03.Mar.2013 - HEADLINES: Militarized Police State, US War Crimes, Billions for Wall Street, Homeland Security, Warrantless Eavesdropping, Battling Monsanto's Greed, EU Slams Israeli Settlements, PTSD Study Results, Big Bank Criminals, The Pope's War, more.

Walling Ourselves Inside a Militarized-Police State

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/27-1

Revelations about US war crimes continue
http://www.socialism.com/drupal-6.8/?q=node/2100

Billions For Wall Street, Sacrifice For Everyone Else
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34115.htm

'Homeland Security': The Trillion-Dollar Concept That No One Can Define
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/28-6

Supreme Court Shields Warrantless Eavesdropping Law From Constitutional Challenge
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34110.htm

In Battling Monsanto's Greed, Tenacity Matters
http://www.opednews.com/articles/In-Battling-Monsanto-s-Gre-by-Jim-Hightower-130227-566.html

EU Slams Israeli Settlements, Urges Sanctions in New Report
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/27-2

Army denies requests to reveal results of PTSD study
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/28/army-denies-requests-to-reveal-results-of-ptsd-study/

Are Big Banks a Bunch of Organized Criminal Conspiracies?
http://www.alternet.org/corporate-accountability-and-workplace/are-big-banks-bunch-organized-criminal-conspiracies

Former Catholic Priest on "The Pope’s War" and Clergy's Child Molestation
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/former-catholic-priest-popes-war-and-clergys-child-molestation

Int’l law expert: Israel’s violations against prisoners amount to war crimes
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/intl-law-expert-israels-violations-against-prisoners-amount-to-war-crimes/

Why is Bradley Manning still in prison?
http://socialistworker.org/2013/02/27/why-is-manning-still-in-prison

Jill Stein launches Climate Voter Power Pledge at D.C. climate protests
http://www.jillstein.org/dc_climate_protests

Reviving Pinkwashing and Zionist fantasies of violence against queers and transgender people
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/benjamin-doherty/reviving-pinkwashing-and-zionist-fantasies-violence-against-queers-and

The U.S. Is Building Massive DNA Databases
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=united-states-building-massive-dna-databases&WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20130227

Manning: Before Wikileaks, Leaked Docs Offered to NYT, WaPo
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/28-4

The Uncommon Courage Of Bradley Manning
http://www.countercurrents.org/cohn010313.htm

Theocracy via ‘Democracy’
http://www.countercurrents.org/rawat010313.htm

HIV Infection Tends To Be Concentrated Where Sex Education Is Lacking
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/03/02/hiv-infection-tends-to-be-concentrated-where-sex-education-is-lacking/

America's Incarceration Rate Is Crazy -- Here's How to Fix It

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/americas-incarceration-rate-crazy-heres-how-fix-it

“Greater Israel”: The Zionist Plan for the Middle East
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/03/03/greater-israel-the-zionist-plan-for-the-middle-east/
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05.Dec.2012 - Demilitarize the C.I.A., Ashley Judd for Senate, T.S.A. Skips Termination Hearing, Americans Abandoned, Best Response to Disaster, Rise of Skynet, Cops Need Text Logs, Prison Slavery Business, UN Calls for Israel to Disclose Nuclear Arsenal, How Racism Lives On, Whistle-blower Treatment by US, Gaza Thwarts Israeli Propaganda, Citizen Reporting, more.

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Demilitarize the C.I.A.
Although the departure of General Petraeus is a significant loss for the intelligence community, it is also an opportunity to better balance intelligence support for military and diplomatic operations.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/12/03/a-new-director-or-a-new-direction-for-the-cia/demilitarize-the-cia

Bradley Manning: it’s make-or-break time

Ashley Judd for Senate: Could she win? 

T.S.A. Skips a Hearing on Terminating the T.S.A.

