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Any follow economist Michael Hudson, Richard Wolfe, or Dean Baker? CnrEHFwZ9hk

Despite Wealth, Nassau County Is in Fiscal Crisis By DAVID M. HALBFINGER Published: December 10, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/nyregion/11nassau.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all MINEOLA, N.Y. — Facing a huge budget deficit when he took office in January, Nassau County Executive Edward P...

Number Of Uninsured Americans Soars To Over 50 Million http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/27/uninsured-americans-50-million_n_801695.html?utm_source=Twitterfeed First Posted: 12-27-10 11:39 PM Less than a year ago, Francis Campos-Dunn was still working at a county hospital in the San...

mentally are Americans living in a bubble? The US is sooo different from the rest of the world in regards to social welfare, other countries protest when the people feel they're being treated unjust in the US we do nothing. 20% unemployment at what percentage will Americans wake up...

anybody check RT? they always come up with some interesting stories, like this one, i would never expect from any major source: QXogbKn7Py4 another one i keep running into is al jazeera, which now the pacifica radio is going to be broadcasting, thats KPFA for those that live in northern cali

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Oakland, Calif., in the San Francisco Bay Area, has been dubbed by the FBI as a "high-intensity child prostitution area." Oakland officials say that a third of teenage girls working in prostitution there were abducted and forced onto the streets, and 61 percent of teen prostitutes say they were...

Don't shoot messenger for revealing uncomfortable truths * Julian Assange * From: The Australian * December 08, 2010 12:00AM WIKILEAKS deserves protection, not threats and attacks. IN 1958 a young Rupert Murdoch, then owner and editor of Adelaide's The News, wrote: "In the race...

Getting closer for this. Fucken glad Schwarzenegger is out! Over a $140,000,000 poorer, Meg Whitman exited the political scene stage right. Entering stage left, to become Governor of California, Jerry Brown will soon replace Two-Time-Vetoator Arnold Schwarzenegger. What does this mean for...

How Meg Whitman Failed Her Way to the Top at eBay, Collecting Billions While Nearly Destroying the Company By Mark Ames and Yasha Levine This article was first published on AlterNet With the elections for governor just around the corner, most California voters probably think they have a...

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New rule could send some insurers packing By Parija Kavilanz, senior writerOctober 18, 2010: 2:05 PM ET http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/15/news/economy/health_care_MLR_vote_impact/ NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Industry experts say more insurers will drop health care coverage or go out of business...

Don't Look Now, But It's Already Started The Next Mexican Revolution By JOHN ROSS Mexico City As the 100th anniversary of the Mexican revolution steams into sight, U.S. and Mexican security agencies are closely monitoring this distant neighbor nation for red lights that could signal renewed...

Globalising healthcare: A prescription with benefits Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), Washington DC http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/3323/ The healthcare sector rarely features prominently in trade policy. This is unfortunate, since the...

thought this would use some critiquing: thesis: you cant really blame a great number of people for doing something stupid, at some point there needs to be intervention by government. a few examples: housing: if a few percentage of homes were lost due to foreclosures you can blame the person...

The Ground Zero Synagogue—Lebanon Becoming More American than America http://www.zeropartypolitics.com/2010/08/ground-zero-synagoguelebanon-becoming.html by Gus Bridi "There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia. The...

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The following is a letter by René González, one of five Cuban militants serving draconian sentences in U.S. prisons on frame-up charges brought by the U.S. government. The other four are Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, and Antonio Guerrero. González sent the letter below...

The Looming Water Disaster That Could Destroy California, and Enrich Its Billionaire Farmers By Yasha Levine, AlterNet Posted on March 23, 2010, Printed on May 23, 2010 http://www.alternet.org/story/146130/ "That, in your own backyard there, is the scariest place after New Orleans.” —Geologist...

they already took down Acorn, now this law will swing the votes towards republicans. Watch Palast's video for more info. http://www.truthout.org/greg-palast-behind-immigration-law-video59306