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  • The Horrors of Bush’s War Legacy
    22 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    George W. has recently stated that historians will eventually honor his invasion and subesequent occupation of Iraq. The basis of his claim is, or course, that "we took out a tyrany who threatened his neighbors and the world with weapons of mass destruction". Of course we know now that the statement is entirely false. Well, except for the "tyrant" part.
    But what IS the real legacy of our actions? And will the textbooks and historical tomes of the future reveal the full extent of our "noble (…)

  • Put moratorium on foreclosures, state consumer coalition advises
    22 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Put moratorium on foreclosures, state consumer coalition advises
    By Steve Lawrence
    August 22, 2007
    SACRAMENTO – Consumer advocates yesterday called for a moratorium on home foreclosures, warning that California is facing a tidal wave of foreclosures over the next year as more homeowners are hit with payment increases brought on by subprime loans and risky mortgages.
    “The curve is really starting to go up,” said Alan Fisher, executive director of the California Reinvestment Coalition, (…)

  • CIA Report on Tenet and 9/11 Is a Whitewash
    22 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Michael P. Wright – Norman, Oklahoma, USA – mpwright9@aol.com
    Today the news is full of headlines announcing that the CIA has issued a report “critical” of George Tenet’s performance as CIA director prior to the 9/11 attack. It is the same old thing – a wrist-slapping. At most, it leads to the conclusion that Tenet was just incompetent but not guilty of any serious misconduct. Tenet is the protégé of former U.S. Senator David Boren, who resigned his Senate seat in 1994 after (…)

  • CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORPORATION:
    22 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORPORATION:
    Join this Action LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP FILES CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    August 20, 2007 – Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Lerach Coughlin”)
    http://www.lerachlaw.com/cases/countrywide/
    today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of (…)

  • Former CIA officer: US to attack Iran within 6 months
    21 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Former CIA officer: US to attack Iran within 6 months
    – http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Forme...

  • Top Swiss banker attacks US lending standards as ’unbelievable’
    20 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard and Yvette Essen
    Switzerland’s top banker has warned of massive losses from the unfolding credit crisis, describing the collapse in US lending standards as "unbelievable".
    Jean-Pierre Roth, president of the Swiss National Bank, said market turmoil was far from over as tremors from the sub-prime debacle continued to rock the world.
    "We’re certainly not at the end of the story. There are question marks surrounding the development of the American economy," he (…)

  • DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SECURITY AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT?
    20 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    “SPP has three fundamental objectives.to create more advantageous conditions for transnational corporations and remove remaining barriers to the flow of capital and crossborder production within the framework of NAFTA. It wants to secure access to natural resources, especially oil. And it wants to create a regional security plan based on “pushing its borders out” into a security perimeter that includes Mexico and Canada.”- Laura Carlsen, International Relations Centre. (…)

  • NOBLE RESOLVE drill in Oregon starts Aug 20th - 10kt Nuke simulation! Same on 9/11 in NY and 7/7 in London
    19 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Portland to Host Terrorism Drill “NOBLE RESOLVE 07-2” Aug. 20 to 24 Citizens Warn of Established Pattern for Such Drills to go “live” Contact: Info [at] OregonTruthAlliance dot org Click here for a printable version of this release (PDF)
    This is an urgent advisory notice from concerned citizens of Oregon and Washington about an upcoming U.S. Joint Forces Command emergency management exercise known as NOBLE RESOLVE 07-2 that will simulate terrorism or disaster scenarios in the Lower (…)

  • USA : Army Suicides Highest in 26 Years
    18 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Washington - Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new military report.
    The report, obtained by The Associated Press ahead of its scheduled release Thursday, found there were 99 confirmed suicides among active duty soldiers during 2006, up from 88 the previous year and the highest number since the 102 suicides in 1991 at the time of the Persian Gulf War.
    The (…)

  • Bloody and Bloodier - The subprime-lending crisis is worse than you think
    17 August 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Bloody and Bloodier
    The subprime-lending crisis is worse than you think, and could crush financial and real-estate markets for years. By James J. Cramer
    You’re losing money right now. This very minute. You’re losing money if you own an apartment. You’re losing money if you own a country home. You’re losing money if you own a stock or bond mutual fund. You’re losing money if you have a pension plan. You’re probably losing money here or there, you’re probably losing money everywhere (…)