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Hometown: Norcross, GA
Interests: America's Future Now, Clean coal, renewable energy, Solar power
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The benefits of a nuclear Iran

By Aetius Romulous
From atimes.com
November 23rd, 2009

atimes.com — This is not a headline you would ever see in the mainstream US press and I wish to make it clear that the benefits of nuclear technology for any purpose other than short term energy security in the face of declining world oil production are in my opinion questionable.

Out of left field, a smorgasboard of geopolitical bones of contention.

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China is Unhappy with Spy Label

By Steven Capozzola
November 23, 2009

The Associated Press reports that China has criticized last week's U.S.-China Commission (USCC) report for asserting that Chinese spies are aggressively stealing U.S. secrets. more »

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California: A Civilisation In Decline

By Shane Goldmacher
From latimes.com
November 19th, 2009

latimes.com — "There is no more to cut from our schools," California Teachers Assn. President David Sanchez said Tuesday. "There is no more meat on this bone. . . . The next step is amputation."

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Dramatic Rise in Pesticide Use on GM Crops Due to the new Resistant Weeds

From truefoodnow.org
November 18th, 2009

truefoodnow.org — Geneticaly modified nightmare on its way.

Based upon data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), report author Dr. Charles Benbrook presents compelling evidence linking the increase in pesticide use on GE, “herbicide-tolerant” (HT) crops to the emergence and spread of herbicide-resistant weeds.

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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs -- Finally

By Robert Borosage
November 18, 2009

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gets it. No wonder she drives the wingnuts batty.

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Welcome home, war

From atimes.com
November 17th, 2009

atimes.com — In his approach to National Security Agency surveillance, as well as Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) renditions, drone assassinations, and military detention, President Barack Obama has to a surprising extent embraced the expanded executive powers championed by his conservative predecessor, George W Bush.

This bipartisan affirmation of the imperial executive could "reverberate for generations", warns Jack Balkin, a specialist on First Amendment freedoms at Yale Law School. "...these (are) but some of the early fruits from the hybrid seeds that the "war on terror" has planted on American soil. Yet surprisingly few Americans seem aware of the toll that this already endless war has taken on our civil liberties... "

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The Global Oil Scam: 50 Times Bigger than Madoff

By Philip Davis
From seekingalpha.com
November 15th, 2009

seekingalpha.com — "Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), BP (BP), Total (TOT), Shell (RDS.A), Deutsche Bank (DB) and Societe Generale (SCGLY.PK) founded the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in 2000. ICE is an online commodities and futures marketplace."

ICE Round trip trades "nothing more than a massive fraud, pure and simple."

Where is the SEC?

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Lining up at Midnight at Wal-Mart to buy Food

From mybudget360.com
November 15th, 2009

mybudget360.com — "On the one hand, you have the financial sector swimming in their bailout-induced profits like a modern day Scrooge Mcduck. In their circles, it appears as if the recession is over. On the other hand, you have average Americans seeing access to credit cards shut down, equity in their homes vanishing"

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Is Mexico the “New” China?

By Keith Fitz-Gerald
From moneymorning.com
November 13th, 2009

moneymorning.com — You have to smile.

China has started exporting its jobs to Mexico and this report goes into just the right level of detail to explain the phenomenon that is the flow of global capital.

Ours is not to reason why
Ours is but to shop and buy

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How the US army protects its trucks – by paying the Taliban

From guardian.co.uk
November 12th, 2009

guardian.co.uk — Catch 22? The loony tune corporate approach to war.

"Insurance, security or extortion? The US is spending millions of dollars in Afghanistan to ensure its supply convoys get through – and it's the Taliban who profit"

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