BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials-August 18, 2011
Thursday, 18. August 2011
US Hires Blackwater for Afghan Drug-Heroin War, Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?, US Oil Rig Count Passes 1,000, Why Are BCCI Fraudsters Being Protected?, Yemeni Opposition Forms “National Council”, Rick Perry’s Polluter Cronies, Drug Trafficking: Central America’s Dark Shadow, Turkish Warplanes Hit Northern Iraq, News Journalists Shill for the State & More!
BFP Nightly Quote
“Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.” – Gore Vidal
International Newsworthy
US Hires Blackwater for Afghan Drug-Heroin War
Us & Egypt Scrap Major Military Drill
Yemeni Opposition Forms “National Council”
Turkish Warplanes Hit Northern Iraq
India Faces a Deal with the Devil
Shahzad Murder Probe Drags on
MINUSTAH: Haiti under Military Occupation
6 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Airstrike
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National Newsworthy
Goldman VP Peter Haller Changed Name, Now a Top Congressional Staffer To Darrell Issa Working To Ease Dodd-Frank Derivatives Requirements On Goldman Sachs
Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?
Upsurge of US Army Suicide
Rep. King Investigating Links between Anwar al-Awlaki, 9/11 Hijackers
Foreclosure Case Against MERS Reaches Supreme Court
US Oil Rig Count Passes 1,000
Republican Candidate in Brooklyn Uses ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Scare to Woo Pros Israel Voters
U.S. Combat in Iraq is Over …Except for Air strikes & Death!
Pentagon to Cut Pensions for Veterans
Rick Perry’s Polluter Cronies
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Noteworthy Editorials
Why Are BCCI Fraudsters Being Protected?
Drake Case Highlights Government Overclassification Problem
Drug Trafficking: Central America’s Dark Shadow
News Journalists Shill for the State
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BFP Nightly Funnies
“President Obama is touring the country in a bus, because nothing inspires hope in the economy like the president riding in a bus.” –Jimmy Kimmel
Somebody’s Got to Save This Country from Certain Doom, And Let’s Face It, That Person Is Me!
REAL or FAKE: Can you tell which of these government spending projects are real or fake?
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BFP Nightly Video Potpourri
Video 1: Chicago Area Activists Ask, “Which Side are you on Rick?”
Video 2: Promotions for ATF Agents behind Botched Gun Running Sting
Video 3: US to Build Shadow Web
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Bill Bergman Says:
re: that BCCI article, and references to a large accounting firm, curious to note that the firm mentioned was also auditing Federal Reserve banks at the time