Retirement Nightmare: Half of Americans Have Less Than $2000 Saved
Scott Thill Alternet With declining earnings and a culture of borrow-and-consume, America’s workers face a future of uncertainty and little money to pay for their…
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Drug Companies Profiteering from Government Care, Raise Prices ONE THOUSAND Percent
Jason Lewis Daily Mail Drugs companies making everyday medicines for the NHS are facing claims of profiteering after imposing huge price rises for commonly prescribed…
China Passes U.S. as World’s Biggest Energy Consumer
Spencer Swartz Wall Street Journal China is now the world’s biggest energy consumer, knocking the U.S. off a perch it held for more than a…
China on track to aim 2,000 missiles at Taiwan — report
Arab News Reuters — TAIPEI: China will have 2,000 missiles aimed at its rival Taiwan by the end of the year, several hundred more than…
Halliburton 2Q profit jumps 83 percent
Raw Story Associated Press – Halliburton Co. says its second-quarter profit soared 83 percent as natural gas drilling activity picked up in the U.S….
Revealed: brutal guide to punishing jailed youths
Mark Townsend The Observer Shocking details of techniques used to inflict pain deliberately onchildren in privately run jails have been revealed for the first time in…
Gulf Oil Seep: Methane, Leak Suspected Near BP’s Blown Out Oil Well
Huffington Post NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press))- A federal official said Sunday that scientists are concerned about a seep and possible methane seen near BP’s busted…
Marijuana Joins the Ranks of Big Business
Lisa Leff Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – After weathering the fear of federal prosecution and competition from drug cartels, California’s medical marijuana growers see…
Undercover Police Orchestrated G20 Violence
Ghada ChehadeGlobal ResearchSmoke and MirrorsTwo weeks after the G20 protests in Toronto it is becoming more and more apparent that what many of us suspected…
Congressman Introduces Resolution to Protect Citizens Who Videotape Cops
Carlos Miller A U.S. Congressman has introduced a resolution that would protect citizens who videotape cops in public from getting arrested on state wiretapping charges….
Obama Plays Phony Populist Card: Says GOP ‘Party of the Rich’
Activist Post In Obama’s Weekly Presidential Address he slammed the Republican party for obstructing extending jobless benefits to the most needy Americans. He labeled them…
Schwarzenegger Mobilizes National Guard to the Border
Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday mobilized members of the California National Guard as part of a federal effort to deter…
Orwell’s Nightmare–Big Brother is Here
Anthony G. Martin Examiner In George Orwell’s chilling novel, 1984, the author depicts a future society in which citizens are controlled by an all-seeing, all-knowing…
The Real Unemployment Rate May Be Higher Than 22%
Pallavi Gogoi Daily Finance Raghavan Mayur, president at TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence, follows unemployment data closely. So, when his survey for May revealed that 28% of…