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AlterNet: Hightower: If You Don’t Fight for the Middle Class, Kiss It Good-Bye
Don't kid yourself, it is going to be a fight. Corporatism does not want a middle class, just worker drones. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, September 6, 2010
Labor Day: Immigrants Help Build Our Economy
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, September 5, 2010NYT (9): National News
NYC Poll finds most want Islamic center moved [See my comment]; More on second oil platform explosion [Ed. Mea culpa: it wasn't BP]; Young voters refuse to identify as Democrats; In CA, it's Boxer v. Fiorina [See my comment]; AZ sheriff remains arrogant in face of Justice Dept investigation; In NYS, with Monserrate gone, sights are set on Espada; First eggs, now beef is recalled; A "convenient untruth?" (new "denier" film); and just in time for the immigration debate, Rodriguez' satiric, bloodspattering "Machete."Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, September 3, 2010
NYT (4): National News
ANOTHER BP OIL RIG EXPLODES!; Number if illegal immigrants falls; The dangers of medicating children; and Big Pharma co. pays $600 mil in fines for illegal off-label uses.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, September 2, 2010
NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (5)
"There was no victory to declare as America’s combat mission in Iraq officially ended, and President Obama was right not to try" (Editorial); "To see what immigration hard-liners really have in mind, ride the Lake Shore Limited, a daily Amtrak train that is regularly searched by the Border Patrol" (Editorial); "With the Israelis, the Palestinians and the Iraqis, President Obama makes an ambitious reach to change the Middle East" (Friedman); "The biggest obstacle that now stands in the way of success is psychological. We must work toward rebuilding trust and a sense of security" (Mubarak); "Do we really desire Google to tell us what we should be doing next? Yes, but with some qualifiers" (Gibson)Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, September 1, 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 (5): Foreign Affairs
As Clinton announces new peace talks in Mideast, U.N. report faults Israel over Gaza policies; France targets gypsies and refugees in immigration sweep; Moscow finally back to normal after record-breaking heat, fires, smoke; and imam behind controversial NYC Islamic center starts mideast goodwill tour.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, August 20, 2010
Dismantling America : ICH – Information Clearing House
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, August 18, 2010NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (14)
"Americans are increasingly anxious and confused about the war in Afghanistan. They need straight talk from President Obama about what is happening there and the plan going forward" (Editorial); "Some of the ideas about guaranteeing access to broadband Internet put forth by Google and Verizon are reasonable in principle, but they would dangerously limit the F.C.C.’s reach" (Editorial); "Two Americas, one based on religious liberty and the other on cultural assimilation, are in tension again in the debate over a mosque near ground zero" (Douthat); "Sufis, our allies within Islam, may be alienated by the fight over the Islamic cultural center" (Guest Op-Ed); "President Obama’s Clintonesque casuistry is making a bad situation worse" (Dowd); "Children of illegal immigrants should attend American schools before they are granted U.S. citizenship" (Guest Op-Ed); "A decade ago, Ben Bernanke had some sharp criticism for how the Bank of Japan was handling a cool economy. Now he’s the Fed chairman, and that critique of Japan could be applied to the Fed today" (Krugman); "Critics of the program claim that its future is in peril. But their math doesn’t add up, and underneath their hostility is ignorance of the realities of life for many Americans" (Krugman); "Hope has morphed into widespread gloom as widespread economic suffering becomes the new normal in America" (Herbert); "There is no upside to escalation of the war in Afghanistan, and there is a desperate need for nation-building right here in the U.S." (Herbert); "The economies of the United States and Europe need structural changes to return to sustained growth" (Friedman); "The Democrats’ radicals are mad at the White House, and the White House is mad right back" (Dowd); "Since America’s youngsters are full of hope and feel engaged with the world while adults are full of pessimism and feel as if the country is on the wrong track, let’s just put the kids in charge" (Blow); "Courage and a sense of fundamental fairness sometimes flower in our country in the most unexpected quarters, even as the angrier voices dominate the debate" (Rich)Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, August 18, 2010
NYT (16): National News
As judges ponder privacy right ramifications of increased GPS surveillance, Obama increases surveillance at the border; Jobless claims highest in six months; As new revelations of Transocean's problems emerge, permits for deep-water drilling face review; As Obama backs Islamic center in NYC, GOP sees an election issue; Angle loses ground in battle for Reid's seat; Obama warns against privatization of social security; Google plan is pissing off political allies, especially on the left; Blagojevich only guilty on one of 24 counts, may face retrail; DeLay not charged in Abramoff scandal; A profile of Andrew Cuomo; Exonerated after decades in prison, one man takes the money, the other ponders it; and "prescription produce."Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Truthdig – Why U.S. v. Arizona Matters
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 10, 2010NYT (5): National News
CO primaries could be bellwether; In CT, Lamont moves to center as primary races heat up; Only students are spared in deportation rise; and a look at the soldier who helped WikiLeaks.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, August 9, 2010
NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (8)
