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Media Shit Storms and Heartland Reality -- Joe Bageant
Joe BageantJoe Bageant -- World News Trust April 17, 2008 There seems to be no end to the media mediocrity we must suffer in this country. Now we have the Obama Guns, God and Bitterness shit storm, ...
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You And The International Civil Rights Museum (T.P. McWhorter)
(World News Trust) -- About once a year, and I am remiss to not remind us all of this more often than once a year, I think about the International Civil Rights Museum on Elm St., in Greensboro, ...
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T.P. McWhorter Bio (Johnson Turnbull)
T.P. McWhorter was born Talbot Porter McWhorter in Jefferson City Missouri on July 23rd, 1941. He was born the fourth of seven children including two brothers and four sisters. McWhorter's father, ...
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"If You're Not Angry and Bitter, You're Not Paying Attention" (Mary Lyon)
A one-sentence comment posted in the blogosphere really nails it. As the political hissy-fit over Barack Obama's 'bitter' remarks continues to heave itself on the floor like some three-year-old ...
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Swaps Tied to Losses Became `Frankenstein's Monster' (Neil Unmack, Sarah Mulholland)
April 15 (Bloomberg) -- The credit-default swap market has become a lesson in being careful what you wish for now that Wall Street has taken $245 billion of losses partly tied to such exotica.
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WaMu Cites Housing Woes for $1.1B loss (David Ellis)
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Washington Mutual on Tuesday blamed continued troubles in the housing market for its previously reported $1.1 billion quarterly loss, adding that it has wrapped up its ...
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Windows is 'Collapsing,' Analysts say (CBC)
April 11, 2008 (CBC News) -- Windows is "collapsing" and Microsoft Corp. must make radical changes to the way it does business if it wants to remain viable, according to a pair of Gartner analysts. ...
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New 'Best Practices' Urged for Giant Hedge Funds (Martin Crutsinger)
WASHINGTON - Two advisory groups assembled by the Bush administration proposed new "best practices" Tuesday for the hedge fund industry, designed to improve and clarify the operations of the giant ...
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US Foreclosure Filings Jump in March (J.W. Elphinstone)
The onslaught of homes facing foreclosures has yet to ebb, a research report showed Tuesday, with bank repossessions skyrocketing last month as more troubled homeowners mailed in their keys and ...
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Food and energy costs lead wholesale prices to soar in March (Martin Crutsinger)
WASHINGTON - Inflation at the wholesale level soared in March at nearly triple the rate that had been expected as the costs of energy and food both climbed rapidly.
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Oil and Food Rises Stoke Inflation Fear (Michael M. Grynbaum)
Businesses continued to grapple with steep inflation last month as oil and food costs reached record highs, leaving Federal Reserve policymakers in a difficult spot ahead of their meeting later this ...
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