| | BuzzFlash Only Difference Between a Skinhead Racist and GOP Member Cutting Food Stamps Is Three Inches of Hair Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Let's cut the politeness of pretending that the social wing of the GOP is just into austerity and goofy views on the Constitution. It's about race, as the House's vote to cut food stamps, and let people starve, vividly shows. Read the BuzzFlash Commentary Add It Up: The Average American Family Pays $6,000 a Year in Subsidies to Big Business Read the Article at BuzzFlash Nuclear Crisis at Fukushima Could Spew Out More Than 15,000 Times as Much Radiation as Hiroshima Bombing Read the Article at BuzzFlash Glenn Greenwald | NSA Stories From Around the World Read the Article at The Guardian The Hidden Classified Briefing Most of Congress Missed Read the Article at The Atlantic "Decadent Homosexual Activity," Marijuana and Abortion Caused Colorado Floods, Talk Radio Minister Charges, Denying Global Warming Read the Article at BuzzFlash It's the Austerity, Stupid: How We Were Sold an Economy-Killing Lie Read the Article at Mother Jones Paul Krugman | Free to Be Hungry Read the Article at The New York Times | | If you've been thinking of donating to Truthout, now is the ideal time to do so. To help us raise the $32,000 we still need, a generous donor has offered to match your donations up to a total of $4,000. That means right now, any tax-deductible contribution you can spare will be doubled! We run on a tight budget and depend on reader support - can you pitch in today? 
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