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Oliver Burkeman, The Guardian UK: "As the implosion of the defeated Republican campaign continued yesterday, the landscape of American conservatism was dotted with signs that these were very strange times indeed. Rush Limbaugh, behemoth of rightwing radio, took to the airwaves to declare war on two enemies: Barack Obama and the Republican party. Bloggers at FreeRepublic.com, an internet hub for conservatives, announced a boycott of Fox News and John McCain's aides fell over one another to leak embarrassing details about the campaign to the press."

http://www.truthout.org/110808D



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Erstmals seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg werden die Wirtschaftsleistungen der Industriestaaten über ein Jahr schrumpfen, kündigt der IWF an.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/29/29092/1.html



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With most economic indicators signaling even more difficult times ahead, job losses will likely deepen and continue through at least the first half of 2009.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/07/news/economy/jobs_october/?postversion=2008110711



Consumer bankruptcies in October top 100,000

The sagging economy sparked 106,266 consumer bankruptcy filings in October, the first time monthly filings topped 100,000 since the bankruptcy law changed in 2005, the American Bankruptcy Institute said Tuesday.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/2008-11-04-bankruptcies_N.htm



Pending Sales of Existing Homes in U.S. Fell 4.6%

Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy previously owned homes in September, indicating the credit crisis will inflict more damage on the housing market.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awq3yJZ0NBLk&refer=home



US retail sales worst in 35 years; holiday view cut

"The great unknown is just how much lower can consumer spending go?" said Piper Jaffray analyst Jeff Klinefelter. "With savings rates at historic lows and constraints on the availability of consumer credit, I just think there's concern that the perfect storm is brewing."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7993582


From Information Clearing House



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Iraqi national security adviser Muwaffaq al-Rubaie said on Thursday that the US had agreed to remove a clause from the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) which would allow US troops to stay in Iraq after 2011.

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From Information Clearing House



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An interview with Dr. Michael Hudson - financial economist and historian

By Guns and Butter - Audio

Will the US default on its foreign debt?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21164.htm



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By David Cook

If you ever doubted the concept of white privilege, ask yourself: when was the last time a white man wept with joy because another white man was elected president?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21172.htm



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By Naomi Klein

Terrible looting of public capital has a habit of taking place during periods of dramatic political transition, and Bush has one underway.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21166.htm



The Escalation of the New Arms Race

By Rev. Richard Skaff

So here we are, once again, a new American administration, a new conflict, a new monster to quell, and a new arms race.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21168.htm



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By Robert Farago

Cerberus Capital, a highly secretive NYC-based vulture investment fund, wants the U.S. government and taxpayers to bailout its failed investment in Chrysler and its failing investment in GMAC. Its partner in this raid on the US Treasury is General Motors, a woefully insolvent automobile manufacturer whose CEO is paid $40k each day. Here's why a bailout for GM and/or Chrysler is a bad idea.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21171.htm



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Richard Wolf, USA TODAY: "For voters who encountered problems at the polls Tuesday, ranging from hours-long lines to missing registrations to deceptive fliers and phone calls, help could be on the way. State and federal officials are poised to consider a number of changes designed to make it easier for millions of Americans to get registered, stay registered and vote without problems."

http://www.truthout.org/110708VA



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http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2008/11/07



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US Missile Kills Ten in Pakistan

Pir Zubair Shah and Alan Cowell, The New York Times: "Missiles fired from a remotely-piloted United States aircraft slammed into a village in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan along the Afghan border on Friday and killed between 10 and 13 people, according to a local intelligence official, a Pakistani reporter and two Pakistani television channels."

http://www.truthout.org/110708B

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Pakistan says 13 killed in US missile strike

ABC News

A suspected U.S. missile targeting a Taliban commander killed 13 people near the Afghan border Friday, a sign that America’s new general for the region is not heeding Islamabad’s pleas for a halt to the strikes. There has been a surge in U.S. cross-border attacks since August, angering Pakistani officials who say the raids violate the nuclear-armed country’s sovereignty and undermine its anti-terror war in the border region...

