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America in Decline: Why Germans Think We're Insane
Seeded on Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:19 AM EST (Newsvine)
The European Union has a larger economy and more people than America does. Though it spends less -- right around 9 percent of GNP on medical, whereas we in the U.S.
Reagan insider: GOP destroyed economy Paul B. Farrell - MarketWatch
Seeded on Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:56 PM EDT (MarketWatch.com)
Get it? Not "destroying." The GOP has already "destroyed" the U.S. economy, setting up an "American Apocalypse. Yes, Stockman is equally damning of the Democrats' Keynesian policies.
5 Reasons You Should Be Scared of Apple | Cracked.com
Seeded on Tue Apr 6, 2010 10:24 PM EDT (CRACKED.com)
Let's just say it: Nobody has changed the way we interact with technology like Apple has over the last 10 years.
The Economic Elite Have Engineered an Extraordinary Coup, Threatening the Very Existence of the Middle Class | Economy | AlterNet
Seeded on Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:12 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
The economic elite have robbed us all. The amount of suffering in the United States of America is literally a crime against humanity. February 15, 2010
Pope wades into UK gay clergy battle - CNN.com
Seeded on Tue Feb 2, 2010 10:41 AM EST (CNN)
A furor has erupted in Britain over comments by the pope seen as critical of a new law the Roman Catholic church fears will force it to accept homosexuals into its ranks.
Rightwing lawlessness revealed, again
Seeded on Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:39 PM EST (The Nation)
Here's a bizarre trait a friend of mine likes to point out about America's privileged class: The accusations too many of its denizens hurl down at poorer, usually darker people say more about themselves than anything else.
European court: No crucifixes in Italian schools - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 1:28 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
ROME – Europe's court of human rights said Tuesday the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms, prompting an angry reaction from the Catholic Church and government officials in Rome.
Pope decries Czech communist-era persecution - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:11 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
PRAGUE – Pope Benedict XVI criticized the communist era's fierce religious persecution Saturday as he began a three-day pilgrimage to the Czech Republic, and urged the heavily secular nation to rediscover its Christian roots.
The Gaggle : Joe Wilson's Dirty Health-Care Secret
Seeded on Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:54 AM EDT (Newsweek)
Poor Joe Wilson. The conservative Republican representative from South Carolina stepped in it Wednesday night when he broke with centuries of decorum by screaming, "You lie!" at President Obama during his health-care speech to a joint session of Congress. Cut the man some slack.
The elusive search for the sufficiently innocent criminal. - By Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine
Seeded on Tue Sep 8, 2009 12:42 PM EDT (Slate)
For years, death-penalty opponents and supporters have been on what now looks to be an ethical snipe hunt.
On Africa trip, pope says condoms won't solve AIDS
Seeded on Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:11 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Pope Benedict XVI said on his way to Africa Tuesday that condoms were not the answer in the continent's fight against HIV, his first explicit statement on an issue that has divided even clergy working with AIDS patients.
The Colbert Report Word: The Audacity of Nope | Video Cafe
Seeded on Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:18 PM EST (Crooks and Liars)
One of the funnier Word segments I've seen from Stephen in a while now. He rips up the House Republicans for voting against the stimulus bill in a way only he can.
Obama's Team Signals It's Taking the Taxpayer Ripoff Route to Saving Our Financial System | Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace | AlterNet
Seeded on Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:09 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
Old-fashioned voodoo economics — the belief in tax-cut magic — has been banished from civilized discourse. The supply-side cult has shrunk to the point that it contains only cranks, charlatans, and Republicans.
Spirituality Spot Found in Brain - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:48 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
What makes us feel spiritual? It could be the quieting of a small area in our brains, a new study suggests.
Good heavens: Vatican rehabilitating Galileo - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:17 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
etching of astronomer Galileo Galilei. Galileo is going from heretic … VATICAN CITY – Galileo Galilei is going from heretic to hero.
Bush e-mails may be secret a bit longer - Washington Post- msnbc.com
Seeded on Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:15 AM EST (msnbc.com)
The required transfer in four weeks of all of the Bush White House's electronic mail messages and documents to the National Archives has been imperiled by a combination of technical glitches, lawsuits and lagging computer forensic work, according to government officials, historia …
They killed their neighbors: genocide's foot soldiers
Seeded on Thu Dec 4, 2008 8:36 PM EST (CNN)
Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot, Slobodan Milosevic. They are household names, infamous for masterminding genocide. But who were the foot soldiers who did the dirty work? Recently discovered photos show Nazi officers relaxing at a retreat near Auschwitz.
Threat of Punishment Works, Study Suggests
Seeded on Thu Dec 4, 2008 3:12 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
The threat of punishment actually does stamp out freeloaders, tending to transform them into rule-following members of a society, a new study suggests.
Just Say No to Drug Czars
Seeded on Tue Dec 2, 2008 2:18 AM EST (MotherJones.com)
Just Say No to Drug Czars
Vancouver's Radical Approach to Drugs: Let Junkies Be Junkies
Seeded on Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:35 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
Welcome to North America's only officially sanctioned "supervised injection site." The facility sits in the heart of Vancouver's Downtown East Side, 10 square blocks that compose one of the poorest neighborhoods in all of Canada.
Sun sets on US power: end of dominance
Seeded on Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:35 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
At the same time, the US will become "less dominant" in the world – no longer the unrivalled superpower it has been since the end of the Cold War, but a "first among equals" in a more fluid and evenly balanced world, making the unilateralism of the Bush era no longer tenable.
Why We Shouldn't Save GM
Seeded on Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:16 AM EST (The Nation)
They have been steadily losing money for a generation. Their predicament has nothing to do with today's credit crunch or the stock market crash. It has to do with their being incorrigible foul-ups.
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