This week, it was revealed that retail giant Walmart and H&M took capitalist greed to a new level by slashing and burning what they could not sell. For these pillars of capitalism, instead of taking unsold items to sample sales or donating them to people in need (and there are many, especially in these...
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Tags: Borders Bookstore, Capitalism, Coats, Compassion, Cop, Cotton Balls, Developing Countries, Discard and Destroy, Economic Times, Garments, Good Measure, Greed, H&M, Instep, Jordan Marsh, Macy's, Mary Jane, Patent Leather, Pillars, Poverty, Sam Goody, School Shoes, Trash Bags, Unused Merchandise, Wal Mart, Walmart, Warm Socks
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“We will not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values that we cherish as Americans, because great and proud nations don’t hunker down and hide behind walls of suspicion and mistrust. That is exactly what our adversaries want, and so long as I am president, we will...
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Tags: American Fighter Jets, Barack Obama, Ineptitude, Intelligence Agencies, Intelligence Report, National Security, Siege Mentality
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For all intent and purpose, it is safe to say that as long as Obama is president, he can rule out any contributions from most of the leadership of the Republican Party. I will actually go further and say it right now, that the Republican Party and its supporters are Fifth Columnist who are...
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Tags: Current Administration, Espionage, Fifth Columnist, Leadership, Master Puppeteers, National Borders, National Security Implications, Republican Opposition, Republican Party, Right Wing, Sabotage
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Did you hear about the American soldier who got thrown in jail because she missed her deployment plane to go save families and people in other countries? Yes, she got jailed because she could not find someone to take care of her ten-month old son and missed the plane! While she was being asked...
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Tags: American Soldier, Broken Marriages, Disagreement, Disdain, Dishonorable Discharge, Family Relationships, Injustice, Innocent Victims, Innocent Women, Isolated Case, Jail Time, Lip Service, Mental Degeneration, Parrots, Single Mother, Single Parent, Single Parents, Soldiers Coming Home
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It's just over a year since President Barack Obama won the U.S. presidential elections. A full year, you would assume, for the Republican Party to lick its wounds, put country first and help the new president get the country up and running as it tries to recover from...the worst recession in many decades.
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Tags: Barack Obama, George W Bush, Healthcare Reforms, Joe Wilson, National Security, Newt Gingrich, Political Reality, Presidential Elections, Proclamations, Recession, Republican Party, Republican Party Leaders
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The reality of aid… is that it
continues to fail to promote human
development for the eradication of poverty
based on the core values of human rights,
democracy, gender equality and
environmental sustainability. This is despite
the appearance of progress in the form of
high-profile debt cancellations, new aid
pledges, and the signing of the Paris
Declaration on aid effectiveness – Caterina Amicucci
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Tags: Adequate Shelter, Aid Effectiveness, Aid Pledges, American Economy, Bombardment, Democracy, Donor Countries, Environmental Sustainability, Eradication Of Poverty, Foreign Aid, Gender Equality, Global Income, Global Standards, Governmental Organizations, Graft, Military Industrial Complex, Military Weapons, Mutual Accountability, Population Accounts, Poverty Eradication, South Asia, State Of Siege, Sub Saharan Africa, World Population
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So the United States wants to close down the “tainted” gulag called Guantanamo Bay Prisons but the ruling elite represented by the American congress does not want any of the prisoners “on our soil”. Let’s get the difficult question out of the way: if the U.S., who snatched these individuals from various corners of...
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Tags: Africa Asia, American Congress, Asia And Europe, Developing Countries, elite, Enemy Combatants, Guantanamo Bay, Gulag, Monetary Compensation, New Imperialism, Nuclear Materials, Nuclear Waste, Office Seekers, Political Careers, Political Weapon, Pretext, Prisoners, Prisons, Risk
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For eight long years, ... (Dick Chenney) devised the most egregious form of abuse of the U.S. constitution in the history of the country.
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Tags: Arbitrary Arrests, Autocrat, Bush Administration, Cross Hairs, Dick Chenney, Dictators, Dictatorship, Former Vice President, Gallows, Gulag, Idi Amin, Kim Jung Il, Life Scenarios, Minions, National Security Challenges, New President, Obstructionist Stance, Relative Obscurity, Republican Party, Sudden Desire, U S Constitution, Unethical Behavior, United States Constitution, Vice President Dick
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President-Elect today sent the following greetings to Americans:
Good morning. This week, Americans are gathering with family and friends across the country to celebrate the blessings of Christmas and the holiday season.
As we celebrate this joyous time of year, our thoughts turn to the brave men and women who serve our country far from home....
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Tags: Blessings Of Faith, Brave Men, Common Purpose, Dinner Table, Empty Seat, Heroism, Holiday Greetings, Husbands And Wives, Joyous Time, Military Families, Obama, President Elect, Selfless Sacrifice, Ships At Sea, Sisters And Brothers, Sluggish Economy, Sons And Daughters, Tough Times, Tour Of Duty, Unbroken Line
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It goes without saying, the media is annoying. It is the media’s job to be annoying. – Campbell Brown
Is it really true that, as Campbell Brown asserts, it is the media’s job to be annoying? I find that particularly hard to swallow unless Ms. Brown is trying to make a pitiful excuse for the...
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Tags: American Journalists, American Soldiers, Barack Obama, Cabinet Member, Campbell Brown, Current State, Deficiencies, Expectation, Hard Time, Hatchet Job, Heap, Leaks, Ms Brown, News Conference, Pitiful Excuse, Praises, President Elect, Radio Listeners, Rants, Rule Of Law, Scoops, Sensational Journalism, Sensationalism, Speculations, Tv Viewers
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