@dustcirclenews - HEADLINES: America's Business of War, Snowden's Brave Integrity, Whistleblowers Meet Leaker, No NSA Oversight, Address Books Collected Globally, U.S. Ranks 21st in Math, Scientists Hacking the Earth, Half of US Children Are Poor, Women Demand Freedom, Social Security Destruction, more.

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The Business of America Is War
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/business-america-war

Edward Snowden’s Brave Integrity
http://consortiumnews.com/2013/10/15/edward-snowdens-brave-integrity/

Snowden: NSA Is Most Dangerous Because No Oversight Exists
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/18

"Edward Snowden Is a Patriot":
Ex-NSA CIA, FBI and Justice Whistleblowers Meet Leaker in Moscow
http://www.alternet.org/world/edward-snowden-patriot-ex-nsa-cia-fbi-and-justice-whistleblowers-meet-leaker-moscow

NSA collects millions of e-mail address books globally
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-collects-millions-of-e-mail-address-books-globally/2013/10/14/8e58b5be-34f9-11e3-80c6-7e6dd8d22d8f_story.html

NSA revelations: A timeline of what's come out since Snowden leaks began
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/1016/NSA-revelations-A-timeline-of-what-s-come-out-since-Snowden-leaks-began/June-5-8-2013

U.S. Adults Rank 21st in Math Skills

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36581.htm

Billionaire Koch Brothers Spending Millions To Deny Health Coverage To Low-Income Americans

http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/billionaire-koch-brothers-spending-millions-deny-health-coverage-low-income

To Fix Climate Change, Scientists Turn To Hacking The Earth

http://www.npr.org/2013/10/20/238548240/turning-to-scientists-to-engineer-a-cooler-climate

Nearly half of US public school children are poor

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/10/19/poor-o19.html

Your Personal Data: Intercepted, Monitored, Recorded, and Disclosed
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/your-personal-data-intercepted-monitored-recorded-and-disclosed_102013

Uncovering the Tea Party's Radical Roots
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/18

Internet Governance Series: Human Rights in the Age of State Surveillance
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2013/10/08/internet-governance-series-human-rights-in-the-age-of-state-surveillance/

The Police State Wants What the Police State Wants
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36599.htm

Women demand freedom, not surveillance

http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/rahila-gupta-kavita-krishnan/women-demand-freedom-not-surveillance

The Latest Billionaire Ploy to Destroy Social Security
http://www.alternet.org/latest-billionaire-ploy-destroy-social-security

Poll: Majority Says It's A Bad Thing That GOP Controls The House
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/poll-majority-says-it-s-a-bad-thing-that-gop-controls-the-house

Revolt of the Rich
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36575.htm

Documents reveal NSA’s extensive involvement in targeted killing program
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/documents-reveal-nsas-extensive-involvement-in-targeted-killing-program/2013/10/16/29775278-3674-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_story.html

Obama Embraces American Exceptionalism

BBC admits wrongdoing in presenting pro-Israeli commentator as neutral expert

Jonathan Sacerdoti on BBC News discussing the killing of Ahmed Jabri, head of Hamas' military wing

@dustcirclenews - HEADLINES: Bradley Manning Promotes More Peace Than Obama, Was Chavez Right About U.S. Meddling, U.S. Near Bottom for Child Well-Being, FBI Sued for Snooping, Separation of Church and State, United States of Inequality, Cut Veterans' Benefits? Economic war with China, IRS Tracking your Facebook? Orwellian Paradigm, Money for Militarism but Not for People, Climate Crisis Threatens Millions with Starvation, Peace over Plutocracy, Christian Right's Sneaky Ways, Godless Science Superior to Religion, Federal Rating Hits New Low, more.

