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Simon Johnson, Project Syndicate: 'According to Voltaire, the Roman Empire fell 'because all things fall.' It is hard to argue with this as a general statement about decline: nothing lasts forever. But it is also not very useful. In thinking, for example, about American predominance in the world today, it would be nice to know when it will decline, and whether the United States can do anything to postpone the inevitable.'

http://www.truth-out.org/who-will-eclipse-america/1317059357

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Fall of Empire, End to Wars

Norwegian sociologist Johan Galtung, predicts the fall of the 'US Empire' by 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkBtOPvfB_k&feature=player_embedded


From Information Clearing House



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Gareth Porter, Truthout: 'Even if the rest of the US military effort in Afghanistan has been largely written off by the news media as a failure, the campaign of targeted raids against insurgents by commandoes under the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) has gotten a reputation for devastating effectiveness.'

http://www.truth-out.org/how-mcchrystal-and-petraeus-built-indiscriminate-killing-machine/1317052524



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/09/26-3

The Decline and Fall of Just About Everyone
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/26

Racism Isn t Responsible for the President s Drop in Popularity - His Right-Wing Policies Are
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/26-11

The Arc of the Moral Universe
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/26-3

Healing Ourselves by Replenishing the Earth
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/09/26-16

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Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington and the Education of a President

Ron Suskind, HarperCollins: 'Disputes among his top advisers have become so acute, so fierce, that the president has had to step in and mediate many of them himself. He s not getting what he needs to manage this daunting job, and some advisers have become convinced that his lack of experience, especially managerial experience, may be his undoing; that, at a time of peril, the president may simply not be up to the demands of this moment. But his gratitude for those who have ushered him to power, and have walked with him through battle, gets in the way of tough love....'

http://www.truth-out.org/confidence-men-wall-street-washington-and-education-president/1316814812



Wall Street Donated $41 Million to Supercommittee Members

Mike Ludwig, Truthout: 'Wall Street has given $41 million in campaign contributions to the members of the Congressional 'supercommittee' charged with finding $1.5 trillion worth of deficit reduction measures, according to a report released today by two watchdog groups. The finance, insurance and real estate sector spent $3.7 billion on lobbying and campaign contributions from 1999 to 2008, according to the report, and the 12 members of the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction have all reaped the benefits. 'Wall Street bought the deregulation that led to our economic collapse and the American public has paid the price,' said Nick Nyhart, president and CEO of Public Campaign, the group that co-authored the report.'

http://www.truth-out.org/wall-street-donated-41-million-supercommittee-members/1317066056



Why Don t the Deficit Hawks Want to Tax Wall Street?

Dean Baker, Truthout: 'The intensity with which the country s leading deficit hawks continue to ignore financial speculation taxes (FST) is getting ever more entertaining. While deficit hawks like Wall Street investment banker Peter Peterson, Morgan Stanley Director Erskine Bowles and The Washington Post never tire of preaching the virtues of shared sacrifice, somehow sacrifice for Wall Street never features as a part of this story. The refusal of this group to consider FST is becoming more striking because most of the world appears to be moving in this direction.'

http://www.truth-out.org/why-dont-deficit-hawks-want-tax-wall-street/1317044046



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The Police State Abolishes the Trial
http://lewrockwell.com/rockwell/police-state-end-the-trial191.html

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Beyond Troy Davis: How Race Colors Death Row 'Justice'

Jamilah King and Hatty Lee, Colorlines.com: 'The state of Georgia ignored a mountain of evidence and killed Troy Davis on Wednesday night. But the movement that grew out of the effort to save his life has cast irreparable doubt on the country s death penalty system. That a man whose innocence seemed so clear to many - or, at the very least, worth of a second look - can be so hastily killed casts doubt over nearly every stage of his prosecution. And that fact has become a rallying cry for people around the world.'

http://www.truth-out.org/beyond-troy-davis-how-race-colors-death-row-justice/1317059063



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Depressed as a Nation? 80 Percent of Americans Believe That We Are in a Recession Right Now
http://lewrockwell.com/rep2/depressed-as-a-nation.html

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Roubini: U.S. in Throes of Economic Contraction

'The way I see the global economy, I think we are entering into a recession again in most advanced economies,' Roubini said.

http://bloom.bg/puM5LD



The Human Cost of a Global Crisis

Grim warning from global agencies as ILO fears 40m jobs could be lost by 2012. Undernourished total at 1bn, says Red Cross.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/27/warning-human-cost-global-crisis


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By Xeni Jardin

Chris Hayes illustrates the bait-and-switch trope being tossed around by conservative pundits of late-this notion that 'the top ten percent pay 70 percent of all income taxes'.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29208.htm



