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• Mag Hag - Economic Armageddon Edition: 'The Economist' Reaches Out To Women Readers

  Published: August 3, 2007, 3:30 pm

  Tags: Mag Hag Economic Armageddon Edition, The Economist, Wonkette

  Regular magazines are getting more like women's magazines with every round of media consolidation. This week's 'Economist' featured a particularly girly cover, with its peach tones and corset motif... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• World Economic Style.com Forum: Is America Too Powerful? Style.com's Greatest Minds Debate

  Published: August 3, 2007, 6:20 pm

  Tags: Conde Nast, Late Capitalism, Style Com, Wonkette, World Economic Style Com Forum

  Style.com is the internet portal for Vogue and W magazines, which is why its message boards mostly concern favorite models and how Allegra Versace is actually very healthy. But when active poster... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• In Missouri, More Political Trouble Over Stem Cell [Framing Science]

  Published: August 4, 2007, 9:56 am

  Tags: Frame Economic Competitiveness

  Back in November, when Missouri passed a constitutional amendment protecting the ability of scientists to conduct embryonic stem cell research in the state, it was heralded as one more political victory for science, and a sign that even in the Midwest, proponents had turned the corner on conservative opposition. Yet the LA Times reports that

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• President McKinney?

  Published: August 6, 2007, 12:49 pm

  Tags: Progressive Politics, Presidential Race, Social Amp 038 Economic Justice, Green Party, President, Us Politics, Politics

  from The Bilerico Project McKinney lost a hotly contested re-election battle after her run-in with the capitol police, and her pro-Palestinian views in the House. But while she was in Congress, there were few lawmakers more outspoken, more upfront or more on-point on many of the important issues than she was. And though her relationship with the

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• The Federal Reserve Will Recognize Subprime and Credit Issues - Not A Housing Bubble, It's A Mortgage Bubble

  Published: August 7, 2007, 10:52 am

  Tags: Mortgage News, Mortgage Video, Mortgage Bubble, Federal Reserve, Subprime Implosion, Ben Bernanke, Mortgage Bubble, Mortgage News, Recognize, Dekaser, Issues, Richard, Economist, Outlook, City, Economic

  Play Video Economic Growth Outlook: The Fed Will Recognize Subprime and Credit Issues Bloomberg-Clip - (BLOOM-Clip) Aug. 07, 2007. 08:00 AM EST Analysis and Discussion with Richard Dekaser, Chief Economist of National City Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, mortgage bubble, mortgage news, Mortgage Video, Subprime Implosion

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• Falsehood, schmalsehood: Post's Cohen reports "Grandpa's" claim about Clinton and hedge funds

  Published: August 7, 2007, 3:14 pm

  Tags: 2008 Elections, Economic Issues, Government Elections, Hillary Clinton

  workers. Hillary's economic vision focuses on shared prosperity in the face of rising economic inequality in our country. A key element of her economic agenda is tax fairness that rewards work, not just wealth. Speaking at a rally in Keene, New Hampshire, on her Ready for Change, Ready to Lead tour, Clinton said that the

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• Matthews can't believe that public favors Dems on fiscal issues

  Published: August 7, 2007, 8:26 pm

  Tags: Chris Matthews, Hardball, Msnbc, Economic Issues, Economy, Taxes

  On the August 6 edition of MSNBC's Hardball, referring to the results of a July 27-30 NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll that found that a higher percentage of respondents thought the Democratic Party "would do a better job" than the Republican Party on the issues of "reducing the federal deficit," "controlling government spending," and

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• In Brief: China to sell off its dollar reserves, causing ...

  Published: August 8, 2007, 11:32 am

  Tags: China, Dollar, Economic Collapse, You Ll Buy Our Lead Toys You Ll Like It

  China to sell off its dollar reserves, causing a worldwide crash in the value of the U.S. dollar, making U.S. exports cheaper and thus reinvigorating the moribund American manufacturing sector, and...

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• Holding Out For A Holodeck Dept.: Second Life Economic Collapse To Offer Preview Of Real-Life Economic Collapse

  Published: August 8, 2007, 2:55 pm

  Tags: Economic Collapse, Holding Out For Holodeck Dept, Second Life

  Hey, remember how Second Life was going to create a revolution in the political and financial world and create a whole virtual economy that was somehow tied in to real money and would make people...

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• Digg against Racism

  Published: August 8, 2007, 3:31 pm

  Tags: Social Amp 038 Economic Justice, Activism

  Digg this article from the Angry Black Woman It's that time again, kids! IBARW. I'm against racism, obviously. And, I have a blog. It's a perfect match! This is the second annual such week, and let's hope it continues until racism is, well, gone. I participated last year and that post is still worth reading. I noted then that it seems kind of

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• Discussing what public wants in health care, Luntz left out top priority

  Published: August 8, 2007, 6:53 pm

  Tags: Frank Luntz, Sean Hannity, Fox News Channel, Hannity Amp Colmes, 2008 Elections, Economic Issues, Government Elections, Health Care

  On the August 7 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, Sean Hannity answered Alan Colmes' question, "Most people want national health care. Don't they?" with a flat "No." Colmes said he wanted guest Frank Luntz, a Republican pollster, to answer his question. Luntz did not answer whether the public wanted "national health care,"

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• Illegally Deported U.S. Citizen Pedro Guzman Found After Nearly Three Months in Mexico

  Published: August 9, 2007, 11:23 pm

  Tags: International Politics, Social Amp 038 Economic Justice, Us Politics, Press Release, Immigration, Politics

  Pedro Guzman, the U.S. citizen illegally deported from a Los Angeles County jail on May 11, was reunited with his family today at a Lancaster courthouse after nearly three months lost in Mexico. It ends a harrowing three-month search by the family while the ACLU of Southern California and the law firm of Van Der Hout, Brigagliano and Nightingale

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• It's the Economy, Stupid! Framing Propels Major Science Bill [Framing Science]

  Published: August 10, 2007, 11:35 am

  Tags: Frame Economic Competitiveness

  defined in terms of economic competitiveness and growth. If opponents are unable to recast elements of the proposal in terms of public accountability (funding in the public vs private interest) or elements of the funding bill in terms of morality (specific to stem cell, reproductive research etc) then a bill is most likely to pass.

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• Minimum-Wage Hike Celebrated With Name-Brand Ketchup

  Published: August 10, 2007, 1:01 am

  Tags: National, News, Poor, Legal, Food, Economic

  WASHINGTON, DC—"Another couple dozen wage increases and we'll be swimming in Heinz, or at least my grandchildren will," said one 41-year-old mother of six.

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• Current US Economic Stats

  Published: August 10, 2007, 11:08 am

  Tags: News, Economic Stats, Economy, Imports

  are some of the other vital economic stats that you frequently hear thrown around: Consumer Price Index +0.2% Jun 2007 Payroll Employment +92,000(p) Jul 2007 Producer Price Index -0.2%(p) Jun 2007 Productivity +1.8% 2nd Qtr 2007 Related: Content Tags:Economic Stats

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