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Markets fluctuate wildly as Greek rescue effort fails to reassure anyone
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9578/

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Globalization Is the Contagion: On the Idiocy of Interdependency

Kent Welton, Op-Ed News: "Were there no European union there would be no Greek crisis beyond Greece, Greece would have retained its currency and paid its price for budget problems in the value of its currency. But the stitching together of so many diverse countries and cultures into one unit, with one currency, has presented far more problems than it has solved and, worse, has removed national and cultural liberty, sovereignty, as well as necessary freedom for tariff-based re-balancing mechanisms."

http://www.truthout.org/globalization-the-idiocy-interdependency59258

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Euro-Bankers Demand of Greece

The wealthy won't pay their taxes, so labor must do so.

By Michael Hudson

Financial lobbyists are using the Greek crisis as an object lesson to warn about the need to cut back public spending on Social Security and Medicare.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25422.htm



"The People of Greece Are Fighting for the Whole of Europe"

By Tariq Ali and Mark Weisbrot

'People are asking, in Greece and elsewhere, "How come we are being victimized? All the cuts in public spending affect us; they don't affect the rich. And why are the bankers not being punished? Well, why is this system, the system created by neoliberalism, of deregulation, of actually legalizing financial speculation, why is this not being stopped?"

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25421.htm



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'Real Men Go to Tehran!'

By Ray McGovern

Think back seven years and recall the Blackwater-style bravado from the lips of neoconservatives like Donald Rumsfeld's crony Kenneth Adelman - the fellow who assured us all that Iraq would be a "cakewalk."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25394.htm



Russia says Iran attack 'disastrous'

In a meeting with ambassadors from Arab states on Wednesday, Lavrov reaffirmed Moscow's support for diplomatically engaging Tehran and warned against the "disastrous" consequences of taking military action.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=125641&sectionid=351020101



Israel Primed For War on Iran: Netanyahu Deputy

Israel is primed for a war on Iran, a deputy to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, in a rare break with his government's reticence as world powers try to talk Tehran into curbing its nuclear plans.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=114722



Nearly 300 insurers refuse to boycott Iran-linked companies

More than 1,000 insurance companies agreed to the investment moratorium, Mr. Poizner said on Thursday.

http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20100514/NEWS/100519938


From Information Clearing House

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Repeating history with Iran

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

05/13/10

A French court recently recognized the idiocy of one of the U.S. government’s attempts to enforce its sanctions against Iran by denying the government’s request to extradite an Iranian businessman for allegedly violating the sanctions. U.S. prosecutors were alleging that the businessman, Majid Kakavand, violated the sanctions by exporting goods from the United States that could be used in weapons manufacturing...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2010-05-13.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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18. Mai 2010

Die Kleinen für die Großen bluten lassen

"Hemmungsloser geht es nicht", so die stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Partei DIE LINKE, Sahra Wagenknecht, zum Vorschlag von DIW-Präsident Zimmermann, die Mehrwertsteuer von 19 auf 25 Prozent heraufzusetzen. Sie erklärt weiter:

Die Milliarden, die zur Rettung der Banken und Vermögenden eingesetzt werden, sollen den kleinen Leuten aufgebrummt werden. Wie die wirtschaftliche Erholung erreicht werden soll, wenn man die Binnennachfrage weiter abwürgt, bleibt das Geheimnis von Herrn Zimmermann. Und die sozialen Auswirkungen einer Erhöhung des Mehrwertsteuersatzes um ein Drittel des bisherigen Satzes spielen in seinen Überlegungen ohnehin keine Rolle. Offenbar wünscht sich Herr Zimmermann auch in diesem Land Proteste wie in Griechenland. Es ist blanker Zynismus, nach der Privatisierungspolitik und dem Sozialabbau der vergangenen Jahre nun diejenigen die Haushaltslöcher stopfen lassen zu wollen, die ohnehin bereits die Opfer der Politik sind. Nicht die Mehrwertsteuerschraube darf weiter gedreht werden, sondern es gilt, endlich die Profiteure zur Kasse zu bitten. Anstatt mit dem sozialen Frieden zu spielen, sollte Herr Zimmermann sich für die Einführung der Millionärsteuer, die Finanztransaktionssteuer und die Bekämpfung der Spekulation einsetzen.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/die-kleinen-fuer-die-grossen-bluten-lassen/



