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Written by: Gerry L on Dec 2, 2008 8:06 AM EST

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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Putting a Face on Big Auto

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.

http://ccrjustice.org/get-involved/calendar/chicago-police-department-cia-black-sites%3A-ending-torture-chicago%2C-il

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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

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/28/AR2008112802242.html?nav%3Dhcmodule&sub=AR

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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;

http://www.juancole.com/

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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

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/un-accuses-israel-of-punishing-aid-workers-1043960.html

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By Way of Pakistan

From Baghdad to Mumbai

By PATRICK COCKBURN

http://www.counterpunch.org/

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India's 9/11?

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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