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Obama: I can't comment on Wall Street prosecutions - Salon.com - 0 views

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    "I can't, as President of the United States, comment on the decisions about particular prosecutions. That's the job of the Justice Department, and we keep those separate so that there's no political influence on decisions made by professional prosecutors." If only that were what President Obama really believed and how he actually comported himself.
David VH

Anyone else out there get anxiety when it comes to the week ahead.. or wake up already ... - 0 views

  • I certainly enjoy it when two people express differing viewpoints, and I still find them to both be right. Thanks Philip and Vlad.
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      A great note observation. Valuable thought simply described.
  • We do that alot in my class too. I call it the a+b theory; it is true beauty. It feels great to take off the 'duty' to find only one right!
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    Karla Q How to deal with overwhelm and stress. ~Good comments fr Vijay, ~Vlad ...
thinkahol *

my comment on, "Enjoy the next 3 months (Judgment Day may be coming)" | Thinkahol's Blog - 0 views

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    I suppose it shouldn't be surprising that people assume that there is no difference between the way they experience the world and the world as it exists. I'm surprised people are willing to assume that metaphysical claims (i.e. claims outside of the purview of human testability/experience) are absolutely true. It seems that the only honest position one can have on "God" (in quotes to emphasize the lack of consensus on its definition) is to hold that "God" or "The Kingdom of Heaven" or "enlightenment" seem to be possible states of human consciousness; as such they may have individual normative value and seem to me to be generally socially desirable.
thinkahol *

Johann Hari: How Goldman gambled on starvation - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Indepe... - 0 views

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    By now, you probably think your opinion of Goldman Sachs and its swarm of Wall Street allies has rock-bottomed at raw loathing. You're wrong. There's more. It turns out that the most destructive of all their recent acts has barely been discussed at all. Here's the rest. This is the story of how some of the richest people in the world - Goldman, Deutsche Bank, the traders at Merrill Lynch, and more - have caused the starvation of some of the poorest people in the world. It starts with an apparent mystery. At the end of 2006, food prices across the world started to rise, suddenly and stratospherically. Within a year, the price of wheat had shot up by 80 per cent, maize by 90 per cent, rice by 320 per cent. In a global jolt of hunger, 200 million people - mostly children - couldn't afford to get food any more, and sank into malnutrition or starvation. There were riots in more than 30 countries, and at least one government was violently overthrown. Then, in spring 2008, prices just as mysteriously fell back to their previous level. Jean Ziegler, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, calls it "a silent mass murder", entirely due to "man-made actions."
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David Foster Wallace on Political thinking in America - YouTube - 0 views

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    Edited version of the ZDFmediatek interview with David Foster Wallace. This version offers David Foster Wallace's ideas, without repetitions, long pauses, interviewer's comments. Although some cuts may appear rough, there is no attempt at editorial bias or content manipulation. Mr. Wallace's archives (books in his library, notes, and writings) have been recently acquired by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas Austin.
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Occupy and anarchism's gift of democracy | David Graeber | Comment is free | guardian.c... - 0 views

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    The US imagines itself a great democracy, yet most Americans despise its politics. Which is why direct democracy inspires them
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We can only cut debt by borrowing | Martin Wolf's Exchange | FT.com - 0 views

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    "You can't cut debt by borrowing." How often have you read or heard this comment from "austerians" (a nice variant on "Austrians"), who complain about the huge fiscal deficits that have followed the financial crisis? The obvious response is: so what?
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FT.com / Comment / Opinion - It is folly to place all our trust in the Fed - 0 views

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    I n certain circles, it has become fashionable to argue that monetary policy is a superior instrument to fiscal policy - more predictable, faster, without the adverse long-term consequences brought on by greater indebtedness. Indeed, some advocates wax so enthusiastic that they support recent drives for austerity in many European countries, arguing that if there are untoward effects they can be undone by monetary policy. Whatever the merits of this position in general, it is nonsense in current economic circumstances.
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YouTube - Comparing US and Scandinavian Economic Policies - 0 views

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    Economist, author and commentator Robert Kuttner contrasts U.S. economic policies with those found in most Scandinavian countries.
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Organized religion 'will be driven toward extinction' in 9 countries, experts predict -... - 0 views

  • the Netherlands, for example, will go from about 40% unaffiliated today to more than 70% by 2050, they expect.
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    Organized religion will all but vanish eventually from nine Western-style democracies, a team of mathematicians predict in a new paper based on census data stretching back 100 years.
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Debt deal: anger and deceit has led the US into a billionaires' coup | George Monbiot |... - 0 views

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    The debt deal will hurt the poorest Americans, convinced by Fox and the Tea Party to act against their own welfare
thinkahol *

Want to cut big government abuses? Start with defence contracting | Michael Shank | Com... - 0 views

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    We have the evidence: the hardpressed US taxpayer is being fleeced by profiteering contractors and corrupt military personnel
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What does it mean to be an 'anarchist'? | David Goodway | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    Too often associated with mayhem on the streets, for centuries anarchists have actually sought a more ordered society
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The criminal folly of criminalising bath salts | Colin Kalmbacher | Comment is free | g... - 0 views

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    The 'legal high' of bath salts, or mephedrone, is the new target of drug prohibitionists. Because that worked so well before
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Mark Ruffalo: Stop Fracking Gas-Holes - 0 views

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    Opponents of hydraulic "fracking" say it pollutes water and causes illness. Actor, activist (and newly-minted Countdown contributor) Mark Ruffalo joins Keith to discuss the lucrative practice that potentially threatens supplies of drinking water, and why so many have their heads in the sand. "This is an industry that is the dirtiest, slimiest, most arrogant, and negligent that you can imagine," Ruffalo says. Ruffalo also talks about rumors of blacklisting actors who speak out on political matters, and ponders why he was singled out by CNN to comment on it.  "You can do what's right or you can put your head in the sand," Ruffalo tells Keith, shortly before Keith bestows the ultimate Countdown honor -- welcoming Ruffalo into the ranks of official on-air contributors.
thinkahol *

A manifesto for regime change on behalf of all humanity | Ana Sofia Suarez and Shimri Z... - 0 views

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    Inspired by protests from Tunis to New York, activists and people's assemblies have collaborated on a vision for a new global governance
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