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Robert Naiman, Truthout: ''One thing the Afghan war policy hasn t lost: the GOP leadership. That was demonstrated Wednesday night when the GOP leadership blocked consideration in the House of a bipartisan amendment offered by Jim McGovern (D-Massachusetts) and Walter Jones (R-North Carolina) that would have nailed to the wall the current, slippery 'timetable' for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. There you have it. The reason that the amendment couldn t be allowed to come to a vote was because it could pass.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9241-how-house-gop-leaders-silenced-support-for-amendment-solidifying-afghanistan-withdrawal-timeline

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Congress, Standing Against Public Majority, Votes for More War in Afghanistan
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/18



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Are Americans Catching On, Waking Up, Unplugging?
http://lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts349.html



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While all eyes are focused on Greece (and contagiously Spain), they have forgotten that two far weaker countries still exits and combined have the power to do as much (if not more) damage than Spain. Portugal and Ireland have moved back into the Red-Zone of risk in Europe s credit markets.

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From Information Clearing House



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The Bank of England has warned that as UK lenders are hit by higher borrowing costs families should prepare to pay more as the increase is passed down to consumers.

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Bernie Sanders ''The Truth Is Wall Street Regulates Congress''.

Video
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From Information Clearing House



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The Uprising Has Begun

By John Nichols

There s a dawning recognition that it is neither morally nor fiscally prudent to sacrifice human needs in order to pay for wars-or to redistribute more of the wealth upward.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31367.htm



The Politics of Language and the Language of Political Regression

By James Petras

The capitalist class has cultivated a crop of economists and journalists who peddle brutal policies in bland, evasive and deceptive language in order to neutralize popular opposition.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31373.htm



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By Jose Luis Magaua

An attempt to strike down any provisions allowing for the US military to indefinitely detain American citizens without charge from next year s National Defense Authorization Act was shot down Friday morning in the House of Representatives.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31370.htm



Indefinite Imprisonment Without Charge Or Trial

The Case Against 'Indefinite Detention'

By Rep. Adam Smith and Rep. Justin Amash

The federal government now has the power to detain indefinitely any person-including U.S. citizens-arrested on U.S. soil, indefinitely, without charging them with a crime or proving their guilt.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31359.htm



House GOP Kills Proposal to Block Indefinite Detention of US Citizens

By Adam Serwer

At least it s on the record: Most House Republicans support the indefinite detention without trial of American citizens.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31363.htm



The Shameful Index of Prison Rape

By Amy Fettig and Jennifer Wedekind

Number of people imprisoned in the United States: 2.3 million. Number of victims of rape or sexual abuse in U.S. prison, jails and juvenile detention facilities in the past year according to the Justice Department: 216,600.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31371.htm

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US Congress Endorses 'Indefinite Detention' Policy
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/18-2



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By Reuters

''At some point such actions which undermine state sovereignty may lead to a full-scale regional war, even, although I do not want to frighten anyone, with the use of nuclear weapons,'' Medvedev said. ''Everyone should bear this in mind.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31362.htm



Joseph Lieberman Says US To Topple Syrian Regime

In an article the Washington Post published on Friday, the US Senator Joseph Liebrman wrote that the [Syrian President Bashar] al-Assad regime should be toppled by any means possible, be it foreign intervention or even ''airstrikes''.

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Goldman-Anwälte machen versehentlich peinliche Dokumente zugänglich.
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/36/36957/1.html



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Der Sozialist Hollande setzt mit der 30prozentigen Kürzung ebenso ein Zeichen wie die konservative Kanzlerin mit der 5,7prozentigen Erhöhung.

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Drone filmmaker denied visa

A Pakistani student is unable to accept his film festival award because he is denied the right to enter the U.S.

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/18/drone_filmmaker_denied_visa/


From Information Clearing House



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Cenciotti has described in unprecedented detail the powerful aerial force helping wage Washington's hush-hush campaign of air strikes, naval bombardments and commando raids along the western edge of the Indian Ocean.

