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Jason Leopold, Truthout: "Democratic lawmakers said Tuesday that the CIA misled and/or lied to Congress at least five times since 2001 about it's intelligence programs, including one previously alleged instance in which the agency failed to disclose to top members of the House and Senate intelligence committees that the CIA tortured war on terror detainees."

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Agence France-Presse

10/27/09

Thousands of protesters chanted ‘the banks got bailed out we got sold out’ as they marched through the streets of Chicago on their way to a meeting of US bankers Tuesday. Carrying signs proclaiming ‘Hold Wall Street accountable’ and ‘Foreclosures ruin communities,’ they demanded an end to massive bonuses for the bankers who they say helped bring on the financial crisis and credit crunch which dragged the United States into the deepest recession since the Great Depression. Organized by a coalition of union and community organizations, the protesters called on the bankers to stop lobbying against financial reform and to invest the trillions they received in government bailouts to stem the tide of foreclosures and invest in businesses which will help kickstart the economy...

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Fed up

Reason
by Brian Doherty

For the first time in [US Representative Ron] Paul’s long career of tilting at Alan Greenspan’s windmills, popular sentiment against the Federal Reserve has its chairman, currently Ben Bernanke, running scared. Last summer Bernanke launched an unprecedented public relations campaign, explaining himself in venues from 60 Minutes to town-hall-style meetings broadcast on PBS. In July testimony to the House Committee on Financial Services, Bernanke warned that H.R. 1207 would damage global trust in the Fed’s political independence and ‘could raise fears about future inflation, leading to higher long-term interest rates and reduced economic and financial stability.’ Paul, after shepherding his idea from fringe to mainstream, is almost giddy. ‘Now the Federal Reserve is less popular than the IRS!’ the congressman told a July gathering of Young Americans for Liberty in Washington, D.C. ‘This issue is never going to go away. Who would have thought a politician could talk about Austrian economics and get applause?’ (for publication 11/09)

http://reason.com/archives/2009/10/27/fed-up



Anything less than full disclosure is unacceptable

Campaign For Liberty
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

10/27/09

Last week a new bill was introduced in the Senate to audit the Federal Reserve. Some backers of my bill HR1207 and the existing Senate companion bill S.604 were a little miffed at this, but depending on how you think about it, this new legislation poses no great threat to our efforts. With the economy in shambles, people are looking for answers — not just because of lost savings on Wall Street, but because of lost houses on Main Street. Because of the many problems we face, the Federal Reserve and its powers over the economy have come under scrutiny...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=302


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Thousands March in 3-Day Showdown with Banking Industry
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/10/28-6



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UK financial system 'not able to support recovery'

Britain's financial sector is not equipped to support recovery when it comes and could trigger a double-dip recession if not fixed, the newest recruit to the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) warned yesterday.

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Dollar Will Eventually Go to Value of Zero

Marc Faber

Video
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Roubini Says Carry Trades Fueling 'Huge' Asset Bubble

Investors worldwide are borrowing dollars to buy assets including equities and commodities, fueling "huge" bubbles that may spark another financial crisis, said New York University professor Nouriel Roubini.

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



U.S. bank chargeoff rate exceeds Depression: Moody's

The rate of loan charge-offs by major U.S. banks has exceeded those seen in the early years of the Great Depression as the credit crisis continues to take a toll, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSTRE59P3LM20091026



Worsening job picture fuels slide in confidence

Consumer confidence slides in October as more Americans worry about jobs and salaries.
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Consumer confidence slips unexpectedly

Americans' confidence about the U.S. economy fell unexpectedly in October as job prospects remained bleak, a private research group said Tuesday, fueling speculation that an already gloomy holiday shopping forecast could worsen.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33490296/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/



Excess Hormone-Grown Meat? Don't Worry, the Kids Will Eat It

It's really no secret: the role of the USDA's Food Distribution Programs (FDPs) since the Great Depression has been to get rid of surplus agricultural commodities by passing them on to those who need nutritional foods the most.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19452.cfm


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The government also wants its evidence kept secret from defence lawyers.
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Rhetoric and Reality

By Ralph Nader

I just received a letter from President Obama. Right there on the outside envelope are the words "I need you." After not answering several letters which I have mailed and faxed to him, I was, for the briefest of moments, curious about this personal plea for help.

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Empire of Illusion: The Cult of Self

By Chris Hedges

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By Mike Whitney

October 29, marks the 80th anniversary of the Stock Market Crash of 1929, the event which most historians point to as the beginning of the Great Depression. On Black Tuesday, traders dumped 16 million shares in one day sending the markets into freefall. In the months that followed, stocks rallied--sometimes for long periods at a time--but the underlying economy continued to deteriorate as consumers curtailed spending and cut back sharply on credit.

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by Erica Carle

There is nothing new about the idea of managing others, or even of controlling the whole world. That has been the goal of social philosophers for thousands of years. However, we need not go back over ancient history. We are concerned primarily with what has been going on in our own generations. This we can understand quite well if we confine ourselves to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries......

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Pentagon resumes experimental vaccine testing on US troops
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Political Class Dismissed
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END: CIV

Interviews include Ward Churchill, John Zerzan, Lierre Keith and Dr. Michael Becker.

Video

"If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air, and contaminated the food supply, would you resist?"

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