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Thursday, October 9, 2008 |
TheDailyMash: "The government is to invest £500bn of your money in British banks so they can lend it back to you with interest.
The historic move is being hailed as a lifeline for the financial system as long as nobody asks too many questions.
Julian Cook, chief economist at Corbett and Barker, said: 'The government will give your money to the banks so the banks can start lending you that money, probably at around 7% APR.
'Thanks to all the interest you're paying on your own money, the banks will make billions of pounds again and normality will be restored.'
Meanwhile, Emma Bradford, a sales manager from Bath, said: 'Why doesn't the government just give my money to me so I can buy stuff from businesses who will then make a profit and put it in a bank?'"
12:36:58 PM 
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ACLU: "According to newly released military documents, the Navy applied lawless Guantánamo protocols in detention facilities on American soil. The documents, which include regular emails between brig officers and others in the chain of command, uncover new details of the detention and interrogation of two U.S. citizens and a legal resident - Yaser Hamdi, Jose Padilla and Ali al-Marri - at naval brigs in Virginia and South Carolina."
12:33:54 PM
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ChristianScienceMonitor: "In a speech before the United Nations last month, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili implored world leaders to set up an international investigation to find out the truth about the war in South Ossetia.
I couldn't agree more. But I think the results of an honest investigation would reveal a very different 'truth' than what President Saakashvili claims.
I know this because I was in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, on Aug. 7 when Georgian troops marched into the city and killed my friends and neighbors. I huddled with my family in terror for three nights while Saakashvili's tanks and rockets destroyed hundreds of our homes, desecrated cemeteries, gutted schools and hospitals.
I also have good reason not to trust what Saakashvili says. For three days before the attack I had been getting calls from many Georgian friends warning me to get out. They said Saakashvili was planning an attack. Most of the Georgians living in South Ossetia left because they knew what was coming."
Help Ossetia now.
12:30:36 PM
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McCain cannot be trusted with the presidency; now he is calling his fellow Americans 'my fellow prisoners'. A Freudian slip?
12:24:38 PM
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