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That time I gave a lecture at MIT…and why it didn’t matter | Mickey Z.
Bill Murray is camp counselor Tripper Harrison in the 1979 movie Meatballs Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Feb. 8, 2018 On March 10, 2003, I gave a very well-attended lecture at the Massachusetts ...
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John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018 | Cindy Cohn
John Perry Barlow Cindy Cohn -- EFF Feb. 7, 2018 With a broken heart I have to announce that EFF's founder, visionary, and our ongoing inspiration, John Perry Barlow, passed away quietly in his ...
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Foreign Policy for Sale: Greece’s Dangerous Alliance with Israel | Ramzy Baroud
Alexis Tsipras 2015. Source: kremlin.ruRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 7, 2018 For a brief historical moment, Alexis Tsipras and his political party, Syriza, ignited hope that Greece could ...
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Zeno’s Laughter | John Michael Greer
Zeno of EleaFeb. 7, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- We really are going to have to start a conversation about ethics, aren’t we? Last week’s post on the fallacy of claiming that there’s one and only one ...
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Dow Plunges 1,175, The Biggest Point Drop In History | Avie Schneider
Feb. 5, 2018 -- 4:55 p.m. -- (NPR) -- The stock market went on a wild ride again Monday, with the Dow Jones industrial average closing down 1,175 points, its worst point drop in history. The Dow ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- February 5, 2018 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- February 5, 2018 Feb. 5 Date under the New START Treaty by which the United States and Russia are to comply with the treaty's central limits on strategic arms (700 deployed ...
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Student Debt Slavery II: Time to Level the Playing Field | Ellen Brown
Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Blog Jan. 5, 2018 This is the second in a two-part article on the debt burden America’s students face. Read Part 1 here. The lending business is heavily stacked against ...
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Student Debt Slavery: Bankrolling Financiers on the Backs of the Young | Ellen Brown
Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Blog Dec. 26, 2018 Higher education has been financialized, transformed from a public service into a lucrative cash cow for private investors. The advantages of slavery by ...
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How Uncle Sam Launders Marijuana Money | Ellen Brown
Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Blog Jan. 23, 2018 In a blatant example of “do as I say, not as I do,” the U.S. government is profiting handsomely by accepting marijuana cash in the payment of taxes ...
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When Will American Labor ‘Connect the Dots’? | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Jan. 29, 2018 A few years ago In Wisconsin and in two major cities in California, voters (made up mostly of working folks) chose to ...
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How to (really) Help Homeless Women | Mickey Z.
Credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Feb. 1, 2018 For my entire adult life, I’ve tried to help homeless people. For years, I wrote for Street News -- a once-popular advocacy newspaper ...
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