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The Devil and Mr. Obama | Joe Bageant
Barack promised change -- and sure enough, things changed for the worse (Note: Patrick Ward, associate editor of the UK's Socialist Review asked Joe to write a piece for the party publication. This ...
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Examining Obama's Rationale for Escalating the War in Afghanistan (Jeremy R. Hammond)
Dec. 3 (FPJ) -- Outlining his rationale for the decision to send yet more troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama on Tuesday began with a familiar refrain: “We did not ask for this fight. On ...
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Obama: Say One Term Is Enough (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Dec. 1, 2009 -- Admittedly, I never was a fan of President Obama, either as a candidate or now as president. I always suspected, based on his dependence on ...
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Climate, Oil, War, and Money (James Howard Kunstler)
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Dec. 7, 2009 -- Against a greater welter and flow of incoherence jerking the nation this way and that way en route to collapse comes "ClimateGate," the ...
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Liberals Are Useless (Chris Hedges)
A woman in Germany selects a candy box with President Barack Obama’s face on it. Credit: AP / Jens Meyer Dec. 7, 2009 (TruthDig) -- Liberals are a useless lot. They talk about peace and do nothing ...
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The editorial seen around the world | Mark Leon Goldberg
A version of the same editorial calling for action in Copenhagen ran in 56 newspapers in 45 countries today. Many on the front page. This unprecedented effort was spearheaded by the Guardian. Good ...
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Americans Toss Out 40 Percent of All Food | Robert Roy Britt
Nov. 26, 2009 (LiveScience.com) -- U.S. residents are wasting food like never before. While many Americans feast on turkey and all the fixings today, a new study finds food waste per person has shot ...
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A Silent Coup d'état Has Already Happened in the U.S. (Luis Mendoza)
— Illustration by: Luba Lukova Dec. 5, 2009 (Daily Kos) --A Silent Coup d'état Has Already Happened in the United States. I call it silent, and not bloodless, since it has been anything but ...
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Eliot Spitzer: Geithner, Bernanke 'Complicit' in Financial Crisis and Should Go | Amy Goodman
Dec. 4, 2009 (Democracy Now) -- In an extended interview, we speak with former New York governor Eliot Spitzer about the financial crisis and how it was handled by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben ...
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Barry Rubin and Leonard Asper rewrite history -- and current events (Jim Miles)
Dec. 1, 2009 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Canwest Global Communications Inc. is owned by the Asper family, with Leonard Asper its current CEO. The corporation is decidedly pro-Israel and frequently has ...
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Imperial inertia (Jim Miles)
Nov. 28, 2009 (Palestine Chronicle) -- The task of saving and reviving humanity oft times appears overwhelming when studied from a fully global perspective: occupations, wars, and terror abounds; ...
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