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2012-05-17: Headlines

  • positiveuniverse.com: Arguing for Justice a Call for Revolution? 2012-05-17
    Pacific Free Press | Arguing for justice is not a call for revolution | by Naomi Klein | Is that really the best an entire think tank can come up with to support the claim that I am out to destroy Israel and should be stripped of my free speech rights? | First, I have to say that I find it hilarious that [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Haiti after 5 centuries of genocide, slavery, isolation, colonization and globalization 2012-05-17
    By Nick Egnatz | Online Journal | Online Journal Contributing Writer | Feb 1, 2010, 00:31 | With the devastation of the Haitian earthquake of January 12, many Americans are literally learning of Haiti for the first time. The following is an attempt to present a very brief outline of Haiti's history: first being dominated by Spain, then France and certainly for the [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: US accused of hampering Haiti aid flights and occupying the country 2012-05-17
    Belfast Telegraph | A French minister has called on the United Nations to investigate the dominant US role in Haiti saying aid efforts should be about helping Haiti, not occupying it. | US forces turned back a French aid plane carrying a field hospital from the damaged, congested airport in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince last week, prompting a [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Dear Texas: Please shut up. Sincerely, History 2012-05-17
    San Francisco Chronicle | By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | Hey, kids! Here's something I bet you didn't know: Black people? Back in 1800 or whenever? They liked being slaves. True! Many savvy, industrious Negroes actually volunteered for that fine, desirable position. It was a completely balanced, fair, hugely successful system, until those damn liberals [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Haiti: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux 2012-05-17
    Center for Research on Globalization | by Cynthia McKinney | Global Research, January 19, 2010 | President Obama's response to the tragedy in Haiti has been robust in military deployment and puny in what the Haitians need most: food; first responders and their specialized equipment; doctors and medical facilities and equipment; and engineers, heavy equipment, and heavy movers. Sadly, [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: United States: Obama forgets Black community 2012-05-17
    Green Left Weekly | Malik Miah, San Francisco | What I found most striking about President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address before Congress on January 27 was what he didn't say. | As Obama is the first US president of African heritage, I expected his 70-minute speech on the economy to highlight the special impact of the recession [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Millionaire gives away fortune which made him miserable 2012-05-17
    Telegraph.co.uk | Austrian millionaire Karl Rabeder is giving away every penny of his 3 million fortune after realising his riches were making him unhappy. | By Henry Samuel in Paris | Mr Rabeder, 47, a businessman from Telfs is in the process of selling his luxury 3,455 sq ft villa with lake, sauna and spectacular mountain views over the Alps, valued [...]
  • feedblitz.com: Press Freedom Declines in the US With Arrests of Journalists at Protests--and More Will Likely Come 2012-05-17
    Freedom of the press is more important, not less, when anyone with a mobile phone and an Internet connection can act as a journalist.

2012-05-16: Headlines

  • positiveuniverse.com: Arguing for Justice a Call for Revolution? 2012-05-16
    Pacific Free Press | Arguing for justice is not a call for revolution | by Naomi Klein | Is that really the best an entire think tank can come up with to support the claim that I am out to destroy Israel and should be stripped of my free speech rights? | First, I have to say that I find it hilarious that [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: US accused of hampering Haiti aid flights and occupying the country 2012-05-16
    Belfast Telegraph | A French minister has called on the United Nations to investigate the dominant US role in Haiti saying aid efforts should be about helping Haiti, not occupying it. | US forces turned back a French aid plane carrying a field hospital from the damaged, congested airport in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince last week, prompting a [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: United States: Obama forgets Black community 2012-05-16
    Green Left Weekly | Malik Miah, San Francisco | What I found most striking about President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address before Congress on January 27 was what he didn't say. | As Obama is the first US president of African heritage, I expected his 70-minute speech on the economy to highlight the special impact of the recession [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Haiti: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux 2012-05-16
    Center for Research on Globalization | by Cynthia McKinney | Global Research, January 19, 2010 | President Obama's response to the tragedy in Haiti has been robust in military deployment and puny in what the Haitians need most: food; first responders and their specialized equipment; doctors and medical facilities and equipment; and engineers, heavy equipment, and heavy movers. Sadly, [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Dear Texas: Please shut up. Sincerely, History 2012-05-16
    San Francisco Chronicle | By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | Hey, kids! Here's something I bet you didn't know: Black people? Back in 1800 or whenever? They liked being slaves. True! Many savvy, industrious Negroes actually volunteered for that fine, desirable position. It was a completely balanced, fair, hugely successful system, until those damn liberals [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Haiti after 5 centuries of genocide, slavery, isolation, colonization and globalization 2012-05-16
    By Nick Egnatz | Online Journal | Online Journal Contributing Writer | Feb 1, 2010, 00:31 | With the devastation of the Haitian earthquake of January 12, many Americans are literally learning of Haiti for the first time. The following is an attempt to present a very brief outline of Haiti's history: first being dominated by Spain, then France and certainly for the [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Millionaire gives away fortune which made him miserable 2012-05-16
    Telegraph.co.uk | Austrian millionaire Karl Rabeder is giving away every penny of his 3 million fortune after realising his riches were making him unhappy. | By Henry Samuel in Paris | Mr Rabeder, 47, a businessman from Telfs is in the process of selling his luxury 3,455 sq ft villa with lake, sauna and spectacular mountain views over the Alps, valued [...]
  • feedblitz.com: NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Lawsuit Ruled a Class Action Suit 2012-05-16
    A Federal judge granted class action status to a lawsuit alleging the NYPD's controversial program amounts to racial profiling.
  • feedblitz.com: How Big Pharma and the Psychiatric Establishment Drugged Up Our Kids 2012-05-16
    Pediatric psychopharmacology is a billion-dollar business that sustains Pharma and Pharma investors on Wall Street.
  • feedblitz.com: Bill Clinton, Boehner, And Some Other Rich White Guys Had A "Summit" And Agreed: It's Your Fault 2012-05-16
    Any questions? Let's hope not, because they're all busy men and it's great golfing weather this week in DC.
  • feedblitz.com: Why is Paul Krugman Misrepresenting the Demise of a Wall Street Funded, Right Wing, Entitlement-Bashing Front Group? 2012-05-16
    Krugman, who has taken brave stands in the past, has failed to call out phony 'centrist' deficit hawks who want to steal our future.

