Sunday, March 31, 2013

Propaganda, Self-Censorship and Climate Change

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Same-sex Marriage Polls Have Risen Faster Than Property Taxes in a Tulip Bubble

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Arkansas Residents Evacuate as Exxon-Mobil Tar Sands Pipeline Ruptures

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North Korea Declares "State of War" With South Korea

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Bank of Cyprus's Customers May Lose as Much as 60 Percent on Deposits

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Assange Prosecutor Quits While Accuser Fires Lawyer

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White Men Have Much to Discuss About Mass Shootings

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The Attack on Renewable Energy Standards: In Numbers

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Propaganda, Self-Censorship and Climate Change

Bruce Melton, Truthout: Scientist Bruce Melton argues that it's time for the environmental movement and environmental journalism to state the full truth - loudly and often - to counter denialist propaganda. That would entail using the four "poison" words: climate change and global warming.

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This Is What Happens When Congress Is for Sale

The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Show: While all eyes were glued on the Supreme Court this week and the hearings surrounding marriage equality, Americans were dealt a major blow by the other two branches of government.

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Report: Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Will Cost US $4-6 Trillion Dollars

Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service: According to a new report by a prominent Harvard University researcher, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will cost taxpayers between four and six trillion dollars, making them the most expensive conflicts in US history.

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How Worker-Owned Companies Work

Theresa Riley, Moyers & Company: Documentary producers Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young say "in the US, we learn from an early age to navigate hierarchical social structures, and we have lots of practice competing but little practice cooperating. So we have a lot to learn in order to make cooperatives a success."

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Lean In and One Percent Feminism

Linda Burnham, Portside: Sheryl Sandberg, author of the book Lean In, has taken it upon herself to jump-start the stalled feminist revolution. However, her brand of feminism is as conservative as it gets, says Linda Burnham.

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Little-Known "Monsanto Protection Act" Shields the Company From Being Sued by Consumers Who Claim They've Been Harmed by Monsanto's Products, and More

In today's On the News segment: Opponents are expressing anger not only about the "Monsanto Protection Act" content, but also about the secretive way the legislation made its way into the final appropriations bill; lawmakers in Kansas are close to passing a law calling for people infected with AIDS or HIV to be quarantined; activists and labor unions won legislation that ensures New York workers get paid time off when they get sick; and more.

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The Global Unemployment Crisis

Ozgur Orhangazi, Back to Full Employment: The global unemployment rate is around 6 percent, which translates into a total of 197 million unemployed worldwide - and this number does not include the 39 million who have dropped out of the labor market.

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Watergate's Lessons, Washed Away

Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: During Watergate, people went to jail, even former attorney general, John Mitchell. Today, we can't even get miscreant bankers to resign in exchange for their billions in bailouts, much less prosecute them for criminal behavior.

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Saturday, March 30, 2013

Letter To York 112 Voters

Fighting The Good Fight: York Township, IL Precinct 112 DuPage County Democratic Committeeman

To: The Voters of York Township Precinct 112, DuPage County, Illinois

Dear Fellow Citizen,

I am privileged to serve as the Democratic Precinct Committeeman for precinct 112 of York township. I am currently in my second 2-year term as Precinct Committeeman. Many of you may have seen me walking around the precinct (or bicycling) knocking on doors, asking for petition signatures, or handing out campaign literature. - Please note, the term “Committeeman” is defined in State law. I would prefer “Representative,” but it would be expensive to go through the process of first changing, and then re-publishing the relevant State statutes. In this time of tight budgets, it's not worth the expenditure of taxpayer funds to pursue.

Please allow me to specify what my responsibilities are as a Precinct Committeeman:

  1. Collect petition signatures from registered voters to get Democratic Candidates on the ballot for elections. Without these signatures, candidates cannot be placed on the ballot by the Election Commission, and your choices of candidates in the elections are thus limited. Specific numbers of petitions from registered voters must be filed with the Election Commission by candidates as required by State law.
  2. Distribute campaign literature for Democratic Candidates to the Registered Voters in the precinct. This is so you know a little about the candidates that will appear on your ballot in the next election.
  3. Vote for Township and County Officers of the Democratic party, and vote on Township procedures and bylaws of the local Democratic Party.