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Ron Paul: Bradley Manning Promotes Peace More Than Obama
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/04/12/ron-paul-bradley-manning-deserves-nobel-peace-prize-more-than-barack-obama

WikiLeaks: Was Chavez Right About U.S. Meddling?
http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/04/08/wikileaks-was-chavez-right-about-u-s-meddling/

U.S. Ranks at the Bottom of Child Well-Being
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/us-ranks-bottom-child-well-being

FBI Sued for Info on Supersnooping Program
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/04/10/56533.htm

Why We Want to Keep Church and State as Far Away from Each Other as Possible
http://www.alternet.org/belief/why-we-want-keep-church-and-state-far-away-each-other-possible

Sen. Warren: Regulators Are Watching Out for Banks, Not the American Public
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/04/12-1

Army Judge Raises Burden in Private’s Trial on Leaks
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/us/military-tightens-media-rules-in-leaks-case.html?_r=1&

Bill Moyers Essay: The United States of Inequality
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/04/12-0

Your Essential Guide To The Background Check Debate
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/04/10/1845721/your-essential-guide-to-the-background-check-debate/

Cut Social Security and Veterans' Benefits? Cut the Pentagon Instead
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Cut-Social-Security--Vete-by-Robert-Naiman-130413-685.html

Will the Coming Economic War With China End the American Empire?
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Will-the-Coming-Economic-W-by-Richard-Clark-130412-749.html

Is the IRS Tracking You on Facebook?
http://theanti-media.org/2013/04/13/the-resident-is-the-irs-tracking-you-on-facebook/

Look out Monsanto: The Global Food Movement Is Rising
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/12-6

The Orwellian Paradigm--Killing You, For Your Own Safety
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34604.htm

Money for Militarism, not for People: Obama’s Betrayal of Social Security
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34609.htm

Why do people pretend that religion isn’t responsible for creationism?
http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/why-do-people-pretend-that-religion-isnt-responsible-for-creationism/

Disturbing Facts About State Lotteries: They Prey on the Poor and Trash the Economy, and Political Leaders Don't Care
http://www.alternet.org/hard-times-usa/disturbing-facts-about-state-lotteries-they-prey-poor-and-trash-economy-and-political

Climate Crisis Threatens Millions With Starvation And Destitution
http://www.countercurrents.org/cc140413.htm

People and Peace Over Plutocracy
http://www.opednews.com/articles/People-and-Peace-Over-Plut-by-David-Swanson-130413-995.html

Americans Obsessed with North Korea, Overstate Threat
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/04/11/americans-obsessed-with-north-korea-overstate-threat/

6 Sneaky Ways the Christian Right Foists Its Biblical Agenda on America
http://www.alternet.org/belief/6-sneaky-ways-christian-right-foists-its-biblical-agenda-america

It's Time to Drop the Bomb! Boycott Christmas
http://www.opednews.com/articles/It-s-Time-to-Drop-the-Bomb-by-Benjamin-Darden-130412-1.html

Is Renewable Energy's Biggest Problem Solved?
http://www.alternet.org/environment/renewable-energys-biggest-problem-solved

Why police states love terrorism
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-war-on-terror-is-a-fraud-1/why-police-states-love-terrorism.html

Godless Science vs. Religion: Why & How Godless Science is Superior to Religion
http://atheism.about.com/od/philosophyofscience/p/ScienceSuperior.htm?nl=1

FDA Lets Drugs Approved on Fraudulent Research Stay on the Market
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fda-let-drugs-approved-on-fraudulent-research-stay-on-market&WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20130416
State Governments Viewed Favorably as Federal Rating Hits New Low
http://www.people-press.org/2013/04/15/state-govermnents-viewed-favorably-as-federal-rating-hits-new-low/

The Economic And Social Crisis: Contemporary Capitalism And Class Struggle
http://www.countercurrents.org/petras120413.htm

@dustcirclenews HEADLINES: Obama's Presidential Failure, CYBERCOM vs. Hacktivists, Internet Cold War, CISPA, Defiled Constitution, NatSec Letters Unconstitutional, CIA Drone Secrecy, Immigration Settlement, Problems with SORNA, Catholic Church Riches, America's Financial Nazism, Orwellian America, Monsanto, America is Losing Religion, more.

