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Leaked Memo: How to Undermine Wall Street

Lobbying firm’s memo spells out plan to undermine Occupy Wall Street By Jonathan Larsen and Ken Olshansky, MSNBC TV A well-known Washington lobbying firm with links to the financial industry has proposed an $850,000 plan to take on Occupy Wall … Continue reading

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Don’t Waste Your Time

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BPR Quote of the Day: Journalism?

“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.”                       Oscar Wilde

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Iraq: Now Can We Apologize?

My parents taught me that when you make a mistake that hurts other people, you should apologize for it. We owe a Big Apology when it comes to Iraq. Now that President Obama has announced all America troops will be … Continue reading

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The “Value” of a College Education

The Higher Education Bubble The Best Colleges Reprinted with permission from the The Best Colleges. October 15, 2011                                  Copyright © 2011 The Best Colleges      … Continue reading

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Time For a Science Break

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Five Sure-fire Ways to Drive the Right Wing Crazy

1. Have a spontaneous mass protest that grows and spreads rapidly. civiliansnews.com 2. Make sure the purpose of the protest has no easily defined focus.  “What do they want?” whine the media and politicians. “What are their demands?’  Let’s review: … Continue reading

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How About Your Gay Cousin?

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Harry Chapin: What Made America Famous

It was the town that made America famous. The churches full and the kids all gone to hell. Six traffic lights and seven cops and all the streets kept clean. The supermarket and the drug store and the bars all … Continue reading

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BPR Quote of the Day: Nobody Got Rich on His Own

I hear all this, you know, “Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.”—No! There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there—good for you! But I want to be … Continue reading

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