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Hypocritical posturing by Obama over AIG bonuses
OpenMarket.org by Hans Bader In response to public outrage, Obama is belatedly criticizing the millions of dollars in bonuses that AIG, which is being bailed by taxpayers at a cost of $170 billion, is... ...
Outrage against AIG set to mount
Outrage against American International Group (AIG) is set to grow after the ailing insurance giant said that more than half the taxpayer bailout money it has received has been paid to investment firm Goldman... ...
45 percent of world's wealth destroyed
Blackstone CEO "Between 40 and 45 percent of the world's wealth has been destroyed in little less than a year and a half," Schwarzman told an audience at the Japan Society. "This is absolutely unprecedented... ...
Prisoners Tortured to Death - Terrorist threat “exploited to curb civil liberties”
By Stephen C. Webster The American Civil Liberties Union has released previously classified excerpts of a government report on harsh interrogation techniques used in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo... ...
Afghans threaten troops over civilian deaths
MSNBC 01/31/09 An angry Afghan man with a thick black beard ranted wildly at the U.S. officials, shouting about how their overnight raid had killed 16 civilians in his village. An Afghan elder cried... ...
Iraq to Deny New License to Blackwater Security Firm
Ernesto Londono and Qais Mizher, The Washington Post: "The Iraqi government has informed the US Embassy in Baghdad that it will not issue a new operating license to Blackwater Worldwide, the embassy's... ...
King’s Message of Nonviolence Should Not Be Overlooked
Common Dreams by Robert E. Griffin 01/18/09 The media fixate on only a part of King’s dream. In the final years of his life, King moved from concentrating on civil rights for blacks to other issues he... ...
“The first hundred days”: new tyranny in a once-free union
The Price of Liberty by Nathan A. Barton 12/15/08 On Tuesday, 20 January 2008, the first black man elected to the Presidency of these United States will take the oath of office. It should be a day of... ...
Stop the Death Sentence for Prairie Dogs, Ferrets
Wildlife-friendly ranchers like Larry and Bette Haverfield have worked hard to preserve the American grasslands that they own and lease. That’s why they volunteered their land for the reintroduction of... ...
How Many Americans Died Because of Bush's Torture Program?
By Scott Horton According to a special operations intelligence officer, the answer is a number north of three thousand-not counting the tens of thousands maimed or seriously wounded, the destruction... ...