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As the Plutonomy Powers Ahead, the “Realonomy” Remains in Recession
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, February 4, 2012Clearing Up the Confusion Over “Made in China”
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, February 4, 2012NYT Op-Eds (2)
"Mitt Romney said that he was concerned about 'middle-income Americans.' He certainly has a funny way of showing it" (Blow); "With that big political dust-up about breast cancer this week, we’ve clearly hit the point where there’s nothing that can’t be divided into red state/blue state" (Collins)Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, February 4, 2012
NYT (4): National News
Fall in jobless rate plays into Obama's hands; Increasingly paranoid Tea Party finds new bogeyman: U.N. "green" plan; NYPD Commish Kelly in hottest water yet; Amid growing opposition, Florida scraps casino bill.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, February 4, 2012
Truthdig – The Democrats Who Unleashed Wall Street and Got Away With It
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 3, 2012Truthdig – Focus on Iran and China Could Hasten American Decline
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 3, 2012Six Films on the Financial Crisis – Bill Moyers
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 3, 2012NYT Op-Eds (3)
"Mitt Romney has said that his comments about not caring about the very poor were taken out of context. But the more context you give them, the worse it gets" (Krugman); "At a time when political leaders never admit fault and rarely accept responsibility, Komen did both, and that's worth celebrating" (Rosenthal); "The viral phenomenon of 'Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus' and the debate that it prompted have a fogy offering advice on how to beat the fogies" (Brooks)Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, February 3, 2012
NYT (3): National News
In wake of growing outrage, Komen Foundation reverses itself, restores funding to Planned Parenthood; Why is SEC still giving banks a pass?; Senate overwhelmingly passes ethics bill re insider trading.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, February 3, 2012
Why Are US Health Costs So High? Follow the Bills | Common Dreams | Ralph Nader
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, February 2, 2012NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (5)
"The Supreme Court of the United States should broadcast its hearings live. Adding video would enhance public understanding of the court" (Editorial); "Gov. Mitch Daniels signed a bill making Indiana another 'right to work' state" (Rosenthal); "This primary season, pro-choice Republican women don’t have good options" (Guest Op-Ed); "The Republican Party used to be known for its moderate pragmatists. Then the party forced moderates like Mitt Romney to feign extremism just to compete" (Kristof); "Did you hear? Mitt Romney said he doesn’t care about poor people. Really, he did. Let’s break this down" (Collins)Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, February 2, 2012
NYT (9): National News
SuperPac secrecy - the spawn of Citizens United; Indiana gov signs "right to work" bill; Washington to become 7th state to approve same-sex marriage; Keystone pipeline is central to GOP economic argument; Three states order insurers to have climate change responses; Despite directive, pot arrests are up again in NYC; "Pink ribbon" breast cancer org finds itself red-faced as it ends funding for Planned Parenthood; NRC rejects Indian Point fire safety plan; Company behind exchange students who filed lawsuit re working conditions is barred from further biz.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, February 2, 2012
At Hearing on “Fracking,” Capitol Police Arrest Director of “Gasland”
Sari Gelzer at Truthout ..On Wednesday, House Republicans ordered Capitol police to arrest Josh Fox, director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary "Gasland," along with his crew. The group was attempting to film a meeting of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment that was to discuss hydraulic fracturing, also known as "fracking" .. Fox faces a court hearing on February 15 on charges of "unlawful entry." As an independent filmmaker, Fox called on congress to make all meetings and hearings accessible to independent journalists. "The truth that fracking contaminates groundwater is out, and no amount of intimidation tactics - either outright challenges to science or the arrest of journalists - will put the genie back in the bottle," he stated.we're being China-fied in the US - mab .. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Thursday, February 2, 2012
Biggest Risk to the Economy in 2012
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, February 1, 2012How the Banks Broke the Social Compact, Promoting their Own Special Interests
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, February 1, 2012FOCUS: Freddie Mac Profits If Homeowners Unable to Refinance
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, February 1, 2012NYT Op-Eds (3)
"Current candidates would do well to look back at the birth — and failure — of mortgage-backed securities" (Guest Op-Ed); "Can backbone propel you to the front? Team Mitt and Team Barry compete on spine spin" (Dowd); "From Cairo to Moscow, humiliation has been the most underestimated force in politics" (Friedman)Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Truthdig – Corporations Have No Use for Borders – Chris Hedges
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, January 31, 2012After Davos: Holding the Financial Beasts at Bay – Print View – The Daily Beast
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, January 31, 2012NYT Op-Eds (3)
"Charles Murray’s 'Coming Apart' describes the most important cultural trends today and offers a better understanding of America’s increasingly two-caste society" (Brooks); "Thanks to a gap between discrimination laws and disability laws, it’s possible for a pregnant woman to be forced from her job" (Guest Op-Ed); "With use of drones, the world could get clear, instant evidence of atrocities in Syria" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Adbusters: Spiritual Insurrection, the Ultimate Culture Jam
We awoke one morning to the dark realization that humanity is being dragged into a black hole of ecological, financial and spiritual catastrophe … that our democracy has been seized by a corporatocracy … that every day two hundred species of plant, insect, bird and mammal become forever extinct … that a deluge of advertising is sleepwalking our civilization to the brink of insanity … and that unless we fight back in the most visceral and creative way possible all will be lost.- Adbusters
And yet, what sets our struggle apart in 2012 is that we are not fighting to save a distant future. We are not trying to prevent some terrible event that is still to come. This is not about our unborn grandchildren. Instead, many of us sense that the threshold has already been crossed; the tipping point has already happened and what we are fighting for is our present. We are living in that tragic moment of eerie stillness where the fatal damage has been done, widening cracks can be seen, yet the edifice still stands and business as usual continues … but for how much longer?
Our days may be shadowed by this dark realization, but there is reason to be deeply optimistic for “where danger is, grows the saving power also.” Never before has the tantalizing possibility of a Global Spring, a worldwide people’s insurgency for democracy, seemed as close. For perhaps the first time in human history, we just might be on the edge of an everywhere-at-once revolution against the financial fraudsters, corporate lackeys and the ideology of consumerism that has brought the Earth to the precipice of collapse.
In this, the era of the total and transcendent indignato swarm, we look to each other, not to the masters above, to find out what it will take to pull off the ultimate culture jam: spiritual insurrection.
for the wild,
Culture Jammers HQ
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, January 31, 2012
NYT Op-Eds (2)
"Look at Britain to see the tragic effects of a very bad idea" (Krugman); "The Police Department, with its immense powers, should not operate free from independent oversight" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, January 30, 2012
NYT (3): National News
Over 400 arrested in Occupy Oakland melee; With nod to Occupy movement, NYS looks to raise minimum wage; A new book by Zbigniew BrzezinskiPosted by Ian Alterman, Monday, January 30, 2012
