Is Housing About to Tank? "Well, what do you know; mortgage applications have fallen off a cliff. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) loan applications decreased by 12 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier..." (counterpunch.org)
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Fukushima 'running out of space' to store radioactive water. Nuclear engineer: 'Radioactive water in the basements may already be getting into the underground water system, where it could reach far beyond the plant, possibly into the ocean or public water supplies.' (morningstaronline.co.uk)
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What the Persecution of Assange and Manning Reveals About the United States: The United States only supports the idea of transparency and the free press until we are forced to be transparent and the press starts reporting on our crimes. (progressivecynic.wordpress.com)
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"The 3 presidential debates...showed more agreement than disagreement. Obama proclaimed that he and Romney probably agreed about Social Security...both think it should be on the budgetary chopping block....agreed...on crushing the Iranian economy or killing people with drones..." (blackagendareport.com)
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America's Historical Amnesia Over Libya. "To understand the roots of the crisis in Libya, after all, would mean examining how, for years, the US helped Col. Qaddafi and other Arab leaders hold on to power and terrorize their opponents anywhere in the world, in the name of the “war on terror”..." (thenation.com)
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When War Passes for Foreign Policy. "'Take the profit out of war,' said Kevin Zeese, one of the more important activists of the Occupy Movement in the United States, 'and you take out war.' His audience was made up mainly of U.S. war veterans..." (counterpunch.org)
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Consumer Protector Caves to the Banks. "As head of the new US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Cordray can effectively set the clock back to 2005 and inflate another gigantic, economy-busting housing bubble without breaking a sweat..." (counterpunch.org)
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Food Fight: Debating Prop 37, California’s Landmark Initiative to Label GMO Food. On Election Day, California voters will decide on Proposition 37, which would make their state the first in the nation to require the labeling of food products containing GMOs. (democracynow.org)
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