August 16, 2011
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Video: The Real Source of the British Riots
So in the UK, only one in five homes is occupied by couples with children. Nine out of ten couples face a tax and benefit penalty worth more than 100 pounds a week if they live together – so in other words, they are 100 pounds a week better off if they live apart! Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update, August 15, 2011: TOP SECRET CIA ‘OFFICIAL HISTORY’ OF THE BAY OF PIGS: REVELATIONS
This episode of ‘friendly fire’ is one of many revelations contained in the Top Secret multi-volume, internal CIA report, “The Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation.” Other revelations include new information on the CIA’s collaboration with the Mafia to assassinate Fidel Castro as part of the invasion plan, Richard Nixon’s role in the… Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update, August 12, 2011 – THE BERLIN WALL, 50 YEARS AGO
Fifty years ago, when leaders of the former East Germany implemented their dramatic decision to seal off East Berlin from the western part of the city, senior Kennedy administration officials publicly condemned them. Nevertheless, those same officials, including Secretary of State Dean Rusk, secretly saw the Wall as potentially contributing to the stability of East… Continue reading
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Electronic Intifada 15 August 2011: Women in Hebron | Rafah closure frustration | Throwing rocks | And more …
15 August 2011 — Update from the Electronic Intifada RECENT BLOG POSTS ON THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA: Continue reading
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Charles Mingus Trio 'Summertime'
This recording of Mingus’s version of the George Gershwin classic “Summertime” was made in New York City on July 9, 1957 with Charles Mingus on bass; Hampton Haws piano; and Danny Richmond on drums. Continue reading
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Bill Evans 'Very Early/Times Remembered / My Bells'
16 August 2011 — Jazz on the Tube Continue reading
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Global Research: “Humanitarian” Wars Without Borders: Selected Articles
“There are at present four distinct war theaters: Afghanistan-Pakistan, Iraq, Palestine and Libya. An attack on Syria would lead to the integration of these separate war theaters, eventually leading towards a broader Middle East-Central Asian war, engulfing an entire region from North Africa and the Mediterranean to Afghanistan and Pakistan.” Continue reading
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As Economy Crumbles, Media Goes into Ritual Politics Mode: What is Michelle Bachmann wearing? By Danny Schechter
And so it came to pass, as predicted, projected, and warned about, that the economy is about to tank again. No less an authority than Nouriel Roubini, once dismissed as “Dr. Doom” for his accurate predictions of the financial crisis in 2007 and 20088, is shaking his head and pointing his finger again. Continue reading
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Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 16, 2011
16 August 2011 — Stop NATO Mediterranean: U.S. Guided Missile Destroyer Arrives In Malta Report: $3.7 Trillion For U.S. Wars, $12,000 Per Person NATO Troops Arrest Five Afghan Civilians, Torch Two Vehicles NATO Tankers Destroyed Near Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Pakistan: 47 U.S. Drone Strikes This Year, 450 Deaths Kosovo Serbs Protest New Threat To Security 86,000 Continue reading
The New Dark Age 