axiom.c
Category → U.S-News
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Author → Asif |
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Dec19
Most Americans have long known that the horrors of Abu Ghraib were not the work of a few low-ranking sociopaths. All but President Bush’s most unquestioning supporters recognized the chain of unprincipled decisions that led to the abuse, torture and death in prisons run by the American military and intelligence services. |
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Obama Election Spurs Race Crimes Around Country Author → Asif |
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Nov17
Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars. |
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Author → Asif |
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Oct12
A must see documentary that show how the US government has developed a policy of
using torture while at the same time spreading its message of democracy
around the world. The ease with which ideas fundamental to the rule of
law were subverted in the process, provokes difficult questions about
the kind of future American-style democracy will bring. Everyone must see this movie! |
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Playing Devils Advocate with Democrats Author → Asif |
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Oct1
On September 30, 1999, Stephen A. Holmes of the NY Times published an article about how Fannie Mae, then the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages, was under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people and felt pressure from stock holders to maintain its phenomenal growth in profits. |
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Let Risk-Taking Financial Institutions Fail Author → Asif |
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Sep30
Do not be fooled. The $700 billion (ultimately $1 trillion or more) bailout is not predominantly for mortgages and homeowners. Instead, the bailout is for mortgage-backed securities. In fact, some versions of these instruments are imaginary derivatives. These claims overlap on the same types of mortgages. Many financial institutions wrote claims over the same mortgages, and these are the majority of claims that have "gone bad." |
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