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When the US Federal Reserve bought an 80% stake in American International Group in September 2008, the unprecedented $85 billion outlay was justified as necessary to bail out the world's largest insurance company. Today, however, central banks are on a global corporate buying spree not to bail out bankrupt corporations but simply as an investment, to compensate for the loss of bond income due to record-low interest rates.
the biggest victory yet by the anti-Obama forces
Through their divestment vote, U.S. Presbyterians are telling Israel, we do not support your occupation, no matter how hard you try to incorrectly shape the conversation as anti-Israel and anti-Hewlett Packard, Motorola and Caterpillar.
This is one more leak showing that the giant corporations and the billionaires behind them consider themselves powerful enough to just ignore governments, and are negotiating among themselves the rules for world corporate domination in the 21st century.
U.S. policymakers have long behaved like spoiled, destructive children treating Iraq as if it were some meaningless plaything. The game has been about who "wins" or "loses" in Washington, not who lives or dies in Iraq, a moral failure that ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern addresses.
Why The MSM Is Such A Farce
By Nicola Nasser
Iraqi hydrocarbon prize of U.S. invasion in danger The unfolding collapse of the U.S. proxy government in Baghdad has cut short a process of legalizing the de-nationalization of the hydrocarbon industry in Iraq, which became within reach with the latest electoral victory of the Iraqi prime minister since 2006, Noori al-Maliki.
By Rob Kall
New Gallup Poll Shows Only 7% of Americans Trust Congress-- My Take-- video and transcript 
Press TV asked me to comment on the latest Gallup poll, which found the lowest score in decades for American's level of trust of congress-- down to seven percent. It was over 40% forty years ago. This article includes the video, then the transcript of my interview.
This week we've heard various Neo-con war hawks, a veritable chorus of them, calling for Obama to take military action in Iraq. I would like to see every American have skin in the game.I propose a COMBAT TAX.I
George Will responded to the national uproar over his column about sexual assault that earned him condemnation from U.S. senators and got his column pulled by a major newspaper. In the column, Will disputed statistics the White House has put out about sexual assault on college campuses and said that being a rape victim is a "coveted status" on campuses that confers certain "privileges." Will stood by every word he wrote. He also lamented how the internet has given rise to people who "don't have to be able to read, write, or think" to voice their fury at people like him.
During Friday night's Real Time, Glenn Greenwald battled Paul Rieckhoff, Iraq War veteran and founder of Iraq and Afghansitan Veterans of America, in a massive shouting match over whether Edward Snowden's leaks damaged the country and helped the terrorists. Rieckhoff was bothered by the fact that Snowden's "hiding in Russia." Greenwald shot back, "That is total bullshit!"
By Michael Roberts
2014 FIFA World Cup: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Lack Luster Performances From Soccer's Greatest Nations
Paul Craig Roberts mentioned Jefferson's quote in my recent interview with him (podcast here.) Then forwarded me this full source of the quote. It was the first time I'd seen it, so I thought it might be of interest to others. Rob Kall
Chris Matthews is the loser in confrontational interview with Elizabeth Warren
Last Wednesday Fed Chair Yellen made her scheduled press statement after the FOMC meeting. Since the transcript of her statement is impenetrable and sooooo boring, I thought I would paraphrase it for OEN readers -- so that we all know where we stand in the hierarchy of global finance.
The secret of how salamanders successfully regrow body parts is being unravelled by researchers in a bid to apply it to humans. For the first time, researchers have found that the 'ERK pathway' must be constantly active for salamander cells to be reprogrammed, and hence able to contribute to the regeneration of different body parts.
Without the support of farmers, the OTA continues to push for an organic check-off program, employing annoying robo-calling. Farmer organizations and farmers are working together to stop the check-off and to alert Congress to the misleading information OTA supplies.
NY Principal Carol Burris tells 'ThisCantBeHappening!' radio host Dave Lindorff the rush to push a Common Core curriculum on schools across the nation is at root an attack on the nation's teachers. Meanwhile, Lindorff says Common Core Inc., a private firm paid to develop NY state's controversial math curriculum has major ethical issues.
By a vote of 340-73, the House passed a defense spending bill that includes a provision that forbids President Obama from moving any detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay for a year. The problem with this piece of legislation is that it is not constitutional. Republicans and Democrats who voted for this bill stepped way over the line, and violated the constitution. Republicans sought no legislation to limit George W. Bush when he released or transferred 500 detainees from GITMO.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday offered Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Moscow's total backing for the fight against jihadist fighters who have swept across the Middle East country.
The continuing flow of bad news out of New Jersey and Wisconsin has to terrify GOP donors and the rumored "establishment." It's increasingly unlikely that either governor can emerge as a "pragmatic," pro-business 2016 alternative to Tea Party zealots like Sens. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. This ups the pressure on former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to run -- and may even swell the ranks of Republicans reassuring two-time loser Mitt Romney that the third time's the charm. Reporters who are busy inventing rivals for Hillary Clinton in 2016 ought to put their imagination into coming up with presidential candidates for a party that truly needs them.
Last week, Cheney and his chip-off-the-old-block daughter Liz published an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal that bears witness to their alternative reality universe. "When Mr. Obama and his team came into office in 2009, al-Qaida in Iraq had been largely defeated, thanks primarily to the heroic efforts of U.S. armed forces during the surge. Mr. Obama had only to negotiate an agreement to leave behind some residual American forces, training and intelligence capabilities to help secure the peace. Instead, he abandoned Iraq and we are watching American defeat snatched from the jaws of victory," they wrote. That is breathtaking -- stunning -- in its deceit, its gall, its malevolence.
Three US troops and a working dog were killed by a bomb blast on Friday in southern Afghanistan, a US official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. No information was immediately available about the incident. The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, in Afghanistan said in a statement three service members died following an improvised explosive device attack.
An Egyptian court has confirmed death sentences against the leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and at least 182 of his supporters. The court's decision came two months after it referred the case against the Brotherhood's "general guide", Mohamed Badie, and hundreds of others to the state's highest religious authority, the grand mufti, the first step towards imposing a death sentence.
When these companies use American resources to become American success stories, and then refuse to pay American taxes, that's unfair. It may not be illegal -- at least, not after their highly-priced lobbyists game the system for them on the front end while equally high-priced lawyers cover their rear ends. But it's wrong just the same.
The Earth faces serious problems, and overpopulation plays a big part. But very few people, governments or media platforms talk about it.
By Kevin Anthony Stoda
Rolling Back the Clock? --Progressive Style? By rolling back the clock on injustices, we (and our children) will experience an America where cases of war criminality are tried in court and not by drone attacks from above. We could even offer up former presidents, vice-presidents, defense secretaries, lawyers and others up to the International Court in the Hague to show our contrition to the world and immediately take real acts of remorse--paying indemnity to victims. Latest Articles Best News Links from the Web |