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US to Assign Army Brigade to Africa for Training

Army leaders say a combat brigade will be assigned to the Pentagons Africa Command next year in a pilot program that will send small teams of soldiers to countries around the continent to do training and participate in military exercises.

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US Military Option for Iran is 'Ready': American Ambassador

By Michal Shmulovich and Greg Tepper

The United States has completed its planning for a military strike on Iran, the US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro said in remarks at a closed conference in Tel Aviv.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31350.htm

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US Iran Hawks in Congress in Some Disarray
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/18-0

Israel and the Neocons Mounting Pre-Emptive Strike on History
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/18



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On the unconstitutional spy drone above your backyard.
http://lewrockwell.com/napolitano/napolitano54.1.html



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''Reihenweise sind in der EU Regierungen abgewählt worden, weil sie ihren Völkern rigide »Sparprogramme« verordnet haben, mit denen die Staaten ihre Kreditwürdigkeit wiedergewinnen wollen. Die betroffenen Länder scheinen Opfer des Finanzkapitals zu sein, das ihr Rating herabstuft, ihnen untragbare Zinsen abknöpft oder ihnen den Geldhahn völlig zudreht, indem es ihnen neue Anleihen und die Refinanzierung der fälligen Schulden verweigert. Als Heilmittel predigen Ökonomen, Gewerkschaften und immer mehr Politiker aller Couleur neue Schulden, also genau das, wovon viele Euro-Staaten mehr haben, als sie bedienen können. Sparen, so die Kritik, läßt die kriselnde Wirtschaft weiter schrumpfen. Staatliche Wachstumsprogramme müßten her, von einem neuen Marshall-Plan ist sogar die Rede, z.B. im Mai-Aufruf des DGB…'' Artikel von Theo Wentzke, zuerst erschienen in der jungen Welt vom 14.05.2012 http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/eu/wipo/krise_wentzke.html


EU-27: Die Schulden-Union. Schuldenberge... und Zinslawinen. Kehrseite der Schulden: Vermögen

Artikel von Fred Schmid (isw) vom 9. Mai 2012 (pdf) http://www.isw-muenchen.de/download/schulden-union-fs-20120509.pdf


Paul Krugman: Handbuch der Euro-Rettung

''Schluss mit der Depression! In seinem neuen Buch ''Vergesst die Krise!'' liest der Wirtschaftsnobelpreisträger Paul Krugman den politischen Eliten die Leviten…'' Artikel von Robert Misik in der FR online vom 12.5.2012 http://www.fr-online.de/literatur/paul-krugman-handbuch-der-euro-rettung,1472266,15224432.html


Bankwesen und Banksterben

JP Morgan beweist jetzt, wie notwenig Regulierung ist

Wie die Bank JP Morgan mit "Ungeheuerlichen Fehlern" der Politik einer Regulierung der Banken direkt in die Hände spielt. Kommentierte Presseschau von Volker Bahl vom 14.5.2012
http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/wipo/finanz/jpmorgan.html


Ökonomisch unsinnig und sozial verantwortungslos: Der Fiskalpakt ruiniert Europa

''Die strengen Schuldenregeln des Fiskalpakts bekämpfen nicht die Ursache der Krise, denn sie ist nicht durch laxe Haushaltspolitik entstanden. Erst die Bankenrettung machte aus privaten Schulden im Handumdrehen öffentliche Schulden. Bedingungsloses Sparen trifft die Schwachen, die beste Schuldenbremse bleibt eine höhere Besteuerung großer Einkommen…'' Ein Gastbeitrag von Dierk Hirschel in Süddeutsche Zeitung online vom 15.05.2012 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/oekonomisch-unsinnig-und-sozial-verantwortungslos-der-fiskalpakt-ruiniert-europa-1.1354338


Stoppt die neoliberale Krisenpolitik, enteignet die Krisengewinner!

