Listening to: The Album Leaf

Public Revolt Builds Against Rip-off Rescue Plans
by Naomi Klein, The Nation, February 5, 2009

Watching the crowds in Iceland banging pots and pans until their government fell reminded me of a chant popular in anti-capitalist circles back in 2002: "You are Enron. We are Argentina."

Its message was simple enough. You- ( Read more... )

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Reposted from: euro|topics 26/01/2009

Jornal de Notícias - Portugal
Rafael Barbosa on irresponsible demands to consume
In the daily Jornal de Notícias columnist Rafael Barbosa calls it irresponsible to ask people to consume in answer to the economic crisis: "The contradictions you see today are astonishing. One day we hear ( Read more... )

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Thanks for the post that led me to this,
lookforthewoman ...

Reposted from: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-06/forgotten-bush-scandals/

In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, George H.W. Bush congratulated his son on running a “clean operation." Bush apparently ( Read more... )

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http://valleywag.gawker.com/5124184/the-russian-bear-slashes-a-social-network

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Reposted from: http://www.thestar.com/living/article/555539
by Antonia Zerbisias, Dec 19, 2008 04:30 AM

Exactly 40 years after the women's demonstrations that spawned the derisive label "bra-burners" - although no undergarments were set afire - we've come a long way, baby.

Trouble is, our shoes are higher-heeled ( Read more... )