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How Obama Saved Capitalism and Lost the Midterms
By TIMOTHY EGAN NEW YORK TIMES If I were one of the big corporate donors who bankrolled the Republican tide that carried into office more than 50 new Republicans in the House, I would be wary of what you just … Continue reading
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They thought the party would last forever …
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The Ten Biggest American Cities That Are Running Out Of Water
24/7 Wall St Some parts of the United States have begun to run low on water. That is probably not much of a surprise to people who live in the arid parts of America that have had water shortages for … Continue reading
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Voter Intimidation At McDonald’s: Employees Told That, Unless Republicans Win, They Won’t Get Raises Or Benefits
By Amanda Terkel HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON — There may be something rotten at McDonald’s — and it’s not a year-old Happy Meal. The owner of a franchise in Canton, Ohio enclosed a handbill in employees’ paychecks that threatened lower wages … Continue reading
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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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Tropics in Decline as Natural Resources Exhausted at Alarming Rate
ScienceDaily (Oct. 18, 2010) New analysis shows populations of tropical species are plummeting and humanity’s demands on natural resources are sky-rocketing to 50 per cent more than the earth can sustain, reveals the 2010 edition of WWF’s Living Planet Report … 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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