''Wir erleben die tiefste Krise des Kapitalismus seit der großen Weltwirtschaftskrise der 1930er Jahre und die europäischen Regierungen gießen ständig weiteres Öl ins Feuer! Einige Regierungen haben eine solidarische Lösung der Krise in Europa von Anfang an verhindert und sind maßgeblich für ihre Verschärfung verantwortlich. Besonders trifft dies auf die deutsche Regierung zu…'' Appell gegen neoliberale Krisenpolitik europäischer Wissenschaftler http://www.stop-neoliberal-crises-politics.org/index.php?id=11309


Protest gegen Fiskalpakt in Europa zeigt Wirkung. Attac fordert Abbruch der Ratifizierung in Deutschland

''Angesichts der ersten Verschiebung der Abstimmung über den Fiskalpakt im Bundestag, fordert das globalisierungskritische Netzwerk Attac einen Abbruch des Ratifizierungsverfahrens des Fiskalpakts in Bundestag und Bundesrat. Attac kritisiert den Fiskalpakt als anti-demokratisch und seine Folgen als unsozial…'' Pressemitteilung von Attac Deutschland vom 10. Mai 2012 http://www.attac.de/aktuell/presse/detailansicht/datum/2012/05/10/protest-gegen-fiskalpakt-in-europa-zeigt-wirkung/?cHash=37c85985560cedebd9c9c07bb8d34bc3


Aus: LabourNet, 16. Mai 2012



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Reason
by Brian Doherty

05/15/12

A year ago, Paul was the presumed least-likely-to-succeed candidate in the GOP field. His radical libertarian bent and his fervent opposition to the GOP s standard foreign policy positions made him seem anathema to the party s primary base. ... Now, Paul is still the last man standing in opposition to Romney and far from fading, his fortunes both within the party and within the culture are rising...

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The GOP s dead-end path to prosperity

In These Times
by David Moberg

05/15/12

Mitt Romney may rue the day he called Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan s budget proposal 'marvelous,' as if he were describing a splendid buffet at the mansion of a friend. The plan from the influential, youthful Republican chair of the House budget committee does offer people like Mitt and his rich buddies tasty goodies, $10 trillion in preserved and fresh millionaire-friendly tax cuts (over a decade), to be followed later with rollbacks in financial, environmental and every other regulation...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Romney Has Public and Private Morality Upside Down

Robert Reich, Robert Reich s Blog: ''[Romney has] private and public morality upside down. He doesn t want to regulate where regulation is necessary, at the highest reaches of the economy, where public immorality has cost us dearly, and will cost even more unless boardroom behavior is constrained. Yet he wants to regulate where regulation is least appropriate, at the level of the individual, in bedrooms and other intimate spaces, where private morality should govern.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/9165-romney-has-public-and-private-morality-upside-down

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Romney oversimplifies debt 'inferno'

A look at some of Romney s assertions and how they compare with the facts
http://yhoo.it/Lc4kHI


From Information Clearing House

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Associated Press Calls Out Romney s Lies in 'Prairie Fire' Speech
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/16-3

Fox News Helps Raise Money for Romney with Fake Scandal
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/05/16

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The Death of the Republican Party
http://lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan239.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/15



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Der Seitenwechsel, auch Drehtür-Effekt (Revolving door) genannt, ist ein häufig auftretendes und typisches Phänomen in der Welt des Lobbyismus: Politiker oder hochrangige Mitarbeiter von Ministerien wechseln aus ihrem Amt oder Mandat zu Unternehmen oder Interessenverbänden, und übernehmen dort lukrative Lobbytätigkeiten. Das lobbykritische Online-Lexikon Lobbypedia hat nun eine aktualisierte Liste ehemaliger deutscher Politiker veröffentlicht.

http://www.lobbycontrol.de/blog/index.php?p=10535



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U.S. Army Wants To Give War Robots More Power To 'Make Their Own Decisions'
http://lewrockwell.com/spl4/war-robots-more-power.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/05/14-0

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California, the ninth largest economy in the world, resorts to austerity

California, America's 'golden state', is slashing spending to avoid a Greek-style default.

