by Justin Raimondo
The Politics of the Gaza Massacre
Forget Hamas - it’s all about the home front
If you’re looking for the cause of the most recent Israeli aggression against the Palestinians – over 300 killed so far, and many more wounded – forget Hamas. The real casus [...]

Reported Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Way Up…A new government report showing huge increases in the incidences of domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault over a two-year period in the United States deserves immediate attention from lawmakers and the incoming administration, Human Rights Watch said today. The statistics show a 42-percent increase in reported domestic [...]

1. Utah Legislators Call Mormon Leadership’s Bluff on LGBT Rights…
A group of at least five Utah legislators have asked the Mormon leadership to join their call for state legislation protecting LGBT rights to hospital visitation, medical care, fair housing, inheritance, and non-discrimination in employment, based on a statement from the Church itself last week that [...]

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Chris in Paris · 11/10/2008 06:13:00 AM ET 
Who needs Congress when you have Henry Paulson there to save Wall Street at every corner? Every time I heard a Wall Street pundit tell everyone how fantastic Paulson was and how lucky we would all be if only he could be begged into staying, I wanted [...]

1. Wall Street Fat Cats Are Trying to Pocket Billions in Bailout Cash…
During his historic victory speech, President-elect Barack Obama told supporters, and the rest of the world, “If this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.”
But, it seems that Wall Street didn’t get [...]

How Did McCain Escape Expulsion from the Senate?…
John McCain, according to a revelatory article in The New Republic, was almost certainly the source for illegal leaks during the Keating Five investigation — leaks that, if proven, would have been cause for his expulsion from the United States Senate for perjury. Additionally, according to [...]

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By PETE YOST – 21 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Freddie Mac secretly paid a Republican consulting firm $2 million to kill legislation that would have regulated and trimmed the mortgage finance giant and its sister company, Fannie Mae, three years before the government took control to prevent their collapse.

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Trillions in stock market value — gone. Trillions in retirement savings — gone. A huge chunk of the money you paid for your house, the money you’re saving for college, the money your boss needs to make payroll — gone, gone, gone.
Whether you’re a stock broker or Joe Six-pack, if you have a 401(k), [...]

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Washington has seized $5 billion as blood money for the ouster of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi security official has revealed.
The Bush administration used the past three years to trace Saddam’s assets in Europe and has thus been able to confiscate $5 billion, according to Ali al-Baghdadi.
Saddam Hussein was ousted in 2003 by US [...]

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On Monday, the House voted down a bipartisan bailout package but today, the House joined the Senate in approving an “unprecedented $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry.”