World-News

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet: "In a political year dominated by tales of polarization, a flurry of themes emerged as I contemplated the year just past - the year of the Tea Party, the year that psycho became the new normal (Glenn Beck), the year in which info leaks rocked the world (WikiLeaks), the year that saw accomplishments defying conventional wisdom (Obama). But at the root of all of these themes lies the Lie; all other themes speak to either its advancement or in its defiance."

http://www.truth-out.org/the-year-big-lie-6-outrageous-falsehoods-that-took-flight-201066454



Honor the WikiLeakers

Alexander Cockburn, Truthout: "When it comes to journalistic achievements in 2010, the elephant in the room is WikiLeaks. I've seen many put-downs of the materials as containing 'no smoking guns', or as being essentially trivial communications to the State Department from U.S. diplomats and kindred government agents around the world. Now, it's true that the cables were legally available to well over 1.5 million Americans, who had adequate security clearance. But trivial? Don't believe it. The cables show the daily business of a mighty empire acting in manners diametrically opposite to public pretensions. The cables form one of the most extraordinary lessons in the cold realities of international diplomacy ever made public. Normally, scholars have to wait for 10, 20, even 50 years to gain access to such papers."

http://www.truth-out.org/alexander-cockburn-honor-wikileakers66432

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Prohibition and the New Deal
http://www.lewrockwell.com/nock/nock19.1.html

The Drug War Is a Beast
http://www.lewrockwell.com/anderson/anderson306.html

Afghanistan, Colombia, Vietnam: The Deep Politics of Drugs and Oil
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/scott-pd6.1.1.html

What WikiLeaks Revealed to the World in 2010
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/what-wikileaks-revealed.html

Forget New Year's Resolutions
http://www.lewrockwell.com/sisson/sisson32.1.html

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Assange: I'll Reveal Info That Will Spark Arab World Coups

By Roee Nahmias

WikiLeaks founder tells Al Jazeera leaked documents in his possession show top Arab officials disclose sensitive information to CIA.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27161.htm



US Embassy Cables: US Spies on Iran from Turkey

According to the cable released from the U.S. embassy in Turkey, the information was gathered through Iranian citizens living in Turkey.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/200994



The US embassy cables

Omar Bongo pocketed millions in embezzled funds: Gabon's late president allegedly channelled money to French political parties in support of Nicolas Sarkozy.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/30/wikileaks-omar-bongo-nicolas-sarkozy



Wikileaks : US killed up to 4000 civilians in Panama invasion

The Noriega military dictatorship was supported by the United States as Noriega played a double role in Central America under the supervision of the CIA. George H.W. Bush was head of the CIA 1976-77.

http://crowdleak.net/1989-coup-in-panama/



Tax cuts move U.S. closer to fiscal crisis

President Barack Obama is receiving congratulations for moving to the center on the tax agreement with Republicans last week. - The truth is, the deal moved us closer to a fiscal crisis, just as the euro zone now is experiencing.

http://bit.ly/hROVGh



As Home Prices Drop, 'Serious Reasons To Worry' About Economy

VIDEO

Six cities -- Atlanta, Miami, Seattle, Tampa, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Portland, Oregon -- have hit new lows since the housing market began to struggle in 2006 and 2007. Atlanta showed the steepest decline, with prices falling 2.9 percent from the prior month.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/29/home-prices-drop_n_802325.html



Wish you were here?

President spends $1.5m on his holiday in Hawaii... while the rest of America faces a bleak New Year

http://bit.ly/fhwuQn



New Home Foreclosures Rose 31% in Third Quarter

The 382,000 foreclosures recorded represented a 31.2% jump over the second quarter, and 3.7% over the same quarter last year. Homes already in the process of foreclosure increased to 1.2 million, up 4.5% over the second quarter and 10.1% over last year.

http://bit.ly/hIM6Xs


From Information Clearing House



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