The director of the Transportation Security Administration, John S. Pistole, had declined to testify before this particular subcommittee on two previous occasions, despite angry criticism from some members who are longtime agency critics.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/business/tsa-skips-house-panel-hearing-on-privatizing-airport-checkpoint-security.html 

Americans abandoned

No power, no heat, no food, destroyed homes

The best response to disaster: Go on the offensive

We’re usually inclined to fight power when it is being carried out, but that’s often too late to stop it. Similarly, we’re inclined to fight power where it is most felt — in our communities, in the poor neighborhoods and communities of color around the city, in the ghettos that separate the many from the few who profit from their exploitation. That, too, is a mistake, because the powerful make decisions far, far away from there.

http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/83-83/14856-occupys-response-to-disaster-go-on-the-offensive

The Rise of Skynet

Israel Asked Jordan’s Approval To Strike Alleged Syrian WMD Facilities

The issue was revealed in a report by Jeffery Goldberg of The Atlantic, who also reported that Jordan has, so far, rejected any Israeli request to strike Syria.

http://rebel-institute.org/opinion/mena/217788-israel-asked-jordan-s-approval-to-strike-alleged-syrian-wmd-facilities

Cops to Congress: We need logs of Americans’ text messages

State and local law enforcement groups want wireless providers to store detailed information about your SMS messages for at least two years -- in case they're needed for future criminal investigations.

http://rebel-institute.org/politics/americas/126-united-states/216243-cops-to-congress-we-need-logs-of-americans-text-messages

The prison biz: The new slavery

UN Resolution Calls for Israel to Disclose Nuclear Arsenal

The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Monday to approve a resolution calling on Israel to open up its nuclear weapons program to international inspectors and to end its refusal to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treary, or NPT.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/12/04-0

Is Popular Religion Derived from Egotism?

Walter Lippman on Scientific vs. Religious Attitudes Towards the Universe

http://atheism.about.com/od/sciencereligion/a/Science-Religion-Ego.htm?nl=1

Street Artist Charged with 56 Counts for Punking NYPD with Drone Poster

How racism lives on in a "color-blind" society
How does racism operate in a supposedly "post-racial" society? Where does institutionalized discrimination against African Americans and other people of color fit into the other structures of capitalism? Brian Jones, a teacher, actor and activist in New York City, provided answers in a talk given at a conference for socialists and activists held in early November.
http://socialistworker.org/2012/12/04/racism-in-a-color-blind-society

How does the US treat its whistleblowers? A NEW WHISTLEBLOWER LAW Play 00:00 / 00:00 ListenAddDownloadEmbed Stream m3u

http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/nov/30/new-whistleblower-law/

5 Reasons to Be Terrified That Computers Can Now Read Faces

http://www.cracked.com/article_20135_5-reasons-to-be-terrified-that-computers-can-now-read-faces.html#ixzz2E701lsSG

Terrorist Attacks More Than Quadrupled In Decade Since Sept. 11, 2001, Study Finds

The number of terrorist attacks each year has more than quadrupled in the decade since September 11, 2001, a study released on Tuesday said, with Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan the most affected.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/04/terrorist-attacks-soar-since-september-11_n_2235483.html

Gaza thwarts Israeli propaganda with Twitter

Spirits were high in Gaza City’s Shalehat resort the Saturday afternoon after a ceasefire ended eight days of escalated Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Eighty activists had gathered to discuss their use of social media during the aggression and plan their next steps.

http://electronicintifada.net/content/gaza-thwarts-israeli-propaganda-twitter/11964

Could Citizen Reporting Be the Sweet Spot for Local Engagement?

Mainstream news organizations have had mixed results with citizen news reporting. While crowd-sourcing efforts such as CNN's iReport and Help Me Investigate have yielded valuable information, many other efforts have foundered, often on journalists' expectation that citizen-created news must look like what the professionals produce to have value.

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2012/12/could-citizen-reporting-be-the-sweet-spot-for-local-engagement338.html

FASCIST THEOCRACY: 
FRANK ZAPPA ON CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISM, THE GOP AND TEE-VEE EVANGELISTS, 1988

NASA Voyager 1 Hits New Region At Solar System’s End

We knew this day would come: NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, today still traveling away from Earth at a rate of 35,700 miles-per-hour, has entered into a new region of space at the end of the solar system, NASA announced on Monday.

http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/12/nasa-voyager-1-hits-new-region-at-solar-systems-end.php

What the American Media Won't Tell You About Israel

n old man in Gaza held a placard that read: "You take my water, burn my olive trees, destroy my house, take my job, steal my land, imprison my father, kill my mother, bombard my country, starve us all, humiliate us all, but I am to blame: I shot a rocket back."

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/289-134/14857-focus-what-the-american-media-wont-tell-you-about-israel

Walmart's Exploitation Is Nothing New, So What Made Workers Finally Fight Back?

