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2009

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"The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it." - Edward Dowling, Editor and Priest, Chicago Daily News, 28jul41

• U.S. Aims to Help Firms Sidestep Bailout Rules: Obama administration seeks to avoid restrictions, including limits on pay - Washington Post 4apr2009
  • Lawrence H. Summers: Financial Industry Paid Millions to Obama Aide - New York Times 4apr2009
• Obama: Headed For the Wrong Goal Posts - Culture Change 3apr2009
• US Home Price Index Shows Housing Prices Falling by Record Annual Amount in January - (with link to index) AP 31mar2009
• Guantanamo: Ex-Bush Admin Official: Many at Gitmo Are Innocent - AP 19mar2009
• Camp Bucca, Iraq: More Than 9,600 Iraqis Held by US to Go Free - AP 19mar2009
• Marijuana: Attorney General Signals Shift in Policy - AP 18mar2009
• US Industrial Production Falls Sharply as Economic Crisis Deepens - WSWS 18mar2009
• AIG Paid Bonuses of $1 Million or More to 73 Employees: Top 10 Recipients Got a Combined $42 Million. - Wall Street Journal 17mar2009
• U.S. Credit Card Defaults Rise to 20 Year High - Reuters 16mar2009
• Global Trade Collapsing: U.S. Exports Falling at 49% Pace as Customers Fade Away - MarketWatch 13mar2009
• Real Unemployment Rate is at least 14.8%  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 6mar2009
• U.S. Financial System Is Effectively Insolvent: Grave risk of a global L-shaped depression -  Forbes 5mar2009
• Obama’s Housing Plan and the American Ruling Class - WSWS 21feb 2009
• Soros Sees No Bottom for World Financial "Collapse"- Reuters 21feb2009
• Obama Justice Department Defends Bush on State Secrets - Congressional Quarterly 21feb2009
• U.S. Gov't Prepares for Collapse and Disruption - Culture Change 20feb2009
• Credit Crunch May Only Have Just Begun, S&P Warns - MarketWatch 20feb2009
• Volcker Sees Crisis Leading to Global Regulation - AP 20feb2009
• Obama’s Mortgage Plan Aims to Bolster Banks - WSWS 20feb2009
• Zbigniew Brzezinski: U.S. Recession Could Lead to Riots - Rachel Maddow Show / MSNBC 19feb2009
• Banks Slapping Fees on Unemployment Benefit Debit Cards - AP 19feb2009
• Fed Forecasts a Much Deeper Downturn: Bernanke at National Press Club - Wall Street Journal 19feb2009
• Housing Starts Plunge 17% to Record Low in January - MarketWatch 18feb2009
• Housing Fix's Challenge: Making Modified Loans Attractive - Wall Street Journal 18feb2009
• Economic Scene Bailout Likely to Focus on Most Afflicted Homeowners - New York Times 18feb2009
• Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan (HASP) - Executive Summary THE WHITE HOUSE / Washington 18feb2009
• Obama OKs 17,000 More Afghanistan Troops  (Change You Can Believe In) - AP 17feb2009
• U.S. "War on Terror" Eroded Rights Worldwide: Experts - Reuters 16feb2009
  • Leading Jurists Call for Urgent Steps to Restore Human Rights in Efforts to Counter Terrorism: Prominent Judges and Lawyers Release Findings of Three-Year Investigation - ICJ Press Release (Geneva) 16feb2009
• Social Collapse Best Practices - Dmitry Orlov / Culture Change 14feb2009
• IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Speaking on Present Financial Crisis (video included) 12feb2009
• How Banks Are Worsening the Foreclosure Crisis - BusinessWeek 12feb2009
• Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence - Director of National Intelligence 12feb2009
• President Obama Holds Town Hall Meeting in Fort Myers, Florida - Transcript / Congressional Quarterly 10feb2009
• Yuan Falls vs Dollar After Geithner's Comments - Reuters 23jan2009
• Geithner Hints at Harder Line on China Trade: China Manipulating Its Currency - New York Times 23jan2009
