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Absent Without Leave | James Howard Kunstler
James Howard KunstlerJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust June 19, 2017 It ain’t bragging if it’s true. I’ve said repeatedly on this blog for years that the federal government would only become ...
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Facebook makes everything worse | Mickey Z.
CC0 Public Domain Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 18, 2017 Here’s how “awareness” works in 2017: Something happens. We post about. Until something else happens. We revel in the likes, shares, or ...
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He helps NYC’s homeless women — and hopes you will, too | Nikki M. Mascali
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Through his Helping Homeless Women GoFundMe page, Mickey Zezima aims to give everyday necessities to those women in need. June 14, 2017 (NY Metro) -- New Yorkers walk ...
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This Voice of Reason Rises From the Swamp | US Sen Angus King (I-ME)
U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-ME) official portrait 113th CongressSenator Angus King is the latest in a long line of thoughtful Maine lawmakers. He talked to us about the Russia probe. June 18, 2017 ...
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Play Ball! | James Howard Kunstler
James Howard KunstlerJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust June 16, 2017 Historians of the future, huddled around their goose-fat lamps in muddy woolen cloaks, may cite this as the month that ...
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Fed Raises Rates, Maintains Forecast for One More Hike | Christopher Condon
Central bank maintained outlook for one more increase in 2017 Policy makers set out details for shrinking the balance sheet June 14, 2017 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve officials forged ahead with ...
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Russian Cyber Hacks on U.S. Electoral System Far Wider Than Previously Known | Michael Riley & Jordan Robertson
Image from: money.cnn.com/2016/10/31/technology/internet-attack-election-day/index.html Attackers said to take measure of voting systems, databases A ‘red phone’ warning to the Kremlin from Obama ...
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Journalism, History and War: Sit, Type and Bleed | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 13, 2017 The typical newsroom set-up, where journalists chase after news headlines dictated by some centralized news gathering agency -- often ...
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Things To Come | James Howard Kunstler
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust June 12, 2017 As our politicos creep deeper into a legalistic wilderness hunting for phantoms of Russian collusion, nobody pays attention to the most ...
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Flag Held Hostage | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust June 11, 2017 In Barry Levinson’s 1997 satire Wag the Dog, we laugh at how the "powers that be" can manufacture a crisis to mask domestic ...
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The low-key passing of Manuel Noriega | Mickey Z.
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was a Panamanian politician and military officer, and longtime CIA agent. He was military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989, when he was removed from power by the ...
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