The market is overpriced, the only thing driving the present rally is hot money created out of thin air by the Fed's money-printing policies.Hot money can flood into assets quickly - pushing the market up 60% since...
Subsequently published at the Francis L. Holland Blog and the Public Option Health Care Now blog. Because of chronic depression and diagnosed bipolar illness, I have been an intense medical consumer for the last...
opinion by francislholland | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago 837 views | 4 recommendations | 7 comments
Universal Healthcare is primarily an ideology championed by the Democrats. However, contrary to popular belief, a nationalized health care system for all Americans, has never been on the agenda for President Obama. Read more about President Obama's healthcare policy...
Massive job losses around the world will mark the end of the first decade of the 21st century, with the United Nations' International Labour Organization (ILO) projecting 50 million by the end of 2009. " Worldwide...
The incompetent Clinton and Dubya administrations, unregulated banksters and Wall St criminals, greedy CEOs, and a no-think economics profession have destroyed America’s economy…….. writes Paul Craig Roberts in this article here. When globalization was the buzz word,...
created by tushizap | 1 year ago 118 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Purple America is closer to the reality of human beings and behavior than the red and blue maps the corporate media present. Republicans, Democrats, independents and third parties have more in common than we do...
opinion by Erik Larson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 82 views | 5 recommendations | 4 comments
A new report released by a Canadian think tank group reveals that in comparison to 29 European countries, Canada scored quite low across the board:"Canada placed 23rd out of 30 countries with a score of 550. In...
created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 399 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
There I am, sitting on the patio at my local steakhouse, just finishing my meal. This is about the time I would light up a cigarette, and of course the idea crosses my mind to do so - that is until I remember that...
created by Jon Nagelmakers | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 392 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"The softwood lumber industry proves that the so called market economy, is not. We live in a historic period of state capitalism. The political economy in Canada depending on the state to bail out resource industries and the towns they have created. Quebec vows to help...
created by plawiuk | 3 years ago 456 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
This is happening in Alberta home of Free Enterprize. Drink prices rising? Alberta is eyeing a minimum price for booze in bars and restaurants in a bid to stop customers from pounding back drinks and pounding on...
created by plawiuk | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 588 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
I came across this well written essay at Dissident Voices, an anarchist-left compiliation blog. Its about Hong Kong, by Chohong Choi;Hong Kong’s “Free Market”: Someone Pays
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At his teetering vegetable stand in Baghdad's Amil district, Haidar Gassem bashfully reminded Iraqi housewives that a kilogram of tomatoes no longer costs 350 dinars (23 cents). They grumbled and reached for the extra 150 dinars, feeling one more ripple effect from the...
created by clorenz1 | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 301 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
An increasing number of municipalities are viewing wireless Internet access as a basic service. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom took it one step further and stated on Monday that he considers wireless Internet...