18. Mai 2010

Am Sozialen darf nicht gespart werden

Der Sozialverband VdK hat vor Kürzungen im Sozialbereich gewarnt. Dazu erklärt die stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Partei DIE LINKE, Katja Kipping:

Der Sozialverband VdK hat Recht. Am Sozialen darf nicht weiter gespart werden. Wenn wir jetzt am sozialen Frieden sparen, wird uns das später teuer zu stehen kommen.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/am-sozialen-darf-nicht-gespart-werden/

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Die Kluft zwischen arm und reich wächst

(red/pm) "Armut grenzt aus und dies erleben die Kinder auch so in ihrem Alltag", erklärte die Kindheitsforscherin Prof. Dr. Sabine Andresen heute bei der Vorstellung der World Vision Kinderstudie. ... http://bildungsklick.de/a/73665/kinderstudie-die-kluft-zwischen-arm-und-reich-waechst/



Jedes fünfte Kind von Armut bedroht

"Gerade in wirtschaftlich schwierigen Zeiten ist die Familie das stabile Fundament unserer Gesellschaft", betont Bundesfamilienministerin Kristina Schröder anlässlich der Präsentation des zweiten ... http://bildungsklick.de/pm/73656/bundesfamilienministerin-kristina-schroeder-stellt-den-zweiten-familienreport-in-berlin-vor/


Aus: LabourNet, 4. Juni 2010



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„Nur durch eine kurzfristige Abkehr der Wirtschaftspolitik von einer reinen neoliberalen Marktorientierung konnten in Deutschland die Folgen der internationalen Krise abgemildert werden. Die Krisenursachen einer in der Vergangenheit vollzogenen massiven Umverteilung von unten nach oben werden allerdings bis heute weder problematisiert noch sollen sie in Zukunft beseitigt werden - im Gegenteil, die Umverteilungsprofiteure wollen an der verhängnisvollen neoliberalen Wirtschaftspolitik festhalten. Die Arbeitsgruppe Alternative Wirtschaftspolitik fordert dagegen ein massives und tabuloses Umdenken. Es geht um die Zukunftsfähigkeit der Gesellschaft. Notwendig ist eine gerechtete Verteilung des in Summe großen Reichtums in Deutschland und die Redefinition einer aktiven Rolle des Staates. Die zur Krisenbewältigung eingesetzten finanziellen Mittel können ihre volle Wirkung nur entfalten, wenn zugleich der soziale und ökologische Umbau des ins Wanken geratenen Systems in Angriff genommen wird...“ Memorandum 2010 (Kurzfassung) (pdf) http://www2.alternative-wirtschaftspolitik.de/uploads/memo_2010_kurzfassung.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 6. Mai 2010

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6. Mai 2010

Showdown – Steuersenkungspläne lösen sich in Luft auf

"Die Ergebnisse des Arbeitskreis Steuerschätzung zeigen – es gibt keinen finanziellen Handlungsspielraum", so Axel Troost, Mitglied des Parteivorstands der LINKEN zu der heute vorgelegten Prognose. Er erklärt:

In einem letzten Showdown bäumt sich die FDP nochmals auf, muss sich letztendlich aber den aktuellen Zahlen der Steuerschätzung geschlagen geben, spätestens am Wahltag in NRW. Die Steuerschätzung gilt als Höhepunkt im ständigen Steuersenkungsstreit. Aktuell ist mit 38,9 Mrd. Euro weniger Steuereinnahmen bis 2013 zu rechnen als in der letzen Steuerschätzung angenommen. Diese Schätzung offenbart die dramatischen Entwicklungen bei den Steuereinnahmen. Die finanzielle Handlungsfähigkeit des Staates, insbesondere der Kommunen, die schon jetzt nicht mehr wissen, wie sie ihre Aufgaben erfüllen sollen, ist gefährdet. Besorgniserregend ist, dass erst im Jahr 2014 wieder mit einem Steuerniveau von 2008 zu rechnen ist. Auch aus dieser Perspektive ist ein Festhalten an den Steuersenkungsplänen ein Zeichen von Realitätsverlust. Bereits innerhalb der letzten 10 Jahre hat eine massive Steuersenkungspolitik zu starken Einbrüchen bei den Steuereinnahmen geführt, nicht aber zu Wachstum, wie es gerade auch von Seiten der schwarz-gelben Regierung gerne propagiert wird. Nicht nur bei der Mövenpick-Mehrwertsteuersenkung hat die Bundesregierung eindrucksvoll vor Augen geführt, dass sie vor allem Gutverdiener und Vermögende entlastet, wohingegen die Kosten für diese ungleiche Rechnung am Ende sozial schwächere Haushalte zu tragen haben.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/showdown-steuersenkungsplaene-loesen-sich-in-luft-auf/

