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The Bottom (James Kunstler)
Personally, I think a lot of good things await us, but not the ones we're expecting.
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The Joker (James Kunstler)
If the flu is the real deal, it will surely drive a stake through the faintly-beating heart of that invalid global economy, and possibly even continental-scaled economies like the United States, the ...
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Rule of Law Vetoed by President Obama (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
April 22, 2009 (World News Trust) -- There are no headlines or pontificating pundits, but the real news that has become crystal clear to any but the most delusional and distracted Americans is that ...
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Housing Bubble Smackdown: Bigger Crash Ahead | Mike Whitney
Huge "shadow inventory" Mike Whitney -- Global Research April 21, 2009 -- Due to the lifting of the foreclosure moratorium at the end of March, the downward slide in housing is gaining speed. The ...
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Note: Hope = Truth (James Kunstler)
We would be so much better off simply fixing up and reactivating the normal-speed track system that is sitting out there rusting in the rain -- and save our more grandiose visions for a later time
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The Coming Siege of Austerity (James Kunstler)
So many forces are arrayed against a return to the previous "normal" that we will be lucky, in another eighteen months, to still find ourselves speaking English and celebrating Christmas
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Strange Days (James Kunstler)
The executives of Citibank, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and a long list of hedge funds, will be found cringing in their wine-lockers behind a measly layer of privet hedge when the tattooed minions ...
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Antarctica: Collapse of the ice bridge supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf appears imminent
April 3, 2009 (European Space Agency) -- The Wilkins Ice Shelf is at risk of partly breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula as the ice bridge that connects it to Charcot and Latady Islands looks ...
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Under a Flourescent Moon (James Kunstler)
What’s going on now is nature’s way of telling you that America’s standard of living has to be reduced by something between 20 and 50 percent.
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The Corporate State Is Here -- Bill Moyers Interviews William Greider
"The corporate state is here. And I'd say, let's not argue over that. The fact is, if the Congress goes down the road I see them going down, they will institutionalize the corporate state in a way ...
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I Love a Planet with a Happy Atmosphere (Michael Greenwell)
March 24, 2009 (World News Trust) -- The newspapers and TV like natural disasters. They provide countless emotional and, on the whole, non-controversial scenes (with the exception of New Orleans as ...
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