| William Rivers Pitt | Half the Republicans You Know Are Insane William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: Those two-and-a-half Republicans you know are energetic voters, and they throw enormous weight in American politics; that's why the government is shut down and a disastrous default looms, in case you were wondering. Read the Article Fossil Fuel Army Versus the Planet: Battle Lines Are Drawn on Climate Change Lou Miller, Truthout: As the consequences of climate change become more apparent and the window to act closes, an unprecedented battle is growing in ferocity. Energy and fossil fuel interests and their supporters now face opponents including a sizable chunk of the remaining world power brokers. Read the Article The Interstate of the Future: Privatization or Innovation? Ellen Dannin, Truthout: A recent report from the Reason Foundation touting privatization of the interstate as the new cool solution to crumbling transportation infrastructure represents a failure of reason as well as imagination. Read the Article Cyber Schools Fleece Taxpayers for Phantom Students and Failing Grades Mary Bottari, PRWatch: In recent years, there has been an explosion of full-time "virtual" charter schools paid for by the taxpayer. K12 Inc. and ALEC have pushed a national agenda to replace brick-and-mortar classrooms and hands-on teaching with computers and "distance learning." Read the Article and Watch the Video The GOP's Shutdown Tab: $1 Billion and Counting Richard Eskow, Campaign for America's Future: The shutdown bill already has come to roughly $1 billion as of Thursday, and it is growing. The worst time to play fiscal games is when the economy already is in danger, and that's exactly what Republicans are doing. Read the Article Obamacare: The GOP's Waterloo The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The "me society" billionaires fear that once Americans understand that Obamacare isn't some evil socialist scheme, they'll start to see through the Republicans' other lies about the dangers of government regulation of the pharmaceutical industry, the oil industry and Wall Street. Read the Article How the Pentagon Is Using Your Tax Dollars to Turn Italy Into a Launching Pad for the Wars of Today and Tomorrow David Vine, TomDispatch: The Pentagon has spent the past two decades plowing hundreds of millions of tax dollars into military bases in Italy, turning the country into an increasingly important center for US military power. Read the Article Paul Krugman | In the US, a Political Showdown Over Health Care Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: The cause for which most of the GOP is willing to threaten the chaos of a shutdown is the noble endeavor of ensuring that tens of millions of Americans continue to lack essential health care. Read the Article Rebelling Against Massive Use of Pesticides, Brazilians Shift to Organic Foods Antonio Pasolini, Occupy.com: Many Brazilians are switching to organic because Brazil is the biggest user of pesticides per capita in the world. Chemicals banned in most other countries get dumped in Brazil because of lax legislation and intense lobbying from chemical companies. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Wages Have Gone Down Nearly 7 Percent Since the Recession, and More In today's On the News segment: According to new data from PayScale, the largest salary profile database in the world, wages have gone down almost 7 percent since the recession; it's the third day of the government shutdown, and Congress appears no closer to a resolution; Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi introduced a new comprehensive immigration plan based on bipartisan policy; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Time for Proof on Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, Consortium News: Evidence of the August 21 chemical weapons attack near Damascus remains hidden and in dispute, causing a group of former US intelligence professionals to ask Moscow and Washington to present what they have. Read the Letter After Four Decades in Solitary, Dying Angola 3 Prisoner Herman Wallace Freed; Conviction Overturned Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!: A dying prisoner has been released in Louisiana after serving nearly 42 years in solitary confinement, longer than any other person in the United States. Herman Wallace was released from prison after a federal judge overturned his conviction, saying he did not receive a fair trial. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript | 
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