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Defense Spending
Speed, Power and the Physics of Finance Capitalism
High frequency trading utilizes new technologies to create an economy of speed that employs mathematics and physics to generate global markets that are neither transparent nor able to be …
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Pentagon May Be Wasting a Billion Dollars a Year in Erroneous Payments to Contractors
Check-writing mistakes are said to be huge, but the military is not tracking the problem closely enough to know for sure.
How Contractors Raked in $385 Billion to Build and Support Bases Abroad Since 2001
Though base numbers remain staggering and historically unprecedented, most Americans are hardly aware of their existence.
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Chained CPI Is a Real Cut
Chicago activists delivered a petition from Illinois residents who prefer cutting the Petagon budget to Social Security.
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Uncertainties Remain as FAA Integrates Drones into American Skies
Thousands of unmanned aircraft systems u2013 commonly known as drones u2013 could be buzzing around in U.S. airspace by 2015 because of a law passed last year, aiding in …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congress Pushes for Unnecessary Tanks Despite Sequester Cuts, and More
In today's On the News segment: The wealth gap has become increasingly racialized, and more.
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Pentagon Claims $757 Million Overbilling by Contractor in Afghanistan
The principal food supplier to US troops in Afghanistan is embroiled in a costly dispute with the Pentagon that has attracted congressional interest.
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Rangel’s Folly: Reinstating the Draft
Bica argues that Rangel and others who advocate compulsory national service to promote anti-war objectives are choosing the absolutely wrong tool.
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April 25: A Historic Day to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget
Thursday, April 25, is the new date to participate in citizen efforts to oppose proposed cuts to Social Security and veterans benefits and support cuts to the bloated Pentagon …
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Imperial Overreach: Forces Driving Pentagon Spending and US Asia-Pacific Military Strategies
A secretly imposed US-Japan military alliance has served as the “keystone” of US power in Asia and the Pacific.