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Other Strategy for the War on Christmas ...Let's face it: Christmas is not the exclusive property of those who think God came to earth 2000 years ago as a baby in Bethlehem. More   Business --U.S. Criminal Probe Rattles $2 Trillion Municipal Bond Market:  U.S. Justice Department prosecutors subpoenaed more than a dozen banks and insurers three weeks ago, seizing documents from three brokers in a search for evidence of bid rigging. Lawyers say it's the biggest criminal investigation of the almost 200­ year­ old market,--- --Impact of police being sent to Iraq felt on street:  The deployment of thousands of police officers to Iraq, Afghanistan and other military reserve posts is costing local law enforcement agencies up to $1.2 billion per year, according to a new analysis of Justice Department data. --Top­ Level Insiders Selling Their Stock:   America's corporate chiefs are unloading their own stocks at one of the boldest paces in 20 years. --Suburban poverty on the rise as more settle outside cities:  »More Business News

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--Republicans muscle tax bill through Congress.... Measure revives expired breaks, forestalls Medicare payment cuts

--The Spirit of Democracy in Venezuela ... They gathered in the late evening pouring rain dressed in their signature red T­ shirts and caps, waving Venezuela flags and shouting "Uh, ah, Chavez no se va" ­ "Uh, ah, Chavez will not go." It continued all night in the celebratory streets of Caracas echoing Chavez's words repeating "Libertad (liberty) and telling the crowd this was a victory for them, for socialism and for the Bolivarian Revolution he now wants to advance to the next stage.

--In pictures: Was Jose Padilla Tortured?:   A video of the accused "terrorist" shows he was subjected to unduly harsh treatment, his lawyers claim, leaving him psychologically damaged and unfit to stand trial

--U.S. asks judge to bar testimony about Padilla military custody:  Federal prosecutors asked a judge Thursday to prevent terror suspect Jose Padilla's defense lawyers from questioning Defense Department officials or obtaining documents about Padilla's treatment during 3 1/2 years in military custody as an "enemy combatant."

65 years later, his questions linger

Just 17 years old and six months removed from boot camp, Fenton was an oiler on the USS Boise as it escorted five merchant ships carrying air base construction materials across the Pacific to the Philippines. After midnight on the morning of Nov. 28, 1941, the light cruiser’s loudspeakers blared with orders for crew members to man their battle stations.

Fenton scrambled to the deck and saw two dozen ships of unknown origin about 3 miles away on the horizon, heading east.

COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS

So, here we have a US Navy ship that SAW the Japanese fleet headed towards Hawaii... and still the official story is that this was a surprise attack?

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International

-- Moscow Hospital Fire Kills 45

--Who Framed Roger Rabbit? by Israel Shamir

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Canada

--B.C., Ottawa, aboriginals to sign two new treaties in three days

--China's wood products flood Canadian market

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Mail

--News of the site...Israel Shamir

-- Dec 7/06 David Icke update

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Opinion–Editorials

TRUTHDIG INTERVIEW WITH MIDDLE EAST SCHOLAR NIKKI KEDDIE
"The Good News Behind the Bad for Middle Eastern Women" -- Nikki Keddie, one of the nation's leading Middle East scholars, argues that despite Western stereotypes, women in many Middle Eastern countries are making great strides in terms of civil liberties and legal rights. But America's disastrous occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan threaten to undo much of the progress.

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