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    Boatload of Sentences Sunday: Fracking, Unabridged Version

    MAY 12, 2013 7:31PM

    By koshersalaami


    Topics: environment, politics, economics

    • 8 Ratings
    • 217 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    The Center Cannot Hold

    MAY 12, 2013 11:55AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: class conflict, racism, upton sinclair, thomas edsall, paul krugman, james kwak, simon johnson, bob dole, welfare state, new deal, winner take all society, nazism, liberalism, socialism, immigration, george f. will, grand bargain, stimulus, keynesian economics, democracy, far right, radicalism, no tax pledge, grover norquist, newt gingrich, paul ryan, mitt romney, unemployment, fiscal policy, tax increases, austerity, capitalism, tea party, debt ceiling, national debt, fiscal cliff, bipartisanship, democratic party, republican party, economics, politics

    • 7 Ratings
    • 175 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Niall Ferguson’s Bizarre Homophobic Attack on Prof. Keynes

    MAY 11, 2013 4:29PM

    By Sean Fenley


    Topics: niall ferguson, neoliberalism, keynesianism, john maynard keynes, homophobia, friedmanism, economics, austrianism, 20th century

    • 7 Ratings
    • 234 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    China: Know Your Enemy

    MAY 5, 2013 4:57AM

    By skypixie0


    Topics: politics, sociology, economics, raising a child, progress

    • 0 Ratings
    • 53 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    China's Wealthy Moving West In Droves - Their Kids Pave Way

    MAY 4, 2013 8:01PM

    By China Business Central


    Topics: china, migration, immigration, america, canada, study, abroad, economics, trend, money, investment, economy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 41 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Ornamentally Incorrect

    MAY 4, 2013 1:44PM

    By Joe MIrsky


    Topics: economics, politics, books, jewelry

    • 2 Ratings
    • 83 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Rates of Power

    APRIL 30, 2013 11:37PM

    By René Christian Moya


    Topics: economics, boredom, lolz, jokes, satire, poetry, interest rates, finance, central banks, banking, bad satire

    • 1 Ratings
    • 206 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Come have a swim in the lovely deficit pool

    APRIL 23, 2013 1:34AM

    By Clint Ballinger


    Topics: mmt, inflation, taxes, fiscal, eurozone, austerity, macroeconomics, deficit, debt, economics, economy

    • 4 Ratings
    • 504 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Sequester Begins to Bite

    APRIL 11, 2013 6:09AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: domestic tranquility, general welfare, justice, constitution, fiscal cliff, fdr, paul ryan, balanced budget, new deal, debt ceiling, worcester regional airport, faa, jetblue, president obama, tax increases, medicare, social security, entitlement programs, budget sequester, republican party, democratic party, economics, politics

    • 3 Ratings
    • 278 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Everything's Fine (Ditty)

    MARCH 29, 2013 12:02PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: comedy, poem, ditty, poetry, economics, politics, danagram, daniel rigney, positive thinking, technological solutionism, climate change, global warming, frog in a pot, infosector, government sector, gallows humor, everything is fine, everything's fine, think positive, dark comedy, banking sector, carbon sector, politics, dark humor, satire, ditty

    • 0 Ratings
    • 189 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, & High School Dress Codes

    MARCH 28, 2013 8:14PM

    By Richard Erlich


    Topics: belief/religion, economy, gay/lesbian, politics, economics, justice, republicanism, conservatism, gay marriage, marriage, civil rights, massacres, african-americans, american indians. social issues, social justice, class system

    • 1 Ratings
    • 91 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Five Reasons To Stop Worrying & Love the Sequester

    MARCH 27, 2013 12:38PM

    By Robert Becker


    Topics: whimsy, economics, politics, satire, humor, open call

    • 7 Ratings
    • 331 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Greed Not So Good

    MARCH 21, 2013 9:37AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: individualism, equality, liberty, freedom, fraud, government regulation, depressions, economic bubbles, bankruptcy, investments, job producers, financialization, supply and demand, greed, the failure of capitalism, profit motive, invisible hand, adam smith, free market, laissez faire, tax cuts, paul ryan, richard posner, financial crisis, capitalism, supply side economics, economics, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 268 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Winning Back House Key To Second Term

    MARCH 19, 2013 1:00PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: thomas edsall, state of the union address, house of representatives, 2014 election, federal government, american medical assocation, infrastructure, technology, education, progressive agenda, unemployment, liquidity trap, depression, welfare state, bush tax cuts, military spending, debts and deficits, liberal, conservative, supply side economics, keynesian stimulus, paul krugman, middle class, socialist, fiscal cliff, jeffrey sachs, tea party, fiscal responsibility, budget cut, tax hike, sequester, austerity, john boehner, democratic party, debt ceiling, republican party, president obama, economics, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 147 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Sequester Dirties the Air

    MARCH 14, 2013 10:56PM

    By Marcia G. Yerman


    Topics: pollution, politics, economics, clean air rules and regulations, sen. tom carper, taxpayer oil subsidies, fracking, clean-ups, superfund enforcement, energy star program, airnow, clean air act, soot, fine particle pollution, sen. barbara mikulski, lisa jackson, cardiac and respiratory disease, public health, clean air, epa cuts, sequester, environment

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1779 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Dictatorship v. Democracy

    MARCH 10, 2013 7:54AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, democracy, dictatorship, walter lippmann, hitler, fascism, republican party, president obama, sequester, tax cuts, entitlement programs, partisan gridlock, german parliament, freedom, bob woodword, voting rights act, citizens united, constitution, governing class

    • 0 Ratings
    • 230 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    If Ronald Reagan had been elected in 2008

    MARCH 6, 2013 4:57PM

    By Gregory H Bontrager


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    • 5 Ratings
    • 442 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Emperor Antonin Scalia

    MARCH 6, 2013 6:23AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: founding fathers, the mob, atheist, election of 1800, alexander hamilton, medicare, social security, democratic party, voter suppression, citizens united, tea party, congress, racial spoils system, democracy, property requrements, women's sufferage, fox news, judicial activism, roberts court, aristocrisy, right wing, conservatism, voting rights act, civil rights, republican party, jeffersonian republicans, federalists, conservatism, george will, antonin scalia, supreme court, economics, poliitcs

    • 12 Ratings
    • 418 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    OurS Open Call for "Your Best Stuff": Repost from 5/29/10

    MARCH 3, 2013 5:28PM

    By koshersalaami


    Topics: economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 888 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    "Madhouse" Speaker John Boehner

    MARCH 1, 2013 3:57PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: president george h. w. bush, newt gingrich, rick scott, democracy, filibuster, israel, iran, neoconservatism, friends of hamas, james inhofe, rand paul, mccarthyism, ted cruz, rush limbaugh, fox news, jonathan chait, entitlement cuts, tax cuts, propaganda, james madison institute, defense, medicaid, chuck hagel, speaker boehner, president obama, sequester, push poll, republican party. tea party, economics, politics

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