World-News

The bankruptcy of General Motors, and the organization of a "new" auto company in its place, is being carried out at the expense of tens of thousands of active and retired auto workers, along with dealerships, other small businesses, and entire communities.

https://wsws.org/articles/2009/jul2009/auto-j17.shtml



Unemployment tops 10 percent in 16 states in June

The national unemployment rate is 9.5 percent, a 26-year high, and is expected to hit 10 percent by year-end.

https://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99G8T580&show_article=1


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Padilla vs. Yoo: An Update

There are two interesting developments in Jose Padilla's lawsuit against former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo, who was one of the authors of the infamous torture memos.

https://freedetainees.org/6218



Mr. President, we are still torturing?

The Bagram detention center itself has continued to operate with currently more than 600 prisoners and is being planned to expand its capacity to more than 1,100 as President Obama sends more troops into Afghanistan.

https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10361



Caught on Camera

40 prison guards kick and punch juvenile inmates... already handcuffed
https://snipurl.com/nioo7


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By Don Monkerud

Wages for most Americans didn't improve from 1979 to 1998, and the median male wage in 2000 was below the 1979 level, despite productivity increases of 44.5 percent. Between 2002 and 2004, inflation-adjusted median household income declined $1,669 a year. To make up for lost income, credit card debt soared 315 percent between 1989 and 2006, representing 138 percent of disposable income in 2007.

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By Tom Eley

The main thrust of president Barack Obama's speech before the centenary meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Thursday was to blame working class African-Americans for the social crisis engulfing them.

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By Jeremy R. Hammond

Setting aside the platitudes that comprised most of Clinton's speech and looking closely at her remarks that actually spoke meaningfully towards U.S. policy under the Obama, a picture emerges, one not of a change of course from Bush but rather of near perfect continuity between the two administrations.

https://informationclearinghouse.info/article23097.htm



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Lots of vague news about some kind of assassination program run out of the Oval Office during the Bush II administration.

You've got to hand it to Congress, the news media and even the "alternative" press for being so clueless.

What kind of people does the White House hit team go after - and why?

It's no mystery.

Details:
https://www.brasschecktv.com/page/673.html



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A new U.S. government report paints a disturbing picture of the current and future effects of climate change and offers a glimpse of what the nation’s climate will be like by century’s end. By Michael D. Lemonick, reposted with permission from Yale’s.

https://tinyurl.com/lcw4yj

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Study: World to Warm Faster Than Predicted
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/27-9

Climate Change to Force 75 Million Pacific Islanders From Their Homes
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/27-1

Climate Change Seen as Threat to US Security
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/08/09-1

https://www.brasschecktv.com/page/672.html

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House Panel to Probe CIA Assassination Program

Jason Leopold, Truthout: "The House Intelligence Committee formally announced Friday that it will probe whether the CIA broke the law by failing to inform Congress about a top secret assassination program reportedly aimed at targeting leaders of al-Qaeda. Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes said the probe would be part of a wide-ranging investigation about the way in which the CIA informs Congress about its covert activities and other matters."

https://www.truthout.org/071809A?n



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Prescription for Disaster
https://www.lewrockwell.com/schiff/schiff35.1.html

The Great Government Bread Machine
https://www.lewrockwell.com/calderwood/calderwood28.1.html

On the Next Bubble: It's Government Spending and Debt
https://www.lewrockwell.com/faber/faber11.1.html



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