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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing:  “All the Vice President’s Men”
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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing: “All the Vice President’s Men”

Juan Cole

Dick Cheney and the Iraq War – was it about Oil? How Cheney coarsened American politics

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Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

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The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

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NASA Scientist:  We face a Planetary Climate Emergency

NASA Scientist: We face a Planetary Climate Emergency

NASA scientist James Hansen explains that we are facing a planetary emergency and that the public is still largely unaware of how menacing it is. […]

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Tired of Bronco Bama & Mitt Romney: Sensible but Cranky Little Girl in Colorado (video)

Tired of Bronco Bama & Mitt Romney: Sensible but Cranky Little Girl in Colorado (video)

Colorado mom captures little daughter’s frustration with the length of the presidential campaign. Back story here.

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Top Five Signs of Capitalist Dictatorship in the Romney Campaign

Top Five Signs of Capitalist Dictatorship in the Romney Campaign

The mainstream media and even Democrats have been slow to call Mitt Romney’s deliberate falsehoods “lies.” But after just calling them what they are, it […]

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Bahrain King forbids Protest Rallies

Bahrain King forbids Protest Rallies

The Kingdom of Bahrain has banned all public demonstrations and rallies, in a strike against the Shiite Wifaq Party, led by cleric Ali Salman. The […]

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Syria
Syrian Regime flies 60 bombing Raids against Rebel City Quarters

Syrian Regime flies 60 bombing Raids against Rebel City Quarters

The Baath regime of Bashar al-Assad spent the final day of a supposed 4-day cease-fire on Monday intensively bombing its own cities, with fighter jets […]

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Romney Ridiculed 'Rising of Seas,' Pledged Deep cuts to FEMA (Videos)

Romney Ridiculed ‘Rising of Seas,’ Pledged Deep cuts to FEMA (Videos)

Mitt Romney makes fun of President Obama’s pledge to slow the rising of the world’s oceans, caused by climate change, and his Republican audience tittered. […]

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Top Green Energy Good News Stories in Honor of Frankenstorm

Top Green Energy Good News Stories in Honor of Frankenstorm

While storms and hurricanes are normal, Frankenstorms are not. Global climate change caused by human dumping of carbon dioxide into the air causes severe weather. […]

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US politics
A vote for Romney is a vote for Zombies: Joss Whedon of the Avengers (Video)

A vote for Romney is a vote for Zombies: Joss Whedon of the Avengers (Video)

Director and screenwriter Joss Whedon (The Avengers, The Cabin in the Woods (2012), suggests that a vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for the […]

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You, Robot:  Darpa's Robot learns to Avoid Obstacles

You, Robot: Darpa’s Robot learns to Avoid Obstacles

Darpa’s Atlas Robot learns to avoid obstacles:

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