Archive for September, 2008

By: D. H. Williams
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) reports from the floor of the House that the Republicans have been cut out of the process and called unpatriotic for not blindly supporting the fraudulent bailout. He says the only debate has been about what talking points to use on the American people. The most ominous revelation is...
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Contend administration proposal has 3 pitfalls
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
At least 165 economists have signed a letter to Congress members warning of three pitfalls in the Bush administration's $700 billion proposal to deal with the Wall Street crisis.
The economists say they are well aware of the current financial situation and agree there's a need...
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House Roll Call
The 228-205 roll call Monday of the vote by which the House rejected a $700 billion emergency bailout for the nation's financial system.
A "yes" vote is a vote in favor of the bailout package.
Voting yes were 140 Democrats and 65 Republicans.
Voting no were 95 Democrats and 133 Republicans.
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by Rabbi Benjamin Blech
Is Wall Street sending us a Rosh Hashana message?
Even as we face divine judgment on the high holy days, it's hard not to think about the worldwide monetary melt-down and the carnage of corporations that we thought were invincible. After all, it's not just our lives that...
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The bow of the mighty is broken, while those who were stumbling are given strength. ... The prosperous are hired out for meager pay while the hungry cease to be hungry ... the Divine brings death and gives life. ... He raises the needy from the dust ... for not through strength does man...
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By Robert Baer
Are we going to have an October surprise, an attack on Iran by either the Bush administration or by Israel to stop the regime from becoming a nuclear power?
It could happen - and alter the dynamics of the presidential race in the blink of an eye - but only...
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Jason Koutsoukis in Jerusalem
THE United States has deployed a sophisticated long-range radar system in Israel capable of providing crucial early warning in case of a missile attack.
There is growing anxiety in Israel and the US that Iran, which makes no secret of its long-range ballistic missiles or its uranium enrichment program, could...
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By CLAUDE SALHANI  Iran test fired a military missile, dubbed “Messenger of Hope,” saying it was a communications satellite, sources out of Iran have now revealed. The image shows Iranian missiles atop trucks during Iran's Army Day in Tehran in April. (UPI via Newscom)
 New information from inside Iran reveals that the Islamic Republic...
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ABE SELIG and YAAKOV KATZ
A new Jewish underground could have been responsible for Thursday morning's attack on left-wing professor Ze'ev Sternhell, security forces said on Sunday.
Sternhell, a political scientist from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem known for his vocal criticisms of the settler movement and IDF actions in the West...
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Gil Hoffman ,
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni instructed Kadima Director-General Adi Sternberg to begin preparing the party for a general election that would ensue if she were unable to form a new coalition, Livni told the Kadima faction Sunday at the party's headquarters in Petah Tikva.
Sources close to Livni said she made...
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