World AIDS Day 2008

On December 1st, bloggers from around the world will unite for World AIDS Day 2008. Worldwide an estimated 33 million people are living with HIV. In the United States, an estimated one million Americans are living with HIV. Share on Facebook

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Create a Downside to Executive Pay Incentives

Opinion By Christopher Kutz, Special to the Mercury News, Nov 27, 2008 There has been much blame for the market meltdown in recent weeks on reckless bankers, brokers and investors. Huge costs to taxpayers have led to demands for reduction in executive pay. Share on Facebook

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Founding Fathers Were Not Christians

As a Christian it perplexs me about the obsession by the Religioius Right to manipulate US history to serve their own political purposes and many Americans follow these people like sheep to the slaughter without question.  Whether the founders of this nation were Christian or not, does not in one way sway my personal religious [...]

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Cheney and Gonzales indicted in South Texas County

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Nov 2008 McALLEN, Texas (AP) – Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under the outgoing prosecutor.The indictment returned Monday has not yet been [...]

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Religious Rights War on Christmas Began Centuries Ago

Bruce Wilson, The Huffington Post, Posted November 22, 2008 As journalist Frederick Clarkson observes, proclamations from Bill O’Reilly, claiming the existence of a leftist assault on Christmas, are “part of a transcendent politics of the Religious Right, and a variant of that old time McCarthism – baiting everyone with whom they disagree as advocating a [...]

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The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008

By Robert Weissman, Multinational Monitor, Nov 24, 2008, AlterNet The financial meltdown and economic crisis illustrated that corporations will destroy even themselves in search of profit. Here, presented in alphabetical order, are the 10 Worst Corporations of 2008. Share on Facebook

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How to Run a 2008 Worst Corporation

By Robert Weissman, Multinational Monitor, Nov 24, 2008, AlterNet The financial meltdown and economic crisis illustrated that corporations will destroy even themselves in search of profit.  The financial crisis first gripping Wall Street and now spreading rapidly throughout the world is, in many ways, emblematic of the worst of the corporate-dominated political and economic system [...]

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The War on the War on Christmas

The War on the War on Christmas Kicks Off With Biggest Logical Leap of the Year Jonathan Stein, MotherJones.com, 11/21/08 It’s that time of year again. From now until December 26, expect over-the-top proclamations from your favorite conservative hacks about how our inability to say the words “Merry Christmas” is a sign of this country’s [...]

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How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth

By Herve Kempf, Chelsea Green Publishing, November 22, 2008, AlterNet The following is reprinted from the new book How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth by Herve Kempf and published by Chelsea Green. Share on Facebook

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Closing Gitmo Must Be A Top Priority

By Greg Sargent – TalkingPointsMemo November 12, 2008, 10:35AM A pair of must-reads this morning do a nice job of laying out one of Obama’s top transition priorities, and the huge challenges inherent in getting it done: The closing of Guantanamo Bay. Share on Facebook

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Taxpayers Will Pay for Gonzales Private Attorney

Marisa Taylor | McClatchy Newspapers 2008 | November 18, 2008 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has agreed to pay for a private lawyer to defend former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales against allegations that he encouraged officials to inject partisan politics into the department’s hiring and firing practices.Lawyers from the Justice Department’s civil division often represent [...]

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The Subprime Good Guys

These mortgage lenders loan to poor people, strengthen communities, and are still making a profit. How do they do it? By Daniel Gross | Slate Nov. 15, 2008 Share on Facebook

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