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The Federal Reserve intends to hire a veteran lobbyist as it seeks to counter skepticism in Congress about the central bank's growing power over the U.S. financial system, people familiar with the matter said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aZjQKyLci1AM&refer=us



Treasury bloodbath soaks top fund managers

Investors have been blindsided by one financial catastrophe after another over the last 18 months, but throughout the tumult, the government bond market has been their friend. Until now.

http://www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSTRE55468F20090605


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Wiretap whistleblower says: The Bush Administration's FBI sent 18 agents in body armor to the home of a man who revealed details of the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program, according to a little-noticed account of the whistleblower published Thursday.

http://snipurl.com/jn91o


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In its first report to Congress, the Wartime Contracting Commission presents a bleak assessment of how tens of billions of dollars have been spent since 2001. The 111-page report, obtained by The Associated Press, documents poor management, weak oversight, and a failure to learn from past mistakes as recurring themes in wartime contracting.

http://snipurl.com/jn8uj


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One month later, after the bombings of a village in western Afghanistan that killed up wards of 150 civilians, we now get this half assed admission of culpability on the part of the US military.

http://snipurl.com/jn8k9


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By Reuters

Russia and China should consider switching to domestic currencies in bilateral trade without going to the dollar, Russia's president Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with Kommersant daily published on Friday.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22781.htm



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Medvedev

By Hizb ut-Tahrir

When the European conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt as part of his quest for world domination, he told the people: "You will be told that I came to destroy your religion; do not believe it ... I have more respect than the Mamelukes for your God, His Prophet, and the Koran" and many more sweet words besides.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22779.htm



We Wanted a World Leader, We Saw Only a US President

Obama's long-awaited speech demonstrated little to suggest America will pursue any course beyond its own interests

By Ahdaf Soueif

This is hard. It's hard because we so need to believe that Obama is about change, that he's wise, that he's good, that he has the interests of the world - rather than just the interests of the United States - at heart.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22780.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hizb+ut-Tahrir
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ahdaf+Soueif

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "I've poked around Washington today, talking with friends on the Hill who confirm the worst: Big Pharma and Big Insurance are gaining ground in their campaign to kill the public option in the emerging health care bill."

http://www.truthout.org/060709E



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http://original.antiwar.com/engelhardt/2009/06/07/pioneers-of-torture/



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Alfred+McCoy
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http://lewrockwell.com/orig8/barnett9.html

Is Secession Treason?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/case/case35.1.html



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=secession
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/case

http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w97.1.html



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