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  Land of the who, Home of the what? posted by captain starlight, 2010-11-07 18:31:53
The remedy is now in your face -- Freddy can SEE it! (full story)
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 Midterm Absurdities – the TRUTH, Pure and Simple posted by bluey, 2010-11-03 19:04:01
If modern ‘democratic’ elections prove anything they prove the current two horse, ONE STABLE ‘race’ is a fraud/joke! Obama is not the problem the forces that pull his and every other (with very few exceptions) politician’s strings on Capitol (spelled 'Capital,' you idiots!) Hill, control OUR governments/democracies! So who or what are the forces that once lurked in the shadows but today are known to the entire world? YES, that’s right, morons, Wall Street, Big Finance/Banks and Transnational CORPORATIONS. Everybody knows! (full story and 2 comments)
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 Strawman Politics -- The Phantom Left posted by Chris Hedges via fleet, 2010-11-02 09:16:36
The American left is a phantom. It is conjured up by the right wing to tag Barack Obama as a socialist and used by the liberal class to justify its complacency and lethargy. It diverts attention from corporate power. It perpetuates the myth of a democratic system that is influenced by the votes of citizens, political platforms and the work of legislators. It keeps the world neatly divided into a left and a right. The phantom left functions as a convenient scapegoat. The right wing blames it for moral degeneration and fiscal chaos. The liberal class uses it to call for “moderation.” And while we waste our time talking nonsense, the engines of corporate power—masked, ruthless and unexamined—happily devour the state. [Emphasis added.] (full story)
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 Oz Spy Chief invokes ‘Terror’ Bogeyman to justify Budget/Jobs posted by Kismo (Kiss my Arse), 2010-10-20 21:00:11
Or more accurately, to allow further intrusions on public privacy by increasing domestic surveillance and cyber monitoring/censorship policies at the direct behest of the real Oz government in Washington – now choke on the truth you pathetic, inept, corporate-loving, traitorous dimwits! (full story)
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Deceit and the Political Right posted by Jon Faulkner via dasha, 2010-10-03 07:26:45
Without being entirely dismissive of the progressive response to the right's ascendancy it is painfully obvious that words, no matter how eloquent or apt, fall short when arguing the progressive ideology. Republican sophists use rhetorical argument, albeit in the absence of truth, to great success to refute the progressive left. (full story)
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ATO: never fear, incompetent Oz bureaucrats are here! posted by baz, 2010-10-02 22:42:17
[Attention Gillard, Keneally, Bligh and other Oz government ‘leaders.’]
Burgeoning, wasteful and thoroughly inept Oz government regulatory institutions reflect a dysfunctional Federal and State system in obvious need of DRASTIC reform and the purging of bureaucratic fat cats responsible for their INCOMPETENT and wasteful departments! (full story)
social/political / national
China The Superpower of the 21st Century posted by Michael T. Klare via quin, 2010-09-20 22:04:03
If you want to know which way the global wind is blowing (or the sun shining or the coal burning), watch China. That’s the news for our energy future and for the future of great-power politics on planet Earth. Washington is already watching -- with anxiety. (full story)
social/political / international
How Corporations Own the US Congress posted by Shamus Cooke via reed, 2010-09-15 07:02:00
With the November elections quickly approaching, the majority of Americans will be thinking one thing: "Who cares?” This apathy isn't due to ignorance, as some accuse. Rather, working people's disinterest in the two party system implies intelligence: millions of people understand that both the Democrats and Republicans will not represent their interests in Congress. (full story)
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 Corporatists are killing us/everything! posted by Christopher Doering via dasha, 2010-09-14 21:46:51
The food industry is jeopardizing U.S. public health by withholding information from food safety investigators or pressuring regulators to withdraw or alter policy designed to protect consumers, said a survey of government scientists and inspectors. (full story)
social/political / international
 Tadic Betrays Serbia posted by dragan, 2010-09-10 23:19:43
Occasionally one derives a real belly laugh from Western ‘newswires;’ the following report covering Serbian president Boris ‘the dog’ Tadic’s latest traitorous attempts to appease the West/EU by revising the legal claim Serbia has on Kosovo, is one such preposterous news absurdity – not for the fact that the servile dog, Tadic, is not guilty of treason or that he loves to suck western leaders’ cocks, but for the fact that he never represented Serbia or its people in the first instance! (full story)
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 It ain’t over till it’s over -- Iraq, Afghanistan posted by dasha, 2010-09-06 09:37:23
The Corporate controlled media is currently overflowing with outright bullshit regarding America’s wars of invasion and occupation. The line running is that the combat mission in Iraq is at an end and that the war is ‘over;’ also that ‘progress’ is being made in Afghanistan and that that war is ‘winnable.’ To add to those American dreams is the frantic sell that the global economy is ‘recovering.’ (full story)
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 Global economy: dead man walking posted by lynx, 2010-08-30 18:44:06
I thought I’d heard it all until Ben Bernanke, bereft of any positive remedies or strategies, openly stated to the world that he would support the failed economy with more ‘quantitative easing’ i.e. printing worthless toilet paper money and attempting to indebt people and nations with a privately owned printing press – for fuck’s sake Ben, the jig is up! (full story)
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Canada: A Democracy in Crisis posted by Murray Dobbin via stan, 2010-06-13 22:02:11
Canada is in the midst of a crisis in democracy unique in its history. There is simply no other historical example that one can compare it to. It is multi-faceted and it affects every aspect of our national politics and political discourse. It is inexorably eroding the political fabric of the country and therefore our viability as a democratic nation. (full story)
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Markets About to Turn Nasty, Buy Barbed Wire: Advisor posted by Patrick Allen via fleet, 2010-06-09 07:13:49
Bond markets could get very nasty over the coming months, while stock investors could take a few months off and stop attempting to trade volatile swings in the markets, Anthony Fry, senior managing director at Evercore Partners, told CNBC Monday. (full story)
social/political / international
 Spain follows Greece -- people reject severe austerity cuts posted by staff report, 2010-06-09 05:25:11
MADRID — Tens of thousands protested against austerity cuts in Spain and Denmark Tuesday as Germany's powerful unions warned of mass action and Hungary became the latest debt-ridden nation to slash spending. (full story)
social/political / international
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