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21 hours ago ago from Free Thought Manifesto
The So-Called War On Terror Submitted by David Swanson On Sun, 2007-08-05 19:07. Courtesy Of After Downing Street By Richard W. Behan Who will tell the people? --William Greider From its first days in office in January of 2001 the Administration of George W. Bush meant to launch military attacks against both Afghanistan and Iraq. The reasons had nothing to do with terrorism. This is beyond dispute. The mainstream ...
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10 hours ago ago from Charles Goyette, author of THE DOLLAR MELTDOWN: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments
"This book truly is a must read." -- Congressman Ron Paul DESTROYING THE CURRENCY First under the Bush Administration and even more so under President Obama, the federal government has ...
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19 hours ago ago from Dallas Real Estate News, Housing Trends, Home Prices, Home Tours, Candy Evans, DallasDirt Blog D Magazine
This is what I am hearing over and over again: the credit crunch, which is stifling sales of homes over $417,000, is in effect in part because of the bank regulators, who work for the federal government. They are making lenders and borrowers jump through all sorts of hoops to give or obtain loans. But then, or now, the federal government is telling banks to loosen up and lend. Confusing.
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Victoria McGrane, Moderates win Wall St. bill changes : “The New Dems had concerns [about] a number of the amendments that we wanted to see either made in order or some of the language included in the manager’s amendment. And we’re satisfied that we came to a good place on this,” Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.), a leading member of the New Democrats group and a member of the House Financial Services Committee, said upon emerging from House ...
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22 hours ago ago from Barbarous Relic
Jörg Guido Hülsmann is senior fellow of the Mises Institute and author of Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism and The Ethics of Money Production . (See my review of the latter here.) He teaches in France, at Université d'Angers. In a commentary on the alleged independence of the Fed , he writes: The Fed has had one great success: it is by far the largest funder of academic research in monetary and macroeconomics, employing hundreds of ...
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Antonia Juhasz: Key Oil Auction in Iraq Today: Foreign Companies Could Produce Majority of Iraq's Oil for First Time in 35 Years
1 hour, 0 minutes ago ago from Huffington Post
Will Bush's Oil Agenda Lock Obama Further Into War? Today and tomorrow in Baghdad, the world's last great oil bonanza opens to the highest bidders. This auction will finalize an oil revolution in Iraq placing the majority of the nation's oil production in foreign hands for the first time in 30 years. Some 44 international companies will bid on 11 groups of massive oil and gas fields, Iraq's "non-producing" and as of yet "undiscovered" ...
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3 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
BAGHDAD Iraq's hope of luring international oil companies with its mother lode of oil met with mixed results Friday, with only two deals struck as security fears appeared to weigh heavily on the country's second oil auction this year. Of the 15 fields on offer in two-day of the bidding round, only those located in the relatively stable southern region of Iraq attracted heavy interest, while five located in more restive regions were ...
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6 hours ago ago from PopEater
KIRKUK, Iraq -U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told American troops Friday in this oil-rich northern city that their mission in Iraq remains critical despite the nation's focus on Afghanistan and that plans are on track to reduce forces starting in March. In a town hall meeting, Gates spoke with about 300 soldiers and airmen gathered outside on a sunny day at an airbase. Gates also said plans to drawdown forces there after Iraq's March ...
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23 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Politics
BAGHDAD -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Thursday made an unannounced visit to the Iraqi capital, whose residents are still reeling from a series of bombings that killed more than 100 people earlier this week. Gates flew to Baghdad directly from Kabul, where he had spent three days meeting with commanders and military units to discuss the administration's recently announced plan to flood Afghanistan with 30,000 new troops. Before ...
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15 hours ago ago from PopEater
-The House pushed forward Thursday with legislation for governing Wall Street in what would be the biggest overhaul of laws covering banks and other financial institutions since the New Deal. Lawmakers hope to finish the bill on Friday. Senate action is expected sometime early next year. Some highlights in question-and-answer form: Q. Who does it affect? A. Financial institutions, both banks and nonbanks; homeowners, borrowers and credit card ...
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