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Bill Quigley
Activist Post
The Obama administration has affirmed, continued and expanded almost all of the draconian domestic civil liberties intrusions pioneered under the Bush administration. Here are twenty examples of serious assaults on the domestic rights to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, the right to privacy, the right to a fair trial, freedom of religion, and freedom of conscience that have occurred since the Obama administration has assumed power. Consider these and then decide if there is any fundamental difference between the Bush presidency and the Obama presidency in the area of domestic civil liberties.
Patriot Act
On May 27, 2011, President Obama, over widespread bipartisan objections, approved a Congressional four year extension of controversial parts of the Patriot Act that were set to expire. In March of 2010, Obama signed a similar extension of the Patriot Act for one year. These provisions allow the government, with permission from a special secret court, to seize records without the owner’s knowledge, conduct secret surveillance of suspicious people who have no known ties to terrorist groups and to obtain secret roving wiretaps on people.
Criminalization of Dissent and Militarization of the Police
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Global Banks have more than $700 trillion in notional derivative exposure
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You’ve probably already heard of derivatives ...
These “financial weapons of mass destruction” originally grabbed everyone’s attention back in 2008. As banks failed all over the world, their derivatives threatened to turn each failure into a catastrophic chain reaction ... one that would wipe out the entire global financial system.
But then the bailouts came, and everyone stopped worrying about them. Until now ...
Just in the last week, central banks all over the world have rushed to the printing presses. They’ve started forging deals, providing bailouts and taking on debt at an unprecedented rate.
And here’s the realization that’s got them so frightened:
The world’s biggest banks are locked in a global “arms race” to build the most destructive arsenal this world has ever seen!
Yes, that’s right.
Global banks have spent the last six months buying and selling MORE derivatives than ever before — a whopping $107 trillion in total notional value! That’s a grand total of more than $700 trillion in notional derivative exposure ... and it threatens to bring the world ever closer to financial Armageddon.
Armed with these derivatives — and the power to virtually destroy the global economy — big banks will continue to hold the dollar hostage ... extorting bailout after bailout ... and forcing governments to pile on even more debt in the process.
And at some point, this whole thing is going to blow up in all of our faces!
But you can build your very own “financial bomb shelter” right now.
Dr. Weiss’ video — America’s Financial Doomsday — will show you exactly how to do it, along with: The event that will change your world forever: The monumental event that now threatens to trigger the ultimate financial doomsday — and why it will plunge vast numbers of U.S. families into the nightmare of poverty, homelessness and hunger ...
The high cost of bad advice: Why most people who think they’re ready to survive this crisis have made the wrong preparations and could be even more vulnerable than those who haven’t prepared at all ...
Crucial self-defense: How to get through this disaster with your wealth intact, and ...
Why windfall profits are also available: How a handful of Americans will use this crisis to build enormous wealth — and how you can too!
America’s Financial Doomsday is free — just click this link and the video will begin playing immediately.
Best wishes,
The Weiss Research Team
You’ve probably already heard of derivatives ...
These “financial weapons of mass destruction” originally grabbed everyone’s attention back in 2008. As banks failed all over the world, their derivatives threatened to turn each failure into a catastrophic chain reaction ... one that would wipe out the entire global financial system.
But then the bailouts came, and everyone stopped worrying about them. Until now ...
Just in the last week, central banks all over the world have rushed to the printing presses. They’ve started forging deals, providing bailouts and taking on debt at an unprecedented rate.
And here’s the realization that’s got them so frightened:
The world’s biggest banks are locked in a global “arms race” to build the most destructive arsenal this world has ever seen!
Yes, that’s right.
Global banks have spent the last six months buying and selling MORE derivatives than ever before — a whopping $107 trillion in total notional value! That’s a grand total of more than $700 trillion in notional derivative exposure ... and it threatens to bring the world ever closer to financial Armageddon.
Armed with these derivatives — and the power to virtually destroy the global economy — big banks will continue to hold the dollar hostage ... extorting bailout after bailout ... and forcing governments to pile on even more debt in the process.
And at some point, this whole thing is going to blow up in all of our faces!
But you can build your very own “financial bomb shelter” right now.
Dr. Weiss’ video — America’s Financial Doomsday — will show you exactly how to do it, along with: The event that will change your world forever: The monumental event that now threatens to trigger the ultimate financial doomsday — and why it will plunge vast numbers of U.S. families into the nightmare of poverty, homelessness and hunger ...
The high cost of bad advice: Why most people who think they’re ready to survive this crisis have made the wrong preparations and could be even more vulnerable than those who haven’t prepared at all ...
Crucial self-defense: How to get through this disaster with your wealth intact, and ...
Why windfall profits are also available: How a handful of Americans will use this crisis to build enormous wealth — and how you can too!
America’s Financial Doomsday is free — just click this link and the video will begin playing immediately.
Best wishes,
The Weiss Research Team
The New National Defense Authorization Act Is Ridiculously Scary | Business Insider
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David Seaman, Credit Card Outlaw | Dec. 2, 2011, 9:02 AM | 27,953 | 43
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David Seaman is the creator of the popular finance blog and credit card deals comparison site Credit Card Outlaw. Follow him on Google+
Fellow entrepreneurs, Americans, anyone who still cares about this country at all – this is a must read.
By the end of next week, the US government very likely will have the power to lock up US citizens for life at Guantanamo Bay or other military prisons -- without charge and without trial.
This means that, in the near future, a controversial Twitter post, attending a peaceful protest, or publishing an anti-Congress critique or anti-TSA rant on Google+ could land you "indefinite detention" for life, in the wording of the bill. No access to a lawyer, no access to trial.
Yes, you read that right. This would target American citizens, on American soil. Military personnel would be able to come into your house like something out of a Tom Clancy novel and chopper your innocent self down to Guantanamo Bay for life.
Continue reading on Business Insider
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I'm auto-tweeting this all weekend in the hopes that SOMEONE who knows nothing about it will at least see it..
Greg
David Seaman, Credit Card Outlaw | Dec. 2, 2011, 9:02 AM | 27,953 | 43
A A A
David Seaman is the creator of the popular finance blog and credit card deals comparison site Credit Card Outlaw. Follow him on Google+
Fellow entrepreneurs, Americans, anyone who still cares about this country at all – this is a must read.
By the end of next week, the US government very likely will have the power to lock up US citizens for life at Guantanamo Bay or other military prisons -- without charge and without trial.
This means that, in the near future, a controversial Twitter post, attending a peaceful protest, or publishing an anti-Congress critique or anti-TSA rant on Google+ could land you "indefinite detention" for life, in the wording of the bill. No access to a lawyer, no access to trial.
Yes, you read that right. This would target American citizens, on American soil. Military personnel would be able to come into your house like something out of a Tom Clancy novel and chopper your innocent self down to Guantanamo Bay for life.
Continue reading on Business Insider
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I'm auto-tweeting this all weekend in the hopes that SOMEONE who knows nothing about it will at least see it..
Greg
Thursday, December 1, 2011
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