Saturday, January 17, 2009

A Global Margin Call

By Brent Budowsky
January 18, 2009

The world is facing a global margin call.

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George W. Bush's 'Swearing-Out'

By Michael Winship
January 17, 2009

As Barack Obama prepares to be sworn in, I recall an old National Lampoon record album – record albums, remember those? – from the final weeks of the Watergate scandal that comically suggested that President Richard Nixon be given a “swearing OUT” ceremony. There followed a series of blistering curses and calumnies directed at the soon-to-be departed and disgraced chief executive, delivered by someone impersonating the Reverend Billy Graham.

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Is Israel's Gaza War a New War Crime?

By Dennis Bernstein
January 17, 2009

The use of the internationally banned substance white phosphorus in highly densely populated areas of the Gaza Strip gives new meaning to the phrase "white power." White western supremacy enforced by latest advanced weaponry.

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Bush's Only Gift to America

By Robert Parry
January 17, 2009

George W. Bush’s gift to the American Republic may be that he has discredited a host of right-wing theories and practices – “trickle-down economics”; “self-regulating markets”; “tough-guy” foreign policy; the “imperial presidency”; and the notion that “government is the problem.”

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

What's CIA Director Hayden Hidin'?

By Ray McGovern
January 15, 2009

Outgoing CIA Director Michael Hayden is going around town telling folks he has warned President-elect Barack Obama “personally and forcefully” that if Obama authorizes an investigation into controversial activities like waterboarding, “no one in Langley will ever take a risk again.”

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Bush's Deficit May Doom America

By Robert Higgs
January 15, 2009

According to a recent report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), “the [federal budget] deficit this year will total $1.2 trillion, or 8.3 percent of GDP.” This seems about right for a banana republic.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Bush/Cheney: 'Most Impeachable'

By Jason Leopold
January 14, 2009

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers says President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney committed impeachment-worthy offenses which must be thoroughly investigated even after the two men leave office as a means of reaffirming U.S. constitutional principles.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

An Empire That America Can't Afford

By Ivan Eland
January 13, 2009

Somebody is going to have to whisper in President-elect Obama’s ear that the unipolar moment has passed and that the United States can no longer afford its informal worldwide empire.

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Monday, January 12, 2009

Gaza and the End of Days

By Morgan Strong
January 12, 2009

They have buried many children in Gaza the past two weeks. One, a little girl, was buried a week ago last Tuesday. She was only four. She was a beautiful child, long dark hair and a sweetly innocent face, far too early for such promise as she to die.

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Obama Waffles on Torture Prosecution

By Jason Leopold
January 12, 2009

If you’re one of the thousands of Americans who have gone to Barack Obama’s change.gov Web site demanding that the President-elect hold Bush administration officials accountable for torture and other law violations, you’re likely to be disappointed.

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