"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
The Paris riots continue. And they aren’t centrally controlled. Although the Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, has spoken darkly of " organisation" of the riots by drugs barons or Islamist radicals, police chiefs and social workers dismiss such claims. Police intelligence…
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Ten nights in row, and last night was the most ferocious. This could bring down the government, who seem clueless as what to do. Not that there are any obvious soultions… Urban violence scaled new heights in France as gangs…
The rush to privatize water continues unencumbered, despite its unpopularity among residents worldwide who are affected by it. Countries faced with large debts are forced by the World Bank and IMF to privatize water. Water deregulation is a common demand…
Scholars are predicting that 50 million people worldwide will be displaced by 2010 because of rising sea levels, desertification, dried up aquifers, weather-induced flooding and other serious environmental changes. No aid available to "environmental refugees" According to the United Nations…