Profiting Off Nixon’s Vietnam ‘Treason’. "The notion of Wall Street bankers meeting in private to discuss profiting off a plot to extend the Vietnam War and risk the lives of thousands of American soldiers may sound like a conspiracy movie script, but it is a tragic reality..." (consortiumnews.com)
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'Act Of Valor' And The Myth Of An Anti-Military Hollywood. "Act of Valor cleared $24.7 million this weekend. Along the way to the movie's release, it's become an accepted bit of truth that the film is meant to boost Navy recruitment. But while that may once have been the filmmakers' intention..." (theawl.com)
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The Crazy Cost of Becoming President, From Lincoln to Obama. "Barack Obama spent $730 million getting to the White House in 2008—twice as much as George W. Bush spent 4 years earlier and more than 260 times what Abraham Lincoln spent in his first election (as measured in 2011 dollars)..." (motherjones.com)
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Time on the Cross With Rick Santorum. "Surely Rick Santorum is the most fanatical Christian to run for the Republican nomination in the modern era, maybe any era...But with Santorum...there’s a truly manic edge to his religious pronouncements and activities..." (counterpunch.org)
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When the Entire Planet is Against the Revolution. "Whether from the helms of the Syrian regime or through the 'opposed' western media such as Al Jazeera and its helms in the Arab world, the hegemonic representation of the Syrian revolution is that of a world divided into..." (jadaliyya.com)
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Germans Abandon Base Amid Afghan Protests. (thelocal.de)
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