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Published February 11, 2009 by The Huffington Post -- www.huffingtonpost.com
A Bold Proposal for a New Economy
by John Cavanagh
The free market guru Milton Friedman understood what so many progressives do not: that crises create opportunities for radical change. Naomi Klein called this the "Shock Doctrine." One of Friedman's opportunities was the brutal 1973 coup in Chile, which opened the door for the market-opening fundamentalism that Ronald Reagan and Maggie Thatcher then pushed around the world in the 1980s.
Today, the global and U.S. financial meltdowns offer such an opportunity for progressives. A progressive shock doctrine.
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Published February 6, 2009 by AlterNet -- www.alternet.org
Happy Birthday Ronald Reagan (Thanks for Ruining America)
By William Kleinknecht
Reagan rolled back a century of progressive advances. And now we're seeing the results of his terrible policies more clearly than ever.
Ronald Reagan's 98th birthday is being celebrated today at a time that should be a cause for soul searching among his admirers. The conservative revolution that Reagan unleashed upon the nation and much of the world lay in ashes, and Washington is embarking on a new epoch of government intervention to eradicate the excesses of free-market purism. One would expect liberals to be out in the streets looking for statues of the Gipper to topple from their pedestals.
But nothing of the kind is happening. While George W. Bush is now the bane even of many conservatives, a Marine Corps contingent will lay a wreath at Reagan's gravesite safe in the knowledge that much of the nation holds his memory in a warm embrace.
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Published December 21, 2008 by The Telegraph -- www.telegraph.co.uk
General George S. Patton was assassinated to silence his criticism of allied war leaders claims new book
George S. Patton, America's greatest combat general of the Second World War, was assassinated after the conflict with the connivance of US leaders, according to a new book.
By Tim Shipman in Washington
The newly unearthed diaries of a colourful assassin for the wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the CIA, reveal that American spy chiefs wanted Patton dead because he was threatening to expose allied collusion with the Russians that cost American lives.
The death of General Patton in December 1945, is one of the enduring mysteries of the war era. Although he had suffered serious injuries in a car crash in Manheim, he was thought to be recovering and was on the verge of flying home.
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Posted by Virge on Monday, December 22 @ 12:09:10 CST (227 reads)
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Published December 16, 2008 by the Times Online -- www.timesonline.com
Cheeta going ape in the Hollywood jungle
Tarzan's sidekick Cheeta is alive and well and spitting blood about his fellow stars in his autobiography
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Damian Barr
The standard caveats issued before any A-list interview do not usually include the warning: “Don't come close. He's got the strength of five men. He'll go for the fingers, then the testicles.” No, it's not Russell Crowe on a bender or Mel Gibson in a manic moment. This star has worked, and partied, with Marlene Dietrich, Charlie Chaplin and Katharine Hepburn, to name-drop just a few. He's Hollywood royalty. He's also naked.
Enter Cheeta the chimpanzee, the furry sidekick to Johnny Weissmuller in 12 Tarzan movies. I gasp. This is no capering cutesy little ape. He stands more than 4ft tall and his head is huge. Grey hair covers his knowing face. “I shave him as part of our bonding,” says Dan Westfall, handing Cheeta one of the bananas I have brought.
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Posted by Virge on Monday, December 15 @ 15:31:58 CST (205 reads)
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Snuggle Up with a Good Book
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Published December 11 / 14, 2008 by CounterPunch -- www.counterpunch.com
Antidotes to Plunder
A Holiday Reading List
By RALPH NADER
It's time for that Holiday reading period and here are some deserving but little publicized recommendations:
1. Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Spectre of Inverted Totalitarianism by Sheldon S. Wolin (Princeton Univ. Press, 2008). Princeton Professor emeritus Wolin examines how the pathology of concentrated corporate power and its control of government is shattering our democratic institutions and traditions. Brings the abstractions down to the hard earth of reality.
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Posted by Virge on Sunday, December 14 @ 10:54:25 CST (210 reads)
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Published December 4, 2008 by Inter Press Service North America -- www.ipsnorthamerica.net
Cloak-and-Dagger, Inc.
Pratap Chatterjee
VANCOUVER, Canada, 4 Dec (IPS) - When Barack Obama visits the Virginia headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in the not-too-distant future, he might want to scan the room to see how many of them sport green badges, the telltale sign that they are contractors and not federal employees.
