Link: The Cancer Lobby
Great NY Times article on one example why we need government regulation: The Cancer Lobby
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Barack Obama's grand, ravaging bargain
“In exchange for ravaging the most popular and successful programs Democrats have ever produced, and for a vital chunk of nearly every American’s retirement savings, Barack Obama’s grand bargain would have meant accepting an...
On the myth that both sides are equally at fault
From FAIR‘s Ted Koppel’s Terrible Media Criticism: Â KOPPEL: The bifurcation is really extreme. I mean, the left is further left and the right is further right. MAHER: The left is not further left. The...
Tide for Mormons: The detergent made just for Mormons and their magic underwear
Published on Sep 28, 2012 by EdwardCurrent The detergent made just for Mormons and their magic underwear. With special Purity Crystalsâ„¢
$1.6 trillion of military spending per year
including $400 billion in interest payments on debt from prior wars. Where do 53% of your Tax dollars go? To fund the most enormous war machine the world has ever known. Our defense budget...
Ann Romney concerned about her husband's mental well-being
“I think, umm, my biggest concern obviously would just be for the — ummm– his emotional well-being. I have all the confidence in the world in his ability, in his decisiveness, in his leadership...
The commons: the case of cars and public transportation
Someone from France told me she found it incredible that many American streets lack sidewalks. Here many communities are built for cars, not people. This is especially true of suburbs, where pedestrian traffic is...
How the rich avoid taxes: Class Warfare
“One corporation paid $26,000 a year to maintain a post office box in Bermuda as its legal headquarters. That little trick saved them $40 million in corporate taxes…Â If you raise these issues you...
Town Hall Seattle: Gar Alperovitz: America Beyond Capitalism
Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 7:30 – 9:00pm Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5. Activist and economist Gar Alperovitz offers a diagnosis of what ails America, and prescribes what Noam Chomsky calls “concrete and...