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Tuesday, December 25

25.Dec.2012 - Democracy Doomed? NRA Suggests Police State, Global Persecution of Nonbelievers, Uncover-ed Religion, Old Views of Evolution, Get Rid of Electoral College? Unraveling the Welfare State 1+2, Sabotage of Democracy, Ditching Fossil Fuels, War on Christmas? and more.

Is Democracy Doomed? New Report Shows Tectonic Shifts in Campaign Spending
In a short period of time since the passage of Citizens United, the political funding landscape has dramatically changed.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/democracy-doomed-new-report-shows-tectonic-shifts-campaign-spending

NRA Suggests a Police State
f one follows the "logic" of the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre, the United States should become an armed camp with armored-up police carrying high-powered weapons stationed at virtually every location where children might congregate and where a crazy person might show up with a semi-automatic assault rifle.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/416-gun-control-/15198-nra-suggests-a-police-state

For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall

Low-income strivers face uphill climbs, especially at Ball High School, where a third of the girls’ class failed to graduate on schedule. But by the time the triplets donned mortarboards in the class of 2008, their story seemed to validate the promise of education as the great equalizer.

Self-Compassion is More Important to Success than Self-Esteem

Self-Compassion is More Important to Success than Self-EsteemBeing proud of your work and showing some self-esteem and confidence will get you a long way in life, but at the office, sometimes it's the ability to forgive yourself and learn from your mistakes that's more valuable than pure ego. Self-compassion can help you learn and grow, which is key to succeeding in any career.

Obama Backed FSA/Al Qaeda Terrorists Using Chemical Weapons in Syria

Militants fighting against the Syrian government have used chemical weapons against the army in Daraya near the capital, Damascus, military sources say.



New Reports Reveal Global Persecution of Nonbelievers
According to Egypt News Daily, the prosecution first sought to charge him in connection with disseminating Innocence of Muslims but when this accusation was proven false, they revised their strategy to target the content of Saber’s video blog. Though sentenced to three years and released on bail he was subsequently locked up due to a clerical error before being released on December 17.
Storm and flood, bad bishops, nones on the bus, vegan leather queens, Gods mom: in this list Peter Laarman plots the angles that were largely invisible in mainstream religion coverage this past year—and likely in our own. A road map for 2013—and a sign to us that there might be more important things to focus on this year than the launch of our signature fragrance, RDs Apocalypse-Begone (subtle notes of ash, hints of ocean breeze, a wisp of sulphur...). 
http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/6680/undercover_ed_religion__13_stories_that_went_missing_in_2012

Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, on the Struggle to Win, and Now Protect, Voting Rights in U.S.

Biden: If Obama Comes for my Beretta, He's Got a Problem

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The hidden size of nonbelievers

The people who are nonbelievers in any religion sometimes feel like a small minority. But this is purely a local illusion. When it comes to religions, different ones dominate different parts of the world. But when it comes to nonbelievers, we are all pretty much the same everywhere. We are the true uniters, not dividers, our shared unbelief uniting us across nations, races, and ethnicities.

New data challenge old views about evolution of early life

A research team led by biogeochemists at the University of California, Riverside has tested a popular hypothesis in paleo-ocean chemistry, and proved it false

Question: Get Rid of Electoral College?


Unraveling the Welfare State
hat do you think the use of technocratic governments in Europe says about European democracy? There are two problems with it. First of all it shouldn’t happen, at least if anybody believes in democracy. Secondly, the policies that they’re following are just driving Europe into deeper and deeper problems. The idea of imposing austerity during a recession makes no sense whatsoever. http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/15193-unraveling-the-welfare-state
Unraveling the Welfare State (Part Two)
urope should have agreed to Palestine's observer status at the United Nations being upgraded, but they were, as you know, split on this. The US, of course, was strongly opposed. The reasons are very explicit and it's worth looking at them. They were discussed again in the New York Times last week where, of course, the newspaper took the same position as Washington almost reflexively. There are two problems, they say.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/15209-unraveling-the-welfare-state-part-2
The GOP's Sabotage of Democracy
Speaker of the House John Boehner holds his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitors Center, 04/18/12. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
eally, what is to be done about this Republican Party? What force can change it—can stop Republicans from being ideological saboteurs and convert at least a workable minority of them into people interested in governing rather than sabotage? With the failed Plan B vote, we have reached the undeniable crisis point. Actually we’ve been at a crisis point for years, but this is really the all-upper-case Undeniable Crisis Point. They are a direct threat to the economy, which could slip back into recession next year if the government doesn’t, well, govern.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/15192-the-gops-sabotage-of-democracy

How a Country With One of the World's Largest Economies Is Ditching Fossil Fuels

The country is headed for 80 percent renewable energy and has complete buy-in from all political parties.

