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Matt Taibbi on Deluded Tea Partiers, Ayn Rand and How the U.S. Is Like the Soviet Union
Seeded on Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:59 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
I wrote Griftopia really as a crime book about what happened on Wall Street in the last ten or fifteen years. But the politics are an element of the crime, and there had to be a mechanism through which they could get ordinary people to not pay attention to what was going on.
Paychecks for CEOs Climb
Seeded on Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:27 PM EST (Wall Street Journal)
The chief executives of the largest U.S. public companies enjoyed bigger paydays in their latest fiscal year, as share prices recovered and profits soared amid the country's slow emergence from recession.
At OpEdNews: The Bush Tax Cuts And The Republican Cult of Economic Failure
Seeded on Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:10 PM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)
In terms of promoting economic growth, the Bush tax cuts were a complete failure.
Corporate Hijacking of Our Elections Is Well Under Way, with Foreign Companies Chipping in to Destroy Our Democracy
Seeded on Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:50 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
"This week, an investigation by the ThinkProgress revealed that the U.S.
Ayn Rand Conservatism at Work -- Firefighters Let Family's House Burn Down Because Owner Didn't Pay $75 Fee
Seeded on Wed Oct 6, 2010 6:58 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
"Thanks to 30 years of right-wing demagoguery about the evils of "collectivism" and the perfidy of "big government" -- and a bruising recession that's devastated state and local budgets -- we're getting a peek at a dystopian nightmare that may be in our not-too-distan …
10 Major New Health Reform Benefits That Take Effect Today
Seeded on Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:49 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
"Major new health reform benefits take effect today to help keep health insurance companies accountable, lower health care costs, guarantee more health care choices, and enhance the quality of health care for all Americans."
Social Security Con Artists Are Lying About One of the Strongest Arms of the Program
Seeded on Thu Sep 23, 2010 6:37 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
" You've no doubt heard about how the Social Security Trust Fund is projected to run out of cash a few decades down the line. What you may not have heard is that it might not run out at all; in fact, it may well continue to back-stop the popular program indefinitely."
After Summers, Which Path Will the President Take?
Seeded on Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:44 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
"But if he doesn't pick an executive, who should he choose? The President could start by considering the economists who were right from the start -- about deregulation, about the housing bubble, and about the need for stimulus.
Wall Street Wrecked The Economy, Not Government
Seeded on Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:39 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
"In other words, the financial crisis is a story about regulation allowing reckless behavior, not a story about regulation encouraging reckless behavior.
Bitter Tales from the Massive White Underclass in Joe Bageant's "Redneck" Memoir
Seeded on Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:52 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
"The United States has always maintained a white underclass -- citizens whose role in the greater scheme of things has been to cushion national economic shocks through the disposability of their labor, with occasional time off to serve as bullet magnets in defense of the Empire.
How Right-Wing Billionaires and Business Propaganda Got Us into the Economic Mess of the Century
Seeded on Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:02 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
"The Great Recession that began in 2008 wiped out $13 trillion in Americans' household wealth —in home values and stocks and bonds—stoking the kind of anger we've seen from pissed off progressives and from the Tea Partiers who dominated the news in the summer of 2009."
This Country Just Can't Deal with Reality Any More
Seeded on Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:13 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
"As Election Day 2010 approaches – as the United States wallows in the swamps of war, recession and environmental degradation – the consequences of the nation's three-decade-old decoupling from reality are becoming painfully obvious."
'Young Gun' Paul Ryan Breaks With Boehner: 'We Do Not Want To Negotiate Down' On Bush Tax Cuts ~~~ AUDIO
Seeded on Mon Sep 13, 2010 6:11 PM EDT (Think Progress)
No, we are for a full, complete extension of the Bush tax cuts. We do not want to negotiate down.
I'm getting a Mac.
Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:27 PM EDT
I'm shopping for a new computer, and I'm considering getting a Mac. What should I know?
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16 Things All Good Republicans Know ....
