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This is a Christmas card you won't forget.
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Before heading back to Janesville, Paul Ryan dyed his beard white and put on his Santa Claus costume to deliver big time for Republican corporate donors far and wide, especially Big Oil-- which has already doled out $8,453,278 to congressional Republicans this year (after spending $26,852,861 on congressional Republicans in the last cycle.
Here are the stories they aren't telling us about.
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The Department of Business in Europe got an interesting Christmas greeting this holiday season – an enormous card with a singing Santa Clause carrying a toy sack marked with an obvious message about the unpopular Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – #noTTIP hashtag.
If you don’t know what the TTIP is, don’t worry – many individuals aren’t yet aware. Here is a brief description:
You and I constitute the very system that we blame for the world’s problems, which is starkly illustrated at Christmas when we rob our fragile earth on the high streets in the name of Jesus. What better way to celebrate the birth of Christ this year than to unite under the banner of freedom and justice, and peacefully demonstrate for an end to hunger and poverty across the world, writes Mohammed Mesbahi.
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By Noah (Bite me, O’Reilly. I said holiday, not Christmas)It’s that most wonderful time of the year again, and that means you just might be desperate for ideas on what to get for those special someones in your life. So, every year, I take on the role of would be Down With Tyranny personal shopper and try to come up with those perfect items that really say just how you feel: gifts that will make sure that you are always remembered.1.
It’s been about two weeks since the news media began smothering the nation with stories about UPS and FedEx delivering packages late during the holiday season.
A short shopping season of less than 30 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, combined with extraordinary numbers of deliveries and extreme weather problems caused thousands of packages not to be delivered by Christmas. For some media, this was the top story.
By James Petras | December 28, 2013
The transformation of Christmas from a story about a migrant working-class family fleeing state persecution, in the search for a safe haven and receiving support and solidarity to the biggest capitalist commercial bonanza of the year – has far-reaching political consequences.
Taking Christ out of Christmas
