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Dollar’s Reserve Status Waning, U.S. Treasury Borrowing Committee Says (Liz Capo McCormick)
Aug 3, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. dollar's status as the world's reserve currency "appears to be slipping," a committee of bond dealers and investors that advises the U.S. Treasury said in ...
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New Pipeline to Challenge Obama's Promises (Bill McKibben)
Obama finally has the opportunity to make good on his environmental promises, but will he? Aug. 4, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- It took some serious digging in the sock drawer, but eventually I found ...
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A Secret War in 120 Countries: The Pentagon’s New Power Elite (Nick Turse)
Aug. 4, 2011 (TomDispatch.com) -- Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you’re done... for the day. Without the knowledge of the ...
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Earth's Systems In Rapid Decline (Stephen Leahy)
Aug. 4, 2011 (Al-Jazeera-English) -- Protecting bits of nature here and there will not prevent humanity from losing our life support system. Even if areas dedicated to conserving plants, animals, ...
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The Beast Is Starved: Welcome to the Next Great Depression (John Atcheson)
Aug. 4, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- Since Reagan, Republicans have been on a “starve the beast” campaign -- by which they mean eviscerate the government by taking away as much revenue as they can. ...
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Obama Blows a Judas Kiss to the Poor (Ray McGovern)
Aug. 3, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- The unconscionable result of the manufactured crisis over the debt ceiling shows that the political Right knows how to play hardball, and that President Obama and ...
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Debt Ceiling Deal: The Democrats Take a Dive (Matt Taibbi)
Aug. 3, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- So the debt deal has finally been reached. As expected, the agreement arrives in a form that right-thinking people everywhere can feel terrible about with great ...
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The Fires This Time: In Coverage of Extreme Weather, Media Downplay Climate Change (Neil deMause)
Aug. 3, 2011 -- NEW YORK (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) -- On April 14, a massive storm swept down out of the Rocky Mountains into the Midwest and South, spawning more than 150 tornadoes that ...
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War, Debt and the President (Amy Goodman)
Aug. 3, 2011 (TruthDig.com) -- President Barack Obama touted his debt ceiling deal Tuesday, saying, “We can’t balance the budget on the backs of the very people who have borne the biggest brunt of ...
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In Cuba, The Revolution Continues, Softly, As Times Change (John Pilger)
Aug. 3, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- On my first day in Cuba, in 1967, I waited in a bus queue that was really a conga line. Ahead of me were two large, funny females resplendent in frills ...
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Moving Beyond The Debt Ceiling Canard: Much More Is At Stake (Phil Rockstroh)
“We Would Rather Die In Our Dread” Aug. 3, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- At present, most of us negotiate our days so distracted, disillusioned, dazed, buffeted, bought or marginalized by the ...
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