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  • US to send more copters to Iraq, Afghanistan
    17 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Seoul—The United States will withdraw about 20 Apache attack helicopters from South Korea for redeployment in Iraq and Afghanistan next year, the U.S. military said Sunday.The U.S. has notified South Korea of its plan to re-station one of the two Apache battalions in South Korea to make the unit available for rotational deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military command in Seoul said in a statement.Each Apache battalion is comprised of some 20 helicopters, according to U.S. (…)

  • Is 9/11 like conspiracy in the making?
    17 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    SOurce : "Pakistan Observer"
    By Akhtar Jamal
    Islamabad—An Israeli intelligence site claimed Sunday that “US president-elect Barack Obama, European and Russian heads of states in Washington G20 conference were briefed over the weekend about a probable early al Qaeda attack.”
    Isreali intelligence news site, “Debka”, also claimed that “Obama and his team have been advised that a new al Qaeda strike is highly probable in the United States or against a key US target in Europe, North Africa (…)

  • Canadian financial swindle is just as absurd as that of the US: Canadian and US Bank Bailouts Equivalent
    17 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    Let’s do some simple mathematics to put things into perspective.
    The United States has a population of 303,824,640 and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, commonly referred to as the $700 billion bailout of the US financial system, means that approximately $2,304 per capita will be donated to banking institutions, or should I say, be given to private banks so that they can maintain their stranglehold on citizens of the United States.
    Canada has a population of 33,212,696 (…)

  • Dumbo in the Living Room
    16 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    I voted for Cynthia McKinney because she was the only candidate who sees him (I think it is a he). The others either don’t, or won’t admit it, and I see no significant difference between these two points of non-view.
    According to polls about a third of the US population (not to mention the rest of the world) think, or at least suspect, that 9/11 was an inside job, and McKinney was the only candidate who has even mentioned the possibility. Of course I’m glad that Obama has spared us the (…)

  • The End
    16 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    The era that defined Wall Street is finally, officially over. Michael Lewis, who chronicled its excess in Liar’s Poker, returns to his old haunt to figure out what went wrong.
    To this day, the willingness of a Wall Street investment bank to pay me hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispense investment advice to grownups remains a mystery to me. I was 24 years old, with no experience of, or particular interest in, guessing which stocks and bonds would rise and which would fall. The (…)

  • Wrong Again
    16 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By David Glenn Cox
    “Here’s what the American people need to know: that the United States government is acting; we will continue to act to resolve this crisis and restore stability to our markets. We are a prosperous nation with immense resources and a wide range of tools at our disposal. We’re using these tools aggressively.” (George W. Bush)
    Or, this won’t hurt, the check is in the mail and I won’t..., well, I think you get the idea. We are not a prosperous nation; we once were but we (…)

  • Sarah Rimmington: “Rich Countries Created this Crisis!” (Video)
    16 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, a demonstration protesting the “Summit on Financial Markets, G20,” was held in Washington, D.C., Activist and attorney, Sarah Rimmington, was one of the individuals voicing her outrage about the $700 billion Bailout of the Wall Street bankers and fat cats by the taxpayers.
    She said: “It’s the rich counties that created this crisis.” They are now acting, “as the gatekeepers to the money...The poor countries don’t’ even have a seat at the table...We want to see (…)

  • Mumia Abu-Jamal on Pres. Barack Obama (2 audio videos)
    16 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

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  • Hillary Clinton’s chances of being US diplomat could be hurt by husband’s business deals
    16 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    WASHINGTON (AP) _ Former President Bill Clinton’s globe-trotting business deals and fundraising for his foundation sometimes put his activities abroad at odds with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and could cause complications if President-elect Barack Obama picks her to be secretary of state.
    By SHARON THEIMER | Associated Press Writer 5:47 PM EST, November 15, 2008
    During her own White House campaign, the New York senator criticized China for its crackdown on protesters in Tibet and urged (…)

  • Video: Kevin Zeese: “Break the Bailout!”
    16 November 2008 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, a demonstration protesting the “Summit on Financial Markets, G20,” was held in Washington, D.C.. Activist Kevin Zeese was one of the individuals voicing his outrage about the $700 billion Bailout of the Wall Street bankers and fat cats by the taxpayers.
    He said: “It’s time to look forward to a new economy and funding the banksters and Wall Streeters is not going to get us that new economy. We’ve got to build from the bottom up and not the top down.” Mr. Zeese is (…)