Contributor ReportsAFL-CIO wants TARP funds to target small businesses not Wall Street.
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Brandon :: Canada | updated Mon Nov 23 09:24:50 -0800 2009 | political-news
Rather interesting to see big labour asking for help to small businesses and repeating the claim of organisations representing small businesses that they create most of the jobs in the US economy. The AFL CiO was a big supporter of...
ReachPakistan reacts angrily to Clinton remarks.
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Brandon :: Canada | updated Mon Nov 02 12:20:29 -0800 2009 | political-news
While Pakistan will continue to follow US policy as much as is politically possible this type of reaction simply fuels anti-Americanism and may make Zardari even more vulnerable to opposition attacks. The Pakistani armed forces is already engaged in an...
Juan Cole: A positive view of Obama's foreign policy achievements ...
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Brandon :: Canada | updated Sun Nov 01 19:58:21 -0800 2009 | political-news
Juan Cole has a rather surprisingly positive report card on Obama's foreign policy achievements. While perhaps Cole is correct on Iran--although it remains to be seen how far Iran will end up satisfying western concerns about their nuclear program- his...
More than 400,000 unique names on FBI terrorist watch list...
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Brandon :: Canada | updated Mon Nov 02 10:17:24 -0800 2009 | political-news
There is no description of how one could get ones name off the list. Of course most will never know they are on the list in the first place. No doubt monitoring all these people is a great job creator....
Reporting signs of military personnel who may be losing it can get ...
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Brandon :: Canada | updated Mon Nov 16 06:32:50 -0800 2009 | political-news
The media are always inquiring into why warning signs in the behavior of Maj. Hasan the accused Fort Hood shooter were not followed up. This article provides some answers. In the cases in this article there is no question of...
Abbas demands freezing all settlement building as condition of peace ...
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Brandon :: Canada | updated Wed Nov 04 16:45:39 -0800 2009 | political-news
The Obama administration gave in to Israel on freezing all building activity back in September. Apparently Clinton has a bad memory. Earlier in the year the Obama administration had been adamant that all activity cease in order to move peace...
Daniel Ellsberg: Obama Fears Military Revolt
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Brandon :: Canada | updated Tue Nov 10 14:32:23 -0800 2009 | political-news
I suppose what Ellsberg says may be correct but I think other factors are at work. Obama was eager to concentrate upon the Afghan campaign and claimed that Bush was not paying enough attention to it. Also Obama was the...
Noam Chomsky: Israel's worst enemies are those who support its ...
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Brandon :: Canada | updated Sat Nov 07 11:09:06 -0800 2009 | political-news
Chomsky has always been a critic of Israel in spite of (or maybe because of) the fact his parents are Jewish. He has also been quite critical of U.S. foreign policy. This is just part of the article reporting on...
Torture photos not to be released..
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Brandon :: Canada | updated Wed Nov 18 04:56:37 -0800 2009 | political-news
Although a lower court had ordered release of the photos that decision was appealed to the Supreme Court. However, congress gave Gates the power to make this order to keep the photos secret so the Supreme Court will probably not...
UN resolution calls for lifting of US embargo against Cuba.
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Brandon :: Canada | updated Mon Nov 02 09:18:57 -0800 2009 | political-news
This is a yearly resolution. Note that Israel votes along with the United States as well as Palau but no one else. Although Obama has lifted some restrictions he still has not moved on the embargo which is the most...
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