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Saving Science (John Michael Greer)
June 11 (Archdruid Report) -- Last week may just find its place in the history books as the point in time when peak oil became a social fact. Combine a drastic spike in oil prices -- up US$16 in two ...
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A Harsh Season (James Kunstler)
June 9 (World News Trust) -- The banking “industry” slept like a dog through the climax of the political primary season. Meanwhile, the banks sucked in scores of billions in cheap loans from the ...
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An Immodest Proposal: Sink Your Teeth Into This (Jason Miller)
(World News Trust) -- Let’s face it, my fellow freedom- and burger-loving Americans. It is becoming painfully obvious that our non-negotiable American Way of Life is increasingly under attack. Yet, ...
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Where should I Go? (Dale Allen Pfeiffer)
(Mountain Sentinel) -- The following article originally appeared in The Mountain Sentinel two years ago. Currently there are a number of people making panicky statements that everyone needs to ...
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Ex-Bear Stearns Fund Managers Arrested by FBI Agents (Patricia Hurtado and David Scheer)
June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Bear Stearns Cos. former hedge fund managers Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin were arrested at their homes this morning over their roles in the collapse of hedge funds that ...
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Making Sense Of Collapse: Funeral Procession Or Party Time? (Carolyn Baker)
(Speaking Truth To Power) -- In his most recent post, Richard Heinberg asks "How Do You Like Collapse So Far?" and also asks why we should think or talk about collapse if there's nothing we can do ...
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Legalizing Occupation: Bush's Last Maneuver In Iraq (Ramzy Baroud)
(World News Trust) -- When U.S. forces descended on Baghdad five years ago, they seemed unstoppable. Military arrogance had reached an all time high, and it seemed only a matter of time before the ...
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Central bank body warns of Great Depression (Gill Montia)
June 9 (Banking Times) -- The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the organisation that fosters cooperation between central banks, has warned that the credit crisis could lead world economies ...
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Oil isn't free: Thoughts About a Bubble in Oil (Mark Hulbert)
ANNANDALE, Va. (MarketWatch) -- Is the oil market at $135 per barrel forming a bubble, vulnerable to being popped like Internet stocks did in March 2000?
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Easing of Laws That Led to Detainee Abuse Hatched in Secret (Tom Lasseter)
WASHINGTON — The framework under which detainees were imprisoned for years without charges at Guantanamo and in many cases abused in Afghanistan wasn't the product of American military policy or the ...
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The Benediction of Big Al (Mary Lyon)
(World News Trust) -- Now we know Barack Obama is the heir. Al Gore has now stepped forward to give his endorsement. It was not, however, quite the triumphant return to the political stage that I ...
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