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Consciousness Capitalism: Corporations Are Now After Our Very Beings By Joe Bageant, AlterNet Capitalism has raped the resources of the world. Now corporations are left to strip human experience from life, then rent it back to us. Read more »   Washington Post Joins the Mainstream Media in Embracing the Hate, Ripping on Obama and Clinton By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet Media bigs seem to have reached the conclusion that hatred sells, so they're embracing their inner sexists and inner racists. Read more »   Like Your Private Health Care? Here's Why You Can Actually Thank the Government for That By Paul Krugman, The New York Times For those who think the government shouldn't be involved in health care, they already are. And you should be grateful. Read more »   Cowardice Among 'Christian' Leaders: Why the Churches Are Largely Mum on Torture By Ray McGovern, Consortium News Who but the cowardly crew leading the "Christian" churches can be held responsible for the fact that many of their flock believe in torture? Read more »   14 Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed By Jeffrey A. Dvorkin, Dvorkin.com From losing weight to not having to wake up to an alarm clock, the author discovers the hidden benefits of being without a job. Read more »   Why Is a Slate Writer Shilling for Goldman Sachs? Taibbi Shreds the Latest Wall Street PR By Matt Taibbi, True/Slant The winner of this month's Most Retarded Horsesh** Written In Defense of Goldman Sachs award goes to ... Heidi Moore. . Read more »   Is Trying to Eat Healthy Making You Sick? By Erika Alexia Tsoukanelis, E Magazine Some doctors believe people can get so fixated on purifying their bodies that they make themselves sick in the process. Read more »   Is there Really "More to Love" About the New Reality Dating Show Featuring Larger Women? By Liz Langley, Liz Langley's Blog Here's the plug: "The average woman in America is a size 14. The average woman on a reality show is a size 2. This is reality?" Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     The 13 Tyrants of Health Care By David Sirota, Open Left We do not live in a functioning democracy - republican, direct, or otherwise. Read more »   U.S. Military Accused of Executing Gay Iraqi Civilians By Staff, AlterNet An activist makes a shocking claim in Lebanon. Read more »   Poll: Majority of Republicans Are 'Birthers' By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress Surprising, but not so much. Read more »   A Few Words About the NY Times Profound Coverage of the 2009 'Beer Summit' By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America These stories are of earth-shattering importance. Read more »

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