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Sarah Palin is the Future of Conservatism (John Brown)
We would be wise to remember that the collapse of what passes as the respectable right in any nation is the first sign of a society moving in a non-democratic direction.
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Regulators shut banks in California, Texas (Marcy Gordon)
11/07/2008 06:16:29 PM PST WASHINGTON — Regulators shut down Houston-based Franklin Bank and Security Pacific Bank in Los Angeles today, bringing the number of failures of federally insured banks ...
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UBS sets up committee to follow probes (Haig Simonian)
2 Oct 2008- UBS on Thursday gave its clearest indication yet of how seriously it is treating US probes into its former Swiss-based private banking activities for wealthy American clients by ...
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Bush's Last Bullet: Why the US Attacked Syria (Ramzy Baroud)
Nov. 7, 2008 (World News Trust) -- The sovereignty of an independent, stable country that has carried out many constructive moves in recent months and weeks -- which could have surely contributed to ...
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Good, and Now Back to Work: Avoiding Cynicism and Overconfidence in the Age of Obama (Tim Wise)
Tonight, after Barack Obama was confirmed as the nation's president-elect, I looked in on my children, as they lay sleeping.
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History and Hope (John Michael Greer)
Nov. 5, 2008 (Archdruid Report) -- I’d meant to talk in this week’s Archdruid Report post about the peak oil conference I attended last weekend in suburban Detroit. Still, that will have to wait for ...
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Crude Oil Falls Below $60 in New York, Lowest Since March 2007 (Christian Schmollinger)
Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell below $60 a barrel in New York for the first time since March 2007 as a global economic slowdown cuts demand for fuels.
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A Look Under the Hood at the (Potential) Obama Administration (Joshua Frank)
Nov. 6, 2008 (Information Clearing House) -- Tuesday’s celebration hangovers have finally started to wear off, and the pieces are beginning to fall into place. Change will be coming to Washington in ...
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U.S. Stocks Tumble in Market's Worst Two-Day Slump Since 1987 (Lynn Thomasson)
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks slid, sending the market to its biggest two-day slump since 1987, after jobless claims jumped and the shrinking economy crushed earnings at companies from ...
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Playgrounds for Palestine: One Marathon at a Time (Ramzy Baroud)
Nov. 6, 2008 (World News Trust) -- My right knee is wrapped. My left ankle is iced. I lost the nail on my right big toe, and have about 20 blisters and a similar number of bruises on both of my ...
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Hitting the Reset Button on the 21st Century (Mary Lyon)
Nov. 5, 2008 (World News Trust) -- Maybe we were just behind schedule. Could it be that we simply got a late start launching the REAL New American Century?
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