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Bend Over....

bend over imagesAccording to the upcoming New York Times Magazine, during the time of the tough negotiations over executive compensation headed by pay czar Kenneth Feinberg, Wall Street had an ally - in both the Treasury Department and the New York Federal Reserve.

Sen Jim DeMint - Terrorists or Unions?

tsa union imagesThe TSA - which keeps us safe from airplane bombers - is without a director.  Why would one of our most vital security agencies be headless?  Well, it's actually quite simple.

Limousine Conservatives at it Again....

wealthy man imagesRepublican Sen. Jim DeMint has used the attempted attack on a airplane bound for Detroit to go after working-class Americans.

The Holiday Gift This Country Needs...

gift imagesThe gift our country needs this Holiday season is an economy that serves us instead of us just serving those who own or control most of the economy.

A fix or the End of All Life?

global warming imagesFormer technology officer for Microsoft Nathan Myhrvold thinks that he has found a cheap and reliable way to solve global warming.

The Good. The Bad. And the Very Very Ugly.

the good bad and imagesThe Good. Al Franken for wielding the gavel on Liebermann.

Get Screwed! by Thom Hartmann

mad as hell imagesJoin the drawing  for a free copy of Screwed:The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class -- And What We Can Do About It.

Healthcare: First They Came For The Banksters

banking imagesWith apologies to Pastor Niemöller:

First they came for the banksters, and showered them with money and put them in the Administration in a way that was not change we could believe in.

Corporaterrorists on the Prowl.....in Congress

lieberman 2 imagesSenate Democrats on Monday evening dropped the plan to include the Medicare to 55 expansion, winning the support of Joe Lieberman and the acquiescence of liberals, in another major step toward building enough support to pass a health-care corporaterrorist giv

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