BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials-August 12, 2011
Friday, 12. August 2011
Escobar: Syria- Why the Regime Won’t Fall, Lebanon Intercepts Covert Arms Shipment Bound for Syria, DHS Trying to Make New Terrorist “Watchlist Service” Exempt from Privacy Act, Bank of America’s Backdoor Bailout, Begging for Change, Russia & Azerbaijan: An Obstacle to the U.S. in the Caucasus & More!
BFP Nightly Quote
“Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today” – Mahatma Gandhi
International Newsworthy
Pepe Escobar: Syria- Why the Regime Won’t Fall
Lebanon Intercepts Covert Arms Shipment Bound for Syria
IED Attacks: Wikileaks Afghanistan War Logs
The Pain to Come for Chinese Export
Russia & Azerbaijan: An Obstacle to the U.S. in the Caucasus
Tajikistan: In Dushanbe “Religious Radicalism” Comes in Many Forms
France, Italy, Spain & Belgium Ban Short-Selling
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National Newsworthy
DHS Trying to Make New Terrorist “Watchlist Service” Exempt from Privacy Act
Former Counterterrorism Czar Accuses CIA Officials of 9/11 Cover Up
Washington Funds Venezuela’s “Made in the USA Opposition”
State Department Awards $200,000 to Elliott-Abrams Led Thinktank Repeatedly Cited by Israel’s Mass Murderer
Bank of America’s Backdoor Bailout
FDA Conducting a Secret War Against Dairy Farmers
Supreme Court Likely to Rule Big Oil Human Rights Abuse Lawsuits Possible
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Noteworthy Editorials
Hiroshima & Nagasaki: 66 Years Later
Begging for Change
The Military: “Closer to you than your Family”
Over 160 Children Reported Among Drone Deaths
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BFP Nightly Funnies
“Did you know that China has the exact same credit rating that we do? You’d think their credit would be better, but it’s not. Look who owes them all the money.” –Jay Leno
Obama Proposes Tax Increase On Meanest 2% Of Population
Tyrannosaurus Debt
Tyrannosaurus Debt
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BFP Nightly Video Potpourri
Video 1: We Now Have More Soldiers That Have Died by Suicide Than Conflict
Video 2: AIPAC Sends US Congress on Vacation
Video 3: Ron Paul’s Iowa Debate Q & A
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