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ABC News

09/15/09

“The Justice Department has indicated that the Obama administration is in support of renewing a pair of controversial sections of the USA Patriot Act that expire later this year. The provisions that will expire in December include Section 206, that allows ‘roving’ wiretaps so FBI agents can tap multiple phones or computers (with court authorization) that a specific person (target) may use. Another expiring provision, Section 215, is the so-called ‘library provision,’ which allows investigators to obtain business records with approval from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court...

http://tinyurl.com/m89yng

Analysis: Iraq troops’ PTSD rate up to 35%

Science News

The Veterans’ Administration should expect a high volume of Iraq veterans seeking treatment of post traumatic stress disorder, with researchers anticipating that the rate among armed forces will be as high as 35%, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®)�. The article, ‘A Dynamic Model for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among U.S. Troops in Operation Iraqi Freedom.’ is by Michael P. Atkinson of the Naval Postgraduate School and Adam Guetz and Lawrence M. Wein of Stanford University.” (09/15/09)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090914151629.htm

The paranoid center

Reason
by Jesse Walker

for publication 10/09

We’ve heard ample warnings about extremist paranoia in the months since Barack Obama became president, and we’re sure to hear many more throughout his term. But we’ve heard almost nothing about the paranoia of the political center. When mainstream commentators treat a small group of unconnected crimes as a grand, malevolent movement, they unwittingly echo the very conspiracy theories they denounce. Both brands of connect-the-dots fantasy reflect the tellers’ anxieties much more than any order actually emerging in the world. When such a story is directed at those who oppose the politicians in power, it has an additional effect. The list of dangerous forces that need to be marginalized inevitably expands to include peaceful, legitimate critics...

http://www.reason.com/news/show/135735.html

Interventionism, empire, and the Taliban

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

09/15/09

The U.S. government’s primary justification for continuing the occupation of Afghanistan is to prevent the Taliban from regaining power and providing a sanctuary for al-Qaeda. Ironically, however, this is another example of the disastrous consequences of imperialism and interventionism, for it was the U.S. invasion itself that created the problem that now serves as the main justification for the indefinite occupation of the country. Interventionists often delude themselves with respect to why the U.S. government attacked both al-Qaeda and the Taliban after 9/11. They say that the Taliban had provided a ’sanctuary’ for Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2009-09-15.asp

America must end its deadly devotion to democracy

Christian Science Monitor
by Gerard DeGroot

09/15/09

Usama Rehda is a photographer who lives in Baghdad. Crossing his city to ply his trade means running a gantlet of bandits, extortionists, and snipers, not to mention suicide bombers. While he once despised Saddam Hussein, he admits that life was easier under the dictator. ‘You know what they say,’ he remarked to a colleague bitterly. ‘Be nice to the Americans or they’ll punish you with democracy.’ America needs to rid itself of the hopelessly naive attitude that all nations are capable of becoming sustainable democracies.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0915/p09s02-coop.html

Wall Street’s “days of reckless behavior” not over

Our Future
by Bernie Horn

09/15/09

I appreciate that the President is making the case for a particular solution — an agency to oversee all risky financial products. But in order to get a handle on the excesses of Wall Street, I believe the public needs to hear and understand a larger point. When the government allows — and even encourages — irresponsible corporate and individual behavior, who is most at fault? The corporations and individuals that took advantage of risky opportunities to make windfall profits or the government that allowed and/or created those opportunities? I think it is the government — in this case the Bush Administration and the Federal Reserve — that is mostly to blame. The exotic financial instruments that ultimately collapsed world markets were the result of a willful refusal to regulate. The housing bubble that brought on the current Great Recession was caused by these instruments, artificially low interest rates, and other factors within government control...

http://tinyurl.com/r7g4qv

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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rudkla - 16. Sep, 13:39

Swine Flu Virus Created from Pig Vaccine?

ISIS Report 16/09/09

The swine flu virus had three parents from two continents and appeared suddenly without warning, evading all routine flu surveillance and quarantine; sequence data suggest it may have been created from a faulty vaccine given to pigs in North America Prof. Adrian Gibbs and Dr. Jean Downie

Background

Several papers reporting phylogenetic analyses of the gene sequences of the new pandemic swine-origin H1N1 virus (S- OIV) have been published. All show that S-OIV inherited its genes from parents that came from two well-known groups of swine flus. Flu viruses have 8 different genes and in mixed infections sometimes shuffle those genes to form ‘reassortants’ with new combinations of the 8 genes chosen from those of the parents. Several reports have shown that six of the genes of S-OIV came from a ‘triple-reassortant’ influenza virus (or viruses). These viruses have been common in North American pigs for more than a decade, and have never been found in Europe. The other two genes (NA and MP) came from Eurasian ‘avian-like’ viruses common in Europe for longer, but never found in North America. Both groups of viruses have however been found recently in pigs in SE Asia.