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6203426



US conducted secret ops in Pakistan, Syria

USA Today

11/09/08

The U.S. military has conducted nearly a dozen secret operations against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups in Syria, Pakistan and other countries since 2004, The New York Times reported Sunday night. Citing anonymous U.S. officials, the Times story said the operations were authorized by a broad classified order that then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld signed and President George W. Bush approved in spring 2004...

http://tinyurl.com/6fw7tq


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Dean Baker, Truthout: "The loss of 240,000 jobs in October, coupled with a job-loss figure for September that was sharply revised upward to 284,000, brought the two-month decline to 524,000. The private sector lost 263,000 jobs in October, for a two-month total of 506,000. This is the sort of sharp decline in employment that is typical for recessions. The unemployment rate jumped to 6.5 percent in October, the highest rate since March of 1994."

http://www.truthout.org/110708A



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usatoday.com — Nineteen banks taking taxpayer money from the Treasury Department have spent $32.4 million lobbying the federal government during the first nine months of this year, their lobbying disclosure reports show. Combined, the Treasury is investing in the banks $159 billion from the $700 billion financial rescue package approved by Congress last month. None of the banks has indicated it plans to stop lobbying. Lobbying by the financial industry before and during the financial crisis has come under criticism from consumer groups, members of Congress and President-elect Barack Obama. "It's ridiculous that the perpetrators of this mess should be the people dictating to Congress how to get out of it," says Kathleen Day of the non-profit Center for Responsible Lending.

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Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers: "In the next few weeks, the Bush administration is expected to relax environmental-protection rules on power plants near national parks, uranium mining near the Grand Canyon and more mountaintop-removal coal mining in Appalachia."

http://www.truthout.org/110708K



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Published Date: 07 November 2008

By Laura Jones

A BUILDING which already houses several phone masts can become home
to three more, a Flintshire planning committee has decided.

Mobile giants O2 applied to install three 3G antennas on top of the Mold telephone exchange, on Chester Street, Mold, in an effort to increase coverage in the area.

The building, which is already home to five antennas and two dishes, from an array of mobile telephone companies, has been the cause of heated debate among concerned local councillors for years.

Cllr Chris Bithell said: "The building is a blight on Chester Street and a blight on the area. It was marked as suitable site for redevelopment in the town centre health check. It should be demolished.

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http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/news/More-phone-masts-added-at.4669384.jp

Palm Beach Post

11/06/08

Sen. Joe Lieberman’s affiliation with Democrats was in question after a meeting Thursday with Majority Leader Harry Reid, steamed over the Connecticut independent’s high-profile support of John McCain for president. Reid, in a sternly worded statement after the 45-minute meeting, said no official decisions have been made. But an aide to the Nevada Democrat said Reid was leaning toward removing Lieberman as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee...

http://tinyurl.com/6sb688


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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by Pastor Chuck Baldwin

That Barack Obama trounced John McCain last Tuesday should have surprised no one. In fact, in this column, weeks ago, I stated emphatically that John McCain could no more beat Barack Obama than Bob Dole could beat Bill Clinton. He didn't. (Hence a vote for John McCain was a "wasted" vote, was it not?) I also predicted that Obama would win with an electoral landslide. He did. The real story, however, is not how Barack Obama defeated John McCain. The real story is how John McCain defeated America's conservatives........

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin474.htm



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Clean Infrastructure Investments to Create Green Jobs Needed Now
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2008/11/06-4



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Real Change Depends on Stopping the Bailout Profiteers
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/11/06-11



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Norman Solomon, Truthout: "Two days before he lost the election, John McCain summarized what had become the central message of his campaign: 'Redistribute the wealth, spread the wealth around - we can't do that.' Oh, yes we can."

http://www.truthout.org/110608R



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Published Date: 06 November 2008

AN ARBROATH Herald reader is concerned about a Vodafone proposal to install a mobile 'phone mast just yards from Timmergreens Primary School.

Our informant said: "I thought perhaps the paper might be interested in making the parents of children who attend Timmergreen primary school aware that Vodafone have applied for planning permission to erect a mobile phone mast overlooking the school playground.

"Under planning permission regulations I understand they only have to notify the school as being one of the buildings adjacent, but I doubt the school is under any obligation to notify parents of this proposal."

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