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Edward Snowden is an American hero who has significantly raised public awareness about the United States' government's threat to global freedom by using extreme and illegal measures of surveillance.
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$1.2 Trillion: The Real U.S. National Security Budget No One Wants You to Know About
$1.2 Trillion: The Real U.S. National Security Budget No One Wants You to Know About, by Chris Hellman, Tomdispatch.com, Alternet, posted on March 1, 2011, printed on March 3, 2011 What if you went to a restaurant and found it … Continue reading
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism: Item #1 — There’s No Such Thing as a Free Market
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism: Item #1 — There’s No Such Thing as a Free Market, Don Hazen, Alternet, January 31, 2011 Author Ha-Joon Chang dismisses the idea that any capitalist market is free and questions whether … Continue reading
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Cultural icon KUSF radio off the air: sold for $3.75 million
R.I.P. KUSF 90.3 FM, 1977 – 2011, SF Weekly blogs By Ian S. Port, Wed., Jan. 19 2011 @ 6:00AM At least two things are clear regarding the surprise sell-off and shutdown of KUSF yesterday by the University of San … Continue reading
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More Dead Birds
Dead Birds Fall From Sky In Sweden, Millions Of Dead Fish Found In Maryland, Brazil, New Zealand The Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan First Posted: 01- 5-11 09:11 AM | Updated: 01- 6-11 11:17 PM UPDATE: Hundreds and possibly thousands of dead … Continue reading
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The Real Situation (response to QE2 Explained)
The current economic situation is explained and corrections are made to the recent “QE2 Explained” viral video.
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Will Sit / Lie Stand?
Check out this map that allows us to see which neighborhoods voted in favor of Prop L, the Sit-Lie Law. People in the Haight voted NO, even though perception is that the proposition was generated from that neighborhood. This was … Continue reading
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Ilaje women shut down Chevron headquarters
(Per Laura Livotti, Director of Justice In Nigeria Now, the women are from the same ethnic group that took over the Parabe Platform in 1998 and were shot by the Nigerian military in the pay of Chevron—which led to the … Continue reading
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The Simpsons, Banksy, and Sweatshop toys
Was it Groucho or Harpo who said the last capitalist will sell you the rope you will hang him with?
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Corporate money, the Chamber of Commerce, and Democracy
Campaign Cash: The Independent Fundraising Gold Rush Since ‘Citizens United Ruling’ By Peter H. Stone | October 04, 2010 | The Center for Public Integrity For many powerful GOP operatives and allied fundraisers, the luncheon last April felt like one … Continue reading
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Tagged campaign funding, capitalism, Chamber of Commerce, Citizen's United, corporate money, DEMOCRACY, labor
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