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2014, the year I cut my cable and cancelled the NYT

January 9, 2015 Madonna Gauding Corruption, FBI/NSA/CIA, Foreign Policy, Media, War 2 comments

For me, 2014 was a year of profound revelation. It’s the year I came to fully understand the depth of the corruption of the United

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Why is the stock market soaring when the real economy is on its knees?

October 30, 2014 Madonna Gauding Banks, Economy, Employment, Poverty 2 comments

The short answer is the Fed has been propping up the stock market. And, high stock prices are not always tethered to traditional methods of stock

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Council on Foreign Relations: West is responsible for Ukraine crisis

September 4, 2014 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Foreign Policy, International, War Leave a comment

Given the ongoing, ludicrous, and mostly fictional coverage of Ukraine in the American media that relentlessly depicts Vladimir Putin as an evil, crazed, aggressive,

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Which country is the greatest threat to world peace?

July 29, 2014 Madonna Gauding Congress, Obama, Terrorism, Uncategorized, War Leave a comment

At the close of 2013, WIN/Gallup published the results of a massive world opinion poll in which they asked over 66,000 people from 65

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Alternative views on Ukraine and the downing of MH-17

July 25, 2014 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Foreign Policy, War Leave a comment

For more credible views on current events, I look to independent scholars and independent investigative journalists who are not employed by corporate media, either

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Why is Obama’s Trans Pacific Partnership agreement being negotiated in secret?

May 16, 2014 Madonna Gauding Economy, Foreign Policy, Obama Leave a comment

Answer: Because the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is not really a free trade agreement. It’s Obama’s parting gift to the 1%—a global, corporate Trojan

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NYT Editorial Board ignores US role in destabilizing Ukraine

May 5, 2014 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Foreign Policy, Military, War Leave a comment

On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, The Editorial Board of the New York Times penned an opinion piece on Ukraine—“Not Getting Through to Mr. Putin.”

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Scientific study concludes US is an oligarchy, not a democracy

April 18, 2014 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Corruption, Government, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

  We are so close to losing our democracy to the mercenary class, it’s as if we are leaning way over the rim of

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U.S. corporations stashing $2 trillion in profits offshore

April 14, 2014 Madonna Gauding Congress, Corporations, Taxes 2 comments

According to Huffington Post, corporations are keeping $2 trillion in offshore profits to avoid paying taxes. One of the many ways corporations enrich themselves is by

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Will the protests at the University of Southern Maine spark a national student movement?

April 3, 2014 Madonna Gauding Economy, Education, Politics, Privatization Leave a comment

Like so many other institutions in this, our neoliberal land of opportunity, universities have become infested with rent extracting parasites. Were I to say

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