There Really Is a War on Christmas -- It's Being Fought by Brave Atheists in the Heartland

There is a growing contingent of atheists from the American heartland who live surrounded by the faithful.
Forcing employees to work on Christmas without overtime pay is just the beginning.

The Spy State Tightens its Grip

Americans are paying an ever-increasing price, both in dollars and the loss of personal privacy, to maintain the spy state.

Human Rights Watch: Israel’s justifications for killing journalists are "evidence of war crimes"



Bank Rate Fixing Scandals Reveal the Rotten Heart of Capitalism

his is the year the consensus changed. Around the world, policy-makers, regulators and bankers recognised that the legacy of the 20-year credit boom up to 2008 is more corrosive than all but a few realised at the time. The bankers - and the theorists who justified their actions - made a millennial mistake. Navigating a way out of the mess was never likely to be easy, but it is made harder still by not recognising the magnitude of the disaster and the necessary radicalism involved if things are to be put right.


Sneaky Apps that Track Cellphones
New technology is able to secrectly track the movements of cellphone users. (photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)A perversion of smartphone technology called "stalking apps" - precise, secretive trackings of the movements of cellphone users - is increasingly a matter of national concern, particularly for domestic abuse victims. No less threatening is the routine monitoring of children's locales and phone habits for commercial purposes while parents are kept in the dark. Stealth apps even stoop to cyber-leering through the now notorious app called Girls Around Me, which allows men to search out women, unbeknown to them, by cross-matching GPS technology with information and photo sites like Facebook.



Lieberman would have ‘some really serious questions’ to ask Hagel ‘not just about Israel’ but about (Israel’s enemy du jour) Iran



Will the Internet End Up Controlled by Big Business and Politicians?
Naughton: 'Ever since the internet burst into public consciousness in 1993, the big question has been whether the most disruptive communications technology since print would be captured by the established power structures.' (photo: unknown)

t's all about control. Of course, nobody uses that particular term. The talk is always about "governance" or "regulation", but really it's about control. Ever since the internet burst into public consciousness in 1993, the big question has been whether the most disruptive communications technology since print would be captured by the established power structures - nation states and giant corporations - that dominate our world and shape its development. And since then, virtually every newsworthy event in the evolution of the network has really just been another skirmish in the ongoing war to control the internet.



Atheists vs. Christians: Inside One of America's Bitterest Nativity Scene Battles

Santa Monica is ground zero in the fault lines between Christian tradition, separation of church and state, and the First Amendment.
http://www.alternet.org/belief/atheists-vs-christians-inside-one-americas-bitterest-nativity-scene-battles
Michael Moore: 3 Reasons America Is Falling Apart -- And How We Can Save Ourselves


This holiday season, it is important to reflect on the root causes of America's slide.

Wednesday, December 19

18.Dec.2012 - Israeli Apartheid, American Killing Machine, Pro-Capitalist Extremists, 4600 Palestinians Imprisoned by Israel, NYPD for Hire, 2012 Crime Report, Permanent War, Class Struggle Unionism, 7 Crazy U.S. Gun Laws, Press Foundation Fund, Gaza Occupied

Palestine's "Land Day" and "Israel Apartheid Week"
Israel and its apologists react in fury when anyone likens the oppression of Palestinians to South Africa’s white supremacist system of apartheid toward blacks, but the comparison is growing harder and harder to dispute, a disturbing reality.

The Great American Killing Machine
First class brainwashing (Go to 7:20)


Pro-Capitalist, Anti-Government Extremists

A new breed of investment consultant mixes dubious financial advice with anti-government propaganda.

