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Silla Brush, The Hill: "The top watchdog over the financial bailout package said the Treasury Department is rejecting 'common sense' by not requiring banks receiving billions of dollars in government money to say how they are using the money. In a report to be released on Monday, Neil Barofsky said banks that have received money from the $700 billion bailout package passed last year are able to indicate how they are using taxpayer money and that Treasury should require banks to be more transparent."

http://www.truthout.org/071909E?n



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Mike Tharp, McClatchy Newspapers: "Once the cradle of agriculture for civilization, the Land Between Two Rivers - the Tigris and Euphrates - has become a basket case for its farmers. Just ask Naji Habeeb, 85. His family has been growing rice in this village 135 miles southeast of Baghdad for generations. Thin green shoots stick out of the flat paddies, shin-deep in brown water. The Iraqi government, he claims, still owes him half of what he's due from last year's crop."

http://www.truthout.org/071909F?n



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The bankruptcy of General Motors, and the organization of a "new" auto company in its place, is being carried out at the expense of tens of thousands of active and retired auto workers, along with dealerships, other small businesses, and entire communities.

http://wsws.org/articles/2009/jul2009/auto-j17.shtml



Unemployment tops 10 percent in 16 states in June

The national unemployment rate is 9.5 percent, a 26-year high, and is expected to hit 10 percent by year-end.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99G8T580&show_article=1


From Information Clearing House



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Padilla vs. Yoo: An Update

There are two interesting developments in Jose Padilla's lawsuit against former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo, who was one of the authors of the infamous torture memos.

http://freedetainees.org/6218



Mr. President, we are still torturing?

The Bagram detention center itself has continued to operate with currently more than 600 prisoners and is being planned to expand its capacity to more than 1,100 as President Obama sends more troops into Afghanistan.

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10361



Caught on Camera

40 prison guards kick and punch juvenile inmates... already handcuffed
http://snipurl.com/nioo7


From Information Clearing House



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Another US missile strike on Friday killed six people in North Waziristan tribal agency bordering Afghanistan.

http://asiantribune.com/07/18/six-killed-in-us-drone-strike-pakistani-tribal-area/


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The deaths and "life-changing" injuries suffered by British troops in Afghanistan are rising relentlessly as the political battles over whether the force is properly equipped continue to rage in London.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6717868.ece


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By Don Monkerud

Wages for most Americans didn't improve from 1979 to 1998, and the median male wage in 2000 was below the 1979 level, despite productivity increases of 44.5 percent. Between 2002 and 2004, inflation-adjusted median household income declined $1,669 a year. To make up for lost income, credit card debt soared 315 percent between 1989 and 2006, representing 138 percent of disposable income in 2007.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23094.htm



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By Tom Eley

The main thrust of president Barack Obama's speech before the centenary meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Thursday was to blame working class African-Americans for the social crisis engulfing them.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23095.htm



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By Jeremy R. Hammond

Setting aside the platitudes that comprised most of Clinton's speech and looking closely at her remarks that actually spoke meaningfully towards U.S. policy under the Obama, a picture emerges, one not of a change of course from Bush but rather of near perfect continuity between the two administrations.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23097.htm



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Lots of vague news about some kind of assassination program run out of the Oval Office during the Bush II administration.

You've got to hand it to Congress, the news media and even the "alternative" press for being so clueless.

What kind of people does the White House hit team go after - and why?

It's no mystery.

Details:
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/673.html



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http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/07/18/Robert-F-Kennedy-Jr-Explains-the-Autism-Coverup.aspx



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- EHS Refuge Zone Free (active): photos report
http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/EHS.php#2

A new U.S. government report paints a disturbing picture of the current and future effects of climate change and offers a glimpse of what the nation’s climate will be like by century’s end. By Michael D. Lemonick, reposted with permission from Yale’s.

http://tinyurl.com/lcw4yj

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Study: World to Warm Faster Than Predicted
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/27-9

Climate Change to Force 75 Million Pacific Islanders From Their Homes
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/27-1

Climate Change Seen as Threat to US Security
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/08/09-1

Die Botschaft ist ja dem Grundsatz nach schon angekommen: Fossile Energieträger, sowohl Öl als auch Koh­le und Gas, werden knapp. Und zwar viel schneller als bisher angenommen. Die Prognosezeiträume haben sich in den letzten Jahren mehrfach halbiert. Rettendes Uran ist ebenfalls nicht in Sicht. Gastkommentar von Hans Kronberger http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741686395ms163,Energiewende+oder+der+Untergang+des+Abendlandes,5,a13272.html



Ältere Atomkraftwerke vor der Wahl vom Netz nehmen

NABU: Union und SPD sollen sich jetzt für mehr Sicherheit einsetzen. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741686421ms163,Aeltere+Atomkraftwerke+vor+der+Wahl+vom+Netz+nehmen,6,a13294.html