The Failure of Barack Obama's Presidency

http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-Bush-and-Obama-Got-the-by-Eric-Zuesse-130314-460.html

New CYBERCOM to Wage War on Hacktivists With Offensive Ops and Surveillance
http://occupycorporatism.com/new-cybercom-to-wage-war-on-hacktivists-with-offensive-ops-surveillance/

Are We Ready for an Internet Cold War?
http://bigthink.com/endless-innovation/are-we-ready-for-an-internet-cold-war

Why CISPA Could Actually Lead To More Hacking Attacks
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130312/08093422297/why-cispa-could-actually-lead-to-more-hacking-attacks.shtml

6 Ways The US Supreme Court Has Defiled Our Constitution
http://www.countercurrents.org/corseri130313.htm

Praising the Troops for Defending Our “Rights” and “Freedoms”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34306.htm?utm_source=ICH%3A+Obama+to+Israel%3A+%60We+Got+Your+Back%27&utm_campaign=FIRST&utm_medium=email

Court Says National Security Letters Are Unconstitutional, Bans Them
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130315/14254522342/shocker-court-says-national-security-letters-are-unconstitutional-bans-them.shtml

Mississippi Governor Signs Bill Forcing Public Schools To Give Students Open Forum To Push Religious Views On Others
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/03/15/mississippi-governor-signs-bill-forcing-public-schools-to-give-students-open-forum-to-push-religious-views-on-others/

Court deals blow to CIA drone secrecy
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/court-deal-blow-to-cia-drone-secrecy-88918.html?hp=l1

Do countries lose religion as they gain wealth?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/03/05/f-religion-economic-growth.html

Judge Approves Landmark Settlement in Immigration Policy Case
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/03/15-2

Third Circuit panel discusses at length all the problems with SORNA
http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2013/03/third-circuit-panel-discusses-at-length-all-the-problems-with-sorna.html

How Rich Is the Catholic Church?
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2013/03/catholic_church_and_pope_francis_religious_institutions_are_exempted_from.html?wpisrc=newsletter_tis

Nowhere to Run or Hide from America’s 'Financial Nazism'
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34324.htm?utm_source=ICH%3A+Paul+Craig+Roberts%3A+When+Truth+Is+Suppressed+Countries+Die&utm_campaign=FIRST&utm_medium=email

An Orwellian America
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34321.htm?utm_source=ICH%3A+Paul+Craig+Roberts%3A+When+Truth+Is+Suppressed+Countries+Die&utm_campaign=FIRST&utm_medium=email

Monsanto: Patenting Death
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/15-7

The New York Times defends drone murder
http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/11/pers-m11.html

You Wouldn't Believe How Fast Americans Are Losing Their Religion -- But the Fundamentalists Have a Plan
http://www.alternet.org/belief/you-wouldnt-believe-how-fast-americans-are-losing-their-religion-fundamentalists-have-plan

With Inequality Spiraling Out of Control It's Insane to Consider Cutting Social Security

http://www.alternet.org/hard-times-usa/inequality-spiraling-out-control-its-insane-consider-cutting-social-security

Stop Freaking Out About the Debt! 5 Reasons There Is No Debt Crisis
http://www.alternet.org/stop-freaking-out-about-debt-5-reasons-there-no-debt-crisis

The “Dirty War” Pope
http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/16/pers-m16.html

Boycotting Israel is the "way to go," says Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters
http://electronicintifada.net/content/boycotting-israel-way-go-says-pink-floyd-legend-roger-waters/12287

Elizabeth Warren Debunks GOP Talking Points on Minimum Wage
http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/elizabeth_warren_debunks_gop_talking_points_on_minimum_wage_20130318/

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08.Dec.2012 - [PROP 8] Gay Marriage Reaches Supreme Court, Tale of Liberty Lost in America, America's Pathological Wealth Distribution, TV That Watches You, US Military Targeting Afghan Children, Air Force in Corrupt Practice, Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza (4 video set), Inequality and Poverty in America, Corporate Push for GMO Food, much more.

