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Jim Hightower : ‘Lifestyles of the Rich… and Cranky.’
Ferrari F430 Spider, just $3,500 a day. Dude.Democratizing luxuryBy Jim Hightower / July 11, 2006 Time to take another peek into the “Lifestyles of the Rich… and Cranky.” A problem for many rich people is that they’re merely rich – … Continue reading
McCain : The Week That Was
John McCain with economic advisor and former Texas senator Phil Gramm.The Week That Should Have Ended McCain’s Presidential HopesBy Max Bergmann / July 10, 2008 This is the week that should have effectively ended John McCain’s efforts to become the … Continue reading
Drawn and Quartered
Michael Kountouris, GreeceThe Rag Blog / Posted July 10, 2008
Friendly Skies Dept : Want Some Torture With Your Peanuts?
Airline bracelet id would double as stun deviceBy Jeffrey Denning Just when you thought you’ve heard it all… A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that … Continue reading
David Gray : Don’t Use My Music at Guantanamo
Singer-songwriter speaks out against music used in tortureBy Andy Worthington Singer-songwriter David Gray has taken a brave stand by complaining about the use of his music as torture by the US military in “War on Terror” prisons in Guantánamo, in … Continue reading
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No Surprise from the Most Murderous Nation
Activists decry new Pentagon policy on cluster bombs By Julian E. Barnes | July 10, 2008 They say that taking 10 more years to eliminate the munitions with the highest failure rate for their bomblets ‘is completely inadequate from a … Continue reading
Can’t Fall On Your Fannie Mae
Flowers grow in front of the headquarters of Fannie Mae in Washington. Photo by Ken Cedeno / Bloomberg News. So lets see if I have things straight. The feds can’t just bail out Freddie and Fannie because that might cause … Continue reading
G8 : Determined to Kill Off the World’s Poor
The G8: Humanitarian Failure and Making the World Safe for Corporate Powerby Robert Weissman / July 10, 2008 It’s hard to dismiss the temptation to write off the G8 meetings as a meaningless talkfest. On the other hand, when the … Continue reading
Our President : ‘Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter’
Bush yuks it up with Prime Minister of Japan, Yasuo Fukuda, and Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G8 Summit in Tokyo. Photo by Reuters. George Bush surprised world leaders with a joke about his poor record on the environment … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, G8 Summit, George W. Bush, pollution, The World
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David Sirota on Building a Progressive Movement
Five Ideas to Start Going from Uprising to MovementBy David Sirota / July 9, 2008 David Sirota is a senior editor at In These Times magazine and contributes regularly to The Nation, the American Prospect and the Huffington Post. He … Continue reading
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Tagged History, Labor Unions, Populism, Progressives, Social Movements, The Left
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Complex Underwater Eco-Systems at Peril
A fish swims among coral reefs off the Obhor coast, north of the Red Sea city of Jeddah. A third of reef-building corals worldwide are threatened with extinction due to climate change and water pollution, according to the first global … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Eco-Systems, Ecology, Environment, Global Warming, Oceans
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