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It was a fun, wide-ranging show last night, discussing the short-sighted US policies towards Egypt. then the short-sighted greed of corporations using tax shelters, and onwards to liberal tea parties. Among the topics The US, regardless of the outcome in Egypt, has hugely lost influence and power. Who will trust us now that we’ve [...] One of the best songwriters around Rich take from poor as U.S. subsidy law funds luxury hotels With Josh Mull from Rethink Afghanistan and Firedoglake, Steve Hynd of Newshoggers, and myself. We’ll discuss the fast-breaking events in Egypt (other topics too, if there’s time), take questions and comments from callers. Join us! The podcast is hosted on BlogTalkRadio. Call in to listen live at 626-414-3492 tonight at 8:30 PST. You can [...] All anyone can talk about is the disbelief and public outrage over the Mubarak speech. A commenter on Al-Jazeera says the situation in Cairo has gone from “fluid” to “volcanic.” And now there are reports that the crowd will march to the Presidential Palace. White House crisis meeting prepares to gallop to where [...] I can’t imagine why protesters would be unhappy with that, can you? Except if they don’t want electrodes attached to their genitals, that is. Egyptian workers join the revolution. This is huge. It means the revolution, and that’s what it is now, is spreading everywhere. Egypt protests reveal hypocrisy of D.C. duopoly The response [...] When people in other countries have our Electoral College system explained to them, their reaction often is, “you must be kidding”. Is there any other country where voters, instead of directly voting for a candidate to their highest office, vote for electoral delegates (who are not necessarily bound to follow the will of the [...] Food inflation is caused by quantitative easing by the Fed and unchecked agricultural speculation as well as by crop failures. People do tend to get cranky when food prices soar. Especially when they have little money to begin with. Rising food prices contribute to popular uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen. Food inflation in South East [...] |  | ||||
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