4600 Palestinians, Including 182 Children, Imprisoned By Israel

Former Political Prisoner, Palestinian Researcher, Abdul-Nasser Farawna, stated that Israel is currently holding captive 4600 Palestinians, including 182 children and 11 women, in addition to 1200 detainees who are ill, including 20 who are continuously held at prison clinic.

NYPD for Hire
Portrait, author and activist Naomi Wolf, 10/19/11. (photo: Guardian UK)I was surprised two weeks ago to walk into my local TD Bank, on Greenwich Avenue in the West Village, New York to find that the security officer who was usually standing by, on alert, had been replaced by a uniformed, armed, radio-carrying New York Police Department officer, Officer Battle. I confirmed from him that he was, in fact, an NYPD officer - and was working part-time for TD bank.

Israel presses on with plans for 6,000 new settler homes

Israeli officials said they would press on with plans this week to build 6,000 homes for settlers on Palestinian land, defying criticism from Western powers who fear the move will hit already faint hopes for a peace accord.

The Crime Report lists "Ten Most Significant Criminal Justice Stories of 2012"


Permanent war: Chomsky on torture and US empire



The return of class struggle unionism
Two faces of the U.S. labor movement were on display in 2012. On the one hand, teachers in Chicago showed unionists everywhere that the strike weapon could succeed in turning back the employers' attacks, and workers at Wal-Mart took a stand for dignity at the world's largest private employer. On the other, organized labor endured historic defeats with the passage of anti-union "right-to-work" legislation in Indiana and Michigan--with labor failing to mobilize more than token opposition, even in Michigan, its one-time greatest stronghold.
http://socialistworker.org/2012/12/18/class-struggle-unionism-returns

7 Craziest Gun Laws in America

Guns in daycare, churches and even gun free zones?

Freedom Of The Press Foundation Sets Up Shop To Help Fund Journalism Disruptors Like Wikileaks

An absolutely awesome group of folks have set up a project called the Freedom of the Press Foundation, which is raising money to donate to various online projects that (you guessed it) help create a more free and open press. 
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121217/01214521401/freedom-press-foundation-sets-up-shop-to-help-fund-journalism-disruptors-like-wikileaks.shtml

Gaza Is No Longer Occupied. Really?


Working hard and still hungry
Elizabeth Schulte reports on Republican attempts to put food stamps on the chopping block.
http://socialistworker.org/2012/12/18/working-hard-and-still-hungry

Obama Vows Action: We Can't Tolerate This Anymore


Obama Hypocrisy: Outrage Over Children Killed

What it means when you disarm law abiding people

Big Banks, Big Criminals?



"Americans Kill People": Michael Moore on Newtown, Mass Shootings, and the U.S. Culture of Violence

Monday, November 12

12.Nov.2012 - Iran Clashes with US Drone, Future of US Global Power, Empty Politics of Duopoly, Restoring US Democracy, US Violates Iran Agreement, Palestine Entangled, Occupy Sandy Helps Hurricane Victims, Taxing the Rich, Food Movement Full Speed Ahead, Voting Rights Act, Obama's Militancy, Americans Hate Their Own Government, Capitalism is Devouring American Culture, Record Number of Women Serve in Congress

Don't forget to go to dustcircle.com and VOTE for which book we'll be giving away in December. There's also a Donation button, if you're inclined to give toward this site. Also, have you written a book? We'd like to read and review it. :)

Getting the US elections out of proportion
On the eve of the US elections the Arab media has been full of analyses and forecasts about the consequences of the results and their potential impact on the turbulent Middle Eastern area with its conflicts, crises and revolutions.

Superstorm Sandy—a People's Shock?

Less than three days after Sandy made landfall on the East Coast of the United States, Iain Murray of the Competitive Enterprise Institute blamed New Yorkers’ resistance to big-box stores for the misery they were about to endure. Writing on Forbes.com, he explained that the city’s refusal to embrace Walmart will likely make the recovery much harder: “Mom-and-pop stores simply can’t do what big stores can in these circumstances,” he wrote.

