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Bush Plans To Monitor Internet Data
According to the Wall Street Journal, the White House is proposing a six billion dollar secretive system that would monitor Internet traffic and collect personal data. http://tinyurl.com/ 2ezugv From... ...
Waxman Wants Contract Fraud Documents
Lara Jakes Jordan, writing for The Associated Press, reports, "House Democrats demanded documents Thursday about a multibillion-dollar overseas contracting loophole to track down how - and why - the Bush... ...
US economist calls financial crisis worst since 1930s
Dollars tough to sell The U.S. dollar's value is dropping so fast against the euro that small currency outlets in Amsterdam are turning away tourists seeking to sell their dollars for local money while... ...
'We Live in a Nightmare, Death and Carnage is Everywhere'
By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Baghdad "We came, his friends, me and Hassan and Hadi, and washed him and put him in a shroud. You know I am too emotional I cry very quickly. For six months I didn't talk to... ...
An Election Without Meaning
By Peter Phillips Will November 2008 bring a meaningful change to America? Will getting rid of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney without impeachment or indictment really make a difference? Will a 600... ...
A financial crisis unmatched since the Great Depression
Putin calls for rouble vigilance as dollar plummets Russian President Vladimir Putin urged his government and Central Bank on Monday to keep a close eye on rouble appreciation as the dollar continues... ...
The dollar is dead, long live gold!
from Reason to Freedom by Peter Namtvedt 03/14/08 The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States announced today before the opening of the stock market that it would create an exchange whereby bundles... ...
Bear Stearns Fire-sale sends Global Markets Plunging, Dollar Routed
By Mike Whitney Bear's travails are just the beginning of Wall Street's woes. Now there's talk of Lehman Brothers going under. According to the Wall Street Journal. http://www.infor mationclearinghouse.info/a rticle19552.htm -------- The... ...
The economic consequences of Iraq run even deeper
The Wages of Peace Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier write for The Nation: "The economic consequences of Iraq run even deeper than the squandered opportunities for vital public investments. Spending... ...
Another year, another $300 billion
Boston Globe by Linda Bilmes 03/16/08 The sixth year of the Iraq war begins this week. The war is now the second-longest in US history — longer than any except Vietnam. So far, 1.6 million US troops... ...