Gordon Brown wants to emulate Barack Obama's bank restrictions (Photo: Reuters)
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse, here comes another plan for state regulation. Barack Obama
wants to restrict the private activity of financial institutions, including those which never asked for a bail-out. Gordon Brown wants to copy him.…
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Rebecca Solnit, In Haiti, Words Can Kill
Posted by Rebecca Solnit at 10:18am, January 21, 2010.
Just before Haiti was devastated by the most powerful earthquake to hit the island in more than 200 years, when, that is, it was only devastated by the hemisphere’s worst poverty, there were but one or two full-time foreign correspondents in the country. No longer.
Within days, the networks, CNN, and Fox had more or less transferred their news operations (already slimmed…
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Added by Jeff on January 22, 2010 at 3:26pm —
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This article was first published in October 2009.
Oil in Haiti and Oil Refinery - an old notion for Fort Liberte as a trans-shipment terminal for US supertankers - Another economic reason for the ouster of President Aristide and current UN occupation (Haiti's Riches:Interview with Ezili Dantò on Mining in Haiti)
There is evidence that the United States found oil in Haiti decades ago and due to the geopolitical circumstances and big business interests of that era made the…
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The Obama administration is negotiating a trade agreement with 34 other countries — the text of which it refuses to make public, citing national security concerns — that according to leaked reports would include increased liability for content hosting companies and service providers. The goal is to combat the global piracy of movies and music.
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Commentary: Are China's demands for Internet 'self-discipline' spreading to the West?… Continue
Added by truth on January 22, 2010 at 2:00pm —
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Friday children have gone missing from hospitals in Haiti following the devastating earthquake in the country, raising fears they are being trafficked for adoption abroad.
"We have documented around 15 cases of children disappearing from hospitals and not with their own family at the time," said UNICEF adviser Jean Luc Legrand.
"UNICEF has been working in Haiti for many years and we knew the problem with the trade of…
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Added by truth on January 22, 2010 at 1:44pm —
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I've pondered this subject, off and on, for 40 years. With classmates and friends when I was a school-kid growing up, as a business owner hiring and interacting with employees and as a retired adult shopping and talking to friends and people in my neighborhood.
First, allow me to define very uniquely American
racism because I don't want you to confuse American
racism with
racism as thought of very generally.
So to begin with,
racism in America…
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Added by Jeff on January 22, 2010 at 12:57pm —
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By Peter Finn
Friday, January 22, 2010
A Justice Department-led task force has concluded that nearly 50 of the 196 detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be held indefinitely without trial under the laws of war, according to Obama administration officials.
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Panel on Guantanamo backs indefinite detention for some
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The prisoners of Guantanamo Bay
The task force's findings represent the first time that… Continue
Added by truth on January 22, 2010 at 12:30pm —
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by Cynthia McKinney
President Obama's response to the tragedy in Haiti has been robust in military deployment and puny in what the Haitians need most: food; first responders and their specialized equipment; doctors and medical facilities and equipment; and engineers, heavy equipment, and heavy movers. Sadly, President Obama is dispatching Presidents Bush and Clinton, and thousands of Marines and U.S. soldiers. By contrast, Cuba has over 400 doctors on the ground and is sending in…
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Added by Tara on January 22, 2010 at 12:28pm —
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by John Aravosis
Please write
financially secure comments to this post:
"Your social networking chit-chat could have an impact on your credit - specifically on whether banks think you are worthy of a loan.
Creditors are checking out what you post to your Facebook and Twitter accounts. They're checking out who your friends are and who the people are in your networks.
The…
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Added by Tara on January 22, 2010 at 11:57am —
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Interrogation Teams Are Months Away
22 Jan 2010
WASHINGTON—The head of a new elite terrorism-interrogation program said Thursday that it will take several more months to establish teams that could question high-profile suspects.
The teams are part of an overhaul of counterterrorism policy and have become an issue in a partisan…
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Added by truth on January 22, 2010 at 11:30am —
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Added by Marklar on January 22, 2010 at 10:47am —
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Haiti Has Larger Oil Reserves Than Venezuela Says Scientists (An Olympic Pool Compared to a Glass of Water)
I have heard rumors that Haiti has vast oil reserves -- and that the globalists want these reserves. However, the globalists cannot get the reserves, because the oil belongs to the Haitian people. So the globalists do not allow the Haitians to exploit the oil reserves, because it would allow the Haitian people to…
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Added by Rainbow Warrior Mariah aka Angel on January 22, 2010 at 9:10am —
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There was a CBS (I think it was CBS) television special several years ago that explored in detail the 4 or 5 Israeli's that were seen celebrating on the top of a van and then arrested and deported. It also explored in great detail over 100 Israeli's that were connected to Mossad and had been spying in our country on the FBI, CIA and local law enforcement. The show aired and was immediately pulled from the CBS web site and disappeared. I've seen this show on the internet. I think it was a two or…
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Added by Jeff on January 22, 2010 at 9:04am —
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Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has once again accused the United States of playing God. But this time it's Haiti's disastrous earthquake that he thinks the U.S. was behind. Spanish newspaper ABC quotes Chavez as saying that the U.S. navy launched a weapon capable of inducing a powerful earthquake off the shore of Haiti. He adds that this time it was only a drill and the final target is ... destroying and taking over…
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Added by Rainbow Warrior Mariah aka Angel on January 22, 2010 at 8:01am —
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WASHINGTON—The head of a new elite terrorism-interrogation program said Thursday that it will take several more months to establish teams that could question high-profile suspects.
The teams are part of an overhaul of counterterrorism policy and have become an issue in a partisan battle over the Obama administration's handling of the suspect in a botched Christmas Day airline bombing attempt.
The High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, or HIG, will consist of three to…
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Added by Anti Oligarch on January 22, 2010 at 6:55am —
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A controversial CIA contractor has found new work in Haiti, flying drones on disaster recovery duty.
Photo: Evergreen Unmanned Systems
When last we heard from Evergreen International Aviation, the Oregon-based firm was offering to post sentries at local voting centers during the 2008 election, ”
detaining troublemakers” and making sure voters “do…
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Added by Anti Oligarch on January 22, 2010 at 5:00am —
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Must Be Refreshed, from time to time, By The Blood of Tyrants and Patriots"
What Good Can a Handgun Do Against an Army.....?
Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Wed, 2003-06-18 06:50.
by Mike Vanderboegh [from stanleyscoop]
A friend of mine recently forwarded me a question a friend of his had posed: "If/when our Federal Government comes to pilfer, pillage, plunder our property and destroy our lives, what good can a handgun do against an army with advanced…
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Added by youhavetoforgiveme on January 22, 2010 at 2:23am —
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WITNESS AGAINST TORTURE
Press Release: For Immediate Release
January 21, 2010
Contact: Frida Berrigan, 347-683-4928, frida.berrigan@gmail.com
Matt Daloisio, 201-264-4424, daloisio@earthlink.net
42 Arrested at U.S. Capitol in Day of Action to Denounce Obama’s Broken Promises on Guantanamo, America’s Broken Laws, and the Breaking of Lives by Torture
Washington, DC: In a dramatic protest,…
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Added by Tara on January 22, 2010 at 1:09am —
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Added by truth on January 21, 2010 at 10:15pm —
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* FDIC says expects failure rate to remain high in 2010* Says equipped with staff, tools to handle failures
* Defends Oct. decision to sell 9 units of FBOP Corp
By Karey Wutkowski
WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. agency charged with dismantling or selling off failed banks said it is equipped to deal with what it sees as a busy 2010, according to remarks to be delivered before Congress on Thursday.
The Federal Deposit…
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