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• Obama’s bid for fewest vetoes since Garfield is in jeopardy

  By konigludwig on January 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Seemed for a time that President Obama was in line to make a little bit of history as the president who cast the fewest vetoes of any president, including one-termers, since James A. Garfield — who had no vetoes because… Read More ›

• India and US seal nuclear deal as Modi hosts Obama

  By bluebirdsister on January 26, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  The US and India have announced a breakthrough on a pact that will allow American companies to supply India with civilian nuclear technology. It came on the first day of President Barack Obama’s visit to India. The nuclear deal had… Read More ›

• Medtronic Strategy Takes Shape After Biggest Inversion Ever

  By Ecantados on January 26, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  By Michelle Fay Cortez After pulling off the largest ever “inversion” deal structured to reduce U.S. income taxes, Medtronic Pic (MDT) is plotting another audacious move: the transformation of health-care delivery. The $42 billion purchase of Covidien Plc (COV) will… Read More ›

• Syriza’s historic win puts Greece on collision course with Europe

  By bluebirdsister on January 26, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  European politics has been plunged into a volatile new era following a historic victory in Greece’s general election by far-left radicals committed to ending years of austerity. More than five years into the euro crisis that started in Greece in… Read More ›

• RNC Turns Deaf Ear To Questions About Trip Funded by Hate Group

  By konigludwig on January 25, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  Last week, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) faxed and sent letters to every member of the Republican National Committee (RNC) regarding an upcoming trip to Jerusalem being organized by RNC Chair Reince Priebus. The letters expressed concern about the… Read More ›

• Scientists Move Doomsday Clock Closer to Apocalypse

  By konigludwig on January 23, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Citing nuclear proliferation and climate change, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Thursday set the clock to three minutes to midnight. January 22, 2015 It’s 2015, and Cold War fears of nuclear Armageddon have largely faded from public consciousness…. Read More ›

• Second crude pipeline spill in Montana wreaks havoc on Yellowstone River

  By konigludwig on January 23, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  By Nate Schweber Environmental damage from recent oil leak ranges from contaminated water supply to polluted farmland GLENDIVE, Montana — When an oil pipeline burst in July 2011 and poured 63,000 gallons of crude into the Yellowstone River 200 miles… Read More ›

• Capitalistic Oligarchy

  By Ecantados on January 22, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  or the dark side of billions of dollars: First the  Definitions: Oligarchy: noun, plural oligarchies. 1. a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few…. Read More ›

• Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel Launch Their Own Political Party

  By konigludwig on January 21, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  By Miriam Krule When it comes to Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish women, we tend to hear mostly about the terrible things that happen to them—from having to sit in the back of public buses to being banned from hosting or even… Read More ›

• Fracking Brings Ammonium and Iodide to Local Waterways

  By jward199 on January 21, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  “There are significant environmental and ecosystem impacts of current [oil and gas wastewater] disposal practices in the U.S.,” they wrote, “Regulatory action is needed to address these concerns.”

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