The analyses reveal an unusual feature of the S-OIV genes, which is that none of the genes have been found recently in swine influenzas collected during routine flu surveillance. The NA gene had not been sampled (identified in samples) for
17 years before it reappeared in S-OIV, and the others, including the MP gene, for around 11 years. Thus the NA and MP genes were most likely acquired by S-OIV from Eurasian ‘avian-like’ viruses on separate occasions, and therefore S- OIV probably had at least three parents.

We have done further specific analyses to find out which isolates contain the genes that are closest to those of S- OIV. We find that all are viruses of pigs. The NA gene of S-OIV is closest to that of European ‘avian-like’ H1N1 influenza viruses sampled in 1991/1993, its MP gene closest to that of H3N2 Asian ‘avian-like’ viruses sampled in 1999, and its other six genes are closest to those of North American H1N2 ‘triple-reassortant’ viruses sampled in
1999/2000. Note that the dates those isolates were collected agree with the calculated ‘time-line’ leading to S-OIV; NA 17 years ago, all the others 11 years.

In summary, S-OIV is a reassortant with at least three parents. The parents were sampled over a decade ago, all found in pigs, and in three very distant parts of the world; North America, Europe and SE Asia!!!

The Questions

Where were S-OIV’s genes between the time that they were last sampled and 2008 when they all reappeared in S-OIV? In which virus or viruses, which host, and when and how did they get together? It is important for us to try to answer these questions as it might help us avoid similar pandemics in future.

The Theories

There are two theories regarding the origin of S-OIV, as described below.

Read the rest of this report here http://www.i-sis.org.uk/swineFluVirusFromPigVaccine.php

Or read other articles about swine flu here http://www.i-sis.org.uk/influenza.php

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rudkla - 16. Sep, 13:26

Obama Banking Too Much On Banks

rudkla - 16. Sep, 11:33

US Justice Dept Wants Surveillance Methods Extended

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/09/15-12

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rudkla - 16. Sep, 10:48

The Mugging of the Common Good

Robert Borosage, The Campaign For America's Future: "President Obama traveled to Wall Street on the anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers that triggered the worst financial debacle since the Great Depression. His purpose was to challenge Wall Street's barons, telling them: 'We will not go back to the days of reckless behavior and unchecked excess ... where too many were motivated only by the appetite for quick kills and bloated bonuses.' Those days are over, the president said. It's time for comprehensive legislation. Taxpayers won't cover your bets or your bonuses. And we know once more the threat that financial holdings can pose to the nation."

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rudkla - 16. Sep, 10:06

Cheney and Rumsfeld's "Close Friend" Throws Out Suit Against Alleged Abu Ghraib Torturers

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports: "On September 11, the US appeals court for the District of Columbia announced in a 2-1 decision that it was throwing out a lawsuit against CACI International and L-3 Communications Titan unit, which are being sued by Iraqi civilians for their alleged role in the torture and abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison. The companies provided interrogators at the prison at the height of the abuses there. The suit alleges that employees of the companies conspired with US. Army reservist Charles Graner, who was convicted of prisoner abuse on January 14, 2005 and is currently serving 10 years at Fort Leavenworth, and others to torture prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Several of the plaintiffs are Iraqis whose torture was depicted in graphic photos revealed over the past several years."

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rudkla - 16. Sep, 10:02

Graham, Lieberman, McCain Call for More Troops in Afghanistan

By Tony Romm

"We have reached a seminal moment in our struggle against violent Islamist extremism, and we must commit the 'decisive force' that Gen. [Stanley] McChrystal tells us carries the least risk of failure."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23495.htm

"You Have to Learn Lessons from History"

By Cindy Sheehan

Somehow, Obama believes, he's going to stain his hands darker with blood, but he's not going to pay any political consequences.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23506.htm

Why Propaganda Trumps Truth

By Paul Craig Roberts

Democracy is based on the assumption that people are rational beings who factually examine arguments and are not easily manipulated. Studies are not finding this to be the case.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23498.htm

