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A Yard Sale in Chernobyl (Joe Bageant)
Joe Bageant at Innie's Cafe in Belize Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Aug. 3, 2009 -- "It's only a system," she said, as we floated through the sprawling supermarket's gleaming commodity lined ...
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The Israeli Conundrum: ‘How to Deal with Iran’ (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 1, 2009 -- Israeli officials face a conundrum that may take more than military muscle-flexing to resolve: how to deal with Iran? The solution to ...
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America the Great... Police State (Gore Vidal)
July 28, 2009 (TruthDig) -- For those of us who had hoped that the Obama administration would present us with a rebirth of the old republic that was so rudely erased a few years ago by that team of ...
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Tenacious G (Joe Hagan)
Inside Goldman Sachs, America’s most successful, cynical, envied, despised, and (in its view, anyway) misunderstood engine of capitalism. Illustrations by Darrow (Goldman Sachs figure), Gluekit ...
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World Will Warm Faster Than Predicted in Next Five Years, Study Warns (Duncan Clark)
New estimate based on the forthcoming upturn in solar activity and El Niño southern oscillation cycles is expected to silence global warming sceptics July 27, 2009 (Guardian) -- The world faces a ...
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After the fall -- The Economist
The collapse in world trade has stopped, but there is no sign of a recovery July 27, 2009 -- World trade has been one of the worst casualties of the global economic slowdown and the source of some ...
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Scientists Claim New State of Matter Created (LiveScience)
July 29, 2009 (LiveScience) -- Scientists claim to have created a form of aluminum that's nearly transparent to extreme ultraviolet radiation and which is a new state of matter. It's an idea straight ...
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Taking Over Post-Arnold California: Mickey Z. Interviews Richard Oxman
Richard Oxman Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 30, 2009 -- What do you think of Obama's reaction to the Gates incident? Who killed Michael Jackson? Why did Palin resign? Why are 90 percent of the ...
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Military-"Medical" Madpractice (ddjango)
Physicians at Guantanamo violate medical ethics: study (AFP) – July 24, 2009 WASHINGTON — The use of physicians at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay has forced medical professionals to violate ...
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U.S. Durable Goods Orders Rise Excluding Cars, Planes (Bob Willis)
July 29 (Bloomberg) -- Orders for U.S. durable goods, excluding automobiles and aircraft, unexpectedly rose in June, signaling manufacturing may expand in the second half of the year. Excluding ...
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Surviving the 'End of Civilization' (Paul B. Farrell)
Paul B. Farrell -- MarketWatch July 28, 2009 -- In his 2008 bestseller, "Wealth, War and Wisdom," hedge fund manager Barton Biggs warns that investors must "assume the possibility of a breakdown of ...
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