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BBC2 documentary examines a possible fictional scenario in the wake of oil supply running out, after explaining that oil supply running out is not a theory or a risk, but an eventual reality which will happen into the next decades in an inevitable fashion ...[Read more]
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US helping to train and arm Islamic mercenaries to fight in Syria
The Russian ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, has accused Libya of training and arming rebels fighting against the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad. "We have information that in Libya, with support from the 'authorities', there is a spe ...[Read more]
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People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say ..
The democratic process relies on the assumption that citizens (the majority of them, at least) can recognize the best political candidate, or best policy idea, when they see it. But a growing body of research has revealed an unfortunate aspect of the huma ...[Read more]
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Does Having Children Make You Unhappy?
Statistics show that parents are less happy than the average population. In the April edition of the online Journal of the British Psychological Association, researcher Nattavudh Powdthavee, of the University of York in Great Britain (whose own academic w ...[Read more]
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Internet Water Army On the March
Masses of paid posters flood product websites with comments and posts. Researchers at the University of Victoria went undercover to figure out exactly how these informational (or disinformational) floods operate, and what they learned (PDF) could lead to ...[Read more]
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How SOPA would affect you: FAQ | Privacy Inc. – CNET News
CNET takes an in-depth look at the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, backed by Hollywood and opposed by the largest Web companies and civil liberties groups. Read this blog post by Declan McCullagh on Privacy Inc.. ...[Read more]
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Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don’t Watch Any News: Study
Fox News viewers are less informed than people who don't watch any news, according to a new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Huffingtonpost has more details. ...[Read more]
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WikiLeaks cables and the Iraq War – Salon.com
Wikileaks caused Iraqi government to change mind about letting U.S. troops stay in iraq. After leaked cables showed that u.s. troops have executed iraqi civilians, including a 70 year old woman and an infant, making it close to impossible reaching an agre ...[Read more]
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Libya: So it was all about oil after all !
Last year NATO countries bombed Libya, demanding ...[Read more]
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‘Dismal’ prospects: 1 in 2 Americans are now poor or low income
Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans ...[Read more]
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26 Corporations still pay nothing in federal taxes despite $205 billion in pretax U.S. profits
Citizens for Tax Justice last year found that 30 major corporations which had made billions of dollars in profits while paying no federal income tax between 2008 and 2010. Republican candidate Rick Santorum stated that Corporate tax rates should be lowere ...[Read more]
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