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Airport Security: The Invisible Hand Cops A Feel (Karl Zeeuw)
Nov. 16, 2010 (Common Dreams) -- "If you touch my junk, I'm going to have you arrested." John Tyner's line lacks the elegance of "Give me liberty, or give me death" - but it doesn't lack the weight. ...
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We Will Always Be at War against Everyone (Marcy Wheeler)
Nov. 16, 2010 (Empty Wheel) -- As Spencer reported yesterday, the incoming Chair of the House Armed Services Committee Buck McKeon wants to revisit and expand the 2001 AUMF authorizing our war ...
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The Corporate Takeover of American Schools (Paul Thomas)
The trend for appointing CEOs to the top jobs is symptomatic of a declining commitment to public education and social justice Nov. 16, 2010 (Guardian/UK) -- The top positions in state education ...
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Bush At Large (Ralph Nader)
Nov. 16, 2010 (Common Dreams) -- George W. Bush is on a roll-a money roll with a $7 million advance for his book Decision Points and a rehabilitation roll to paint his war crimes as justifiable ...
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Land of the Food Insecure: Record Rates of Hunger in US
Nov. 16, 2010 (BBC News) -- Almost 15 percent of US households experienced a food shortage at some point in 2009, a government report has found. US authorities say that figure is the highest they ...
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UN Expert Urges Full US Torture Investigation (Stephanie Nebehay)
Nov. 16, 2010 -- GENEVA (Reuters) -- The new U.N. torture expert urged the United States Tuesday to conduct a full investigation into torture under the Bush administration and prosecute offenders as ...
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Current Mortgages Turning Delinquent Rises for First Time in a Year (Carrie Bay)
Nov. 9, 2010 (DSNews) -- During the third quarter of this year, 2.7 percent of current mortgage balances transitioned into delinquency, according to new data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New ...
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The Stench of American Hypocrisy (Paul Craig Roberts)
Nov. 15, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Ten years of rule by the Bush and Obama regimes have seen the collapse of the rule of law in the United States. Is the American media covering this ...
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When Fascism Masquerades as Populism (Charles Sullivan)
Nov. 15, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- With its reliance on corporate money and financial contributions by the wealthy, the U.S. electoral system provides movement in only one direction: to ...
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The Coming Sell-Out to the Super Rich and What It Means for the Rest of Us (Michael Hudson)
Nov. 15, 2010 (Counterpunch) -- Now that President Obama is almost celebrating his bipartisan willingness to renew the tax cuts for the super-rich enacted under George Bush ten years ago, it is time ...
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China to the US: Stop With the Monopoly Money (Eric Margolis)
Nov. 15, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- One day, the king of ancient Babylon summoned his treasury overseer and exclaimed, "I need more money to wage war on those Hittite terrorists! "I looked ...
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