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The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST

Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days -- including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.

Rachel Maddow Interview with Former Evangelist Frank Schaeffer: Christian Right Is 'Trolling for Assassins'

AlterNet — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST

Schaeffer: "There is a crazy fringe [receiving] messages that have been pouring out of FOX News ... talking about doing away with Obama, asking God to kill him."

15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the Seams

David DeGraw, Amped Status — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:01 PST

Are we nearing a tipping point as rapacious elites push a heavily armed populace too far?

How Limousine Liberals, Water Oligarchs and Even Sean Hannity Are Hijacking Our Water Supply

Yasha Levine, AlterNet — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST

A group of water oligarchs engineered a disastrous privatization scheme to make a fortune out of California's most precious natural resource.

New Right-Wing Craze: Using Bible Quote to Pray That Obamaâ€™s 'Days Be Few'

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:01 PST

A new slogan is making its way onto t-shirts and even teddy bears: 'Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8,' which reads, 'Let his days be few; and let another take his office.â€

Hightower: Obscenely Rich Bankers Claim to Do God's Work -- They Can Go to Hell

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST

Top executives were initially hurt by the public's moral outrage. But their sense of entitlement quickly kicked in, and now they claim they're the good guys.

America Is One Big Clunker and No Amount of Cash Will Buy Us a New One

James Howard Kunstler, Kunstler.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST

We continue to be childishly delusional about our dark economic and environmental prospects. Unfortunately, reality isn't amenable to lies and spin.

Catholic Bishops Put Sex Obsession Ahead of Mission to the Sick and the Poor

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST

First they threatened to take down health-care reform over abortion coverage. Now they're threatening services to the sick and poor of Washington, D.C., over same-sex marriage.

Sarah Palin Rules the GOP -- And She Will Destroy It

Max Blumenthal, Tomdispatch.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST

Palin's influence on a party largely devoid of leadership is expanding. If she doesn't become the GOP's future queen, she may be its future king-maker -- and its destroyer.

What if People Actually Treated Religion as Just a Metaphor (Like Trekkies and Secular Jews)?

Greta Christina, AlterNet — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST

It's possible to keep the good parts of religion -- like the music, rituals and pageantry -- and get rid of the sex-hating dogma, the belief in god and other troublesome aspects.