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Tuesday articles
Tuesday~
***************round of articles about our domestic ‘issues’ ~ December 2nd, 2008
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Paulson and Bernanke Spread the Wealth Around
http://www.truthout.org/120108R
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http://www.truthout.org/120108LA
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Class Bigotry Mars Auto Debate
By E.J. Dionne —
The auto industry bailout would have no chance of passing without the muscle of the Big Three’s unionized work force. Yet you can’t turn around without hearing someone trash autoworkers for the terrible crime of trying to earn a decent living.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081201_class_bigotry_mars_auto_debate/
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Obama's 'team of rivals' also has some rival ideas
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/56811.html
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For whom will they deliver…
A Team of Whizzes
Bob Herbert
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/opinion/02herbert.html?hp
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Franken to Take Senate Fight to … the Senate
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20081201_franken_to_take_senate_fight_to_the_senate/
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Question: is it Jim Bunning???
Law Could Force Disclosure Of Mystery Senator's Identity
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/12/law_could_force_disclosure_of.php
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Florida, banks halt foreclosures for 45 days
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/331/story/56796.html
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Health Care: It's Time for a Major Overhaul
By Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/story/109230/
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Censorship in America?
By Timothy V. Gatto
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21368.htm
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A Call for Accountability: Let’s End the Culture of Impunity
By John Anderson
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/38017
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The Cost of Hegemony is Beyond Reach
By Paul Craig Roberts
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21366.htm
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Cops Get Their Kicks, Tasering
By Digby, Hullabaloo
The police have no right to shoot people with electricity for having a "bad attitude."
http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/http://www.digbysblog.blogspot.com//109321/
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Confronting the Terrorist Within
Chris Hedges
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081201_confronting_the_terrorist_within/?ln
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If you know anyone in Chicago…please forward information about
CCR’s campaign to end torture and the work being done by CCR..
Join CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren and Joey Mogul and Flint Taylor of the People’s Law Office to discuss their work to end torture – from the notorious Chicago police torture cases, in which former Chicago police commander Jon Burge was at long last recently indicted and arrested by the FBI on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice charges related to the cover-up of the torture of over 100 African American men by Burge and officers under his command at Chicago Police Department Areas 2 and 3 over a 20 year period, to U.S. torture and war crimes from Afghanistan, to Abu Ghraib, to Guantanamo Bay and CIA secret detention sites.
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The war after the war is a fight about who we are as Americans
AN INTERROGATOR SPEAKS
I'm Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq
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Gen. Jim Jones: What Kool-Aid Will He Offer Obama?
http://www.truthout.org/120108A
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from and about ‘over there’
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Canadian Parties Form Alliance That Could Replace Government
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/world/americas/02canada.html?ref=world
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Germany Aims to Guide the West’s Ties to Russia
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/world/europe/02germany.html?ref=world
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German general breaks silence on Afghanistan
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/30/europe/germany.php
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Kurds Defend Policies in Sharp Rebuke to Iraqi Government
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/world/middleeast/02kurd.html?ref=world
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Dozens killed, scores wounded in spate of Iraq attacks
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/56806.html
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Juan Cole: Informed Comment
Obama Sticks to 16 Month Timetable;
Gives Gates 'New Mission';
38 Killed, 100 Wounded in Spate of Bombings;
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Songs for the Mahdi Army
Nir Rosen
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/12/songs-for-the-mahdi-army.html
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Libyan Gaza aid ship turns back
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7758088.stm
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UN accuses Israel of punishing aid workers
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By Way of Pakistan
From Baghdad to Mumbai
By PATRICK COCKBURN
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http://www.truthout.org/120108S
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Let's Hope India Doesn't React Like We Did to 9/11
http://www.alternet.org/story/109322/let%27s_hope_india_doesn%27t_react_like_we_did_to_9_11/
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India asks Pakistan for fugitives
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7760005.stm
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Thai PM to step down after court strips him of office
Protesters celebrate after court finds Somchai Wongsawat guilty of electoral fraud
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/02/thailand-protests-somchai-wongsawat
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Russia-Venezuela exercises begin
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7759892.stm
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Peace and Solidarity
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In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Attributed to George Orwell
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