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Gay marriage reaches Supreme Court: Justices to review Prop 8., DOMA
The two cases being taken up by the Supreme Court involve a challenge to California’s Prop. 8 ban on gay marriage and a suit from New York City testing the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2012/1207/Gay-marriage-reaches-Supreme-Court-Justices-to-review-Prop-8.-DOMA

Bradley Manning: A Tale of Liberty Lost in America

The US does nothing to punish those guilty of war crimes or Wall Street fraud, yet demonises the whistleblower

Over the past two and a half years, all of which he has spent in a military prison, much has been said about Bradley Manning, but nothing has been heard from him. That changed on Thursday, when the 23-year-old US army private accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks testified at his court martial proceeding about the conditions of his detention.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/01

Five Facts About America's Pathological Wealth Distribution

Most people associate inequality with the income gap. As distorted as the distribution of income may be, our wealth distribution is even more extreme. Americans are beginning to realize that years of preferential tax treatment for the rich, under the guise of "supply-side job creation" nonsense, have bloated the fortunes of the super-rich to a level that would make Rockefeller and Carnegie envious.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/03

TV that watches and listens to YOU

What will they think of next

US Military Facing Fresh Questions Over Targeting of Children in Afghanistan

Outrage grows after senior officer claimed troops in Afghanistan were on the lookout for 'children with potential hostile intent' The US military is facing fresh questions over its targeting policy in Afghanistan after a senior army officer suggested that troops were on the lookout for "children with potential hostile intent".

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/323-95/14918-us-military-facing-fresh-questions-over-targeting-of-children-in-afghanistan

Republicans are Devolving and Trying to Drag Society Back With Them

There is a process of gradual, peaceful development that occurs in nearly all social or economic structures or institutions known as evolution, and as a motion it is incomplete in itself, but when combined with coordinated motions produces a single action over time. Unless a society is isolated from outside influence and new ideas, changing sensibilities eventually contribute to a culture’s evolution over time and has contributed to both good and bad results. 

http://www.politicususa.com/republicans-devolving-drag-society.html

US tightens military noose around Syria

Amid an escalating drumbeat about a supposed threat that Syria's government is preparing to use chemical weapons against its own people, Washington has deployed a naval armada off the country's coast.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/US-tightens-military-noose-by-Bill-van-Auken-121207-783.html

U.S. Air Force in Corrupt Practice

The Governor of Vermont and the Mayor of Burlington have decided to flaunt their corrupt behavior as they engage in a private, lobbyist-paid trip supported by a directly interested party in a charade of investigation designed to bring a nuclear weapons system to Vermont at the expense of the health, welfare, and homes of thousands of Vermonters.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/U-S-Air-Force-in-Corrupt-by-William-Boardman-121207-332.html

The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza (4 Videos):

	Journalists targeted in Israeli attack
	This report contains graphic scenes. Viewer discretion is advised.   December 7, 2012

	The Privatization of Israeli War
	Shir Hever: The attack on Gaza was a show piece for "Iron Dome" technology which Israel wants to sell around the world   December 5, 2012

	Rival Factions Hamas and Fatah Say They Will Unite After UN Vote
	After years of bloodshed following an election in Gaza, rivals Hamas and Fatah say they will work together following Israel's assault and UNGA vote   December 4, 2012

	Netanyahu Forms Alliance with Far Right's Lieberman
	Shir Hever: UN Vote and criticism over Gaza attack matter little to Netanyahu who unites with Minister who advocates ethnic cleansing of Palestinian citizens of Israel   December 2, 2012

