Is the Super Congress a Scam

In the months ahead, we’re going to be treated to an endless parade of process stories about the Gang of 12 “super congress” that emerged from the debt ceiling deal. Each time a staffer leaks some bit of trivia about the internal machinations of this opaque committee, the Beltway media will write a flurry of [...]

How the Wealth Gap Actually Affects You

In my report, The Economic Elite vs. the People, I reported on the strategic withholding of wealth from 99 percent of the US population over the past generation. Since the mid-1970s, worker production and wealth creation has exploded. As the statistics throughout this report prove, the dramatic increase in wealth has been almost entirely absorbed [...]

Russell Brand: Dismissing Rioters as Mindless is Futile

Russell Brand spoke with the Guardian on what may have motivated Britains to engage in this week’s violent civil unrest and looting. “I have spoken to mates in London and Manchester and they sound genuinely frightened and hopeless, and the details of their stories place this outbreak beyond the realms of any political idealism or [...]

UK Rioters may have Gov. Benefits Yanked

Should rioters lose their entitlement to benefits? At the time of writing, just short of 100,000 people who signed the e-petition calling for “any persons convicted of criminal acts during the London riots” to have “all financial benefits removed” think so. If selected by the backbench business committee, the proposal may be debated in the [...]

How To Date Like Kim Kardashian

How does a single girl in today’s dating scene maelstrom land a whirlwind courtship, a 20.5 carat engagement ring and a hunk for a fiance? By taking a page from Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries life story. The two were mere strangers in the night exchanging glances when one of Humphries’ teammates on the New [...]

Buzzards Hover Over US Entitlement Programs

As America struggles to recover from a massive financial crisis caused by frenzied unregulated banking speculation fueled by profits at the public’s expense, financiers increase their call for US lawmakers to eliminate entitlement programs, the only safety net millions of Americans have in today’s economy. Pimco’s Bill Gross opined on CNBC Monday that when adding [...]

The Real L Word Returns with Bold, Adult Appeal

Ilene Chaiken’s “The Real L Word” returns to Showtime this summer with a mostly new cast and significant creative changes. Where the original “L Word” series dazzled fans with an all star cast of beauties and a series of well-crafted scripts meant to provoke, entertain and educate, the “The Real L Word” left viewers bemused [...]

War on Drugs a Failure Says High Level International Panel

A high-level international panel has concluded the so-called “war on drugs” has failed and that governments should consider legalizing substances, including marijuana.

Dallas Mavericks Suffer Narrow Defeat

The Miami Heat won this one because somebody had to.

The Rush Is On To Carve Up Libyan Oil Rights

In reality, state dignitaries from 40 countries—including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and African Union Chairman Jean Ping—have gathered like vultures to either take part in or provide political cover for those picking over the spoils of a post-Gaddafi carve-up of Libya and Libyan oil reserves, the largest in Africa and the ninth largest in the world.

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