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Knock, Knock – “It’s the IMF …“
For years we have read reports about the International Monetary Fund telling Mexico, Argentina, Greece, Lithuania, Russia ... whoever... to get their economic house in order. Invariably, these reports …
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The Draft – the Disconnect Between the US Military, Its Wars and the American Public
There's a new push to reinstate a Selective Service draft again. Two mainstream authors familiar with military history have put forth the reasons a reinstituted draft could solve a …
Dissent Continues One Year After BP Disaster
(Photo: Phillip Langer) Gulf Coast resident Cherri Foytlin still can't get used to being called an activist. "A year ago, I was just a mom trying to …
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Beware of Vampire Squids and Their Stadium Schemes
When it comes to media voyeurism and the economic insights it can provide, the ads in Vanity Fair rival Charlie Rose's television program as the best peep show of …
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The Trouble With Trump
Everything we really need to know about the character of Donald Trump was revealed when the wannabe president frivolously accused Barack Obama's late grandparents of committing fraud with his …
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The Bloody War That Millions of Americans Prefer to Overlook
For a nation that that loves anniversaries, the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the American Civil War — April 12, 1861 — crept by on tiptoe, like a …
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Libyan Rebels Advance; US Will Deploy Drones
Cairo - The government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi suffered setbacks on multiple fronts on Thursday as rebels in the western mountains seized a Tunisian border crossing, fighters in the …
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Field Manual for Despots
Washington - If I were a Middle Eastern despot, I'd know how to handle the pro-democracy movement that threatens my rule: Crack down viciously, using deadly force against civilians, …
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As Regulators and Banks Review Foreclosures, We’ll Be Watching
The country's bank regulators are launching an unprecedented plan to undo some of the damage done by mortgage servicers, compensating victims of shoddy or illegal foreclosure practices. Part of …
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The Obama-Gates Maneuver on Military Spending
Last week, Barack Obama announced that he wants to cut $400 billion in military spending and said he would work Sec. of Defense Robert Gates and the Joint Chiefs …