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Living with War

Living with War

Listen to Neil Young’s new album, Living with War. Visit the blog. Don’t need no ad machine Telling me what I need Don’t need no Madison Avenue War Don’t need no more boxes I can see Covered in flags but I can’t see them on TV Don’t need no more lies Don’t need no more lies Don’t need no more lies Click on the track title for the lyrics in ticker formet at the official website, or here for the…

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USA’s National Debt

USA’s National Debt

Interesting to see it from another point of view: this one from the front page of the leading Russian paper (and website) Pravda. The USA’s National Debt Clock can’t keep up with Bush’s spending – Pravda.Ru Front page / World / Americas 30.03.2006 The USA’s national debt is increasing by $2.43 billion everyday. People expect the state debt to top the ten trillion dollar mark in the next few years. A special huge electronic display in New York which shows…

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Liar Liar – What more proof?

Liar Liar – What more proof?

Yesterday I wrote a very long and detailed post on the Plame leak situation. It had quotations and it had links. It had the whole history, the timeline, and it had several compelling points. Just as I was about to publish it, a site in another window crashed my browser. Bummer. I have really got to start writing these things offline. I’m just too disheartened to reconstruct the whole blasted thing. Since you can easily look up everything to do…

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Hiding Monetary Policy Now?

Hiding Monetary Policy Now?

It has been standard modus operandi of this administration that when it doesn’t like the facts, it stops the flow of information. Here’s yet another example. We all know that the government prints money, and regulates the amount it prints to help control some factors of our economy. Whatever your theories or ideas might be about the Federal Reserve, this is public information. We deserve to know. A number called M3 exposes the full extent of the Federal Reserve money…

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American Idiots

American Idiots

It is an extraordinary time. We borrow money from other countries so that rich people don’t have to pay taxes. We borrow money from other countries and let private corporations steal it. And somehow, the American people seem to be all right with that.