Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Acting Nigerian President Moves Quickly, Decisively to Get Country Back on Track / Politics / Africa
By: OilPrice_Com
Acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has moved decisively and rapidly to unify the Government under him, dismissing — on March 17, 2010 — the entire Cabinet which had been appointed by the now-incapacitated Pres. Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. This followed his move, the week before, to appoint Lt.-Gen. Aliyu Mohammed Gusau as the new National Security Advisor, a post which oversees all the intelligence and security services as well as the Armed Forces. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
ObamaCare: Soon to be the Worst Bill Passed in U.S. History (Part 1) / Politics / Healthcare Sector
By: Mike_Stathis
With Obama’s healthcare bill ready to sign, democrats are celebrating. Meanwhile, (supposedly) enraged republicans insist payback will come in November. This is part of the typical back-and-forth theatrics staged to galvanize voter support for each party. Please do not allow yourself to be fooled by these games. As the facts show, both parties are essentially the same when it comes to issues that matter most to working-class Americans; free trade and healthcare, as first detailed in America’s Financial Apocalypse.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Israeli Prime Minister Uses British Passport to Avoid U.S. No Fly Terror List? / Politics / UK Politics
By: John_York
Benjamin Netanyahu entered the United States to deliver a key note speech at the Israeli lobby group AIPAC in Washington. Given the behaviour of the Israeli regime in terms of terrorism against civilians and assassination squads roaming the world which is on par and in a number of cases worse than the other middle eastern regimes such as Iran. Therefore it is not inconceivable that the Israeli Prime Minister could have also used a forged British Passport to enter the United States so as to by pass the U.S. No fly list of those suspected to be linked to terrorism.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Socialized Medicine, The Road to Wealth Destruction / Politics / US Politics
By: Mac_Slavo
A recent Wall Street Journal article by Brett Arends titled Is Socialized Medicine Bad for Your Wealth? examines the impact of socialized medicine on your wealth and argues that it may not be so bad after all.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Bailing out the Greeks, The Revolt in the Eurozone / Politics / Euro-Zone
By: Global_Research
Binoy Kampmark writes: "You made a great mistake when you went back to the gold standard at the wrong parity of exchange in 1925." Charlie Chaplin to Winston Churchill
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Defeat in Victory, the Democrats' Health Care Bill / Politics / US Politics
By: Shamus_Cooke
What looks like a big victory for Obama and the Democrats may be their greatest undoing. It’s true that the passage of Obama’s health care bill represents a significant political victory for the Democrats. But sometimes a battle won could equal a lost war.
It’s telling that Obama had so much trouble in getting his own party to pass the bill on a simple majority basis: the bill was so blatantly watered down with the corporate hose that anyone with their name attached to it feared future electoral doom.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
U.S. Implodocare, Death by Debt / Politics / US Debt
By: Jack_D_Douglas
The wild-eyed, in-and-out "Health Care" burger BO and his henchmen and women cooked up at yesterday's spending and tax orgy on the Hill front-loads the freebies for the least productive parts of society and back-loads the trillions in new taxes, regulations, radical changes, and costly cuts for the more productive Americans.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Capitalism Is Racist, More Crazy Keynesianism From Krugman / Politics / US Politics
By: William_Anderson
I have come to expect wooly-headed partisanship from Paul Krugman instead of economic analysis, and that is one reason I started this blog. The other reason was that I want to have another source that attacks and exposes the Keynesian fallacies for what they are: dangerous nonsense.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Can You Help Me Find My Market? / Politics / Economic Theory
By: LewRockwell
Socialists believe in two things which are absolutely different and perhaps even contradictory: freedom and organization. ~ Élie Halévy
Monday, March 22, 2010
U.S. Congress Passes Healthcare Reform / Politics / US Politics
By: Dr_Ron_Paul
Following months of heated public debate and aggressive closed-door negotiations, Congress finally cast a historic vote on healthcare late Sunday evening. It was truly a sad weekend on the House floor as we witnessed further dismantling of the Constitution, disregard of the will of the people, explosive expansion of the reach of government, unprecedented corporate favoritism, and the impending end of quality healthcare as we know it.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Ukraine and a Tectonic Shift in Heartland Power, The USA Russia Pipeline Wars / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: F_William_Engdahl
Part I: The Geopolitical significance of Ukraine today
A decisive vote against NATO - On February 14 Ukraine's Election Commission declared Viktor Yanukovych the winner in that embattled country's Presidential runoff vote, defeating former Prime Minister and Orange Revolution instigator Yulia Tymoshenko. Contrary to the positive spin Washington is trying to put on the events, they mark the definitive death of Ukraine's much-touted “Orange Revolution.“