Iran confirms clash with US drone, claims it was in Iranian airspace (+video)
The US says the drone was flying in international airspace; last year, a CIA stealth drone was brought down deep inside Iran. The aerial confrontation comes as more nuclear talks loom.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/1109/Iran-confirms-clash-with-US-drone-claims-it-was-in-Iranian-airspace-video

Beyond Bayonets and Battleships:
Space Warfare and the Future of U.S. Global Power

Amid all the post-debate media chatter, however, not a single commentator seemed to have a clue when it came to the profound strategic changes encoded in the president’s sparse words. Yet for the past four years, working in silence and secrecy, the Obama administration has presided over a technological revolution in defense planning, moving the nation far beyond bayonets and battleships to cyberwarfare and the full-scale weaponization of space. In the face of waning economic influence, this bold new breakthrough in what’s called “information warfare” may prove significantly responsible should U.S. global dominion somehow continue far into the twenty-first century.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32990.htm

US Elections: The Empty Politics of Duopoly
In the nation that gave birth to the marketing concept of branding, it is to be assumed that politicians would eventually adopt the same techniques used to promote consumer products – enter Obama. After eight years under the Bush administration, America desperately needed change. Instead of any meaningful structural reform, America ushered in a global super star whose charm and charisma not only resuscitated American prestige, but also masked the continued dominance of deregulators, financiers, and war-profiteers. 
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32989.htm

Restoring Democracy In The United States
The Occupy Wall Street movement's slogan, “We are the 99%”, points to the fact that a very small power elite, perhaps only 1% of the population, has a hugely disproportionate amount of economic and political power in the United States. In this sense, the United States is no longer a democracy, since neither the economic system nor the government serve the will and needs of the people.
http://www.countercurrents.org/avery101112.htm

US Violates Agreement; Punishes Iran
In its latest act of blatant hypocrisy, the Obama administration has sanctioned Iran over internet and media censorship . The 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 byThe New England Journal of Medicine as a “ war against public health ” ( Gowans ).
http://www.countercurrents.org/ulrich101112.htm

Palestine Entangled: The Politics of Money
Working under the umbrella of Viva Palestina Malaysia (VPM), the group shows solidarity through empowerment projects: interest free loans for micro projects, providing employment for women, supplying thousands of solar lamps aimed at ending the persistent darkness for many families, and more.
http://www.countercurrents.org/baroud101112.htm

The sign outside the Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew in Clinton Hill. (photo: Gabrielle Alfiero)

Occupy Sandy Offers Aid to Hurricane Victims
he sanctuary at the Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew on Clinton Avenue is brimming with donated clothes, children's books and diapers. The church's heavy wooden doors are open and the air inside is cool. Volunteers in wool hats and down jackets flit about, chatting with each other as they assemble care packages with toothbrushes and toothpaste and load cars with cleaning supplies and bottled water to deliver to neighborhoods devastated by Hurricane Sandy.

The Next Game of Economic Chicken: Taxing the Rich
ith the election behind us I had hoped we'd get beyond games of chicken. No such luck.

Full Speed Ahead for Food Movement, Despite GMO-Labeling Loss
upporters of California's Proposition 37 are not giving up the fight after Tuesday's rejection. In fact, they're saying that the organizing around the initiative helped forge a diffuse group of individuals interested in healthy food into a powerful, organized movement.

President Obama in the Oval Office, Oct. 31, 2011, signing an executive order directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages. Will he act on GMO labeling? (photo: Charles Dharapak/AP)

Will Obama Fulfill His 2007 Promise to Label GMOs?
ith the passing of election day 2012, massive awareness was spread throughout the country thanks to the California GMO labeling bill known as Proposition 37. While the bill did not passthrough California legislation due to the many dirty tactics employed by the 'No on 37' campaign such as falsely using FDA backing and even sending out fake voting flyers, it has truly invigorated the discussion on proper GMO labeling. Labeling that was promised back in 2007 by the newly re-elected Barack Obama.

Supreme Court to Review Key Section of Voting Rights Act
he Supreme Court said Friday it will review a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that has been the federal government's most forceful tool in protecting minority rights at the polls. The decision ensures that race and civil rights will be the hallmark of the current Supreme Court term.

Obama's Post-Election Militancy
Obama didn't miss a beat. He picked up where he left off. He's America's most belligerent leader. He's waging multiple direct and proxy wars abroad and at home by other means.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-s-Post-Election-Mili-by-Stephen-Lendman-121110-991.html

Obama Won, But He Still Has to Contend with Millions of Americans Taught to Hate Their Own Government

It's no small obstacle that tens of millions of voters think government is the problem.

