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Drowning in dollars
CounterPunch by Winslow Wheeler 05/07/08 It is now conventional wisdom to say that the Pentagon budget is higher in “real” dollars[1] than at any point since the end of World War II. The $635 billion... ...
Will taxpayers be on the hook for subprime crisis?
Christian Science Monitor 05/08/08 With a nationwide housing crisis far from over, the risk of future mortgage losses is rapidly shifting from the private sector toward government — and potentially US... ...
Whitewashing Toxic Chemicals (Same for EMF/EMR)
This book will shock anyone who still believes that 'science' and 'integrity' are soulmates. Worth a letter to the editor of Newsweek and the author of this article .... especially since she is a woman... ...
Pentagon Backs Plan to Build US "Zone of Influence" in Baghdad
Satyam Khanna, of ThinkProgress.org, reports: "The White House has repeatedly insisted that the United States has 'no desire for permanent bases' in Iraq. Nevertheless, the Bush administration is seeking... ...
Multinationals make billions in profit out of growing global food crisis
http://www.independent.co. uk/environment/green-livin g/multinationals-make-bill ions-in-profit-out-of-grow ing-global-food-crisis-820 855.html Informant: Teresa Binstock https://freepag e.twoday.net/search?q=food +crisis http://freepage.tw oday.net/search?q=Geoffrey +Lean ...
The Pentagon's $1 Trillion Problem
The Defense Department has spent billions to fix its antiquated financial systems. So why does the Pentagon still have no idea where its money goes? http://tinyurl.com/ 3jnxf4 From Information Clearing... ...
Dawn of an Energy Famine
Jeremy Leggett, for The Guardian UK, reports, "This week the shape of the global energy crisis came into its sharpest focus yet. The world needs renewable energy fast, but as BP and Shell announced record... ...
Bush details $70 billion war request for 2009
President's request raises war, terror bill to $875 billion http://www.msnbc.m sn.com/id/24428337/ From Information Clearing House -------- Bush's $70 Billion War Funding Request for 2009 Andrew Taylor... ...
Will Cheney Attack Asia? That is how aggression against Iran will be seen
http://www.lewrockwell.com /engelhardt/engelhardt332. html -------- The Iranian Chessboard Pepe Escobar writes for TomDispatch.com about the perspective from Iran as this week the US floats a second... ...
The fourth pillar of the “new” economy: “Spend all you can”
Acton Institute by Jordan Ballor 04/30/08 In early February President Bush signed into law a $150 billion dollar package of tax rebates touted as a ’stimulus’ for the flagging national economy. The purpose... ...