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A Public Exit From Goldman Sachs Hits at a Wounded Wall Street
The Goldman Sachs Building and the Empire State Building. (Photo: Derek D / Flickr) Wall Street traders come and go all the time, but few have quit …
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For Those Who Love the Vaginal Probe, Some More Ideas
Coming as it did in time for International Women’s Day, the decision of legislators in Virginia, to require women seeking an abortion to undergo a vaginal probe and see …
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US Soldier to Be Charged in Afghanistan Massacre
Washington - Pentagon officials insisted Monday that the weekend's Afghanistan killing spree was an “isolated incident” and said that a 38-year-old Army staff sergeant would soon be charged in …
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Church Puts Legal Pressure on Abuse Victims’ Group
Turning the tables on an advocacy group that has long supported victims of pedophile priests, lawyers for the Roman Catholic Church and priests accused of sexual abuse in two …
Psychologists Paid by Guantanamo’s Masters Will Never Dismantle Their House of Torture
Amid disturbing reports that psychologists were involved in the abuse and torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere, the American Psychological Association (APA) Task Force on Psychological Ethics …
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Rush Limbaugh Syndicator Suspends National Ads for Two Weeks
Radio-Info.com reports that Premiere Networks, which syndicates the Rush Limbaugh show, told its affiliate radio stations that they are suspending national advertising for two weeks. Rush Limbaugh is normally …
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Invisible Children Funded By Antigay, Creationist Christian Right
[Why does it matter, if Invisible Children was funded by controversial donors? Two reasons - one, we can assume those donors thought IC aligned with their agenda - which …
Supreme Court Likely to Endorse Obama’s War on Whistleblowers
The Supreme Court building in Washington, December 19, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews/The New York Times) Totalitarian systems disempower an unsuspecting population by gradually making legal what …
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A Field of Hawks
Washington - Unless Ron Paul somehow wins the nomination, it looks as if a vote for the Republican presidential candidate this fall will be a vote for war with …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Keystone XL Shot Down Again, and More
Thom Hartmann here – on the news… You need to know this. Rejected! Democrats in the Senate yesterday beat back an attempt by Republicans to have the Keystone XL …