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Commentary :: Agriculture : Economy : Elections & Legislation : Environment : Globalization : International Relations : Labor : Political-Economy : Regime
Reform Farm Policy for the Public Good
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11 Apr 2005
Any change should be gradual but decisive. Taxpayers should begin by demanding that Congress cap individual farm payments at $250,000 and close loopholes that allow big farming corporations to circumvent the limit. This move already has the support of the Senate Agriculture Committee and President Bush.

In the longer term, Congress should do more to stabilize farm numbers and encourage rural development. This can be done by reinforcing programs that encourage good stewardship, not big farms and big surpluses.
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Commentary :: Environment
Supervolcano -Very Excellent Film!
Current rating: 0
11 Apr 2005
The Discovery Channel aired a movie entitled "Supervolcano" which was based on actual facts.....it was EXTREMELY good and ACCURATE about what is in the future at Yellowstone National Park.
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News :: Media
Wireless World: Mobile-phone ads growing
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11 Apr 2005
A story about evil advertisers spamming our mobile phones.
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Commentary :: Globalization
From World Bank to America Bank
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11 Apr 2005
President Bush had a hard time explaining to the unenlightened rest of the world why he proposes a man completely lacking in development experience, international credibility in combating poverty and ability to forge international consensus.
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Announcement :: Miscellaneous
BTL:Commemorate May Day, with "Inquisitions," a radio play dramatizing...
Current rating: 0
11 Apr 2005
...the struggle for workers rights and civil liberties.
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Commentary :: Environment
Inhofe attacks global warming / No sir !
Current rating: 0
10 Apr 2005
CO2 at top of Mauna Loa volcano Hawaii.JPGU.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla said ...
snip ... (tulsaworld.com 4/8/2005)

No sir !

See figures on CO2 and global temperatures increasing (below).
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Elections & Legislation : Government Secrecy : International Relations : Iraq : Media : Political-Economy : Regime
Iraq: The Real Election
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10 Apr 2005
This article was written before the Iraqis -- maybe -- finally picked the leadership for what might -- or might not be -- a new government in the last few days.
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News :: Education
CYBER ACTION TODAY
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10 Apr 2005
From the 10th to 16th of April, 2005, the Biovision/Biosquare forum will take place in the city of Lyon, France. This summit can be compared with the Davos WEF, but is solely concerned with biotech issues
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News :: Elections & Legislation : Environment : Government Secrecy : Health : International Relations : Nukes : Regime
Secretive US Nuclear Warhead Plan Under Fire
Current rating: 0
09 Apr 2005
"It raises the spectre of a separate arsenal - a black arsenal beyond public oversight."

"This is a way to perpetuate the nuclear weapons complex in its full panoply of capabilities and to allow the US nuclear stockpile to evolve for new missions under the guise of so-called reliability problems," Greg Mello of the Los Alamos Study Group said.

"It is not compatible with US and other efforts to counter proliferation and it sends the wrong message around the world."
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Commentary :: Economy
The Long Emergency
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09 Apr 2005
"It has been very hard for Americans to make sense of the gathering forces that will funda-mentally alter the terms of everyday life in our technological society. Even after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, America is still sleepwalking into the future."
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