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Yesterday, the White House “increased its estimate for next year’s deficit to nearly $490 billion, a record figure that will saddle the next president with deepening budget problems in his first year in office.” But, on ABC News’s Good Morning America today, Claire Shipman reported that the deficit is actually much higher because “creative [...]

Make sure you ask McCain why he opposed the GI Bill - he didn’t even vote for it
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On July 25th, “Pastor” Scott Gillis Murray decided to break into a woman’s home, rummage through her drawers, steal her sex toy and lube, and then break his leg fleeing the scene. Excuse me. He stole “one adult toy personal entertainment device and one bottle of personal lubricant.”read more | digg story

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July 30, 2008
By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT
WASHINGTON — A top Central Intelligence Agency official traveled secretly to Islamabad this month to confront Pakistan’s most senior officials with new information about ties between the country’s powerful spy service and militants operating in Pakistan’s tribal areas, according to American military and intelligence officials.

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from Danger Room by David Hambling
What’s the connection between the murder of a German banker 20 years ago and the insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan?
It’s all to do with terrorist technology and explosively formed penetrators (aka, “superbombs“), the insurgent’s deadliest weapon against armored vehicles.
Many have pointed out the similarity of attacks in Iraq to [...]

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Source: NewsMax
Iran has carried out missile tests for what could be a plan for a nuclear strike on the United States, the head of a national security panel has warned.
In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee and in remarks to a private conference on missile defense over the weekend hosted by the Claremont Institute, [...]

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07-28-2008
Anchorage Daily News
The commander of the Third Wing at Elmendorf Air Force died of a gunshot wound in his on-base residence Sunday night, the Air Force said this morning. Few details are being released, but an Air Force spokesman said there was no indication of foul play.

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Most Americans have a rough idea of what the term “military-industrial complex” means, but its “unwarranted influence” has largely been ignored.
Chalmers Johnson
July 28, 2008
[Introduction by Tom Engelhardt]
[Note for TomDispatch readers: Part 2 of Pepe Escobar's RealNews.com TomDispatch interview is now posted. In it, Nick Turse discusses his new book The Complex: How the Military Invades [...]

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Exclusive: Major Events on the Horizon Prompt a Surge in Anti-Terror Efforts
By PIERRE THOMAS
July 28, 2008—
Government officials have been quietly stepping up counterterror efforts out of a growing concern that al Qaeda or similar organizations might try to capitalize on the spate of extremely high-profile events in the coming months, sources tell ABC News.

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July 28, 2008 05:00 PM ET | Paul Bedard
Henry Kissinger, Nixon’s secretary of state who opened the door to China, has another new move up his sleeve. For the first time, he’s lending his name to a foreign policy think tank. Whispers has learned that the Woodrow Wilson Center will soon announce the creation [...]