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  • The Obama-Cheney “debate” and the threat of dictatorship in America
    22 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Please read this article at http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/may2009/pers-m22.shtml and draw the obvious conclusion: Now is the time for a full-frontal attack against Cheney and what Peter Scott calls the Deep State. Now is the perfect time because Obama, however "discreetly" (not wanting to get shot, after all), is fighting back, and we must not only support him but push him to fight harder. See my article "Was the Air Force One Flyover a Warning to Obama?" — the answer to which I am now (…)

  • The Crimes of Wall Street: The Scam and Sleaze at the Top
    21 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Crimes of Wall Street: The Scam and Sleaze at the Top
    by Danny Schechter
    Global Research, May 20, 2009
    So many of us know in detail about all the false warnings and exaggerated claims that were used to justify the war in Iraq. By now, six years later, and after many books, reports, news stories and films (hopefully including my two books and film, Weapons of Mass Deception), we see the pattern of lies and deception. We realize what a fraud was committed against the American people (…)

  • Russia Dumps US Dollar as basic reserve currency
    21 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Russia Dumps US Dollar as basic reserve currency
    Global Research, May 20, 2009
    Pravda
    The US dollar is not Russia’s basic reserve currency anymore. The euro-based share of reserve assets of Russia’s Central Bank increased to the level of 47.5 percent as of January 1, 2009 and exceeded the investments in dollar assets, which made up 41.5 percent, The Vedomosti newspaper wrote.
    The dollar has thus lost the status of the basic reserve currency for the Russian Central Bank, the annual (…)

  • Prepare for War, the Death of capitalism and Bankruptcy of the US Government said Marc Faber
    21 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Prepare for War, the Death of capitalism and Bankruptcy of the US Government said Marc Faber
    Marc Faber forecasts Economic Armageddon , the author of "The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report" foresees a litany of unpleasant events ahead , living up to his reputation for bearishness .
    His key message is: buy real assets. He thinks it will take years for the global economy to recover, but when it does the effect of governments’ printing money will ultimately reignite inflation.
    "If you’re in (…)

  • Was the Air Force One Flyover a Warning to Obama?
    18 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    The only thing I have read about this strange event that asked the right question was on wsws.org, one of my favorite sites. Alex Lantier wrote on April 29:
    How could one of two specially-designed presidential jets be requisitioned for a flight over New York City, where nearly 3,000 were killed in the 9/11 attacks, without the knowledge of the president, the mayor or high-ranking US military officials such as the defense secretary and the joint chiefs of staff? If the official story is (…)

  • Video: Dr. Margaret Flowers: “Stop this Abusive Health Care Situation!”
    17 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    At a press conference in the House Rayburn Office Building, on May 13, 2009, Dr. Margaret Flowers shared her feelings about her role as a member of “The Baucus Eight,” and its importance to the cause of Single Payer. She said: “It is time to stop this abusive health care situation” in the country! Along with seven other activists, Dr. Flowers was arrested for challenging, on May 5, 2009, the current rigged system in the Senate Dirksen Office Building. On that date, Single Payer advocates (…)

  • Video: Cancer Victim Rips Hypocrites in Congress over Single Payer Issue
    17 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Adrienne Campbell of Dearborn, MI, was diagnosed with cervical cancer at age 22. Her insurer denied coverage for a highly suspect legal reason. Ms. Campbell went $8,000 in debt to cover the cost of her treatment. At age 26, and uninsured, she developed ovarian cancer. Currently, at age 27, she’s over $10,000 in debt, but, mercifully, cancer free. At a rally on Capitol Hill, on May 13, 2009, in support of a Single Payer Healthcare system, Ms. Campbell said: “I’m angry that these politicians, (…)

  • Obama’s Gitmo ’Blackshirts’: The Torture Continues
    16 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Jeremy Scahill
    As the Obama administration continues to fight the release of some 2,000 photos that graphically document US military abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, an ongoing Spanish investigation is adding harrowing details to the ever emerging portrait of the torture inside and outside Guantanamo.
    The torture, according to the Spanish investigation, all occurred "under the authority of American military personnel" and was sometimes conducted in the presence of medical (…)

  • Video: Federal Reserve Cannot Account for $9 Trillion
    16 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    By: Julie Crawshaw
    The Federal Reserve apparently can’t account for $9 trillion in off-balance sheet transactions.
    When Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Orlando) asked Inspector General Elizabeth Coleman of the Federal Reserve some very basic questions about where the trillions of dollars that have come from the Fed’s expanded balance sheet, the IG didn’t know.
    Worse, nobody at the Fed seems to have any idea what the losses on its $2 trillion portfolio really are.
    "I am shocked to find out that (…)

  • Fear of Crime and Things to Come
    14 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Fear resides in all living creatures. It’s what keeps us alive down at the watering hole or out on the street.
    The fear of crime strikes all who live with its dread, as well as those who are personally victimized. Fear keeps us from doing what we want to do; it causes us to distrust friends and to view strangers with prejudice; and it can trick us into trading freedom for a false sense of security.
    Hard Times
    Many of us have grown up with an expectation that we have the right to a (…)