Bloggers Must Pay $300 Privilege Tax in Philly
Got a blog that makes no money? The city wants $300, thank you very much. Valerie Rubinski Philadelphia City Paper For the past three years,…
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Globalized Business Cares Little About Left or Right
Chrystia Freeland Reuters Here’s the good news about China’s emergence as the world’s second largest economy — US business has figured it out. And here’s…
“No Evidence Needed” — Surge in Britons exported for trial
The number of people in Britain seized under the controversial “no-evidence-needed” European Arrest Warrant rose by more than 50 per cent last year, figures obtained…
Are We Witnessing the Death of Our Planet?
Howard Beale Activist Post It seems that we are witnessing the death of our planet right before our very eyes. The extreme weather, Gulf oil disaster…
America Won the Cold War But Now Is Turning Into the USSR, Gerald Celente Says
Aaron Task Yahoo Finance There’s a lot of talk these days about America being an empire in decline. Gerald Celente, director of the Trends Research Institute,…
How to be a Hobo
Brett & Kate McKay Am I the only boy who secretly dreamed of becoming a hobo? Riding the rails, traveling across the country, and carrying…
How Governments Abuse Our Patriotism
David Redick Activist Post We hear talk during Federal election campaigns about which candidates are the most patriotic, as demonstrated by words and lapel pins….
Failure Of Obama’s Pet ShoreBank Costs Taxpayers $368 Million, Which Immediately Goes To Goldman Sachs Among Others
Tyler Durden Zero Hedge After a lengthy attempt to bail out his pet bank, ShoreBank Chicago, Illinois, which included several alleged armtwisting episodes by the…
Why the Wars Can’t be Won
Prof. John Kozy Global Research Edmund Burke’s statement, “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it” is frequently cited, but in truth, even…
NOAA’s Supposed Peer Reviewers: We Never Reviewed the Report
Kate Sheppard Mother Jones The federal government is facing mounting criticism over the oil budget report released on August 4 that has been characterized as painting an overly rosy picture…
Dust Bowl Haunts Wheat Farmers
Kirk Johnson NY Times Wheat got a bad rap in the 1930s, and has been faulted in environmental retrospectives ever since as the crop that…
5 Health Foods to Avoid
Dr. Mercola What do you usually have for breakfast? Eggs, toast and orange juice sounds pretty good, no? If this is your idea of a…
Grim future for young workers in ‘pensioner ghettos’
Emma Simon The Telegraph Photo: ALAMY Rural areas, particularly in the South West of England, will be the worst affected by a significant increase in…
New guidelines could rule out many oil claims
Curt Anderson Associated Press A flower shop in Florida that saw a drop-off in weddings this summer is probably out of luck. So is a restaurant in Idaho that had to…