Good evening, friends. Here’s a quick round-up of earthling happenings tonite: Obama’s sent his jobs plan to Congress. The $467-billion proposal includes cutting back on deductions for individuals earning at least $200,000 a year, or for families earning $250,000 or more. In other news, 50 exoplanets have been found. A…
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The Russian Government has given the green light to build a transcontinental railway linking Siberia with North America. Traversing the Beiring Strait, it would be the world’s longest tunnel. The $65 billion project would aim to provide raw goods to North America while “developing a robust renewable energy transmission corridor…
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Restrictions on the free movement of labor are more costly than any other existing limits on freedom. (6)
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Obama administration officials are pressuring New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to settle with banks over unlawful foreclosure practices. Doing so would inhibit Schneiderman and top prosecutors in other states from prosecuting illegal activity, including the bundling of securitized mortgages, which precipitated the unabated foreclosure crisis. (1)
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Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering The Truth explores the role that the United States and its allies, Rwanda and Uganda, have played in triggering the greatest humanitarian crisis at the dawn of the 21st century. (6)
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Eighty-two year-old Mary Lee Ward has a temporary reprieve for now. Ms. Ward, who is African-American and a victim of a subprime predatory loan, was threatened with eviction from the Brooklyn home she lived in for four decades. An eviction defense blockade took place yesterday in front of her home.…
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The United States is not absolved from its role in creating crisis in East Africa. Absent from the conversation is the ongoing U.S. domination of the region along with U.S. complicity with corruption and warfare. Interestingly, the United States-funded Famine Early Warning Systems (FEWS) alerted the “international community” at least…
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From the NY Times: The Justice Department is investigating whether the nation’s largest credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis, according to two people interviewed by the government and another briefed on such interviews. The investigation…
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