Inequality And Poverty America style
Irrespective of ones circumstances or stage of life, illness is never welcome, in America if your poor it can prove to be a total catastrophe, ending often in personal bankruptcy. “According to a report published in The American Journal of Medicine, medical bills are a major factor in more than 60% of the personal bankruptcies in the United States“. Health care insurance an unaffordable luxury, for the 15% or 50 million people now living in ‘official’ poverty in America, anxiously relying on good luck and a poor diet to keep sickness at a bay.
http://www.countercurrents.org/peebles081212.htm

Corporate Push For GMO Food Puts Independent Science In Jeopardy
Science is considered science when it is independent, when it has integrity and when it speaks the truth about its search. It was the integrity, independence and sovereignty of science that drew me and propelled me to study physics. Today, independent science is threatened with extinction. While this is true in every field, it is the field of food and agriculture that I am most concerned about.
http://www.countercurrents.org/shiva081212.htm

Full text of the interview with Khalid Mashaal (2010):

"Our priority is to be free"

After escaping an assassination attempt in 1997 and being banned from Jordan in 1999, Khaled Mashal, Hamas leader, made his home in Damascus, where Manuela Paraipan interviewed him last week on Hamas’ approach to the current peace negotiations, his view of Hamas’ strengths, its ongoing commitment to resistance, and the importance of principle in politics.

http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/12/08/hamas25-full-text-of-the-interview-with-khalid-mashaal-2010-our-priority-is-to-be-free/

The 6 Economic Facts of Life in America That Allow the Rich to Run off with Our Wealth

Do you ever wonder why it takes the average family 47 years to make as much as a hedge fund honcho makes in one hour?

http://www.alternet.org/economy/6-economic-facts-life-america-allow-rich-run-our-wealth

Five Job-Destroying CEOs Trying to “Fix” the Debt by Slashing Corporate Taxes and Cutting Social Security Benefits

Let's name them and shame them.

http://www.alternet.org/economy/five-job-destroying-ceos-trying-fix-debt-slashing-corporate-taxes-and-cutting-social

When Police Are Encouraged to Abuse, Not Protect

The NYPD's quota system forces officers to crack down on the very people they are supposed to serve and protect.

http://www.alternet.org/when-police-are-encouraged-abuse-not-protect

Grandfather grieves teenage grandson killed by U.S. drone

Israel indiscriminately annihilating Palestinians: Analyst

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown: What Happened to the "We" Society in America?

Saket Soni: Fighting for a Better Future After Sandy

"The Most Obdurate Bully in the Room": U.S. Widely Criticized for Role at Climate Talks

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Climate Change? U.S. Shrugs

FROM TEXAS TO QATAR, U.S. DOES NOTHING TO PROTECT THE PLANET 

 

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Climate-Change--U-S-Shru-by-William-Boardman-121206-846.html

What We Could Accomplish in the USA with Interest-Free, Government-Issued Currency

The federal government has been paying ever more interest on its ever growing indebtedness for more than 200 years.   James Jackson, Congressman from Georgia, predicted in 1790 that this would happen in a speech he made to the First Congress.   Jackson warned that passing Alexander Hamilton's plan to base the country's money supply on the existing federal debt of $75 million would "settle upon our posterity a burden which they can neither bear nor relieve themselves from."   He further predicted that "in the course of a single century it would be multiplied to an extent we dare not think of." 

http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-We-Could-Accomplish-i-by-Richard-Clark-121206-16.html

25.Nov.2012 - Small Retailers, Religious Fanaticism, Copyright Reform, Zionist Apartheid, Traffic Fatalities, College Admissions, Drone Problem, Social Crisis, Hostess Bankruptcy, Gaza Blitz, Financial Suicide, Walmart Strikers, Energy Independence,

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Shopping? Small Retailers Want Your Business, Too

Jammed between Gray Thursday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday is yet another day devoted to shopping: Small Business Saturday. Wallets are expected to open yet again on Saturday — this time for mom-and-pop stores. Main Street in Littleton, Colo., is filled with them. The street is lined with small bars and restaurants along with other businesses, including a spice store and a men's clothing boutique.
http://www.npr.org/2012/11/24/165794352/more-shopping-small-retailers-want-your-business?ft=3&f=1001&sc=nl&cc=nh-20121124

What If Religious Fanaticism Killed Someone You Love?

