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For Karl Rove, a Busy New Career and a Rovian Legacy view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- about 16 hours ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11...)
- Became popular about 5 hours ago
Karl Rove has inspired a generation of Republican imitators, Democratic vilifiers and, in this election, a term that has reached full-on political buzzword status: ;Rovian.
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Say Anything- Nationwide Fear can be Manipulated to Overrule Basic Common Sense and Decency... view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- about 16 hours ago
- (http://www.commondreams.org/view/...)
- Became popular about 6 hours ago
And so it has begun. The final month of the presidential race, the campaign that feels as if it commenced some time during the Coolidge administration. And as we slide into these last weeks, what we all feared is coming true. Just when you thought the bot
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Unchecked Arms Trade Fuelling Conflict, Poverty view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- about 18 hours ago
- (http://www.commondreams.org/headl...)
- Became popular about 8 hours ago
"I saw people being killed by aerial bombings and I saw villages burnt to ashes," he told IPS. "I witnessed one of the incidents when a mother was killed and her young child was trying to breastfeed on the dead mother. At that time, I was wondering about
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The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave In The Rocks? view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.sciencedaily.com/relea...)
- Became popular about 9 hours ago
What will be the lasting impression made by mankind - 100 million years hence? "From the perspective of 100 million years in the future --- a geologist's view --- the reign of humans on Earth would seem very short: we would almost certainly have died out
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On Wall Street: Let Them Hit Bottom, Let Them Go Bankrupt... view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 1 day ago
- (http://violetplanet.blogspot.com/...)
- Became popular about 12 hours ago
Rogers warned that the reliance on governments printing money would not aid a recovery and would only lead to the problem becoming worse in the future. “We’re setting the stage for when we come out of this of a massive inflation holocaust,”
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Legislative Panel - Palin Abused Authority view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/u...)
- Became popular about 16 hours ago
The investigative report concludes that a family grudge wasn't the sole reason for firing Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan but says it likely was a contributing factor. The Republican vice presidential nominee has been accused of firing a commiss
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Noam Chomsky writes that Anti-Democratic Nature of US Capitalism is Being Exposed view story
1 vote- Submitted by Wordherd
- 1 day ago
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- Became popular about 18 hours ago
Bretton Woods was the system of global financial management set up at the end of the second World War to ensure the interests of capital did not smother wider social concerns in post-war democracies. It was hated by the US neoliberals - the very people wh
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A Question of Barack Obama's Character ? Do His Past Associations Matter Today, Do McCain's ? view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
Convicted felon Tony Rezko. Unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers. And the race-baiting Rev. Jeremiah Wright. It is hard to think of any presidential candidate before Barack Obama sporting associations with three more execrable characters.
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Leading geneticist Steve Jones says human evolution is over - Times Online view story
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
Human evolution is grinding to a halt because of a shortage of older fathers in the West, according to a leading genetics expert.
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On Wall Street: Let Them Hit Bottom, Let Them Go Bankrupt... view photo
1 vote- Submitted by VioletPlanet
- 1 day ago
- (http://violetplanet.blogspot.com/...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
The reliance on governments printing money would not aid a recovery and would only lead to the problem becoming worse in the future. “We’re setting the stage for when we come out of this of a massive inflation holocaust,”
