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Frank Rich- Ten Years After September 11 — The 9/11 Decade — New York Magazine
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, August 31, 2011Daryl Hannah Arrested At Keystone XL Pipeline Protest | Common Dreams
Good for her!Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Barack’s Betrayals Offer Lessons We Can’t Deny
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, August 31, 2011Europe’s Crisis of Currencies
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, August 31, 2011The Oil Game on Vimeo by Tom Harper
I will try and put something together for the blog, so much happening e.g. community farmshare here in Norwich, signs of the times and the more inspiring stories of the power of grass roots movements taking shape, Love and Peace TomPosted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, August 31, 2011
NYT Op-Eds (2)
"When it comes to sacrificing the environment for the benefit of big corporations, President Obama's policies look a lot like those of former President George W. Bush" (Bittman); "Should those whose job it is to prepare for the worst be punished because the worst didn’t happen?" (Dowd)Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, August 31, 2011
NYT (7): National News
Justice Dept moves to block ATT/T-Mobile merger; At $7-$10 billion, Irene may be in top ten most expensive disasters; NJ bullying law is toughest in nation; Head of ATF loses job over gun fiasco; White existential angst validated as minorities account for 98% of population growth in large cities; Boundary for compensation re 9/11 is extended in NYC; Charities finally taking hit due to economy.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, August 31, 2011
NYT (5): Foreign Affairs
Rebels divide Tripoli due to lack of leadership; Ramadan over, Syrian gov't fires on worshippers; IOM (never heard of them?) is major player in global migration; Hackers "impersonate" Google in Iran, showing how govt's could do so; and Jackson tribute is absolutely mired in controversy and internal strife.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Democracy Now: Ex-Bush Official and Powell Deputy Col. Lawrence Wilkerson – “I am Willing to Testify” If Dick Cheney is Put on Trial
Mr Dick is off on a merry book tour, so its very satisfying to hear Wilkerson go off on him, as he so clearly relishes doing .. money quote - "This is a book written out of fear, fear that one day someone will 'Pinochet' Dick Cheney" .. Amy also leads Wilkerson through a fascinating recounting of the machinations that went on before Powell's pre-Iraq presentation to the UN - mab .. watch videoPosted by Mike Blaxill, Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Dick Cheney versus Colin Powell: Memoir feeds the feud.
Posted by Harry Sifton, Tuesday, August 30, 2011Al Gore: Climate Denial Must Go the Way of Racism : TreeHugger
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 30, 2011Democracy On Their Terms: Republicans Lock Down Town Halls To Stifle Critics | TPMDC
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 30, 2011First Federal Reserve Audit Reveals Trillions in Secret Bailouts
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 30, 2011‘Fracking’: Rock Fracturing’s Relation to Quakes | Common Dreams
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 30, 2011Three Charts to Email to Your Right-Wing Brother-In-Law
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 30, 2011AlterNet (1)
Are corporate and political forces neutralizing activism?Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, August 30, 2011
NYT Op-Eds (3)
"To make our economy grow, we need a new era of high-tech advanced manufacturing" (Guest Op-Ed); "Reader beware: inspiring quotations are often fudged" (Guest Op-Ed); "What is it you really want to buy?" (Brooks)Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, August 30, 2011
NYT (3): National News
Obama taps jobs expert as advisor and head of CEA; Martinez moving to undo Richardson legacy in NM; and NYS rejects deal with News Corp as backlash over scandal continues.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, August 30, 2011
NYT (5): Foreign Affairs
WikiLeaks releases largest trove yet - with names intact; ExxonMobil inks major deal with Russia for Arctic drilling; Germany begins unplugging its nukes; Video embarrassing to China is released on YouTube; Japan chooses Finance Minister as next PM.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, August 30, 2011
David Sirota: 25 Years Later, How ‘Top Gun’ Made America Love War
Sirota in the Wash Post ..That Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster, made in collaboration with the Pentagon, came out in the mid-1980s, when polls showed many Americans expressing doubts about the post-Vietnam military and about the constant saber rattling from the White House. But the movie’s celebration of sweat-shined martial machismo generated $344 million at the box office and proved to be a major force in resuscitating the military’s image. Not only did enlistment spike when “Top Gun” was released, and not only did the Navy set up recruitment tables at theaters playing the movie, but polls soon showed rising confidence in the military .. By the time the 1991 Persian Gulf War began, Phil Strub, the Pentagon’s liaison to the movie industry, told the Hollywood Reporter that he’d seen a 70 percent increase in the number of requests from filmmakers for assistance — effectively changing the way Hollywood works.. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Truthdig – Prosecuting War Crimes? Be Sure to Read the Fine Print
Truer words have rarely been written. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, August 29, 2011
Charley Reese: Archives
Recently Greg Szymski turned us on to a Charley Reese article. In sourcing his post I came upon an archive which has many interesting articles. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, August 29, 2011
Truthdig – The Election March of the Trolls – Chris Hedges
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, August 29, 2011AlterNet (2)
An actual chart-based comparison of Bush vs. Obama re economic indicators; and is the growing surveillance state protecting the ultra-rich?Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, August 29, 2011