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Offizielle Steuerschätzung geht bis 2013 von 39 Milliarden Euro Mindereinnahmen aus

Für die FDP heißt es nun, erst einmal vom Mantra weiterer Steuersenkungen Abschied zu nehmen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147559



Wollen die Deutschen zurück zur D-Mark?

Rechenkünstler der FDP halten unverdrossen an geplanten Steuersenkungen trotz Schuldenberg fest.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147587



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Center for a Stateless Society
by Darian Worden

05/04/10

Government’s typical answer to security threats is to respond with bigger bureaucracies (more people to share irresponsibility) and more repressive, stronger-looking enforcement. Organizations that exist because of, and in pursuit of, consensual association are generally more flexible, and do not waste time and cooperative potential trying to become the dominant bureaucracy in the power structure. When a bureaucratic mindset conflates the organization’s power with the safety of people it is assigned to protect, the incentive is to consolidate and expand power, not to work with people outside your tribe for mutual benefit...

http://c4ss.org/content/2383


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Why the Left Has No Answer to the Right-Wing Lie Machine

Ernest Partridge, The Crisis Papers: "What if there were a great debate concerning the nature and future of American society, and only one side showed up? That approximately describes the condition of the US media today."

http://www.truthout.org/why-left-has-no-answer-right-wing-lie-machine59220



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Root for America
by Wayne Allyn Root

05/05/10

Greece’s problem is Europe’s problem … and following closely behind, America’s problem too. We’re all Greeks now. Quite simply, Greece’s problem starts and ends with government employee unions. There are too many government employees (1 in 3 Greek citizens works for government); their salaries are way too high; their bonuses can only be described as insane (2 months for each public employee); their pensions are ridiculous (retirement far too young and free healthcare for life); and their government jobs are guaranteed for life. Sounds crazy, right? Sounds like in Greece the inmates must be running the asylum. Except America has the exact same problem...

http://rootforamerica.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry100505-143902


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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UK budget deficit 'to surpass Greece's as worst in EU'

European commission's spring forecasts put UK budget deficit this year at 12% of GDP - the highest in the European Union and worse than Treasury estimates.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/may/05/uk-budget-deficit-worse-than-greece


From Information Clearing House

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Euro crash a surprise?
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/840.html



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Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

In a press conference yesterday about Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American who allegedly tried to blow up the car bomb in Times Square, Attorney General Eric Holder stated, ‘The reality that there is a constant threat from those who wish to do us harm simply because of our way of life.’ We haven’t yet heard any public statements from Shahzad himself. But my hunch is that the ‘way of life’ that allegedly motivated him has to do with what the U.S. government has been doing to people in the Middle East...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2010-05-05.asp



Glenn Beck gets it right

The Nation
by Robert Scheer

05/05/10

The Times Square car bomb, while certainly capable of inflicting death on scores of innocents and destroying nearby structures, hardly qualifies for WMD designation and indeed would seem to mock our highly warranted concern over such threats. The case is also a reminder that the massive defense budgets for high-tech warfare that have pushed close to a trillion dollars a year since the 9/11 attack are beside the point in countering terrorists who turn firecrackers into bombs. This man was caught because of old-fashioned police work, after officers were alerted initially by a vigilant Times Square T-shirt peddler. And while some Republican politicians, led by Sen. John McCain, attempted to turn this into an occasion for attacking civil liberties and stoking the Miranda rights debate, it is clear that the investigation moved forward in an extremely effective and expeditious manner with full regard for constitutional protections. Credit Glenn Beck of Fox News for breaking with that sort of demagoguery and asserting that the rule of law is basic to our freedom and not just an inconvenient indulgence...

http://www.thenation.com/article/glenn-beck-gets-it-right


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Treatment of Muslims blamed for plot

Set in motion just two months ago, the plan to explode a sports utility vehicle in Times Square was born of Faisal Shahzad's anger about US treatment of Muslims, a law enforcement source has said.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/treatment-of-muslims-blamed-for-plot-20100506-uh32.html



