Revolution from the Right?

Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:26 PM EDT

Loose talk about Revolution is all over the internet and Right Wing media these days.

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fringe, patriot, politics, revolution, militia, right-wing, political-violence

Don't like Government Health Care? You've Already Got It!

Mon Oct 5, 2009 5:41 PM EDT

A funny thing happened on the way to the Government takeover of health care. I realized that it had already happened.

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politics, health-care, reform, corporation, health-care-reform, corporate-government

Gaza Strategies

Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:33 PM EST

While there is no shortage of venom heaped on Israel's Gaza incursion, and plenty of chicken vs egg discussion of who started this mess, there is scant acknowledgement of one basic truth: that this war, with its civilian deaths and horrible infrastructure damage, is the desired …

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israel, terrorism, gaza, palestine, world-news

Turbo-capitalism In Shanghai

Mon Jan 5, 2009 10:43 PM EST

I'm sitting at a restaurant in Shanghai staring with great reservation at the creature on the plate in front of me. It looks very much like the biggest slug you've ever seen, except slugs are in your garden, not bathed in a orange-brown sauce and waiting for you to eat them.

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china, economy, communism

Turbo Capitalism in Shanghai

Sat Dec 13, 2008 9:43 PM EST

PART I: The Communist Business Environment

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business, china, shanghai, capitalism

Banquet Politics

Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:03 PM EST

I was at a banquet in Shanghai a couple of weeks ago when I had one of the most surprising conversations about the United States that I've heard in 25 years of foreign travel.

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china, obama, us-elections

An Assassin's Lessons About the Financial Crisis

Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:59 AM EST

A friend of mine spent many years in the security business doing contract work for the CIA, some of which involved killing people.

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cia, bolivia, politics, greenspan, assassin, bailout, regime, free-markets, paulson

How Do You Say "Bailout" in Spanish?

Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:33 AM EST

Events of the past weeks have made my job explaining The Army of the Republic a lot easier. I no sooner say "It's set in a near-future America that's gone through a financial collapse . . ." than a smile of recognition comes across my listener's face.

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bush, spanish, argentina, aig, latin-america, bailout, paranoia, junta, paulson, crony-capitalism

Wearing a Blackwater Uniform

Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:05 PM EST

It was with great surprise that I woke up a few months ago and discovered that security units associated with Blackwater International are stationed here in my hometown of Juneau, Alaska.

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alaska, security, politics, mercenaries, counterterrorism, juneau, blackwater