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Paul Street: ‘Obama’s Resume of Betrayal’

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Paul Street in “Power Served, Millions Betrayed” presents the reality of Obama’s conservative neoliberal ideology and takes on the personality-cultish, propaganda-spun good will so many progressives still cling to regarding Obama:

There is, of course, one group of Americans who have clearly not been thrown under the bus by Barack Obama: the very predominantly white corporate and financial elite.

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Another example of how the tax code is structured to screw the working class hero

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It used to be that a citizen consumer could deduct loan/credit interest charged(besides the home mortgage interest). Read below the fold...

Gen. Videla, Kissinger’s 'Operation Condor' Buddy, Dies

Bill Van Auken writes in “Argentina’s General Videla and the ‘war on terror’”: Read below the fold...

Another argument against GMO's

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"What happened in Darveshpura has divided scientists and is exciting governments and development experts. Tests on the soil show it is particularly rich in silicon but the reason for the "super yields" is entirely down to a method of growing crops called System of Root Intensification (SRI). Read below the fold...

The return of the public option?

Anyone familiar with this -- and why it's coming up now, when Medicare and SSI are still in jeopardy? Read below the fold...

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My February 2011 "Daily Kos" Diary On Social Security Reform--Revisted [Corrected Version]

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Will the Lame Duck Congress Poop on Social Security?
Photo Credit: DonkeyHotey's photostream, flickr

[Tue Feb 01, 2011 at 03:36 PM PST]

SOCIAL SECURITY "OFF THE TABLE?" YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING!!! Read below the fold...

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More Than Meets the Eye in L'Affaire Petraeus

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A few things. First is that there appears to have been a great deal of classified information bandied about between the people involved and possibly others. The threshold for dissemination of classified information to unauthorized parties is absolutely zero tolerance, but especially so for the head of the CIA. In Obama's press conference yesterday, he stated that no classified information had been divulged that would threaten the security of the United States. Read below the fold...

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Kent Conrad Endorses All Three Cuts To Social Security Program, Video, Speaking At The Wall Street Journal CEO Council [01:00]

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Here's the link. [not embeddable]

*************SORRY, THE C-SPAN LINK HAS BEEN REMOVED****************

[Conrad says that he is "speaking for himself."]

This is as good as it gets, when it comes to having the Bowles-Simpson "recommendations" for cutting Social Security articulated in a public forum.

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00:00:00 THE SOLVENCY OF SOCIAL SECURITY ITSELF.

00:00:05 >> THAT IS DONE, HOW?

00:00:07 >> IT WILL BE DONE IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS TO EARN ONE OF THE WAYS IT IS WE WILL EXTEND THE CAP IN TERMS OF WHAT INCOME IS EXPOSED FOR FUNDING SOCIAL SECURITY.

00:00:22 THE AGE WILL BE EXTENDED OVER AN EXTENDED A PERIOD OF TIME.

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Evan Bayh Audio on Bloomberg Surveillance: "The President's been reelected, he can stand up to his base a little more." [and more pronouncements on 'the Fiscal Cliff']

Here's an audio clip with a transcript of the most salient points from the Bloomberg TV program, Surveillance,with Host Tom Keene, that describes what the "framework" of a Grand Bargain (struck in the Lame Duck Session) will look like.

The "interviewee" is former Indiana Senator, Evan Bayh. He is one of the founders of the "centrist" organization "No Labels."

http://media.bloomberg.com/bb/avfile/New...

Please see the transcript below, for the most salient points. Read below the fold...

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Remember "The Old Days," Before Social Security

Social Security Card - Illustration
Social Security Card -- Illustration
Illustration: 3D Social Security Card. SSA# 000-00-000, This number has been established for Jane Doe.
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Obama's Kill List Expands to Fascistic 'Disposition Matrix'

Murder Inc. has got nothing on the West Wing.

As of the latest Obama anti-constitutional "thou SHALT kill relentlessly and mercilessly" development, I’m becoming convinced neither did Hitler’s Germany.

According to Bill Van Auken of wsws, Obama is developing a new system to codify and STREAMLINE extrajudicial assassinations. He is calling it a “Disposition Matrix.”

Did you know IBM was a serious help to Hitler’s record-keeping of his vast number of victims and prisoners during the Holocaust years? Read below the fold...

Nancy Pelosi: Pete Peterson is a Saint

I was channel surfing, honest, and I came across Charlie Rose interviewing Nancy Pelosi. Rose started talking about CEOs demanding action on government deficits and reining in spending. Pelosi responded that many had said nothing while those deficits were being amassed. But then she went on that some had. She said Pete Peterson was wonderful, that he had been a saint on this. At that point, I changed channels in disgust. I can't watch this shit anymore. Been there, done that for too long. Read below the fold...

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Grandest Bargain Ever, a different wrinkle from Economist Richard Wolff

My "Dismal Science" diet comes from a wide variety of sources. As our corrupt national political establishment and discredited media organs begin to focus on post-election Catfood Commission politics, it's instructive to see how different economists read the writing on the wall, and come to a variety of conclusions. In this case I'd like to highlight the observations of Dr. Richard D. Wolff, who appears to come to a similar conclusion to the one I derived in my previous post about how the Grand Bargain is a shell game calculated to drain the public funds for private purposes (The Grandest Bargain Ever, Explained). Read below the fold...

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Police Taking Sides in Greek Social Collapse as Enforcement Arm of Fascist Golden Dawn Party

Here's an article detailing how when push comes to shove, the individuals in the police state are always the last to leave the social disintegration party.

Desperate to keep the police on side, is the Greek government overlooking violent abuses? Golden Dawn is having a field day while MPs from other parties are assaulted. Read below the fold...

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