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rudkla - 16. Sep, 09:40

Der (Pseudo-) Aufschwung ist da

Der (Pseudo-) Aufschwung ist da

Man nehme: Statistische Tricks, eine fantasievolle Bilanzführung, schuldenfinanzierte Konjunkturprogramme und Billionen zur Generierung einer erneuten Spekulationsblase und schon ist die Weltwirtschaftskrise scheinbar überwunden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31137/1.html

Volatile Lage, die Politik zaudert

Geändert wurden an den Ursachen der Finanzkrise bislang kaum etwas, Joseph Stiglitz sieht die Lage jetzt sogar schlimmer als 2007.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/145300

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rudkla - 16. Sep, 08:29

Saying No to the O-ministration

Health-Care Reform and the Constitution
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/napolitano8.1.1.html

Handshake Equality
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/armstrong3.1.1.html

'Constitutional Republic'
http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w109.html

Saying No to the O-ministration
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl/nullification-nuclear-option.html

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rudkla - 16. Sep, 08:03

1,000 pages of technical documents supposedly from a stolen Iranian laptop - as hard evidence of Iranian intentions to build a nuclear weapon. Now charges based on those documents pose the only remaining obstacles to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) declaring that Iran has resolved all unanswered questions about its nuclear programme.

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41416

IAEA Conceals Evidence Iran Documents Were Forged

By Gareth Porter

The IAEA has refused to acknowledge publicly significant evidence brought to its attention by Iran that the documents were fabricated, and has made little, if any, effort to test the authenticity of the intelligence documents or to question officials of the governments holding them.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23496.htm

From Information Clearing House

A Miracle: Honest Intel on Iran Nukes

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rudkla - 16. Sep, 07:08

Sanders' call for Afghanistan exit strategy draws cheers

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has joined Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold in declaring that the United States needs to start thinking about how to extract its military from Afghanistan.

http://snipurl.com/rvw4v

From Information Clearing House

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US Peace Activists Call for Near-Term Withdrawal of Foreign Troops From Afghanistan

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: "The coming weeks hold critical significance for the US occupation of Afghanistan. The Senate is expected to vote on the Obama administration's $128 billion request to fund war operations in Afghanistan and Iraq for the coming fiscal year. Next week, the Obama administration will unveil a report on whether US benchmarks for success in Afghanistan are being achieved. It's widely believed President Obama will receive a military request to escalate the Afghan war with thousands of additional troops. The apparent congressional unease over a troop escalation comes near Friday's eight-year anniversary of the vote authorizing the attack on Afghanistan. We speak to Norman Solomon of the Institute for Public Accuracy on his recent trip to Afghanistan and CODEPINK's Medea Benjamin."

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Mullen Confirms: More troops Requied for Afghan Escalation
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/09/15-8

Eight Years Later: Speak Out Against the War in Afghanistan
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/09/15

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rudkla - 16. Sep, 05:28

Ron Paul's Battle for Financial Sanity

http://www.lewrockwell.com/gordon/gordon70.1.html

Ron Paul: Fed Threatens Depression, $100 Bills Worthless
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul578.html

Recovery? It's a Cover-Up
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl/recover-coverup.html

The Fed Owns Most Monetary Economists
http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north757.html

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Did Bernanke and Paulson Blackmail Congress?

By Mike Whitney

Lehman Bros. didn't die of natural causes; it was drawn-and-quartered by high-ranking officials at the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve. Most of the rubbish presently appearing in the media, ignores this glaring fact. Lehman was a planned demolition (most likely) concocted by ex-Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson, who wanted to create a financial 9-11 to scare Congress into complying with his demands for $700 billion in emergency funding (TARP) for underwater US banking behemoths.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23500.htm

For All Obama's Talk of Overhaul, the US Has Failed to Wind in Wall Street

By Joseph E. Stiglitz

With a blank cheque from taxpayers and no real reform the perverse incentives for risk-taking are bigger than ever.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23504.htm

Dems Feel Michael Moore's Wrath

By Alec MacGillis

In building his indictment against the ill-fated marriage of Wall Street and Washington, Moore zeroes in less on Phil Gramm or other GOP string-pullers than he does on White House economic adviser Larry Summers, Robert Rubin and Sen. Chris Dodd. Especially Dodd, the Connecticut Democrat and chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23505.htm

UK: TUC fears risk of riots as jobless total rises:

Public spending cuts could plunge Britain into a double-dip recession, driving unemployment above 4m and threatening to provoke riots on the streets, the country's most senior union leader has said.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b3fd11c-a097-11de-b9ef-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1

Ron Paul: Federal government 'one giant toxic asset'

The US economy has not really recovered from last year's financial crisis, and the policies of the Federal Reserve, the US's central bank, are ensuring that the suffering will continue much longer than necessary, US House Rep. Ron Paul.

