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Pictured are Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, and Clarence's wife Ginni Thomas, who recieved $600,000 in salary from the Conservative think tank, The Heritage Foundation. Should …
The Collapse of the Old Oil Order: How the Petroleum Age Will End
Whatever the outcome, one thing is guaranteed: the world of oil will be transformed.
Ray McGovern | How to Read Gates’ Shift on the Wars
In Establishment Washington, Defense Secretary Robert Gates enjoys a charmed life based on a charming persona. The Fawning Corporate Media (FCM) is always ready with fulsome praise for his …
To Solve State Budget Woes, Chop From the Top
If there is a silver lining in California Gov. Jerry Brown's latest budget proposal, it is the recognition that we cannot realign state services down to county and local …
Asked If Bank of America Paying Nothing in Corporate Taxes Is Fair, Pawlenty Responds: Taxes Are “Too High“
ThinkProgress filed this report from the Tea Party Patriots Policy Summit in Phoenix, AZ.
Michael Moore: Acknowledging Working People (Video)
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Qaddafi Loyalists Launch Attack on Oil Center in Libya’s East
Brega, Libya - Ground and air forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi attacked this key oil terminal city in eastern Libya Wednesday, but were repulsed by a motley army of …
Solution: How the Government Can Stop Doing Business With Risky Contractors
It is very hard for the federal government to have a successful criminal or civil prosecution of their contractors and it is the hardest to do with the Department …
If It Sounds Too Good … What You Need to Know, but Don’t, About Privatizing Infrastructure
Remember the old joke about some sharpie who takes innocents by “selling” them the Brooklyn Bridge? By the time the poor guy finds out he was taken, the crook …
KBR’s Foreign Contractors at Guantanamo Spared Controversial Anti-Malarial Drug Given to Detainees
The Defense Department has claimed it took the unprecedented step of forcing all “war on terror” detainees sent to Guantanamo in 2002 to take a high dosage of a …