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What is the purpose of life?

An eternal question, what is the purpose of life?, occupied philosophers’ thoughts throughout history. Stone pictographs reveal even primitive peoples reflected on this query. Each one has the capacity to define his or her personal thinking about politics, economics and religion.

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Tamar Gendler: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Politics and Economics

Started by Dallas the Phallus. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck 15 hours ago. 1 Reply 1 Like

Tamar Gendler, Department of Philosophy Chair at Yale University, Cognitive ScientistWho gets what and who says so? These two questions underlie and inform every social arrangement from the resolution of schoolyard squabbles to the meta-structure of…Continue

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US Military can now police civilians

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Military Quietly Grants Itself the Power to Police the Streets Without Local or State…Continue

Tags: civilian protection from military, military takeover, Posse Comitatus Act

Bank credit card collection scam

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The Vicious New Bank Shakedown That Could Seriously Ruin Your LifeJPMorgan Chase and other big banks are accused of running a…Continue

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Does the World Trade Organization make you fat?

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck May 12. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Super-Sized Citizens: The Relationship Between a Country's Fast-Food Outlets and Its Obesity RatesWhile this study only claims an association, not cause, it…Continue

Tags: WTO, obesity, restaurant density, transnational food companies

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Comment by Joan Denoo on January 28, 2013 at 1:09am: “My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years.” ~ Grov...

He says this even as the gap between rich and poor grows monthly.He can't get any more money from small businesses and wage earners. He'll have to go for the people with money.

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 28, 2013 at 12:35am: The good news: "Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown is a strong advocate for breaking up the big banks and is now on the Senate Finance Committee. And Elizabeth Warren, scourge of Wall Street, will sit on the Senate Banking Committee. "

~ Robert Reich

TARP -- the notorious Troubled Assets Relief Program that bailed ou...

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 28, 2013 at 12:29am: Stocks are way over-valued right now, Robert Reich

Get ready for a bumpy ride. I've been here before and it ain't go'n to be pretty.

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 28, 2013 at 12:22am: Robert Reich doesn't think the current economic "recovery" is susta...

This is what I am reading from others as well and I think they look at the obvious evidence to support this news.
Consumers don't have $ with which to buy.
Banks are not willing to lend.
Employed worried about their jobs.
Median wage dropping further, adjusting for inflation.
Saving for education and retirement more difficult.
Social Security rose from 4/2% to 6.2%, about $100 month.
Stimulus is over.
States cutting jobs and spending.
Fiscal showdown delayed 3 months.

Take a look at what happens in Europe, Japan, China.
Chance of recession for next 18 months is 50%.

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 27, 2013 at 2:32pm: Thanks Sentient, too bad Viet Name ate up the money that could have made a big difference. However, his anti-poverty program reduced the poverty rate by half. Really good for "bombs or butter" disputes.

Comment by Sentient Biped on January 27, 2013 at 1:12pm: Respectfully.... One pres from Texas had his moments.

LBJ signing the Civil Rights Act

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 27, 2013 at 1:09pm: “In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.”
― Matt Taibbi, Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That I...

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 27, 2013 at 1:08pm: “Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention."

[Shrub Flubs His Dub, The Nation, June 18, 2001]”
― Molly Ivins

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 27, 2013 at 1:02pm: “For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves rolled up. We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace--business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt