“GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO” THROWS A SHAFT OF LIGHT ON THE “BANALITY OF EVIL” IN SWEDEN. (Counterpunch) The recently-released movie features a graphic depiction of torture and rape by police agents in the “liberal” country. A U.S. investigative journalist living in Sweden, Ritt Goldstein, uses the movie’s theme to comment on what seems to [...]
Executives at two giants of the US mortgage industry were fingered by the federal government as perpetrators of fraud in one of the few cases ever to come out of the 2008 financial meltdown despite its consequences nearly bringing down the global economy. And in a political twist, President Obama and his potential election challenger [...]
WAR WITH IRAN “JUST A PROVOCATION AWAY?” (Global Research) Separate articles in Global Research suggest that is a very real possibility. Patrick Buchanan notes the eerie similarity between 1941 and 2011, in both of which powerful forces in U.S. government were intent on drawing another country into a war. Secretary of War Henry Stimson said [...]
WHAT DO PUBLIC AGENCIES DO WHEN THEY FACE A BUDGET DEFICIT? WHY, THEY CUT SERVICES OF THEIR PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF COURSE. (The Nation) Just as free library services are all the more urgently-needed in difficult economic times, these “times” bring with them the pressure to reduce public expenditures for them. This is symbolized in the [...]
CRISIS IN PAKISTAN: “THEY DEMONSTRATE COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN LIFE, AND ARE IN STARK VIOLATION OF PAKISTANI SOVEREIGNTY.” The already-crumbling relationship between the United States government and Pakistan was dealt a new blow over the weekend when 25 Pakistani soldiers were killed in an air strike launched by US forces. It was [...]
“THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT PEOPLE LIKE WARREN BUFFETT PAY AT A 17 PERCENT RATE, IT’S THAT THEY CAN USE COMPLEX TRANSACTIONS NOT AVAILABLE TO MOST AMERICANS TO GET CASH FROM THEIR APPRECIATED STOCK WITHOUT PAYING ANY TAXES AT ALL.“ That America’s wealthiest taxpayers enjoy their lowest tax rates in decades is only a fraction [...]
“MAKING EVIL ACTS SEEM ENTERTAINING.” (Black Agenda Report) This is Margaret Kimberley’s view of the “mission accomplished” Veterans Day appearance by President Obama on the U.S.S. Vinson, the ship used to carry the body of Osama bin Laden to its summary burial at sea. His appearance coincides with the news that several NCAA basketball games [...]
Widespread outrage met Bank of America’s recent decision to begin charging fees for customers to use their debit cards, and the nation’s largest bank eventually reversed course and scrapped the $5 charge. But if you think that was the extent of the bank’s venture into controversial fees, you would be wrong. While not as broad [...]
As politicians, corporate leaders and lobbyists all push for a sweeping overhaul of the tax code to lower the rates faced by American businesses, a new report finds the theory that American corporations are grossly overtaxed simply doesn’t hold water. In fact, some corporations are enjoying a tax rate in negative territory. General Electric paid [...]
ROBERT REICH: THE ANCIENT CRADLE OF DEMOCRACY CRAFTS A VERY DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE TO PRESSURES FOR AUSTERITY. VOTERS IN THE UNITED STATES, TAKE NOTICE… (Robert Reich) Greece stunned all of Europe and the rest of the world when embattled Prime Minister George Papandreou delivered the shocking news that Greece would not digest the “bailout” plan put [...]
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