Flying the Flag; Faking the News | by: John Pilger, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed | Friday 03 September 2010 Edward Bernays, the American nephew of Sigmund Freud, is said to have invented modern propaganda. During the First World War, he was one of a group of influential liberals who mounted [...]
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THE BIG SHORT – HOW WALL STREET DESTROYED MAIN STREET
Post by JimQ | TheBurningPlatform.com in Economy | Posted on 10th May 2010 Day after day, bankers have been paraded before Congressional committees regarding their role in the financial crisis which brought the financial system to the edge of the abyss on September 18,2008. Every one has claimed that they were not responsible in any [...]
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Those Bricks Barrick Gold Dropped on Publishers
The huge mining corporation’s legal actions against two small book presses — what do they say about our democracy? By Philip Resnick | TheTyee.ca | April 21, 2010 Barrick Gold is a giant in the world of Canadian mining corporations, and its founder and chair, Peter Munk, has revelled in media attention for his philanthropy. [...]
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A Weak Constitution?
POSTED BY ROGER VALDEZ | Sightline Daily – SPECIAL SERIES: GAME CHANGERS #07 | April 05, 2010 Solving big problems might mean giving up some cherished myths. Now that the health care proposal has been approved by Congress and signed into law, some people are feeling pretty happy I suppose. Much of the angst and [...]
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who needs terrorists when you’ve got the GOP Senators crippling government (since Bush, Cheney and Gang are no longer there to lead the charge) and Wall Street now backing them
Senate Republicans made a persuasive case for abolishing or reforming the filibuster on Tuesday night when they blocked a routine nomination to the National Labor Relations Board that had been held up since April. Read on: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/09/carl-levin-filibuster-cou_n_455814.html