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Josh Kilbourn: Chris Hedges on The Real Debate

Chris Hedges’ latest. Thank You for Standing Up Chris Hedges truthdig, 23 January 2012 EXTRACT: Turn off your televisions. Ignore the Newt-Mitt-Rick-Barack reality show. It is as relevant to your life as the gossip on “Jersey Shore.” The real debate, the debate raised by the Occupy movement about inequality, corporate malfeasance, the destruction of the …

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Tom Friedman: Four Things Wanted from a Winning President

American Voters: Still Up for Grabs By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN New York Times, January 21, 2012 A Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Friday found that two-thirds of Americans would consider voting for a third-party presidential candidate, while 48 percent definitely wanted a third party in the race. Now what does that tell you? It …

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Chuck Spinney: Mike Lofgren on Taxation Reality, Media Ills

How the media enable the Republican tax agenda By Mike Lofgren, Nieman Watchdog, Commentary, January 18, 2012 Mike Lofgren, the former Republican congressional staffer who recently decried the descent of the GOP into lunacy, blames the press for not holding politicians accountable for their budgetary flimflam in the service of the rich. The result: A …

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Worth a Look: The People’s Money – How Voters Will Balance the Budget and Eliminate the Federal Debt

PART ONE: The Political Class 1.  What the Political Class Thinks Voters Think 2.  How the Political Class Deceives PART TWO: How Voters Would Spend the People’s Money 3.  How Voters Would Fix Defense 4.  How Voters Would Fix Social Security 5.  How Voters would Fix Medicate and Health Care 6.  How Voters Would Fix …

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Mini-Me: Kissinger to China on to Russia: Jeb Bush Will Be Next President, Out of Deadlocked Convention

Kissinger vows to China: “Jeb Bush Will Be Next President” Sorcha Faal WhatDoesThisMean.com, 18 January 2012 A shocking report prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Prime Minister Putin on the just completed meeting between China’s Vice Premier Li Keqiang and former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger states that the Chinese were told …

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