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"The
system of banking [is] a blot left in all our Constitutions, which, if
not covered, will end in their destruction... I sincerely believe that
banking institutions are more dangerous than standing armies; and that
the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity... is but
swindling futurity on a large scale." -- Thomas Jefferson
- (1743-1826) - Source: stated in 1811 when President Jefferson
refused to renew the charter for the First Bank of the United States
(the 2nd central bank chartered by Congress in 1791)
"By a declaration of rights, I mean one which shall stipulate freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of commerce against monopolies, trial by juries in all cases, no suspensions of the habeas corpus, no standing armies. These are fetters against doing evil which no honest government should decline." - Thomas Jefferson "The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater." - Frank Zappa |
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Syria, the United States and The El Salvador Option
By Ibrahim Kazerooni and Rob Prince
To protect strategically declared
interests, the United States will partner with anyone from Netanyahu in
Israel to Erdogan in Turkey, to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, to Hosni
Mubarek in Egypt, to Osama Bin Laden (when it serves U.S. purposes) http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31826.htm
'America's Syrian Friends and Afghan Foes are Same People'
By RT
It's puzzling how the US can treat
radical Islamists in Syria as allies while fighting against them as
enemies in Afghanistan, says the chair of the Russian parliament's
Committee on Foreign Affairs. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31818.htm
Anonymous Group Says It Gave Syrian E-mails to WikiLeaks
By Kim Zetter
The Anonymous team, composed of
members of three groups known as Anonymous Syria, AntiSec, and the
Peoples Liberation Front, says it had been assisting activists in Syria
since protests began against the Syrian regime more than a year ago. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31815.htm
Whistleblowers Need Our Help
Let's Move on from WikiLeaks Bickering
By James Ball
Entrenched views about Assange mustn't prevent a debate about source protection, accountability and banking blockades. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31816.htm
Al Qaeda 'Down But Not Out', Says Top Yemen Reporter
By Jack Serle
Eighty-eight suspected al-Qaeda
militants have escaped prison over the last four months alone. It's a
strategy - President Hadi needs to be powerful. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31817.htm
In A World Gone Crazy?
Drone Pilots to Get Medals?
By Al Kamen
The Pentagon is considering awarding
a Distinguished Warfare Medal to drone pilots who work on military
bases often far removed from the battlefield. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31827.htm
Bravery And Drone Pilots?
By Glenn Greenwald
Justifying drone warfare requires
pretending that the act entails some sort of bravery, so the U.S.
military is increasingly taking steps to create the facade of warrior
courage for drone pilots. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31828.htm
"Don't Come To London"
George Galloway's Message to Prince Nasser of Bahrain
1 Minute Video
A personal message from George
Galloway MP: Do not come to London because you won't enjoy it and I
will chase you until you are arrested. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31819.htm
Arafat's Bout with...Polonium?
By Ray McGovern
Life (the life of some, that is) is cheap. And assassinations are us. O Tempora, O Mores! http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31821.htm
We Mustn't Allow Muslims in Public Life to be Silenced
By Mehdi Hasan
Even in polite society,
fear-mongering, negative stereotyping and abuse are now out of control -
as I know from bitter experience. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31823.htm
The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama
By Tom Junod
Sure, we as a nation have always
killed people. A lot of people. But no president has ever waged war by
killing enemies one by one, targeting them individually for execution,
wherever they are. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31813.htm
Majority of Voters Believe Obama has Changed Country for Worse
By Sheldon Alberts
56 percent of likely voters believe
Obama's first term has transformed the nation in a negative way,
compared to 35 percent who believe the country has changed for the
better under his leadership. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31814.htm
Friendly Peaceful Canada Actually the Worst Place on Earth?
