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U.S. Economy: Growth Quickens, Propelled by Consumer Spending (Joe Richter)
By Joe Richter Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. economy grew at the fastest pace in a year last quarter as declining energy costs helped power consumer spending and contain inflation, enhancing ...
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Nader still in the crosshairs (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 31, 2007 -- I was at the gym, walking by a television tuned to one of the many insipid morning chat shows... but thats not what stopped me dead in my tracks. What ...
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Worthless Treaties That Don’t Mean Squat To The Great White Father In Washington (Mogambo Guru)
Richard Daughty, the angriest guy in economics -- World News Trust Jan. 31, 2007 -- On behalf of those of us who demonically persist in pointing out the sheer inflationary horror of what is ...
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Congress can stop Iraq war, experts tell lawmakers (Susan Cornwell)
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) -- The U.S. Congress has the power to end the war in Iraq, several high-powered legal experts including a former Bush administration attorney told a ...
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Healthy Political Faith (Joel Hirschhorn)
Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Jan 30, 2007 -- It’s hard to avoid labels. I am a proud political dissident. Could the majority of Americans be dissidents? Think of the two-thirds of the ...
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Inflation and War Finance (Rep. Ron Paul)
Rep. Ron Paul -- Texas Straight Talk Jan. 29, 2007 -- The Pentagon recently reported that it now spends roughly $8.4 billion a month waging the war in Iraq, while the additional cost of our ...
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FBI turns to broad new wiretap method (Declan McCullagh)
Declan McCullagh -- CNET News.com Jan. 30, 2007 -- The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innocent Americans than previously has ...
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US Plans To 'Fight The Net' Revealed (Adam Brookes)
A newly declassified document gives a fascinating glimpse into the U.S. militarys plans for information operations -- from psychological operations, to attacks on hostile computer networks Adam ...
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Davos Elite Rebuffs Risk Warnings From Policy Makers (Adrian Cox)
By Adrian Cox Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Bankers, investors, and executives last week arrived at the Swiss resort of Davos giddy about record profits and bonuses. After five days of hectoring by policy ...
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Hell, High Water, & Corporate Profit (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 30, 2007 -- From the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) comes the latest in a long line of dire warnings. Thanks to climate change, mountain glaciers are ...
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Housing Fetish (James Kunstler)
James Kunstler -- Clusterfuck Nation Jan. 29, 2007 -- Martha Stewart was not an accident of history. She came along in the late 20th century as a kind of spirit guide to a society whose bad choices ...
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