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The Rescue Plan Needs to be Rescued

Mick Meaney October 18, 2008 0

Via Dirt Diggers Digest | Twice in the past month, the Bush Administration has sounded the alarm about the economy and pushed through unprecedented measures: a $700 billion buyout of toxic assets from financial institutions

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America’s Coup D’État in the Making

Mick Meaney October 18, 2008 1

Lew Rockwell | Following Plato, many moralists have associated political virtue with a reluctance to pursue and exercise power. To want to rule others is to be morally disqualified from doing so. The strong tendency

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Pakistani Govt Split on Terror Policy

Mick Meaney October 18, 2008 0

Last week’s rare intelligence briefing for the Pakistani parliament was meant to unite MPs behind President Asif Ali Zardari’s terror strategy, but seems to have been an utter failure. While members of the opposition

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