Thu Aug 5, 2010 8:44 PM EDT
1. Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Rodham Clinton. 2. Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is Communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.
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Why Can't America Make a Good Car?
Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:53 PM EDT
In a recent article of mine, T Bourlon asked a question that has been on my mind ever since.
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How Goldman Trashed a Town
Seeded on Thu Jul 1, 2010 8:59 PM EDT (TIME)
The Treasurer of Cedar Rapids Iowa bought bonds of the Rhinebridge private investment fund on the recommendation of a Broker who was suppsed to be helping her buy a safe, short term, investment for the city.
Income Gaps Between Very Rich and Everyone Else More Than Tripled In Last Three Decades, New Data Show � Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Seeded on Sun Jun 27, 2010 10:41 PM EDT ( Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
The gaps in after-tax income between the richest 1 percent of Americans and the middle and poorest fifths of the country more than tripled between 1979 and 2007 (the period for which these data are available), according to data the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued last we …
The Huffington Post June 23, 2010
Seeded on Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:32 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)
"Josh Fox was a guest on The Daily Show Monday night, coinciding with the HBO release of his new documentary, Gasland.
Myths and falsehoods about Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination
Seeded on Mon May 10, 2010 5:55 AM EDT (Media Matters for America)
Media Matters for America has compiled and debunked myths and falsehoods about Solicitor General Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination.
UCD, Chico, UOP listed as greenest colleges in report
Seeded on Sat May 8, 2010 2:23 PM EDT (The Sacramento Bee)
It's the latest twist in American college ratings: How green is your campus?
The Big Fix (Hold on to your Wallets)
Seeded on Thu Apr 22, 2010 6:56 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)
..."Consider this another example of Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine." Not wanting to let the crisis go to waste, an elite consensus is congealing on how to bring the deficits down."
Palin Camp Rips Limbaugh, Hits His "Retard" Comment As "Crude And Demeaning"
Seeded on Thu Feb 4, 2010 8:15 PM EST ()
In the wake of Palin's demand that Rahm Emanuel be fired for saying the liberal activist strategy on health care was "f–king retarded," a bunch of people have been asking how she'd react to Limbaugh's tirade on the air yesterday.
Do You Like MSNBC Articles?
Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:06 PM EST
I want to come out right up front and say this IS NOT a hit piece on MSNBC. I like MSNBC, I use MSN as my homepage, I use hotmail as my primary email.
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Obama to hold conference on battling unemployment | Reuters
Seeded on Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:39 PM EST (Reuters)
"We have an obligation to consider every additional responsible step that we can to encourage and accelerate job creation in this country," Obama told reporters before departing for Japan, the first stop on his trip. With unemployment at 10.2 percent in October, a 26-1/2 year hi …
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So, here we are. President Obama. He has some time in the job, he has done a few things to upset some and make others very happy. The man, regardless of prior experience, was elected to the office of President of the United States. I did not vote for him, …
Restrictions Could Keep Five Million Traditionally Democratic Voters From The Polls In 2012Restrictive voting laws in states across the country could affect up to five million voters from traditionally Democratic demographics in 2012, according to a new report by the Brennan Center.
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Restrictions Could Keep Five Million Traditionally Democratic Voters From The Polls In 2012
Restrictions Could Keep Five Million Traditionally Democratic Voters From The Polls In 2012
Restrictions Could Keep Five Million Traditionally Democratic Voters From The Polls In 2012
Restrictions Could Keep Five Million Traditionally Democratic Voters From The Polls In 2012
Restrictions Could Keep Five Million Traditionally Democratic Voters From The Polls In 2012
Restrictions Could Keep Five Million Traditionally Democratic Voters From The Polls In 2012
Restrictions Could Keep Five Million Traditionally Democratic Voters From The Polls In 2012
Restrictions Could Keep Five Million Traditionally Democratic Voters From The Polls In 2012
Restrictions Could Keep Five Million Traditionally Democratic Voters From The Polls In 2012
Restrictions Could Keep Five Million Traditionally Democratic Voters From The Polls In 2012