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News :: Globalization : Government Secrecy : International Relations : Miscellaneous : Peace |
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Army Retaliation against Sgt. Donald Buswell, the 911 NCO |
by Captain Eric H. May
captainmay (nospam) prodigy.net (verified) |
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29 Aug 2006
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The US Army has done the only thing it could do in its attempt to undermine the "911 NCO," Sergeant Donald Buswell, who has become a central figure in the 911 Truth Movement by calling for a new 911 investigation -- and being attacked for it. Sergeant Buswell, it turns out, has powerful comrades in the State Department who present a big problem for a military bent on defaming him for his position of principle and his mission of conscience. |
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Islamic Or Republican Fascism? |
by Thom Hartmann
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29 Aug 2006
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"They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest. Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection." |
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LOCAL News :: Environment |
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7th Annual Environmental Action Night |
by Students for Environmental Concerns
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28 Aug 2006
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 On Thursday, August 31, 2006 from 6PM-8PM, Students for Environmental Concerns will host the 7th annual Environmental Action Night at the University YMCA at 1001 S. Wright St in Champaign. |
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Longer than WWII: Another Miserable Milestone for Bush's War |
by Rupert Cornwell
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28 Aug 2006
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US Rep. Tim Johnson is running for re-election this November after having given Bush, along with most of the rest of Congress, a blank check for the Iraq War. Bush's own responsibility for the lies and failures of this war are clear, but it is just as clear that bad judgment in reliquishing Congress's constitutional oversight responsibilities before and after the start of the war is an indictment of those who wrote that blank check, including Johnson.
As Cornwell observes, "If you start a war that lasts as long as the Second World War, you'd better have something to show for it. George Bush does not." Neither does Johnson. |
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News :: Nukes : Peace |
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NUCLEAR WAR BEGINS SEPTEMBER 12, 2006 |
by Shaul Hawkins
moriyah (nospam) moriyah.com (verified) |
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28 Aug 2006
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Yisrayl Hawkins, well known Bible scholar and author reports that the Bible predicts the exact date and the location that nuclear war will begin. |
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Trouble in the Water mp3 |
by Paul Kotheimer
herringb (nospam) prairienet.org (unverified) |
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28 Aug 2006
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Almost a year ago, I submitted the song lyrics for this updated folk song, set the tune of the traditional American Spiritual, "Wade in the Water." Here's an mp3 of a recording I made. Please forward widely. |
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News :: Economy : Globalization : Labor : Political-Economy : Regime |
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Bush Fulfills One Campaign Promise: Workers Screwed |
by Steven Greenhouse and David Leonhardt
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28 Aug 2006
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The median hourly wage for American workers has declined 2 percent since 2003, after factoring in inflation. The drop has been especially notable, economists say, because productivity — the amount that an average worker produces in an hour and the basic wellspring of a nation’s living standards — has risen steadily over the same period.
As a result, wages and salaries now make up the lowest share of the nation’s gross domestic product since the government began recording the data in 1947, while corporate profits have climbed to their highest share since the 1960’s. UBS, the investment bank, recently described the current period as “the golden era of profitability.”
“There are two economies out there,” Mr. Cook, the political analyst, said. “One has been just white hot, going great guns. Those are the people who have benefited from globalization, technology, greater productivity and higher corporate earnings.
“And then there’s the working stiffs,’’ he added, “who just don’t feel like they’re getting ahead despite the fact that they’re working very hard. And there are a lot more people in that group than the other group.”
In 2004, the top 1 percent of earners — a group that includes many chief executives — received 11.2 percent of all wage income, up from 8.7 percent a decade earlier and less than 6 percent three decades ago, according to Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty, economists who analyzed the tax data. |
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