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Global Systemic Crisis In Summer 2009: The Cumulative Impact Of Three Rogue Waves (LEAP/E2020)
As anticipated by LEAP/E2020 as early as October 2008, on the eve of summer 2009, the question of the U.S. and UK capacity to finance their unbridled public deficits has become the central question ...
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The Free And The Dead (James Howard Kunstler)
Over the last ten days, somebody shot the "Green Shoots" narrative in the head. There is no way the American economy can re-expand.
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Freedom Isn't Free -- We Still Aren't Free of Sarah Palin (Mary Lyon)
Happy Independence Day, on the eve of which we’ve been reminded that we are FAR from declaring our national independence from the Sarah Palin addiction.
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Hamas' Political Impasse: Between Principal and Necessity (Ramzy Baroud)
Much can be said to explain, or even justify Hamas’ recent political concessions, where its top leaders in Gaza and Damascus agreed in principle with a political settlement on the basis of the ...
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Consent of the Governed (Hal Cohen)
One of the most important documents written in our nation’s history for the international community is the Declaration of Independence.
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Health Reform 10-Year Cost Cut To $611 Billion With Gov't Competition & Employer Fee (Bill Chirolas)
Senator Edward Kennedy's health committee released a health care reform plan that offers a government-run insurance program option, with an annual fee on companies with more than 25 employees that ...
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Beyond Politics: People for Sale in Hungry World (Ramzy Baroud)
One might be tempted to dismiss the recent findings of the US State Department on human trafficking as largely political. But do not be too hasty.
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Global starvation imminent as US faces crop failure (Marc Davis)
June 19, 2009 (Commodity Online) -- The world faces “mass starvation” following North America’s next major crop failure. And it could even happen before year’s end. So says Chicago-based Don Coxe, ...
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No Reason to Favor Private Health Insurers (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
The U.S. health care system is unbelievably inefficient, providing far less effective health care for what is incredibly high costs, compared to all other industrialized countries. The main reason ...
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Africa Alone Could Feed The World (New Scientist)
June 27, 2009 -- Doom-mongers have got it wrong - there is enough space in the world to produce the extra food needed to feed a growing population. And contrary to expectation, most of it can be ...
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Bernard Madoff Sentenced To 150 Years In Prison (David Glovin, Patricia Hurtado and Thom Weidlich)
June 29, 2009 (Bloomberg) -- Bernard Madoff told a federal judge he had no excuses before a judge sentenced him to 150 years for masterminding the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
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