense cuts a huge improbability, there is likely to be an increasing number of civilians, working for profitable corporations, helping make decisions on when to fire U.S. weapons.

http://read.bi/uHjpHt



Ron Paul slams Barack Obama on drone strikes

Ron Paul accused President Barack Obama on Thursday of offering suspected terrorists fewer legal protections than Nazi war criminals were given.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70958.html



Tensions Rising Over Drone Secrecy

Tensions are quietly increasing between the White House and some congressional leaders over access to sensitive information about the government s use of drones in Pakistan and Yemen, officials said.

http://on.wsj.com/vTf8qP



Killing Kids is So American

By Dave Lindorff

According to news reports, 15-year-old eighth-grader Jaime Gonzalez, who was shot and killed yesterday by police in his middle school in Brownsville, TX, was hit at least two times: in the chest and once 'from the back of the head.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30165.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Unaccountable Killing Machines: The True Cost of U.S. Drones
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/12/unaccountable-killing-machines-the-true-cost-of-us-drones/250661/


Informant: Kev Hall



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By Geoffrey Wheatcroft

COULD there be a single phrase that explains the woes of our time, this dismal age of political miscalculations and deceptions.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30131.htm



Imperialism and the 'Anti-Imperialism of the Fools'

By James Petras

One of the great paradoxes of history are the claims of imperialist politicians to be engaged in a great humanitarian crusade designed to liberate nations and peoples, while practicing the most barbaric conquests.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30127.htm



End of the Pro-democracy Pretense

By Glenn Greenwald

A central staple of American domestic propaganda about its foreign policy is that the nation is 'pro-democracy', that s the banner under which Americans wars are typically prettified.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30142.htm



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The gap between rich and poor in OECD countries has reached its highest level for over over 30 years, and governments must act quickly to tackle inequality, according to a new OECD report.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416813989ms298



Report 'The Hunger-Makers'

The Hunger-Makers: How Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Other Financial Institutions Are speculating With Food at the Expense of the Poorest.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d87416813988ms298



The Erosion of Civilizations

'Fascinating insights into what be our most precious natural resource and gives important pointers toward sustainable land management.' Bioscience

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MF Global Sold Assets to Goldman Before Collapse

MF Global unloaded hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of securities to Goldman Sachs in the days leading up to its collapse, according to two former MF Global employees with direct knowledge of the transactions.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/45866612


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Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica: 'This was the year that 'fracking' became a household word?. In a landmark finding, the Environmental Protection Agency concluded that hydraulic fracturing was the likely culprit in a spate of groundwater contamination that had forced residents to stop using their water ? This was also the year fracking went global. While France banned fracking outright and South Africa enacted a temporary moratorium, multi-national energy companies began exploring shale reserves in Poland, Argentina and China.'

http://www.truth-out.org/fracking-cracks-public-consciousness-2011/1325354500



Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2011 Year in Review

Andrew Stelzer, National Radio Project: 'From Egypt to Wisconsin, and from Wall Street to any town USA, 2011 was a year in which people raised their voices to call for justice. As we head into 2012, there s optimism about the possibilities for change. On this edition, we look back at some the most important issues of 2011: attacks on organized labor, the Egyptian revolution, and the struggle to address climate change.'

http://www.truth-out.org/looking-back-moving-forward-2011-year-review/1325352275



Uncle Sam Is Making the Wrong Choices

Norman Solomon, PressDemocrat.com: 'Charities and other nonprofits are struggling to cope with deep economic wounds that have been festering for years. The dire consequences are far more widespread than private agencies can possibly heal?. Only the federal government can use the Keynesian tool of deficit spending to bring down unemployment. But Washington is paralyzed by ideology. Job stimulus funding, inadequate from the outset, has dwindled. And the momentum is moving in the wrong direction.'

http://www.truth-out.org/norman-solomon-uncle-sam-making-wrong-choices/1325352599



What 19th Century Farmers Can Teach Occupiers About How to Keep Going

Ashley Sanders, War Is A Crime.org: 'Not so long ago, Americans witnessed the beginning of a mass democratic uprising.... They did it to reject debt. They did it to fight foreclosures. They did it to topple a world where the 1 percent determined life for the other 99. And they did all of it against incredible odds, with a self-respect that stymied critics. The year? 1877. The people? Dirt-poor farmers who would come to be known as Populists.'

http://www.truth-out.org/populism-isnt-dead-its-marching-what-bunch-farmers-can-teach-bunch-occupiers-about-how-keep-going/13



Let s Double Our Efforts to Raise a Ruckus

Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com: 'On December 30th, in 1936, 75 years ago, hundreds of workers at the General Motors factories in Flint, Michigan, took over the facilities and occupied them for 44 days. My uncle was one of them.... I can think of no better way for us to honor the original Occupiers than by all of us participating in the Occupy Wall Street movement in whatever form that takes in each of our towns. We need direct action all winter long if we are to prevail.'

http://www.truth-out.org/lets-double-our-efforts-raise-ruckus/1325429725

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The Plan is for the United States to rule the world

By David Armstrong

The overt theme is unilateralism, but it is ultimately a story of domination. It calls for the United States to maintain its overwhelming military superiority and prevent new rivals from rising up to challenge it on the world stage.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1544.htm

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Climate Change: Our Real Bequest to Future Generations
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/03-3

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Stimulus was designed to provide pork and payoffs, not to revive the economy

OpenMarket.org
by Hans Bader

01/24/12

Harvard University economist Jeffrey Miron argued that the $800 billion stimulus package wasn t even designed to stimulate the economy, but rather to benefit special-interest groups, since it flunked even old-fashioned Keynesian policy prescriptions about how to revive the economy. Recently-disclosed memos obtained by the New Yorker provide more evidence for this argument...

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Joe Macare, Truthout: '2011 should be known as the year that dissent came back with a vengeance to the USA. The Occupy movement has been the culmination of a year of protest in a country that has not often been comfortable with mass political action?. 2011 has fundamentally changed the terms of the debate: that it s the 99% who will define what change we want, what our world will look like and how to get there.'

http://www.truth-out.org/year-dissent-came-back/1325345019



Triad of Business, Cops and Politicians Attack Occupy

Carl Finamore, CounterPunch: 'A political campaign by San Francisco s well-heeled 'property owners' was launched to influence police and politicians to aggressively demobilize Occupy SF and to dismantle their encampments?. As we see from the San Francisco example, it is the economic establishment and their political cronies that unleashed police violence and it is that layer that must be overcome before the majority enjoys any real economic and social justice.'

http://www.truth-out.org/low-friends-high-places-triad-business-cops-and-politicians-attack-occupy/1325342084



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