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Monday, March 22, 2010
U.S. Election November 2010, Just More Rearranging of Deck Chairs / Politics / UK Politics
By: LewRockwell
Scott Lazarowitz writes: You’ve probably heard the expression, "Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic," which refers to making futile changes to a failing situation. This November’s elections will be such a case of rearranging the deck chairs on Titanic America, because the real problem that needs to be addressed is systemic, and serious systemic changes need to be made.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Two Corporations Run for Congress. Yes, I'm Serious / Politics / US Politics
By: Trader_Mark
You'd think this headline was from the satirical website, The Onion - but indeed brave Americans, we have entered the next logical step in our corporaticy (is that a word?). While a bit of a political stunt (kudos to the public relations firm), one can only imagine some corporations salivating at the thought. That said, why bother? Much better to continue the status quo & have their human puppets take all the flack while they collect all the rewards quietly in the background. This is actually a perfect book end to this morning's piece where Jon Stewart showed us all the things he could get away with in America, if he was a corporation rather than a human being.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Iraq War Seventh Anniversary Muted Media Coverage / Politics / Iraq War
By: Danny_Schechter
On The Seventh Anniversary of the War On Iraq: Spotty Coverage, A Few Protests, and A Desire to “Move On” To Make It All Disappear
American media loves anniversaries of major events. They become ideal “news pegs” to do follow-up stories. You would think that they would have pulled out the stops for the seventh anniversary of the US war on Iraq, a war that was described by the Pentagon in its first days as a “cake walk” and designed as a quick intervention modeled after the in-out combat of Operation Desert Storm ending Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
US-NATO Military Strike Against Iran? / Politics / Iran
By: Submissions
Rick Rozoff says that the US and NATO are tightening the military noose around Iran. The United States has made many moves, including placing land-and sea-based interceptor missiles in the Mediterranean. In addition, NATO has increasingly been deploying its deputy secretary to the United Arab Emirates, possibly to lay the groundwork for a military strike against Iran.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
The Economic Elite Versus The People of the USA / Politics / US Politics
By: David_DeGraw
Throughout this report, I have presented statistical and fact-based evidence to demonstrate that a strategic attack has been launched against 99% of Americans. Despite the efforts of the mainstream media and most current politicians, awareness of this reality is spreading throughout the United States.A recent Rasmussen poll found that only 21% of Americans think that the government has the consent of the governed. An Opinion Research Corp. survey revealed that 86% believe “the system of government is broken.”
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Divisions Between the US and Europe Widen Over Greek Financial Bailout / Politics / Global Debt Crisis
By: Global_Research
Stefan Steinberg writes: The Greek government is preparing to turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial help in the next few weeks to avert a default on its national debt. The move to engage the IMF follows the failure of European finance ministers meeting in Brussels earlier this week to agree on any concrete plan to provide financial backing for Greece. The principal obstacle at the Brussels meeting was the hard line taken by Germany.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Greenspan is Back With More Excuses on Why He did Not Cause the Financial Crisis / Politics / Central Banks
By: Mike_Whitney
Alan Greenspan is back. Maestro is scheduled to appear at the Brookings Institute today to deliver a 48 page explanation of why his low interest rates and regulatory neglect did not cause the financial meltdown. The contents of the ex-Fed chief's apologia have already been released to the press. It's just more finger-pointing and buck-passing; 48 pages of the-dog-ate-my-homework excuses in Greenspan's cryptic Fed-speak.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
London and New York Tie as Top Global Financial Centres, Asia Catching Up Fast / Politics / Global Financial System
By: Pravda
In the rating of global financial centers created by Z/Yen Group Ltd., Moscow dropped from 67th to 68th place out of 75 available. There were some changes on the top of the list as well. London, despite being a leader, has to share the top place with New York as both cities received 775 points out of 1,000 available.
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
Fake Forecasts, Misleading Statistics, Misguided Policies, Mass Unemployment and the Current Economic Crisis / Politics / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Global_Research
Prof. Alan Nasser writes: On March 17 Congress passed the “Hire Now Tax Cut” giving companies a break from paying Social Security taxes for the remainder of the year on any new workers hired who have been unemployed for at least 60 days.
The legislation is a token response to the emerging consensus in both the mainstream and independent media that the economy’s unemployment problem is cumulative, structural and long term. But the prescription is entirely inadequate to the diagnosis. This should come as no surprise, as official sources have offered muddled and confusing accounts of the patient’s malaise.