At the dozen or so other intelligence agencies scattered around the Washington area, like the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Pennsylvania Avenue or the Maryland-based National Security Agency, he is likely to find quite a number are from the private sector.
A recent federal survey identified some 37,000 private employees in the intelligence sector who work side-by-side with civil servants as analysts, technology specialists and mission managers. About a quarter of this number are involved in the cloak-and-dagger activities of intelligence collection and operations. Indeed, well over half of the 66 billion dollars spent on intelligence in the United States is believed to go to private military contractors that range from the very well known Boeing and Lockheed to much more obscure companies like Anteon, LPA and Verint Systems.
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Posted by Virge on Saturday, December 06 @ 10:04:52 CST (185 reads)
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Why We Keep Making the Same Mistakes
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Published July 7, 2008 by CommonDreams.org
Learning From Past Disasters, Preventing Future Ones
Foreword to Flirting With Disaster: Why Accidents Are Rarely Accidental
by Daniel Ellsberg
I have participated in several major organizational catastrophes. The most well known of them is the Vietnam War. I was aware on my first visit to Vietnam in 1961 that the situation there — a failing neocolonial regime we had installed as a successor to French rule — was a sure loser in which we should not become further involved. Yet a few years later, I found myself participating as a high-level staffer in a policy process that lied both the public and Congress into a war that, unbeknownst to me at the time, experts inside the government accurately predicted would lead to catastrophe.
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Posted by virge on Tuesday, July 08 @ 10:03:11 CDT (399 reads)
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Ed Note: I received this email which I believe you guys should read as well. Use it in good health and God Bless ...
Morty
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Hi Jim
In this week's issue of Metamorphosis we included Guy Finley's article "Break Through the Illusion of Limitation," drawn from his brilliant new book: "The Essential Laws of Fearless Living." What was barely mentioned though is that something big is happening today, and I knew that you wouldn't want to miss out...
Today, June 11, author Guy Finley has gathered together 108 leading writers and experts, to show you new ways to lift your life to breathtaking heights. You can go here now to find out what's going on:
http://www.EssentialLaws.org/special/CD435/
Guy has written an earth-shaking new book that is being simultaneously released today in 142 countries. It's called "The Essential Laws of Fearless Living." But this isn't just another book launch. As you may know, my philosophy is that love is the fundamental root of all emotion, motivation, creativity, indeed our very selves... and fear is in the shadows where love is not shone. Fearless living is the way to freedom and Guy Finley is a great teacher of this. His book is so important, and Guy is so well respected by his peers, that 108 other authors and experts are joining in to help spread the word...
If you're interested in solving the great inner-mysteries of our time -- and enjoying more success, more love, and less stress in the process -- this is your chance to learn EXACTLY how, and get over 100 free bonus gifts to boot.
Just go here now for all the details. You've got literally nothing to lose, and everything to gain...
http://www.EssentialLaws.org/special/CD435/
All best wishes for a fearless life,
Peter Shepherd
Tools for Transformation
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Posted by morty on Tuesday, June 10 @ 05:41:41 CDT (355 reads)
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Published January 25, 2008 by CommonDreams.org
Fastest Growing Corporate Crime in America
by Russell Mokhiber
What’s the fastest growing corporate crime in America?
Corruption? No.
Pollution? No.
Market manipulation? No.
Securities fraud? No.
Give up?
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Posted by virge on Friday, January 25 @ 17:22:48 CST (451 reads)
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Rescuing Sprite ... a MUST Read
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Since Mark Levin wrote his book, "Rescuing Sprite,"many people have come forward and out of the closet with their unique 'problem.' Me too. Mark Levin, no matter his politics, is a rather nasty sounding Talk Radio Conservative who one would never believe by listening to his rants, has one hell of a sensitive emotional system when it comes to HIS problem.
What's the problem?
We who love our doggies, salute each other. See, to love a doggy or any pet, one must be an emotional sort or fail miserably at having such a wonderful friend in his or her home. I have my little French Bulldog, Pepe.
Mark's little guy was adopted from a shelter. Yours (if'n you are one of us) is probably just a mutt. Doesn't matter. But one thing I can tell you, Pepe is the one and only thing I can think of which the French made just right.
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Posted by morty on Monday, December 03 @ 15:56:33 CST (517 reads)
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