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U.S. Government Listened In On Intimate Calls of Overseas Americans
Whistleblowers claim government monitors transcribed and passed around embarrassing information for their own enjoyment. By Greg Miller / Los Angeles Times Staff Writer /  October 10, 2008 WASHINGTON �" U.S. intelligence analysts eavesdropped on personal calls between Americans overseas and... Read more...
Published 2 hours ago

Is Posse Comitatus Dead? US Troops on US Streets
Democracy Now discussion with Colonel from US Army Nothern Command and Editor of The Progressive magazine by Amy Goodman / democracynow / originally posted Oct. 7, 2008 AMY GOODMAN: In a barely noticed development last week, the Army stationed an active unit inside the United States. The Infantry... Read more...
Published 2 hours ago

Chicago Sheriff Refuses to Evict Renters From Foreclosed Properties
CHICAGO, IL (NBC) - A sheriff in one of the country’s largest cities says he’s instructing deputies not to evict residents from properties that have been foreclosed upon. That declaration went into effect Thursday, October 9th, in the city of Chicago and other areas in Cook County.Sheriff Tom... Read more...
Published 3 hours ago

We Have to Call Wall Street’s Worst Week Ever What It is: a ‘Market Crash’
UPDATE: Market ‘rebounds’ in last hour Friday to about minus 100 - go here. Markets Continues to Fall Despite George Bush’s ‘Reassurances’ & the Bailout Do words matter? Ask George Bush.  He addressed the nation this morning for nine minutes to reassure us that the U.S. government is... Read more...
Published 4 hours ago

The Surge That Failed
Afghanistan under the Bombs By Anand Gopal / TomDispatch.com / October 10, 2008 A bit past midnight on a balmy night in late August, Hedayatullah awoke to a deafening blast. He stumbled out of bed and heard angry voices drawing closer. Suddenly, his bedroom doors banged open and dozens of... Read more...
Published a day ago

New York Times Research: Apparent Illegal Purge of Voter Rolls by States
Actions apparently the result of mistakes in complying with 2002 law By Ian Urbina / The New York Times / updated 9:06 p.m. PT, Wed., Oct. 8, 2008 Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that... Read more...
Published a day ago

Is John McCain a Racist?
OCEAN BEACH, CALIF.  After watching John McCain’s performance tonight during the second of the Presidential debates, with this one in a town hall meeting setup, I have to wonder: Is John McCain a Racist? There were at least two things John McCain did tonight, that on the surface, seemed just... Read more...
Published 3 days ago

Voting the Fate of the Nation
Will Economic Meltdown, Race, or Regional Loyalty Be the Trump Card in Election 2008? By Chalmers Johnson / TomDispatch.com / October 7, 2008 In his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama called the forthcoming presidential election a “defining moment” in this... Read more...
Published 3 days ago

The Race Card (McCain Gets Really Desperate)
Internal polling in the McCain operation reportedly shows the candidate continuing to lose ground, both in battleground states and in states long understood to be safe for the campaign. States that voted for Bush in the 2004 campaign are now being aggressively targeted by the Obama campaign,... Read more...
Published 4 days ago

AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka on Racism and Obama
Very powerful indeed. Thanks dougbob for pointing it out. Posted by cameo9876 on YouTube Read more...
Published 6 days ago