Verheerender Uranabbau

Der Atomkraftlobby kommt der Klimawandel wie gerufen. Hat sie doch endlich wieder einen Vorwand, ihre Energie ins Spiel zu bringen und den Ausstieg vom Atomausstieg zu fordern.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741686429ms163,Verheerender+Uranabbau,6,a13276.html



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Rasool Dawar and Munir Ahmad, The Associated Press: "A suspected U.S. missile strike in a Pakistani tribal region killed at least five alleged militants Friday, officials said, showing America's unwillingness to abandon the tactic even as Pakistani officials say it could interfere with army offensives in the northwest."

http://www.truthout.org/071809F?n



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http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/672.html

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House Panel to Probe CIA Assassination Program

Jason Leopold, Truthout: "The House Intelligence Committee formally announced Friday that it will probe whether the CIA broke the law by failing to inform Congress about a top secret assassination program reportedly aimed at targeting leaders of al-Qaeda. Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes said the probe would be part of a wide-ranging investigation about the way in which the CIA informs Congress about its covert activities and other matters."

http://www.truthout.org/071809A?n



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Jedes Jahr gibt der Staat 7 Milliarden Euro aus, um Firmen Lohnkosten zu erstatten oder sinnlose Maßnahmen zu finanzieren. Aus diesen Fördergeldern ist auf erschreckene Weise eine sogenannte "Armutsindustrie" enstanden, an der alle mitverdienen, nur nicht die Hartz IV Betroffenen selbst. Bei diesen Beschäftigungsmaßnahmen müssen Erwerbslose für einen Euro in der Stunde stricken, Puzzel zusammen setzen oder eine "Witze-Zeitung" erstellen. Sehen Sie den Film:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/die-armutsindustrie-profitiert-hartz-iv3332.php



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner397.html

Prescription for Disaster
http://www.lewrockwell.com/schiff/schiff35.1.html

The Great Government Bread Machine
http://www.lewrockwell.com/calderwood/calderwood28.1.html

On the Next Bubble: It's Government Spending and Debt
http://www.lewrockwell.com/faber/faber11.1.html



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Sonderforschungsbereich "Governance" an der FU Berlin in der Kritik.
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/30/30714/1.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Korruption

Die Freitagspredigt des Gegenspielers zu Machtfraktion des Präsidenten übt, soweit Inhalte bekannt wurden, deutliche Kritik am Umgang der Führung mit den umstrittenen Wahlergebnissen und den Oppositionellen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/142154



Israel droht weiterhin dem Iran

Ägypten ließ die Durchfahrt von einem U-Boot und zwei Kriegsschiffen durch den Suezkanal zu, was als Vorbereitung für einen möglichen Angriff dargestellt wird.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/142125



Hunderte könnten während der Proteste im Iran getötet worden sein

Mit Spannung wird erwartet, ob der mächtige Rafsadschani in der Freitagspredigt die Reformer unterstützen wird.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/142129

35,000 UK stores to close this year?

As many as 35,000 UK shops could close this year as the recession bites hard into the British economy. That's a prediction included in a report by Experian and featured on The Money Programme tonight on BBC2, presented by retail ghoul Mary Portas (right).

http://www.bitterwallet.com/deathwatch-35000-uk-shops-to-close-this-year/13904



City suspends payment of contracts

Running out of cash because of the state budget deadlock, the City of Philadelphia has stopped paying many of its bills until the impasse is resolved, City Finance Director Rob Dubow said this morning.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/heardinthehall/City_suspends_payment_of_contracts.html



Bankruptcy Filings up 33 Percent over a 12-month Period

Total 12-month Total of Bankruptcy Filings 1.2 Million. In last Report, Filings up 27 Percent in one month.

http://snipurl.com/ng0sr


From Information Clearing House



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"Doubt has been created (about the election results)," he said. "There is a large portion of the wise people who say they have doubts. We need to take action to remove this doubt."

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/world/rafsanjani-challenges-iran-leadership-419141.html



In pictures: Latest Tehran protest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8156612.stm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rafsanjani

Beggars have become as visible as blast walls and checkpoints in Iraqi cities.
http://snipurl.com/ng0l9


From Information Clearing House

By Raw Story

More and more mainstream media are brokering cozy relationships between politicians and lobbyists.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23087.htm



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By Arundhati Roy

What can we do, now that democracy and the free market are one?
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23092.htm



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Taking Populism Seriously

By Adrian Kuzminski

The populist impulse of today, widespread but fragmented and disorganized, is what's left of a once proud and impressive mass political movement in this country. In its heyday, in the 1880s and 90s, fifty populists from the People's party, were elected to the US Congress, with many others winning state and local offices. Such a showing by a third party today would be cataclysmic.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23080.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/07/17-10



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