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| The Same Bush League | |
| Editorial animations by Zina Saunders: http://www.zinasaunders.com / This is the latest in her series of weekly animations on the Mother Jones website: http://motherjones.com/authors/zina-saunders/archive // Words and lyrics (written and performed by me): It\\\\\\\'s deja vu all over again It\\\\\\\'s the same Bush lie about (quote) tax and spend. It\\\\\\\'s the same Bush anger and the same Bush hate With the same Bush pals that they won\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t regulate It\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s the same Bush League who made our houses go bust It\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s the same Bush League who turned our savings into dust It\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s the same Bush League who took our jobs away It\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s the same Bush League who want the poor to pay It\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s the same Bush League who sent us off to war The same Bush League that we had before It\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s d?j? vu all over again The same Bush League that seems to never end | |
| Date: 12 November 2010 - Added by: Guest | |
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| Auto-Tune the News: Sanity Song | |
| Date: 12 November 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
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| US income gap widens | |
| AlJazeeraEnglish | 12 November 2010 As the G20 leaders grapple with government debt problems, trade tensions and strains over currencies, the gap between rich and poor in the world is getting wider. In the United States, the world\\\'s largest national economy, the unemployment rate remains stuck at 10 per cent. But while many people are struggling to find work, the high-income earners have increased their share of the country\\\'s wealth. Al Jazeera\\\'s Tom Ackerman reports from Washington DC, on how the rich are still getting richer, and the poor are falling further behind them. | |
| Date: 12 November 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
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| F. William Engdahl on G20: The System is Broken | |
| RussiaToday | 12 November 2010 The G20 has agreed to work to prevent currency wars, which could threaten global trade growth. b The summit in Seoul was overshadowed by tensions between the U.S. and major exporters China and Germany. The countries have been accusing each other of manipulating currency rates. | |
| Date: 12 November 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Global Supply Chains: Child Slaves, Blood Minerals (for your cellphone) and Making Global Labor Fair | |
| TEDtalksDirector | 11 November 2010 http://www.ted.com Labor activist Auret van Heerden talks about the next frontier of workers\\\\\\\' rights -- globalized industries where no single national body can keep workers safe and protected. How can we keep our global supply chains honest? Van Heerden makes the business case for fair labor. | |
| Date: 12 November 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Anti-American Manifesto: Time for Revolution? | |
| Political cartoonist Ted Rall appeared on the Dylan Ratigan Show on MSNBC to discuss his new book and the need for revolutionary change in America. While he did note violence is the last resort, it is one that he believes will ultimately become a part of the American DNA. | |
| Date: 12 November 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Whistleblowers Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson Respond to Bush's Book | |
| 11-08-2010 - Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson respond to George W Bush\'s new book on MSNBC Last Word | |
| Date: 11 November 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Haiti Cholera Outbreak Reaches Port-au-Prince, U.S. Congress Continues to Block Release of Aid Funds | |
| Democracy Now! 11 November 2010 In Haiti, a cholera outbreak has reached the capital Port-au-Prince, where more than a million people are still homeless and living in crowded tent cities following January\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s deadly earthquake. Meanwhile in Washington, Congress has put up another obstacle to delivering the $1.15 billion dollars in reconstruction money it promised to Haiti back in March. Democracy Now! speaks with Jonathan Katz, Haiti correspondent for the Associated Press and Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat. | |
| Date: 11 November 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Forensics help fight illegal wildlife trade | |
| AlJazeeraEnglish | 11 November 2010 The illegal trade in wildlife is worth billions of dollars and fighting it is a full-time job. When investigators around the world need evidence analysed, they turn to the Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in the US. Al Jazeera\\\\\\\'s David Mercer visited the facility in Oregon to see how the lab is stopping crimes against nature. | |
| Date: 11 November 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Heartbreak near Florida border: Massive amounts of submerged oil on beaches | |
| OilFlorida | 09 November 2010 Beach Impact: New Tar Washes Up In Orange Beach, WKRG, November 08, 2010: A heartbreaking discovery in Orange Beach over the weekend...significant amounts of tar balls and tar patties washed up just east of Gulf State Park. Some of the junk was the size of hamburgers. Locals and tourists made the disgusting discovery while during their morning beach walks and jogs. Last week\\\'s weather system could be to blame. Heavy surf pushed up massive amounts of submerged and sub-surface oil and pushed it up on several beaches. | |
| Date: 11 November 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 767 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 4 | |