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Because the other politicians make the wrong call
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The U.S. economy is running on artificial wealth that has been manufactured by the Federal Reserve and swallowed by gullible consumers chasing that pot of gold at the end of the easy money rainbow. Is the only way out of this financial mess for the Feds to steal yet more money from the American people [...]

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Al Gore learns how to avoid abortion questions, George Bush talks to Larry King about Halcyon — all presuming they’re off camera. Composed of 100% unauthorized satellite footage, Spin is a surreal expose of media-constructed reality.
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The neo-cons in the White House and the Pentagon outsmarted themselves. They failed even to address the problem of how to finance their schemes of imperialist wars and global domination. As a result, going into 2008, the US finds itself in the anomalous position of being unable to pay for its own elevated living standards [...]

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The people of Palestine have done it again, taking their own fate in their hands after being let down by their own “moderate” political leadership and, indeed, the entire international community in their struggle for freedom. They simply blew up the wall separating Gaza from Egypt, breaking a siege imposed on them …
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In a scathing critique of the war in Afghanistan, John Pilger argues that the tactical victory in Afghanistan in 2001 has become a strategic disaster in South Asia.
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In central Jerusalem two opposing camps of protesters are separated by a few metres of tarmac - but they couldn’t be further apart. An interesting commentary in The Guardian by Seth Freedman
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“The killing of innocent civilians is policy,” veteran Mike Blake said. “It’s unit policy and it’s Army policy. It’s not official policy, but it’s what’s happens on the ground everyday. It’s what unit commanders individually encourage.” “These decisions are coming from the top down,” veteran Matt Howard said.
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For over a year, the “Life Takes Visa” campaign has targeted a variety of audiences in order to castigate the cash-o-philes among us. Why? Visa says cash and checks represent a $21 trillion opportunity for itself, and for other card companies able to convince customers that charging is preferable to handing over actual dollars and [...]

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Another grim manifestation of the sociopathy behind these antigentile front groups is their monitoring of news sites for anything having to do even remotely with Israel. By getting in the first few comments, which read like Jewish Holocaust-denying antisemitic rants, they delegitimize all discussion of Israel by anyone else. Truly deceitful.
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