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On the Absurdity of Godwin’s Law – Or How it Is Interpreted by Some (Dale Tavris)
Dale Tavris -- World News Trust Nov. 20, 2010 -- The imposition of limits on thought and discussion serve the purpose of ensuring that the status quo will continue to be accepted by a critical mass ...
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Stone Age Brain, Space Age Culture (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Nov. 21, 2010 -- I was recently asked to do a short reading at Art House Astoria (where I will be leading a writing workshop or two very soon). This is what I chose to ...
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The Really Strange Story Behind Sunday's Blue Moon (Joe Rao)
A "blue moon" isn't really blue, as this artist rendering suggests. The moon can appear somewhat blue if there's been a major volcanic eruption that put tons of particles in the air, but otherwise ...
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The horrible truth starts to dawn on Europe's leaders (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard)
Nov. 16, 2010 (Telegraph) -- The entire European Project is now at risk of disintegration, with strategic and economic consequences that are very hard to predict. In a speech this morning, EU ...
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Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Had Mental Illness in 2009 (Reuters)
Nov. 19, 2010 CHICAGO (Reuters) -- More than 45 million Americans, or 20 percent of U.S. adults, had some form of mental illness last year, and 11 million had a serious illness, U.S. government ...
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The First Victory Against The Police State May Come Against The TSA (Saman Mohammadi)
Credit: Oleg Volk Nov. 19, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- There is a growing public resistance campaign across U.S. airports against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for ...
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China Has Tied Bernanke's Hands: The Least We Can Do Is Be Grateful (Mike Whitney)
Nov. 19, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Say what you will about Alan Greenspan, he was never a whiner. Unfortunately, the same can't be said about present Fed chairman Ben Bernanke. Bernanke's ...
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4 Common Myths about the War on Terrorism (Reese Erlich)
Nov. 19, 2010 (Common Dreams) -- I'm finishing up a 25-city book tour that took me from New York and Chicago to Elizabethtown, PA, and Spearfish, SD. I met with college students, farmers and ...
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The Billionaires Want More, More, More (Sen. Bernie Sanders)
Nov. 17, 2010 -- The billionaires are on the warpath. They want more, more, more. In 2007, the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States made 23.5 percent of all income – more than ...
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Americans Voted Few Incumbent Bums Out (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust Nov. 19, 2010 -- For some years a number of groups have been advocating voting out incumbents in Congress, both the House and the Senate, as a path to reform ...
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A Follow Up on My Fifth Grade Essay: Education at Gunpoint (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 18, 2010 -- I recall the first sentence of my fifth grade essay on “Education and Youth”. Written with the occasional aid of my father, and dotted with clichés, ...
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