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| Max Keiser on Wall Street Financial Terrorists: Luxury Crusie Ships in Haiti perfect metaphor for the global economy | |
| In the 10th episode of the Keiser Report - Stacy Herbert and Max Keiser - among other things - talk about the realities of a cruel world, in which some are paying little attention to the devastation in Haiti. (The full version of the program coming up shortly) | |
| Date: 21 January 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 757 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Holy War?: Militaries use US Biblical weapon sights | |
| Revelations that US troops have been using guns with a Biblical reference inscribed on part of the weapon throws the claim that their military is a secular force into question. The Pentagon has been buying scopes from a company called Trijicon for at least five years. It is South African founder started the practice three decades ago. The company has continued to insrcribe the parts ever since. Al Jazeera\\\'s David Chater has more on the gun sights which are being used in Afghanistan. (Jan 21, 09). | |
| Date: 21 January 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 804 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Afghanistan Corruption Crippling Society, Bribes Equal Almost A Quarter Of GDP | |
| Learn more at http://rethinkafghanistan.com. A new report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reveals that bribery consumes an amount equal to 23 percent of the GDP of Afghanistan. Afghans are forced by corrupt government culture to pay more than a third of their income in bribes. Earlier this month, the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction reported that 3/4 of all their active corruption investigations involved at least one Westerner. SYLVIA HUI, Associated Press Writer LONDON - Half of all Afghan adults paid at least one bribe to a public official over the course of a year to cut through red tape or get help with poor service, the U.N. said Tuesday in a report that documents the extraordinary depth of corruption in Afghanistan. Afghans paid nearly $2.5 billion (euro1.7 billion) in bribes -- worth almost a quarter of the country\\\'s GDP -- in the 12-month period ending last autumn. The average bribe cost $160 -- a hefty sum in a country with a per capita income of nearly $500, according to the report, based on interviews with thousands of people across Afghanistan. Most of those surveyed said they could not expect a single public service without paying favors. Many felt it was \\ | |
| Date: 21 January 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 775 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| John Edwards Admits Paternity Of Rielle Hunter's Child | |
| Date: 21 January 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 735 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 2 | |
| Great Historical Overview: Sen. Kennedy's Cause -Health Care Reform | |
| In December, Senate Democrats led historic Senate passage of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, delivering on the cause of Senator Kennedys life. The Senate is currently working with the House and President Obama to secure a final bill through both chambers of Congress. The video includes archival footage of Senator Kennedy as well as Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Barack Obama discussing the need for comprehensive health reform through the years. Each leader\\\\\\\'s work to extend health coverage to more Americans is highlighted. Decades-old clips and recent interviews with Senator Kennedy\\\\\\\'s colleagues look back at what he described as the cause of his life: making health care a fundamental right for all Americans. | |
| Date: 21 January 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 796 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 1.5 | |
| Danny Schechter: US has let Haiti down | |
| US control of the Port au Prince airport has resulted in accusations that needed aid is not getting through. Filmmaker and blogger Danny Schechter says the US should be ashamed. | |
| Date: 20 January 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 760 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 4.75 | |
| Olbermann & Fineman on Democrat's MA Senate debacle | |
| Olbermann & Fineman on Democrat\\\'s MA Senate debacle | |
| Date: 20 January 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 752 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Counting the Cost - Obama's Wall Street tax | |
| Barack Obama, the US president, has proposed a new tax on 50 of the country\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s largest financial institutions to reimburse taxpayers for the bank bailout of the past two years. | |
| Date: 20 January 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 758 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| GOP factionalism: Ron Paul on Rachel Maddow Show | |
| Date: 19 January 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 737 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Busted: Government Regulator SEC protected AIG secrets -with Dylan Ratigan | |
| This is starting to remind me of Watergate. From Dylan Ratigan Show, Monday, 1/18/10. Just in from Bloomberg: NY Fed on AIG http://youtube.com/watch?v=TpZ4cuO6FjU Copyright MSNBC 2010 | |
| Date: 19 January 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 756 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 5 | |