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Peak Oil News : Prices Continue to Surge
The peak oil crisis: The silly season Is upon usby Tom Whipple During the past week, the surge in oil prices continued with crude, gasoline and diesel prices all hitting new highs. U.S. gasoline consumption may be down by a … Continue reading
Erosion of Pay Check Drives Economic Downturn
Kim Baker works at a roof tile factory with declining business. “We don’t just hop in the car and go shopping or get something to eat,” he said, with his daughter Bailey and wife, Debbie, right. Photo by J. Kevin … Continue reading
ABC, Barack Obama and the Red Herring
Daley to Clinton: Don’t Tar Obama with Ayersby Mike Dorning and Rick Pearson / April 17, 2008 Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, whose father was famously not so sympathetic to anti-war protesters, is coming to the defense of Barack Obama for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Hillary, Journalism, Media, Obama, Presidential Campaign, SDS
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Real Power Can Be Manifest Through Our Spending
The Most Powerful People in AmericaBy Joel S. Hirschhorn / April 16, 2008 They are not the rich and superrich, nor the politically powerful running the two-party plutocracy, nor the greedy heads of banking and finance companies, and certainly not … Continue reading
Proof of Murder, Rape, and Torture in US Custody
Documents Describe Murder And Torture Of Prisoners In U.S. Custody: Newly Released Government Documents Show Special Forces Used Illegal Interrogation Techniques In Afghanistan April 17, 2008 NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union obtained documents today from the Department … Continue reading
An Act of Arrogance, Not Patriotism
Justice O’Connor, I Think I Love YouBy Lynn Grossman / April 16, 2008 Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Steven Breyer were at Hunter College the other evening talking about “The Supreme Court and the Presidency.” The event was … Continue reading
ABC Takes Hits for Slanted, Tabloid Debate
ABC News moderators Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos seemed to be playing a game of gotcha at last night’s candidates’ debate. Photo by Matt Rourke / AP.Clinton-Obama Debate: ABC Decides Top Issues Facing Americans Are Gaffes, Flag Pins and ’60s … Continue reading
The Boss Throws His Bandanna in the Ring : Endorses Obama
Bruce in Dallas, April 13, 2008.Senator Obama is head and shoulders above the rest.By Bruce Springsteen / April 16, 2008 LIke most of you, I’ve been following the campaign and I have now seen and heard enough to know where … Continue reading
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Bitter? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.
Obama, Bitterness, Meet the Press, and the Old Politicsby Robert Reich / April 15, 2008 I was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, 61 years ago. My father sold $1.98 cotton blouses to blue-collar women and women whose husbands worked in factories. … Continue reading
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Michael Klare : Oil Rules!
TomDispatch interview with author, Mike Klare It’s strange that the business and geopolitics of energy takes up so little space on American front pages — or that we could conduct an oil war in Iraq with hardly a mention of … Continue reading
