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Fighting for the Right to Walk (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 28, 2009 -- Gaza’s troubles have somehow been relegated, if not completely dropped from the mainstream media’s radar, and subsequently the world’s conscience ...
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The Myth of the Black Swan (Hale "Bonddad" Stewart)
Aug. 27, 2009 (Huffington Post) -- The most common argument made against people who see a recovery emerging is that we are in the middle of uncharted waters where the traditional rules of economic ...
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Cindy Sheehan's Lonely Vigil in Obamaland (John V. Walsh)
The Silence of the Antiwar Movement is Deafening Aug. 26, 2009 (CounterPunch) -- Cindy Sheehan will be at Martha’s Vineyard beginning August 25 a short way from Obama’s vacation paradise of the ...
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Not a Kennedy post... Are people listening to Sibel Edmonds Deposition???? Explosive world changing.(mirrera)
Aug. 26, 2009 (Democratic Underground) -- PLEASE put your grief aside as soon as you can over all the recent deaths, and go to:http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7374 and for the first time ever Sibel ...
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Entropy Gets No Respect (John Michael Greer)
Archdruid John Michael Greer Aug. 26, 2009 (Archdruid Report) -- The relation between modern industrial society and the scientific ideas that supposedly guide it is more complex than a casual glance ...
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New-Home Sales in U.S. Jumped 9.6% in July, Most in Four Years (Shobhana Chandra)
Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Purchases of new homes in the U.S. jumped more than forecast in July, adding to signs the economy is rebounding from the worst recession since the 1930s. Sales increased 9.6 ...
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U.S. Economy: Consumer Confidence, Home Prices Exceed Forecasts (Courtney Schlisserman and Shobhana Chandra)
Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. consumer confidence climbed more than forecast and national home prices increased for the first time in three years, signaling government efforts to right the world’s ...
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CIA report: 'Inhumane' tactics used on detainees (Steven R. Hurst and Devlin Barrett)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- CIA interrogators threatened to kill the children of one detainee at the height of the Bush administration's war on terror and implied that another's mother would be sexually ...
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Special prosecutor to look into detainee abuses (MSNBC)
Attorney General announces appointment in probe of possible crimes WASHINGTON (MSNBC) -- Attorney General Eric Holder has directed a federal prosecutor to look into possible violations of U.S. law ...
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Swine Flu May Infect Half of U.S., Kill 90,000, Report Says (Tom Randall)
Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Swine flu may infect half the U.S. population this year, hospitalize 1.8 million patients, and lead to 90,000 deaths, according to a report by White House advisers. Thirty ...
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Drones and Democracy in Afghanistan (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust With elections just around the corner in Afghanistan, it might be timely to reflect on the U.S. engagement with that stricken nation and consider just how much ...
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