World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/30-1

A New Year's Resolution for the Rich
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/30

Economic Prediction for 2011: Profits for Wall St, More Pain for Main St
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/30-6

Wall Street's Ten Biggest Lies for 2010
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/30-0

Corporate America is Robbing American Workers
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/30-5

Most Minimum Wage Earners Can't Afford Necessities of Life
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/12/31-0

The Media's Failure to Challenge Corporate Spin and Lies
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/31-5

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New Year's Prediction II

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "What will happen to the US economy in 2011? If you're referring to profits of big corporations and Wall Street, next year is likely to be a good one. But if you're referring to average American workers, far from good. The two American economies - the Big Money economy and the Average Working Family economy - will continue to diverge. Corporate profits will continue to rise, as will the stock market. But typical wages will go nowhere, joblessness will remain high, the ranks of the long-term unemployed will continue to rise, the housing recovery will remain stalled, and consumer confidence will sag."

http://www.truth-out.org/robert-reich-new-years-prediction-ii-the-us-economy-201166402

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Congressman John Hall Warns Against Creeping Fascism

In a wide-ranging interview before he prepares to leave the House of Representatives, Hudson Valley Congressman John Hall warned that the nation could quickly descend into Fascism if more is not done to curb the influence of corporate money in politics.

http://bit.ly/fjadKO


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/12/30-4

Tax Cuts Move US Closer to Fiscal Crisis
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/12/30-7



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False foreclosures and the free market

Foundation for Economic Education Foundation for Economic Education
by William L. Anderson

12/29/10

We can understand how governments will do these things, even if that understanding is based on a very dark view of government, but we have to remember that financial institutions in this country basically have become yet another arm of the State. Along with the billions in bailout money came new regulations and more government 'oversight' that in effect has turned the banks and financial houses into de facto government bureaucracies...

http://tinyurl.com/27kj599



Does nullification lead to anarchy?

Campaign For Liberty Campaign For Liberty
by Steve Palmer

12/29/10

One of the most common arguments against nullification has to do with anarchy and the rule of law. The horrified central planner exclaims, 'Nullification! We can't have that in a lawful society. That would lead to anarchy!' The nullifier then responds, 'No. You're confused. Anarchy is when the central government usurps a power not granted by the Constitution. Nullification is how we restore order' ...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=1263



The struggle: A Passion for Liberty

by Tibor R. Machan

12/29/10

Here is some good news: The march of liberty has so far proven to be generally unstoppable...

http://tibormachan.rationalreview.com/2010/12/column-on-the-struggle/



A tithe for Uncle Sam

Acton Institute
by John Addison Teevan

12/29/10

Political leaders talk as if the money Americans keep (not paid in taxes) belongs to the government and that our keeping money they could tax is an actual cost to them. This kind of distorted thinking has led us into the fiscal irresponsibility that threatens to destroy our country...

http://www.acton.org/pub/commentary/2010/12/29/tithe-uncle-sam


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Nullification in 2011
http://www.lewrockwell.com/caruba/caruba21.1.html



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Compared to the rest of the world, American workers are extremely expensive, and the government keeps passing more rules and regulations seemingly on a monthly basis that makes it even more difficult to conduct business in the United States.

http://read.bi/f8EIgO


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=middle+class
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"These officials are spies for the US in their countries," Assange told Al Jazeera Arabic channel in an interview yesterday.

http://bit.ly/fYS2ID



Terrorist watch list: One tip now enough to put name in database, officials say

Senior counterterrorism officials say they have altered their criteria so that a single-source tip, as long as it is deemed credible, can lead to a name being placed on the watch list.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/29/AR2010122901584.html


From Information Clearing House



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The British armed forces are drawing up contingency plans to evacuate hundreds of thousands of British residents and tourists from Dubai and other Gulf cities in the event of war with Iran.

http://bit.ly/eaHW2C


From Information Clearing House



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The US troops will leave Iraq by 2011, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said and ruled out the possibility of extension of their stay any more as Iraq's own forces were capable of confronting remaining threats to the country.

http://bit.ly/gt3HKe


From Information Clearing House



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One large part of the problem is that the United States is not demanding accountability for outgoing funds from U.S. companies which have little incentive to fully disclose where the U.S. money is going.

