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Clash of the Elites (John Walsh)
By JOHN WALSH -- Counterpunch A titanic power struggle is being waged within the policy elite or power elite, or more simply the U.S. ruling class. The clash is taking place over the war on Iraq, ...
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Economy Ready to Rebound as U.S. Housing Slump Ebbs (Matthew Benjamin and Rich Miller)
By Matthew Benjamin and Rich Miller Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The homebuilding industry is about to stop hurting the U.S. economy and later this year may start to help it.
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The Warming (James Kunstler)
James Kunstler -- Clusterfuck Nation Jan. 8, 2007 -- Everyone was walking around upstate New York delirious in their shirtsleeves on Saturday as the thermometer soared into the sixties (an all-time ...
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The People's Republic of Me: Novelist Nick Mamatas declares his independence (Mickey Z.)
I met Nick Mamatas in 1999 when he edited my first book, Saving Private Power. Nick was (and is) brutally honest and opinionated. He also wields his wit like a weapon and is just about the smartest ...
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Dispatch From The Chinese Landfill -- Joe Bageant
Joe BageantSure it’s the Devil’s fine red tongue, but it’s too much fun to quit Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Jan. 5, 2007 Despite the bad name he has with liberals these days, Jesus did have the ...
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Remember What We Voted For (Mary Lyon)
By Mary Lyon, From The Left -- World News Trust Jan. 4, 2006 -- The new year, the new Congress, the new Senate, and the new Democratic majorities have but one watch-phrase as they take over power: ...
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Getting Money Out Of The Banks Is Getting To Be A Problem (Mogambo Guru)
Richard Daughty, the angriest guy in economics Jan. 2, 2007 -- Scholars and scientists have long debated if the famed Anger Of The Mogambo (AOTM) was so powerful that if my puny Earthling brain ...
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Forecast For The Year Ahead (James Kunstler)
James Kunstler -- Clusterfuck Nation First a Look Backward Jan. 1, 2007 -- Lets get this out of the way up front: the worst call I made last year was for the Dow to crumble down to 4000 when, in ...
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Bush Claims Powers To Open Mail Without A Warrant (James Gordon Meek)
W pushes envelope on U.S. spying BY JAMES GORDON MEEK -- DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU Jan. 4, 2007 -- WASHINGTON -- President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans mail ...
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If It Ain't Gold Or Silver, It Ain't Worth Squat (Mogambo Guru)
by Richard Daughty, the angriest guy in economics -- World News Trust Dec. 26, 2006 -- The alarms started ringing the instant that the figures for Total Fed Credit hit the airwaves, and in that same ...
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