Thursday picks from Gerry (Open Thread)

Written by: Gerry L on Jul 24, 2008 9:12 AM EDT

tried earlier...got a ' problem ' notice...so, trying one last time...

Thursday~

***************round of articles about our domestic ‘issues’

July 24,  2008

Coverage of Obama in Berlin…

From Der Spiegel   http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,k-7260,00.html

From BBC News…   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7522738.stm

 

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep John Conyers Plans Bush Impeachment Substitute

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/07/23/10557/

 

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How Cindy Sheehan is Putting Impeachment on the Table

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/338631

 

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NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT NETWORK UPDATE FROM DC

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/35011

 

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The Greatest Threat America Has Ever Faced: the GOP?

The Mother of All Messes

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS

http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts07232008.html

 

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Going to the Dogs

Pavlov's America

By RALPH NADER

http://www.counterpunch.org/nader07232008.html

 

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House Passes Housing Bill After Bush Says He Will Sign It

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/business/24housing.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1216897990-Ce4hWPkUeB/lVx9KjZNZiA

 

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For what is the crime of burglarizing a bank, compared with the crime of building one? --Bertolt Brecht

Attack of the Global Pirate Bankers

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080804/henry

 

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Thanks o Maddi in Dayton for this

BUSH SAYS WALL STREET ‘GOT DRUNK’

By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in WashingtonPublished: July 23 2008 01:19 | Last updated: July 23 2008 01:19 President George W. Bush said Wall Street had “got drunk” and was experiencing a hangover at a recent closed-door fundraiser in Houston in which he also made light of the US housing crisis.

In a video recording that emerged on Tuesday, Mr Bush questioned how long Wall Street banks would remain sober and “not try to do all these fancy financial instruments”.

This article can be found at:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ceb6551a-584c-11dd-b02f-000077b07658,_i_email=y.html

"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of The Financial Times.

Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2008

 

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Out of bounds!

Obama falsely claims to be Banking Committee member

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/45304.html

 

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Rove End-Runs House Democrats
Former White House political adviser Karl Rove, who has refused to testify before Congress, instead inserted his denials of wrongdoing in the Congressional Record, reports Jason Leopold.

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/072308d.html

 

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Dan Abrams on The Verdict…continues to cover what still looks to be Gov. Siegelman

‘s politically motivated  imprisonment…

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25823952#25823952

Siegelman supporters call for expanded probe

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2008/07/siegelman_supporters_call_for.html

Rep. Lamar Smith helping out Rove on Siegelman

http://www.atlargely.com/2008/07/rep-lamar-smith.html

 

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McSexist: McCain's War on Women

By Kate Sheppard, In These Times
http://www.alternet.org/story/92546/

 

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Report Says Pentagon Pressured, Intimidated Auditors

http://www.truthout.org/article/report-says-pentagon-pressured-intimidated-auditors

 

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Obama talks tough about Iran during visit to Israel

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/45270.html

 

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US Military Recruits Children: "America's Army" Video Game Violates International Law

http://www.truthout.org/article/us-military-recruits-children

 

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Media Goof Again: Blackwater Isn't Going Anywhere

By Jeremy Scahill, Comment Is Free
http://www.alternet.org/story/92493/

from and about ‘over there’

Bin Laden's driver walks out on terror trial

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/100/story/45343.html

 

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German snub for McCain as Merkel praises 'well-equipped' rival

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/german-snub-for-mccain-as-merkel-praises-wellequipped-rival-875778.html

 

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the main reason Berlusconi was re-elected…to ‘handle’ the migrants

Italy calls up troops for urban crackdown on migrants

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italy-calls-up-troops-for-urban-crackdown-on-migrants-875786.html

 

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Talking Into the Sunset

D avid Ignatius

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR2008072302902.html?hpid%3Dopinionsbox1&sub=AR

 

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Plan Would Use Antiterror Aid on Pakistani Jets

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/world/asia/24pstan.html?hp

 

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Juan Cole:  Informed Comment

A Social History of the Surge

I want to weigh in as a social historian of Iraq

http://www.juancole.com/

 

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Chávez and the Future of South America

Ten Years On, Bolivarian Revolution at Crossroads

By NIKOLAS KOZLOFF

http://www.counterpunch.org/kozloff07232008.html

Peace and Solidarity

Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people...

– Hugo Black, Supreme Court Justice

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