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Street Smarts, Ecocide, and the Pope’s Mother | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 21, 2015 “If says something bad about my mother, he can expect a punch. It’s to be expected.” - Pope Francis I grew up in Astoria, Queens, ...
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Barack, Ya Coulda Been A Contender!! | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Jan. 20, 2015 Ok, Barack, from one Brooklyn guy to one Chicago guy, let’s talk straight and pull no punches. I don’t care how nice of a guy ...
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IMF Lowers Global Growth Forecast by Most in Three Years | Andrew Mayeda
Jan. 20, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- The IMF made the steepest cut to its global-growth outlook in three years, with diminished expectations almost everywhere except the U.S. more than offsetting the boost ...
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Richest 1 Percent To Have More Than Rest of Humanity Combined | Jon Queally
New Oxfam report shows the scale of global inequality is 'simply staggering' (Graphic: Oxfam International) Jan. 19, 2015 (Common Dreams) -- In less than two years, if current trends continued ...
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Humans Have Brought World's Oceans to Brink of 'Major Extinction Event' | Deirdre Fulton
But 'proactive intervention' could still avert marine disaster, researchers find "Although defaunation has been less severe in the oceans than on land, our effects on marine animals are increasing ...
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A Solemn Pause | James Howard Kunstler
James Howard KunstlerJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Jan. 19, 2015 Events are moving faster than brains now. Isn’t it marvelous that gasoline at the pump is a buck cheaper than it was a ...
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Bank of America Warns Of 'Lethal' Damage To China's Financial System As Deflation Deepens | Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Image: bruegel.org"Deflation, Devaluation, and Default" loom in China this year. The denouement for Shanghai's bourse will not be pretty, says the U.S. bank. Jan. 8, 2015 (Telegraph) -- China is at ...
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That Was Easy: In Just 60 Years, Neoliberal Capitalism Has Nearly Broken Planet Earth | Jon Queally
A pair of new studies show how various forms of human activity, driven by a flawed economic system and vast consumption, is laying waste to Earth's natural systems The conclusion that the world's ...
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Russia Is Preparing for Nuclear War with the US and Its Allies | ACMPP
A Topol-M mobile launcher during rehearsals for the 2012 Moscow Victory Day Parade. Photo: Wikipedia (Editor's note: This is an interesting letter to the Mexican Civic Association Pro Silver, A.C., ...
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Magic Mushrooms, LSD And Other Psychedelics Might Protect Against Depression And Suicide | Amy Yurkanin
Magic Mushroom 2. RuthArt/Flickr Jan. 15 -- BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AL.com) -- People who use psychedelic drugs report less depression and fewer suicidal thoughts than those who never dropped acid or ...
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Trade Secrets | George Monbiot
George MonbiotWhy will no one answer the obvious, massive question about TTIP? Jan. 13, 2015 (Monbiot.com) -- When a government proposes to abandon one of the fundamental principles of justice, ...
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