By Douglas Ou-ee-ii-jay-ii Jack
Canada's silent role as a (perhaps
'the') major world leader in living off of the trade proceeds of war,
death, injury and destruction, remains outside public consciousness. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31824.htm
Financing Murder
DEA Agents Out of Control in Honduras
By RT
The war on drugs in Latin America
continues to rage on. In the past month, officers with the US Drug
Enforcement Agency have shot and killed several innocent people in
Honduras. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31812.htm
Chances You Are Being Watched Rise to About 1 in 50
By Kevin Drum
Cellphone carriers reported that
they responded to a startling 1.3 million demands for subscriber
information last year from law enforcement agencies seeking text
messages, caller locations and other information in the course of
investigations. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31811.htm
The Constitution Is Just Parchment, Get Over It
By David Michael Green
I'm pretty confident that the
Founders would agree that in slavishly seeking to decipher their
ancient words and letting those govern us today, we have in fact missed
the very core essence of what they were trying to say. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31820.htm
Passengers Could be Asked to Give Drink Samples to TSA
Have a drink? The TSA wants some of that
By Lisa Simeone
Every time you think the TSA can't come up with anything more stupid or abusive, they prove you wrong. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31825.htm
Man Facing Jail For Hosting Home Bible Study
By Todd Starnes
"If I had people coming to my home
on a regular basis for poker night or Monday Night Football, it would
be permitted," he said. "But when someone says to us we are not allowed
to gather because of religious purposes - that is when you have
discrimination." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31822.htm
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Eight killed in attack on Pakistan army camp: Gunmen
killed eight people in an attack on a Pakistani army camp near a city
where thousands of hardline Islamists stopped on their way to the
capital to protest against the decision to reopen the Nato supply line
to Afghanistan, police said. http://is.gd/u7KvRI
Drone attacks not okayed by Pakistan: Sherry: Pakistan's ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman said that Pakistan has not okayed any American drone strikes on its territory in exchange for Washington's apology over the Salala attacks and continues to deem unilateral unmanned aerial attacks as violation of the international law. http://is.gd/HYEQDf Is the US Dictating Pipeline Policy to Pakistan?: Perhaps nowhere in the world are Washington's diplomatic efforts more schizophrenic than in dealing with Pakistan. http://www.cnbc.com//id/48123411
3 killed in Baghdad bomb attack: Gun
and bomb attacks north of Baghdad on Monday, July 9 killed three
people including two anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen, security and medical
officials said, accoridng to AFP. http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/115352/
MP Warns of Imminent Iraqi Attack on Kurdistan: A
Kurdish MP from the Change Movement (Gorran) in Iraqi Parliament, says
that, in less than a year, the Iraqi government will attack the
Kurdistan Region. http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/4939.html
Syrian National Council to tell Russia: no transition until Assad falls: The
fall of the Assad regime was a prerequisite, the statement said, "of
any negotiations to arrange a transfer of power and the start of a
transitional phase." http://is.gd/V49s0Z
Annan in Tehran for Talks on Syria Peace Plan: The
trip highlighted a growing difference in international approaches to
the Syrian crisis, with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on
Monday saying that President Bashar al-Assad's "days are numbered," http://is.gd/NzL4fb
Russia sends warships to Syria: Russia
despatched a flotilla of warships to its naval base in the Syrian port
of Tartus on Tuesday in an apparent show of support for President
Bashar al-Assad. http://is.gd/azZXTC
'America's Syrian friends and Afghan foes are same people': It's
puzzling how the US can treat radical Islamists in Syria as allies
while fighting against them as enemies in Afghanistan, says the chair
of the Russian parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31818.htm
At Least Two Protesters Are Killed in Saudi Arabia: The
arrest of a prominent Shiite Muslim cleric over the weekend has
ignited protests in eastern Saudi Arabia that have left at least two
people dead, the Saudi interior ministry told news agencies on Monday. http://is.gd/E83DSw
'Shielded by petro-dollars, Saudis worse than Syria': Saudi
Arabia may be one of the loudest voices when it comes to criticism of
Syria, over what it calls the repression of the people. But it seems it
using similar tactics at home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bTPD2-nA6k
Iran seeks to put tariffs on ships using the Strait of Hormuz: A
group of Iranian lawmakers haw called for ships from certain countries
to be charged a tariff before being allowed to sail through the Strait
of Hormuz, it was reported on Monday. http://is.gd/E7ONHq
Defying military rulers, Egypt's parliament convenes -- for five minutes: - Egypt's
Islamist-dominated parliament opened a new front in the country's
leadership showdowns Tuesday by meeting in defiance of orders that
disbanded the chamber and brought President Mohammed Morsi in conflict
with both the powerful military and the highest court. http://is.gd/EiFanq
Winner of Libyan election calls for unity government: The
