Month April 2009

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Obama looking at geoengineering to fight global warming Interior secretary: wind could replace coal power Wind-powered outdoor movie theater G20: Where is CCTV footage of the police assault on Ian Tomlinson? Mud flood: Indonesian eruption also spewed oil

Fairfield Greenwich and Madoff

One of Madoff’s feeder funds was Fairfield Greenwich who say they did enormous due diligence. The State of Massachusetts says otherwise in their lawsuit against them citing, among other things, a 2005 phone call between Madoff and Fairfield execs about…

The dark side of Dubai

The real estate market in Dubai has cratered, leaving behind half-completed opulent hotels, empty malls for the ultra-wealthy, and exposing an exploitative class systemwhere expats are tolerated and most of the work is done by an underclass of literally slave…

Lean times for the anti-war movement

United for Peace and ANSWER are experiencing major budget shortfalls as contributions drop precipitously. Code Pink saw the change coming and has been shifting away from the Iraq War to issues like AIG and Palestine. But even their fund-raising is…