Friday, 19 November 2010


By Mike Whitney

Irish leaders would rather accept a decade of EU-imposed austerity measures and the loss of sovereignty, then leave the euro and start fresh. It's disappointing.



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Ireland is home to 8 of the top 10 global technology companies and 15 of the top 25 medical devices firms.



Mosque protests reach new level of surreal: A Christian church in Phoenix has had to make a presidential-type denial: It is not Muslim.

Is Warped Christianity Threatening Our Democracy?: A misguided view of Christianity is chipping away at fundamental American principles, according to a new book about a shadowy religious/political organization in Washington, D.C.

The 7 Creepiest Things About the TSA's "Porno Scanners": The invasive scanners can see your tampons, give you cancer and make your grandmother cry -- and they're not cheap. Why do we keep using them?

Sticking it to the unemployed: Cutting off extended benefits for the unemployed not only hurts individuals who've been laid off but could dampen the economic recovery.

Prime U.S. Mortgage Foreclosures Rise to Record on Unemployment: Foreclosures on prime fixed-rate mortgages in the U.S. jumped to a record in the third quarter as unemployment strained household budgets of the most credit- worthy borrowers.