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Danny Schechter : Why Wall Street is Winning
Wall Street: The bull is back.Why Wall Street is winning The hated financial center is bouncing back. How did they do it? By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2011 Two years ago, as financial reform was … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Crime, Danny Schechter, Economy, Finance, Wall Street
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Ted McLaughlin : Climate Change and Corporate Propaganda
Global warming cartoon titled “Eco-Glazing” by Vladimir Druzhinin of Russia, from Earthworks 2008 global cartoon competition / Treehugger.Causes of climate change:The corporate anti-sciencecampaign is working By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2011 Just three or four … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Global Warming, Public Opinion, Scientific Research, Ted McLaughlin
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David Bacon : Bay Area Workers Still Fighting for Justice
Workers from the Woodfin Suites Hotel protest the firing of immigrants in Emeryville, California. Photo by David Bacon.150 years after general strike: Bay Area workers still fighting for justice By David Bacon / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, David Bacon, Labor Unions, San Francisco, Strikes, Workers
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Lamar W. Hankins : Price Gouging at Your Corner Drug Store
Product placement! Display at a CVS drug store. Photo by gbeckley /The Consumerist.Consumer alert!Price gouging at your cornerconvenience drug stores By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / April 22, 2011 The press coverage this past week of the … Continue reading
Sherman DeBrosse : The Republican Bait and Switch
Bait and switch:The Republican assault on Medicare By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / April 21, 2011 The Republicans used the election of 2010 to pull off an impressive bait-and-switch operation. They campaigned against health care reform because it … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Economics, Federal Budget, Paul Ryan, Republican Party, Sherman DeBrosse
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David Van Os : The Divine Right of Greed
Political cartoon by Deng Coy Miel, Singapore.(On being mad as hell…)The divine right of greed By David Van Os / The Rag Blog / April 20, 2011 Most of the income of the super-rich is in capital gains such as … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Concentration of Wealth, Corporate Profits, David Van Os, Economy, Joseph Stiglitz, Taxation
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Steve Weissman : Sarkozy’s Role in the Libyan Rebellion
President Nicholas Sarkozy shown with embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.Did French President Sarkozy set up Obama’s Benghazi nightmare? By Steve Weissman / The Rag Blog / March 19, 2011 PARIS — Even as Barack Obama struggles to reduce America’s public … Continue reading
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Tagged France, Libyan Intervention, Muammar Gaddafi, Sarkozy, Steve Weissman
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Lamar W. Hankins : The Republicans and ‘Medicare As We Know It’
Rep. Paul Ryan and ‘medicare as we know it.’ Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP.(but should be made ineffective…)Republicans agree that Medicare is essentialBy Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / April 13, 2011 This past week, House … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Economics, Federal Budget, Health Insurance, Lamar W. Hankins, Medicare, Paul Ryan, Republican Party
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Political Idiots and Economic Dementia
Aldous Huxley: the “dogmatism and proselytizing zeal… of religious or political idiots.”Huxley’s ‘political idiots’ andpublic health in America By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / April 13, 2011 “At least two thirds of our miseries spring from … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Medicare, Medicine, Public Health, Republican Party
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