Notes on a New Economic Model

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Scientists Turn to Alaska Over Fears Massive Fault Line Could Cause, Japanese Type Tsunami and Deaths in California and Hawaii

Scientists say a fault-line running across Alaska could cause tsunamis of the same magnitude as the Japanese disaster of March last year. Attention has turned to the Alaskan-Aleutian subduction zone, a region where one of the earth's tectonic plate, carrying the Pacific Ocean, …

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The U.S. Department of Double Standards -- In These Times

On April 21, The New York Times reported that Wal-Mart de Mexico paid $24 million in bribes to local land use officials in exchange for allowing the company to build stores in virtually every corner of the country, and to make environmental objections vanish. Although its top exe …

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U.S. News - Police video shows George Zimmerman shortly after Trayvon Martin shooting

"In the video, there are no readily visible signs of injuries to Zimmerman's head or blood on his clothes. However, he is wearing a red jacket, which could obscure blood stains. Also, at one point, an officer pauses to look at the back of Zimmerman's head, which he claims was inj …

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Subverting the Statehouse: Uncovering the Other ALECs

Taxpayer-subsidized stealth lobbyists: Lobbyists who circumvent normal lobbying regulations and procedures to advance the corporate agenda in statehouses nationwide on the taxpayer dime. If Washington DC is the new Versailles, run by corporate overlords and their lobbyist-hired  …

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Mladic, Bosnian Serb Leader, Starts War Crimes Trial

Bosnian Serb Leader Faces War Crimes Charges By MARLISE SIMONS and ALAN COWELL

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DOJ launches probe into JP Morgan Chase’s $2 billion loss | The Raw Story

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday afternoon that it will launch an investigation into JP Morgan Chase’s $2 billion derivatives trading loss, according to a law enforcement official. The official, who according to Reuters spoke on the condition of anonymity  …

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Jamie Dimon's JPMorgan Chase: Why It's the Scandal of Our Time

They're missing the point. When CEO Jamie Dimon announced that JPMorgan Chase had incurred at least $2 billion in losses from risky, unsecured, derivatives-types trading, it uncovered the scandal of our time once and for all. The Chase disaster gives us a much-needed a glimpse i …

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OpEdNews - Article: The Choice: Socialism or Fascism

The means of production now evolving will inevitably outstrip our ability to sustain an environment that can support us. Economic collapse follows ecological collapse. At the same time, current means of production will also fail to provide sufficient work to sustain incomes and e …

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