Tuesday, March 11
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Robert Kaercher is the guest editor today. |
Iraq:
$12 Billion Per Month and Counting
"The flow of blood may be ebbing, but the flood of money into the Iraq war is steadily rising, new analyses show. In 2008, its sixth year, the war will cost approximately $12 billion a month, triple the ‘burn’ rate of its earliest years, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and co-author Linda J. Bilmes report in a new book.”
5
U.S. Soldiers, 26 Iraqis Killed, 76 Others Wounded in One Day
So much for the perception that the surge in Iraq is “improving” the situation.
This is a must see documentary about the Iraq War. Very well done. (Editor's pick)
NSA's Domestic Spying Grows as Agency Sweeps Up Data
"According to current and former intelligence officials, the spy agency now monitors huge volumes of records of domestic emails and Internet searches as well as bank transfers, credit-card transactions, travel and telephone records. The NSA receives this so-called 'transactional' data from other agencies or private companies...." (Editor's pick)
Polish
Leader Warms to U.S. Missiles
To
see a relationship blossom between an empire and one of its vassals is just
so…heartwarming, y’know?
New
York Gov. Apologizes for Patronizing Prostitute
New
Yorkers really shouldn’t give a damn about Spitzer receiving the services of
a prostiitute. His legal
crimes as a government official have been far worse. What’s so galling
about this is that as New York’s attorney general, Spitzer was “known for
prosecuting prostitution rings.” [Wow, another charlatan. I'm
shocked. - Ed.]
Man
Suspected of Murdering Auburn Girl an Iraq War Veteran
“The
mother of the man charged with killing Auburn University student Lauren Burk
said her son was an Iraq war veteran who was changed after his service, and
she offered an apology to the freshman's family.”
Real
Estate Transfer Tax Adds to Chicago Housing Woes
“Chicago
home sellers getting lower prices if they can unload their properties at all
in the stone cold housing market have a new headache: the 40 percent increase
in the real estate transfer tax tied to the
“Nearly every urban setting in the world is fraught with conflicts between groups, so much so that political commentators can speak of votes and candidates mostly in terms of the demographic composition and impact of the vote. It is not only in Baghad were people struggle over the levers of Power. Rather, every election turns on the ‘religious vote,’ the ‘black vote,’ the business vote, the women's vote, etc. This is a sad commentary on the modern city, founded in the middle ages as a place of peace and commerce and which became the very foundation of civilization.” Hans-Hermann Hoppe's analysis of what ails cities.
Mortgage
Lenders See More Borrowers Give Up
“On
the front lines in the mortgage foreclosure crisis, lender and loan servicer
Dennis Lauria says his deepest losses are from borrowers who owe more than
their homes are worth and simply mail in the keys, rather than try to work out
a new payment plan.”
Queen
Shillary’s Unpardonable Sin
A dissection of Senator Clinton’s 2002 Senate floor speech supporting the invasion of Iraq.
Why
Are Obama Supporters Silent?
“US
presidential candidate Barack Obama tells supporters that he intends to change
the mindset that leads to war. He has never failed to support Israeli crimes
as they are committed.”
Climb
aboard the Double Talk Express!
The
Children, Who Are Our Cyphers
Bjork’s
“Declare Independence”
Anonymous
Philanthropist Donates 200 Human Kidneys
50 People Lose Sight Looking for Virgin Mary
It's a miracle! (Editor's pick)
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