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Great Feelings of Love (for ALL earthlings) | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 11, 2013 “At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love.” - Che Guevara ...
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Obama Has Decided That It Is Safer To Buy Congress Than To Go It Alone | Paul Craig Roberts
Sept. 1, 2013 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- While still claiming dictatorial powers to start a war on his own authority, Obama put his unilateral attack on Syria on hold when he received a letter from ...
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The Other 9/11: How U.S. Interventions Evolve | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 8, 2013 “The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.” - Henry Kissinger Since September 11, 2001, there has ...
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U.S. allows states to legalize recreational marijuana within limits | David Ingram
WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) -- In a move marijuana advocates hailed as a historic shift, the Obama administration Thursday began giving U.S. states wide leeway to experiment with pot legalization ...
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S&P 500 Drops Most in 9 Weeks Amid Tension Over Syria | Nick Taborek and Lu Wang
Aug. 27, 2013 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell Tuesday, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index dropping the most since June 20, as growing tension over possible military action in Syria overshadowed a ...
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'Inhospitable Oceans' Acidifying at Rate Unseen in 250 Million Years (or Ever) | Jon Queally
New study shows oceans in peril as acidification is happening at rate perhaps never seen in planet's history (Photo: 'Rough Ocean'/Flickr/Jacqueline Fasser) Aug. 26, 2013 (Common Dreams) -- In both ...
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Remember the 'Labor' in Labor Day | Mickey Z.
Mickey Z.: Photo credit Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 27, 2013 “I'm not a humanitarian. I'm a hell-raiser. ” - Mother Jones With the relentless, ongoing demonization of unions, it's no surprise ...
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News From The Forbidden Zone Is Alarmingly Bad (Fukushima) | Ana Miller and Greg Laden
News from Fukushima Update # 69 Aug. 24, 2013 (ScienceBlogs) -- Over the last several weeks we’ve heard repeated, alarming, and generally worsening, news from Fukushima Diachi, the Japanese nuclear ...
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Fracking Boom Slouching Toward Bust | Richard Heinberg
Aug. 23, 2013 (Common Dreams) -- Stop me if you’ve heard this one. What’s an obscenity that starts with “f” and ends with “ck”? Oh wait, sorry, this is supposed to be a serious article about ...
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Sales of New U.S. Homes Fell More Than Forecast in July | Victoria Stilwell and Lorraine Woellert
Aug. 23, 2013 (Bloomberg) -- Purchases of new U.S. homes plunged 13.4 percent in July, the most in more than three years, raising concern higher mortgage rates will slow the real-estate rebound. ...
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S&P 500 Posts Weekly Rise On Fed Speculation | Lu Wang
Aug. 24, 2013 (Bloomberg) -- The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index had its first weekly gain since Aug. 2 as investors weighed minutes of the Federal Reserve’s July meeting and economic data to gauge the ...
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