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America's Decline is Real—and Increasingly Self-Inflicted
Seeded on Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:51 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
... Despite such victories, American decline continued. By 1970, U.S.
Elections Are For Suckers
Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 6:54 PM EST (Truthdig)
Let’s just dip our fingers in purple ink and pose for photos now that voting has the same significance for us as it had for those Iraqis who got conned into thinking they were participating in some grand democratic experiment. Our own elections, the ones our government has …
Congressional Earmarks Sometimes Used to Fund Projects Near Lawmakers' Properties
Seeded on Tue Feb 7, 2012 8:30 PM EST (The Washington Post)
From the article: " A U.S. senator from Alabama directed more than $100 million in federal earmarks to renovate downtown Tuscaloosa near his own commercial office building.
New Rules for Radicals: 10 Ways to Spark Change in a Post-Occupy World
Seeded on Fri Feb 3, 2012 5:37 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
Since Occupy, we all understand this. Nothing works now the way it did even just a couple of years ago. Political tactics that haven’t budged public opinion in years — like petitions and big street demonstrations — are suddenly working again.
Empty Nesting Communities: A Blight For Working and Unemployed People
Wed Feb 1, 2012 5:05 PM EST
As I watch and listen to independent media reports on the Florida Republican primary, I realize how deeply I'm submerged in a populace that is red (Republican), retired (I'm getting my government subsidies and I don't need a job...and I want my mythological American Dream of the …
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The Invisible War: New Film Exposes Rape, Sexual Assault Epidemic in U.S. Military
Seeded on Wed Feb 1, 2012 4:38 PM EST (democracynow.org)
On the heels of a new military survey that the number of reported violent sex crimes jumped 30 percent in 2011, with active-duty female soldiers ages 18 to 21 accounting for more than half of the of the victims, we speak with Trina McDonald and Kori Cioca, two subjects of "The In …
Can Gift Exchange Fix the Problems of Capitalism and Rebuild Our Lost Community?
Seeded on Mon Jan 2, 2012 7:25 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
Wherever I go and ask people what is missing from their lives, the most common answer (if they are not impoverished or seriously ill) is "community." What happened to community, and why don't we have it any more? There are many reasons – the layout of suburbia, the disappea …
Warren Buffet: Stop Coddling the Super-Rich
Seeded on Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:47 PM EDT (The New York Times)
OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting.
Barack Obama and the Debt Crisis: A Successful Con Game Explained
Seeded on Thu Aug 4, 2011 2:11 PM EDT (Black Agenda Report)
The phony debt ceiling crisis was, from beginning to end, a con. It was an elaborate and successful hoax in which the nation's first black president, the Democratic and Republican parties, Wall Street and corporate media all played indispensable parts.
Phone Hacking Scandal By The Numbers
Seeded on Tue Jul 19, 2011 4:34 PM EDT (ProPublica: Articles and Investigations)
The U.K.'s phone hacking scandal seems to keep getting bigger, with more revelations, resignations and arrests. Here's a quick breakdown of some important stats in the scandal so far.
The GOP's Sick Priorities
Seeded on Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:40 PM EDT (Truthdig)
How deceptive for politicians to stress “entitlements” when they talk about gutting Social Security and Medicare, two programs long paid for by their beneficiaries.
The Bad Professor's Beltway Decoder: A Lexicon of Washington Media
Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:00 AM EDT
Writer, poet and activist Adam Cornford has rewritten the definitions of words and phrases to more accurately reflect their meanings in this modern age of humankind.
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The Same Financial Firms Responsible for Our Economic Crisis is Driving Us Toward a Global Food Disaster
Seeded on Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:33 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
US and EU investors -- including US universities, pension funds and investment firms -- are involved in unprecedented land grabs currently taking place in Africa, according to a series of investigative reports released on Wednesday by the Oakland Institute. The Oakland …
5 WikiLeaks Hits of 2011 that are Turning the World on Its Head—And that the Media are Ignoring
Seeded on Wed Jun 8, 2011 5:22 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Between Collateral Murder, the Iraq War Logs, the Afghan War Diary, and Cablegate, it appeared as though 2010 would go down in history as the most shocking year in WikiLeaks revelations. Americans discovered that trigger-happy soldiers who …
So, Tax Relief Works? In Whose World?
