"When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie." - Yevgeny Yevtushenk

 

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"America is a land of enchantment, virtually the entire population is in a trance induced by the magic spell of mass media".-- William Whitten, Social critic

 

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 "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." Bumper sticker

 

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The people of Libya, like those of Afghanistan and Iraq and Pakistan and Yemen and so on, are suffering privation and mutilation and death at the hands of NATO, which is nothing more than an American sock puppet. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28506.htm

 

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The United States and Israeli governments have placed themselves above all law. That means not just international law, but selective domestic law as well.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28512.htm

 

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Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on selling Greece's sovereignty and Spain's El Gordo. In the second half of the show, Max talks to economist Michael Hudson about the IMF assassins sent in to destroy the Greek economy.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28513.htm

 

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Four Reasons Why Pfc. Bradley Manning Deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Not a Prison Cell.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28505.htm

 

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Obama's greatest achievement is having seduced, co-opted and silenced much of liberal opinion in the US.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28504.htm

 

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President Obama is pressing congressional leaders to consider a far-reaching debt-reduction plan that would force Democrats to accept major changes to Social Security and Medicare in exchange for Republican support for fresh tax revenue.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28503.htm

 

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If more Americans paid attention to the fate of neighbors and loved ones who have fallen victim to the cruel dysfunction of our health care system, they would see through the onslaught of lies and propaganda perpetrated by special interests profiting from the status quo.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28510.htm

 

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Our students would be proficient in math and science, and would place very high in world academic rankings, far better than that of today where we rank 21st in math, 25th in mathematics and 15% in reading literacy among the industrialized nations.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28509.htm

 

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Last June, the county took Racine inmates out of their jail cells and put them behind lawn movers.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28508.htm

 

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"I think we're going to slide into intensified social conflicts, social hostility, some forms of radicalism, there is just going to be a sense that this is not a just society,"
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28507.htm

 

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The federal government has supplied local police departments with military uniforms, weaponry, vehicles, and training.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28511.htm

 

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At least 33 police and five civilians were killed in fighting after Taliban attacked a remote region in eastern Afghanistan, an official told AFP.
http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?241263

 

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In the past 24 hours, foreign forces have killed at least 17 civilians across Afghanistan -- many of them women and children.
http://www.presstv.com/detail/187969.html

 

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Canada has formally ended its combat mission in Afghanistan after years of being on the front lines of the fight against Taliban insurgents in the south.
http://bit.ly/nMUIdp

 

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At least 13 people were killed on Thursday afternoon when unknown gunmen fired at two buses in the city.
http://bit.ly/qq3DMQ

 

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Dozens of al-Shabab fighter have reportedly been killed after the US military used remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicles to target their bases in southern Somalia.
http://www.presstv.com/detail/187978.html

 

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The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has announced it will allow aid organisations to resume operations in areas of the drought-stricken country it controls.
http://bit.ly/qGW7xz

 

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Spanning across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, the current crisis could prove to be worse than the far better-known crisis in Ethiopia in the 1980s, which ultimately killed up to 1 million people.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeremy-konyndyk/famine-looms-in-somalia-w_b_890680.html

 

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Two policemen were killed and 19 people wounded, including four police officers, in a suicide car bomb attack targeted a convoy of a police commando chief in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a provincial police source told Xinhua on Thursday
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/7433023.html

 

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Two military officials said Thursday's bomb at a checkpoint outside Victory Base Camp used armor-piercing explosives known as EFPs.
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/2-us-soldiers-killed-1002289.html

 

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The United States and Iraq are discussing the possibility of keeping some American forces in the country beyond a deadline at the end of this year, the US military's top officer said Thursday.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-iraq-negotiating-post-2011-us-force-mullen-171520558.html

 

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Yemeni state television has aired a recorded speech by President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who said he supports dialogue and welcomes power sharing "within the constitution".
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/07/201177143420256530.html

 

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10,000 Yemeni families are not getting enough to eat because the political turmoil has driven up prices of food and fuel, cost people their jobs and crippled the country's oil industry.
http://bit.ly/niPP0J

 

