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More Toxic paper: New subprime bonanza in the housing market

Posted by seumasach on April 4, 2010

Another Stealth Bailout for Pudgy Banks

Mike Whitney

Global Research

4th April, 2010

Whew. That was fast. It didn’t take long for Wall Street to figure out how to game Obama’s new mortgage modification program, did it? The plan was hyped as help for “struggling homeowners”, but it turns out, it’s just another stealth bailout for pudgy bank-execs. It’s funny, the program hasn’t even kicked in yet and, already, bigtime speculators are riffling through their filing cabinets looking any garbage paper they can find to dump on Uncle Sam. Take a look at this on today’s Bloomberg report:

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Putin and Chavez talking weapons, money and medals

Posted by seumasach on April 4, 2010

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India snubs US, to attend nuclear meet in Iran

Posted by seumasach on April 4, 2010

PressTV

4th April, 2010

The Indian government will stand by its decision to take part in a nuclear meeting slated for mid-April in the Iranian capital, Tehran, in a move that is set to irk the US administration.

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Increase in Arctic ice confounds doomsayers

Posted by seumasach on April 3, 2010

Daily Mail

3rd April, 2010

The amount of sea ice covering the Arctic dramatically increased last month, reaching levels not seen at this time of year for nearly a decade.

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German Easter rallies decry Afghanistan killings

Posted by seumasach on April 3, 2010

PressTV

3rd April, 2010

Thousands of peace activists have taken to the streets across Germany to demand an immediate end to the country’s unpopular presence in Afghanistan.

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Angela Bismarck Thatcher

Posted by seumasach on April 3, 2010

Joschka Fischer

New Europe

2nd April, 2010

The European Union’s recent summit has brought about a typically European compromise on the Greek financial crisis, one that avoids the term “solution” and hides behind the idea of a “mechanism.” Whether it works will be seen in April, when Greece will have to refinance its debt once more.

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Night raids belie McChrystal’s new image

Posted by seumasach on April 3, 2010

Gareth Porter

Asia Times

2nd April, 2010

General Stanley McChrystal has recently acquired the image of a master strategist of the population-sensitive counterinsurgency, reducing civilian casualties from air strikes and insisting that troops avoid firing when civilians might be hit during the recent offensive in Helmand Province. One recent press story even referred to a “McChrystal Doctrine” that focuses on “winning over civilians rather than killing insurgents”.

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Sudden Mass American Enlightenment Puzzles Congress and Causes National Security Alert

Posted by seumasach on April 3, 2010

Ignatious O’Reilly
1st April, 2010
Washington – President Obama, U.S. congressmen and their aides held an emergency four hour-long meeting Wednesday to decide what action to take to stem a sudden and unprecedented mass enlightenment of the US population that threatens to destabilize the Government and create a fiscal crisis.

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Is the WiFi System in the Bucks County Libraries Making People Feel Sick?

Posted by seumasach on April 3, 2010

Dear Martina Kominiarek

Executive Director, Bucks County Public Libraries, Pennsylvania, USA:

I had the opportunity to visit two of the libraries in Bucks County on my recent visit there last month in March of 2010.

Unfortunately, after entering these libraries I quickly started to feel ill with nausea, brain fog, and pressure in my brain, among a number of other very unpleasant symptoms.

Fortunately (or unfortunately) for me I am aware of what is the cause behind these ill feelings: WiFi (aka Wireless Fidelity ) systems installed in your libraries — which pump out a continuous stream of digitally modulated microwave radiation — in order to allow people to access the Internet with their computers without any wires.

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Max Kaiser on the rotting core of US finance

Posted by seumasach on April 3, 2010

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Tarpley-US strategic position crumbling worldwide

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