The nation's largest employer has long been the Holy Grail for labor organizers, seemingly impossible to organize -- until now.

http://www.alternet.org/labor/walmarts-exploitation-nothing-new-so-what-made-workers-finally-fight-back

Occupy Cooks for Sandy Victims

FEMA Abandons the ROCKAWAYS

Bill Maher: Michael Moore Vs David Frum

Social media analyst: Internet censorship grave concern

The ITU could put the Internet behind closed doors.

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US Violates Agreement; Punishes Iran
Administration’s pretentious concern for the Iranian peoples’ welfare is all the more offensive in light of the harsh, illegal, and life-threatening sanctions imposed on that nation, aptly described by The New England Journal of Medicine as a “war against public health” (Gowans).  The Obama administration would have us believe that it is concerned about human rights and freedom of expression where it has no regard for life itself, much less freedom.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33001.htm

Israel 'may launch ground invasion into Gaza'
Israel may launch a ground invasion into Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated, after a weekend of escalating cross border violence.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9670296/Israel-may-launch-ground-invasion-into-Gaza.html

How The Fiscal Cliff Would Hit The Economy

Economists are unanimous in saying that if the leaders fail to keep the country from going over the "cliff," both the stock and labor markets will fairly quickly go "splat."

http://www.npr.org/2012/11/11/164797987/how-the-fiscal-cliff-would-hit-the-economy

The War On Women Continues In Ohio

ast year, anti-choice advocates in Ohio pushed extreme legislation to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected - which often occurs as early as six weeks, before many women may even know they’re pregnant. So-called "heartbeat" bills like HB 125 are so radical that they often divide the anti-abortion community, and this particular legislation has been stalled in the Ohio Senate since June 2011.

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/314-18/14475-the-war-on-women-continues-in-ohio

US Military Planning For Climate Crisis
The US military already cited facilities like Eglin air force base in Florida as being particularly at risk due to rising sea levels. National Academy of Sciences recommends crash course for analysts on preparing for rise in sea level and food shortages
http://www.countercurrents.org/cc111112A.htm

Four Myths About Iran Which Need To Be Debunked
In a concerted and mischievous attempt, the world’s mainstream media have started to pull out all the stops in order to portray Iran a dangerous, abnormal, weird and horrible country which is seeking to develop nuclear weapons in order to annihilate Israel.
http://www.countercurrents.org/ziabari111112.htm

The Political Trial Of A Caring Man And The End Of Justice In America
During this year's US presidential campaign, both candidates agreed on sanctions against Iran which, they claimed, posed a nuclear threat to the Middle East. Repeated over and again, this assertion evoked the lies told about Iraq and the extreme suffering of that country. Sanctions are already devastating Iran's sick and disabled.
http://www.countercurrents.org/pilger11112.htm

Israel Launches Missile Strike Against Syria
In the most serious escalation of the 20-month conflict in the Middle East country, the Israeli armed forces fired a missile into Syrian territory Sunday.
http://www.countercurrents.org/green121112.htm

Will President Obama Seize Moment On Climate Change?
It should be near the top of his agenda. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, with the U.S. public increasingly accepting the stark reality of climate change, he has an unprecedented opportunity to take bold action.
http://www.countercurrents.org/becker121112.htm

What Did We Learn From This Election? We Learned We Have No Choice
If I say I’m pleased as punch that Obama beat Romney, I would be lying. If Romney beat Obama, I would be just as sad. In fact, I wished that no one would have won this election. I wished everyone would have stayed home. The fact is, many more people opted out of voting this election.
http://www.countercurrents.org/gatto121112.htm

Obama’s post-election pivot to austerity and war
With the US elections out of the way, the American ruling class is moving with remarkable speed to implement a deeply unpopular agenda centered on trillions of dollars in cuts to health care and other social programs.

http://wsws.org/articles/2012/nov2012/pers-n12.shtml

Anonymous Hackers may have hacked Former CIA Director
CIA Director was uncovered when a woman described as close to him received harassing emails and complained to authorities. The FBI traced the emails and found that they had been sent by Paula Broadwell, who wrote a highly favorable book on the former Army general's life and work. While initially investigating the reports, the FBI feared the CIA director's personal email account may have been hacked, but the sexual nature of the email exchanges exposed the affair.
http://thehackernews.com/2012/11/anonymous-hackers-may-have-hacked.html

Can This Farmer Finally Defeat Monsanto?

There are many reasons to question GMOs in our food supply. One such issue being our freedom of choice. When GM crops are grown next to non-GM crops we often see issues of contamination. This contamination may be due to many factors including human error, wind, birds, bees and floods. Contamination has continually posed a problem in the agricultural sector and in many cases has resulted in lawsuits where farmers suffer under the hand of corporations hiding behind the guise of ‘patent infringement.’ You may remember the case of Canadian farmer, Percy Schmeiser who was charged with patent infringement by Monsanto. Schmeiser stood up to Monsanto and obtained a settlement out of court for Monsanto to clean up his land. The result was seemingly in his favor, however, Schmeiser was left with weighty legal bills and the legal framework was left unchanged with the Federal Court of Canada upholding the validity of Monsanto’s patent.

http://www.care2.com/causes/can-this-farmer-finally-defeat-monsanto.html

Sore Loser Secessionists Let Out A Rebel Whine With White House Petitions

Nothing says I hate democracy like this White House petition started by Michael E. from Slidell, LA the day after Obama was elected President of the United States of America.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/11/11/sore-loser-secessionists-let-out-a-rebel-whine-with-white-house-petitions/

The Israeli Nightmare
Peace in Israel is the establishment's worst nightmare.
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-israeli-nightmare.html

American foreign policy, a foreign perspective

Canada and the United States have long had what, from the outside, can be seen as a symbiotic relationship. We used to have (until recently) the world’s longest undefended border. We signed on to NAFTA even though it benefited us far less than it did our neighbours to the south. On the world stage, America is the cartoon Bulldog and Canada is the Jack Russell terrier jumping around asking, “what are we doing today, Spike?”

http://windupmyskirt.com/2012/11/11/american-foreign-policy-a-foreign-perspective/

How Telecoms Sell Your Private Info to the Highest Bidder

Wireless providers are aggressively collecting and reselling your usage data. And a lot of what they do remains secret.

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/how-telecoms-sell-your-private-info-highest-bidder

America: Love It Or Be Left Behind

Obama can only do so much: Angry older whites have to decide if they want to secede from our multiracial future.

http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/america-love-it-or-be-left-behind

Shameless Disaster Capitalism: How Companies Are Already Planning to Get Rich Off Superstorm Sandy

Yes that’s right: this catastrophe very likely created by climate change—a crisis born of the colossal regulatory failure to prevent corporations from treating the atmosphere as their open sewer—is just one more opportunity for more deregulation.

http://www.alternet.org/environment/shameless-disaster-capitalism-how-companies-are-already-planning-get-rich-superstorm

Once Again—Death of the Liberal Class

The presidential election exposed the liberal class as a corpse. It fights for nothing. It stands for nothing. It is a useless appendage to the corporate state. It exists not to make possible incremental or piecemeal reform, as it originally did in a functional capitalist democracy; instead it has devolved into an instrument of personal vanity, burnishing the hollow morality of its adherents. Liberals, by voting for Barack Obama, betrayed the core values they use to define themselves—the rule of law, the safeguarding of civil liberties, the protection of unions, the preservation of social welfare programs, environmental accords, financial regulation, a defiance of unjust war and torture, and the abolition of drone wars. The liberal class clung desperately during the long nightmare of this political campaign to one or two issues, such as protecting a woman’s right to choose and gender equality, to justify its complicity in a monstrous evil. This moral fragmentation—using an isolated act of justice to define one’s self while ignoring the vast corporate assault on the nation and the ecosystem along with the pre-emptive violence of the imperial state—is moral and political capitulation. It fails to confront the evil we have become. 

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/once_again_--_death_of_the_liberal_class_20121112/

America: Myth, Reality, Death Squads and al-Qaeda

Obama claimed he has "never been more hopeful about our future, never been more hopeful about America," and proclaimed that "the best is yet to come." In short, it was a bunch of jingoistic nonsense that flew in the face of the reality of life in the USA and what it has done and continues to do to the rest of the world. 

http://www.opednews.com/articles/America-Myth-Reality-De-by-Joe-Quinn-121110-463.html

About the Untold History of the United States
The Untold History of the United States is not people's history in the sense of telling the stories of popular movements.  This is very much top-down history dominated by key figures in power.  But it is honest history that tears through myths and presents a reality not expected by most Americans -- and backs it up with well-documented facts. 

http://www.opednews.com/articles/About-the-Untold-History-o-by-David-Swanson-121110-478.html

The New American Theocracy; Moonies, Catholics and the Bottom Up Responses to Them; Part 2 of the F. Clarkson Interview

The reach and depth of Reverend Sun Myung Moon into the US is incredible. We learn about it, and a new, very scary religious organizaiton that we really need to keep an eye on.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-New-American-Theocracy-by-Rob-Kall-121111-788.html

Corporate criminality  "The world as it is"

How militarised is US foreign policy?

NY Governor: Utility Companies Failed in Sandy

Occupy Group Buys Consumer Debt And Throws It Away

Iran/USA: Who is Threatening Who?

After this video …. I’m not buying anything expensive in Walmart

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The class issues in the 2012 elections

The Socialist Equality Party calls on all its supporters in the US to cast a vote for SEP candidates Jerry White for president and Phyllis Scherrer for vice president in today’s election. A vote for the SEP is a class-conscious statement of support for the socialist, working-class alternative to the two parties of big business, the Democrats and Republicans.

http://wsws.org/articles/2012/nov2012/pers-n06.shtml

20 Things You Didn’t Know About The White House

The 2012 election has been one of the most hyped in history. We’ve been hearing about both these candidate for years now, so at this point you probably know everything there is to know about them. But what do you know about the house they are battling to inhabit: the White House? Probably less than you think. 

http://coedmagazine.com/2012/11/06/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-white-house/#photo=1

The Next President Is Lucky

Whoever wins the election will get to preside over a growing economy and look like a genius.

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2012/11/romney_obama_and_economics_the_economy_s_already_recovering_so_whoever_wins.html

Obummer vs. Mittens

The most popular nasty nicknames for the candidates—a Slate infographic.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/11/nobama_mittens_obummer_what_are_the_most_popular_nasty_nicknames_for_the.html

The Battle For Congress: Senate And House Races To Watch

For Republicans itching to regain control of the Senate, Tuesday's election presents a rare opportunity. Only 10 GOP incumbents are on the ballot, compared with nearly two dozen Democrats and independents who caucus with them.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/11/05/164368740/the-battle-for-congress-senate-and-house-races-to-watch?ft=3&f=1001&sc=nl&cc=nh-20121106

Voting Queue Etiquette: Hey, Buddy, That's Out Of Line!
For most of us, Election Day marks a welcome end to months of relentless political ads and partisan bickering. You show up at your polling place, run the gantlet of sign-wielding campaign volunteers, and join your fellow Americans in long lines that inch toward the voting booth.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/11/06/164353389/voting-queue-etiquette-hey-buddy-that-s-out-of-line?ft=3&f=1001&sc=nl&cc=nh-20121106

Guide For The Day: An Election Day Timeline
The finish line is in sight as voters make their final decisions on Election Day. Here's a guide to key times of the day across the nation. Stay with NPR throughout the day as we follow the presidential race and key battles that will determine control of the House and Senate.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/11/06/164344457/guide-for-the-day-an-election-day-timeline?ft=3&f=1001&sc=nl&cc=nh-20121106

Voters To Settle Tight And Turbulent Presidential Battle
As Americans go to the polls, one of the closest presidential races in years may be determined by a state in the Midwest and a hurricane named Sandy.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/11/06/164377435/voters-to-settle-tight-and-turbulent-presidential-battle?ft=3&f=1001&sc=nl&cc=nh-20121106

Let’s Kill the Electoral College So We Never Have to Pay Attention to Ohio and Florida Again

Why is a ballot in Ohio worth more than other parts of the country? It's time we lay the electoral college to rest.

http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/lets-kill-electoral-college-so-we-never-have-pay-attention-ohio-and-florida-again

10 Senate Races Too Close to Call Before Election Day

The majority control of the Senate hangs in the balance.

http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/10-senate-races-too-close-call-election-day

Millennial Voters Refuse To Be Left Out of this Election

Now a full quarter of the voting public, Millenials are a diverse and increasingly powerful voting block. What will motivate them on Election Day?

http://www.alternet.org/millennial-voters-refuse-be-left-out-election

Supporters of Mitt Romney Are Pushing Ultra-Conservative Christian Agendas in Africa That Criminalize Gays and Threaten Women's Health

Jay and Jordan Sekulow are only the most recent Christian Right figures who manage to maintain credible reputations in the United States while taking actions overseas that would not be acceptable at home.

http://www.alternet.org/belief/supporters-mitt-romney-are-pushing-ultra-conservative-christian-agendas-africa-criminalize

WHY BETTING MARKETS AND POLLS DON'T AGREE

According to election polls, the presidential race is neck and neck. According to election polls, our country is split right down the middle. According to election polls, it's anyone's guess who will be the next president of the United States.

http://news.discovery.com/tech/betting-markets-election-polls-121106.html#mkcpgn=emnws1

Voters increasingly post their ballot outcomes on social media

Americans going to the polls increasingly let others know the outcome of their vote by announcing it through social media, the Pew Research Center finds.

http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/voters-increasingly-post-their-ballot-outcomes-social-media/2012-11-06

Whatever It Takes, Get Out and Vote!

 week has passed since Hurricane Sandy struck, and the short subway ride uptown this morning almost seemed normal, except for the bigger crowds getting on at Penn Station and Times Square - commuters from outside Manhattan where wind and storm surge water damage were so much worse and all too often deadly. Overheard conversations were filled with stories of how people had coped.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/14387-whatever-it-takes-get-out-and-vote

How Did You Vote? and Election Day Open Thread
It's the big day. It'll be interesting to see how you voted-- how Opednews readers voted. We don't tie votes to individuals, so your vote in this poll is confidential. It's an Opednews reader exit poll.
Please add your comments
http://www.opednews.com/Poll/How-Did-You-Vote-by-Rob-Kall-121106-258.html

We the People, and the New American Civil WarThe vitriol is worse is worse than I ever recall. Worse than the Palin-induced smarmy 2008. Worse than the swift-boat lies of 2004. Worse, even, than the anything-goes craziness of 2000 and its ensuing bitterness.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/We-the-People-and-the-New-by-Robert-Reich-121105-158.html

Displaced New Yorkers can vote
Governor Cuomo is signing an Executive Order which provides that a voter who is a resident in the federally-declared disaster counties of Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, Westchester and of New York City who have been displaced by Hurricane Sandy can vote an affadavit ballot at any poll site in New York State.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Displaced-New-Yorkers-can-by-Allegra-Dengler-121105-964.html

What Would Jesus Do? Sex, Hell and Christianity in the Noose of the Presidential Election
According to ABC News, Paul Ryan offered a voting advisory during a conference call with evangelical voters on Sunday evening, Nov. 4, issuing "a warning about a second Obama term saying the president is putting the country on a "dangerous path' that compromises 'Judeo-Christian, western civilization values.'"
http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-Would-Jesus-Do-Sex--by-Meryl-Ann-Butler-121105-67.html

Obama and Romney differ on energy policy, but less than you might think
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's endorsement of President Obama for his stance on climate change has brought the candidate's energy policy back into focus.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-and-Romney-differ-on-by-Richard-Schiffman-121105-261.html

Lies, Damned Lies and Paul Ryan Lies
In a campaign where the standard for what constitutes the "big lie" keeps getting adjusted upward, Ryan is trumping even Mitt Romney by attacking President Obama and Vice President Biden for backing policies that Ryan backed.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Lies-Damned-Lies-and-Paul-by-John-Nichols-121105-585.html

7 Reasons to Vote for Obama over Romney

Obama vs. Romney on Civil Liberties

http://civilliberty.about.com/od/activismadvocacy/tp/Reasons-to-Vote-for-Obama-vs-Romney-Civil-Liberties.htm

The Religious Right

The movement generally referred to in the United States as the Religious Right came of age in the late 1970s. While the Religious Right is extremely diverse and shouldn't be characterized in simple terms, the movement as we have come to know it is an ultraconservative religious response to the sexual revolution and other events that are seen, by Religious Right proponents, as being connected to the sexual revolution--and an attempt to effect this religious response as public policy.

http://civilliberty.about.com/od/religiousliberty/p/religious_right.htm?nl=1

The Dogs of War Are Barking, Mitt Romney’s Team Wants to Let ‘Em Loose in Iran

It’s the consensus among the pundits: foreign policy doesn’t matter in this presidential election. They point to the ways Republican candidate Mitt Romney has more or less parroted President Barack Obama on just about everything other than military spending and tough talk about another “American century.” The consensus is wrong. There is an issue that matters: Iran.

http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/the-dogs-of-war-are-barking-mitt-romneys-team-wants-to-let-em-loose-in-iran/

Why Do Both Major Parties Suck So Badly On Civil Liberties?

Over the weekend, I saw an article on Salon about how shameful it is that supporters of President Obama, who were loud in their condemnation of attacks on civil liberties by George W. Bush, seemed to ignore that President Obama has been worse in many ways (despite many public promises to the contrary). We've already noted that the Democratic Party -- which had fixing civil liberties abuses in its 2008 platform -- has removed all traces of that from the new platform. You would think that, for those who believe strongly in civil liberties, this would be a major concern. Rather than fix them, President Obama continued or expanded many of the very questionable policies of his predecessor, and then added a number of terrifying new ones. 

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121105/07570620933/why-do-both-major-parties-suck-so-badly-civil-liberties.shtml

The US 2012 Election and China: why a real dialogue about human rights will never happen

Despite a prominent presence in the campaign, US policy towards China is very unlikely to change - especially on the hyper-sensitive topic of human rights.

http://www.opendemocracy.net/antony-ou/us-2012-election-and-china-why-real-dialogue-about-human-rights-will-never-happen

The Best (And Worst) Of The 2012 CampaignElection Day is finally here and after a year and a half of non-stop campaigning it can’t come fast enough. But before today’s race becomes yesterday’s news and we move on to the transition or the fiscal cliff or (God forbid) the recount, we at TPM wanted to take one last look back at just how far we’ve come.
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/best-worst-2012-election.php

Election Day Live: Voter Intimidation; Obama Office Burglarized; Right-Wing Paranoia Blossoms

Today's the day. Follow AlterNet for election coverage.

http://www.alternet.org/election-day-live-voter-intimidation-obama-office-burglarized-right-wing-paranoia-blossoms

What's Going on at the Polls? A Round-Up of Voting Problems

Long lines, hours-long waits, poll worker confusion, unregistered voters and more.

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/whats-going-polls-round-voting-problems

Which Prez candidate should a single-issue, federal-sentencing-reform voter support?

I ask this question with a serious interest in encouraging a serious (and respectful) discussion of whether folks think either of the two fellows seeking to be the US President over the next four years is likely to get behind and seek to move forward with federal sentencing reforms. If time permits late tonight, I will update this post to explain why I truly am not sure if there is an obvious answer to which candidate is more likely over the next four years to be interested and able to engender serious federal sentencing reform.  In the meantime, let me hear readers thoughts only hours before the final day for voting begins.

http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2012/11/which-prez-candidate-should-a-single-issue-federal-sentencing-reform-voter-support.html

Swing States that Will Decide the Presidential Election
If you haven't seen any political ads for President Obama or Mitt Romney, then you're probably (a) somewhat thankful and (b) not living in a "swing state," which will most likely help "swing" the election. Here is a quick analysis of the swing states and how Obama and Romney look so far, from the NY Daily News and the New York Times' polling predictor Nate Silver.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/2012-election/swing-states-will-decide-presidential-election

Most Mormon Men are Also the Mormon Priests and BishopsIn the Mormon church, all power flows through the all-male priesthood which consists of all Mormon men above a certain age. Priests hold all of the religious authority for sealing, binding, and loosing — the central sacred acts of the Mormon Church which serve to determine every Mormon's eternal destiny. These priests hold all of the keys to eternal life and are themselves the key to the claim of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that it is the only legitimate Christian church on earth.

http://atheism.about.com/od/mormomism/a/Mormon-Priesthood-Believers.htm?nl=1

Hurricane Sandy May Affect Election Outcome

The superstorm could boost President Obama's numbers in this year's election

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hurricane-sandy-election&WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20121106

How to Rig an election - The GOP aims to paint the country red

The Electoral College: Why not all votes count

Hilarious GOP Ad: He Has College Degrees & Has Left South Dakota

How The Associated Press Counts Votes on Election Night

Indecision Delegates: The Youth Vote