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Reflections on Michael Moore’s capitalism (Jim Miles)
Nov. 3, 2009 (Palestinian Chronicle) -- The thrift in me allowed me to wait until Michael Moore’s “Capitalism -- A Love Story” came out on second run theatres -- it was well worth the wait. The ...
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What Physicians Know (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Joel Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Nov. 1, 2009 -- I had a long conversation with my favorite physician, who has operated on me twice successfully. He is an incredibly kind person without an ounce ...
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BOOK REVIEW: In The Jaws of the Dragon, By Eamonn Fingleton (Jim Miles)
In The Jaws of the Dragon - America’s Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese Dominance. Eamonn Fingleton. Thomas Dunne Books (St. Martin’s Press), New York, 2008. Oct. 30, 2009 (Palestine Chronicle) -- A ...
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Rogue Nation (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Oct. 30, 2009 -- Is Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a CIA agent? Is Ahmed Wali Karzai one of the largest drug ...
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Société Générale bank tells clients how to prepare for potential 'global collapse' (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard)
Explosion of debt: Japan's public debt could reach as much as 270pc of GDP in the next two years. A bullet train is pictured speeding past Mount Fuji in Fuji city, west of Tokyo Photo: Reuters Nov. ...
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BOOKS: A Choice of Enemies - America Confronts the Middle East, By Lawrence Freedman (Jim Miles)
A Choice of Enemies -- America Confronts the Middle East. Lawrence Freedman. Anchor Canada (Random House). 2009. Nov. 17, 2009 -- The subtitle to this text carries an interesting choice of active ...
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The Oceans are Coming (Keith Farnish and Dmitry Orlov)
Oct. 18, 2009 -- This article is the first part of a three-part series, which considers the effect of global warming on ocean level rise, and examines life with constantly advancing seas from two ...
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The Fate of the Yeast People (James Howard Kunstler)
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Nov. 16, 2009 -- Every time I do a Q and A after a college lecture, somebody says (with a fanfare of indignation) -- so as to reveal their own brilliance in ...
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ADVISORY: WNT Site Is Back Up After Disruption
Nov. 14, 2009 -- STOCKBRIDGE, Vt. (World News Trust) -- The World News Trust site is back up after a database problem since early Friday morning. Please report any issues to Francis Goodwin, WNT ...
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Do Businesses Hate Their Workers? (Income Disparity Myths Edition) (Yves Smith)
Nov. 10, 2009 (Naked Capitalism) -- In America, it isn’t hard to answer the question in the headline “yes.” The oft recited, “Our employees are our greatest asset” is pure Orwellian prattle; most ...
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Dreams Die Hard (James Howard Kunstler)
James Kunstler -- World News Trust Nov. 9, 2009 -- In The Long Emergency (2005, Atlantic Monthly Press), I said that we ought to expect the federal government to become increasingly impotent and ...
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