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Daily Archives: December 16th, 2008

Arundhati Roy: The Monster In The Mirror

16-Dec-08

The only way to contain — it would be naïve to say end — terrorism is to look at the monster in the mirror. We’re standing at a fork in the road. One sign says ‘Justice,’ the other ‘Civil War.’ There’s no third sign and there’s no going back. Choose.

Shamus Cooke: Collapse of Pension Funds: The End of Retirement?

16-Dec-08

The experts are calling this the “perfect storm” for retirement.   Everything that could go wrong is in fact going wrong.  This storm, however, was not created by supernatural forces, but the coordinated effort of big-business and their puppet politicians.

Saddam lawyer to defend Bush shoe attacker

16-Dec-08

Saddam Hussein’s former lawyer said on Monday he was forming a team to defend the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at US President George W. Bush during his farewell visit to Baghdad.