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Is there any point in fighting to stave off industrial apocalypse? (Paul Kinsnorth & George Monbiot)
Aug. 17, 2009 (Guardian) -- The collapse of civilisation will bring us a saner world, says Paul Kingsnorth. No, counters George Monbiot -- we can't let billions perish. Dear George On the desk in ...
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Betting on the Rust Belt (John Michael Greer)
Aug. 19, 2009 (Archdruid Report) -- I owe, I think, an apology as well as a few words of explanation to the regular readers of this blog. The weeks I’ve taken off from posting here this summer have ...
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The Entertainment Value of Snuffing Grandma -- Joe Bageant
A nation of children roots for the Mafia Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Aug. 19, 2009 Every day I get letters asking me to weigh in on the health care fracas. As if a redneck writer armed with a ...
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Meltdown 101: Foreign Investments in US Debt (Christopher S. Rugaber)
The Cayman Islands. (Photo: Don McDougall / Cayman Islands Department of Tourism) Aug. 17, 2009 (AP) WASHINGTON -- Many Americans know that China holds the most US Treasury debt, followed by Japan. ...
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Obama=Socialist Campaign Gives Socialism New Cachet (Charles Dews)
Charles Dews -- World News Trust Aug. 17, 2009 -- I normally try to not watch such unmitigated tripe, but the other day I saw on some news show or the other—they all look nowadays like Entertainment ...
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The First Die-off (James Howard Kunstler)
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Aug. 16, 2009 -- Sunday, I got a taste of the oldest established permanent traffic fiasco in America known as Escape From Cape Cod. This is not a regular ...
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KILL THE BILL: Obama Health Reform = Gift To Insurance Co's (William Chirolas)
William Chirolas William Chirolas -- World News Trust Aug. 17, 2009 -- Well, Well, (no) public option, (Obama's HHS Sec) saying it is "not the essential element," and we learn Obama "will be ...
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World War in the Making? (Rick Rozoff)
Aug. 9, 2009 (Dandelion Salad) -- Two months before the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the beginning of NATO's first-ever ground war the world is witness to a 21st ...
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Dear Mr. President -- A Report Card (ddjango)
ddjango -- World News Trust Aug. 15, 2009 -- In January of this year, just a short time after the inauguration, I posted the letter contained in this post. I repost it here, not to crow about my ...
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Capitalism: A Disaster Waiting to Happen (Michael Parenti)
www.commondreams.org/ January 21, 2009 After the overthrow of communist governments in Eastern Europe, capitalism was paraded as the indomitable system that brings prosperity and democracy, the ...
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Warming Ocean Contributes to Global Warming (National Oceanography Centre)
Aug. 14, 2009 (National Oceanography Centre) -- The warming of an Arctic current over the last 30 years has triggered the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from methane hydrate stored in ...
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