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GOP Willing To Raise Payroll Taxes On 113 Million Households To Spare 345,000 Millionaires From Tiny Surtax
Post Date: 2011-12-02 10:23:03 by tom007
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GOP Willing To Raise Payroll Taxes On 113 Million Households To Spare 345,000 Millionaires From Tiny Surtax By Pat Garofalo on Nov 29, 2011 at 4:35 pm Senate Democrats yesterday introduced legislation — as they’ve been promising to — that would extend a soon-to-expire payroll tax cut, and pay for it by implementing a surtax on income above $1 million. Republicans, of course, are opposing the plan, reviving their false claims that taxing the very wealthiest Americans will hit small businesses and job creators. In essence, the GOP is saying that it’s willing to allow higher taxes on middle- and lower-income Americans in order to prevent tax increases on the very ...
Norquist Tells GOP That Raising Taxes On The Middle Class Doesn’t Count As A Tax Increase
Post Date: 2011-12-02 09:29:07 by tom007
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Norquist Tells GOP That Raising Taxes On The Middle Class Doesn’t Count As A Tax Increase By Travis Waldron on Dec 1, 2011 at 5:50 pm Anti-tax zealot Grover Norquist, the president of Americans For Tax Reform and author of the radical anti-tax pledge that has played a significant role in hamstringing budget and deficit-reduction negotiations, has said that it is unacceptable for those who have signed his pledge to vote in favor of any tax increase. But now that President Obama and congressional Democrats are backing a tax cut aimed at stimulating economic growth, Norquist has changed his tune. Norquist met with Republican members today to let them know that opposing the extension of ...
U.S. Says Americans Are MILITARY Targets in the War on Terror … And that the Prez Alone Can Decide Who Is a Target (Long Live The King)
Post Date: 2011-12-02 08:39:39 by tom007
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U.S. Says Americans Are MILITARY Targets in the War on Terror … And that the Prez Alone Can Decide Who Is a Target George Washington's picture Submitted by George Washington on 12/01/2011 20:13 -0500 As everyone realizes by now, Congress' push for indefinite detention includes American citizens on American soil. As Huffington post notes: The debate also has left many Americans scratching their heads as to whether Congress is actually attempting to authorize the indefinite detention of Americans by the military without charges. But proponents -- led by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services ...
Occupy LA activists vow to stand ground Mayor sets deadline for protesters to leave, saying they have "awakened country's conscience" but damaged the grass.
Post Date: 2011-12-02 08:27:03 by tom007
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Occupy LA activists vow to stand ground Mayor sets deadline for protesters to leave, saying they have "awakened country's conscience" but damaged the grass. Feedback Los Angeles demonstrators say they will go nowhere despite threats of another forced removal [GALLO/GETTY] Activists at the Occupy Los Angeles protest say they will refuse to leave after the city's mayor said they were violating health and safety laws and damaging lawns, and therefore needed to abandon the encampment by Monday. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who had previously expressed sympathy for the Occupy movement, told the protesters on Saturday that they had "awakened the country's ...
Kucinich bill seeks to end the Federal Reserve
Post Date: 2011-12-01 17:34:13 by tom007
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Kucinich bill seeks to end the Federal Reserve By Stephen C. Webster Thursday, December 1, 2011 Print 60 Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). Photo: AFP. Topics: congressman dennis kucinich ♦ Kucinich A bill put forward by Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) would do what libertarians and conservatives have long wished for: effectively end the Federal Reserve. The National Emergency Employment Defense (NEED) Act of 2011 would place the Federal Reserve, a private, qusai-governmental institution that controls the nation’s monetary policy, under control of the U.S. Treasury. It would also implement new rules for the financial industry, in hopes of ending the worst abuses that created the ...
Why the Radical Left and Mainstream Republican Leaders Are Both Wrong About Inequality George Washington
Post Date: 2011-12-01 17:02:50 by tom007
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Why the Radical Left and Mainstream Republican Leaders Are Both Wrong About Inequality George Washington's picture Submitted by George Washington on 12/01/2011 14:42 -0500 Alan Greenspan Corruption Davos Dean Baker Dominique Strauss-Kahn ETC Fail Gambling Great Depression Harvard Business School India International Monetary Fund Joseph Stiglitz Main Street Michael Moore Moral Hazard Newspaper Rating Agencies recovery Robert Shiller SPY The Economist Too Big To Fail Unemployment Warren Buffett Preface: Don’t stop reading when you see me criticizing your “team” … I will demolish the other “side” further down in the post. I have written as much as anyone ...
