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Greece’s Financial Crisis and the Myth of Modern America

By: Damon Vrabel
Canada Free Press
February 20, 2010
Source: http://www.infowars.com/greeces-financial-crisis-and-the-myth-of-modern-america/

I have been hearing a lot of chatter recently in coffee shops and lunch restaurants about the financial crisis in Greece. As I eavesdrop, the impression I get is that people are trying to convince themselves the problem is “over there.” They discuss how Greece could have avoided the situation and debate what they should do now. So naturally it is an isolated, country-specific problem “over there,” right?

But isn’t this déjà vu? Haven’t we seen this before?

Students Spied On With School Issued Laptops

By: Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Thursday, Feb 18th, 2010
Source: http://infowars.net/articles/february2010/180210Students.htm

Federal lawsuit brought against district for covertly monitoring students and families in their homes

A school district in Philadelphia faces a class action lawsuit after it allegedly issued laptop computers to 1,800 students across two high schools and then used concealed cameras within the machines to spy on students and their parents without their knowledge or consent.

The World Today, Coming to an end soon.

Dear Beloved Brethren, Sabbath Greetings.

Once again we come to that day of God set aside for mans spiritual and physical rejuvenation, the seventh day of the week: Duet 5:12-15,

12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. 13 Six days thou shalt labor, and do all thy work, 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God. In it thou shalt not do any work: thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates, that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. 15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm; therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

Totally Occupied: 700 Military Bases Spread Across Afghanistan

By: Nick Turse
Existing in the shadows, the US base-building program is staggering in size and scope and also extraordinarily expensive.
February 10, 2010
Source: http://www.alternet.org/world/145631/totally_occupied:_700_military_bases_spread_across_afghanistan

In the nineteenth century, it was a fort used by British forces. In the twentieth century, Soviet troops moved into the crumbling facilities. In December 2009, at this site in the Shinwar district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province, U.S. troops joined members of the Afghan National Army in preparing the way for the next round of foreign occupation. On its grounds, a new military base is expected to rise, one of hundreds of camps and outposts scattered across the country.

Top Intel Officer: U.S. May Kill Americans Abroad

By: John Byrne
Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair announced Wednesday that the U.S. may target its own citizens for death if it believes they are associated with terrorist groups.
February 4, 2010
Source: http://www.alternet.org/world/145543/top_intel_officer%3A_u.s._may_kill_americans_abroad

In a striking admission from the Obama Administration’s top intelligence officer, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair announced Wednesday that the United States may target its own citizens abroad for death if it believes they are associated with terrorist groups.