May 2012
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Peabody Coal buys coal from U.S. taxpayers for... →
So, to summarize: You, the U.S. taxpayer, just leased another huge chunk of your land to Peabody Coal at $1.11 per ton of coal. Peabody will strip-mine that land and take the coal to China, where it will sell it for over $100 per ton. Peabody pockets enormous profits*, the U.S. taxpayer gets devastated land, and China accelerates global warming.
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Apple's iPhone powers digital guitar →
Wow! Incident Technologies has merged the iPhone, a couple of aps, and an electric guitar to make the “gTar”, the first guitar that will automatically teach you how to play any song. You play a song on the iPhone and corresponding lights come on for the proper notes on the guitar neck. There are three levels of difficulty (from rank beginner to advanced) and the gadget looks like it’d be a lot...
“The bust went on public display at the Missouri Capitol after lawmakers ended...”
– Limbaugh bust security costs Mo. taxpayers $1,100 - WTOP.com
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“The Guardian explains that while the protests have been centered on tuition...”
– Massive Arrests Follow Student Protests Across Canada : The Two-Way : NPR
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“We shouldn’t forget our local cops either. Last year the Pentagon gave...”
– The State of the Military-Industrial Complex Is Strong - OtherWords
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Ten Points Everyone Should Know About The Quebec... →
1) The issue is debt, not tuition
2) Striking students in Quebec are setting an example for youth across the continent
3) The student strike was organized through democratic means and with democratic aims
4) This is not an exclusively Quebecois phenomenon
5) Government officials and the media have been openly calling for violence and...
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11 Things We Could Buy With 1 Month Of War Funding →
“Our communities are depressingly polluted, social services are being cut left and right and hunger is very real right here in America. So hearing that the United States government spends $20 billion in Afghanistan each year on air conditioning alone stings just a little. When it comes to war, the U.S. Treasury is hemorrhaging cash, yet Congress demanded that President Obama cut things like...
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“Jason Hurd returned his medals “in solidarity with the people of Iraq and...”
– From Pride to Shame: Vets Return Their Medals
runandtellalltheneighbors asked: Ok so many moons ago... I had a teacher that was going into a method that G.W. Bush used to get what he wanted done. It was basically a pathway he would pass things to the judicial branch for them to pass it instead of congress. What is that policy or act called? Please?
Prosecutors: Detained NATO protesters considered... →
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Chicago Tribune: Prosecutors say three detained NATO protesters considered hitting Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house, police stations and President Obama’s campaign headquarters with “incendiary devices.” A lawyer for the defendants, called his clients’ arrests “entrapment to the highest degree.”
