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- The George Carlin & Scott Walker Clip Every American Needs To See - Democratic Underground (6 comments)
- Jamie Dimon's JPMorgan Chase: Why It's the Scandal of Our Time (2 comments)
- Bush and Cheney convicted of war crimes by foreign tribunal... More to come? - Democratic Underground (2 comments)
- The U.S. Department of Double Standards -- In These Times (1 comment)
- Stable Africa attracts Middle East money (6 comments)
The George Carlin & Scott Walker Clip Every American Needs To See - Democratic Underground
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 4:28 PM EDT (Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News)
The George Carlin & Scott Walker Clip Every American Needs To See It’s almost like George had a pair of magic, look-into-the-future glasses.Warning: A little bit NSFW.
The U.S. Department of Double Standards -- In These Times
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 12:00 PM EDT (Working In These Times)
On April 21, The New York Times reported that Wal-Mart de Mexico paid $24 million in bribes to local land use officials in exchange for allowing the company to build stores in virtually every corner of the country, and to make environmental objections vanish. Although its top exe …
Bush and Cheney convicted of war crimes by foreign tribunal... More to come? - Democratic Underground
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 11:52 AM EDT (Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News)
What's going on with America and the rest of the world?In a story that is suspiciously floating just below the general U.S. media radar, former President George W. Bush and his puppet-master/VP Dick Cheney were unanimously convicted of war crimes by a five panel tribunal in Malay …
Big Sky's the Limit
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 3:56 PM EDT (prospect.org)
Like many congressional races around the country, Montana’s Senate contest is being defined by previously unthinkable levels of outside spending. Montana knows all about buying elections. In 1899, just ten years after it became a state, William Andrews Clark, known as the …
Jamie Dimon's JPMorgan Chase: Why It's the Scandal of Our Time
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 3:49 PM EDT (http://www.smirkingchimp.com/)
They're missing the point. When CEO Jamie Dimon announced that JPMorgan Chase had incurred at least $2 billion in losses from risky, unsecured, derivatives-types trading, it uncovered the scandal of our time once and for all. The Chase disaster gives us a much-needed a glimpse i …
Capital City | Mother Jones
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 3:28 PM EDT (MotherJones.com)
Three years after the biggest bailout in US history, Wall Street lobbyists don't just have influence in Washington. They own it lock, stock, and barrel. THIS STORY IS NOT ABOUT THE origins of 2008's financial meltdown. You've probably read more than enough of those alrea …
Stable Africa attracts Middle East money
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 5:57 AM EDT (Times Live)
Flush with cash from oil but stuck with few options for growth in developed markets, Middle East investors are increasingly looking to Africa. Though the fast-growing continent offers plenty of opportunities, bankers say there are also a raft of problems for Middle East investor …
The GOP sets its course for austerity
Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 7:56 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
Can a Republican primary in Indiana have even the remotest connection to a presidential election in France? Richard Mourdock, the tea party giant-killer who defeated Sen. Richard Lugar on Tuesday, clearly thinks so. “Just yesterday, France elected a social …
Daily Kos: House Republicans and mail-order bride company ally to weaken Violence Against Women Act
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 7:30 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
When you read that House Republicans not only oppose the Senate's bipartisan expansion of protections for undocumented immigrants in the Violence Against Women Act, but want to strip abused immigrant women of confidentiality protections, the easy joke is that Republicans want to …
The Austerity Theory is a Big Lie | BuzzFlash.org
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 7:22 PM EDT (BuzzFlash.org)
You know that something is seriously out of whack when those who made a bundle, and then some, with financial black magic, nearly bringing down the entire industrial world, insist they be allowed to not only keep their booty but that the 99% who ate it in the shorts thanks to the …
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