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NYT (6): National News
Are Congressional "charities" pushing the envelope?; For GOP, Tea Party is double-edged sword; As U.S. Muslims wonder if they will "ever belong," more anti-Muslim venom from a "Christian" preacher; NYS Dems unifying to oust Espada; and the transformation of Broadway, the street.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, September 6, 2010
Sarah Palin: The Sound and the Fury | Politics | Vanity Fair
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, September 3, 2010Truthdig – The Beck-Palin Show Is No Joke – Boyarsky
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, September 2, 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
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
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
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
AlterNet: Glenn Beck Goes Messianic at ‘America’s Divine Destiny’ Event Before 2,500 Screaming Fans
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, August 29, 2010NYT Op-Eds (6)
"The Koch brothers and Rupert Murdoch have self-interested agendas that go well beyond the interests of those who carry their banners" (Rich); "Democrats have done nothing to stop an anti-choice, pro-abstinence, socialist-bashing Tea Party enthusiast from becoming the 21st century symbol of women in politics" (Guest Op-Ed); "The Republican primaries have been about more than anti-incumbency fervor" (Guest Op-Ed); "While households are on a saving spree, the government must spend to boost job creation and economic growth" (Tyson); "New Orleans is emerging as a model of rebirth and reinvention" (Guest Op-Ed); "President Obama inherited a peace in Sudan that could soon turn into the world’s bloodiest war" (Kristof)Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, August 29, 2010
NYT (3): Int’l Affairs
Still playing games, Karzai fires prosecutor looking into corruption; New and dangerous nationalism emerges in Japan; and a new book re the status and future of nuclear weapons.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, August 29, 2010
NYT Op-Eds (3)
"Glenn Beck is a small man with a mean message wandering into the precincts of giants" (Herbert); "Glenn Beck is the anti-King" (Blow); "This week, a colorful former senator zipped off an angry e-mail on Social Security benefits and well-endowed dairy animals" (Collins)Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, August 28, 2010
NYT (4): National News
Beck, Palin & Co. to besmirch King legacy; Despite scandals, Vitter maintains lead toward LA primary; Dems accuse right-wing political group of violation of tax exemption; and one NYS AG candidate runs as a "proud liberal."Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, August 28, 2010
t r u t h o u t | Near Ground Zero, a Shameful Intolerance | Krugman
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, August 27, 2010Jane Hamsher: President Obama, It’s Time to Can the Catfood Commission
In the wake of Alan "Million Tits" Simpson's recent comments, Jane (God bless her) is out for blood ...The Catfood commission is not legitimate. It was stacked with people who knew their job was to fulfill Pete Peterson’s dream of rolling back the New Deal and waging war on the social safety net. It is a committee of oligarchs designed to circumvent electoral repercussions for those who oppose the will of the vast majority of the American people, both Republicans and Democrats, who don’t want to see the federal budget balanced on the backs of the nation’s senior citizens. President Obama, it is not just Alan Simpson who needs to go. It’s time to shut down the entire commission. Sign the petition: Tell President Obama to Can the Catfood Commissionhas anyone else besides me noticed that instead of rolling back Bush/Cheney atrocities we're pathetically fighting to hold the line on social security and net neutrality?! good times - mab .. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, August 27, 2010
Muslim 9/11 Debate Is off the Mark: The Real Problem Is Fundamentalism of Every Kind
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, August 27, 2010NYT (8): National News
As FL pastor plans burning of Qur'ans, NYC man is arrested for stabbing cabbie simply for being Muslim; As Dan Quayle wins primary in AZ and Miller closes gap on Murkowski in AK, how the Tea Party is turning passion into campaigns; Is Linda McMahon culpable for wrestling deaths?; Walmart invites SCOTUS opinion on class action suit re gender discrimination; and Hendrix' Electric Lady Studios turns 40.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, August 26, 2010
Lorraine Berry: Ken Mehlman Asks for Something He Wasn’t Able to Give Himself
Berry ...Sometimes, those stereotypes turn out to be true. Namely, that the more homophobic a man is, the more likely he is to have his own conflicted sexuality. A secure man, the story says, doesn't care what gay men do in their bedrooms. Unless he's the Chair of the Republican National Committee ... The wholescale attempts to deny to gay people their civil rights, even, in some cases, their very right to existence, all happened under the watch of a man who now acknowledges that he is gay.. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Thursday, August 26, 2010
AlterNet: Are Right-Wingers Enflaming Muslim Hate to Stoke Neverending Wars?
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, August 24, 2010Why won’t the GOP say ‘no’ to extremism?
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Monday, August 23, 2010AlterNet: Fallout of Hate Is Spreading Across America from 9/11 Site
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, August 22, 2010America Has Disgraced Itself : ICH – Information Clearing House
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, August 21, 2010NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (6)
"The ongoing debate about the proposed Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan is bringing out the worst in too many of us" (Cavett); "Have questions about President Obama’s religion become just another political code?" (Harshaw); "President Obama’s firm stance with Israel and his courting of the Muslim world has caused many Jews to switch their allegiances from Democrats to Republicans" (Blow); "The crisis facing black boys and men in the U.S. is growing worse, and little is being done about it" (Herbert); "Florida’s rich, outsider entrepreneurs will face off with the state’s yachtless elected officials on Tuesday. Who will triumph?" (Collins); "Of the five Democrats in the Sept. 14 primary to replace Andrew Cuomo as attorney general, we support State Senator Eric Schneiderman" (Editorial)Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, August 21, 2010
