Obama’s Only Friend Left?
Obama’s circle of friends shrinks. But “interesting” banker Robert Wolf remains. 99 percent, meet the One Percent, and their man with the president.
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Obama’s circle of friends shrinks. But “interesting” banker Robert Wolf remains. 99 percent, meet the One Percent, and their man with the president.
New Year’s resolutions should not be a drag. Adopting a few new practices and attitudes can and should be deeply satisfying.
Context rearranger video: Christian clerics beat each other with sticks on Christmas while Palestinian police try and stop it
Iowa is a waste of time (sorry, Iowa friends, nothing personal.) It’s typical of distractions that fill our bandwidth and keep us from focusing on what really matters.
How evil is Monsanto? Let this farmer tell his stunning story….
Is the US preparing the public for war with Iran? You bet.
In early 2009, at the height of the housing disaster, economists from a regional Federal Reserve Bank proposed something eminently reasonable: the government could and should provide direct aid to homeowners rather than to the reckless banks. They were ignored. Now is a good time to look at these ideas.
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The New York Times is all over Romney. There’s precious little digging or deep analysis, but a lot of superficial stuff that adds up to this: The establishment is a-ok with this guy, and you should be too.
A number of curious security breaches have dogged Obama. Are these simply bizarre, random events, or is someone sending someone a message? There’s a military thread running through it all, and we’d be prudent to take a closer look.
We never did get resolution on the scandal that brought down a contender for the French presidency. Here are some further elements worth exploring.