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-cant-account-for-billions-spent-in-afghanistan-2010-12


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
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By Press TV

Next to the housing crisis, some economists say cities declaring bankruptcy is the biggest threat to the U.S. economy in 2011 More than 100 cities could go bust in the new year derailing the economy in America.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27147.htm



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By Yvonne Ridley

Instead of sticking her nose in to other countries' judicial processes, perhaps the US Secretary of State would care to look into her own backyard and tell us why one of her soldiers was given a mere nine month sentence earlier this month after shooting unarmed civilians in Afghanistan?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27150.htm



Kill Militant Muslims, 'Including Children'

By Daniel Tence

The comment highlights growing concerns among human rights advocates that US law enforcement is turning to extremists for training in the fight against terrorism.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27148.htm

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WikiLeaks exposed US and Hillary?s hopelessness

Belfast Telegraph [Occupied Ireland]
by Robert Fisk

12/28/10

That Clinton should want her State Department slaves to play secret agents on the poor old UN shows what an utterly worthless institution the US State Department has become.They were supposed to spy on the encryption details of delegates, credit card transactions, even frequent flyer cards. But who would want to read the nonsense that the UN's overpaid staff write, or how much they spend on lunch?

http://tinyurl.com/378f2kx


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts289.html

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Eight Homeless Youth Die in Fire: What Does it Say About the U.S.?

By Bill Quigley

Will we look into our abandoned buildings and look into the eyes of our abandoned daughters and sons and sisters and brothers?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27153.htm



The Trials of Henry Kissinger

Video Documentary

"A fascinating, bombshell documentary that should shame Americans, regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with Kissinger. Should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6623.htm

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Enemy Within The Gates

by Pastor Chuck Baldwin

The enemy has always done its best and most efficient work from within. At this point, I am reminded of what America's most celebrated jurist, Daniel Webster, once said, "There is no nation on earth powerful enough to accomplish our overthrow. Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter: from the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence. I must confess that I do apprehend some danger. I fear that they may........

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin630.htm

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Patriotism as political correctness

EconLog
by Bryan Caplan

12/29/10

Political correctness isn't just hypersensitivity; it's hypersensitivity designed to place a permanent stamp on impressionable young minds. From this perspective, political correctness isn't essentially leftist. Indeed, with the benefit of hindsight, leftist political correctness hasn't been all that effective. The full-blown triumph of political correctness, of hypersensitivity plus one-sided education, is patriotism...

http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2010/12/patriotism_as_p.html



Why criticizing American foreign policy is not anti-Americanism

Liberty For All
by Sean Gabb

12/29/10

Are the Americans greater today than before 1917 or 1898? In the military sense, they are so undoubtedly. But every step towards world domination has been at the expense of the qualities that underpin their general greatness. Their government has become more distant and opaque, more centralised and more open to capture by special interests. It has repeatedly violated the old Constitution. Liberties have been abridged on the grounds of dealing with emergencies, and then never restored. America has been at war almost throughout the whole of the past century -- at war with other countries, or at war with abstractions like 'drugs' or 'terrorism.' As everywhere else, war has been the health of the State and the sickness of the people. If the Americans today remain the freest people in the world, that is only because they started with so much more to lose...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=5301



Attack tyranny at its weakest link: enforcement

C4SS Center for a Stateless Society
by Kevin Carson

12/29/10

Liberal goo-goos and 'good citizens' of all stripes are fond of saying that 'We must continue to obey the law while we work to change it.' Every day I become more convinced that this approach gets things precisely backwards. Each day?s news demonstrates the futility of attempts at legislative reform, compared to direct action to make the laws unenforceable...

http://c4ss.org/content/5564



The unthinking right

LewRockwell.Com
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

12/30/10

Let's talk about weird. What's weird is the world of National Review where it troubles no one to call for huge spending cuts and slashing government at the domestic level while defending the worst form of global imperialism abroad, complete with reflexive defenses of every violation of human rights and liberty. In what sense can these people claim to favor freedom?

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/unthinking-right165.html



Harmful US hypocrisy on freedoms abroad

Christian Science Monitor
by Sarah Trister

12/28/10

Times are tough for organizations around the world working on sensitive issues such as human rights, governance, religious freedom, and humanitarian aid. As individual human rights and political liberties have declined over the past few years, governments worldwide have also restricted the capabilities of independent nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), preventing them from operating freely, or at all...

http://tinyurl.com/286pztv



Skipping down the road to serfdom

Strike The Root Strike the Root
by Duane Colyar

Put aside for just a moment the visions of goose-stepping soldiers and horrific crimes against humanity, for at its core fascism is a type of political economy which, as was the case in fascist Italy, does not have to feature a landscape dotted with crematoria. As with pure socialism, however, fascism must become more and more authoritarian with harsh penalties for those who don?t comply or who challenge the status quo, for an economy can be controlled only by controlling people...

http://www.strike-the-root.com/skipping-down-road-to-serfdom



The Downsize DC Agenda: Part 2 of our memo to our Congressional sponsors

Downsize DC Downsize DC
by Jim Babka

12/29/10

Ignorance of the law is no excuse for citizens. Neither should it be permitted to Congress. With great power comes great responsibility. Representatives have a fiduciary responsibility to read every word of every law that they seek to impose on the people they claim to serve. The obligations imposed on public servants must always be greater than those imposed on citizens...

http://tinyurl.com/27spa7w


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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