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System Justification Theory -- PsychWiki
(PsychWiki) -- System Justification Theory (SJT) is a theory of social psychology that postulates that people are motivated to bolster, defend, and justify the status quo – that is, the prevailing ...
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Economy Alone Fails to Explain Turkey’s Success (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 23, 2004 -- Many commentators today are basing the success of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the June 12 elections largely on its ability to ...
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Why the revolution must start in America (Chris Hedges)
Tyler Hicks / Redux / The New York Times Audio version read by George Atherton – Right-click to download June 16, 2011 (AdBusters) -- The unrest in the Middle East, the convulsions in Ivory Coast, ...
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U.S. Markets Not Vulnerable to Big Drop, Barclays’ Kantor Says (Suzanne Woolley)
June 23, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks aren’t likely to see price declines similar to those during the financial crisis of 2008, said Larry Kantor, head of research for Barclays Capital. Markets ...
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The Curse of the Crocodile: Russia's Deadly Designer Drug (Simon Shuster)
June 20, 2011 -- CHICHEVO, Russia (Time.com) -- The new arrivals at the drug rehab center in Chichevo, a tiny village that is a two hours' drive east of Moscow, are usually given two weeks without ...
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US Lawmakers to introduce bill to legalize marijuana (Luis Robayo)
June 22, 2011 (AFP) -- A group of U.S. representatives plan to introduce legislation that will legalize marijuana and allow states to legislate its use, pro-marijuana groups said Wednesday. The ...
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Fed to Maintain Stimulus as Bond Buying Ends (Craig Torres and Jeannine Aversa)
June 22, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve officials decided to keep the central bank’s balance sheet at a record to spur the slowing economy after completing $600 billion of bond purchases this ...
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Climate of Denial: Can Science and the Truth Withstand the Merchants of Poison? (Al Gore)
WCW's Bill Goldberg, a former NFL linebacker, puts the hurt on an opponent. June 22, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- The first time I remember hearing the question "is it real?" was when I went as a young ...
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Apple's Pre-Emptive Strike Against Free Speech (Tim Karr)
June 22, 2011 (Save the Internet) -- So you think you control your smartphone? Think again. Late last week reports uncovered a plan by Apple, manufacturer of the iPhone, to patent technology that ...
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Deus ex Machina: Will economic collapse save us from climate catastrophe? (Dan Allen)
June 17, 2011 (Energy Bulletin) -- “I don’t think the American public has gripped in its gut what could happen.... We’re looking at a scenario where there’s no more agriculture in California.” ...
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Summer Solstice Starts with Solar Storm (Tariq Malik)
This image taken by the sun-watching SOHO observatory. CREDIT: SOHO/NASA/ESA June 21, 2011 (SPACE.com) -- The sun unleashed a powerful solar flare and eruption Tuesday (June 21) just in time for ...
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