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Unemployment Up Dramatically! Stocks Rise! Huh?

Seeded on Sat Nov 7, 2009 12:46 AM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

Ordinary, average, struggling Americans might be scratching their heads over the news today, as the Labor Department reports that unemployment is up by four-tenths of a percent for the month to a record 10.2%, fully three-tenths of a percent higher than economists had been forec …

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Flashback: Bernanke on Unemployment: 'we don't think it will get to 10 percent'

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 12:01 PM EST (shtfplan.com)

The unemployment report may come as a surprise to those who have been following the Obama administration and mainstream economists like Paul Krugman. Here are some choice quotes from those we've entrusted with our economy:

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U.S. Unemployment Rate Hits 10.2%, Highest in 26 Years

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 9:19 AM EST (The New York Times)

The United States economy shed 190,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate reached a 26-year high of 10.2 percent, up from 9.8 percent in September, the Department of Labor said Friday in its monthly economic appraisal.

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Obama promises Native Americans place on agenda

Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 8:51 AM EST (USA Today)

President Barack Obama is telling Native American tribal leaders he is determined to reverse the federal government's history of marginalizing and ignoring the plight of Indian nations.

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"GM's Money Trees": Displacement of Rural Brazilians Highlights Consequences of "Cap and Trade" System

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 11:43 AM EST (Democracy Now!)

With the Copenhagen climate summit just a month away, a new investigative series looks at how rural Brazilians are being displaced so their forest can be turned into carbon offsets for some of the world's biggest polluters, including General Motors and Chevron.

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New Jobless Claims Drop to 512K

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 9:38 AM EST (CBS News)

The Labor Department said Thursday that first-time claims for jobless benefits fell by 20,000 to a seasonally adjusted 512,000. That's better than economists' estimates of 523,000.

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G20 Meet To Finalize Dumping Of Dollar?

Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 9:16 AM EST (infowars.com)

A press release detailing Estulin's statements says that G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland, will debate actions to sink the U.S. Dollar, thereby crashing the present world financial system.

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Marijuana laws spur small businesses in Oakland, elsewhere

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 10:18 AM EST (Inside Bay Area Most Viewed)

"It is a social movement with cash flow," said James Anthony, an activist and attorney who has advised numerous dispensaries, of which there are at least 2,100 nationwide, according to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

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Afghan minister: Occupiers involved in drug trade

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 9:58 AM EST (presstv.ir)

The Afghan minister of counter narcotics says foreign troops are earning money from drug production in Afghanistan.

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Sheriff Arpaio's Office Is Only Law Enforcement Agency in U.S. Denied Authority to Enforce Immigration Laws, Says DHS

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:22 AM EDT (CNSNews.com)

"We've been doing it for two years and have been very successful, but I guess they don't like to enforce illegal immigration laws," Arpaio told CNSNews.com. "[It] doesn't make any difference.

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Madoff friend Jeffry Picower found dead

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:05 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

"Based upon the trustee's investigation to date, Picower was the biggest beneficiary of Madoff's scheme, having withdrawn either directly or through the entities he controlled more than $7.2 billion of other investors' money."

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Jundullah in another CIA Brainchild like al-Qaeda

Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:42 AM EDT (presstv.ir)

A former Central Intelligence Agency officer has confirmed US' relations with the terrorist group Jundullah, despite the CIA knowing that the group has close links with the al-Qaeda.

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Why would President Obama declare a national emergency over swine flu

Seeded on Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:27 PM EDT (naturalnews.com)

According to the CDC, swine flu infections have already peaked, and the pandemic is on its way out. Peak infection time was the middle of October, where one in five U.S. children experienced the flu, says the CDC.

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Abortion Kills More Black Americans Than the Seven Leading Causes of Death Combined

Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:48 PM EDT (CNSNews.com)

Abortion kills more black Americans than the seven leading causes of death combined, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2005, the latest year for which the abortion numbers are available.