http://ind.pn/JL8fHK


From Information Clearing House



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Chris Hedges, Truthdig: ''This is why the Occupy movement frightens the corporate elite. What fosters revolution is not misery, but the gap between what people expect from their lives and what is offered. This is especially acute among the educated and the talented. They feel, with much justification, that they have been denied what they deserve. They set out to rectify this injustice. And the longer the injustice festers, the more radical they become.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/9112-why-the-occupy-movement-frightens-the-corporate-elite



New Documents Confirm Koch Was on NRA-Led Crime Task Force

Lisa Graves, Center for Media and Democracy: ''It turns out that Koch was a member of that ALEC task force in recent years, and that it was on the task force when the NRA was the private sector co-chair. Moreover, Koch Industries had not one but two employees who were listed as 'members' present for ALECs 'Public Safety and Elections' Task Force at the last annual task force summit.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9126-new-documents-confirm-koch-was-on-nra-led-alec-crime-task-force



Uncovering the Other ALECs

Sarah Blaskey and Steve Horn, Truthout: ''ALEC has been described as a 'corporate bill mill.' ALEC, though, is not the only 'corporate bill mill' playing this game. 'Taxpayer-subsidized stealth lobbyists' have upped the ante and skillfully advanced their agendas through bipartisan 'trade associations' for state government officials - in particular, the Council of State Governments (CSG) whose multimillion-dollar budget is mostly funded by taxpayers. Through CSG and Friends, lobbyists exploit a well-tethered network of nonprofits representing state-level officials to advance the agenda of their corporate clientele.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9033-subverting-the-statehouse-uncovering-the-other-alecs

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Wall Street Waging 'Guerrilla War' on Financial Regulations
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/14-2

Pompous Prevaricators of Power
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/16-11

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Homeland Security Files Show Feds Central to Occupy Crackdown

The new documents, only scratch the surface of a mass intelligence network including Fusion Centers, saturated with 'anti-terrorism' funding, that mobilizes thousands of local and federal officers and agents to investigate and monitor the social justice movement."

http://bit.ly/JCtOe9



Occupy Directory: Trying to find a local occupation?

The Occupation Directory is a public listing of all known Occupation sites built by and for the #Occupy movement.

http://directory.occupy.net/


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=elite
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ralph+Nader

By Tom Engelhardt

We have turned much of the rest of the planet into what can only be considered an American free-fire zone.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31312.htm



The dumbing down of America will accelerate

By Linh Dinh

The dumbing down of America will only accelerate as this cornered and bankrupt country becomes ever more vicious to its citizens and foreigners alike.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31318.htm



Colonized by Corporations

By Chris Hedges

In Robert E. Gamer s book ''The Developing Nations'' is a chapter called ''Why Men Do Not Revolt.'' In it Gamer notes that although the oppressed often do revolt, the object of their hostility is misplaced. They vent their fury on a political puppet, someone who masks colonial power, a despised racial or ethnic group or an apostate within their own political class.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31320.htm



Five Facts That Put America to Shame

By Paul Buchheit

The golden door on the Statue of Liberty seems to have an invisible hand holding it shut.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31321.htm



The National Security State Wins (Again)

By William J. Astore

That candidate is guaranteed to be the one clear winner of election 2012: the US military and our ever-surging national security state.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31329.htm



Desperate Times Demand Revolutionary Measures

By Peter Phillips

Do we understand that habeas corpus is no longer a legal protection in the US or that the US president can torture and kill American citizens, let along anyone in the world?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31335.htm

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Five Reasons Drone Assassinations Are Illegal
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/15-1

Can one do good by doing bad?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/16-1

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Krauthammer On Drones Flying In US: ''Stop It Here, Stop It Now''
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/10599.html

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Torture and the innocent

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

05/17/12

One of the main arguments made by pro-torture Americans is that the information acquired by torture can lead to important information that can save the lives of innocent people. Their argument is a classic example of the old maxim, 'The end justifies the means.' But even if we were to accept that utilitarian argument for torture, doesn t it necessarily involve an important assumption?

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2012-05-17.asp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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