I wouldn't call it fascism exactly, but a political system nominally controlled by an irresponsible, dumbed down electorate who are manipulated by dishonest, cynical, controlled mass media that dispense the propaganda of a corrupt political establishment can hardly be described as democracy either: Edward Zehr
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles: Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Ecuador 'Clear' Signs of CIA Infiltration
By AP
An Ecuadorean presidential commission has concluded that U.S. intelligence services infiltrated the Andean nation's military and police and supported a cross-border incursion by Colombian troops that killed a top rebel commander.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21127.htm
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Brace Yourselves
George Bush Will Soon Be Free To Do Just What He Wants
By Jonathan Freedland
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Call This a Crisis? Just Wait
By David M. Walker, former U.S. Comptroller General
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U.S Gap Between Rich and Poor Widening!
By Bob Kendall
Now that the U.S.A. has discovered that only Mexico and Turkey had poverty rates higher than the 30-country study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, what if anything will be done to help the U.S. poor obtain health care?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21129.htm
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Message Of Massacre Lives On For Palestinians
By Jonathan Cook
In a conflict that has produced more than its share of suffering and tragedy, the name of Kafr Qassem lives on in infamy more than half a century after Israeli police gunned down 47 Palestinian civilians, including women and children, in the village.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21128.htm
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'US strike' kills 15 in Pakistan:
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Eight killed in Pakistan suicide blast: officials:
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the house of a senior police official in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding 25, officials said.
http://tinyurl.com/5gjo5o
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Pakistani Troops Capture Suspected Taliban Commander, Kill 5:
Authorities say the security forces captured a suspected explosives expert and Pakistani Taliban commander, known as Imran or Mansoor, during the clash today.
http://tinyurl.com/62phkn
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Four killed as suicide attack targets Pakistan police convoy -
At least three police officers and one civilian were killed Friday in an explosion that targeted a security convoy in Pakistan's restive North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), officials said.
http://tinyurl.com/689tkl
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Coalition Says Occupation Force Soldier Killed In Eastern Afghanistan:
A soldier with the US-led international occupation in Afghanistan was shot dead Friday in the east of the country, a coalition statement said.
http://tinyurl.com/5mkgq4
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US to drop Mullah Omar from blacklist:
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Iraq gov't wants all US troops gone by end of 2011:
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US's Syrian raid sets Iraq on fire:
It came as such a surprise to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that he was completely dumfounded at commenting. Here was the prime minister of Iraq, an ally of Iran and a former resident of Syria, watching Syria being attacked from his own territory - without his knowledge.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JK01Ak05.html
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Iraq holding thousands in secret prisons: lawmaker:
Sunni legislator Mohammed al-Daini claimed the government and paramilitary groups control 420 unofficial detention centers to hold people without legal justification.
http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=437393
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General in Iraq: Deal letting U.S. troops stay may break down:
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Chalabi's Star Rises Again with Iranian Intrigues in Baghdad:
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IAEA member: Iran holding secret tests to advance nuclear program :
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Death toll in India's bombing attack rises to at least 77:
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CIA officers could face trial in Britain over torture allegations:
Senior CIA officers could be put on trial in Britain after it emerged last night that the Attorney General is to investigate allegations that a British resident held in Guantanamo Bay was brutally tortured
http://tinyurl.com/5bvutj
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Italy helped "save" Gaddafi by warning of US air raid: -
Italy 'probably helped save' Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's life when it warned Libya of a 1986 US air strike, Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdel-Rahman Shalgam said Thursday
http://tinyurl.com/5b6fj5
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Internet filter to cause World Wide Wait for Aussies:
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Does Google Know Too Much?:
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McKinney-Clemente Campaign Welcomes Noam Chomsky's Support:
Cynthia McKinney today expressed her appreciation for the support of Professor Noam Chomsky, noted linguist tenured at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In private emails with campaign supporters this week, the respected social critic noted that he had voted Green in 2004, and would be voting for the party ticket next Tuesday, as well.
http://legacy.runcynthiarun.org/Endorsements/Chomsky_SupportWelcomedByCampaign
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Wall Street Bonus Madness:
Wall St. has created such an "obscene" standard of compensation that the big shots really believe "it's hard to live on just a half million dollars a year." This does not appear to be much of an exaggeration. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported securities-industry employees averaged $400,000 a year in salary alone last year."
http://www.counterpunch.org/heller10302008.html
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Broken Securities Industry Still Has $20 Billion to Pay Bonuses: -
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Medicare drug plan spending drops $6B in 2008:
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