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Suspended Agitation (James Howard Kunstler)
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust June 27, 2011 -- Woe is unto the world. It doesn't know whether to shit or go blind. The rule of law has been replaced by Murphy's Law. The story in Greece ...
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U.S. Spending, Manufacturing Cooled in Slowdown (Alex Kowalski)
June 26, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Consumer spending probably climbed at the slowest pace in almost a year and manufacturing cooled as dimmer job prospects and elevated commodity costs weighed on the U.S. ...
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Earth in the Balance, Humankind on the Edge (Nathan Myhrvold)
June 22, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Complacency is baked into our species. We can’t resist thinking that recent experience defines the future. Give us a run of good luck, and we are apt to turn that into ...
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New York governor signs law approving gay marriage (Dan Wiessner)
People celebrate after the New York Senate passed a bill legalizing gay marriage in New York June 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi June 24, 2011 -- ALBANY, New York (Reuters) -- Governor Andrew ...
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System Justification Theory -- PsychWiki
(PsychWiki) -- System Justification Theory (SJT) is a theory of social psychology that postulates that people are motivated to bolster, defend, and justify the status quo – that is, the prevailing ...
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Economy Alone Fails to Explain Turkey’s Success (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 23, 2004 -- Many commentators today are basing the success of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the June 12 elections largely on its ability to ...
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Why the revolution must start in America (Chris Hedges)
Tyler Hicks / Redux / The New York Times Audio version read by George Atherton – Right-click to download June 16, 2011 (AdBusters) -- The unrest in the Middle East, the convulsions in Ivory Coast, ...
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U.S. Markets Not Vulnerable to Big Drop, Barclays’ Kantor Says (Suzanne Woolley)
June 23, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks aren’t likely to see price declines similar to those during the financial crisis of 2008, said Larry Kantor, head of research for Barclays Capital. Markets ...
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The Curse of the Crocodile: Russia's Deadly Designer Drug (Simon Shuster)
June 20, 2011 -- CHICHEVO, Russia (Time.com) -- The new arrivals at the drug rehab center in Chichevo, a tiny village that is a two hours' drive east of Moscow, are usually given two weeks without ...
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US Lawmakers to introduce bill to legalize marijuana (Luis Robayo)
June 22, 2011 (AFP) -- A group of U.S. representatives plan to introduce legislation that will legalize marijuana and allow states to legislate its use, pro-marijuana groups said Wednesday. The ...
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Fed to Maintain Stimulus as Bond Buying Ends (Craig Torres and Jeannine Aversa)
June 22, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve officials decided to keep the central bank’s balance sheet at a record to spur the slowing economy after completing $600 billion of bond purchases this ...
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