Half of new college graduates are jobless or unemployed. Are you one of them? If so, don’t whine. There’s hope in the new paradigm of collapse.
Corn Price Denialism
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A study has found that climate change is causing higher corn prices. Let the higher-corn-prices denialists begin their wonderful dance!
The Call to Arms
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President Obama goes after Republicans on micro mini-non-issues. This week, he toured college and university campuses to urge students to support his attempt to keep Stafford student loan interest rates at 3.4% rather than allowing them to rise to 6.8%. Not exactly Hope and Change, is it?
Profiteering in the Name of Environmentalism
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In the latest variation on “greenwashing,” big corporations are urging people to help save the environment in ways that add to their bottom lines.
Which Comes First
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Police in rural Georgia arrested and handcuffed a 6-year-old for throwing a temper tantrum in kindergarten. After last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, she could also have been subjected to strip-searching and a body cavity search. This is not unprecedented, by the way.
The Job Creator
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Obama’s Secret Service detail is accused of hiring 20 prostitutes during a state visit to Colombia. Too bad those jobs couldn’t be here in America.
Capitalism Comes to China
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In the latest manifestation of how consumer capitalism has transformed former Communist China, a 17-year-old high school student recently sold his kidney in order to buy an iPhone and an iPad.
Fun with Fascism
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Thanks to the Supreme Court, the cops can now strip-search your daughter, son, husband, wife, mom, and dad—for any offense, even an unpaid parking ticket. They can also search their anuses and vaginas. If we have to live in a police state, let’s make it a fun one.
Proxy War Redux
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Russia and Iran are supporting the Assad regime in Syria. Meanwhile, the U.S. and its Arab client states are arming Islamist militias. It’s the 1980s all over again! Now for the proxy war, à la Afghanistan.