Joe Lieberman bill would strip suspects' citizenship

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) thinks he's found a work-around on the whole Miranda rights debate for U.S. citizens accused of terrorism: Strip their citizenship and ship them to Guantanamo.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/36741.html



Here's how Joe Lieberman's citizenship-stripping bill would work

Two things you should know about this: First, it isn't just some paranoid liberal nightmare. It's actually moving forward.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/05/how_liebermans_citizen-strippi.html



Shahzad on U.S. Travel Security List Since 1999

Would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad appeared on a U.S government travel lookout list - Traveler Enforcement Compliance System (TECS) - between 1999 and 2008 because he brought approximately $80,000 cash or cash instruments into the United States.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20004263-10391695.html



Terror Watch List Counter: A Million Plus

Why are there so many names on the U.S. government's terrorist list?
http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/terror-watch-list-counter-million-plus



Miran-Duhhhhh!

By Matt Taibbi

Memo to those Tea Party activists out there who've been howling about those liberal wusses in the Obama Justice Department who read Faisal Shahzad his Miranda rights: congratulations. You've just opened the door for a major new expansion of government power.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25419.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Our First Line of Defense

Eugene Robinson: "The system worked. Authorities responded to the attempted Times Square bombing about as well as anyone possibly could - proving, once again, that viewing terrorism exclusively in a military context is wrong. It's a police matter, too."

http://www.truthout.org/eugene-robinson-our-first-line-defense59253

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Softening Miranda Rights?
http://act.commondreams.org/go/572?akid=54.124981.GHcpQs&t=14

From Times Square to Jacksonville: When Terrorism Is a Double-Standard
http://act.commondreams.org/go/771?akid=67.124981.ZsknL3&t=32



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ABC News

05/05/10

Government-backed mortgage giant Freddie Mac today asked for $10.6 billion in additional federal aid after reporting a loss of $8 billion in the first three months of this year. To date Freddie Mac has been provided with around $51 billion in government funds. The new aid would bring the total assistance to the lender to over $61 billion...

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By Hadani Ditmars

With $53 billion in 'aid' seemingly evaporated into bloated projects that only served to line the pockets of foreign contractors and local officials, 70 per cent of Iraqis lack potable water, and unemployment hovers near 50 per cent, officially, and much more, unofficially. Today Iraq is ranked the fifth most corrupt country in the world by Transparency International.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25384.htm



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BP: Billionaire Polluter
http://act.commondreams.org/go/500?akid=50.124981.j4hPeS&t=20

Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Polar Bears From Interior Secretary Salazar's Arctic Offshore Drilling Plan

http://act.commondreams.org/go/507?akid=50.124981.j4hPeS&t=34

Clean Up More Than Just the Spill
http://act.commondreams.org/go/518?akid=51.124981._iyc8X&t=18

One Case Against BP, Wall Street, and War
http://act.commondreams.org/go/521?akid=51.124981._iyc8X&t=24

Friends of the Earth Responds to Gulf Oil Spill with TV Ad Taking on Palin, Steele and ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
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WSJ unfazed by catastrophe in Gulf of Mexico
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9576/



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Eine US-Klinik praktiziert "aversive Therapie" mit eigens entwickelten Elektroschockgeräten und anderen Strafmaßnahmen, ein Bericht bezichtigt diese nun der Folter.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32575/1.html



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Die Zocker gewannen beim Griechenlandanleihen-Poker, die Griechen fragen, ob wirklich alle Opfer bringen müssen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32576/1.html



Spanien muss sich gegen Gerüchte wehren, auch ein Rettungspaket zu fordern

Griechenland zieht nun auch Portugals und Spaniens Börsen ebenso wie den Euro nach unten.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/147550



Von Informationsfreiheit noch weit entfernt

Behörden und Ministerien blocken noch gerne Anfragen nach dem Gesetz für Informationsfreiheit ab.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32573/1.html



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Lessons From the Past: Arizona, Immigration and Ethnic Studies

Derek Chang, Truthout: "In a little less than two weeks, my son's fourth-grade class will visit a historic site called the Eight Square Schoolhouse in Dryden, New York. Designed by a local carpenter and built in 1827, it is the only octagonal schoolhouse still standing in New York State. It was used as a school for some 114 years, and the building's significance, I'm told, lies in its shape. Octagonal buildings were thought to be sturdier, possess better ventilation, provide more interior space and allow for the teacher to be the focus of the students' attention to a greater degree."

