Monthly Archives: March 2012

Turn on, Tune in, Get Cured?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

LSD Study Spotlights Decades-Old  Research On Hallucinogen For Drinking, Mental Illness  by David Freeman/ Huffington Post/ March 9, 2012 Talk about flashbacks. New research suggests that LSD–a mind-altering drug known to cause recurrent hallucinations–may find new popularity not as a recreational … Continue reading →

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U.S. Nuclear Plants To Be “Built With Steel and Cement and Lies and Fraud”

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“A nuclear plant is built with steel and cement and lies and fraud – and that’s the take-a-way for today” THE FUKUSHIMA STORY YOU DIDN’T HEAR ON CNN by Greg Palast/ FreePress.org/ March 8, 2012 I’ve seen a lot of … Continue reading →

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The Meaning of War

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Billy Joel/ Goodnight Saigon This song originally appeared on Billy Joel’s 1982 album The Nylon Curtain

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Student Debt: “Growing at a Remarkable Rate”

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Student Debt in the U.S. Continues to Blow Up by Philip Pilkington/ Naked Capitalism/ March 9, 2012 Perhaps the most obvious indicator that the US has become a society of debtors is the ever-expanding market for student loans. Recently clocked … Continue reading →

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Macho Man Competition

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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BPR Quote of the Day: We Don’t Have to Follow Any Stinking Fifth Amendment!

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“This is a monumental pile of crap that should embarrass every Democrat who ever said an unkind word about John Yoo.” Charles Pierce/ Politics Blog/ Esquire.com/ March 5, 2012 Pierce (author of Idiot America) was reacting to a speech by … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: There’s a Tomorrow?

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

“To people who think of themselves as God’s houseguests, American enterprise must seem arrogant beyond belief.  Or stupid.  A nation of amnesiacs, proceeding as if there were no other day but today.  Assuming the land could also forget what had … Continue reading →

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Advertising’s High Cost to Society! Read This Now! You’ll Like It!

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

 by Arlen Grossman “Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.”                     … Continue reading →

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Why We Keep Getting Screwed

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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Too Rich and Powerful to Fail

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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