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Is Obama Gorbachev? (James Howard Kunstler)
The eulogy for Walter Cronkite as "the most trusted man in America" on the CBS "Sixty Minutes" show said a lot about the condition of this nation -- though it did not signify what CBS thought it did
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Medicaid Lies Told By A Democratic Governor (William Chirolas)
As we worry about the reform not adding to the deficit of the Federal Government, we don't discuss the fact that reform saves trillions in the overall cost of health care by slowing the growth in ...
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America's White Underclass -- Joe Bageant
Joe Bageant. Photo: greenleft.org When seeing ain't believing, somebody's blind Joe Bageant -- World News Trust July 18, 2009 "White underclass" is a term I've used often in my writing, and most ...
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Gaza and the Language of Power (Ramzy Baroud)
Nearly six months have passed since the Israeli army ceased pounding the tiny stretch of land that is the Gaza Strip. Since then, Gaza continues to appear on the news once in a while, as a recurring ...
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Wobble Time (James Howard Kunstler)
The cat coming out of the bag this week -- a frazzled, flaming, rabid, death-dealing cat -- is the news that Goldman Sachs will announce impressive second-quarter profits, and set aside $18 billion ...
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When Will The Recovery Begin? Never (Robert Reich)
July 10 (Common Dreams) -- The so-called "green shoots" of recovery are turning brown in the scorching summer sun.
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Tamil Death Doll 'Is 1,400 A Week' At Manik Farm Camp In Sri Lanka (Rhys Blakely)
July 10, 2009 -- Mumbai (The Times) -- About 1,400 people are dying every week at the giant Manik Farm internment camp set up in Sri Lanka to detain Tamil refugees from the nation’s bloody civil ...
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Tamil Death Toll Is 1,400 A Week At Manik Farm Camp In Sri Lanka -- Rhys Blakely
July 10, 2009 -- Mumbai (The Times) -- About 1,400 people are dying every week at the giant Manik Farm internment camp set up in Sri Lanka to detain Tamil refugees from the nation’s bloody civil ...
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Goldman Sachs Loses Grip on Its Doomsday Machine (Jonathan Weil)
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Never let it be said that the Justice Department can’t move quickly when it gets a hot tip about an alleged crime at a Wall Street bank. It does help, though, if the party ...
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Goldman Sachs Loses Grip on Its Doomsday Machine (Jonathan Weil)
July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Never let it be said that the Justice Department can’t move quickly when it gets a hot tip about an alleged crime at a Wall Street bank. It does help, though, if the party ...
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Forget the Headlines: Iraqi Freedom Deferred (Ramzy Baroud)
One may be truly eager to see a sovereign, democratic and stable Iraq, but such hopes must not occur at the expense of truth and common sense.
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