Tag: schwarzenegger
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markets go wild after imf head kahn arrested for sexual assault
from washington post: A New York criminal court judge denied bail to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, after he was charged with attempting to rape a housekeeper at a hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Strauss-Kahn, also charged with a criminal sex act and unlawful imprisonment, made his first courtroom appearance after being pulled…
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Police State Updates: Scenarios for the Future
Scenarios for the Future of Tech & Int’l Development: Rockefeller study predictably sees future oligarchy // Obama sends 1,200 National Guardsmen to seal Mexican border // Schwarzenegger mobilizes Natl Guard to border
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police state int’l: drills, desensitization & hoaxes
gun sales shoot up amid fear of rising crime & terrorism*illinois: the next gitmo?*schwarzenegger aims to transfer iraq military tactics to california*US military employs ‘counterinsurgency’ strategy in californian city*california teens help swat team practice*vigilant guard: national guard exercise begins in buffalo region*rhode island emergency workers train at mock terrorist strike*dna of uk protesters could be…
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obamessiah & the apostles of war: unhappy birthday
obama joker posters popping up in los angeles as the tide of public opinion may be turning against obamafrom danny schechter: The tide of public opinion may be turning against the President. Pollsters report growing skepticism about health care reform, and more active hostility on racial matters, thanks to that “uncalibrated” expression of opinion on…
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econocrash: california, classwar & a banking dictatorship
US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive*how long can the dollar last as world’s reserve currency?*florida mother secretly lives in home for sale*japan probes report 2 seized with undeclared bonds*video: judgment day: broke california faces shutdown at schwarzenegger’s hands*can the US govt afford to let cali fail?*financial bailout plan keeps zombie…
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econocrash: the depression quietly deepens
we will never know the true inside story of what really went on*obama promises summer speedup of economic effort*white house had long planned gm & chrysler bankruptcies*paulson’s secret talking points reveal that banks were forced to surrender ownership stakes to govt*obama officials: no ‘magic bullet’ for auto companies*boston globe workers reject plan*nytimes hires goldman sachs…
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Econocrash: Free Drugs, Cut Jobs & Total Control
pfizer offers free prescription drugs for the jobless the system is designed to exert total control over the individualfrom global research: What impresses me in the current financial crisis is the near-total failure of so-called progressives to appreciate the magnitude of what is going on or the level of intelligence behind it. How many will…
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econocrash updates: derivatives, threats & debts
video: federal reserve cannot account for $9 trillion*US foreclosures hit record for 2nd month*economists’ letter says what went wrong*fdic, jpmorgan seek ouster of wamu stakeholder suit*obama releases tax increase playbook*wash gov ok’s tax cut for newspapers*treasury asks for control of derivatives market*sony suffers 1st annual loss in 14yrs*gm & chrysler to cut up to 3,000…
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schwarzenegger, california & taxing marijuana
schwarzenegger says debate needed on taxing marijuanafrom dpa: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday that the state should have a debate on legalizing and taxing marijuana, but clarified that he did not necessarily support the idea. The former action movie star, who was filmed puffing a joint in the documentary film Pumping Iron, said that…
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obamessiah: prosecution, continuity, eligibility or the lack of all
biden evades question on possible prosecution of bush adminfrom raw story: Joe Biden would not directly answer a question about whether or not top-ranking members of the Bush administration should be prosecuted for abuse at prisons around the world. Interviewed by ABC News’ George Stephanopolous, Biden said he was “not ruling it in and not…
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our political mis-leaders latest bad moves
video: congress ends 9/11 workers’ health care billfrom ny1: Congress has abandoned legislation to provide billions of dollars in health care for September 11th recovery workers. The program would have provided long term care for workers who were at the World Trade Center on or shortly after September 11, 2001 at an estimated cost of…