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/09/14/ron-paul-no-recovery/

Need a laugh?

Bernanke: US recession "very likely" over

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that the worst US recession in seven decades has 'very likely' come to an end, but warned the country's economy will remain weak for some time.

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US credit shrinks at Great Depression rate prompting fears of double-dip recession

Both bank credit and the M3 money supply in the United States have been contracting at rates comparable to the onset of the Great Depression since early summer, raising fears of a double-dip recession in 2010 and a slide into debt-deflation.

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How Sacramento Treats The Homeless

The City of Sacramento has sent a cruel message to the world: They would rather criminalize their community's homeless than sanction a designated area where they can safely and peacefully live.

http://homelessness.change.org/blog/view/more_arrests_at_sacramentos_safe_ground

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rudkla - 16. Sep, 02:52

Dienstag, 15. September 2009

Protesters picket Esher station to stop Network Rail accepting Vodafone mast

4:30pm Tuesday 15th September 2009

By Jonathan Portlock

Protesters against a proposed phone mast demonstrated outside Esher station on Saturday, in the hope Network Rail will block the plans.

Residents in Lower Green Road have been fighting Vodafone’s application to erect a mobile phone mast on land belonging to Network Rail, near where they live.

Read More...
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rudkla - 15. Sep, 23:11

IRISH GOVERNMENT PLANS MANDATORY "SWINE FLU" JABS OR JAIL

http://tinyurl.com/nxg3do

Informant: Dorothee Krien

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rudkla - 15. Sep, 23:02

Der große Schwindel: Abzocke bei der Kurzarbeit

„Wundermittel Kurzarbeit: Der Jobkahlschlag ist ausgeblieben - doch der Erfolg hat Schattenseiten. Zunehmend tricksen und mogeln Unternehmen, um an die großzügige staatliche Förderung zu kommen�“ Artikel von T. Öchsner in Süddeutsche Zeitung vom 11.09.2009 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/,ra3l1/wirtschaft/953/487361/text/

Aus: LabourNet, 15. September 2009

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rudkla - 15. Sep, 15:24

Arbeit als Abschreckung: Projekt Daumenschraube

Arbeit als Abschreckung: Projekt Daumenschraube

„Das umstrittene Industriekonzept ist nicht die einzige Leiche im Keller des Wirtschaftsministeriums. Nach US-Vorbild sollen Arbeitslose zur Arbeit gezwungen werden�“ Artikel von Rudolf Stumberger in Freitag (ohne Datum) http://www.freitag.de/datenbank/freitag/2009/36/prekariat-armut-wirtschaftsministerium

Reichtumsförderung statt Armutsbekämpfung,eine sozialpolitische Bilanz der großen Koalition

Artikel von Christoph Butterwegge in Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik 09/2009 http://www.blaetter.de/artikel.php?pr=3153

Die Tafeln ein neofeudales Begleitinstrument der Hartz IV Gesetze

„Wir sammeln Lebensmittel und keinen Abfall“.So die empörte Reaktion auf Kritik an den als Marke eingetragenen Tafeln. Genauer betrachtet ist diese Kritik wirklich unzureichend. Mehr als die Sorge um das vermeintliche schlechte Lebensmittel sollte die wirkliche Absicht der Deutschland weiten Tafeln und deren Organisatoren genauer betrachtet werden�“ Artikel von Axel Mende vom 10.09.09 bei scharf links http://scharf-links.de/41.0.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=6717&tx_ttnews[backPid]=56&cHash=cc29a411a1

Aus: LabourNet, 15. September 2009

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rudkla - 15. Sep, 13:30

Obama then and now

Corporate corruption killing America

Nolan Chart
by Joel S. Hirschhorn

09/14/09

[T]he health insurance industry and others have successfully corrupted Congress and brainwashed much of the population to fear true reforms. Sure, Congress will pass some legislation that Obama will sign and they all will claim victory. But the nation will not get true reforms and health care spending will continue to rise and bankrupt the nation. And now we also are learning slowly that the financial sector that tanked our economy by pursuing enormously risky but profitable business practices and then was bailed out by the government has not learned any lessons. Banks and all kinds of financial companies are still pursuing risky businesses, still overpaying their top executives and still screwing consumers. Congress is unlikely to pass really tough regulations to put a halt to all the awful practices by financial companies. Why? Because Congress has been corrupted by money from this financial sector. Make no mistake: Corporate corruption is a true bipartisan effort, perhaps the most bipartisan enterprise...