Alliance of National Forces (ANF) led by Mahmoud Jibril, who headed
the Transitional National Council (CNT) during the Libyan revolt, tops
the list following the recent legislative elections in Libya, according
to partial results announced Monday night by the election commission. http://is.gd/tHsvlW
Ecuador 'won't be bullied on Assange': Ecuador's
President Rafael Correa has vowed his government would not yield to
pressure from Britain, Sweden or the US in deciding whether to grant
asylum to Julian Assange. http://is.gd/FwQ8Od
Assange: 7 WikiLeaks Members Under Grand Jury Investigation in U.S.: Julian
Assange, speaking to Democracy Now! over the weekend, Assange says he
remains in good spirits and revealed that seven WikiLeaks staffers and
volunteers are under grand jury investigation in the United States. http://is.gd/dLaIVo
My disease is no more: Venezuelan President Chavez: Venezuela's
President Hugo Chavez has declared that he has overcome his illness,
dismissing allegations that any physical ailment will affect his
campaigning for the country's upcoming elections. http://is.gd/0GF8mX
UK: Men charged with terrorism after weapons found in car: Three
men will appear in court today charged with terrorism offences after
firearms were found in a car stopped by police on the M1. http://is.gd/jnjPmV
Terror Suspect Tagged, Tracked, Nabbed Near Olympic Park:
An accused terrorist was re-arrested for repeatedly getting too close to London's Olympic Park thanks to a GPS monitoring device that British authorities have used in special cases to track terror suspects who may pose a risk but cannot be prosecuted http://is.gd/fYN5mG
Police embracing tech that predicts crimes: The
program is called PredPol, and it calculates its forecasts based on
times and locations of previous crimes, combined with sociological
information about criminal behavior and patterns. http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/09/tech/innovation/police-tech/index.html
Engineering Consent For "War On Terror" -
Massachusetts man pleads guilty in plot to attack Pentagon, Capitol: A Massachusetts man charged with plotting to attack the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol with large, remote-controlled model airplanes packed with explosives has agreed to plead guilty, authorities said on Tuesday. http://is.gd/TYd2Bi Fact-Check: How the NYPD Overstated Its Counterterrorism Record: Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in March: "We have the best police department in the world and I think they show that every single day and we have stopped 14 attacks since 9/11 fortunately without anybody dying." Is it true? In a word, no. http://is.gd/w5amDG
Mexican Elections 2012: When Bribery Doesn't Pay: Enrique
Peña Nieto denies that his PRI party bought votes in the July 1, 2012.
But on Election Night, hundreds of people gathered outside of the PRI
offices to testify that they were promised up to 2,500 pesos for their
voter I.D.s and votes but that the PRI took their credentials and did
not pay. Here, they tell their story. http://www.narconews.com/nntv/video.php?vid=53
Apologies to Mexico : The
Mexican drug cartels crave money, but they make that money from the
way Yankees across the border crave numbness. They sell unfeeling. We
buy it. We spend tens of billions of dollars a year doing so, and by
some estimates about a third to a half of that money goes back to
Mexico. http://www.thenation.com/article/168803/apologies-mexico
Pastor jailed for holding home bible studies: Salman
was found guilty of code violations for hosting Bible studies on his
4.6 acre property. He has been holding the Bible studies for 7 years.
He was ordered to 6o days in prison and three years probation and was
also ordered to pay a $12,180 fine. http://is.gd/e28LOl
Broker missing $220 million in client funds; founder attempts suicide: More than $200 million in customer funds appears to be missing from the accounts of futures broker PFGBest, regulators said on Monday just hours after the firm's founder attempted suicide outside the company's Iowa headquarters. http://is.gd/xas8Rr
After MF Global, Another Brokerage Firm Collapses With $200 Million Missing: After
discovering accounting irregularities, regulators on Monday
essentially shut down PFGBest, a prominent player in the small world of
futures trading. http://is.gd/KwRbmO
Wall Street Executives Believe Employees Need To Engage In Illegal Behavior To "Succeed": In
a survey of 500 senior executives in the United States and the UK, 26
percent of respondents said they had observed or had firsthand
knowledge of wrongdoing in the workplace, while 24 percent said they
believed financial services professionals may need to engage in
unethical or illegal conduct to be successful. http://is.gd/EM61Oi
Former Barlcays boss forgoes $30m bonus: Former Barclays chief Bob Diamond will still collect $3m after the bank was fined $450m for rate fixing. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/07/201271014614247730.html
Theft by Any Other Name: Business community gets more leverage on contributing to workers' funds.: A
new law will let companies contribute billions of dollars less to
their workers' pension funds, raising concerns about weakening the
plans that millions of Americans count on for retirement http://is.gd/K7FTVT
"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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| Cost Of War
Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590"
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,883
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,083
Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
Total Cost of Wars Since 2001
$1,351,036,302,541
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