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 [Splintered Sunrise] Medvedev: Come on and have a go if you think you’re hard enough: Isn’t it reasonable to believe that the Geogians, faced with constant attacks by South Ossetians on Georgians responded with an attempt to take Tskhinvali by the only practical means at their disposal, and if the Russians are able to effectively annex the breakaway regions they will be faced with the prospect that the Russians could destroy Tbilisi within hours any time they want.It seems very similar to “Washington’s open sponsorship of separatist movements against leftwing governments in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador” and maybe it should also be opposed.

[NFM - Politico] John McCain's idealistic dilemma: Lott, now a Washington lobbyist, can recite their shared family roots in Carroll County, Miss., and still vividly recalls McCain urging him to run against Simpson when they stood together at the elevators to the Senate Russell office building. As a member of the Senate Ethics Committee, Lott defended McCain when the Arizona Republican was caught up in the Keating Five political influence scandal in the ’80s.

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[BadCyclopedia] If You A Young American, You Need To Read This: As they watch the endless parade of record-setting freak weather events, with fifty-year records being broken not every fifty years, but every one or two, can they believe that none of these, together or separately, will upset Steve’s well-laid plans? Even if they feel certain that they will live out their own lives in peace, why should they want Steve to work hard to perpetuate a state of affairs that they know will not last for the duration of his lifetime?

 [Dandelion Salad] Americanism: “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” by Gaither Stewart: For anyone with eyes to see it is clear that the reasons for the clash of the United States with the world today””while its presidential candidates traipse around the electoral circuit speaking of the new wars to come””are to be found in that complex of historical, social and political factors and the false values, which constitute today’s Americanism. That is, “our way of life,” in the name of which our increasingly illegitimate political leaders pontificate and send our troops, “our boys”, around the world, which, far from defending social justice or the downtrodden, serves to separate the people of America from the rest of the world.

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 [london coalition for sustainable cities] Responsible Shopper | Profile | Wal-Mart: In April of 2005, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union launched the Wake-Up Wal-Mart campaign, criticizing Wal-Mart for inadequate wages and health care, discrimination and failing to meet fair labor standards. Wake-Up Wal-Mart calls for consumer pledges against shopping Wal-Mart, appeals to state legislators for “Fair Share for Health Care,” legislative action designed to protect taxpayers from the medicare burden of Wal-Mart’s workforce, and to act locally against Wal-Mart stores by organizing community members and local media.

[Free Learner] Quality used goods: The last act in the American consumerist tragedy will end with the now naked consumer standing on top of a giant mound of plastic trash.  At the end of an economy where everything is disposable stands the disposable consumer.

 [Ayladbtargenta's Weblog] Pale Mumble: Therewith a 35 lunation take time, American and British rosin oil corporations are bordering on in regard to securing deprivation of freedom concerning Iraq’s broad turf ghost. Becca Fisher reveals how the blameful linkage with respect to Deified Compliment, hundred and the IMF is getting closer headed for its terminal in respect to reconstructing the Iraqi country in consideration of neat profit guard fuel oil stock.

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 [Ayladbtargenta's Weblog] Pale Mumble: Therewith a 35 lunation take time, American and British rosin oil corporations are bordering on in regard to securing deprivation of freedom concerning Iraq’s broad turf ghost. Becca Fisher reveals how the blameful linkage with respect to Deified Compliment, hundred and the IMF is getting closer headed for its terminal in respect to reconstructing the Iraqi country in consideration of neat profit guard fuel oil stock.

 [Sustainabilitank] For Grist, and Environmentalists, Sarah Palin, Since Two Years ...: She supports the brutal aerial hunting of wolves. And she has been a friend of Big Oil, opposing a windfall profits tax on the oil industry that could fund affordable clean energy for more Americans.

 [Victorias Blog] How to Make an LED Light up Bottle: HuffingtonPost.com - What happens when your utility is 68% dependent on coal?American Electric Power said Thursday it must raise electricity rates 45 percent for its nearly 1.5 million customers in Ohio over the next three years, .

[Egregious Moderation] James Fallows: China Makes, The World Takes | James Fallows: Talking about Chinese industrial growth, Americans are in the position of 19th-century Europeans who acted as if America’s industrial rise could be explained simply by its vast natural resources and its exploitation of immigrant and slave labor, plus its very casual attitude toward copyright and patent laws protecting foreign, mainly British, books and inventions. (Today, Americans walk the streets of China and see their movies, music, software, and books sold everywhere in cheap pirate versions.

 [The Venus Sanctum] "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots" Game Review: Old Snake is being sent on one last mission as the world is plunged into a "war economy" that makes it dependent on battle. This mission will change the gameplay progression up a bit however by not being set in terrorist-controlled .

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