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• Another “Gubmint BAD!!!” Myth Put to Rest

  
  Reconstitution 2.0 — Authority: 136
  Chimpy the Privateer sold off as much of this Government as he could get his monkey hands on to private firms. He did this to enrich his cronies, of course, but he had the backing of a lot of idiots who claim that private enterprise just ALWAYS works better than that inefficient GUBMINT!We’ve cited countless [...]
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• Would You Like Flies With That?

  
  Cognitive Dissidence — Authority: 435
  On the heels of Scott Walker causing Milwaukee County another national embarrassment , we find out that his privatization of the food services at the mental health complex is less than acceptable.
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• Improving the Trademark Registration Process through the Use of Private Actors

  
  IP Osgoode — Authority: 425
  Irina D. Manta is an Assistant Professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.It is a common misconception in the United States that while applications for patent registration suffer delays, problems with the much simpler process of trademark registration are few and far between. As a result, scholars ...
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• Blackwater/Xe, the Company You Cant Get Rid of

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 134
  Yesterday, Justin Elliot at Talking Points Memo published an interesting piece on the never-ending saga that is the governments relationship with the company formerly known as Blackwater. Despite the scandals , investigations and indictments that have recently plagued Xe – and the resultant loss of a ...
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• The Privatization of War: Scahill reports 121,000 contractors in Afghanistan

  
  P U L S E — Authority: 561
  During an interview with Riz Khan on December 21st Jeremy Scahill reported that the Obama administration has surpassed the Bush era’s privatization of war, having nearly doubled the number of security contractors in Afghanistan over the past several months. Amongst the contracting firms who remain in Afghanistan ...
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• There is no adult supervision at the Pentagon

  
  TarsTarkas.NET Blog — Authority: 126
  I couldn’t have asked for better timing to start blogging about military contractors.  Sen. Claire McCaskill’s subcommittee on contractor oversight  held a new set of hearings that have provided the best statistics about currently deployed contractors yet.  Jeremy Scahill has written an excellent summary of ...
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• Don’t Cry For Me, America

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/11/21/dont-cry-for-me-america In the early 20th century, Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world. While Great Britain ’s maritime power and its far-flung empire had propelled it to a dominant position among the world’s industrialized nations, only the ...
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• Predatory Pseudo-Philanthropy

  
  The Perimeter Primate — Authority: 111
  The accurate term for the highly manipulative spending which Bill Gates , Eli Broad , and the Walton family are engaging in is “predatory pseudo-philanthropy.” It is the logically evolved and naturally-conceived outcome of the predatory capitalist approach of these billionaire CEOs. With ...
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• Ontario would be wise to split up assets

  
  FP Trading Desk — Authority: 548
  Advisers have been retained and the Ontario government is considering the sale of its crown jewels, including Hydro One, Ontario Power Generation (OPG), its liquor stores (LCBO) and its lottery and gaming franchise (OLG). Hydro One could be worth as much as $7.5-billion using current P/E multiples. It was almost ...
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• Privatization Update: “MIAT” will not be privatized, it is “dangerous”

  
  Mongolia Business and Mongolian Daily Business News — Authority: 133
  The State Property Agency issued list of entities to be privatized next year and it will be proposed to the State Great Khural. According to the renewed list, major entities are removed from the list. In the list of 2004-2008, MIAT, Mongolia Telecom, Khutul Concrete and Lime Factory and Mongol Post Companies were ...
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• Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in U.S. Contracts in Afghanistan

  
  The Beacon — Authority: 619
  In preparation for hearings on the government’s contractors in Afghanistan by the Senate Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, the majority staff has prepared a memorandum , dated December 16, 2009, which gives an overview. I commend this report to your attention with the caveat “read it and weep.” Not that ...
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• Stunning Statistics About the War Every American Should Know

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 584
  Contrary to popular belief, the US actually has 189,000 personnel on the ground in Afghanistan right now—and that number is quickly rising.By Jeremy ScahillA hearing in Sen. Claire McCaskill’s Contract Oversight subcommittee on contracting in Afghanistan has highlighted some important statistics that provide a ...
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• Service Unavailable

  
  Just Above Sunset — Authority: 127
  Saturday evening here in Hollywood, but no Saturday evening column – offline since late afternoon – the internet cable service crapped out early on and there was no nothing for hours. It came back late in the evening – on and off – but there was no grist for my mill, so to speak. So there’s not the usual ...
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• Copenhagen births World Gov’t framework despite fallout over science fraud

  
  wacLA.org — Authority: 127
  
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• Molly’sBlog 2009-12-18 19:48:00

  
  Anarchoblogs — Authority: 159
  CANADIAN POLITICS ONTARIO: PRIVATIZATION IN ONTARIO: The following opinion piece is from the Ontario Public Service Employees Union . Down Ontario way the provincial government has floated the idea of privatizing various government Crowns, as a means to get quick money to relieve their deficit. ...
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• Copenhagen climate conference’s giant globe: A sign of things to come?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  An enormous white globe dangled in Copenhagen’s Bella Centre, the location of the world’s largest ever leaders’ summit on climate change, could be an unintended yet chilling sign of things to come. An observant attendee made it clear by scribbling on the giant model of the earth that its designers forgot to ...
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• National Post Blasts Privatization

  
  The Progressive Economics Forum — Authority: 470
  While The National Post typically supports privatization, today’s lead editorial correctly characterizes Premier McGuinty’s recent musings as “a desperate government trying to unload assets during a down market.” The following paragraphs note the extreme difficulty in getting anything approaching fair ...
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• Dewhurst and transportation funding

  
  Eye on Williamson — Authority: 134
  As a rule Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s reelection campaign, as long as it lasts, and his statements should be filtered through a couple of prisms.  One is that he’s likely parsing all his words toward his eventual run for US Senate, whenever current GOP Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison leaves office.  The other is that ...
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• Sarkozy’s tough message on climate – did it get through?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  After one and a half days of mostly uninspired and often irrelevant speeches by world leaders, French President Nicolas Sarkozy walked to the podium at UN climate talks in Copenhagen and produced a seven minute rallying cry - focused, energetic and packed with more punch than the rest put together. Jabbing his ...
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• LORD CHRISTOPHER WALTER MONCKTON, 3RD VISCOUNT MONCKTON OF BRENCHLEY: ANTI-AGW ACTIVIST, CLIMATEGATE ENTHUSIAST AND WRONG

  
  REAL LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH — Authority: 125
  Christopher Walter Monckton, is an anti-Anthropogenic Global Warming activist. He doesnt believe that humans have increased the global temperature by burning carbon or perhaps otherwise increasing greenhouse gases or that if they have, it isnt necessarily a bad thing. He has called for reforestation, so perhaps that ...
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