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    Vulture Capitalism Is About "Values?"

    MAY 17, 2012 9:37AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: public schools, bain capital, steve jobs, egalitarianism, class warfare, income redistribution, limited government, social democracy, jonathan chait, finance reform, financial crisis, credit default swap, masters of the universe, democracy, 99% and 1%, commercialism, too big to fail, oligarchy, robber barons, socialism, entrepreneurialism, bill gates, new deal, egalitarianism, jeff jacoby, thomas friedman, american enterprise institute, arthur brooks, free market, supply-side economics, capitalism, american exceptionalism, freedom, financial reform, wall street, jamie dimon, jpmorgan, economics, politics

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    Bloomberry by J. Jacobson

    MAY 12, 2012 3:23PM

    By ja2


    Topics: philadelphia, financial crisis, entrepreneur, business, fiction

    • 3 Ratings
    • 441 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Thanks to Republicans, Moms Must Work

    APRIL 13, 2012 12:47PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, republican party, mitt romney, ann romney, scott walker, feminism, women's rights, gender gap, income gap, middle class wages, working mothers, eric fehrnstrom, hilary rosen, president obama, war on moms, corporate profits, financial crisis, pro-life, equal pay for equal work

    • 0 Ratings
    • 75 Views
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    The Ethical Planetarian

    APRIL 11, 2012 11:55AM

    By Amaterasu Solar


    Topics: open call, occupy, nwo, action, philosophy, overunity, power, solution, planet, weird, big brother, zeitgeist, world news, world, war, tyranny, technology, sustainable agriculture, sustainability, space, society, slavery, ron paul, random, protest, privacy rights, political, pollution, politica, physics, peace, organic farming, oil, not news, news and politics, news, national news, national security, meltdown, markets, legal, justice, jobs, infrastructure, information, internet, hypocrisy, humanitarian, humanity, human rights, homeless, history, health care reform, happiness, globalization, global, global warming, freedom of speech, future, food sovereignty, financial crisis, financial, finance, federal reserve, farming, government, entropy, awareness, ecology, freedom, energy, governance, homeland security, activism, business, food, law, science, economy, health, earth and science, tech, petition

    • 0 Ratings
    • 154 Views
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    The End of Entropy:

    APRIL 4, 2012 10:01PM

    By Amaterasu Solar


    Topics: occupy, nwo, action, philosophy, overunity, power, solution, planet, weird, big brother, zeitgeist, world news, world, war, tyranny, technology, sustainable agriculture, sustainability, space, society, slavery, ron paul, random, protest, privacy rights, political, pollution, politica, physics, peace, organic farming, oil, not news, news and politics, news, national news, national security, meltdown, markets, legal, justice, jobs, infrastructure, information, internet, hypocrisy, humanitarian, humanity, human rights, homeless, history, health care reform, happiness, globalization, global, global warming, freedom of speech, future, food sovereignty, financial crisis, financial, finance, federal reserve, farming, government, entropy, awareness, ecology, freedom, energy, governance, homeland security, activism, business, food, law, science, economy, health, earth and science, tech, petition

    • 0 Ratings
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    Money is Not Needed in Energy Abundance

    APRIL 4, 2012 8:37PM

    By Amaterasu Solar


    Topics: entropy, government, farming, federal reserve, finance, financial, financial crisis, food sovereignty, future, freedom of speech, global warming, global, globalization, happiness, health care reform, history, homeless, human rights, humanity, humanitarian, hypocrisy, internet, information, infrastructure, jobs, justice, legal, markets, meltdown, national security, national news, news, news and politics, not news, oil, organic farming, peace, physics, politica, pollution, political, privacy rights, protest, random, ron paul, slavery, society, space, sustainability, sustainable agriculture, technology, tyranny, war, world, world news, zeitgeist, big brother, weird, planet, solution, power, overunity, philosophy, action, nwo, occupy, petition, tech, earth and science, health, economy, science, law, food, business, activism, homeland security, governance, energy, freedom, ecology, awareness

    • 2 Ratings
    • 265 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Keynesians are Clueless

    MARCH 25, 2012 12:32PM

    By Kenn Jacobine


    Topics: financial crisis, inflation, austrian school of economics, paul krugman

    • 0 Ratings
    • 177 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Obama Conundrum: Is Accepting Super PAC Money Hypocrisy?

