Geopolitical – Week of 5.15.11

Top Lawmakers Agree to Patriot Act Extension
Associated Press (19 May 11)

President Obama Will Call For Billions in Aid to Arab Nations
Azcentral.com (19 May 11)

Breaking: Jerome Corsi’s Birther Book Pulled from Shelves!
Esquire (18 May 11)

$2M Michigan Lottery Winner Defends Use of Food Stamps
Yahoo News (18 May 11)

Brave New World Revisited (1958)
Aldous Huxley

Most at Fed Want Rate Hikes Before Asset Sales
Reuters (18 May 11)

Senate Bill Would Limit Savers Using 401(k)s as Rainy-Day Funds
Bloomberg (18 May 11)

Why Did US Medical Personnel Remove High-Value Detainee Abu Zubaydah’s Eye?
Truthout (18 May 11)

French Appalled by Treatment of Jailed IMF Chief
CBS News (18 May 11)

White Teachers Sue Philadelphia School, Charge Race Bias
CBS Philly (17 May 11)

States Enact Flurry of Tax Changes
Accounting Today (17 May 11)

Pakistans Lahore Police Installed Spy Software PROMIS
Nachrichten Heute

Federal Workers Raise The Roof — And Pay Uncle Sam’s Bills
The Washington Post (16 May 11)

US Ready To Swap Occupation of Afghanistan For War On Pakistan?
Infowars.com (17 May 11)

Unraveling of Barry Soetoro: The Sequel
Canada Free Press (11 April 11)

Spying on U.S Citizens — Uncle Sam Turns His Multi-billion Dollar Espionage Network on U.S Citizens
Activist Post (10 May 11)

SS Trust Fund – “We lost $1.1 Trillion Last Year!”
Zero Hedge (16 May 11)

Treasury to Tap Pensions to Help Fund Government
The Washington Post (15 May 11)

Debate Ramps on Debt Limit With no Consensus on Way Forward
The Hill (15 May 11)

WikiLeaks Reveals US Wanted to Keep Russia out of Libyan Oil
The Real News (15 May 11)

Scotland Independence Vote Could Contain ‘Financial Autonomy’ Option
Guardian.co.uk (8 May 11)

Watchdog Criticizes Feds For Pulling Back on Radiation Monitoring
California Watch (10 May 11)

House Sends ‘Loser Pays’ Bill to Senate
Statesman.com (9 May 11)

Senate Bills Raises Fees For Lobbyists, Ranchers
Statesman.com (5 May 11)

Modern Slavery in GCC Countries
The Real News (15 May 11)

[arve url=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/23680177?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0″ width=”300″ height=”242″ frameborder=”0″>

Fukushima – One Step Forward and Four Steps Back as Each Unit Challenged by New Problems from Fairewinds Associates on Vimeo.

Secret Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater’s Founder
The New York Times (14 May 11)

Russia President Takes Jibe at ‘Mentor’ Putin
Aljazeera (14 May 11)

Why Hip is no Longer Hip
Flotsam & Jetsam (13 May 11)

Wayne Chang’s Suit Against Winklevoss Twins Can Proceed, Judge Rules
Huffington Post (13 May 11)

Exxon Leads Defense of Oil Tax Breaks Democrats Want to Repeal
Bloomberg (12 May 11)

What Barry Soetoro Obama Is HIDING From US
Rense.com (12 May 11)

US Officials Lecture China on Rights
Aljazeera (10 May 11)