February 2012
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January 2012
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“Economists come at the current situation with their supply and demand tools,...”
– The Impact of Technology: Unemployment May Be More Stubborn This Time - Seeking Alpha
Jan 15th
“ScienceDaily (Jan. 5, 2012) — More than 10 years after 9/11, when thousands of...”
– World Trade Center responders: PTSD and respiratory illness linked
Jan 15th
Force Romney To Sell Creative Destruction →
Jan 15th
Immigrants and Minorities Not Driving Up Health... →
Jan 15th
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Foreclosure Auctions Show Raw Form of Capitalism →
Foreclosure auctions have grown into a scruffy economic circus where bargain hunters from around the world have scooped up houses often sold for less than half of the value of the mortgage.
Jan 14th
Fannie CEO Michael Williams To Quit After 2 Years,... →
Jan 14th
“Earlier today, we did a post on neocons inciting war with Iran that featured...”
– WINEP official says U.S. strategy is aimed at provoking ‘Pearl Harbor’ that justifies war with Iran
Jan 14th
“Last week, when we pointed out what was then a record $77 billion in Treasury...”
– Foreigners Sell Record $85 Billion In Treasurys In 6 Consecutive Weeks - Time To Get Concerned? | ZeroHedge
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“But G.D.P. per capita (an insufficient indicator, but one most economists use)...”
– The Other Reason Europe Is Going Broke - NYTimes.com
Jan 9th
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“The Internet is full of websites selling unproven stem cell treatments for...”
– Stem Cell Fraud: A 60 Minutes investigation - CBS News
Jan 9th
“Iran and Russia replaced the U.S. dollar with their national currencies in...”
– Iran, Russia Replace Dollar With Rial, Ruble in Trade, Fars Says - Bloomberg
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December 2011
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In Scott Walker's Wisconsin, Democracy is only... →
Dec 5th
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November 2011
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Scott Walker Fights Recall Effort With Early... →
Nov 28th
Why the U.S. Will Never Save Afghanistan - TIME →
Nov 27th
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Nov 27th
GE Filed 57,000-Page Tax Return, Paid No Taxes on... →
Nov 26th
Report: Russia warships to enter Syria waters in... →
Nov 26th
Bush and Blair found guilty of war crimes for Iraq... →
A tribunal in Malaysia, spearheaded by that nation’s former Prime Minister, yesterday found George Bush and Tony Blair guilty of “crimes against peace” and other war crimes for their 2003 aggressive attack on Iraq, as well as fabricating pretexts used to justify the attack. The seven-member Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal — which featured an American law professor as one of its chief...
Nov 25th
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“I heard screaming and I heard yelling. Moments later, my throat stung. I was...”
– Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, California Wal-Mart customer Matthew Lopez • Describing what happened after another customer, who authorities say was “competitive shopping,” pepper sprayed 20 people (including children!) in an attempt to beat everyone else at getting stuff. Considering, you know, this...
Nov 25th
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Some more Black Friday mayhem from the good ole'...
coalspeaker: Shoppers in North Carolina subject to gunfire.. No one injured, according to officials.. Images of the wild: This is shopping 2011.. Target avoids 2011 chaos.. Long lines.. shopping chaos.. Black Friday fight leads to arrest.. Black Friday brawl: Blood on the floors.. child trampled.. mayhem after a fight.. Are the sales and savings worth dying for? Two arrested for trying to get a...
Nov 25th
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Police were forced to use pepper spray to control... →
Nov 25th
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The White House wants the Egyptian military to... →
shortformblog: In Egypt over the past several days, we have seen protesters demand the realization of these principles. We have condemned the excessive use of force against them and called for restraint on all sides. We deeply regret the loss of life, and urge the Egyptian authorities to implement an independent investigation into the circumstances of those deaths. But the situation Egypt faces...
Nov 25th
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WatchWatch
shortformblog: Forget the pepper spray over Xboxes. This is a near-riot over $2 waffle-makers.
Nov 25th
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Exposing the Racist History Of Libertarianism And... →
Nov 25th
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Nov 20th
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Nov 20th
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Nov 20th
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Nov 20th
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Cain's accuser received one years' pay in exchange...
shortformblog: $35k paid by the NRA to one of Cain’s accusers source » That’s the National Restaurant Association, by the way, not the National Rifle Association. The amount was one years’ worth of pay for the woman in question (who, you’ll recall, is one of two women who received severance agreements from the NRA in exchange for silence regarding sexual harassment claims against Cain).
Nov 2nd
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Conservative site FreeRepublic on Romney: 'Enemies... →
Free Republic founder Jim Robinson has a message for supporters of Mitt Romney: go away. In an email to POLITICO this afternoon, Robinson admitted that the site routinely blocks Romney supporters from posting — and offered no apologies for the practice… […] It’s unclear what the situation is at RedState, though, the other site named in Abraham’s story. I reached out to Erick Erickson for ...
Nov 2nd
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October 2011
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Politico: Herman Cain accused of inappropriate...
shortformblog: allegation Today, Herman Cain got grilled by a Politico reporter who asked him about detailed sexual harassment allegations dating back to the 1990s: “Have you ever been accused, sir, in your life of harassment by a woman?” response Cain denied the allegations, then as things got tense and the question was repeated, Cain asked the reporter: “Have you ever been accused of sexual...
Oct 31st
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