• Obama's Strong Dollar Policy May Be For Real - Reuters 22jan2009
• U.S. Losses May Reach $3.6 Trillion - Bloomberg 20jan2009
• President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address in Washington DC (with video) 20jan2009
• Who’s Who in the Obama Cabinet - WSWS 19jan2009
• UK On Brink of Depression - The Scotsman (Scotland) 19jan2009
• Mexican Collapse? Drug Wars Worries U.S. Joint Forces Command - AP 18jan2009
• The Rescue Has Failed: It's Time to Fess Up, Reboot and Start Again - The Telegraph (UK) 18jan2009
• Foreclosure Crisis Growing - Washington Post 17jan2009
• Trends in College Spending: Where Does the Money Come From? Where Does It Go? Delta Project Jan2009
• The Sequence of Global Insolvency Begins - Public Announcement GEAB N°31 16jan2009
• Bankrupt Circuit City to Liquidate Remaining US Stores Leaving 30,000 Unemployed - AP 16jan2009
• First Quarter Layoffs: Selection of Job Cuts by Major Companies - Wall Street Journal (updated) 16jan2009
• Madoff's Fund May Not Have Made a Single Trade - Reuters 15jan2009
• Obama, Bush Team Up Behind Another $350 Billion For The Banks - WSWS 14jan2009
• What Would Cheney Do? Why Obama May Find Virtue in Strong Presidential Powers - Newsweek 19jan2009
•  Obama and Guantánamo Bay: Spineless in Washington - Mavercon (UK) 13jan2009
• Obama Signals Continuity with US Torture Regime - WSWS 13jan2009
• Obama Plan to Close Guantánamo May Take a Year - International Herald Tribune 13jan2008
• Obama: Continuity We Can Believe In - New York Times 12jan2009
• Capitalism Freezes in Worldwide Winter of Discontent - Bloomberg 12jan2009
• Transcript of Barack Obama on 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos / ABC News 11jan2009
• Gaza: Abettors Of War Crimes Will Be Held Accountable - Electronic Intifada 10jan2009
• Failed Mexican State Among Top U.S. Fears - Reuters 9jan2009
• Obama Picks Defense Lobbyist as Deputy Defense Secretary - CNN 8jan2009
• The Technology Cult and Obama's Agenda - Culture Change 8jan2009
• Bank of England Cuts Rates to 1.5%: Lowest Level in Bank's 315-Year History - Wall Street Journal 8jan2009
• Massive Dollar Collapse: Americans Must Prepare Themselves - The Telegraph (UK) 
• Mexico: U.S. Plans Border ‘Surge’ Against Any Drug Wars - New York Times 8jan2009
• Israel's Fabricated Rocket Crisis - Electronic Intifada 6jan2009
• The Strange Rise of Obama - Progressive Review 3jan2008
• Madoff's Victims - Wall Street Journal 5jan2009

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More...from past years

• One of every 143 U.S. Residents in Prison - AP 27jul03
• Are Prisons Obsolete? - ANGELA Y. DAVIS Speaking at the First Congregational Church of Oakland 26jul03
• Analysis of an Electronic Voting System - Kohno, Stubblefield, Rubin, and Wallach 23jul03
• Patriot Revolution? Cities From Cambridge to Berkeley Reject Anti-Terror Measure -  ABC News 1jul03
• Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO) - supports individual & collective resistance to war.
• Ten Reasons Why The U.S. is an OUTLAW NATION
• Patriot Act: US Patriot Registration Website - must-see humor
• R.U.R. Rossums Universal Robots  - Karel Capek 1920
• Income Tax Law in Effect To-Day - New York Times  1nov1913
• "I don't think all this dirt will fit back into the hole.  We'd better dig another one."
• Seven Deadly Sins -  Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
• Common Sense Chapter 1 On the Origin and Design of Government in General, With Concise Remarks on the English Constitution  - Thomas Paine 1776
• Tao Te Ching -  Lao-tzu (551-479 BCE) translated by Stephen Mitchell 1988
• The Art of War  -  Sun Tzu (China abt.500 BC) 
• Kali: The Feminine Force