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Hail Caesar (Paul Craig Roberts)
June 2, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Although the financial press speculates about a downgrade of the U.S. government’s credit rating and default if political impasse prevents the debt ...
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Deluded, Greedy and Obese: 'The brightest and best' in one generation ravage their children's birthright (Steve Salmony)
June 1, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Perhaps it is not only our fate as elders to confront certain obviously emerging and rapidly converging global challenges, it may also be that we elders ...
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The Truth about the US Economy (Robert Reich)
May 31, 2011 (RobertReich.org) -- The U.S. economy continues to stagnate. It’s growing at the rate of 1.8 percent, which is barely growing at all. Consumer spending is down. Home prices are down. ...
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Welcome to Post-Legal America (Tom Engelhardt)
Post-Legal America and the National Security Complex May 31, 2011 (TomDispatch.com) -- Is the Libyan war legal? Was Bin Laden’s killing legal? Is it legal for the president of the United States to ...
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The Creeping Nausea of American Exceptionalism (James Howard Kunstler)
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust June 6, 2011 -- History, that coy dominatrix, loves to trick the credulous human race. In a moment when something we call "democracy" seems to be spreading ...
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Offshoring has destroyed the economy (Paul Craig Roberts)
A Nobel Economist Says Globalism Is Costly For Americans May 31, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- These are discouraging times, but once in a blue moon a bit of hope appears. I am pleased to ...
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Is Fukushima Now 10 Chernobyls into the Sea? (Harvey Wasserman)
May 26, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- New readings show levels of radioisotopes found up to 30 kilometers offshore from the on-going crisis at Fukushima are 10 times higher than those measured in the ...
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New Leak Feared at Stricken Japan Nuclear Plant (Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Nishikawa)
May 26, 2011 -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Radioactive water appears to be leaking from a waste disposal building at Japan's Fukushima nuclear complex, operator Tokyo Electric Power said Thursday, in a new ...
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House Passes Bill Authorizing Worldwide War As Momentum Builds Against It (ACLU)
Defense Bill Also Contains Several Other Troubling Provisions May 26, 2011 -- WASHINGTON (ACLU) -- The House today passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which contains a dangerous ...
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There’s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says (Spencer Ackerman)
May 25, 2011 (Wired) -- You may think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) says it’s worse than you’ve heard. Congress is set to ...
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VIDEO: Inside Job (2010) -- Full Movie (Charles Ferguson)
May 25, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- "Inside Job" provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to ...
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