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CounterPunch
by Andy Worthington

08/17/09

[H]istory is repeating itself at the U.S. prison in Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. The difference, however, is that at Bagram the clock has stopped before any painful details of incompetence have been released, leaving lawyers and other observers still groping in the dark...

http://counterpunch.org/worthington08172009.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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"Now Make Me Do It"

By Ralph Nader

Never much of a fighter against abusive corporate power, Barack Obama is making it increasingly clear that right from his start as President, he wanted health insurance reform that received the approval of the giant drug and health insurance industries.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23284.htm



Is Obama Just Another Politician?

By Cenk Uygur

Is Obama a Linconesque compromiser or is he just another politician who will sell out any principle just to get re-elected?:

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23283.htm



Obama Is A Fake

By John Pilger

John Pilger Says That Obama Is A Corporate Marketing Creation.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23281.htm



Bill O'Reilly Interviews British MP George Galloway

Video

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http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23279.htm

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The limits of likeability
The American Prospect
by Robert B. Reich

08/17/09

My friend Sally … voted for Obama and still likes him, but she’s increasingly upset about his policies. ‘He’s giving away the store,’ she complains, pointing to his penchant for compromise. ‘He gave Wall Street $600 billion in bailouts and doesn’t even want to regulate it, gave big polluters 85 percent of the cap-and-trade permits, and has promised the American Medical Association, Big Pharma, and private insurers whatever they want in return for their support of universal health care.’ Sally says she voted for Obama because he promised to change American politics, but she thinks corporate interests are more powerful than ever...

http://tinyurl.com/qbx7bc


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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By Sherwood Ross

The big losers are the American taxpayers who are bleeding income, jobs, and quality of life, not just sacrificing family members, on behalf of a runaway war machine.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23287.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/08/17-4



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Der Anteil der reichsten 10 Prozent der Amerikaner am Gesamteinkommen ist auf fast 50 Prozent angestiegen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/30/30934/1.html



Chicago hat sich einen freien Tag verordnet

Aufgrund von Sparmaßnahmen werden die städtischen Angestellten in unbezahlten Urlaub geschickt.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/143584

http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl/consumers-not-feeling-recovery.html



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SAM PIZZIGATI

In 2007, the year before the Great Recession began, America's awesomely affluent partied - as never before. The evidence? We look at the year's freshly crunched income numbers.

http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2009083316/sticky-fingers-super-rich-set-new-greed-grab-record



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In den USA ist nun erneut eine Großbank mit einer Bilanzsumme von 25 Milliarden Dollar geschlossen worden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/143570