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Crossposted on Tikkun Daily. By Elizabeth Cunningham “Life is no fairytale,” people say, meaning there is a dearth of happy endings. But that last traditional line “and then they lived happily ever after” is not what the story is about. In most fairytales there are terrible perils and ordeals. Th

Cancelling the Currency is Necessary _ Financial Speculation Run Amock What is to stop U.S. banks and their customers from creating $1 trillion, $10 trillion or even $50 trillion on their computer keyboards to buy up all the bonds and stocks in the world, along with all the land and other assets for

A report released today by the RAND Drug Policy Research Center undercuts the longstanding federal government claim that Mexican drug gangs are reaping the bulk of their profits from the exportation of marijuana to the United States. States RAND, “The claim that 60 percent of Mexican drug traffickin

There are plenty of reasons why the foreclosure fraud crisis sweeping the nation’s housing market is an economic disaster. Banks are charging borrowers illegal fees, kicking the wrong people out of their homes and even hiring thugs to illegally break into houses. But the fundamental scam is much wor

I’ve long since believed that the American Family Association lacks a moral foundation and now a new article has justified this. From Sarah Posner of Religious Dispatches comes accusations of former employees who attests to the not-so Christian attitude of the so-called pro-family group and a lot

I love this.  I came across an article on Alternet wondering how/why the ENTIRE republican party has written off “Global Warming” completely. For some time there has been substantial evidence on both sides of the argument to keep me on the fence about the issue.  Then it happened.  The “Climate Chan

I hear Mother Jones calling. The deadbeat coal barons still need to be called out. Today is Coal Miner’s Day — or used to be: October 12th marks the day a small band of striking coal miners in southern Illinois called out Chicago coal barons and stood their ground at Virden in 1898. By [...]

No good deed shall go unpunished…  I was always under the impression that when you give to the world, the world will give back to you.  I must have missed a page in that story somewhere, but it seemed that this was how it should be.  Karma would always be repaid and hardship would always be [...]