Where in the World Is Jon Corzine? CNBCCNBC – 3 hours ago
Post Date: 2011-12-01 16:55:26 by tom007
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Where in the World Is Jon Corzine? CNBCCNBC – 3 hours ago 1 Email Print When was the last time anybody saw Jon Corzine? For several days following the bankruptcy of MF Global, Corzine was regularly appearing in the office. Sources at MF Global told me he spent his days in conference rooms with teams of lawyers and accountants. Then he abruptly resigned as chief executive. And for his next act, he vanished. Corzine is not an ordinary chief executive. As a former US Senator and former Governor of New Jersey, he is a public figure. He was even under consideration to be the next Treasury Secretary. As one of the few people who can answer questions about what happened to MF Global-how ...
ROBERT REICH: The GOP Is Taking Us Back To The Gilded Age
Post Date: 2011-12-01 16:25:39 by tom007
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ROBERT REICH: The GOP Is Taking Us Back To The Gilded Age Robert Reich | Dec. 1, 2011, 5:21 AM | 1,184 | 31 A A A inShare2 Robert Reich URL Robert Reich is an economist, a professor, and former Clinton labor secretary Recent Posts Restore the Basic Bargain A Thanksgiving Reflection: Looking Beyond Election Day Robert Reich Lists All The Things That Piss Him Off About America... RSS Feed The Rebirth of Social Darwinism Restore the Basic Bargain A Thanksgiving Reflection: Looking Beyond Election Day What kind of society, exactly, do modern Republicans want? I’ve been listening to Republican candidates in an effort to discern an overall philosophy, a broadly-shared vision, an ...
Wikileaks' Spyfiles: Julian Assange Tells Phone Owners 'You're Screwed' Assange
Post Date: 2011-12-01 12:25:42 by tom007
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Wikileaks' Spyfiles: Julian Assange Tells Phone Owners 'You're Screwed' Assange Wikileaks has released the first swathe of 'spyfiles' documents from security companies around the world, in an effort to “shine a light" on a "secret industry worth billions". In partnership with Bugged Planet and Privacy International, as well as media organisations including the Washington Post and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism in the UK, Wikileaks has released 287 documents from security companies in 25 different countries. Revealing the names of surveillance companies including BAE systems, Thales and Siemens, the files offer an insight into the ...
How Wall Street occupied the Fed Ben Bernanke kept the banking sector from collapsing. Why didn't he do the same for Main Street?
Post Date: 2011-11-29 09:10:45 by tom007
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How Wall Street occupied the Fed Ben Bernanke kept the banking sector from collapsing. Why didn't he do the same for Main Street? By Andrew Leonard Ben Bernanke Ben Bernanke (Credit: Reuters/Jason Reed) Topics:Law enforcement, Ben Bernanke Bloomberg’s fabulous report on the Federal Reserve Bank’s “secret” bailout of U.S. banks is an example of dogged enterprise journalism at its very best. The Fed fought Bloomberg’s Freedom of Information Act requests to get details of its huge loan program all the way to the Supreme Court. But Bloomberg prevailed, and on Sunday night, the news organization published its long-awaited findings, making it abundantly clear just ...
Living in a Delusional World by PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
Post Date: 2011-11-29 09:08:12 by tom007
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Living in a Delusional World by PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS I have come to the conclusion that Big Brother’s subjects in George Orwell’s 1984 are better informed than Americans. Americans have no idea why they have been at war in the Middle East, Asia and Africa for a decade. They don’t realize that their liberties have been supplanted by a Gestapo Police State. Few understand that hard economic times are here to stay. On October 27, 2011, the US government announced some routine economic statistics, and the president of the European Council announced a new approach to the Greek sovereign debt crisis. The result of these funny numbers and mere words sent the Standard & ...
The secrecy-loving mind of the U.S. journalist By Glenn Greenwald
Post Date: 2011-11-29 09:00:23 by tom007
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The secrecy-loving mind of the U.S. journalist By Glenn Greenwald In July, 2007, The Washington Post‘s Richard Cohen wrote a column condemning the prosecution of Lewis “Scooter” Libby on the ground that political officials should not “be called to account for practicing the dark art of politics”; instead, he explained: “as with sex or real estate, it is often best to keep the lights off.” At the time, I hailed Cohen’s column as “a true tour de force in explaining the function of our Beltway media stars,” writing: That really is the central belief of our Beltway press, captured so brilliantly by Cohen in this perfect nutshell. When it comes ...
