Gold rallies on India buy, hits $1,100 mark

Gold prices struck a series of record highs this week, eventually spiking above $1,100 for the first time, as Asian central banks snapped up the precious metal as an alternative to the dollar.
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/kuwaitnews/pagesdetails.asp?nid=39032&ccid=12

Chavez tells troops to ready for war with Colombia:

President Hugo Chavez ordered Venezuela's military on Sunday to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying the country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-11-08-chavez-war-warning_N.htm

Killing of Venezuelan troops exacerbates Colombia-Venezuela tensions:

Venezuelan officials claimed that a plot involving Bogotá and Washington is under way to destabilize Venezuela by igniting violence on the border with Colombia and in major towns in Venezuela

Why I Voted NO - By Dennis Kucinich

We have been led to believe that we must make our health care choices only within the current structure of a predatory, for-profit insurance system which makes money not providing health care. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23922.htm

Congress Is Teeming With Millionaires

Apparently, times aren't so tough all over.

By David Knowles

According to a new study compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, 237 members of the U.S. Congress, or 44 percent, are millionaires. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23918.htm

Memo to Obama: "For God Sakes, strap on a pair and get to it"

By Mike Whitney

This is bad. 10.2% unemployment. 16 million people out of work. Payrolls have been slashed 22 months in a row. The real jobless rate is now 17.5%. These are Great Depression numbers. Unemployment benefits have been extended, but policymakers still resist jobs programs. Why? Why no federal work programs? Why no WPA?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23917.htm

US Owned by Its Army

By William Pfaf

It is possible that the creation of an all-professional American army was the most dangerous decision ever taken by Congress. The nation now confronts a political crisis in which the issue has become an undeclared contest between Pentagon power and that of a newly elected president.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23916.htm

US Generals Flood Israel for Exercise against 'Specific Threats'

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

An unprecedented number of American generals, along with 1,400 U.S. army soldiers, are participating with top IDF brass in the high-level Juniper Cobra military exercise that one U.S. Navy commander said is aimed at "specific threats." http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23920.htm

Lies, War, and Empire

By Dr. Michael Parenti

Parenti speaks about lies, dissent, and how we arrive at the truth of our situation and still retain our sanity. He raises the question whether the Iraq war was not a failure but a success for some parts of the empire - and why. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23923.htm