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Chuck Spinney: USA Elections 2012 – Three Snapshots Right, Left, & Neither – Bring On the Wrecking Crew (Andre Barnett, the Reform Party, and the Electoral Reform Act of 2012)

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TWO-PARTY THEATER — Puppets to the Oligarchs

High Stake Outcomes Over Non-Issues

Oligarchs at the Gate

PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS, Counterpunch, 14 August 2012

The election of the next puppet president of the “world’s only superpower” is about two and one-half months off, and what are the campaign issues?   There aren’t any worthy of the name.

TWO-PARTY EVIL, Hope Democrats Will Change

How to Launch a Mass Movement for Economic Justice

William Greider, Agence Global, 09 Aug 2012

The billionaires may be trying to hijack the presidential election, but they have failed to stifle the creative ambitions of progressive leaders. Amid the toxic fumes of big-money politics, the people Paul Wellstone once identified as the “Democratic wing of the Democratic Party” are pursuing an audacious goal with characteristic optimism: to re-elect Barack Obama, then reset his priorities.

TWO-PARTY EVIL — Time for a Wrecking Crew?

The Final Lesser-Evil Election?

Why Voting for Democrats Doesn’t Help Working People

SHAMUS COOKE, Counterpunch, 14 August 2012

Voting for the Democrats does not empower working people to fight against right-wing extremism. Instead, working people are forced to give away their power to a political party that is in no way beholden to them, since the Democrats have a corporate agenda divorced from the needs of the vast majority of working people. There is no way to hold Democrats accountable once they’re in office, especially when they’ve all but stopped making campaign promises to working people.

By now it should be clear to most Americans that the Democrats and Republicans are corporate-owned parties, and as such they are free to act as they wish, regardless of the political rhetoric they spew.

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Michel Bauwens: Michael Hudson on Fictitious Capitalism

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Michael Hudson on Fictitious Capital « naked capitalism

Michael Hudson spoke with Max Keiser about what he calls “fictitious capital” which is essentially lending backed by inadequate capital, such as collateral that has fallen in value. This is an idea he has explored in his previous papers, such as “From Marx to Goldman Sachs” and now in his new book, The Bubble and Beyond.

Via Nicholas Ripley

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SmartPlanet: Blind Mice See Again, Mutant Butterflys of Fukushima

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Blind mice see again with prosthetic retina

By figuring out the code that retinas use to communicate with the brain, scientists have developed a prosthetic retina that restored vision to blind mice.

Fukushima disaster spawns mutant butterflies

Japanese scientists have found that radiation from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster has mutated a domestic butterfly species. It may not have morphed into Mothra, but the pale glass blue butterfly has displayed genetic and physiological changes.


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Daily Journalist: Answers to Questions on Israel and the Arab Spring

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The after effects of the Arab Spring, good or bad for Israel?

Jamime Ortega aka Arizona

The Daily Journalist, 13 Aug 2012

Countries like Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen had recently civil confrontations to push out their tyrant rulers out, in order to construct a new state. Many of these countries are still under the ‘after effects’ of these Arab Spring revolutions. Many critics point that ‘Sharia Law’ could be established in these countries as an alternative for a democratic reformation. For example, many experts believe groups like the ‘Islamic Brotherhood’ that once fought alongside the ‘libertarian secularist in Egypt’ to dethrone Mubarak’s regime, will eventually turn their backs on the “young progressive movement” and fight instead for an Islamic state.

The questions are how will Israel cope with the transformations of these countries? And how many of these Arab countries except for Tunisia and Libya (Not Arab) will become Islamic states?

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Owl: Covert Plans for Banking Holiday – Move Your Money Now…

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Should the People Pull Their Money from the Banks While They Can?

“The biggest banks in the US have been given advisement by US regulators that they must make plans to stave off a complete financial collapse without relying on the US government. Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and other technocrats have secretly crafted worst-case scenarios in which they can continue to thrive during a full-blown domestic monetary crisis.”

This article offers many interesting items, including claims that the mega-banks have invested in DOD and security contractors such as DynCorp to protect the bankers when collapse comes, but the most interesting item comes from the end of this article, which talks about the real agenda to be implemented behind the new “Gauss” virus when its presence increases enough to significantly threaten the world banking system (my emphasis):

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