The family of a woman who died after being denied an abortion are fighting so others don't suffer the same loss.

http://www.alternet.org/belief/what-if-religious-fanaticism-killed-someone-you-love

New Book Makes The Case For Why Copyright Needs To Be Reformed

I've argued in the past that copyright is a non-partisan issue, in that the concepts behind fixing a broken copyright system shouldn't be specific to either major political party. Unfortunately, historically, that's meant that there's been bi-partisan interest in helping Hollywood expand the system over and over and over and over again (15 expansions in the last 30 years). However, as we saw over the weekend with the wonderful RSC brief that was released and retracted in a day, there is significant interest in some circles to explore the idea of substantial copyright reform, which includes recognizing that the existing system is not functioning up to the standards set forth in the Constitution. 

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121119/07554721091/new-book-makes-case-why-copyright-needs-to-be-reformed.shtml

World has put up with Zionist apartheid for too long

The body of 18-month-old Palestinian boy Eyad Abu Khosa, killed in the latest Israeli airstrikes, lays on the floor during his funeral in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on November 18, 2012.

http://presstv.com/detail/2012/11/20/273477/world-has-put-up-with-israel-for-too-long/

Why Do Red States Have More Traffic Fatalities?

An analysis shows that people from conservative states are more likely to die from traffic accidents.

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/strange-why-do-red-states-have-more-traffic-fatalities

4 Ways College Admissions Committees Stack the Deck in Favor of Already Privileged Applicants

It's time to stop stigmatizing affirmative action as an "unfair advantage" for historically unrepresented groups.

http://www.alternet.org/education/4-ways-college-admissions-committees-stack-deck-favor-already-privileged-applicants

Mr. President, You Have a Drone Problem

I have never had a more haunting experience than hearing people talk about their homes, villages and families destroyed by drone attacks.

http://www.alternet.org/world/mr-president-you-have-drone-problem

The social crisis in the US

As President Barack Obama and Congress prepare to slash trillions of dollars from social programs that keep vast numbers of people out of destitution, the prevalence of hunger and poverty in the United States has reached rates unseen in decades.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/nov2012/pers-n24.shtml

Hostess bankruptcy: The brutal face of American capitalism

Hostess Brands has sought authorization from the bankruptcy courts to liquidate its bakery business and wipe out the jobs and pensions of 18,500 workers. The 82-year-old company, maker of the well-known brands Wonder Bread and Twinkies, submitted plans last week to close 33 bakeries, 565 distribution centers, approximately 5,500 delivery routes and 570 bakery outlet stores throughout the United States.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/nov2012/pers-n21.shtml

Israel continues blitz against Gaza amid truce talks

After initial reports Tuesday that a ceasefire agreement with Israel was imminent, a senior Hamas official, Izzat Risheq, told the media that a deal would not be finalized until Wednesday at the earliest, as Israel had failed to respond to proposed terms of a settlement.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/nov2012/gaza-n21.shtml

Financial Suicide – Privatizing Social Security

The clatter is starting up again over the privatization of Social Security. With this plan, the individual gets to decide how to invest their Social Security funds, something akin to a public 401k program. The bulk of this new-found investing activity, however, will go towards Wall Street and the stock exchanges.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/11/20/financial-suicide-privatizing-social-security/

Walmart Strikers Energized By Large Turnouts Nationwide 

Twitter is ablaze with images and videos from Walmart workers striking ‘For Respect.’ We’ve collected some highlights in homage to the brave employees who are striking to demand respect from their employer and to catch the attention of millions of shoppers.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/11/23/walmart-strikers-energized-by-large-turnouts-nationwide-imagesvideo/

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