If We Call Obama "Progressive," Are We Ignoring His Record?

Broadcaster Tavis Smiley and professor and activist Dr. Cornel West discuss President Obama’s re-election, and what kind of president we have on our hands.

How America Is Turning into a 3rd World Nation in 4 Easy Steps

It starts with destroying our manufacturing base.

How Raw Capitalism Is Devouring American Culture

The publishing industry is teetering again as Random House and Penguin plan to merge. It's time for a government policy to protect the arts
http://www.alternet.org/culture/how-raw-capitalism-devouring-american-culture

Wall Street's Plan to Push Obama to Betray Those Who Elected Him

Through its lobbying group Third Way and media mouthpieces, Wall Street is determined to destroy the social safety net.

Christian Teacher Burned Crosses onto Students' Arms and Pushed Creationism -- Now He's Claims His "Free Speech" Was Violated?

A teacher who allegedly burned students and contested validity of evolutionary theory filed a lawsuit charging that his right to free speech and academic freedom had been violated.

Record Number Of Women Will Serve In Congress
Elizabeth Warren
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/record-women-congress.php

4 out of 5 House "Flat Earthers" Get the Boot

Climate-lovers are happy about some of the hawks elected on Tuesday. But they're also cheering the unceremonious dismissal of several congressional climate villains. That includes four of the lawmakers that the League of Conservation Voters deemed the"Flat Earth Five" and spent $3 million to unseat

Who's helping, who's not
Hint: FEMA is not


The Red Cross is NOT helping
Just like after 9/11 and Katrina

What is the government good for?
Not a whole lot it turns out


She's Alive... Beautiful... Finite... Hurting... Worth Dying for!

Lifting the Veil: Obama and the Failure of Capitalist Democracy

We Got This (Occupy Sandy)


After the 2012 Election: WINEP Discusses Implications for U.S. Middle East Policy


Sunday, September 9

9.Sept.2012: Obama Transcript, Anti-Corporatist-Duopoly, Nonprofits' Political Laundering, Pledge of Allegiance Roots, Challenging Power, the 3rd Constitution, NYPD Open Israeli Branch, Abolish the Death Penalty, Jerusalem Syndrome, Immigration, Income Tax History, Republican Greed, Cleaning Up the Economy, Hope on Climate, Fact-checkers, Medicaid's Future, Feminists, Perpetual War, Israel's Lynch Mob, Guantanamo Smack-down, Genetically Engineered Food, Sue the Feds for Spying, Water-boarding, Obama Not a Socialist, Creationism and Evolution, Gorilla Grasps Mortality, George Carlin, Are You Smarter Than an Atheist?


Transcript of Barack Obama 2012 Acceptance Speech

Pres. Obama: Thank you. (Sustained applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much... (continued)
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Transcript-of-Barack-Obama-by-Barack-Obama-120907-625.html

5 Countries the US Is Royally Screwing Over

American history is littered with examples of military intervention and political meddling in the affairs of foreign countries. There was the US-backed overthrow of Iran's democratically elected leader in 1953; the 1954 coup in Guatemala engineered by the Central Intelligence Agency; US funding of brutal "dirty wars" against leftists throughout Latin America in the 1970s; and much more.

Study: US Health Care Wastes $750B

President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are accusing each other of trying to slashMedicare and put seniors at risk. But the counter-intuitive finding from the report is that deep cuts are possible without rationing, and a leaner system may even produce better quality.

Dear Democrats: If you do That you have to do This

If you slam Republicans for foreign policy naivete, you have to explain why you just pissed off 1.5 billion Muslims by giving away all of Jerusalem to Israel as its capital.

"Reasonable Suspicion" Now Applies to Mitt Romney

I remember being stopped and frisked by the NYPD after my first five minutes in Brooklyn in the spring of 2011. My business partner and I were singled out for a warrantless search and detainment for no other reason than the fact that we were a young white guy and a young black guy in a shady neighborhood late at night. Neither of us had drugs or weapons, neither of us had committed a crime, but the NYPD officers who searched us said they were allowed within the law to stop and frisk anyone they deemed "suspicious." Reporters should likewise use that same standard of reasonable suspicion to relentlessly press the Romneys over their tax returns until the truth comes out.