Restore the Basic Bargain
Post Date: 2011-11-29 08:29:14 by tom007
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Restore the Basic Bargain Posted: 11/28/11 09:34 PM ET For most of the last century, the basic bargain at the heart of the American economy was that employers paid their workers enough to buy what American employers were selling. That basic bargain created a virtuous cycle of higher living standards, more jobs, and better wages. Back in 1914, Henry Ford announced he was paying workers on his Model T assembly line $5 a day -- three times what the typical factory employee earned at the time. The Wall Street Journal termed his action "an economic crime." But Ford knew it was a cunning business move. The higher wage turned Ford's auto workers into customers who could afford ...
US official says Iran should not issue threats (Ya Can't Make It Up)
Post Date: 2011-11-29 08:26:09 by tom007
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US official says Iran should not issue threats stumbleupon: US official says Iran should not issue threats digg: US Works With Sudan Government Suspected Of Aiding Genocide reddit: US official says Iran should not issue threats del.icio.us: US official says Iran should not issue threats November 29, 2011 08:03 AM EST | AP Compare other versions » ANKARA, Turkey — A senior U.S. official has dismissed Iran's threats against NATO missile defense installations in Turkey, saying they benefit no one. An Iranian general said Saturday that Tehran will target NATO's early warning radar in Turkey if the U.S. or Israel attacks the Islamic Republic. Antony Blinken, national ...
he First Amendment Upside Down. Why We Must Occupy Democracy
Post Date: 2011-11-29 08:21:41 by tom007
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The First Amendment Upside Down. Why We Must Occupy Democracy By Robert Reich November 25, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- You’ve been seeing this across the country … Americans assaulted, clubbed, dragged, pepper-sprayed … Why? For exercising their right to free speech and assembly — protesting the increasing concentration of income, wealth, and political power at the top. And what’s Washington’s response? Nothing. In fact, Congress’s so-called “supercommittee” just disbanded because Republicans refuse to raise a penny of taxes on the rich. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court says money is speech and corporations are people. The ...
Bankers Have Seized Europe Goldman Sachs Has Taken Over By Paul Craig Roberts
Post Date: 2011-11-29 08:06:57 by tom007
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Bankers Have Seized Europe Goldman Sachs Has Taken Over By Paul Craig Roberts November 26, 2011 "Information Clearing House" -- On November 25, two days after a failed German government bond auction in which Germany was unable to sell 35% of its offerings of 10-year bonds, the German finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble said that Germany might retreat from its demands that the private banks that hold the troubled sovereign debt from Greece, Italy, and Spain must accept part of the cost of their bailout by writing off some of the debt. The private banks want to avoid any losses either by forcing the Greek, Italian, and Spanish governments to make good on the bonds by imposing ...
Pakistan Has Had Enough
Post Date: 2011-11-29 08:04:05 by tom007
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Pakistan Has Had Enough The assumption that it has no choice but to obey America may turn out to be a dire strategic error By Simon Tisdall November 27, 2011 "The Guardian" -- Readers of Dawn newspaper, commenting online, were in no doubt how the Pakistani government should respond to Saturday's killing by US forces of 24 soldiers on Pakistan's side of the Afghan border. "Pakistan should acquire anti-aircraft defence systems ... so that in the future Pakistan can give Nato forces a proper reply," said Ali. "This is outrageous," wrote another reader, Zia Khan. "We should cut off all ties with the US. As long as we are getting US [anti-terror] aid ...
Kansas gov. says staff overreacted to teen's tweet
Post Date: 2011-11-29 07:57:49 by tom007
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Kansas gov. says staff overreacted to teen's tweet By BILL DRAPER and JOHN MILBURN | AP – 12 hrs ago 4 Email Print Save this List Related Content Shown in her Fairway, Kan. home on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, high school senior Emma … High school senior Emma Sullivan does a phone interview from her Fairway, Kan. home, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Sullivan has garnered national attention since she sent a tweet critical of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback after listening to him speak to a group of students last week. Since posting the tweet, Sullivan was called into the principal's office and ordered to write an apology to Brownback but instead Brownback offered an apology for his ...
