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Why not mint a trillion-dollar platinum coin?
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Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 46Business AlterNet, Mint the Coin, Platinum
2012 was an unmitigated disaster for abortion rights
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Carding for Sudafed can’t solve America’s meth problem
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Gun deaths rampant after Sandy Hook massacre
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Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 7:12 PM UTC 88News AlterNet, Sandy Hook Shootings
Cleric “gang rape” story debunked
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Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 4:32 PM UTC 14Politics AlterNet
Marijuana smoothie, anyone?
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Robots don’t destroy jobs!
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Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 3:39 PM UTC 14Business AlterNet, robots, New York Times
The “fiscal cliff” deal is simply awful
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5 Islam-bashing Republicans to watch in 2013
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Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 78Politics AlterNet, John Boehner
World’s tallest (and smelliest) building
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Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 2:00 PM UTC 25Life AlterNet, Dubai, Burj Khalifa
Tarantino: “I find the criticism ridiculous”
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The Daily Caller shamelessly shills for Big Tobacco
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Friday, Dec 28, 2012 6:11 PM UTC 13Politics AlterNet, Big Tobacco, Marlboro
Progressive victories you may have missed in 2012
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The National Guard in public schools?
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Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 10:29 PM UTC 26Politics AlterNet, Barbara Boxer
Christian right blames atheists for Sandy Hook shootings
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Does the Bible make Americans more violent?
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8 striking parallels between the U.S. and the Roman Empire
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Report: Right wing plots coup to oust Boehner
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