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A senior Libyan official Thursday accused NATO of intensifying its bombing campaign and backing foreign mercenaries to lay the groundwork for an advance by rebels trying to topple Moammar Gadhafi's regime.
http://news.yahoo.com/libya-nato-intensifying-bombing-aid-rebel-push-013917291.html

 

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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has slammed NATO's war on Libya, saying it has reached a "stalemate" and caused a large number of civilian deaths in the North African country.
http://www.presstv.com/detail/188038.html

 

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Russian envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin on Wednesday accused NATO of undermining Libyan opposition efforts to start talks with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, according to local media reports.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-07/06/c_13969737.htm

 

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In case you missed it:
Libya War A View From A Civilian In Tripoli :

 

No matter what the UN and US Military may think, you cannot bomb a government you can only bomb the people of that government.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZt9j7RWsj0&feature=related

 

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Nearly one half of the world's refugees are from Afghanistan and Iraq, 3.05 million and 1.68 million, respectively. But neither the United States nor much of the developed world bears the burden of the 10.55 million refugees. Instead, Pakistan, Iran, and Syria serve as the top host countries.
http://bit.ly/jBwiY3

 

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PA leaders fear unity government will derail efforts to win UN nod in September to establish Palestinian state.
http://bit.ly/pnawTF

 

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The US House of Representatives closed ranks Wednesday to warn the Palestinians that they risk cuts in US aid if they pursue UN recognition of a future state not defined in direct talks with Israel.
http://bit.ly/plPgDs

 

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday fell short of securing a commitment from Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov that his country will oppose the Palestinian campaign for UN recognition of statehood in September.
http://bit.ly/q1FDpi

 

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Israel deployed hundreds of extra police at its already heavily guarded international airport Thursday and asked European airlines to bar potential troublemakers from Tel Aviv-bound flights in anticipation of the arrival of hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists.
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/israel-deploys-airport-police-1003215.html

 

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accused Israel of using excessive force in a May 15 incident by firing live ammunition at unarmed Lebanese demonstrators trying to breach a "border" fence.
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-249757-united-nations-accuses-israel-of-excessive-force-at-border.html

 

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A report that was prepared by a UN panel inquiry into the deadly Israeli raid on an aid flotilla in May 2010 that killed nine civilians in international waters has advised Israel to cave into demands by Turkey -- offer an apology and pay compensation for the normalization of bilateral relations.
http://bit.ly/nG09ef

 

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The latest development in the bloody events surrounding the city comes as leading politicians in the country prepare for a historic meeting in Damascus
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/dozens-arrested-ahead-of-syria-reform-summit/94635/

 

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Western-backed coalition walks out of parliament after Hezbollah-run cabinet wins vote of confidence.
http://bit.ly/o2GSxN

 

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Rajoy reiterated to the representative of the empire his "entire priority" to the so-called "Common Position of the European Union," a discriminatory policy against Cuba and its sovereignty that prevents the normalization of relations with Europe.
http://bit.ly/okVUCH

 

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 Last March, the Mexican military raided a Zeta camp at Falcon Lake, where they seized several anti-aircraft shoulder missiles and other weapons.
http://bit.ly/qhh1hi

 

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US government says Texas authorities did not inform Mexican national of his right to consular assistance upon arrest.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/07/201176232251365358.html

 

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WikiLeaks suspect held series of conversations in 2009 that provide insights into his character and outlook
http://bit.ly/qcY2zm

 

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BOA Buys Off US Justice System:
Bank of America shells out $8.5 billion to investors after "mortgage mishap":

 

Bank of America, the nation's biggest bank, agreed to pay $8.5 billion to resolve claims made by bondholders that the lenders sold troubled mortgage-backed securities that soured when the housing market tanked.
http://bit.ly/qqy3Ij

 

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As The Only Nations With International Arrest Warrants Out For Bankers Who Committed Fraud
http://bit.ly/qEwmLV

 

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Irish retail sales are falling at more than twice the pace of the average in the euro region, after the government increased taxes and reduced salaries for state workers by 14 percent to help cope with Europe's worst banking crisis
http://bloom.bg/omYCOM

 

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Tom Feeley