    FEBRUARY 10, 2012 5:37AM

    By Michael Russnow


    Topics: news, television, politics, business, gay marriage, cpac, banks, financial crisis, economy, liberals, conservatives, health care reform, mitt romney 2012, financial crisis, environment, gay rights, democratic party, republican party, congress, elections 2012, super pac money, marquess of queensberry, joe lieberman, ben nelson, supreme court, tea party, fox news, abc, cbs, msnbc, nbc, cnn, anderson cooper, the house of representatives, the senate, democrats, newt gingrich, rick santorum, mitt romney, sheldon adelson, swift boat veterans for truth, george w. bush, 2012 presidential campaign, barack obama, john kerry, ram productions international, michael russnow

    • 2 Ratings
    • 448 Views
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    "Food Stamps" Bigotry Feeds GOP Anti-government agenda

    JANUARY 20, 2012 10:02AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: wall street, capitalism, manifest destiny, mexican american war, james polk, abraham lincoln, john c. calhoun, fox news, tea party, roger ailes, glenn beck, financial crisis, president obama, global warming, koch brothers, confederate flag, south carolina, southern strategy, racism, republican party, right wing, newt gingrich, food stamps, economics, politics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 541 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Washington Should Follow Laissez-Faire

    NOVEMBER 29, 2011 11:26AM

    By Kenn Jacobine


    Topics: henry hazlitt, financial crisis, fannie mae, freddie mac, federal reserve

    • 1 Ratings
    • 425 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Mob Calling The Shots In GOP

    NOVEMBER 19, 2011 3:17PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: know-nothing, anti-intellectualism, ronald reagan, rush limbaugh, william buckley, paul begala, kathleen parker, financial crisis, oligarchy, wall street, evolution, science, religious right, republican party, tea party, populism, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 237 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Americans waking to takeover of country by money

    NOVEMBER 18, 2011 1:50PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: financial reform, us senate, elizabeth warren, scott brown, bill o'reilly, tea party, occupy wall street, republican party, oligarchy, financial crisis, politics, economics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 373 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Conservatives Ignore Wall Street Corruption

    NOVEMBER 16, 2011 12:19PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: corruption, financial crisis, obama, bain capital, mitt romney, right wing, conservatives, republican party, tea party, occupy wall street, wall street, economics, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 395 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    What does our inability to solve problems say about us?

    NOVEMBER 9, 2011 11:10AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: religious right, christian nation, rachel maddow, fox news, conservatism, liberalism, religion, ideology, right wing, bankers, wall street, principle reduction, mortgages, financial crisis, republican party, economics, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 469 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Economic Meltdown: It's a Guy Thing

    NOVEMBER 8, 2011 12:55PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politisc, economics, financial crisis, wall street, iceland, michael lewis, banks, men, independence party, machismo

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 1524 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    Discovering Aegina

    NOVEMBER 4, 2011 9:02AM

    By Algis Kemezys


    Topics: paleohora, saint nektarious, greece, travel, belief/religion, design, environment, family, health, photography, politics, greece, news, financial crisis, greek bankruptcy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 124 Views
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    Pointless Camping by Arnold Jansen op de Haar

    OCTOBER 19, 2011 3:42PM

    By Bernadette Jansen op de Haar


    Topics: literature, banks, financial crisis, economy, flash-mobs, occupy protests, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 423 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Conservatism: Please Let Financiers Exploit Us!

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 2:01PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: friedmanites, friedmanism, milton friedman, keynesian economics, keynes, gordon hilgers, euro, greek economic default, credit default swaps, predatory mortgage lending, mortgage crisis, commodified debt obligations, hedge funds, a.i.g., j.p. morgan-chase, wall street, financial crisis, 2008 financial crisis, gordon hilgers, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, dick armey, freedomworks, occupy wall street, top one percent income earners, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party express, tea party, liberals, liberalism, democratic party, barack obama, eric cantor, mitch mcconnell, john boehner, goldman sachs, republican party, conservatives, conservatism

    • 0 Ratings
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    The Evils of Money

    SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 2:05PM

    By Bretigne


    Topics: money, financial crisis, austrian economics, boom, bust, austrian business cycle theory, occupy wall street, banks, bankster

    • 2 Ratings
    • 314 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    The Occupation of Wall Street

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 1:33AM

    By John Galt


    Topics: wall st., financial crisis, stock market, economy, poverty, occupywallst.org

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