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Downsize DC Downsize DC
by Perry Willis

01/20/11

The State is not a mystical entity possessed of magical powers. At best, it's merely a service provider, like Walmart, Exxon, and Microsoft, and it should be evaluated in the same way. But that's not how most of us think about The State. Instead, we think of it as being some mystical entity with magical powers...

http://tinyurl.com/67vmw6o


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Ludwig von Mises Institute Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Gary Galles

01/20/11

The recent explosion in the reach of federal government, with far more proposed, has made the question of limits on federal power once again the central political issue. But despite the fact that our founders, who led our move to independence and shaped our Constitution, left us an extensive and invaluable record of their views on that precise issue, modern ignorance of our history severely impoverishes current discussions...

http://mises.org/daily/4980


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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MSNBC

01/20/11

Former President George H.W. Bush defended the decision to kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait in the first Gulf War on Thursday and said his own adviser's criticism of his son's policies and invasion of Iraq in 2003 didn't bother him. Bush said disagreements on policies 'go with the territory' as president. Brent Scowcroft, who served as national security adviser under the elder Bush, maintained in the run-up to the invasion that it wasn't clear that Hussein was part of the global terrorism network...

http://tinyurl.com/635h2vx


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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You can't know the players without a program
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/263.html



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Project On Government Oversight (POGO)
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/01/20-17



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/20-10



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/20-5

Banksters, Racketeers and the 'Mafioso' We Should Be Worried About
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/20-1



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Mortgage quality had fallen off a cliff

If Citigroup's mortgages were this bad, we can expect the same level of problems at Wells Fargo, Bank of America and every other major US mortgage lender.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41133468?


From Information Clearing House



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When borrowing money it's always good to have a Plan B in case a big creditor pulls the plug. That should be true whether the sum is a few thousand dollars or about a trillion, the size of the United States government's debt to China.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70H5NX20110118?pageNumber=1



Will China's Yuan overtake US Dollar?

Video

RT's Kristine Frazao is joined by Michael Hudson, Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri.

http://www.youtube.com/user/RTAmerica



China: U.S. No. 1 no more

China's ambitions are not modest.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/19/usacross-out-usa-china-1/?page=1


From Information Clearing House



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"Iran had now demonstrated centrifuge operations such that it had the technical ability to produce highly enriched uranium (HEU) if it so chose".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/20/iran-highly-enriched-uranium-wikileaks



CIA Doesn't Want You To Know It Gave Iran Nuclear Blueprints

Here's what I think happened with Jeffrey Alexander Sterling, the former CIA officer who just got arrested for leaking classified information to James Risen.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27300.htm


From Information Clearing House



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By Paul Buchheit

Based on Internal Revenue Service figures, if middle- and upper-middle class families had maintained the same share of American productivity that they held in 1980, they would be making an average of $12,500 more per year.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27306.htm



Profits In Poverty

JPMorgan Is Making Big Money From Food Stamps

By Economic Collapse

The more Americans that go on food stamps, the more profits JP Morgan makes.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27301.htm



Tax breaks for wealthy donors: Schools struggle, while the rich fund golf tourneys

Christian Science Monitor
by Susan Froetschel

01/24/11

Tax deductions for charitable giving mean the rich can fund their pet causes while the government loses vital tax revenue. This loophole effectively takes the public good out of the hands of voter-elected representatives and subjects it to the whims of wealthy donors...

http://tinyurl.com/6fnq38v


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Irish Government Knew They Were in Violation of Torture Conventions

By Shannonwatch

Slowly but surely the entire shameful truth is coming out about Shannon airport, CIA renditions, and the lengths the Irish government went to avoid the evidence.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27303.htm



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Video and Text

"Mr. Lieberman supported the American government tossing Muslim suspects into detention, denying them Miranda rights, seeking to strip even US citizens suspected of terrorism of their basic civil rights."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27305.htm



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By Larry Pinkney

The United States of America is, in reality, a one-party corporatist state whose very existence is, more than ever, perpetuated by a conscious deliberate denial of reality, even in the face of the obvious.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27309.htm

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In the Presence of My Enemy

A Reflection on War and Forgiveness

By Ron Kovic

As this, the 43rd anniversary of my wounding in Vietnam approaches, and I once again try to find meaning in that day and the days which were to follow, my thoughts return to the northern bank of the Cua Viet River on Jan. 20, 1968. It is a day that will change my life forever.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27308.htm



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Zensurzusammenarbeit

Der bayerische und der ungarische Innenminister schließen ein Kooperationsabkommen und die EU marschiert auf Netzsperren zu.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/34/34050/1.html



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