Blogs and Submissions
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Rising Debt May Cause Sun to Set on U.S. Economy: Chart of Day (David Wilson)
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- As an economic power, the U.S. may go the way of the British Empire because of the government’s increasing debt burden, according to Richard A. Posner, an economist and federa ...
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Congress to end poverty by requiring all americans to become wealthy or face fines (Democratic Underground)
Sept. 16, 20009 (Democratic Underground) -- Hey, if it makes sense to solve the problem of uninsured americans that way, why not use it for other problems? Solve the unemployment problem by forcing t ...
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Household Worth in U.S. Rose by $2 Trillion in Second Quarter (Bob Willis)
Share | Email | Print | A A A By Bob Willis Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Household wealth in the U.S. increased by $2 trillion in the second quarter, bringing an end to the biggest slump on record. Net wo ...
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World’s Oceans Were Warmest on Record in June Through August (Jim Efstathiou Jr.)
Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The average world ocean temperature from June through August was the warmest since 1880 for any Northern Hemisphere summer, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra ...
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Black Swan Author: ‘We still have the same diseas'e (Margaret Wente)
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Shannon Stapleton/Reuters On anniversary of Lehman collapse, author of The Black Swan can say 'I told you so' Share with friends Close Email Please enter a valid e-mail address ...
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The Economist Launches First-Ever Global Public Debt Clock (Greg Ip)
THE ECONOMIST LAUNCHES FIRST EVER GLOBAL PUBLIC DEBT CLOCK ITEMIZING THE BIGGEST BILL IN HISTORY - $35 TRILLION New York, NY-- The Economist has launched the Global Public Debt Clock, an interactive ...
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'Give me a rocket launcher....' (Jim Miles)
Jim Miles www.jim.secretcove.ca/index.Publications.html "Give me a rocket launcher….” A Canadian polling company, the Angus Reid Global Monitor, indicates that the majority of the world’s citizens ex ...
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Perpetual Grief over September 11th (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 15, 2009 -- The anniversary of the infamous tragedy of 9/11, 2001, and the subsequent ramifications indeed induce, throughout the world, a plethora of feelings ...
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Stop Begging Obama to Be Obama and Get Mad (Chris Hedges)
Posted on Sep 14, 2009 AP Photo / Charles Dharapak President Obama is mobbed after delivering his major health care address to Congress. Obama has promised to deliver millions of new customers to ins ...
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Court to Probe Afghan War Crimes (BBC News)
Sept. 10, 2009 (BBC News) -- The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he is gathering information about possible war crimes in Afghanistan. A U.S Marine from Delta Company ...
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Oil Majors Propping up Myanmar Regime: Rights Group (Agence France Presse)
Sept. 10, 2009 -- BANGKOK (Agence France Presse) -- Energy giants Total and Chevron are propping up Myanmar's junta with a gas project that has allowed the regime to stash nearly five billion dollars ...
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