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US economy is not "back on track"

samedi 21 décembre 2013 à 13:00

The US economy is not "back on track" to give most Americans a decent life.

Americans whose health insurance plans were canceled will not be fined if they don't get new plans

samedi 21 décembre 2013 à 13:00

Americans whose health insurance plans were recently canceled will not be fined if they don't get new plans.

Obama's health care plan is, overall, a step forward, and this flexibility is welcome. But it does cost some people substantial money because it was designed to cater to the insurance companies and the drug companies.

.9 billion to organizations campaigning to continue global heating

samedi 21 décembre 2013 à 13:00

Organizations campaigning to continue global heating received .9 billion dollars a year in funding over the past 8 years.

Not all of that money was used to promote global heating; it is not possible in some cases to separate out what was spent on that and what was spent on other right-wing causes.

Israel puts African refugees in a sort of prison

samedi 21 décembre 2013 à 13:00

Uri Avnery: Israel puts African refugees in a sort of prison which it pretends is not a prison.

It reminds him of how other countries treated Jewish refugees trying to flee from Nazism.

In the long term, the way to end mass migration for economic motives is to end the wealth-concentrating policies that keep most people poor.

What US TV said when the US bombed a wedding party in Yemen

samedi 21 décembre 2013 à 13:00

Imagine what TV would say if someone bombed a wedding party in the US; now contrast that with what US TV said when the US bombed a wedding party in Yemen.

A Murdoch paper made a joke out of it.