Published on Saturday, January 16, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Privatization Profiteering by Ralph Nader Whenever Frank Anderson speaks the way he did at a recent public forum in Washington, D.C. about “essential state functions performed by businesses,” people better listen. Mr. Anderson is the president of the Middle East Policy Council, but previously he was the [...]
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Privatization Profiteering
January 16, 2010Global Cooling? Tell It to the Jellyfish
January 16, 2010Published on Saturday, January 16, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Global Cooling? Tell It to the Jellyfish by Michael Winship There are certain newspaper headlines that catch your eye and stop you in your tracks. Like the New York Post‘s famous “Headless Body in Topless Bar.” Or such tabloid greats as “Evil Cows Ate My Garden,” “Double [...]
Haiti: Up to 200,000 Feared Dead
January 16, 2010Published on Saturday, January 16, 2010 by Al-Jazeera-English Haiti: Up to 200,000 Feared Dead Up to 200,000 people are feared dead as a result of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that has destroyed much of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, officials in the Caribbean country say. About 40,000 bodies have already been buried in mass graves. If the casualty figures are accurate, Tuesday’s [...]
Papantonio: The Fearful Fringe
January 15, 2010Papantonio: The Fearful Fringe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgv1bWgiFbQ I know as Catholics we are taught that we will not know the day or the hour that Jesus comes again. Many times the so called Christians who say they know the exact time of Jesus’s return are wrong. We have so called Christians like this Harold person and Pat [...]
Arctic Permafrost Leaking Methane at Record Levels, Figures Show
January 15, 2010Published on Friday, January 15, 2010 by The Guardian/UK Arctic Permafrost Leaking Methane at Record Levels, Figures Show Experts say methane emissions from the Arctic have risen by almost one-third in just five years, and that sharply rising temperatures are to blame by David Adam Scientists have recorded a massive spike in the amount of [...]
System Failure
January 15, 2010Published on Friday, January 15, 2010 by The Nation System Failure by Christopher Hayes There is a widespread consensus that the decade we’ve just brought to a close was singularly disastrous for the country: the list of scandals, crises and crimes is so long that events that in another context would stand out as genuine [...]
Haiti Streets Blocked With Corpses as Quake Death Toll Mounts
January 15, 2010I have been praying for the people in Hati who are suffering. When I see the pictures on tv it just breaks my heart. Published on Friday, January 15, 2010 by the Herald Scotland Haiti Streets Blocked With Corpses as Quake Death Toll Mounts Thousands of people injured in Haiti’s massive earthquake spent a third [...]
Street Heat and Foreign Policy: Can Progressives Yet Create a Movement?
January 13, 2010Published on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 by Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF) Street Heat and Foreign Policy: Can Progressives Yet Create a Movement? by John Feffer Without sufficient street-heat, according to the new conventional wisdom, President Obama is not going to implement progressive policies. His health care package reeks of insurance company influence. His bailouts [...]
Papantonio: Yaz is Killing People
January 12, 2010Papantonio: Yaz is Killing People http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlWAxLBPVf4&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYNTODeeY68&feature=channel Very important for women to listen to.
10 Biggest Wall Street Lies of 2009
January 12, 201010 Biggest Wall Street Lies of 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF5XGxHwYpo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFAdRK4a5zw&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xls5Hd-sbyE&NR=1 Excellent Interview!!!!
