Monthly Archives: July 2011

Al Gore: Climate of Denial

By Al Gore June 22, 2011 The first time I remember hearing the question “is it real?” was when I went as a young boy to see a traveling show put on by “professional wrestlers” one summer evening in the … Continue reading

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Fundamentalism Kills

Posted on Jul 26, 2011 By Chris Hedges   The gravest threat we face from terrorism, as the killings in Norway by Anders Behring Breivik underscore, comes not from the Islamic world but the radical Christian right and the secular … Continue reading

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Austerity and Deficit Hawks Say, “Let Them Eat Cake,” The People Will Say, “Off With Their Heads”

By David DeGraw, AmpedStatus Report The vultures are circling above the debt ceiling, along with the austerity and deficit hawks, ready to pounce on what little remains.   Before I get into the tragic comedy that is the deficit debate, I … Continue reading

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Who Rules America? An Investment Manager Breaks Down the Economic Top 1%, Says 0.1% Controls Political and Legislative Process

July 23rd, 2011 This article was written by an investment manager who works with very wealthy clients. I knew him from decades ago, but he recently e-mailed me with some concerns he had about what was happening with the economy. … Continue reading

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The Terrorist Threat We’re Ignoring

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 By David Sirota According to the U.S. government, the list of known bogeymen working to compromise American national security is long, and getting longer by the day. By my back-of-the-envelope count, we have shoe bombers, … Continue reading

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What a population of 7 billion people means for the planet

With global population expected to surpass 7 billion people this year, the staggering impact on the environment is hard to ignore. Robert Engelman for Yale Environment 360, part of the Guardian Environment Network guardian.co.uk,             Monday 18 July 2011 15.41 … Continue reading

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The Tea Party and Goldman Sachs: A Love Story

Posted on Jul 5, 2011 By Robert Scheer Face it. We live in two nations, sharply divided by an enormous economic chasm between the super-rich and everyone else. This should be an obvious fact of life for most Americans. Just … Continue reading

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