'Bugsplat': The ugly US drone war in Pakistan
Post Date: 2011-11-29 07:52:00 by tom007
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'Bugsplat': The ugly US drone war in Pakistan It's time for the US to re-examine the consequences of its dehumanising, deadly er Pakistanis have become increasingly angry over US drone attacks that kill civilians, such as 16-year-old Tariq Aziz [EPA] This weekend, Pakistan ordered the closure of the US drone base after a US attack killed 26 Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border. This news will be welcomed by the people of Waziristan, where communities have borne the brunt of the "collateral damage" of the US covert drone war. But for many, this decision comes too little too late. For too long, authorities ignored the deaths of innocent civilians being ...
always finish what you start
Post Date: 2011-11-26 18:13:29 by freepatriot32
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I'm passing this on because it worked for me today. A Dr. on TV said to have inner peace we should always finish things we start & we all could use more calm in our lives. I looked around my house to find things I'd started & hadn't finished, so I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Chardonnay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of wum, tha mainder of Valiuminun scriptins, an a box a chocletz. Yu haf no idr how fablus I feel rite now.
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber's vote is the only one that counts
Post Date: 2011-11-26 17:43:51 by Ferret
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In two dramatic moves — curiously timed for Thanksgiving week — Gov. John Kitzhaber has firmly established the pecking order in Oregon politics. Declaring the death penalty “a perversion of justice” and suspending all executions in Oregon, Kitzhaber reminds us that he feels empowered to overrule the vote of the people and the opinion of the Oregon Supreme Court. In shrugging off the dismissal of University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere, Kitzhaber asks us to believe, however, that he is powerless to second guess the State Board of Higher Education. Over the course of a lengthy political career, Kitzhaber has frequently displayed his preference for policy ...
Their Own Facts
Post Date: 2011-11-26 12:26:18 by tom007
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Their Own Facts David Frum of “Axis of Evil” fame — who is some kind of distant cousin of mine — has an excellent piece in New York explaining his apostasy from the modern GOP. Best line: Backed by their own wing of the book-publishing industry and supported by think tanks that increasingly function as public-relations agencies, conservatives have built a whole alternative knowledge system, with its own facts, its own history, its own laws of economics. Outside this alternative reality, the United States is a country dominated by a strong Christian religiosity. Within it, Christians are a persecuted minority. Outside the system, President Obama—whatever his policy ...
The fruits of liberation
Post Date: 2011-11-26 01:14:48 by tom007
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The fruits of liberation By Glenn Greenwald (updated below) In Afghanistan — yet again: Six children were among seven civilians killed in a NATO airstrike in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Thursday. Those Afghan government officials claimed that the aircraft were chasing “insurgents” when they fired on the children, but the villagers and the children’s families — as usual — insist that is false: The victims were members of two families. Abdul Samad, an uncle of four of the children who were killed, disputed the government’s version of the attack. He said his relatives were working in fields near their village when they were attacked ...
How Students Landed on the Front Lines of Class War
Post Date: 2011-11-25 22:43:27 by tom007
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How Students Landed on the Front Lines of Class War Tuesday 22 November 2011 by: Juan Cole, Truthdig | Op-Ed The deliberate pepper-spraying by campus police of nonviolent protesters at UC Davis on Friday has provoked national outrage. But the horrific incident must not cloud the real question: What led comfortable, bright, middle-class students to join the Occupy protest movement against income inequality and big-money politics in the first place? The University of California system raised tuition by 9 percent this year, and the California State University system upped tuition by 12 percent. The UC system is seriously contemplating a humongous 16 percent tuition increase for fall 2012. ...
The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy
Post Date: 2011-11-25 20:16:47 by tom007
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The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy The violent police assaults across the US are no coincidence. Occupy has touched the third rail of our political class's venality reddit this Comments (299) wolf Naomi Wolf guardian.co.uk, Friday 25 November 2011 12.25 EST Article history Brandon Watts lies injured as Occupy Wall Street protesters clash with police in Zuccotti Park Occupy Wall Street protester Brandon Watts lies injured on the ground after clashes with police over the eviction of OWS from Zuccotti Park. Photograph: Allison Joyce/Getty Images US citizens of all political persuasions are still reeling from images of unparallelled police brutality in a coordinated ...
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