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News :: Israel / Palestine |
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"The Palestinian Sting" |
by haaretz via gehrig
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28 Jul 2004
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Arafat's boys in Fatah learn a new trick. There was a larger article in Haaretz today about Arafat's trickle-down-but-not-very-far-at-all economy, but this little article sorta sums it up in another way. |
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George W. Bush's Record-Breaking Economy |
by Mark Weisbrot
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28 Jul 2004
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The Bush administration does have some real 20-year record-breaking numbers but they are not the kind that it would like to advertise. |
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Announcement :: Globalization |
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The History of the New World Order |
by Eric James Rainbowlt
developer (nospam) livemusicradar.com (verified) |
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28 Jul 2004
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If you want to know the reason behind everything as it is presented in the media and all wars on earth, then please learn the complete history of the New World Order. It is accurately presented in this free online book that should be shared with every American, European, and Asian person worldwide quickly. From the top down, there is only one overall Truth as it is explained in historical, factual, and quotative detail in this book. |
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News :: Elections & Legislation |
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More Fun with Black-Box Voting |
by nytimes via gehrig
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28 Jul 2004
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"This shows that unless we do something now - or it may very well be too late - Florida is headed toward being the next Florida." |
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News :: Agriculture : Political-Economy |
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New Report: USDA Hijacked by Agribusiness |
by Organization for Competitive Markets
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28 Jul 2004
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“It is not surprising that USDA is slavishly following the agenda of agribusiness when you consider who holds many of the top jobs at the Department,” said Philip Mattera, Director of the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First and author of the report. “The upper ranks of USDA are filled with industry veterans, while people formerly associated with family-farm, consumer or public-interest groups are just about nowhere to be found.” |
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News :: Right Wing |
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An Issue Too Hot for Fahrenheit? |
by Business Week
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28 Jul 2004
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At a Massachusetts political rally, Michael Moore leveled some well-deserved zingers at the media, while ducking a key question |
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Wal-Martian Invasion |
by Barbara Ehrenreich
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27 Jul 2004
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A creature afflicted with the appetite of a starved hyena doesn't have time for niceties. Wal-Mart is facing class-action lawsuits over sex discrimination and nonpayment for overtime work (meaning no payment at all), as well as accusations that employees have been locked into stores overnight, unable to get help even in medical emergencies. These are the kinds of conditions we associate with Third World sweatshops, and in fact Wal-Mart fails at least five out of 10 criteria set by the Worker Rights Consortium, which monitors universities' sources of logoed apparel - making Wal-Mart the world's largest sweatshop. |
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Abu Ghraib Whitewash |
by International Herald Tribune
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27 Jul 2004
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The report pins most of the blame on those depressingly familiar culprits, a few soldiers who behaved badly. It does grudgingly concede that "in some cases, abuse was accompanied by leadership failure at the tactical level," but the report absolves anyone of rank, in keeping with the investigation's spirit. The inspector general's staff did not dig into the abuse cases but merely listed them. It based its findings on the comical observation that "commanders, leaders and soldiers treated detainees humanely" while investigators from the Pentagon were watching. |
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