What Is QE Infinity? by Ellen Brown

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by Ellen Brown
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webofdebt.com
Oct. 3, 2012

QE3, the Federal Reserve’s third round of quantitative easing, is so open-ended that it is being called QE Infinity.  Doubts about its effectiveness are surfacing even on Wall Street.  The Financial Times reports:

Among the trading rooms and floors of Connecticut and Mayfair [in London], supposedly sophisticated money managers are raising big questions about QE3 — and whether, this time around, the Fed is not risking more than it can deliver.

Syria, the story thus far + How many voters does it take to change a light bulb? by William Blum

by William Blum
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www.killinghope.org
October 3, 2012

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Syria, the story thus far

“Today, many Americans are asking — indeed I ask myself,” Hillary Clinton said, “how can this happen? How can this happen in a country we helped liberate, in a city we helped save from destruction? This question reflects just how complicated, and at times, how confounding the world can be.” 1

The Secretary of State was referring to the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya September 11 that killed the US ambassador and three other Americans. US intelligence agencies have now stated that the attackers had ties to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.2

Barack Obama’s Presidential Proclamation: National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2012

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Propaganda Alert!

The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
October 01, 2012

Presidential Proclamation — National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2012

NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH, 2012

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

Today, Americans are more connected to each other and to people around the world than ever before.

Carl Mayer: Americans Can Be Indefinitely Detained – NDAA Supported By Court

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Oct 3, 2012 by RTAmerica

On Tuesday, a federal appeals court ruled that the US government can indefinitely detain anyone under the National Defense Authorization Act. This comes as a blow to the ruling that was given earlier this year, when US District Court Judge Catherine Forrest ruled that the NDAA was unconstitutional. So what does this mean for journalists and why was it overturned? Carl Mayer, attorney for The Mayer Law Group, joins us with the latest.

Chris Hedges: We Have Undergone A Corporate Coup D’état In Slow Motion

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with Chris Hedges
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October 3, 2012

Oct 2, 2012 by TheRealNews

Chris Hedges: The system has not been able to respond in a rational way, the way the Roosevelt administration responded rationally through the New Deal. And because of that, we’re in deep, deep trouble. So I think all of our hope now has to be invested in acts of civil disobedience.