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Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation How a handful of Senate Democrats undermined Obama’s effort to make a basic, powerful point about GOP obstruction…Show original

Via Scoop.it – Demand Transformation Five changes that would help this grassroots movement transform the nation…Show original

Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationIt is Barack Obama, not George W. Bush, who made a lie of the dictum that Social Security is the “third rail of politics.” It is now in the slaughterhouse along with all other government programs, waiting its turn to be eviscerated. The Democrats have excelled in committing the crimes which Republicans have only dreamed about,…

Via Scoop.it – Creating the FutureThe Boeing X-37B, the mysterious uncrewed spaceplane developed for the US Air Force, could be scaled up and modified to carry astronauts. That’s the tantalising possibility posited by a Boeing chief at Space 2011Show original

Via Scoop.it – Demand TransformationProtesters are furious over America’s growing income disparity.– The U.S. is facing a structural crisis that goes beyond the bursting of the financial bubble. The remedies, therefore, must also go beyond what I regard as gimmickry of a stimulus package, or a temporary tax cut – or, for that matter, even less relevant permanent tax cuts. So…