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The Pentagon pumped billions of dollars into contractors' bank accounts on the eve of the U.S. government s shutdown that saw 400,000 Defense Department employees furloughed.

http://tinyurl.com/oj4wxbu



Dollar sinks to 8-month low after US shutdown

The dollar has fallen to an 8-month low against a range of currencies, driven by fears that a partial shutdown of the US government will hit the economy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24344727



10 ways govt shutdown will hurt America

1 Countdown to US default looms. A halt of US government operations would drag the world s biggest economy closer to bankruptcy, something unprecedented in US history. If no budget deal is done, the US would bump up against their 'debt ceiling' and run out of money by October 17.

http://rt.com/usa/us-government-shutdown-effects-550/



A Shutdown or A Coup? How It Was Engineered

By Danny Schechter

It s about realigning politics, and putting an extreme minority political movement in permanent power.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36411.htm


From Information Clearing House

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As US Government Shuts Down the Poorest Set to Lose Most
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/01

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The Fundraising Message That Ate America

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: A truly massive number of people are going to take the government shutdown on the chin. But one very select group is not complaining right now. This group is, instead, stacking green paper in very large piles.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19158-the-fundraising-message-that-ate-america



The IRS Scandal That Wasn t

Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: Conservative politicians' staged controversy over the IRS has distracted from a real Washington scandal, our inability to rein in the outrageous amounts of money used by the rich and powerful to secretly broker elections and buy our government.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/19159-the-irs-scandal-that-wasnt



Government Shutdown Brought to You by Citizens United

The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The result of the Citizens United decision is that Republicans, instead of working with Democrats to find a bipartisan middle road for the country, have to compromise with and do the bidding of the right-wing billionaires and their Tea Party mouthpieces in Congress.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19172-government-shutdown-brought-to-you-by-citizens-united

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The Rapture Problem

by Pastor Chuck Baldwin

America s foreign policy is a global nightmare. It has made enemies where none existed. It has made it increasingly difficult for American missionaries to give the Gospel to people in foreign countries. In many countries, it has inflamed the persecution of Christians.......

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin773.htm



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