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Sent to DS from Hakim in Afghanistan.
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December 27, 2010
In the first person voice of Abdulai, a fifteen year old Afghan boy whose father was killed by the Taliban: Continue reading
Day: December 27, 2010
Pharmaceutical Industry Fraud By Ralph Nader
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By Ralph Nader
The Nader Page
December 27. 2010
The corporate defrauding of taxpayers (eg. Medicaid and Medicare) and prescription drugs with skyrocketing prices was the subject of a report by Public Citizen’s Dr. Sidney Wolfe and his associates (see Citizen.Org).
Dr. Wolfe’s team compiled a total of 165 federal and state settlements since 1991 totaling $19.8 billion in penalties. A key finding is that the drug industry’s penalties under the Federal False Claims Act exceed even those assessed against the overcharging defense industry for fraud.
Brave New World (1980)
Note: replaced video May 30, 2015
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ronald paul on Jan 25, 2012
In a future society based on pleasure without moral worries, love is prohibited but casual sex, now called ‘engaging’, is strongly encouraged. Everyone is kept happy with a legal drug, soma. People are hatched and cloned on conveyor belts to meet the requirements of five different social classes, from ruling Alphas to robot-like Epsilons. Bernard Marx is a different Alpha male with an inclination to thinking. He and a girl called Lenina Disney go visit a reservation of ‘savages’ where they meet a handsome young man John and bring him back to ‘civilization’. Continue reading
2011: A Brave New Dystopia by Chris Hedges
by Chris Hedges
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December 27, 2010 Continue reading
Michael Hudson: World Tired of Paying Bill for US Military
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TheRealNews on Dec 27, 2010
Michael Hudson: Major countries looking for alternatives to US dollar
Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and author of Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire (1968 & 2003), Trade, Development and Foreign Debt (1992 & 2009) and of The Myth of Aid (1971). ISLET engages in research regarding domestic and international finance, national income and balance-sheet accounting with regard to real estate, and the economic history of the ancient Near East. Michael acts as an economic advisor to governments worldwide including Iceland, Latvia and China on finance and tax law.
Dear Afghanistan: A New Year’s Call for Peace
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Sent to DS from Hakim in Afghanistan.
ourjourneytosmile | December 25, 2010
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Chris Hedges Booed off the Stage as He Delivered a Graduation Speech on War and Empire (2003)
with Chris Hedges
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December 27, 2010
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May 21, 2003
New York Times Reporter, Chris Hedges was Booed off the Stage and had his Microphone Cut Twice as he Delivered a Graduation Speech on War and Empire at Rockford College in Illinois.
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