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The Debacle Debate: The Two-Timing Nature of Rafael Correa's Naturalism
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We are here. Arguably, we will see peak oil, peak water, peak biodiversity, peak everything. We *can* see the debacle, and we *can* afford to do something about it. The debate is: what? Tuesday, February 19, 2013. The Two-Timing Nature of Rafael Correa's Naturalism. A few years ago, Correa petitioned the international climate-conscious political sphere for financial compensation and carbon credit to keep Amazonian trees alive and oil in the ground. Out of this novel concept, the Yasuni-ITT initiative.
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Caught on Camera: 10 Shockingly Violent Police Assaults on Occupy Protesters | Alternet
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Caught on Camera: 10 Shockingly Violent Police Assaults on Occupy Protesters. Probably 97 percent of police act professionally toward protesters. But the other 3 percent are armed and dangerous, and know that they're unlikely to be held accountable. November 18, 2011. Occupations across the country have born the brunt of some violent police tactics, and in a world where everyone has a camera-phone, a lot of their brutish behavior has been caught in photographs and on video. Public video recording has dra...
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White House's Ties to Health Care Industry Deeper Than Visitor Records Show | Alternet
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White House's Ties to Health Care Industry Deeper Than Visitor Records Show. The White House released records cataloguing 575 visits by health care industry heavyweights since Jan. 20. The ties run deep. November 25, 2009. On Wednesday, the White House released records of 575 such visits. Since Jan. 20. It catalogs meetings with 22 top Obama aides including chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. And senior advisers Valerie Jarrett. The drug industry lobby; Scott Serota. And lobbyists from the Business Roundtable.
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Pot Prisoners Cost Americans $1 Billion a Year | Alternet
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Pot Prisoners Cost Americans $1 Billion a Year. The latest numbers are out: nearly 800,000 Americans were arrested on marijuana charges in 2005. When will the insanity stop? February 9, 2007. American taxpayers are now spending more than a billion dollars per year to incarcerate its citizens for pot. That's according to statistics recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. In reality, nearly 1 out of 8 U.S. drug prisoners are locked up for pot. Marijuana isn't a h...
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Why Acknowledging White Privilege Is Not Surrendering to “White Guilt” | Alternet
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Why Acknowledging White Privilege Is Not Surrendering to White Guilt. Recognizing the historic burden of whiteness is not self-abasement or lame apology. August 31, 2014. Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com / Martin Allinger. One commenter on Salon got my attention last week during the furor that followed my essay about white privilege. That commenter I mentioned at the outset agreed that the Michael Brown shooting appeared to reflect a historical pattern of police violence against African-Americans, but reje...
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Conservatives Are Hitting Rock Bottom | Alternet
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Conservatives Are Hitting Rock Bottom. Ayn Rand and Jim Crow have driven the American right into moral bankruptcy. Two conservatives argue that there's no comeback in sight until they repudiate both. May 9, 2012. In mythology, the phoenix is a beautiful bird that bursts into flames at the end of its life as it dies. From the ashes of the old, a new phoenix emerges. This cycle of birth, fiery death and rebirth, makes the phoenix a symbol of hope and renewal. The problems posed by the libertarian ascendanc...
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What Does 9/11 Have to Do with 60's Radicals? Ask Hillary Clinton | Alternet
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What Does 9/11 Have to Do with 60's Radicals? Behind the scenes, Hillary Clinton's campaign has been pushing a tenuous connection between Barack Obama and a Vietnam-era radical. April 17, 2008. While nearly all politicians shade the truth now and then, some utterly disdain the truth, a category that includes George W. Bush and increasingly Hillary Clinton, as she made clear again in Wednesday night's debate on the strange topic of Vietnam-era Weather Underground leader William Ayers. But Clinton surrogat...
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Anti-Abortion Congressman Pressured Mistress to Terminate Pregnancy | Alternet
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Anti-Abortion Congressman Pressured Mistress to Terminate Pregnancy. Apparently abortions are okay only when they're convenient for him. October 10, 2012. Slandering the secret lives of elected officials is so much more fun when the lawmaker is running for re-election on a platform that wishes to control my body. At this time DesJarlais was desperately trying to patch up relations with his now ex-wife, Susan, who was well aware of her husbands wandering eye. To prove his devotion, he taped a conversa...
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Laundry Liberation: Fighting for the Right to Hang Your Clothes Out to Dry | Alternet
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Laundry Liberation: Fighting for the Right to Hang Your Clothes Out to Dry. Using a clothes line instead of a dryer saves tons of carbon, yet some communities have banned the practice. September 16, 2009. Fighting for a hybrid in every garage is cake compared to the battle to allow an outdoor clothesline in every yard. Still, advocacy groups. Why do these soldiers refuse to fold? The advocacy group New American Dream. The equivalent of removing 10 million cars from the road. Lee and others argue it is ri...
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Why Religion Must End | Alternet
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Why Religion Must End. A leading atheist says people must embrace rationalism, not faith - or they will never overcome their differences. May 15, 2006. Laura Sheahen spoke with him about his provocative book "The End of Faith". And his comments at the World Congress of Secular Humanism. Where this interview was conducted. You've said that nonbelievers must try to convince religious people "of the illegitimacy of their core beliefs." Why are these beliefs dangerous? You're saying we should be part of th...
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