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Hate Crime Bill Is A Trojan Horse Against Free Speech

Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:27 PM EDT (fas.org)

The unclassified Homeland Security memo even says people who are concerned about loss of U.S. sovereignty, illegal immigration and gun-control who are genuinely upset about encroaching freedom may be considered a potential insurgents against the U.S.

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White House to shield "Czars" from Testifying Before Congress

Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:20 PM EDT (CNSNews.com)

White House Counsel Greg Craig has indicated that he will refuse to allow any of the 18 new "czar" positions created by President Obama to testify before Congress, according to Sen.

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Rasmussen Poll Shows Strong Support for Immigration Enforcement

Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:11 PM EDT (rasmussenreports.com)

This survey comes two months after the Department of Homeland Security announced that they were restructuring the 287(g) program.

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Firefight Over the Red, White and Blue

Seeded on Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:45 PM EDT (nbcphiladelphia.com)

A new department rule mandates that all stickers and statements – union, cartoon and political – be stripped from lockers after several offensive and racist images showed up in the firehouse. But Krapf figured the red, white and blue was safe

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Charlie Sheen's $14,000 Video Contest

Seeded on Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:22 AM EDT (twentyminuteswiththepresident.com)

Last month, Charlie Sheen announced on Alex's nationally syndicated radio show that he will sponsor a video contest in order to get the message out about the necessity for a new, independent, and impartial re-investigation of the events of September 11, 2001.

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Lord Monckton: Obama Poised to Cede US Sovereignty

Seeded on Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:54 AM EDT (YouTube)

On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton, a noted climate change skeptic, gave a presentation at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN.

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Oath Keepers: Declaration Of Orders We Will Not Obey

Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:06 PM EDT (oathkeepers.org)

"The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be, Freemen, or Slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their Houses, and Farms, are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a State of Wretc …

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Flashback: Sunday, June 27, 2004 Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate

Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:53 PM EDT (web.archive.org)

From the Archives: Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate

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Sen. John Thune: Public Safety in Indian Country

Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:56 AM EDT (indianz.com)

One of the biggest challenges facing South Dakota's tribes is the lack of public safety that exists in many communities.

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Perpetual war is here and Americans are getting used to it

Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:01 AM EDT (Big Bear Observation Post)

"WE MUST GUARD AGAINSTthe acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, byTHE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX" - Dwight D. Eisenhower 1961

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PayPal, Dumps CaNORML

Seeded on Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:29 AM EDT (canorml.org)

PayPal, the online payment company, has told California NORML it has made the decision not to accept payments from our "type of business" over a disagreement about accepting listing payments from cannabis-recommending physicians.

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  • Unemployment Up Dramatically! Stocks Rise! Huh?

    Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive

    Ordinary, average, struggling Americans might be scratching their heads over the news today, as the Labor Department reports that unemployment is up by four-tenths of a percent for the month to a record 10.2%, fully three-tenths of a percent higher than economists had been forec …

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  • Flashback: Bernanke on Unemployment: 'we don't think it will get to 10 percent'

    Source: shtfplan.com

    The unemployment report may come as a surprise to those who have been following the Obama administration and mainstream economists like Paul Krugman. Here are some choice quotes from those we've entrusted with our economy:

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  • House Panel Defies Obama on PATRIOT Act

    Source: AntiWar.com

    Bill to Remove 'Lone Wolf' Provision Over Justice Dept. Objections In an act of uncharacteristic defiance of President Obama, the House Judiciary Committee voted today 16-10 to remove the "lone wolf" section of the USA PATRIOT Act.

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  • U.S. Unemployment Rate Hits 10.2%, Highest in 26 Years

    Source: The New York Times

    The United States economy shed 190,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate reached a 26-year high of 10.2 percent, up from 9.8 percent in September, the Department of Labor said Friday in its monthly economic appraisal.

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  • Obama promises Native Americans place on agenda

    Source: USA Today

    President Barack Obama is telling Native American tribal leaders he is determined to reverse the federal government's history of marginalizing and ignoring the plight of Indian nations.

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