The Dumbest Rally of All Time
By Mike Whitney
Unless we can unseat the class that sees the world only through its portfolios, they may well take us all the way down. Continue
By Deena Stryker
The last thing the powers that be want is for Iceland to become an example. Here's why: Continue
Leaked cable: Sen. McCain promised to help Gaddafi obtain U.S. military hardware: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) promised to help former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi obtain U.S. military hardware, as one of the United States' partners in the war on terror," according to a U.S. diplomatic cable released Wednesday by anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks: U.S. Seeks Assagne Info Through Patriot Act: The production order comes on the same day of WikiLeaks releasing another batch of cables - this time 35,000 - primarily culled from U.S. embassies in China and Libya.
Wikileaks: Fresh Batch of Diplomatic Cables: The cables are available at a searchable database and sorted based on the location: Libya, China, Israel, Russia, Venezuela, Iran, Germany, Afghanistan, France, Indonesia, Rwanda, Turkey, Poland, Syria, Bahrain, South Africa, Somalia
WikiLeaks releases 3,925 diplomatic cables about Israel: Whistle-blower site publishes unclassified US State Department documents on peace process, Vatican-Jewish relations, terror attacks.
With CIA help, NYPD moves covertly in Muslim areas: NYPD operates far outside its borders and targets ethnic communities in ways that would run afoul of civil liberties rules if practiced by the federal government.
European Bank Job ‘Bloodbath’ Surpasses 40,000: UBS AG (UBSN)’s decision to cut 5 percent of its workforce brings to more than 40,000 the number of jobs cut by European banks in the past month as the region’s worsening sovereign debt crisis crimps trading revenue.
Bank of America Threatens Foreclosure On Elderly Couple Who Paid Mortgage Early: ABC News reports that the bank made a mistake earlier this year, by initiating the foreclosure process on an elderly couple that had the audacity to submit a mortgage payment a week early.
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