http://www.nolanchart.com/article6877.html

Obama brings Guantanamo to Bagram

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Andy Worthington

09/14/09

Following briefings by Obama administration officials (who declined to be identified), both the New York Times and the Washington Post reported yesterday that the government is planning to introduce a new review system for the 600 or so prisoners held at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, which will, for the first time, allow them to call witnesses in their defense. On paper, this appears to be an improvement on existing conditions at the prison, but a close inspection of the officials’ statement reveals that the proposed plans actually do very little to tackle the Bush administration’s wayward innovations regarding the detention of prisoners in wartime, and the officials also provided the shocking news that prisoners are currently being rendered to Bagram from other countries...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com0909c.asp

One year after Wall Street meltdown, Obama targets Main Street

Competitive Enterprise Institute
by Christine Hall

09/14/09

One year after the Wall Street meltdown, President Obama is touting new regulations he says are urgent for preventing a crisis like this from ever happening again. He is receiving much coverage today for his speech on Wall Street on the eve of the anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse. But a closer look at new rules Obama is proposing shows that the bulk of them do not go after the Wall Street culprits, but Main Street entrepreneurs that had nothing to do with the crisis...

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Obama then and now: Deficit edition

Deceiver.com
by Brittney Smears

09/14/09

Obama doublespeak continues to abound. This week Congress and the Prez return to Washington to continue ‘addressing’ our nation’s woes. Up next: the deficit. � Obviously President Obama and his team are being vocal about the necessity of this so that the President can keep spending like a maniac. The administration and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner are pushing for the debt ceiling to be increased ASAP. � The Senate had to consider raising the debt ceiling in 2006 and Senator Obama took the opportunity to make a floor speech: ‘Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.’ He obviously voted against raising the debt level...

http://deceiver.com/2009/09/09/obama-then-and-now-deficit-edition/

Transforming America: The Bush-Obama stimulus programs

Independent Institute
by Randall G. Holcombe

09/10/09

George W. Bush’s and Barack Obama’s ’stimulus’ programs will permanently transform the American economy. The market-based system that has produced unprecedented prosperity relies on profit and loss, which rewards individuals and firms that add value to the economy and penalizes those that detract value. The various stimulus programs undermine that system...

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2601

How the Federal Reserve bought the economics profession

AlterNet
by Ryan Grim

09/14/09

The Federal Reserve, through its extensive network of consultants, visiting scholars, alumni and staff economists, so thoroughly dominates the field of economics that real criticism of the central bank has become a career liability for members of the profession, an investigation by the Huffington Post has found. This dominance helps explain how, even after the Fed failed to foresee the greatest economic collapse since the Great Depression, the central bank has largely escaped criticism from academic economists. In the Fed’s thrall, the economists missed it, too...

http://tinyurl.com/knggsg

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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rudkla - 15. Sep, 10:08

Reforming the United States

The Continuing Disaster of Wall Street, One Year Later

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "As he attempted to do with health care reform last week, the President is trying to breathe new life into financial reform. He's using the anniversary of the death of Lehman Brothers and the near-death experience of the rest of the Street, culminating with a $600 billion taxpayer financed bailout, to summon the political will for change. Yet the prospects seem dubious. As with health care reform, he has stood on the sidelines for months and allowed vested interests to frame the debate."

http://www.truthout.org/091409K?n

Reforming the United States

Francois Brousseau, Le Devoir: "With his timid and oh-so-cautious plan for the reform of health care insurance, Barack Obama, very much in spite of himself, unleashed the move in for a kill by an American extreme right that is in the minority, but is also influential and running riot."

http://www.truthout.org/091409Y?n

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rudkla - 15. Sep, 09:34

What's Wrong with Our Country?

rudkla - 15. Sep, 09:18

Private health insurance lobbyist throws fundraiser for Nancy Pelosi

One day after House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi softened her stance on a public health option, a lobbyist for one of the country's most prominent private health insurers announced a fundraiser for the California Democrat, a news report says.

http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/09/lobbyist-fundraiser-pelosi/

Poll: News media's credibility plunges to new low

Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the news stories they read, hear and watch are frequently inaccurate, according to a poll released Sunday by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. That marks the highest level of skepticism recorded since 1985, when this study of public perceptions of the media was first done.

