Apocolypse Not Now | Weekly Top Ten

Week ending Friday May 20, 2011         Weekly Highlight: Apocolypse Not Now... The Rapture Fails to Materialize "I guess on Sunday when the #Rapture people feel really upset, we can't console them by saying 'Cheer up, it's not the end of the world.'" by David Batty, the Guardian/UK Christian doomsday prophet Harold Camping looks likely to be less than rapturous after his prediction that the world would end on Saturday failed to materialize. The 89-year-old Californian preacher had prophesied that the Rapture would begin at 6pm in each of the world's time zones, with those "saved" by Jesus ascending to heaven and the non-believers being wiped out by an earthquake rolling from city to city across the planet. Read the rest of the article here. Our Weekly Most Read Views... Chris Hedges: The Obama Deception: Why Cornel West Went Ballistic Rania Khalek: In America, Being Poor is a Criminal Offense James Carroll: A Declaration of Empire Robert Fisk: Why No Outcry over These Torturing Tyrants? Tiffany Williams: What about the Woman Strauss-Kahn Allegedly Raped? Richard Heinberg: Peak Oil: A Chance to Change the World Dennis Kucinich: US Actions, Not Obama's Words Tell Story of US Middle East Policy John Nichols: Tens of Thousands Rally in Wisconsin to Declare: "This Fight is NOT Over! Paul Krugman: America Held Hostage Robert Scheer: One Lawman With the Guts to Go After Wall Street Our Weekly Most Read Headlines... Osama bin Laden's Guns Found 'Only After' US Navy Seals Killed Him Speculation Explains More about Oil Prices Than Anything Else America’s Healthcare Crisis is Getting Worse IMF Chief Being Questioned in Alleged Sex Assault Scientists Cast Doubt on TSA Tests of Full-Body Scanners Activists Decry Probe Revealed by Found FBI Papers In Greece, Austerity Kindles Deep Discontent Blackwater Founder Builds Foreign Force in UAE Flood Fight and Flight Along the Mississippi River House Dems Push Recess Appointment of Elizabeth Warren Home About Us Donate Sign Up Archives Abby Zimet: Further Not Broke, Just Twisted So much talk about debt and austerity; so little focus on gross inequality. A video from the Institute For Policy Studies offers stunning income, profit and tax figures on an America "awash in wealth" held by a fortunate, twisted few. 47.4: Percent of profits corporations paid in taxes in 1961. 11.1: Percent of profits corporations paid in taxes in 2011. Link to video here Video Highlights... Chris Hedges: The World As It Is Democracy Now! Friday's Live Stream Taibbi: 'U.S. Politics - Reality Show Sponsored by Wall Street' Well, That Was Fast - Comcast/NBC Merger 'Union Town' by Tom Morello: The Night Watchman Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater Founder Erik Prince’s Private Army of “Christian Crusaders” in the UAE US Uncut Brings Its Lesson to a Corporate Tax Dodger Associate of Bradley Manning Sues Dept. of Homeland Security for 4th Amendment Violations Founded in 1997, CommonDreams.org is an Internet-based progressive news and grassroots activism organization. We are nonprofit, independent and nonpartisan. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. © Copyright 1997-2011 You are subscribed to Common Dreams as F.Abdolian.blogi@blogger.com. Click here to manage your subscription.