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Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail? (Matt Taibbi)
Illustration by Victor Juhasz Financial crooks brought down the world's economy -- but the feds are doing more to protect them than to prosecute them Feb. 16, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- Over drinks at ...
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‘From the Gulf to the Ocean’: The Middle East is Changing (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 17, 2011 -- Now that the Egyptian people have finally wrestled their freedom from the hands of a very stubborn regime, accolades to the revolution are pouring ...
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The New American Dream Radio Show #3
(Editor's Note: This item, which was originally a newsletter for The New American Dream! radio show, has been revised to remove potentially offensive satirical content contained in the "unsubscribe" ...
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BOOKS: Gaza in Crisis -- Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians. By Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe (Jim Miles)
Gaza in Crisis -- Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians. Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe. Haymarket Books, Chicago, 2010. Feb. 16, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- When two of the most ...
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Welcome to Phase 2 (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Feb. 15, 2011 -- Something strange is going on around here, the type of thing that make you ask yourself, “what's up?” The quitting virus is moving through ...
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Always do the right thing (because 99 is not 100) Mickey Z.
I.F. Stone Mickey Z. -- World News Trust -- Feb. 15, 2011 Da Mayor: Always do the right thing. Mookie: That's it? Da Mayor: That's it. Mookie: I got it. I'm gone. If every American were to make ...
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Next (James Howard Kunstler)
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Feb. 14, 2011 -- For a month, Egypt has been a magic mirror for America to behold its own wonderfulness, like a diorama of "Freedom and Democracy" out of a ...
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Tourism Boycott for Egyptian Reforms (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Feb. 13, 2011 -- How wonderful that the Egyptian dictator Mubarak has finally stepped down. But there are considerable uncertainties about when and how a fully ...
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Paradox: Linchpin Of The Long Emergency (Carolyn Baker)
Feb. 13, 2011 (CarolynBaker.net) -- When people ask me, “Will the Long Emergency happen quickly or slowly?” I answer, “Yes.” When they ask, “Will it be like rolling down a bumpy hill or falling off ...
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Make Sure the Wheelbarrow is Ready (Mike Whitney)
Feb. 11, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- The game is on. Two years of zero rates, limitless guarantees, and a $2 trillion drip-feed from the Fed, has lifted Wall Street from the canvas and put ...
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America's Stay-at-Home Ex-President (Ray McGovern)
Feb. 9, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- As the news broke on Saturday that former President George W. Bush had abruptly canceled his scheduled appearance this week in Geneva to avoid the risk ...
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