Please note that “Ask for funding donations” is not on the above list. I will never ask you for money. The Party and Candidates bear that responsibility.

Please join me in voting for our Democratic Municipal Candidates on Tuesday, April 9th!!

Please feel free to contact me at the e-mail address at the top of this page with concerns or issues. I will do my best to get answers for you from the local party organizations. I apologize, but I can't give out my phone number, as I work full-time third shift, and people forget that I'm probably asleep when most of you are up.

Sincerely, Dan Stafford, PC, York 112 ( http://york112dem.blogspot.com )

Friday, March 29, 2013

It Can Happen Here: The Confiscation Scheme Planned for US and UK Depositors

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Federal Judge Questions SEC Checkbook Justice in Assessing Huge Fines But Allowing Financial Firms to Deny Wrongdoing

Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: A federal judge finally decides to ask Wall Street regulators a common sense question. If you are assessing a financial firm a $600 million fine for illegal behavior, which they agree to, how can you allow them to deny guilt?

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Investigators Discover NRA Materials in Newtown Killer's House

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Paul Krugman | Cheating Our Children

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Marriage Equality and the Christian Right: "It's the End of the World!"

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Ed Rendell's Plea for Fracking Fails to Disclose Industry Ties

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"We Were Handcuffing Kids for No Reason": Stop-And-Frisk Goes on Trial

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Why the US Government Lacks Legitimacy on Gun Control

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Incredible North Atlantic Storm Spans Atlantic Ocean, Coast to Coast

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It Can Happen Here: The Confiscation Scheme Planned for US and UK Depositors

Ellen Brown, Web of Debt: When Americans realize that the alternative is to have their ready cash transformed into "bank stock" of questionable marketability, moving failed mega-banks into the public sector may start to have more appeal.

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Injection Well Linked to Destructive Earthquake in Oklahoma, Raising New Fracking Fears

Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Geologists are reporting an uptick in minor earthquakes across the country linked to fracking, specifically with the injection of waste fluids in known seismic faults.

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Walmart's Death Grip on Groceries Is Making Life Worse for Millions of People

Stacy Mitchell, AlterNet: Like Midas in reverse, Walmart extracts wealth and pushes down incomes in every community it touches, from the rural areas that produce food for its shelves to the neighborhoods that host its stores.

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Taking Our Foot Off the Global Warming Accelerator

Dr. Brian Moench, Truthout: Moench proposes a way "to cut energy waste and reduce the nation's emissions of greenhouse gases [that] is very simple, relatively painless and would actually save consumers money immediately, with no upfront costs."

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The Great Cyprus Bank Robbery

Salvatore Babones, Inequality.org: Cypriot banks have failed because they have engaged in all the risky business practices that US banks taught them. It's no surprise that Bank of Cyprus is now going the way of Citibank. The surprise is that it took so long.

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"Capitalism Never Solves Its Crisis Problems; It Moves Them Around Geographically"

Gaius Publius, America Blog: This is one of the best - and visually interesting - animations about modern capitalism and the political/economic system we've been living in for the last 50 years I've ever seen, says Gaius Publius.

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Government Debt and Deficits Are Not the Problem. Private Debt Is.

Michael Hudson, New Economic Perspectives: You will hear about rising government debt, not private-sector debt. The press follows this hand wringing, urging governments to balance the budget to restore "fiscal responsibility." The problem is that "fiscal responsibility" is economically irresponsible.

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State Department's Keystone XL Contractor ERM Green-Lighted BP's Explosive Caspian Pipeline That Failed to Live Up to Jobs Hype

Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog: In 2002, the Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Group declared the controversial 1,300 mile-long Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline environmentally and socioeconomically sound. Eleven years later, this shady group is giving the same green light to the Keystone XL pipeline.

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50,000 March in Tunisia to Launch World Social Forum

Michael Levitin, Occupy.com: The global next generation will be on full display in Tunisia throughout the week as activists and civic organizations at the World Social Forum engage in hundreds upon hundreds of workshops, panels and strategic discussions to redress universal challenges to human freedom and dignity.