"If Democrats hope to retain control of both chambers in a year of deep dissatisfaction with incumbents, they need a sharper strategy" (Editorial); "President Obama is wrong when he says every current Republican idea is a Bush idea. Some are far more radical than that" (RICH); "Can Meg Whitman take advantage of a federal judge’s decision to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage in California?" (Guest Op-Ed); "If federal government had enforced the existing rules governing the borders, no one in Arizona would have bothered with the immigration law" (Guest Op-Ed); "Google’s deal with Verizon may not undermine net neutrality after all" (Guest Op-Ed); "The documentary “Precious Life” is instructive for those who want to criticize Israel" (FRIEDMAN); "The unspoken reason why American clergy are burned out is that their congregations want sermons that entertain rather than offer moral counsel" (Guest Op-Ed); "Where’s the first lady when the president needs him? Going her own way" (DOWD)Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, August 8, 2010
NYT (7+): National News
PROPOSED NYC ISLAMIC CENTER CREATES NATIONAL BACKLASH AGAINST MOSQUES; Defining "employed" down; Redefining "American"; Kagan sworn in; GOP mining McCain country; Can downsizing your life make you happy?; a new book on the Kerouac and Ginsberg letters; a biography of Karen Carpenter; and memoirs by Pat Benatar and Belinda Carlisle.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, August 8, 2010
NYT (9): National News
Unemployment rate stuck at 9.5% as U.S. loses even more jobs; GOP challenges citizenship as birthright; As states hemorrhage money, essential services disappear; Greenspan out front in call for repeal of Bush tax cuts; GOP pushes primaries back one month; NYS law re inmate residency may help Dems; Nonprofit that helped Bloomberg get third term got millions from him; Nixon Library rejects planned National Archives exhibition on Watergate; and overzealous health inspectors shut down 7-year-old's lemonade stand.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, August 7, 2010
NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (4)
"A few politicians are questioning the 14th Amendment. More than a century of jurisprudence stands against them" (Editorial); "The Beltway crowd gets fooled again, this time by Representative Paul Ryan’s plan for a major overhaul of federal spending and taxes" (Krugman); "Getting the United States Patent and Trademark Office back on track could help the economy, too" (Guest Op-Ed); "Sixty-five years after the atom bomb, are the United States and Japan meeting their moral responsibilities?" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, August 6, 2010
NYT (4): National News
G.O.P. already testing Iowa waters; Deployment date arrives, but no guards at border; Student plagiarism in the Internet age; and a new rival for Facebook and Twitter.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, August 2, 2010
NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (7)
"The Obama administration’s request to ease the F.B.I.’s access to citizens’ electronic records is a step backward, from a president who promised something very different" (Editorial); "The federal judge who ruled on Arizona’s noxious immigration law did not stop all of it from taking effect, but she preliminarily halted the worst of it" (Editorial); "President Obama rode into office on a wave of progressive enthusiasm. But, for many reasons, that has given way to progressive disillusionment" (Krugman); "Now that we’re in the decade of the nasty crawl, what political approach is best for getting us out of it?" (Brooks); "The worst thing about the the $41,000 electric car? As a taxpayer, you’ve already bought it" (Guest Op-Ed); "Let’s take a chunk out of our bloated military budget in Afghanistan and use it to invest in building schools there instead" (Kristof); "A strategy for keeping private clinics in Haiti open could also be a way to expand access to high-quality care in the United States" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, July 30, 2010
NYT (9): National News
Will Rangel's "day in court" hurt Dems' chances in November?; Gulf of Mexico as long-time dumping site; NEW OIL SPILL THREATENS MICHIGAN; As both sides protest ruling on AZ law, CO considers controversial immigration check on arrestees; House GOP plays politics with 9/11 health funds; Why Dems are talking up the Tea Party; Paterson admonished but not charged; and military suicides hit record high.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, July 30, 2010
NYT (9): National News
RANGEL WILL BE TRIED ON ETHICS CHARGES; Will Pentagon finally trim budget?; Does paying for your own campaign make you a "populist?"; Immigration debate in the courts and in the streets; Dems cave on climate bill; Race just keeps rearing its ugly head; Econs say slump in NYC is over [Ed: Cold comfort for those of us still unemployed...]; Sadly, NYC Charter Revision isn't "sexy"; and unintended victims of oil spill: pets.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, July 23, 2010
Truthdig – Immigration Reform Is Good for Big Business – Boyarsky
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, July 21, 2010NYT+ (6): National News
Rift forms in Tea Party; Senate to extend jobless benefits; Nat'l Guard will patrol U.S.-Mexican border; Blacks in CA split over pot proposition; America's first fully outsourced city (in CA, of course); and early, top climate change scientist dies.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 20, 2010
NYT (4): National News
Obama's "unlikely allies" in immigration debate: evangelicals; Job training does not always lead to work; Are "New Black Panthers" spreading racism under a "usurped" name?; and the Internet IS "policed."Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, July 19, 2010
NYT (8): National News
LYNNE STEWART GETS 10 YEARS (!); Major victory for Obama as Senate passes new financial regs; BP finally caps well with no oil escaping; Paterson will sign bill limiting "stop-frisk" data; McMahon under scrutiny for WWE dealings; Debate begins on AZ law in first of many cases; Bybee admits some torture methods were "unauthorized"; and NYC jobless rate falls a little bit.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, July 16, 2010
NYT (6): National News
The Fed ponders deflation; In Utah, "immigrant list" creates firestorm; It's biz-as-usual re lobby cash for votes; Virtual unknown will run for GOP in Alabama gov race; Chafee runs as independent; and failing to regain Senate seat, Monsterrate will run for assembly.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, July 15, 2010
