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The Mystery of Unearned Income
Blackstone Capital has bought up swathes of property for $35,000. Council appraisers valued them at $60,000, but the rents charged are akin to a $173,000 property. The MSM cheerleads …
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Moon Goddess and Jade Rabbit: How Science and Spirituality Commingle
Each year during the mid-Autumn Moon festival, a pastry shop near our house in Saigon, Vietnam, would display the figure of a dancing goddess in a flowing dress who, …
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The Drone That Takes Out Julian Assange
Earlier this year, as the Edward Snowden story was just starting to break, Michael Grunwald — the Time magazine senior national correspondent and poster boy for everything wrong with …
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ColorLines Magazine: MAP Test Boycott Among “10 Racial Justice Wins for 2013!″
ColorLines magazine just released their list "10 Racial Justice Wins for 2013"—and it is impressive. In a year when George Zimmerman was permitted to legally lynch Trayvon Martin, it …
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Farewell Madiba
I, along with millions, perhaps even billions, lit a candle on the 5th of December 2013 in memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Madiba orTata, as he is also affectionately …
Are Delhi State Results in 2013 a Test Case for India’s 2014 Elections?
In Sunday's state elections, India's “Grand Old Party,” the Indian National Congress, was rejected nationwide, but, with a populist party suddenly making inroads, the results were not a conclusive …
US Officials Will No Longer Provide Information on Guantanamo Hunger Strikers
A spokesman for the US military announced this week that the authorities will no longer provide public information on how many prisoners at the American gulag at Guantanamo Bay …
Five Ways Conservative Politics Promotes Freeloading and Shirking
Corporate conservatives want special rules that let them privatize profits and socialize losses.
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Urban Fracking Bonanza Threatens Dallas Suburbs
Fort Worth, which sits on top of the vast Barnett Shale, is the first major city in America to allow extensive fracking within the city limits.
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In Europe, a Repudiation of Austerity Policies
Paul Krugman: The European Central Bank's interest rate cut is a repudiation of the nascent triumphalism of Europe's austerians.