Blogs and Submissions
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Black Swan Author: ‘We still have the same diseas'e (Margaret Wente)
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Shannon Stapleton/Reuters On anniversary of Lehman collapse, author of The Black Swan can say 'I told you so' Share with friends Close Email Please enter a valid e-mail address ...
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The Economist Launches First-Ever Global Public Debt Clock (Greg Ip)
THE ECONOMIST LAUNCHES FIRST EVER GLOBAL PUBLIC DEBT CLOCK ITEMIZING THE BIGGEST BILL IN HISTORY - $35 TRILLION New York, NY-- The Economist has launched the Global Public Debt Clock, an interactive ...
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'Give me a rocket launcher....' (Jim Miles)
Jim Miles www.jim.secretcove.ca/index.Publications.html "Give me a rocket launcher….” A Canadian polling company, the Angus Reid Global Monitor, indicates that the majority of the world’s citizens ...
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Perpetual Grief over September 11th (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 15, 2009 -- The anniversary of the infamous tragedy of 9/11, 2001, and the subsequent ramifications indeed induce, throughout the world, a plethora of feelings ...
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Stop Begging Obama to Be Obama and Get Mad (Chris Hedges)
Posted on Sep 14, 2009 AP Photo / Charles Dharapak President Obama is mobbed after delivering his major health care address to Congress. Obama has promised to deliver millions of new customers to ...
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Court to Probe Afghan War Crimes (BBC News)
Sept. 10, 2009 (BBC News) -- The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he is gathering information about possible war crimes in Afghanistan. A U.S Marine from Delta Company ...
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Oil Majors Propping up Myanmar Regime: Rights Group (Agence France Presse)
Sept. 10, 2009 -- BANGKOK (Agence France Presse) -- Energy giants Total and Chevron are propping up Myanmar's junta with a gas project that has allowed the regime to stash nearly five billion ...
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Washington Turns on Obama Heckler Joe Wilson After Healthcare 'Liar' Gibe (Nico Hines)
Sept. 10, 2009 (The Times Online/UK) -- In a rare moment of unity in the bitter American healthcare debate, both sides of the political spectrum have turned on a Republican congressman after his ...
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Massive Surveillance System in Pa. Town Raises Privacy Concerns (Patrick Walters)
Sept. 10, 2009 -- LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) -- Horses drawing buggies regularly clop down the roads approaching Lancaster, a peaceful city in the heart of Amish country that had only three murders last ...
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Speculators Undermining Recovery, Report Says (Haider Rizvi)
Sept. 10, 2009 -- UNITED NATIONS (Inter Press Service) -- The current economic meltdown will continue for years if the world community does not take firm and coordinated action to regulate the flow ...
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US Poverty Rate Hits 11-Year High as Recession Bites (Reuters)
Sept. 10, 2009 -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The U.S. poverty rate hit its highest level in 11 years in 2008 as the worst recession since the Great Depression threw millions of Americans out of work, a ...
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