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Harold Pinter and Eartha Kitt : Artists and Rebels
Both lived long, productive, exciting lives and went out celebrated by their peers and countless fans; none of us could reasonably ask for more than they wrung out of life. By Chris Thompson / December 26, 2008 See ‘Remembering Nobel … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists, Deaths, Iraq War, People, Playwrights, Theater, Vietnam, Writers
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Poor Junior: The Free Markets Say Shoe-Throwing Is the Next Olympic Sport
The shoe maker said the black polyurethane-soled shoes have been renamed Bush Shoes.Maker of Bush-attack shoes swamped by ordersDecember 22, 2008 Received orders for 370,000 pairs ISTANBUL – The alleged maker of the shoes that an Iraqi journalist hurled at … Continue reading
Brooksley Born Could Have Saved Us From This Financial Catastrophe
Brooksley Born. Photo source.The Woman Greenspan, Rubin & Summers SilencedBy Katrina vanden Heuvel “Break the Glass” was the code-name high-level Treasury Department figures gave the $700 billion bailout; it was to be used only as a last- resort measure. Now … Continue reading
Unregulated Markets Led to Economic Ruin
Source.Laissez-Faire Capitalism Should Be as Dead as Soviet CommunismBy Arianna Huffington / December 22, 2008 The collapse of Communism as a political system sounded the death knell for Marxism as an ideology. But while laissez-faire capitalism has been a monumental … Continue reading
An American Icon, the SUV, Is Slowly Vanishing
Billy Bob Grahn, a county official, paid tribute Tuesday as a G.M. plant in Janesville, Wis., became one of three to close. Photo: Andy Manis for The New York Times.Nearly the End of the Line for S.U.V.’sBy Nick Bunkley and … Continue reading
Some Assembly Required
Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Adding to the sad irony of this post is the fact that Sadhbh Walshe’s article below did not appear in one mainstream news source in the USA. That there are 30 million Americans who must resort to food stamps to … Continue reading
Glimpses of Our (North American) Future?
Here’s a cheery holiday story from exotic, picturesque Japan. Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog An elderly man walks away from a Tokyo grocery store after being observed stealing medicine for an upset stomach. Photo: CNN.Report: More elderly Japanese turn … Continue reading
Modern Classics Dept. : Christmas With Louise
The following Christmas story, passed along to us by Harry Edwards, is dedicated to the Ghost of Christmas Past. That’s because it won first prize in the 1999 Louisville Sentinel contest to find out who had the wildest Christmas dinner. … Continue reading
Bummer
Thanks to Karen Lee Wald / The Rag Blog
Battle for Stimulus Bucks : Green Jobs Vs. ‘Shovel Ready’
The debate has centered on two competing principles: the desire to spend money on what President-elect Barack Obama calls “shovel-ready projects,” such as highway and bridge construction, vs. spending on more environmentally conscious projects, such as grids for wind and … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Economic Stimulus, Green Technology, Infrastructure, Obama Presidency
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