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Robert Reich, Robert Reich s Blog: In coming weeks you ll hear there s no serious alternative to cutting the social safety net. But most of the people who are making this argument are very wealthy or are sponsored by the very wealthy.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/14140-the-myth-of-living-beyond-our-means



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By Jadaliyya Reports

The following list was issued by Drones Watch on 20 January 2013.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33706.htm



Putting Our Bodies on the Line to Stop Drone Warfare

By Joy First

National, statewide, and local groups are all mobilizing and coming together to work to stop drone warfare. They have formed a coalition called Network to Stop Drone Surveillance and Warfare (NSDSW).

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33703.htm



How the US Ignored International Law to Become World s Kidnapper and Torturer

By Ian Cobain

The CIA would decide who was to be killed and who was to be kept alive in a network of secret prisons, outside the US, where they would be systematically tormented until every one of their secrets had been delivered up.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33704.htm



How Many Kids Have You Killed Today?

By Dave Lindorff

I personally found the president s inaugural speech not just insipid, but disgusting. It reached its gut-churning nadir near the end where he said...

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33777.htm

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The names behind the collateral damage

Independent Institute
by Anthony Gregory

01/23/13

Drones Watch has compiled a list of the names of children killed in America s drone bombings of Pakistan and Yemen. Should a major terrorist attack hit the United States, this is as likely a reason as any. Each one of these children is as infinitely valuable as the American children shot in school massacres, killed in gang violence, or murdered in anti-American terrorist attacks...

http://tinyurl.com/bje3jds



Confirmation hearing for killer drones master

Cato Institute
by Nat Hentoff

01/23/13

After 25 influential years in the CIA, chief counterterrorism adviser John Brennan is currently in charge of Barack Obama s increasing drone-plane assassinations of terrorism suspects, all of which is happening outside our courts. On Feb. 7, he will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee for a promotion to CIA director. When this confirmation hearing is over, how many of the senators and viewers will agree with Micah Zenko, Douglas Dillon Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who writes: 'No politically appointed official in U.S. history has played such a prominent role in killing so many people outside of a war zone as John Brennan'...

http://tinyurl.com/adt8k4n


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1254.html

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The Great Dismal: ''What we speak becomes the house we live in''

By Phil Rockstroh

How does one avoid being drowned in dumbness?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33715.htm



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Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: With billionaire campaign donors and a national gerrymandering scheme, the GOP is protecting its power while falling into the political minority. The majority must fight back by embracing more democracy.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/14125-the-daily-take-with-thom-hartmann-we-must-stop-the-tyrannical-minority

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Billionaires Dumping Stocks, Economist Knows Why

Warren Buffett, who has been a cheerleader for U.S. stocks for quite some time, is dumping shares at an alarming rate. He recently complained of ''disappointing performance'' in dyed-in-the-wool American companies like Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and Kraft Foods.

http://is.gd/PPlf5l


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/24-6



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/23-0

Dirty Energy, Warming World: A Catastrophe for US Wildlife
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/30-4

60 Groups Urge Kerry to Continue Strong Leadership on Climate Change
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/02/06-0

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The Baffling Response to Arctic Climate Change

By David Suzuki

With Arctic ice melting, Australia on fire and increasing droughts, floods and extreme weather throughout the world, it's past time to get serious about global warming.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33825.htm

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Worst Drought in 1,000 Years Could Begin in Eight Years

Bruce Melton, Truthout: High-resolution climate models show four new climate scenarios with more detail and accuracy.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/14655-worse-drought-in-1000-years-could-begin-in-eight-years



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Strikes will be studied to assess extent of any civilian casualties, identity of militants targeted and legality of actions.

http://is.gd/gFxs6N


From Information Clearing House

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ACLU: U.N. Human Rights Expert Launches Targeted Killing Inquiry
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/01/24-1



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By Paul Pillar

Writing this kind of manual represents the institutionalization of worldwide assassinations as a regular, ongoing business of the United States government.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33696.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/23-3



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Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: The fact is that ''We the people'' allowed this war on terror to begin and to grow. And if ''we the people'' don t put an end to it fast, then it'll eventually turn its guns on us, too.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/14096-an-american-mother-ruined-by-our-own-war-on-terror

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War on Terror Forever

By Pepe Escobar

Exit ''historical'' al-Qaeda, holed up somewhere in the Waziristans, in the Pakistani tribal areas; enter al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). In Dempsey s words, AQIM ''is a threat not only to the country of Mali, but the region, and if... left unaddressed, could in fact become a global threat.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33708.htm



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