World-News: 15 Juni 2011

The housing crisis that began in 2006 and has recently entered a double dip is now worse than the Great Depression.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/43395857

From Information Clearing House

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=housing
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Great+Depression
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Starmail - 15. Jun, 22:50

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US wont leave Afghanistan: Mullen

Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on the 'Charlie Rose' television interview show Tuesday that although some troops would be withdrawn, a continued US presence was assured.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110615/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestusmilitary

October 2011 is the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan

It is time to light the spark that sets off a true democratic, nonviolent transition to a world in which people are freed to create just and sustainable solutions.

http://october2011.org/

From Information Clearing House

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mike+Mullen

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Starmail - 15. Jun, 22:28

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America for Sale: Is Goldman Sachs Buying Your City?

By Dylan Ratigan

In Chicago, it s the sale of parking meters to the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi. In Indiana, it s the sale of the northern toll road to a Spanish and Australian joint venture. In Wisconsin it s public health and food programs, in California it's libraries.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28341.htm

America for Sale

By Dylan Ratigan

It s coming to a city near you - it may already be there. We are talking about the sale of public assets to private investors.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28379.htm

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Starmail - 15. Jun, 22:22

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Needed: An Antiwar Movement That Puts Peace Over Politicians

By Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis

Democrats successfully 'exploit[ed] the antiwar movement for their own electoral success.'

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28339.htm

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Starmail - 15. Jun, 22:18

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Are NATO Forces Preparing A Ground Attack?

By Sara Flounders

It is important to understand that NATO countries with the full complicity of the corporate media and the ICC are spreading this Big Lie in order to win support for and close down all opposition to a ground assault of Libya.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28337.htm

NATO attacks ordinary Libyans at petrol pump

Video

As NATO tells the world to prepare for a post-Gaddafi era, coalition bombs continue to blitz the Libyan capital. Gasoline queues snake through Tripoli with fuel in short supply. A scenario made worse with tankers a regular target for air strikes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShzTTwkyXEY&feature=player_embedded

S.Africa says NATO abusing UN resolution on Libya

NATO is abusing a United Nations resolution to protect Libyan civilians from Muammar Gaddafi s forces in order to pursue regime change and political assassinations, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/safrica-says-nato-abusing-un-resolution-on-libya/

Kucinich, other House members file lawsuit against Obama on Libya military mission

Kucinich and Reps. Walter Jones (R-N.C.), Howard Coble (R-N.C.), John Duncan (R-Tenn.), Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), John Conyers (D-Mich.) Ron Paul (R-Texas), Michael Capuano (D-Mass.), Tim Johnson (R-Ill.) and Dan Burton (R-Ind.) filed the complaint Wednesday at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

http://wapo.st/mshRfe

From Information Clearing House

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Congressman Dennis Kucinich: 10 Members of Congress Sue President Obama over Illegal Libya War
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/06/15-3

Kucinich Amendment Tests Congress? Will to Exercise its Constitutional Authority
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/06/17-0

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
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Starmail - 15. Jun, 22:14

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Remote Control Killing Like Sport

By Stephen Lendman

It s America s newest sport. From distant command centers, far from target sights, sounds, and smells, operators dismissively ignore human carnage showing up as computer screen blips little different from video game images. The difference, of course, is people die, mostly noncombatants.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28335.htm

Six Wars and Counting

By Tom Engelhardt

When it comes to how many wars Americans can fight at once, Washington is reaching for the record books.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28342.htm

More Extrajudicial Killing: U.S. Kills 10 People in Pakistan

U.S. unmanned aircraft fired missiles at a suspected militant compound and a vehicle Wednesday in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 10 alleged insurgents, intelligence officials said.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=13844520

Pakistan: US Kills 8 People in Waziristan

The drones first fired two missiles at the house of a tribesman, Zar Wali Khan Wazir, and killed three persons. Two men were injured in the attack and were shifted to a nearby hospital.

http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?240425

CIA is reportedly building a secret drone air base in the Persian Gulf

Yemen s government says dozens of people have been killed in US drone attacks in the country over the last few weeks, many of them civilians. But despite the criticism, Washington has come up with a plan to build a Gulf base for armed US drones to target terrorists.

http://rt.com/news/usa-yemen-drones-terrorism/

From Information Clearing House

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Obama ramps up CIA war in Yemen, builds secret drone base in Gulf
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10400/

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Pakistan: US drone strikes kill seven - officials say

BBC News [UK]
06/15/11

Two US drone missile attacks have killed at least seven people in the Pakistani tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials say. The first attack hit a car, killing four people near the town of Wana in South Waziristan, officials said. They said a second strike, in neighbouring North Waziristan, struck another vehicle, killing three people...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13781621

CIA sending armed drones into Yemen

Washington Post

06/15/11

The CIA is expected to begin operating armed drones over Yemen, expanding the hunt for Al Qaeda operatives in a country where counterterrorism efforts have been disrupted by political chaos, US officials said. The plan to use CIA-operated Predator and other unmanned aircraft reflects a decision by President Obama that the Al Qaeda threat in Yemen has grown so serious that patrols by US military drones are not enough...

http://tinyurl.com/6x4r3sq

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
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Starmail - 15. Jun, 22:09