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Bo Cutter, New Deal 2.0: 'The American people are completely right in their accelerating level of horror at how our political system is functioning and how our leaders are behaving. It is unimaginable that we actually had a debate in August over whether it was a good idea to default on debt the American government had issued with its full faith and credit. But, of course, we did.'

http://www.truth-out.org/fading-faith-rising-fury-fallout-debt-ceiling-debacle/1316960279



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William Fisher, Truthout: 'Given what we know about Gov. Rick Perry s keen predilection toward 'crony capitalism,' we should not be surprised to learn that he s a big fan of private for-profit prisons. Lobbyists and executives from that industry have contributed generously to Perry s re-election campaign, and he returned the favor by proposing policies that would benefit the prison industry.'

http://www.truth-out.org/rick-perry-pay-play-jailer/1316800477



Eyewitness to Texas Wildfires Watches Austerity Burn Rural Community

Dallas Darling, Truthout: 'When I arrived in Bastrop, I encountered a second set of wildfires: angry, bitter citizens. At one meeting, residents - who had spent nearly a week wondering if their homes had been destroyed by the fire or remained standing - shouted questions at county officials.... Most Bastrop residents did not make the connection between Gov. Rick Perry s deep budget cuts to local police and fire departments and the chaos they were facing, or criticize the Department of Homeland Security s (DHS) stripping of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of funding and staff to address national disasters (nor did they mention the ongoing wars around the globe sucking money from domestic programs).'

http://www.truth-out.org/eyewitness-texas-wildfires-watches-austerity-burn-rural-communities/1316539895



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William John Cox, Truthout: 'Everyone who travels by air in the United States has a depressing story to tell about airport screening. Media stories of a gravely ill 95-year-old grandmother forced to remove her adult diaper before being allowed on a plane and viral videos showing terrified children being intimately touched by TSA agents are more than depressing. They are a chilling commentary on the police state increasingly accepted by the American public in the name of security.'

http://www.truth-out.org/Toward-a-Smarter-Transportation-Security-Administration1316196120



The Unpatriotic Act: Ten Years Later

Stephen Rohde, Truthout: 'In its report, the ACLU warns that it is 'not too late to strengthen our laws, to take back our data, and to ensure that government surveillance is conducted under effective and reasonable constraints, subject to meaningful oversight.' But the ACLU reminds us that, 'we have to speak up now, before our surveillance society is irrevocably entrenched and we find that we have permanently sacrificed our essential values.'

http://www.truth-out.org/unpatriotic-act-ten-years-later/1318959806

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More Proof America Is A Police State

Video Shows NJ Police Unleashing A Riot Team To Arrest A Crowd, Protesting A Police Killing.

http://bit.ly/qHmkBh


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TSA Releases VIPR Venom on Tennessee Highways
http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul775.html

Ventura s Venture Against the TSA
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Tennessee Joins TSA In Creating Random Check Points

by Pastor Chuck Baldwin

As I have noted in this column before, the one thing that the bogus 'war on terror' and 'war on drugs' does is it justifies and ratchets up the emerging surveillance state in America. In this regard, virtually every constitutional and historical protection of our God-given and civil rights are being systematically and thoroughly expunged--in the name of 'national security.' The State of Tennessee should be ashamed of itself--and the people of Tennessee should be outraged! The problem is, this kind of unlawful activity has been taking place for years.........

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin672.htm

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Four reasons to repeal the Patriot Act

Downsize DC
by Jim Babka

10/26/11

Ten years ago this month, Congress passed the so-called Patriot Act without taking the time to read or debate it. It was signed into law on October 26, 2001. This tenth anniversary is the perfect time to call for its repeal...

http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/4-reasons-to-repeal-the-patriot-act



The TSA monster is coming for you

Downsize DC
by James Wilson

10/31/11

The TSA s 'VIPR' program is a growing bureaucratic monster that will bring groping and body scans to train stations, highways, sporting events and concerts, as well as shopping malls near you. This is just the latest instance of the Federal State s poisoning of American rights and freedoms...

http://bit.ly/vJNQsK



Abolish the TSA!

Campaign For Liberty
by Tim Shoemaker

11/08/11

'I have had it with the TSA. I am disgusted by having to write about their offensive, innappropriate screening procedures and agent misconduct on a regular basis. I am fed up with them getting a 'pass' around the Constitution in the name of 'national security.' In this latest example, a young woman who travels frequently for work was fondled so roughly she had to readjust her clothes after they were finished...

http://tinyurl.com/ceukrru


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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