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Bad Times Could Get Worse for Obama
http://www.commondreams.or g/view/2009/11/24-0 Obama 's Profile in Courage Moment http://www.commondr eams.org/view/2009/11/24-1 1 Taking Care of Business: How Big Business Has Hijacked Climate Talks http://www.commondre ams.org/view/2009/11/24-3 Oil... ...
American Casino
By Mike Whitney The truth behind the headlines, shining a light on the negligent regulators, the colluding Fed, the unscrupulous ratings agencies, the mercenary banks, the venal mortgage lenders, and... ...
Did Big Oil Win the War in Iraq?
Antonia Juhasz, AlterNet: "Last week, ExxonMobil became the first U.S. oil company in 35 years to sign an oil-production contract with the government of Iraq. As I write, several other contracts with the... ...
Blackwater Bribed Iraqi Officials After Killing 17 Civilians
Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode... ...
Massive Defense Spending Leads to Job Loss
Dean Baker, Truthout: "There is a major national ad campaign, funded by the oil industry and other usual suspects, to convince the public that measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and slow... ...
Outcry against 'colonial' takeover by BP of Rumaila oilfield in Iraq
The British oil giant BP will today take control of Iraq's biggest oilfield in the first important energy deal since the 2003 invasion. The move has created uproar among local politicians invoking resentful... ...
Pickens says U.S. firms 'entitled' to Iraqi oil
Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens told Congress on Wednesday that U.S. energy companies are "entitled" to some of Iraq's crude because of the large number of American troops that lost their lives fighting in... ...
Tar Sands: The New Polluting Gold Rush
Tar Sands Activists Threatend with Anti-Terror Laws http://www.commondrea ms.org/headline/2009/10/20 -9 Environmental Groups: Interior Dept. Calls for Investigation into Oil Shale Leases http://www.commondr eams.org/newswire/2009/10/ 20-16 US... ...
BP Set for Iraqi Oil Licence as Cabinet Approves Deal
http://www.commondreams.or g/headline/2009/10/19-4 http://freepage.twoday.ne t/search?q=Iraq+oil http:/ /freepage.twoday.net/searc h?q=Big+Oil http://freepag e.twoday.net/search?q=Alis tair+Dawber ...
The first ever Nobel Prize for glamor
Nolan Chart by BS Kalafut 10/11/09 Neither the past omissions nor the weaker or more ephemeral awards put the Nobel Committee’s bona fides in categorical doubt. Each recipient won the award for... ...