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Monthly Archives: September 2011
The company you keep
This all comes from David Atkins at Hullabaloo: Top death penalty nations, in order of executions carried out in 2010: 1. China 2. Iran 3. North Korea 4. Yemen 5. USA 6. Saudi Arabia 7. Libya 8. Syria 9. Bangladesh … Continue reading
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Shock Doctrine in your mail box
From Democracy Now For months, Americans have heard dire warnings about the impending collapse of the United States Postal Service due to fiscal insolvency and a drop in the use of mail service. In early September, the U.S. Postmaster General … Continue reading
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2nd American Civil War
From Mother Jones If the GOP is hoping to start a 2nd American civil war, this would be one way to do it: Republican state legislators in Pennsylvania are pushing a scheme that, if GOPers in other states follow their … Continue reading
Stumbling upon stumbling blocks
“The reason we don’t have beautiful new airports and efficient bullet trains is not that we have inadvertently stumbled upon stumbling blocks; it’s that there are considerable numbers of Americans for whom these things are simply symbols of a feared … Continue reading
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