2012-05-15: Headlines

  • positiveuniverse.com: Arguing for Justice a Call for Revolution? 2012-05-15
    Pacific Free Press | Arguing for justice is not a call for revolution | by Naomi Klein | Is that really the best an entire think tank can come up with to support the claim that I am out to destroy Israel and should be stripped of my free speech rights? | First, I have to say that I find it hilarious that [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: United States: Obama forgets Black community 2012-05-15
    Green Left Weekly | Malik Miah, San Francisco | What I found most striking about President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address before Congress on January 27 was what he didn't say. | As Obama is the first US president of African heritage, I expected his 70-minute speech on the economy to highlight the special impact of the recession [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: US accused of hampering Haiti aid flights and occupying the country 2012-05-15
    Belfast Telegraph | A French minister has called on the United Nations to investigate the dominant US role in Haiti saying aid efforts should be about helping Haiti, not occupying it. | US forces turned back a French aid plane carrying a field hospital from the damaged, congested airport in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince last week, prompting a [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Haiti after 5 centuries of genocide, slavery, isolation, colonization and globalization 2012-05-15
    By Nick Egnatz | Online Journal | Online Journal Contributing Writer | Feb 1, 2010, 00:31 | With the devastation of the Haitian earthquake of January 12, many Americans are literally learning of Haiti for the first time. The following is an attempt to present a very brief outline of Haiti's history: first being dominated by Spain, then France and certainly for the [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Dear Texas: Please shut up. Sincerely, History 2012-05-15
    San Francisco Chronicle | By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | Hey, kids! Here's something I bet you didn't know: Black people? Back in 1800 or whenever? They liked being slaves. True! Many savvy, industrious Negroes actually volunteered for that fine, desirable position. It was a completely balanced, fair, hugely successful system, until those damn liberals [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Haiti: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux 2012-05-15
    Center for Research on Globalization | by Cynthia McKinney | Global Research, January 19, 2010 | President Obama's response to the tragedy in Haiti has been robust in military deployment and puny in what the Haitians need most: food; first responders and their specialized equipment; doctors and medical facilities and equipment; and engineers, heavy equipment, and heavy movers. Sadly, [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Millionaire gives away fortune which made him miserable 2012-05-15
    Telegraph.co.uk | Austrian millionaire Karl Rabeder is giving away every penny of his 3 million fortune after realising his riches were making him unhappy. | By Henry Samuel in Paris | Mr Rabeder, 47, a businessman from Telfs is in the process of selling his luxury 3,455 sq ft villa with lake, sauna and spectacular mountain views over the Alps, valued [...]
  • feedblitz.com: Presidential Race in Egypt Pits Muslim Brotherhood Dissident Against Secular Statesman 2012-05-15
    The top candidates are Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former leader of the previously-banned Muslim Brotherhood, and Amr Moussa, a career diplomat.
  • feedblitz.com: Wells Fargo Has Blood on Its Hands: Desperate Man Commits Suicide After Shocking Foreclosure Mistreatment 2012-05-15
    This is the story of what happens when an average couple is up against a giant, wealthy, powerful bank.
  • feedblitz.com: Why Obama and Romney Will Compete to be Cheerleaders for U.S. Imperial Dominance 2012-05-15
    Clearly, come November, whoever wins or loses, the national security state will be the true victor in the presidential sweepstakes.
  • feedblitz.com: Waste Company Locks Out Teamsters in Bid to Eliminate Pensions 2012-05-15
    Teamsters Local 215 says it offered to extend the current contract into the future, but Republic insisted on eliminating pensions and replacing them with a 401(k).
  • feedblitz.com: Return of the Indignados: Spain's Anti-Austerity Movement Marks A Year of Protest 2012-05-15
    The day of action this year exceeded the expectations of many people who thought the movement in Spain was dead. Tens of thousands demonstrated in the streets.
  • feedblitz.com: Will Americas Premiere Hub for Black Music Research Fall Prey to Drastic Budget Cuts? 2012-05-15
    The vital and visionary Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College in Chicago is threatened with destruction.
  • feedblitz.com: Student Activism Is Alive and Well Among Arizona's Minority Population 2012-05-15
    Students are making an impact in Arizona, ground zero for the fight against xenophobia.

