World-News

By Patrick C. Doherty

America has never confronted a global challenge of the type or magnitude it faces today. If it does not change course, the United States will be racked by violent storms, both figurative and literal, as the global order breaks down.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33604.htm



US playing strategic arms game

The US has allocated more funds for the development of Prompt Global Strike, a system that can deliver a precision non-nuclear weapon strike anywhere in the world within 1 hour.

http://is.gd/xTDcnZ


From Information Clearing House

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Republicans creating their worst nightmare

The American Prospect
by Jamelle Bouie

01/15/13

Two years ago, when S&P downgraded the credit rating of the United States, they didn t cite our debt or our spending. Instead, they knocked our political system, and in particular, the dysfunction and institutional creakiness that made a debt-ceiling stand-off possible: 'The downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenge,' said the company in a statement released that summer. We are just two weeks into 2013, but it s already clear that the 'effectiveness, stability, and predictability' of our institutions is in question...

http://tinyurl.com/cqmj4xx


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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America s False History Allows the Powerful to Commit Crimes Without Consequence

Mark Karlin, Truthout: Seasoned journalist Robert Parry offers a thoroughly researched account of how the Republican Party and neocons have conspired to create a false narrative about America s political and constitutional history.

http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/13904-americas-false-history-allows-the-powerful-to-commit-crimes-without-consequence



The GOP s Boldest Election-Rigging Move Yet

Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: The Republican Party is preparing for its boldest maneuver yet to ensure Democrats never again win the White House, by changing the way presidential electoral votes are counted.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13938-the-gops-boldest-election-rigging-move-yet

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I am Sick and Tired of Neocons
http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/2013/01/14/340-im-sick-and-tired-of-neocons/



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