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“ The trading profits of the Street is just another way of measuring the subsidy the Fed is giving to the banks , ” said Christopher Whalen, managing director of Torrance, California-based Institutional Risk Analytics.

No, The Big Banks Have Not "Paid Back" Government Bailouts and Subsidies | ZeroHedge

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/no-big-banks-have-not-paid-back-government-bailouts-and-subsidies

Reflections on a Revolution

http://roarmag.org/ by Collettivo Prezzemolo March 9, 2012 News
http://rt.com/ They were inseparable for two years, even posing naked together for glossy magazines. Now it turns out their love boat has crashed, as Victoria’s Secret Angel Anne V and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine have announced they have split up.

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The U.S. already had the highest inequality of wealth in the industrialized world prior to the financial crisis -- and it's gotten even worse. "The war against working people should be understood to be a real war....

The Richest 1% Have Captured America's Wealth -- What's It Going to Take to Get It Back? | Economy | AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/economy/145705/the_richest_1%25_have_captured_america%27s_wealth_--_what%27s_it_going_to_take_to_get_it_back?page=entire
Netflix reveals something about your own behavior you should have noticed by now, something which keeps getting between you and the things you want to accomplish. If you have Netflix, especially if you stream it to your TV, you tend to gradually accumulate a cache of hundreds of films you think you’ll watch one day. http://www.alternet.org/health/151514/why_our_monkey_brains_are_prone_to_procrastination_(no,_it%27s_not_just_laziness_or_lack_of_willpower)

Why Our Monkey Brains Are Prone to Procrastination (No, It's Not Just Laziness or Lack Of Willpower) | Personal Health | AlterNet

Z Magazine was founded in 1987, by two of the cofounders of South End Press. The name was inspired by the movie Z, directed by Costa-Gavras, that tells the story of repression and resistance in Greece. http://www.zcommunications.org/zmag/zmagabout.htm

Z Magazine

Wild-eyed opponents of marriage equality in North Carolina are proposing a measure that would declare marriage between a man and woman "the only domestic legal union," thereby banning not just same-sex marriage but all unmarried couples.

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On March 30, 1976, the Palestinian people declared a general strike and demonstrated against the Israeli confiscation of thousands of acres of land in the Galilee. The Israeli’s responded with violence, killing six unarmed Palestinian demonstrators and injuring hundreds. http://www.counterpunch.com/

CounterPunch

Could we at least be honest about we're doing? The U.S., by giving the rebels this communications equipment, is now officially helping Syrians kill other Syrians.

INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE. NEWS, COMMENTARY & INSIGHT

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A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 900 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the United States.

We continue our interview with ousted Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed and ask him if he plans to seek office again.

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Among the many issues plaguing South Asia none is as violent and deeply contested as Kashmir.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday no jobs were created in August.

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