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Next-up News Nr 1737

- Mercredi 16 juin à 17h45 France 5 émission C dans l'Air avec Yves Calvi
'OMS, Téléphone mobile, Antennes relais, EHS et Cancers'.
- Le Reportage: EHS Zone Refuge France, les témoignages.
- Le Débat: Jean-Marie Danjou, DG Fédération Française des Télécoms,
Pr Dominique Belpomme, cancérologue, Pr Ass. Recherche Thérapeutique Anti-Cancéreuse, Etienne Cendrier, Porte-parole de l'association nationale Robin des Toits, Un député UMP.

http://www.next-up.org/Newsoftheworld/Medias.php
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Starmail - 15. Jun, 14:20

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Obamas war on the rule of law

Reason Reason
by A. Barton Hinkle

06/14/11

With Obama s election, the nation supposedly said goodbye to [the Bush regime s audacious policies of lawbreaking]. The clouds broke, the fog lifted, and the sunlight of civil liberties once again bathed the nation in its golden hue. Except: Nothing like that happened. Instead, the Obama administration adopted every single one of the policies listed above. Some of the more principled progressives have voiced outrage and a sense of betrayal. The more partisan types have politely averted their gaze. But Obama has not confined his disdain for the rule of law to the Bush inheritance. He has carved out new realms for it...

http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/14/obamas-war-on-the-rule-of-law

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Starmail - 15. Jun, 11:44

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Bachmann Calls for Huge Corporate Tax Cut Alongside Tax Increase for the Working Poor

Pat Garofalo, ThinkProgress: 'Several of the 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls have laid out economic platforms that would include huge cuts in the corporate tax rate. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) called for lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent, while former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) went a step further, calling for a cut to 15 percent. In an interview published today by the Wall Street Journal, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) decided to one-up both Romney and Pawlenty, calling for a reduction in the corporate tax rate to 9 percent. Adding insult to injury, Bachmann wants to pair that huge tax cut with giant tax reductions for the rich, as well as a tax increase on the working poor.'

http://www.truth-out.org/bachmann-calls-huge-corporate-tax-cut-alongside-tax-increase-working-poor/1308073584

JP Morgan Records Largest Profit Ever, While Community Devastated by Its Predatory Lending Sheds 1,000 Workers

Zaid Jilani, ThinkProgress: 'One of the many tragic stories of the Great Recession involves Jefferson County, Alabama. As Matt Taibbi explained in an article in Rolling Stone last year, mega bank JP Morgan Chase used a predatory refinancing deal on sewer bonds to reap billions while the local area was financially devastated. Now, Jefferson County, still reeling from the effects of JP Morgan s dirty deals, is moving to place nearly 1,000 public workers on administrative leave without pay, as the state Legislature failed last week to come to the municipality s aid with any fiscal support. In doing so, the county hopes to save 'just over $12 million.' Yet while the public workers of Jefferson County will soon face the prospect of losing their wages and livelihoods through no fault of their own, JP Morgan Chase continues to rake in lavish profits.'

http://www.truth-out.org/jp-morgan-records-largest-profit-ever-while-community-devastated-its-predatory-lending-sheds-1000-wo

Down in the Ditch

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: 'There is never a shortage of Stupid in American politics, but by normal standards, our recent history has been pretty spectacular. Rep. Anthony Weiner is caught in what could very easily go down in history as the single most absurd sex scandal to ever unfold. The Republican leadership continues to play chicken with the debt limit, making even the titans of the financial industry nervous. Michele Bachmann is being taken seriously by the 'mainstream' news media after the first GOP debate ... and as far as Stupid goes, really, that s all you need to say. Sometimes, however, the Stupid skyrockets to new and heretofore unknown heights. It takes a special kind of purebred dunderhead to raise the benchmark, and in that spirit, I give you Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), who opined last week that once Iraq becomes a rich and prosperous country, they should repay the United States for the money spent on the invasion and occupation. Let that sink in for a moment.'

http://www.truth-out.org/down-ditch/1308150023

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The money hole

Freedom Politics
by John Stossel

06/15/11

America is falling deeper into debt. We are long past the point where drastic action is needed. We are near Greek levels of debt. What s going to happen? Maybe riots - like we have seen in Greece? We need to make cuts now. Some governors have shown the way...

http://tinyurl.com/3vg7pzq

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Starmail - 15. Jun, 11:24

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US-Pakistani Relations: The Tail Still Wags the Dog

Melvin A. Goodman, Truthout: 'The US-Pakistani relationship is one of the most complicated bilateral relationships in the world. Since the start of the cold war, the United States has needed support from the Islamabad government and, as a result, has ignored Pakistani perfidy. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the United States needed secret bases in Pakistan for U-2 reconnaissance flights over the Soviet Union and, therefore, disregarded Pakistani military dictatorships. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the United States needed logistical support for its secret opening to China and overlooked human rights violations in Pakistan. In the 1980s, Pakistan served as a conduit for US assistance to the anti-Soviet mujihadeen forces and, therefore, ignored Pakistan s secret development of nuclear weapons.'

http://www.truth-out.org/us-pakistani-relations-tale-still-wags-dog/1307712432

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Starmail - 15. Jun, 11:20

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