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It's Time for a Trillion-Dollar Tag Sale at the Pentagon By Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com When we want to get serious about a long-term bailout strategy, we'll start dismantling the American empire and Pentagon programs. Read more »   Can You Guess a Person's Politics by Their Personality? Psychologist Team Says Yes By Maria Luisa Tucker, AlterNet A map illustrating regional personality differences across America is surprisingly similar to the red state/blue state map of the nation. Read more »   Will the Economic Crash Take Down Our Hopes for Clean Energy? By David Morris, AlterNet This happened before, in 1981. But this time the renewable energy industry is in better shape for a fight. Read more »   Michelle 'McCarthy' Bachmann -- The Hate Monger of Minnesota By Max Blumenthal, The Daily Beast How a Minnesota congresswoman became the poster child for the GOP's election 2008 crack-up. Read more »   Don't Look Now, There's a Huge Wave of Inflation Coming Toward Us By Kevin Phillips, Huffington Post Paulson and Bernanke's "rescue" have only begun to do their full long-term damage. Read more »   The New York Times' Biggest Screw-up Since They Sold the War in Iraq By Mark Ames, The Nation Deconstructing the NYT fairy tale of the poor innocent small democracy of Georgia attacked by a cruel Cold War Russian monster. Read more »   Labor's Comeback Will Get a Lot Easier with 60 Democratic Senators By Kim Moody, Labor Notes Despite innovations in unionizing through the card check process, a bold initiative waiting in Congress is the big hope. Read more »   Where Have All the Water Fountains Gone? By Richard Girard, Polaris Institute New buildings are being constructed without water fountains and existing buildings are decommissioning older fountains. Read more »   Obama vs. McCain: Progressive Voter Guide to Reproductive Justice and Gender AlterNet Find out how the candidates compare on the 10 most important reproductive justice and gender issues, from abortion to equal pay. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     McCain on Whether He Wants to Raise the Minimum Wage: 'Of Course Not' By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress At least he's consistent. Read more »   Pearl Jam Sets the Stage to Vote for Change By ZP Heller, Brave New Films A documentary of the band's 2004 tour with a message that still rings true. Read more »   CA's Prop 5: Rehab vs. Lockup -- Voters' Chance to Become a More Advanced Society By Jan Frel, AlterNet Instead of just locking people up for harmless offenses like drug possession, Prop 5 pushes for rehabilitation. Read more »

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