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U.S. Housing Starts Fell to Record Low in January (Courtney Schlisserman)
Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. builders broke ground in January on the fewest houses on record as a lack of credit and plunging sales exacerbated the worst real-estate slump since the Great Depression.
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REPORT:14,000 Americans Lose Health Insurance Every Day (Igor Volsky)
The final stimulus package, which the President is scheduled to sign later this afternoon, includes a fair number of health provisions. Yet it’s not a total victory for progressive health advocates. ...
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Stocks Decline, Led by Citigroup, GM; Gold, Treasuries Gain (Sarah Jones)
Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks slumped from Tokyo to London and New York as growing signs of a deepening recession sent the MSCI World Index lower for a sixth day. Gold climbed to a seven- month ...
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Mmmm...Good Writing (T. Scheisskopf)
Sometimes, one finds oneself stumbling around the web in a fugue-like state. Sometimes, that stumble can be most productive.
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Our Panarchic Future (Thomas Homer-Dixon)
A theory that explains the evolution of ecosystems may apply to civilizations as well-and it says we're approaching a critical phase.
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Attack of the Killer Robots (Eric Stoner)
The Pentagon’s dream of a techno army is doomed to fail.
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Catastrophic Fall in 2009 Global Food Production (Eric deCarbonnel)
Feb. 9, 2009 (The Market Oracle) -- The world is heading for a drop in agricultural production of 20 to 40 percent, depending on the severity and length of the current global droughts.
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Bad News From America’s Top Spy (Chris Hedges)
Feb. 16, 2009 (TruthDig) -- We have a remarkable ability to create our own monsters.
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Beginning Of Phase 5 Of The Total Systemic Crisis (LEAP/E2020)
The phase of world geopolitical dislocation
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Hamburgers are the Hummers of Food in Global Warming: Scientists (Agence France Presse)
Feb . 16, 2009 -- CHICAGO (AFP) -- When it comes to global warming, hamburgers are the Hummers of food, scientists say.
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President's Day (James Kunstler)
Feb. 16, 2009 -- A creepy feeling ushers in President's Day this year as the suspicion grows that nobody in charge of anything knows what what to do next.
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