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Category Archives: GOVERNMENT
A Recipe for Fascism
By Chris Hedges TRUTHDIG American politics, as the midterm elections demonstrated, have descended into the irrational. On one side stands a corrupt liberal class, bereft of ideas and unable to respond coherently to the collapse of the global economy, the … Continue reading
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Supreme Court Justice Alito: My fundraising for conservative causes is ‘not important’
By Eric W. Dolan THE RAW STORY The Supreme Court is the final guardian of our liberties, and Judge Alito has shown that he lacks the dedication to that commitment Supreme Court Justice Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. said his involvement … Continue reading
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The Impossible Hamster
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They thought the party would last forever …
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I REMEMBER, SO I’M VOTING
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Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law
By Laura Sullivan NPR Last year, two men showed up in Benson, Ariz., a small desert town 60 miles from the Mexico border, offering a deal. Glenn Nichols, the Benson city manager, remembers the pitch. “The gentleman that’s the main … Continue reading
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Halliburton’s Return: Oil Spill Puts Symbol Of Cronyism And Corruption Back In The News
By Dan Froomkin HUFFINGTON POST It seems increasingly likely that when investigators determine the precise cause of the oil-rig explosion that threatens to poison huge swaths of the Gulf of Mexico, what they’ll conclude is that something went catastrophically wrong … Continue reading
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Google Tax-Evasion Scheme Costs U.S. BILLIONS
By Jesse Drucker BLOOMBERG Google IS Evil Google Inc. cut its taxes by $3.1 billion in the last three years using a technique that moves most of its foreign profits through Ireland and the Netherlands to Bermuda. Google’s income shifting … Continue reading
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Poverty In Suburbs Increasing Rapidly
BY HOPE YEN Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The American suburb is no longer a refuge from poverty in cities. A pair of analyses by the nonprofit Brookings Institution paints a bleak economic picture for the 100 largest metropolitan areas over … Continue reading
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The Fed’s New Bubble (Masquerading as a Jobs Program)
BY ROBERT REICH The Huffington Post The latest jobs bill coming out of Washington isn’t really a bill at all. It’s the Fed’s attempt to keep long-term interest rates low by pumping even more money into the economy (“quantitative easing” … Continue reading
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