Monthly Archives: August 2012

The Privatization of Everything

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day “The untrammeled intensification of laissez-faire capitalism and the spread of market values into all areas of life, is endangering our open and democratic society.” George Soros

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Why We Shouldn’t Sweat the Small Stuff

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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A Different Way of Living

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Charles Eisenstein and the “Gift-Based” Society: To learn more: Sacred Economics

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Ignorance Is Bliss

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day

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If Only Obama Would Talk Like This….

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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A Very Inconvenient Truth

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day “If people insist on living as if there’s no tomorrow, there really won’t be one.” Kurt Vonnegut 

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Family-UnFriendly

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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The New Abnormal

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Over the last ten or more years since 9/11, despite any spike in terrorism on our soil, Americans have easily acquiesced to substantially invasive national security measures. Inspections, body searches, surveillance, torture, loss of constitutional liberties–Americans shrug their shoulders and … Continue reading →

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Mission Accomplished?

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false” William Casey, CIA Director                      at his first staff meeting, 1981 … Continue reading →

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Unfortunately, We Don’t Get to Choose

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

OLIGARCHY OR DEMOCRACY? By Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)/ OpEdNews/ July 31, 2012 Economically, the United States today has, by far, the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on earth, and that inequality is worse today … Continue reading →

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