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Take the Oath: A Critic of Marriage Gets Teary

Laura Flanders, The Nation: Laura Flanders reflects on her own views of the institution of marriage as she experiences the importance of marriage equality in her own life.

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Lanny Breuer Cashes in After Not Prosecuting Wall Street Execs, Will Receive Approximate Salary of 4 Million Dollars

Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: It happened as BuzzFlash predicted. After not prosecuting Wall Street Execs, former Department of Justice Criminal Chief Lanny Breuer will join his former white collar defense law firm of Covington & Burling to represent some of the people he should have been possibly indicting.

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In US Supreme Court, Anti-Gay Movement is Humiliated

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Why Sherrod Brown is Wall Street's Biggest Nightmare in Washington DC

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Mass School Closings Offer Brutal Example of Chicago's Disconnected Politics

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Gun Violence Costs US Health Care System, Taxpayers Billions Each Year

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Anti-Drones Activists Plan Month of Protest Over Obama's "Kill" Policy

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Officer Tied to 2005 Destruction of Interrogation Tapes Moves Up CIA Ladder

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Mark Morford | Your Evolution is Totally Gay

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William Rivers Pitt | All Politics Is Local

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: As the birth of William Rivers Pitt's daughter approaches, he realizes what he wants to teach her: "Do what you can within reach of your arm . . . because anything you touch is part of a tapestry that reaches far and wide, even unto the highest and mightiest seats of power."

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Self-Replication at Stake in Monsanto Patented Seed Case

Simon Davis-Cohen, Truthout: Davis-Cohen's reading of the Supreme Court hearing of arguments in Bowman v. Monsanto suggests that the essential philosophical, ethical and moral questions underlying the case were not, and will not be, addressed by the court.

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EPA Survey: Over Half of American Rivers and Streams Are in Poor Condition

Mike Ludwig, Truthout: The majority of the rivers and streams in America are in "poor" or "fair" condition due to pollution and other factors, according to a national survey released this week by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

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DHS Emails Question Federal Law Enforcement's Role in Violence at Occupy Wall Street and Oakland Rallies

Jason Leopold, Truthout: Homeland Security memos recently released shed little light on the federal government's role in dismantling Occupy Wall Street encampments, but they do show a concern by officials that DHS avoid any connection with brutal crackdowns on protesters.

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Why the National Labor Relations Act Is a Weak Law Today - and How We Can Restore its Power

Ellen Dannin, Truthout: Some argue that the National Labor Relations Act has always been a fatally flawed law that was incapable of keeping its promises of promoting employees' rights to form and join unions and to provide mutual aid and support to one another. But is that true?

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Paul Krugman | It Was Bankers That Brought Cyprus to the Brink

Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Is the era of free capital movement just a bubble, fated to end soon?

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Corporations Rake in Record Profits, Yet Pay Half as Much in Taxes, and More

In today's On the News segment: After yesterday's landmark challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the pro-equality crowd is hopeful; corporations rake in record profits and pay half as much in taxes as they did just a few decades ago; the Senate will begin voting on gun-control legislation next month; at least 6.2 million children have at least one unemployed parent; and more.

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The Community of the Undomiciled: Thomas Napper's "Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home"

Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: Thomas Q. Napper's award-winning documentary, "Lost Angels," writes Bader, "highlights the friendship, camaraderie and kindness that exist among the more than 11,000 undomiciled people - two-thirds of whom are struggling with psychiatric problems, drug addiction or both" - living in LA's Skid Row.

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How Global Warming Has Prevented Spring's Arrival

The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: People are scratching their heads and wondering when spring will arrive. Thanks to climate change, there is nothing normal about the way the weather is acting right now.

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Digital Grab: Corporate Power Has Seized the Internet

Norman Solomon, Norman Solomon's Blog: Solomon cautions Americans about the corporate power that has seized the Internet and how its antidemocratic grip is tightening every day.

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More than 100 Arrested Protesting Mass School Closings In Chicago

Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network: The city of Chicago announced a plan last week that would close 61 public schools. At least 100 people were arrested on Wednesday, March 27, protesting the largest-ever closing of schools.