Tue Jun 7, 2011 2:00 PM EDT
The economic concept was simple. Tax cuts for the wealthy—those people who own and/or operate big business—would give them more money in which to invest in business.
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Discussion Groups at Temple of Visions | Quantum Activist
Seeded on Tue May 17, 2011 6:25 PM EDT (Quantum Activist)
We are pleased to announce a screening of the Quantum Activist and a discussion group celebrating the release of the new workbook at the Temple of Visions in Los Angeles, CA on July 31, 2011 This will be our first localized group event, and will be held for 4 weeks foll …
Conservatives Have Defiled "Freedom" Long Enough
Seeded on Tue May 17, 2011 2:06 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Conservatives often complain that they’ve been exiled from power, whether in the corridors of the Capitol or the pages of the New York Times. Yet conservative ideas have dominated American politics for thirty years.
The Obama Deception: Why Cornel West Went Ballistic
Seeded on Mon May 16, 2011 3:23 PM EDT (Truthdig)
The moral philosopher Cornel West, if Barack Obama’s ascent to power was a morality play, would be the voice of conscience. Rahm Emanuel, a cynical product of the Chicago political machine, would be Satan.
Coming of Rage: The Euphoria of Assassination
Seeded on Fri May 13, 2011 3:18 PM EDT (Truthdig)
Imagine for a moment that you are a dog or a cat or a horse or a deer or a fox living in Germany in the 1930s.
Unequal Protection: The Early Role of Corporations in America
Seeded on Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:19 PM EDT (t r u t h o u t)
Jane Anne Morris is a corporate anthropologist and writer in Madison, Wisconsin, and she is affiliated with the Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy (POCLAD), one of the leading organizations doing research and work in illuminating the story of corporate personhood. Morris …
Americans Decry Power of Lobbyists, Corporations, Banks, Feds
Seeded on Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:50 PM EDT (gallup.com)
Note: This seed is categorized as "politics" because each of these groups—lobbyists, corporations and banks—have become inseparable from government.
An American Person's Declaration of Independence From the Un-American Corporate Oligarchy
Seeded on Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:37 PM EDT (Zero Party Politics)
On July 4, 2011 I will be marching down to my local federal building and congressman's office and duct-taping a hard copy of this "revised" Declaration of Independence (which I took the liberty of drafting/revising) to their front doors, along with every electronic signature and …
The President is a Muslim and I Have Proof
Seeded on Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:07 PM EDT (Zero Party Politics)
There's no doubt about it, the President is a Muslim. You want proof?
The American Dream As We Know It Is Over: Why progressives need to think beyond the mantra of creating a new "middle-class America"
Seeded on Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:26 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Note: This article is categorized as "politics" because it's impossible to separate capital from politics or corporatism from government.
Tax the Super Rich Now or Face a Revolution
Seeded on Thu Apr 7, 2011 8:31 PM EDT (MarketWatch.com)
Yes, tax the Super Rich. Tax them now. Before the other 99% rise up, trigger a new American Revolution, a meltdown and the Great Depression 2.
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America's Decline is Real—and Increasingly Self-Inflicted... Despite such victories, American decline continued. By 1970, U.S.
- Elections Are For Suckers
Let’s just dip our fingers in purple ink and pose for photos now that voting has the same significance for us as it had for those Iraqis who got conned into thinking they were participating in some grand democratic experiment. Our own elections, the ones our government has …
- Congressional Earmarks Sometimes Used to Fund Projects Near Lawmakers' Properties
From the article: " A U.S. senator from Alabama directed more than $100 million in federal earmarks to renovate downtown Tuscaloosa near his own commercial office building.
- New Rules for Radicals: 10 Ways to Spark Change in a Post-Occupy World
Since Occupy, we all understand this. Nothing works now the way it did even just a couple of years ago. Political tactics that haven’t budged public opinion in years — like petitions and big street demonstrations — are suddenly working again.
Police arrest 6 at Occupy Sydney protest site
Police have arrested six demonstrators while pulling down tents and posters at the Occupy Sydney protest site in Australia's largest city.
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