2012-05-14: Headlines

  • positiveuniverse.com: Arguing for Justice a Call for Revolution? 2012-05-14
    Pacific Free Press | Arguing for justice is not a call for revolution | by Naomi Klein | Is that really the best an entire think tank can come up with to support the claim that I am out to destroy Israel and should be stripped of my free speech rights? | First, I have to say that I find it hilarious that [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Haiti: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux 2012-05-14
    Center for Research on Globalization | by Cynthia McKinney | Global Research, January 19, 2010 | President Obama's response to the tragedy in Haiti has been robust in military deployment and puny in what the Haitians need most: food; first responders and their specialized equipment; doctors and medical facilities and equipment; and engineers, heavy equipment, and heavy movers. Sadly, [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: United States: Obama forgets Black community 2012-05-14
    Green Left Weekly | Malik Miah, San Francisco | What I found most striking about President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address before Congress on January 27 was what he didn't say. | As Obama is the first US president of African heritage, I expected his 70-minute speech on the economy to highlight the special impact of the recession [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Dear Texas: Please shut up. Sincerely, History 2012-05-14
    San Francisco Chronicle | By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | Hey, kids! Here's something I bet you didn't know: Black people? Back in 1800 or whenever? They liked being slaves. True! Many savvy, industrious Negroes actually volunteered for that fine, desirable position. It was a completely balanced, fair, hugely successful system, until those damn liberals [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: US accused of hampering Haiti aid flights and occupying the country 2012-05-14
    Belfast Telegraph | A French minister has called on the United Nations to investigate the dominant US role in Haiti saying aid efforts should be about helping Haiti, not occupying it. | US forces turned back a French aid plane carrying a field hospital from the damaged, congested airport in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince last week, prompting a [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Haiti after 5 centuries of genocide, slavery, isolation, colonization and globalization 2012-05-14
    By Nick Egnatz | Online Journal | Online Journal Contributing Writer | Feb 1, 2010, 00:31 | With the devastation of the Haitian earthquake of January 12, many Americans are literally learning of Haiti for the first time. The following is an attempt to present a very brief outline of Haiti's history: first being dominated by Spain, then France and certainly for the [...]
  • positiveuniverse.com: Millionaire gives away fortune which made him miserable 2012-05-14
    Telegraph.co.uk | Austrian millionaire Karl Rabeder is giving away every penny of his 3 million fortune after realising his riches were making him unhappy. | By Henry Samuel in Paris | Mr Rabeder, 47, a businessman from Telfs is in the process of selling his luxury 3,455 sq ft villa with lake, sauna and spectacular mountain views over the Alps, valued [...]
  • feedblitz.com: How a U.S. Company Is Breaking Laws and Grabbing Land in Africa 2012-05-14
    Indigenous people in Cameroon claim a company is stealing communal land to build a palm oil plantation -- a dispute that could lead to conflict, hunger and human rights abuses.
  • feedblitz.com: Hedges: How Our Demented Capitalist System Made America Insane 2012-05-14
    When civilizations start to die they go insane. Let the ice sheets in the Arctic melt. Let the temperatures rise. Let the air, soil and water be poisoned. Let the forests die.
  • feedblitz.com: Can More Sex Save a Relationship? 2012-05-14
    How to remember what made you fall in love in the first place and have as much fun as when you first met.
  • feedblitz.com: 5 Things That Put America to Shame 2012-05-14
    The golden door on the Statue of Liberty seems to have an invisible hand holding it shut.
  • feedblitz.com: Conservatives: Giant Bullies That Abuse the Weak 2012-05-14
    Mitt Romney is a bully. And he's just right for the GOP.
  • feedblitz.com: Let's Put Jamie Dimon on Trial And Ask Him What the Hell JP Morgan Does for America 2012-05-14
    JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon should explain why a megabank that accidentally loses billions is good for the economy.
  • feedblitz.com: 5 Ways Conservatives are Destroying the Institution of Marriage 2012-05-14
    Those who think and talk like Rush Limbaugh have championed policies that wreak havoc on the family lives of working Americans.
  • feedblitz.com: The Remaking of Philadelphia Public Schools: Privatization or Bust 2012-05-14
    Plans to dismantle Philadelphia's public education system have met with sharp criticism from parents, educators and education watchers nationwide.
  • feedblitz.com: Hostess Brands Uses Bankruptcy Court to Screw Workers Out of Pensions, Benefits 2012-05-14
    A judge allows the company to cancel its union contracts; on the same day, the Twinkie-maker sends lay-off notices to all 18,500 workers.
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