Thoughts on Anti-Corporatist-Duopoly Ways to Approach the 2012 Election


How Nonprofits Inadvertently Provide Cover for Political Donor Laundering

Writing for USA TODAY, Stephen Engelberg provides a useful reminder that the Supreme Court'sCitizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) decision wasn't meant to keep the names of donors to 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations secret. In the Citizens United ruling, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote, "With the advent of the Internet, prompt disclosure of expenditures can provide shareholders and citizens with the information needed to hold corporations and elected officials accountable for their positions and supporters."

Surprising Socialist, Capitalist, and Masonic Roots of the Pledge of Allegiance

120 years ago today, on Sept. 8, 1892, The Pledge of Allegiance was first published in Youth's Companion, a family magazine that has been called, "the Reader's Digest of its day." The pledge was writtien by a Socialist Christian minister, Francis Bellamy, and James Upham, a Mason, for schoolchildren to recite on on Oct. 12 of that year,  the quadricentennial of Columbus' arrival.

Let's Not Let the Wingnuts Own the Constitution

If you don't lay claim to the constitution, they will:

Bill Moyers on Challenging Power and Changing Politics

On last night's episode of Moyers & Company, Moyers spoke to Sen. Bernie Sanders and Green Party candidates Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala. From the show's website.

Iraq: Inside the Belly of CIA Beast
Much to the bitter disappointment of international community, a report recently declassified by CIA reveals that a war that started in the name of democracy in Iraq in 2003 and claimed the lives of more than one million innocent Iraqis and thousands of US-led troops was waged on the basis of an unfortunate series of blatant lies fabricated by CIA.

The Third Constitution Of The United States
Proposing a Third Constitution of The United States. A People's constitution

The Real Welfare Problem: Government Giveaways to the Corporate 1%

While Romney and Ryan lie about welfare (and just about everything else), and Obama and the Democrats demurely mumble objections, there is a real welfare horror story going on in America.

Politics and Plutocrats: A Parade of Inequality

America is currently engaged in the most expensive presidential contest in world history. In the United States, money doesn’t just talk – it dictates. How can we hope to make progress on the path to sustainability when the road is blocked by barricades of bullion backed by battalions of billionaires? How do we break through the political gridlock?

Why The Death Penalty Needs To Be Abolished

After 24 years on Death Row, Michael Keenan was released yesterday after evidence that the prosecution withheld evidence that would have exonerated him of the 1988 murder of Tony Klann.

NYPD Opens Branch in Israel

The New York Police Department opened its Israeli branch in the Sharon District Police headquarters in Kfar Saba. Charlie Ben-Naim,  a former Israeli and veteran NYPD detective, was sent on this mission.

Russia warns Israel, U.S. striking Iran would be ‘literally disastrous’

Russia warned Israel and other nations not to attack Iran over its nuclear program, saying the use of force would be disastrous for the Middle East and have consequences far beyond the region, the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday.

10 Misconceptions about judaism and israel within the Truth Movement

Much of these misconceptions go round and round the circuits of the alternative media. Many of these terms and concepts get propagated by soft resistance groups. I would suggest they are distributed in order to take the sting out of the whole situation. To kill time, to defuse the seriousness of what really is going on. Keffiyeh-wearing groups such a George Shill Galloway’s ‘Free Palestine’ movement and other leftist (Jewish-run) groups.

Obama vs. Romney 101: 5 ways they differ on immigration

Immigration could be a pivotal issue in the 2012 presidential race, and Barack Obama knows it. Mr. Obama's positions on immigration issues, such as a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants and greater discretion in deportations, are in line with those favored by most Latino voters. Republican challenger Mitt Romney has tried to cast himself somewhere between the staunchest anti-illegal immigration activists of his party and Obama.

Jerusalem Syndrome

The campaign flap about the city's status is an American political hallucination.

Holy Rollers

The Nuns on the Bus are just one example of progressive dissidents 
challenging the hierarchy of the Catholic Church.

"President Romney" -- Why Those Two Words Should Scare You into Action This Election

Right-wing billionaires are dropping piles of dough on this election ... it'll take people power to save the day.

12 Signs Obama Is Showing Some Serious Backbone Against Republican Greed and Madness

The President’s performance at the DNC showed a new willingness to stand and fight.

The Hidden Progressive History of Income Tax

The income tax was the most popular economic justice movement of the early 20th century. What happened?

Federal judge rejects new restrictions on Guantanamo detainees' access to counsel
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Thursday rejected [opinion, PDF] new restrictions on lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay [JURIST backgrounder] detainees who have had their habeas corpus challenges denied or dismissed. In hearing the challenge to the new rules last month, Chief Judge Royce Lamberth expressed skepticism about the restrictions [JURIST report], which in some cases require a lawyer to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) [memorandum, PDF] to continue to be able to meet with a client, making any meetings or communications with a client "subject to the authority and discretion" of the Guantanamo commanding officer.

Cleaning Up the Economy

ill Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention was a remarkable combination of pretty serious wonkishness - has there ever been a convention speech with that much policy detail? - and memorable zingers. Perhaps the best of those zingers was his sarcastic summary of the Republican case for denying President Obama re-election: "We left him a total mess. He hasn't cleaned it up fast enough. So fire him and put us back in."

A Massive Ray of Hope on Climate

limate change is accelerating, but there’s a massive ray of hope: clean energy is booming, producing nearly 20% of the world's electricity! Incredibly, the US and EU are threatening to stifle this breakthrough - but together we can stop them.

Election May Decide Medicaid's Future

edicaid has long conjured up images of inner-city clinics jammed with poor families. Its far less-visible role is as the only safety net for millions of middle-class people whose needs for long-term care, at home or in a nursing home, outlast their resources.


The Message From Both Parties Is That Americans Are Disposable 
If political conventions are ranked on a one to ten scale for intelligence, I give the Republican Convention zero and the Democrats one.

Politicians, Don't Worry About Factcheckers–They Don't Worry About Your Lies

It's hard to be hopeful about that when you have one of the media's most prominent factcheckers, the Washington Post's Glenn Kessler (9/1/12), explicitly downplaying the importance of honesty in politics. 

9 Kits You Should Have in Your Home to Prepare You for Anything

Disasters—whether in the form of natural disasters, tech emergencies, or a ripped seam in your only pair of dress pants—are all about preparedness. Here are eight kits you should keep in your home to prepare yourself for the most common emergency situations you might face.

Media Not Concerned About the Very Poor

All this talk today about poverty got us wondering just how many people in America live below the poverty line,” anchor Scott Pelley announced on the CBS Evening News (2/1/12). By “all this talk,” Pelley was referring to less than 200 words, in a report CBS had just aired on GOP candidate Mitt Romney’s missteps, that discussed Romney’s remark that he wasn’t “concerned about the very poor.”

NYPD Report Says 96 Percent Of Shooting Victims Are Black or Latino

The New York Police Department released new data showing the vast majority of victims and perpetrators of violent crime in the city are black and Latino, in what experts said was likely part of a broader effort to defuse allegations of racial bias in the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy.

Drone use expands to TV stations, undermines public safety, privacy

As national controversy has erupted over expanded use of unmanned weaponized aerial drones by local police departments, others want to be in on the action, including TV stations, reports Russia Today on Wednesday, but civil and human rightsorganizations point to drone public safety risks and abuse of privacy rights.

On the final night of the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden made their pitch to America’s voters: The theme of the night was choice — not just of candidates, but of governing visions on issues like the economy, deficits, and taxes. 

The Fourth Commandment and American Law

Many Christians claim that the Ten Commandments are the foundation of American law and/or government. If that's true, then where can the Fourth Commandment to be found in American law — and especially in the Constitution which is the foundation for American law and government? Is there any basis for saying that any aspect of American law owes anything to the Fourth Commandment?

AP Does the Worst Fact-Check of All Time

The AP obviously felt the same kind of pressure from their "fact-check" last week. And they made up for it by attacking Bill Clinton in the most puerile possible way

This afternoon, in just over one hour, 23,000 people signed a petition asking CNN to fire contributor Erick Erickson.

How to Prevent "President Romney"

n two months we Americans will go to the polls once again to decide who the president will be for the next four years. We will not be allowed to vote on those who wield the true power in this country. On November 6th we will not vote for the chairman of ExxonMobil or JPMorgan Chase or Citibank or the Premier of China. That day will come, but not this year.

Perpetual War
Because the world spends roughly a trillion dollars each year on armaments, it follows that very many people make their living from war. This is the reason why it is correct to speak of war as a social, political and economic institution, and also one of the main reasons why war persists, although everyone realizes that it is the cause of much of the suffering of humanity.

Still in search of the American dream

How can any living politician anywhere in the world even pretend to rival former US president Bill Clinton's charisma, delivery (with substance) and authority? His Awesomeness gave it all for US President Barack Obama at the Democratic Party convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. He may well have sealed Obama's re-election all by himself.  
We heard from a lot of you — and we mean a lot of you — about our recent report on the Stanford School of Medicine analysis of several studies on the health effects of organic foods.

What do socialists say about Election 2012?

Everyone--the media commentators, leaders of the two parties, liberal supporters of the Democrats and conservative supporters of the Republicans--are saying that the 2012 presidential election offers a clear choice between two fundamentally different political visions. So why doesn't it seem that way most of the time? Lance Selfa, author of The Democrats: A Critical History, explains why in this interview with SocialistWorker.org.

Israel's lynch mob violence

An assault on a Palestinian teenager has shone a spotlight on a cauldron of prejudice that runs through the Israeli establishment, explains Hadas Thier.

Chief US District Judge Royce Lamberth has long had a reputation for being a fiery jurist, but in yesterday's opinion on Guantanamo Bay detainees' access to counsel, Lamberth conveyed his understandable outrage with the government. Mincing no words, Lamberth accused the Executive Branch of infringing on the Judiciary's duty to protect individual rights, particularly the right to Habeas Corpus.

The food industry's big problem with genetically engineered food

The No on Proposition 37 campaign emailed Thursday to tout a new study by UC Davis professors. It concludes that the proposition on the November ballot to require the labeling of genetically engineered foods would cost the food industry more than a billion dollars and lead to higher food costs from consumers.

Are Christians really marginalised in this country?

The Equality and Human Rights Commission argues in its intervention submission that Strasbourg – and the UK courts – should move on from their “restrictive” interpretation of Article 9, summed up by Lord Bingham’s oft-cited description of the Court’s position in R (SB) v Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15

US Complicit in Israel War Plans for Iran

After supplying Israel with the massive bunker-buster bombs that would be critical in any Israeli military strike on Iran, the US government now wants to have it both ways, trying to shield itself from any backlash by insisting it would not be “complicit” in such an Israeli gambit.

If You Can't Sue The Feds For Spying, Sue Them For Lying About Spying

There have been numerous attempts by various parties (including, in a few cases, the EFF) to sue the US government concerning various aspects of its warrantless spying on Americans. Pretty much all of these cases end up failing, often for reasons that are suspect. However, it appears that the EFF is going to try again. As you may recall, back in July, the feds admitted to Senator Wyden that their own analysis discovered that they had violated the 4th Amendmenton occasion in carrying out surveillance under the FISA Amendments Act. 

Human Rights Watch Accuses US of Covering Up Extent of Waterboarding

uman Rights Watch alleges that Libyan opponents of Gaddafi were subjected to torture at CIA prisons before being handed over to his security police. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features

Are you smarter than an atheist? A religious quiz:

Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups in a 32-question survey of religious knowledge by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. On average, Americans got 16 of the 32 questions correct. Atheists and agnostics got an average of 20.9 correct answers. Jews (20.5) and Mormons (20.3). Protestants got 16 correct answers on average, while Catholics got 14.7 questions right.
How will you do on the quiz?
- Staff

Jon Stewart: Fox News Anchors' Hearts and Brains Appear to Have Shrunk Three Sizes Between RNC and DNC

Actual socialist Bernie Sanders: No, Obama is not a socialist

This video is from “Moyers & Company,” published Friday, Sept. 7, 2012.


Dawkins on creationism and evolution: a CNN interview




Gorilla taught to grasp its own mortality




Obama Accepts Democratic Nomination for Re-Election with Appeal for More Time to Bring Change




Accepting Democratic Nomination, Obama Pledges to Revive U.S. Economy While Protecting the Environment



George Carlin: The Patron Saint -



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