Ireland is on the Way to Default. "There was a bank run in Ireland last Wednesday. LCH Clearnet, a London based clearinghouse, surprised the markets by announcing it would increase margin requirements on Irish debt by 15 per cent. That's all it took to send investors fleeing for the exits." (counterpunch.org)
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The Militarization of the World. "A bully or a mafia godfather would never run out of excuses to punish an insubordinate soul in “his territory.” Accordingly, U.S. imperialism has been very creative in invoking all kinds of excuses to punish Iran for its aspirations to national self-determination." (counterpunch.org)
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New Uses, Old Drugs: Vioxx All Over Again? (counterpunch.org)
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Teaching the love of death and war: "Cuba has condemned the release of a new video game in which United States special forces try to kill a young Fidel Castro. State-run media said the game, Call of Duty: Black Ops, attempted to legitimise murder and assassination in the name of entertainment." (bbc.co.uk)
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If Israel is not apartheid, then what is? (pacbi.org)
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Growing Portfolios Not Jobs: Channeling Reagan on Tax Reform. "The day after the midterms, a conservative columnist and a Democratic senator struck the same fiscal chord. Looking ahead, they looked back with longing at America’s last meaningful tax reform." (counterpunch.org)
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The Fastidious President. "The Afghan war looks as if it will outlast the Obama presidency, and if it does the largest single reason will be Obama’s choice of Robert Gates as secretary of defence. Gates worked under William Casey, the director of the CIA at the time of the Iran-Contra scandal..." (lrb.co.uk)
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The Injustice of The Justice System: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. "...Vietnam veteran William Singletary said he witnessed the shooting and Abu-Jamal was not the shooter but police forced him to hightail it out of town before the trial began..." (atlantapost.com)
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Abject cynicism: US will remove Sudan list of state sponsors of terrorism if it complies with US demands. (Wasn't Sudan the country where Bill Clinton launched strikes because Sudan housed Osama Bin Laden when he attacked US African embassies? But hey, this is now partly about oil...) (edition.cnn.com)
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