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Tidal wave? 10-point edge for GOP – POLITICO.com
There is time to turn this around and save America, Keep up the effort or Reagan/Bush will return. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Populist Passion Is Antidote to Bankster Greed
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 31, 2010Ways to Create More Jobs: Federal Reserve Says “More Spending” – The Daily Beast
CCC and WPA would do the trick and leave us with improvements to our parlous infrastructure. Better than money to the banksters.mbPosted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 31, 2010
AlterNet: Obama’s Tricky Battle with the Military-Media Complex
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 31, 2010t r u t h o u t | Warning: Why Cheaper Money Won’t Mean More Jobs
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 31, 2010AlterNet: “Why the Hell Do We Have Forces in Germany?” How Our Vast Empire Saps Our Strength
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 31, 2010Â U.S. Government Prepares for ‘Crisis’:Â Â Â Â Â ICH
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 31, 2010The Tea Party comes to Washington: Glenn Beck on the Mall | The Economist
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 31, 2010NYT Op-Eds (3)
"There is no silver lining to the war in Afghanistan, and its toll — in dollars and in lives — is growing" (Herbert); "Last week’s attack of a New York taxi driver is a reminder that choosing between blaming an individual and blaming a culture is, for some, a matter of convenience" (Fish); "Though Iraq’s achievements remain fragile and incomplete, its progress must be acknowledged" (Brooks)Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, August 31, 2010
NYT (3): National News
MOSQUE IS TORCHED IN TENNESSEE; Banks pulling back from environmentally risky investments; and Obama must be doing something right, as Wall Street begins deserting him.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, August 31, 2010
NYT (3): Foreign Affairs
RIGHTS GROUP SUE U.S. OVER ASSASSINATION ORDER FOR CLERIC; If settlements don't scuttle them, peace talks may bear fruit; and India gives Blackberry ban a temporary reprieve.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Markos Moulitsas: How Sex, Sin and Power Bind Jihadists to the Radical Right
Markos has a new book out titled "The American Taliban: How Sex, Sin and Power Bind Jihadists to the Radical Right" - Kos, along with Matt Taibbi, Jane Hamsher and Glenn Greenwald, is among the best progressive writers out there fighting the good fight - in his new book he addresses the similarities in the conservative Christian and Islamic political movements in areas such as sexuality, gender equality, separation of church and state, and the propensity to use voilence as a means to an end. Kos writes that "on issue after issue, there is no daylight between the views of radical jihadists and the American radical right" -- you can buy his book here - mab .. read morePosted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, August 31, 2010
A crisis of spiraling tuition: Colleges must volunteer — or be forced — to address rising costs
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, August 31, 2010The Iraq war leaves a fog of ambiguity
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, August 31, 2010How Conservatives and the GOP Destroyed the “Traditional Family” They Claim to Treasure
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, August 31, 2010how-obama-got-rolled-by-wall-street.print.html
Our president sure got took by the Reagan Bush Clinton servants of the Wall Street banksters who really screwed Main Street. Obama is no FDR, who was/is what is really needed..mbPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, August 30, 2010
We Hold These Truths to be Completely Malleable
More as part of my continuing search of subjects pertaining to propaganda. Where it all starts. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, August 30, 2010
The bill for Agent Orange comes due – POLITICO.com
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, August 30, 2010AlterNet: 5 Things the Corporate Media and Government Don’t Want You to Know About Marijuana
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, August 30, 2010Truthdig – The State of Our Interracial Unions
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, August 30, 2010Â At Lincoln Memorial, a Call for Religious Rebirth: ICH
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, August 30, 2010NYT Op-Eds (3)
"In a repeat from the 1990s, the Republicans appear bent on ugliness and paralysis" (Krugman); "Will a fight over the theology of Zionism derail Mideast peace?" (Guest Op-Ed); "Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor†rally on the Washington Mall was long on piety and patriotism, but not on politics" (Douthat)Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, August 30, 2010
NYT+ (6): National News
QUIETLY, "PAPERS, PLEASE" APPEARS IN THE U.S.; BP toxic release in TX causes illness; Imam finally speaks re politics vis-a-vis NYC Islamic center; Palin's approval numbers drop; and though some people are okay with Web ads that follow them around, they are less sanguine about being located physically.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, August 30, 2010
NYT (2): Foreign Affairs
Will end of settlement moratorium scuttle peace talks?; and deep drilling goes on, despite lack of ability to control risks.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, August 30, 2010
