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- I continue to focus on divestment from the worst of the banks as a clear way we can all fight against the right wing control of the American economy. The more people who "move their money" the ...2 comments 1 Recs
- Two weeks ago, I wrote a diary about Nebraska State Senator Colby Coash's $500/person fundraising reception featuring Ted Nugent scheduled for May 10 at the Omaha Hilton. That was at the very ...4 comments 4 Recs
- In Thursday's New York Times... [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/nyregion/warrant-squads-spied-on-wall-st-protesters-suspects-say.html Accusations That Police Tried to Spy on Wall St. Protesters]9 comments 6 Recs
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- Right now the Minnesota Legislature is considering a measure for a new Minnesota Vikings football stadium financed in part by public funds. This is very controversial and a lot of people are dead ...1 comments 0 Recs
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- I guess I'm lucky to have lived 62 years before having a close friend die. I lost my father when I was young, and over the years all my grandparents, aunts and uncles. The day I said goodbye to my ...5 comments 1 Recs
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- "The Scream" painting by Edvard Munch was sold for nearly $120 million to an anonymous buyer Wednesday at Sotheby's in New York. Was the buyer perhaps one of the Koch brothers? I ask because when I ...3 comments 0 Recs
- Faculty Union in California votes to authorize a strike. Would be the first system wide strike in state history. California State University faculty voted to approved a measure to give their union ...5 comments 16 Recs
- Give a man control of the nation's money supply and he cares not who makes the laws. Who sits both on the NY Fed's Board of Directors and is the CEO of its biggest shareholder ? His bank's bets ...5 comments 9 Recs
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- There is indeed a war on women, it's real, it's relentless, and it's everywhere . It has even infested superhero comic books, of all bizarre things. The superhero books were already notorious for ...6 comments 7 Recs
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- No, not Mitt Romney. Tornadoes. In France. Along with 30 degree heat over much of Europe, including a record high of 84 F in Moscow. A rare EF-1 tornado with 73 - 112 mph winds (117 - 180 kph) hit ...3 comments 8 Recs