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The Terror Con

The FBI May Have Finally Found Jimmy Hoffa

Say Hello to the 'Super Rich'

The Making of a Global Security State

This Will Not End Well

REPORTS

Bank of America Lied to Homeowners and Rewarded Foreclosures, Ex-Employees Say
By Paul Kiel, ProPublica

The Making of a Global Security State
By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch

Climate Change Puts Lake Life at Risk
By Tim Radford, Climate News Network

The Terror Con
By Robert Scheer

Ear to the ground

IRS Conspiracy Theory Debunked, Rand Paul Answers Cheney Criticism, and More

Bill Ayers: Try Obama, Bush for War Crimes

Experts Don’t Buy Claim Syria Used Chemical Weapons

Brazil Erupts in Protest Over Services and Soccer Costs (Video)

New Iranian President Wants to Heal ‘Old Wound’ With U.S.

The FBI May Have Finally Found Jimmy Hoffa

A/V Booth

GOP Congressman: Abortions Should Be Banned Because Male Fetuses Masturbate

The Campaign to Ignore Sarah Palin

Did Progress Leave Christians Behind?

Watch: Rick Perry Blunders Jab at Obama’s Benghazi Reaction

Arts & Culture

Ernest Hemingway: Dud KGB Spy?

The Joy of Singing Out of the Spotlight
By Richard Schickel

Let Nicholas Kristof Damage Your Mind

The Unwinding
By Marc Fisher

Digs

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Dig led by Mike Rose

Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

Dig led by Truthdig Staff

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Currency War Threat

Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE —

Posted on Feb 17, 2013 READ MORE

Flickr / U-g-g-B-o-y-(-Photograph-World-Sense-)

The answer to the headline question, at least on Monday, would be $1.2234, as the euro dropped to its lowest point in four years. As this CNN report puts it in somewhat startling terms, ” ... Ongoing debt concerns prompted a flight to the safety of the U.S. dollar.”

Posted on May 17, 2010 READ MORE

Fox Anchor Links Terrorism, the Obamas’ Fist Pound

Granted, Fox News’ target demographic is probably not too terribly current when it comes to understanding contemporary pop cultural references and practices, but Fox she-anchor E.D. Hill went above and beyond the call of ridiculousness by calling Barack and Michelle Obama’s fist pound a “terrorist fist jab.” Really, E.D.?