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NATO’s Debacle in Libya
NATO's failure in efforts to promote “regime change” in Libya, after two and a half months of bombing and arms supply to various rebel factions, is now glaring. …
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Obama Losing Patience as Republicans Panic
At long last, President Obama seems to have run out of patience with the truculent Republicans who have rejected all of his overtures for a budget deal — just …
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US Recognizes Rebels in Libya
Istanbul - The United States formally recognized the rebel leadership in Libya as the country’s legitimate government on Friday. The move, made at an international gathering here to discuss …
Congress and Its Colonialist Agenda
New members of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill, November 19, 2010. (Photo: Talk Radio News Service / Flickr) Up until the mid-20th century, Western attitudes regarding …
Why Banks Aren’t Lending: The Silent Liquidity Squeeze
John Councilman, president of AMC Mortgage, at his office in Fallston, Maryland, on July 13, 2010. (Photo: Mary F. Calvert / The New York Times) Where did …
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The Predicted Job Collapse Now in Progress
While politicians and business press pundits last March-April were proclaiming the jobs crisis was over, the prediction came that “March-April's Job Gains Will Collapse This Summer.” That prediction is …
How Is British Austerity Working Out?
The conservative government in England is trying austerity. They are using the shock-doctrine tactic of drumming up public hysteria over bad news - in this case the financial collapse …
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Murdoch Has Blood on His Hands
Nailing Rupert Murdoch for his employees' phone tapping or bribery would be a little like bringing down Al Capone for tax fraud, or George W. Bush for torture. I'd …
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Mired in Scandal, News Corp Seeks New York State’s Signoff for $27 Million No-Bid Contract
Australian billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has been at the center of an explosive scandal as it has been revealed that a few of his publications hacked into the …
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For God’s Sake – Stop Talking
(Image: JR / Truthout) The US takes pride in its separation of church and state, but the current political scene is “strangely” religious. Lately, there …