http://www.truthout.org/lessons-from-past-arizona-immigration-and-ethnic-studies59242



Behind the Immigration Law

Video

Investigative reporter Greg Palast explains why the immigration law in Arizona is intended to prevent Latino voters from reaching the polls.

http://www.truthout.org/greg-palast-behind-immigration-law-video59306

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UN Experts: Arizona Immigration Law Violates Human Rights
http://act.commondreams.org/go/567?akid=54.124981.GHcpQs&t=4

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Powerless in Arizona

The American Prospect
by Gabriel Arana

05/13/10

The story of Hispanics’ political powerlessness in Arizona is partly a story about big demographic trends. Since the 1990s, the state has seen an influx of two groups: white Midwesterners and undocumented workers from Mexico. The swell of Midwestern retirees and families to the Phoenix area follows a pattern of migration from post-industrial cities in the middle of the country to the Sun Belt, where the cost of living is lower and economic opportunities more fruitful. In addition, according to the Department of Homeland Security, the rate of illegal immigration to the state jumped 70 percent between 2000 and 2008. Experts say the influx of the two groups has led to a cultural clash and strengthened the conservative base in Maricopa County, which dominates state politics...

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=powerless_in_arizona


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Outlawing Latinos' Heritage

By Eugene Robinson

Arizona is already facing criticism and boycotts over its "breathing while Latino" law, which in essence requires police to identify and jail undocumented immigrants. Now the state adds insult to that injury.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25445.htm



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Paul Kiel, ProPublica: "Millions of homeowners face losing their homes in the continuing foreclosure crisis, but homeowners often have more than the struggling economy and slumping house prices to worry about: Disorganization within the big banks that service mortgages has made a bad problem worse."

http://www.truthout.org/disorganization-banks-causing-mistaken-foreclosures59183

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Break Up the Banks: By the Numbers
http://act.commondreams.org/go/503?akid=50.124981.j4hPeS&t=26

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Shadow Inventory

A "Lost Decade" Ahead For Housing

By Mike Whitney

"The U.S. government's massive share of the nation's mortgage market grew even larger during the first quarter. Government-related entities backed 96.5% of all home loans during the first quarter, up from 90% in 2009, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25402.htm



Chase's Foreclosure Disgrace

Here's the problem with the Obama Administration's approach to foreclosure prevention: it depends entirely on the banks voluntarily doing the right thing, even when homeowners have held up their end of the bargain to prevent a foreclosure.

http://www.thenation.com/article/chases-foreclosure-disgrace


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Jim Hightower, Truthout: "Citigroup has just announced that its profits for just the first three months of this year totaled an incredible $4.4 billion, Goldman Sachs' haul was $3.5 billion, JPMorgan Chase grabbed $3.3 billion and Bank of America took $3.2 billion."

http://www.truthout.org/wall-street-profits-subsidies-and-lobbyists59172



Rep. Bob Ney After Prison: "Money Is the Problem"

Video

Laura Flanders, GRITtv: "Get the money out of Washington. It's an ongoing refrain now, from the left and even from those in the Tea Party movement. Too much corruption, too little trust. Jack Abramoff, the superstar lobbyist whose spectacular fall brought down then-Majority Leader Tom DeLay, was the very public face of the problem of lobbying when he headed off to jail, and he is the subject of Alex Gibney's newest documentary, 'Casino Jack and the United States of Money.'"

http://www.truthout.org/rep-bob-ney-after-prison-money-problem-video59191



Wall Street's Big Banks Are the Problem

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "Why is the Federal Trade Commission threatening Apple with a possible lawsuit for abusing its economic power, but not even raising an eyebrow about the huge and growing economic (and political) muscle of JP Morgan Chase or any of the other four remaining giant banks on Wall Street?"

http://robertreich.org/post/572112065/apple-isnt-the-problem-wall-streets-big-banks-are

From t r u t h o u t

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Kagan: - Goldman Sachs - Shifting Court to Right?

By Institute for Public Accuracy

"A narrow elite is imposing itself through the legal system, and ordinary Americans need to start asserting themselves."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25412.htm



Obama's Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan Will Move the Court to the Right

During her confirmation hearing for solicitor general, Kagan agreed with Senator Lindsey Graham that the president can hold suspected terrorists indefinitely during wartime, and the entire world is a battlefield.

http://snipurl.com/w5jxu


From Information Clearing House



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Here’s how to defuse it.