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Fast Food Chains Realize Obamacare Will Cost Them Much Less Than They Predicted | ThinkProgress

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Study: Pesticides scramble bees’ brain circuits | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/27/study-pesticides-scramble-bees-brain-circuits/

Climate change models predict remarkably accurate results | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/27/climate-change-models-predict-remarkably-accurate-results/

Kentucky Democrats may overturn governor’s veto of ‘religious freedom’ bill (UPDATED) | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/26/kentucky-democrats-may-overturn-governors-veto-of-religious-freedom-bill/

Former Florida Republican chairman gets 18-months in jail for grand theft | The Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/27/former-florida-republican-chairman-gets-18-months-in-jail-for-grand-theft/

TransPacific Partnership Will Undermine Democracy

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The Court's Gay Marriage Confusion

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Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Shame of Three Strikes Laws

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Woman Who Helped Run CIA Torture May Get Major Promotion

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Half of All US Rivers Are Too Polluted for Our Health

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Security Staff Barricade Chicago Board of Education in Anticipation of Mass Rally

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White House Defends Voter Registration Through ObamaCare

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Dirty Little Smart Phones: Ted Smith on the Toxins in Digital Gadgets

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TransPacific Partnership Will Undermine Democracy, Empower Transnational Corporations

Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Truthout: Our country's democratic values could be under threat if President Obama fast tracks the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese explain how the TPP would affect our democracy.

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Gas Industry Report Calls Anti-Fracking Movement a "Highly Effective Campaign"

Katrina Rabeler, Yes! Magazine: A report intended to help the oil and gas industry squash the anti-fracking movement turns out to be full of useful information - and admits that much of what activists are saying is true.

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Is Gender Justice Getting Shafted in Immigration Reform?

Michelle Chen, In These Times: Beyond the economics, a more fundamental, unspoken question lies at the heart of the immigration debate: Does Washington place a higher premium on capital or social equity?

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The Fire Last Time

Peter Dreier and Donald Cohen, New Republic: Ironically, 100 years after the Triangle fire, we still hear much of the same rhetoric whenever reformers seek to use government to make businesses act more responsibly and protect consumers, workers and the environment.

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A DC Insider Explains How the Wall Street Lobby Owns DC: Crony Capitalism Prevails at Every Turn

Jeff Connaughton, Prospecta Press: DC insider Jeff Connaughton explains how a former Democratic Senator, a Wall Street point man, undercut President Bill Clinton on even a minor amendment to hold corporations accountable for intentional deceptive securities fraud.

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Syrian Dissidents' Peace Plan Met By Doubt in DC

Sam Knight, Truthout: Representatives from a group of Syrian opposition activists pushing a political resolution to that country's civil war visited Washington, DC, last week. Their perspective faces skepticism from influential quarters in Washington.

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The AR-15 Assault Weapon: What Would Freud Say?

The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Show: Estrogen-mimicking BPA, while mostly banned in Canada and Europe, is widespread in the American food supply; and Americans, particularly gun-loving Americans, seem to have a strong affection for foods that contain it.

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Imperial Germany and the Pillage of Europe's Indebted Mediterranean Region

C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout: In today's neoliberal, antidemocratic and German-dominated European Union, the pillage of wealth from the periphery to the core of the euro zone takes place in a physically nonviolent manner through "bailouts" and "bail-ins."

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Was Challenged Before the Supreme Court Today, and More

In today's On the News segment: Today, the federal Defense of Marriage Act was challenged before the Supreme Court in United States v. Windsor; our public school system is under attack; former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean announced his new political action committee, and more.

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Religious Trauma Syndrome: How Some Organized Religion Leads to Mental Health Problems

Valerie Tarico, AlterNet: Dr. Marlene Winell came up with the label "Religious Trauma Syndrome" to describe harmful experiences with religion. Groups that demand obedience and conformity produce fear, not love and growth.

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As Supreme Court Hears Challenge to ALEC Voting Bill, Two More States Introduce It

Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: Within days of the Supreme Court hearing a challenge to an Arizona voting registration law that had been adopted as a "model" by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), South Carolina and Nevada advanced bills that appear to track the ALEC/Arizona template.

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