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Mr Trump (trying to) set himself up to be the anti-Christ

And as always trying to make a large bunch of stolen bread. His Royal Travesty got smacked down by his own party, the emergency funds set aside for natural and (oil spills) un-natural anticipated. For a pleasant change it’s set … Continue reading

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and the stocks go down, as the floods go up…

Infrastructure on the coasts, gone. Bull Market, stampeding down the path, leaving their droppings… everywhere… for those who don’t recognize the Sunday School song, “the rains come down and the floods go up and the house on the Rock stays … Continue reading

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Capitalism and the Workers Pair of Dice.

I had to do that. So, in 1994 NAFTA went into effect. In Mexico there were already the Maquilas. Processing and packaging plants for just about all of the Fortune 500 companies. Those that actually have products, only partly similar … Continue reading

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Will Act of God close Drake coal plant?

[FULL TEXT OF LETTER SUBMITTED TO CS INDEPENDENT MAY 14] Two years ago Colorado Springs lost 346 homes to the Waldo Canyon fire which precipitated floods expected to haunt the westside and Manitou for years to come. The next year … Continue reading

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Isaac- Where is Barack Obama? He’s certainly not there FOR the people of New Orleans!

— One would have thought that America’s first Black president would have taken the time and energy to ensure that there would be no repeat of Katrina horror for the remaining people still risking their lives living in New Orleans. … Continue reading

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Capitalist corruption, ecological destruction, and poor infrastructure sink city of 15 million under water

The fire here in Waldo Canyon, Colorado Springs, and now Manila are 2 man-made catastrophes of the moment. Philippine floods a man-made disaster: experts …Thats’s 80% of the city under water, worse than even with New Orleans which was another … Continue reading

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US-Pakistan Police-state exploits floods to attack ‘militants’

Of course that’s not the way the AP (Army Propaganda) headline worded it. The way their article is worded, those Meanies in the Pakistan Resistance refused to bow down and Worship their U.S. Military Masters even though their country is … Continue reading

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Colorado Springs own cloud maker

Last week’s POWER SHIFT 09, where 12,000 student environmentalists converged on Washington, culminated with a protest of a DC power plant which still produced 40% of its electricity from coal. A threatened largest act of mass civil disobedience pushed Washington … Continue reading

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Hunger, shortages and Wall Street

What can we expect of a capitalist system gorging itself on the misery of others? The energized “food speculators” have found another way now to skim money off of commodities (and off those producing them) by racing out of their … Continue reading

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Flooded Bangladesh, unconcerned US

Excessive amounts of energy used in the US brings floods to Bangladesh and drought to Sudan. What it doesn’t bring, is much concern from the US public about the destructiveness of its economy on other peoples. See Thousands stranded without … Continue reading

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Bucket brigade then tar and feather

I’d like to ask you to look closely at the the photograph of ranchers assembled in Trinidad to reject the PCMS expansion and Senator Salazar’s support of the taking of their land. (Salazar and the Army will only commit to … Continue reading

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Colorado Springs IQ ranking

This weekend’s Gazette reported that Colorado Springs ranked 16th among America’s brainiest cities.   Although that may not be saying much in light of the US intelligence quotient these days, I still find the story hard to believe. Other indicators: … Continue reading

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