Christian Science Monitor
by US Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)

05/04/10

American leaders on the left and right are increasingly acknowledging that unless we take dramatic steps to reduce our deficits and debt, we may face not just another economic crisis but the end of American prosperity and leadership as we know it. No one knows precisely when we will reach this economic tipping point, but I would argue we have no more than five years to put ourselves on a sustainable course. Change on this scale does not happen overnight. The time to start making hard choices is now...

http://tinyurl.com/282hjp7



Shadow banking

The American Prospect
by Nomi Prins

05/04/10

Despite all the noise about financial reform, the shadow banking system that helped create the financial crisis would remain fundamentally unaltered by the legislation now pending in Congress. Indeed, leveraged entities such as private-equity, venture-capital, and hedge funds get only minor regulatory attention. These barely regulated, nontransparent bastions of speculation propagated systemic risks beyond any that could be created by the banks themselves. Whether housed at banks, created by banks, or freestanding, they exist to enable speculative risk-taking hidden from either regulatory or market scrutiny while camouflaging layers of debt and enabling the complex-securitization deals that caused the financial collapse. Yet, neither the House bill passed last December nor the most recent Senate bill submitted by Sen. Chris Dodd does more than impose marginal adjustments on the shadow banking system...

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=shadow_banking


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning

By Chris Hedges

"The vanquished know war. They see through the empty jingoism of those who use the abstract words of glory, honor, and patriotism to mask the cries of the wounded, the senseless killing, war profiteering, and chest-pounding grief."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25375.htm



How the US Helps al-Qaida

By Matthew Harwood

US foreign policy brings terrorism to American shores, costs taxpayers billions of dollars and destroys cherished liberties.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25381.htm



2001 Anthrax Attack

The CIA, Biowarfare and Terrorism

Must listen interview with Professor Francis Boyle

Was the 2001 anthrax attack an attempt to foment a police state?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25373.htm



Christian 'Doctrine' Fueled Dehumanization

By Valerie Taliman

A groundbreaking report examining the roots of Christian domination over indigenous peoples and their lands was released this week at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25378.htm

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Voting for War. Take Your Pick

John Pilger, Truthout: "Staring at the vast military history section in the airport shop, I had a choice: the derring-do of psychopaths or scholarly tomes with their illicit devotion to the cult of organized killing. There was nothing I recognized from reporting war. Nothing on the spectacle of children's limbs hanging in trees and nothing on the burden of s... in your trousers. War is a good read. War is fun. More war please."

http://www.truthout.org/voting-war-take-your-pick59176



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By Jeremy Scahill

Prince painted a global picture in which Iran is "at the absolute dead center... of badness."
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25379.htm



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Don't-Drill-Baby-Don't-Drill
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Environmental Groups: As Gulf of Mexico Spill Worsens, Groups Challenge Shell's Air Permits to Drill in the Arctic

http://act.commondreams.org/go/488?akid=49.124981.Q4cTEe&t=32

Project On Government Oversight: MMS Understated Scale and Impact of Oil Spills in Five-Year Plan

http://act.commondreams.org/go/489?akid=49.124981.Q4cTEe&t=34

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BP warned of rig fault ten years ago

In June 2000, the oil giant issued a "notice of default" to Transocean, the operator of the rig that blew up last month. The dispute was over problems with a blowout preventer, a set of iron slabs that should close out-of-control wells. It failed on the Gulf of Mexico rig, triggering the explosion and oil spill.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article7114087.ece



Matt Simmons: "Theres another leak, much bigger, 5 to 6 miles away

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGAoU1H2gM&feature=youtu.be

From Information Clearing House

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BP’s slick greenwashing

Mother Jones
by James Ridgeway

05/04/10

For the last decade, BP has been busily engaged in a multi-million-dollar greenwashing campaign. Changing its name from British Petroleum to BP, the company adopted a new slogan, ‘Beyond Petroleum,’ and began a ‘rebranding’ effort to depict itself as a public-spirited, environmentally sensitive, green energy enterprise, the very model of 21st century corporate responsibility. It’s going to take more than a name change and a clever ad campaign to erase the image of oil spreading across the Gulf Coast from BP’s offshore rig, and dead wildlife washing up onto beaches...

http://tinyurl.com/28lmjtb


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Oil and gas drilling: dangerous? Or done right?
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/676/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3700

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Slick Operator: The BP I've Known Too Well

Greg Palast, Truthout: "I've seen this movie before. In 1989, I was a fraud investigator hired to dig into the cause of the Exxon Valdez disaster. Despite Exxon's name on that boat, I found the party most to blame for the destruction was ... British Petroleum (BP)."

http://www.truthout.org/slick-operator-the-bp-ive-known-too-well59178



All-Volunteer Wars: Yawn ... How Many Times Have You Seen This Headline?

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com: "After a week away, here's my advice: in news terms, you can afford to take a vacation. When I came back last Sunday, New Orleans was bracing for tough times (again). BP, a drill-baby-drill oil company that made $6.1 billion in the first quarter of this year and lobbied against 'new, stricter safety rules' for offshore drilling, had experienced an offshore disaster for which ordinary Americans are going to pay through the nose (again). News photographers were gearing up for the usual shots of oil-covered wildlife (again)."

http://www.truthout.org/tom-engelhardt-all-volunteer-wars-yawn-how-many-times-have-you-seen-this-headline59190

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The IMF & the Greek Meltdown
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/839.html

Leading Louisiana wetlands scientist fired for speaking the truth
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/854.html



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Another battle of Okinawa

Despite protests, the U.S. insists on going ahead with plans for a new military base on the island.

http://freedomsyndicate.com/fair0000/latimes00184.html


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Urwald im Tank
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/147548



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Energie- und Klimawochenschau: Der Ölteppich ist nicht aufzuhalten. Die European Solar Days zeigen den Weg zu alternativen Energiequellen und beim Elektromobilitäts-Gipfel bestimmen die Kritiker den Ton.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/32/32564/1.html



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Fed Privately Lobbying Against Audit, Documents Show
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/05/04-3

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Bernanke's Biggest Bailout

By Mike Whitney

The right-wing think-tank, the American Enterprise Institute, is helping the Federal Reserve to develop a strategy to transfer $1.25 trillion in toxic mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and non performing loans onto the public's balance sheet.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25380.htm



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Congress, Where 44 Percent Are Millionaires, Freezes Pay

David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers: "Congress, where 44 percent are millionaires, freezes pay. Facing election-year pressure to keep a lid on their salaries, lawmakers in Congress have agreed quietly not to increase their pay next year. As a result, most members of Congress next year will receive $174,000 in 2011 under legislation awaiting President Barack Obama's signature, the same amount they're getting this year."

http://www.truthout.org/congress-where-44-percent-are-millionaires-freezes-pay59144



Fourteen Ways a 90 Percent Top Tax Rate Fixes Our Economy and Our Country

Dave Johnson, Truthout: "A return to Eisenhower-era, 90 percent top tax rates helps fix our economy in several ways: 1) It makes it take longer to end up with a fortune. In fact, it makes people build and earn a fortune instead of shooting for quick windfalls. This forces long-term thinking and planning instead of short-term scheming and scamming. If grabbing everything in sight and running doesn't pay off anymore, you have to change your strategy."

http://www.truthout.org/fourteen-ways-a-90-percent-top-tax-rate-fixes-our-economy-and-our-country59104



The Costs of the Military-Industrial Complex

Rose Aguilar, Your Call: "In 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower gave his now famous farewell speech about the military-industrial complex. He said we must never let the weight of the disastrous rise of misplaced power endanger our liberties or democratic process. He said, 'Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.'"

http://www.truthout.org/the-costs-military-industrial-complex59143



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The Rebirth of Regulation

Robert Reich: "What do oil giant BP, the mining company Massey Energy and Goldman Sachs have in common? They're all big firms involved in massive plunder. BP's oil spill is already one of the biggest and most damaging in American history. Massey's mine disaster, claiming the lives of 29 miners, is one of the worst in recent history. Goldman's alleged fraud is but a part of the largest financial meltdown in 75 years."

http://www.truthout.org/robert-reich-the-rebirth-regulation59146

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Sparks Calls for $10bn Levy on BP and Drilling Ban
http://act.commondreams.org/go/473?akid=49.124981.Q4cTEe&t=2

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The real cause of 'spill' is American addiction to oil
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9572/

Experts predicting catastrophic disaster reaching beyond Gulf of Mexico
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9573/

Loop Current will pick up slick 'sooner rather than later,' oceanographer predicts
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9575/



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