Edited Stories
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Is This Country Crazy? Inquiring Minds Elsewhere Want to Know | Ann Jones
Preface by Tom Engelhardt One of the grimmer small events of recent American life occurred just as 2014 was ending. A mother had her two-year-old toddler perched in a shopping cart at an Idaho ...
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TOON: Huckabee Wholesome | Gregory Crawford
Gregory Crawford -- World News Trust Jan. 24, 2015 "Huckabee Wholesome." Editorial cartoon by Gregory Crawford. © World News Trust 2015 TOON: Huckabee Wholesome by Gregory Crawford is licensed under ...
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The Banality Of 'American Sniper' | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 24, 2015 All the “controversy” surrounding Clint Eastwood’s latest dose of propaganda -- American Sniper -- appears to ignore how ...
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Draghi Commits to Trillion-Euro QE Plan in Deflation Fight | Jeff Black and Simon Kennedy
European Union flag. Credit: Yanni Koutsomitis (Flickr)Jan. 22, 1015 (Bloomberg) -- Mario Draghi led the European Central Bank into a new era with an historic pledge to buy government bonds as part ...
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Lessons that Hollande Failed to Learn from W. Bush’s Plunders | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Jan. 21, 2015 Francois Hollande is not a popular president. No matter how hard the "socialist" leader tries to impress, there never seems to be a solid ...
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The Mariner's Rule | John Michael Greer
John Michael GreerJan. 21, 2015 (Archdruid Report) -- One of the things my readers ask me most often, in response to this blog’s exploration of the ongoing decline and impending fall of modern ...
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NASA Releases Images of 1st Notable Solar Flare of 2015 | Karen C. Fox
Jan. 13, 2015 (NASA) -- The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 11:24 p.m. EST on Jan. 12, 2015. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of ...
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Street Smarts, Ecocide, and the Pope’s Mother | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 21, 2015 “If says something bad about my mother, he can expect a punch. It’s to be expected.” - Pope Francis I grew up in Astoria, Queens, ...
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Barack, Ya Coulda Been A Contender!! | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Jan. 20, 2015 Ok, Barack, from one Brooklyn guy to one Chicago guy, let’s talk straight and pull no punches. I don’t care how nice of a guy ...
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IMF Lowers Global Growth Forecast by Most in Three Years | Andrew Mayeda
Jan. 20, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- The IMF made the steepest cut to its global-growth outlook in three years, with diminished expectations almost everywhere except the U.S. more than offsetting the boost ...
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Richest 1 Percent To Have More Than Rest of Humanity Combined | Jon Queally
New Oxfam report shows the scale of global inequality is 'simply staggering' (Graphic: Oxfam International) Jan. 19, 2015 (Common Dreams) -- In less than two years, if current trends continued ...
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