http://money.canoe.ca/News/MediaHold/2009/09/14/10883766-ap.html

Stiglitz Says Banking Problems Are Now Bigger Than Pre-Lehman

Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize- winning economist, said the U.S. has failed to fix the underlying problems of its banking system after the credit crunch and the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYdgQkXu9eBg#

Majority of Canadian employees living paycheque to paycheque, survey shows

The survey, released Monday, said 59 per cent of Canadians would have trouble making ends meet if they missed a paycheque.

http://snipurl.com/ru827

From Information Clearing House

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Kucinich's Health Reform Dissents Merit Consideration
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/03/09-13

Worse Than Sand: Progressive Congressman Kucinich says 'You're Building on a Foundation of Private Insurance'
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/03/09

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rudkla - 15. Sep, 09:06

Stop Begging Obama to Be Obama and Get Mad

By Chris Hedges

If we do not tap into the justifiable anger sweeping across the nation, if we do not militantly push back against corporate fraud and imperial wars that we cannot win or afford, the political vacuum we have created will be filled with right-wing lunatics and proto-fascists. The goons will inherit power not because they are astute, but because we are weak and inept.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23492.htm

Health Care Deceit

By Paul Craig Roberts

It is absurd to mandate that people purchase what they cannot afford and to fine them for failing to do so. A person who cannot pay a health insurance premium cannot pay the fine.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23491.htm

Sick and Wrong

By Matt Taibbi

Let's start with the obvious: America has not only the worst but the dumbest health care system in the developed world. It's become a black leprosy eating away at the American experiment - a bureaucracy so insipid and mean and illogical that even our darkest criminal minds wouldn't be equal to dreaming it up on purpose.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23494.htm

Why Capitalism Fails

By Stephen Mihm

The man who saw the meltdown coming had another troubling insight: it will happen again.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23493.htm

Obama blamed for Taliban impasse

Peace talks with the Taliban were severely undermined by the US president Barack Obama's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan, an official involved in the discussions has warned

http://snipurl.com/ru7rl

'I told the US to talk to the Taliban. They jailed me'

The West must start negotiating with Afghanistan's Islamists, the former foreign minister tells Kim Sengupta.

http://snipurl.com/ru7s2

Extrajudicial Killing

US Attack Kills 4 In Pakistan

The attack targeted a vehicle believed to be carrying Taliban fighters in the North Waziristan tribal district near the Afghan border. "Four militants" were killed and at least five others were wounded, a local intelligence official said on condition of anonymity.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/25088/four-killed-us-missile-strike.html

Ex-Intel officer discloses US plans for Pakistan:

The US seeks to establish new military bases in Pakistan to keep the country destabilized and control its nuclear weapons, says a former head of Pakistan's intelligence service.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=106141&sectionid=351020401

Prosecutors in Iraq Case See Pattern by US Mercenaries

Private security guards who worked for Blackwater repeatedly shot wildly into the streets of Baghdad without regard for civilians long before they were involved in a 2007 shooting episode that left at least 14 Iraqis dead, federal prosecutors charge in a new court document.

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From Information Clearing House

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rudkla - 15. Sep, 08:51

Victims' Families Tell Their Stories Following Nato Airstrike in Afghanistan

'I took some flesh home and called it my son.'

By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Kunduz

"The villagers were fighting over the corpses. People were saying this is my brother, this is my cousin, and no one could identify anyone."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23490.htm

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rudkla - 15. Sep, 08:23

A Somber Warning on Afghanistan

By ALISON SMALE

Western powers now in Afghanistan run the risk of suffering the fate of the Soviet Union there if they cannot halt the growing insurgency and an Afghan perception that they are foreign invaders, according to Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former U.S. national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23489.htm

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rudkla - 15. Sep, 08:17

Das "TV-Duell", das die Trostlosigkeit der Republik offenbart

Vorgeplänkel zur großen Koalition

Nach der Fernsehdebatte Merkel-Steinmeier sind die Chancen für den Fortbestand der großen Koalition weiter gestiegen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31131/1.html

Das "TV-Duell", das die Trostlosigkeit der Republik offenbart

Der Wähler: von den Parteien und den Medien verscheißert.
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31130/1.html

rudkla - 15. Sep, 08:11

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rogers-j/rogers-j35.1.html

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An investor looks at the bailouts
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/710.html

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rudkla - 15. Sep, 04:23

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