Journal: Social Security Being Set Up for a Fall

My good friend Marshall Auerbach has one answer — can you “refudiate” it? Which Party Poses the Real Risk to Social Security’s Future? NewDeal2.0.org, Monday, 08/16/2010 – 5:02 pm by Marshall Auerback Hint: it’s not Republicans. Social Security remains one of the greatest achievements of the Democratic Party since its creation 75 years ago. Although Republicans …

CIA Deceives Supreme Court + Former Guantanamo Detainee Running For Office in Afghanistan

CIA hid terrorism prisoners from US Supreme Court August 12, 2010 by JOSEPH FITSANAKIS | intelNews.org | The Central Intelligence Agency purposefully concealed at least four terrorism detainees from the US legal system, including the Supreme Court, according to an exclusive report by the Associated Press. The news agency has revealed that the CIA secretly …

Journal: Over $1 trillion Wasted on Wars, Veterans and Families of Veterans Vocal Against Both Elective Wars

$1 trillion wasted on wars By KEVIN RAFFERTY Aug 4, 2010 Special to The Japan Times HONG KONG — The calculator busily counting out how much money the United States has spent on wars since 2001 has raced past $1 trillion — $1,024 billion plus at the start of August. There is little point in …

Wyly Brothers, Top Republican Bankrollers, Accused of Massive Fraud

By Dave Levinthal on July 29, 2010 Charles Wyly Jr. and Samuel Wyly, Texas businessmen and brothers who are among the nation’s most generous campaign donors to Republican political candidates and causes, were today hit with a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing them of fraud worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The SEC accuses the Wylys of …