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HALF OF EUROPE IN A DEPRESSION – RIOTS CONTINUE AND TRUST IN THE STATE HAS FALLEN CATASTROPHICALLY

WHAT MAINSTREAM MEDIA ISN’T TELLING US ABOUT BRITAIN ON THE EDGE OF BANKRUPTCY – – ABOUT TO BECOME ICELAND

Obama to Close CIA ‘Black Sites’ – –President issues executive orders dismantling much of Bush’s architecture for 'war on terror' 22 Jan 2009 President Obama on Thursday will order the closure of ‘black sites’, where CIA and European security services have interrogated [tortured] terrorist suspects, under executive orders dismantling much of the Bush regime’s architecture for the war on [of] terror, according to four individuals familiar with a draft executive order. Mr. Obama will shutter ‘all permanent detention facilities overseas’, the draft said, according to the individuals who asked not to be named because the orders have not yet been signed. There are at least eight such prisons [not to mention, the floating ‘black sites’ ships at sea], according to published reports. The Bush dictatorship never revealed the number or location of the facilities, although several were said to be in Eastern Europe.

China Faces Worst Unemployment in Decades as Slowdown Deepens

THE COLLAPSE OF AMERICA’S RAILROAD INDUSTRY  My comment: If there’s any industry that shouldn’t be collapsing, it’s this one, but because empire chose transcontinental trucking over rail shipping, it’s now too late to regenerate this once thriving enterprise.

OHIOUN WORKERS STNED BY REQUEST FOR CONCESSIONS– –PAY CUTS, SHORTER WORK WEEKS, AND UNPAID HOLIDAYS
My comment: Earlier this week I posted a link to Mike Ruppert’s blogin which he forecasted that Ohio is the place where civil unrest is most likely to erupt.

Wall Street Journal: Stock Market Meltdown Has Blown the Savings and Confidence of Middle Class Americans to Smithereens

Washington Post: Financial Crisis Devastating Formerly Wealthy Enclaves

Israel denies medical teams, food supplies entry to Gaza  Israel has denied Human Rights Watch and aid agencies entry to the Gaza Strip as Palestinians grapple with a shortage of vital supplies.

‘India planning covert strikes in Pakistan’  Reluctance to wage war with an ill-equipped Army could have dictated India’s decision not to attack Pakistan in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attack. However, a framework for covert operations is being put in place, according to anews report carried by the Hong Kong-based Asia Times Online.

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Prof Don Dutton letter to the Editor of the National Post re: Doubt of Guilt of man convicted of Rape In the US the term ‘Black and nearby’ became synonymous with the tendency to wrongfully convict African-American men. In Canada the term should be ‘male and nearby’.>>

 

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Father forced to file suit to get daughter’s report card – A Routine Injustice.

 

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Pearls Before Breakfast  Can one of the nation’s great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? Let’s find out

 

 

 

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Flood of foreclosures– it’s worse than you think

 

CAN’T BUILD A CAR WITHOUT PARTS  Hundreds of auto–parts suppliers, companies that make all the things that go into new cars, could fail this year leading to industry disruptions and big job losses.

 

ECONOMISTS PREDICT HUGE ECONOMIC TRAIN WRECK ON SHRINKING DEMAND FROM CHINA  Demand is falling in China, they’re over–invested in capacity and there’s a global supply glut,

THE NEXT REAL ESTATE CRISIS--SHUTTERED STORES AND EMPTY MALLS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pound tumbles to new lows
Jan 23 2009 10:25
The pound tumbled to a fresh 23-year low against the dollar on Friday after data showed the UK economy fell into recession in the fourth quarter.

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IT’S OFFICIAL, CASE CLOSED:  ANTARCTICA IS WARMING-- QUICKLY

 

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Wise words will always be WISE WORDS.

 

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CO2, Consumption, and other numbers for gas & electric cars

 

An agenda that puts people first: Housing
Community Land Trust Keeps Prices Affordable–For Now And Forever

 

 

 

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FEATURES Caylee’s grandfather hospitalized , wanted to end his life   Fun Family Board Game for the post FIRE Economy Depression submitted by Luc Majno Return of the Natives Filmmaker Stone Praises Hugo Chavez Says He Is Making Documentary About Chavez’s ‘Intoxicating’ Energy   We at Margotb World News would like to publicly thank Djelloul and Marilyn Marbrook for their assistance in bringing our attention to, and helping to get the following excellent review by Robert Skidelsky posted on line, which was previously available only in print. We highly recommend Djelloul’s site http://www.djelloulmarbrook.com/ By ROBERT SKIDELSKY On the threshold – of what? Interesting!   Stalin voted third most popular Russian More

 

TECH National do–not–call list targeted by telemarketers  Scam artists continue to call   Downvote Bots Fight Propaganda War Government propagandists, their hired private contractors and useful idiots are creating ‘downvote bots’ or scripts to bury stories which question the government.   Samsung suffers its first-ever quarterly loss  Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest memory chipmaker, reported its first quarterly loss as the global economic slump saps demand for its key products such as chips, mobile phones and flat panel displays Video games news More Tech News

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This is not a pitch :) but for anyone interested, there is an online Bible and here, you can access just about any verse or chapter or ‘book’ …Thought you might be interested. It certainly took a lot of work to do this, and it really takes the headache away for those who search for certain passages. – Luc Majno