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Webバージョン  |  アップデート設定  |  登録解除 いいね ツイート 転送 http://endofsecrets.blogspot.com If Sandy Doesn't Destroy Obama's Climate Cowardice, What Will? Posted by jon on 2 November, 2012 Damian Carrington Could the backing of Barack Obama by the mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg be "the most important news story of all time"? read more Run the New York Marathon, Now? That's a Terrible Idea Posted by jon on 2 November, 2012 Heidi Moore read more Beyond the Jobs Report: A Call for a Transformational Economy Posted by jon on 2 November, 2012 Karen Dolan Don't count on the latest round of good economic news to have much of an impact on the elections. There are very few undecided voters left and these minor changes aren't likely to change anyone's mind. read more Avoiding Post-Sandy Disaster Capitalism: On Rebuilding the Right Way Posted by jon on 2 November, 2012 Laura Barrett (Photo By Mike Groll)All around America, we've watched the devastation of Hurricane Sandy with a sense of shock and heartbreak. For millions of people who suffered from the storm, some of the hardest questions seem to be about the simplest things. When will the power be back? How do I get to work? When will I be able to send my kids to school? read more America's Nuclear Safety Under Scrutiny after Oyster Creek's Sandy Alert Posted by jon on 2 November, 2012 Richard Schiffman We know the bad news about superstorm Sandy: the Jersey shore was devastated and many towns remain waterlogged. read more Joseph Stiglitz: “Romney’s Plan is Based on Magic” Posted by jon on 2 November, 2012 Andrew Leonard Joseph Stiglitz has a decent résumé. He won the Nobel Prize in economics and served as chairman of Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers before being named chief economist of the World Bank. His C.V. , however, pales before his passionate commitment to pushing for economic policies that help the poor and powerless — inside and out of the United States. read more Romney's Extremist Foreign Policy Posted by jon on 2 November, 2012 Amitabh Pal Which Mitt Romney will we see on foreign policy, if he’s elected? The slightly right of center cautious international consensus builder? Or the reckless neocon sock puppet? These questions have been nagging me for the past couple of months, but I think I’ve found the answer. read more Challenging the ‘Disposition Matrix’ and Its Ever-Expanding Kill List Posted by jon on 2 November, 2012 Ken Butigan Last week The Washington Post published a three-part series on the U.S. government’s dramatic increase in targeted killing, and the steps being taken to institutionalize extra-judicial assassination as standard operating procedure far into the future. “Targeted killing is now so routine that the Obama administration has spent much of the past year codifying and streamlining the processes that sustain it,” the series reports. read more Romney Declines as Obama Answers Poverty Questions Posted by jon on 2 November, 2012 Greg Kaufmann Three months ago, anticipating that the media and presidential campaigns wouldn’t focus on the struggles of the poor and near poor in a substantive way, TheNation.com kicked off a new campaign: “#TalkPoverty: Questions for Obama and Romney.” read more Waiting for Obama, Democrats Will Lose the House of Representatives Posted by jon on 2 November, 2012 Ralph Nader Will the Congressional Democrats recover the House of Representatives from the clutches of the cruelest, most corporately monetized, anti-people Republican Party since 1858? (see the House Democratic Caucus report) Amazingly, the answer, less than a week before the election, is no, according to veteran House Democrats, pollsters and the Washington D.C. punditry. read more 登録変更 | 登録解除

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