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This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. The pandemic should remind us that we increasingly live in two ever-less-equal worlds. Think of them as Planet A and Planet B....
by TomDispatch
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on Mon May 17, 2021 at 09:10 AM PDT
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I’ve been homeless in several different ways since my TBI in 2010.
I technically live in condemned housing, and spend time in a neighbor & friend’s house.
I’ve lived in my car.
I’ve been without a car and lived in a series of Domestic...
by LoreleiHI
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on Wed Feb 27, 2019 at 11:53 AM PST
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I can’t imagine ever being in a situation like this and letting continue to get worse.
Honestly, if this is to pacify Trump, something is seriously wrong and something has to be done ASAP — before it gets worse. And far more dangerous.
by GreyHawk
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on Sun Jan 06, 2019 at 02:13 PM PST
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In King Lear, the title character rages through his palace in what’s been described as "near-fairytale narcissism," but at least he seems to be concerned about his own behavior.
LEAR: O, let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven. Keep me in temper:...
by Mark Sumner
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on Mon Mar 05, 2018 at 10:10 AM PST
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Donald Trump careened his way through a rambling tangential diatribe of a press conference Thursday that left congressional Republicans and Democrats alike with their "jaws on the floor." Trump’s unhinged display underscored a letter published in the...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Thu Feb 16, 2017 at 12:39 PM PST
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CO2 Emissions Are Causing Earth to ‘Hyperventilate’
Every year, plants inhale and exhale carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It’s a natural seasonal cycle that has played out over millennia.
by don mikulecky
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on Fri Feb 12, 2016 at 05:43 PM PST
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Once again the ability to predict and anticipate depends upon models created by the same species that is at the root of causing the problem. No one seems to seriously question the fallibility of ...
by don mikulecky
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on Wed Apr 08, 2015 at 04:04 PM PDT
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Jessica Firber of CBS News reports CIA says it will not use vaccine programs for spying" Todd Ebitz, a spokesperson for the CIA told CBS news that the CIA will no longer use international NGO ...
by HoundDog
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on Mon May 19, 2014 at 11:32 PM PDT
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Anti-Capitalist Meet-up: 20th and 21st century capitalism (part II: neoliberalism and globalisation) Today’s diary is a part II of a diary published a couple of weeks ago in the anti-capitalist meet-up (
by NY brit expat
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on Sun Jan 23, 2011 at 02:59 PM PST
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Anti-Capitalist Meet-up:20th and 21st century capitalism for beginners (part I: Consumer Capitalism) This diary is actually composed of two parts. Today’s diary will address some history as to the basis of the social welfare states and social democracy and will explore the post-depression/post-
by NY brit expat
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on Sun Jan 09, 2011 at 02:58 PM PST
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While government representatives sit idly, debating over cocktails whether to do something about global climate change with carbon trading schemes, their own houses are afire. Climate change, left ...
by RobertConnors
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on Sat Sep 11, 2010 at 10:14 AM PDT
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begins It’s hard to imagine that there have been many younger divorcées — or braver ones — than a pint-size third grader named Nujood Ali. It is ...
by teacherken
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on Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 03:21 AM PST
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2+ year enthusiastic Reader, first-time Diarist uncertain how to compose INTRO, this space used for apologies for ignorance and placement of first sentences for your determination of interest in ...
by LinSea
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on Fri Apr 10, 2009 at 01:08 PM PDT
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Yesterday, President Barack Obama unveiled his new strategy for Afghanistan .
by NCrissieB
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on Sat Mar 28, 2009 at 04:26 AM PDT
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Bill Moyers is right on the mark again! His article in In These Times entitled " Is the Fourth ...
by don mikulecky
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on Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 06:45 PM PDT
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