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Our Founding Fathers Never Imagined Congress Would Behave This Badly
http://bigthink.com/praxis/what-james-madison-would-say-to-john-boehner

FCC proposal would require carriers to disclose network reliability in disasters
http://www.fiercemobilegovernment.com/story/fcc-proposal-would-require-carriers-disclose-network-reliability-disasters/2013-10-02?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Where are the Unions?
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Where-are-the-Unions-by-Robert-De-Filippis-Business_Capital_Class_Economic-131003-399.html

World Should Pressure Israel To Eliminate Its Chemical Weapons
http://www.countercurrents.org/gottinger041013.htm

We Now Live in World in Which No One Is Listening to the Planet’s Sole Superpower
http://www.alternet.org/world/we-now-live-world-which-no-one-listening-planets-sole-superpower

More Snowden Revelations Coming, Guardian Cryptography Analyst Says
http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/more_snowden_revelations_coming_says_guardian_cryptography_analyst_20130926

The Rising Antiscience
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victor-stenger/rising-antiscience-faith_b_3991677.html

NSA Chief, General Alexander defends US surveillance programs as a Noble Mission
http://thehackernews.com/2013/09/nsa-chief-general-alexander-defends-us.html

Why No One’s Investigating Wall Street

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36355.htm

Leaks Show NSA is Working to Undermine Encrypted Communications, Here's How You Can Fight Back
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/09/leaks-show-nsa-working-undermine-encrypted-communications-heres-how-you-can-fight

People Want Full Medicare for All
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/26-11

Time to Speak Up Against the NSA’s Mass Spying
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/09/time-speak-against-nsas-mass-spying

Look Around, Workers Are Pissed

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/26

Rules for (hunger-striking) radicals
http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/rules-hunger-striking-radicals/

Surveillance and Human Rights Principles are launched at 24th Session of the Human Rights Council
https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2013/09/22/surveillance-and-human-rights-principles-are-launched-at-the-24th-hrc

Snowden urges EU parliament to protect whistleblowers
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Snowden-urges-EU-parliamen-by-RT-TV-Prism_Russia_Snowden_Surveillance-131001-729.html

Global Warming Could Destroy the Lives of 750 Million People in the Short Future
http://www.alternet.org/environment/global-warming-could-potentially-destroy-lives-750-million-people-next-three-decades

NSA using metadata to compile “social network diagrams” on Americans
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/09/30/surv-s30.html

Eye on Palestine – This is occupation: Deprivation of Healthcare
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/09/26/eye-on-palestine-this-is-occupation-deprivation-of-healthcare/

Study: Combative People "Remember" Hostile Acts That They Didn't Commit
http://bigthink.com/Mind-Matters/study-combative-people-remember-hostile-acts-that-they-didnt-commit

Opinion poll shows big opposition to “faith schools”
http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2013/09/opinion-poll-shows-big-opposition-to-faith-schools

Breaking Their Will: The Sick Biblical Literalism That Leads to Child Abuse and Even Death
http://www.alternet.org/belief/breaking-their-will-sick-biblical-literalism-leads-child-abuse-and-even-death

Edward Snowden: Surveillance of Whole Populations Threatens to be the Greatest Human Rights Challenge of Our Time
http://www.alternet.org/edward-snowden-surveillance-whole-populations-threatens-be-greatest-human-rights-challenge-our-time

WHY AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM IS WRONG
http://americanhumanist.org/HNN/details/2013-10-why-american-exceptionalism-is-wrong

Atheist students use federal law to pursue same rights as Christians for ‘secular safe zones’
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/30/atheist-students-use-federal-law-to-pursue-same-ri/

Send the Bill For the Shutdown to the Evangelicals
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankschaeffer/2013/10/send-the-bill-for-the-shutdown-to-the-evangelicals/

America For Sale: Outsourcing Exposed

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Debt: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

You may think that money is invented to make exchange easier. You could imagine that at some point in prehistory. A hunter just shot a deer and a farmer has some carrots and they want to exchange but the meat is worth much more than the carrots. They need to invent something to pay each other the difference. In this story, that’s something would be money, be it in the form of shells or lumps of gold or silver or whatever.

Street Politics 101

In the spring of 2012, a massive student strike in opposition to a tuition hike rocked the streets of the Montréal for over six months. Protests and militant street actions became part of the daily and nightly reality of this Canadian metropolis. Several times during this tumultuous spring, the numbers in the streets would reach over one hundred thousand. Police routinely clubbed students and their allies, and arrested them by the hundreds.

Consumed

Consumerism has become the cornerstone of the post-industrial age. Using theories of evolutionary psychology to underpin a bold narrative of our times, this film takes a whirlwind tour through the “weird mental illness of consumerism”, showing how our insatiable appetite has driven us into “the jaws of the beast”.

Quantum Revolution

Professor Michio Kaku, famous Theoretical Physicist and one of the inventors of Light Cone String Field Theory (one of the Relativistic forms of M-Theory), hosts a documentary on the use of the body of scientific knowledge on quantum mechanics that will lead to “The Quantum Revolution”.

The Bully Project

The Bully Project is a documentary film that covers events during the 2009–2010 school year and follows students and their families from Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Iowa and Oklahoma.

Mega Man

Kim Dotcom claims he wants to protect internet privacy. The United States claims he’s the internet’s biggest pirate. This film meets the man, as the future of the internet and $500m in copyright claims hang in the balance.

Evacuate Earth

Evacuate Earth is a National Geographic Channel documentary that tells the what-if story of the evacuation of the planet Earth which is due to be destroyed by a rogue Neutron Star. The documentary goes into the technical and social complications of building an Ark to save humanity and other Earth life and moving them to a planet in another star system.

Exposed: Ireland’s Secret Cults

Exposed: Ireland’s Secret Cults is a documentary from TV3 that looks into a number of religious ‘cults’ in Ireland like the ‘Palmarians’, ‘The House of Prayer’ and ‘Scientologists’. This film explores who goes to these churches, who runs them, how they get money, and who they target as new ‘recruits’, talking to ex-cult members who have left these churches.

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HUNGRY FOR CHANGE IN NEW YORK

Food is at the core of human survival – it can be at the heart of a family’s traditions and the key to a nation’s cultural identity.

RISE OF THE SUPERBUGS

Antibiotics are the wonder drugs of modern medicine. They’ve allowed doctors to save and extend life by killing infection and enabling ground breaking surgery. But imagine a world where antibiotics don’t work – that would be a place dominated by superbugs, bacteria that don’t respond to antibiotics. Scientists say this would end many modern medical procedures and they claim the threat is greater than we realise.

DISCOVERING DEEP SPACE

Around the world, a new generation of astronomers are hunting for the most mysterious objects in the universe. Young stars, black holes, even other forms of life. They have created a dazzling new set of super-telescopes that promise to rewrite the story of the heavens.

RECYCLING: HOW A USED BOTTLE BECOMES A NEW BOTTLE

The rise of curbside recycling programs over the past few decades has meant more glass recycling. But for a long time, many recycling centers didn’t have the technology to turn recycled glass into the raw material for new bottles. Instead, recycled glass often wound up being used as a cheap construction material, or even to cover landfills.

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"Over the Line" - 
US Agents Shooting Dead Innocent Mexicans Across the Border With Impunity

It's All Too Easy to Get Fired in America: In 49 of 50 States, You Can Be Fired for Any Reason
http://www.alternet.org/economy/we-work-whim-our-bosses-49-50-states-you-can-be-fired-any-reason

Pentagon survey: More than 70 military sexual assaults occur per day
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/07/pentagon-survey-more-than-70-military-sexual-assaults-occur-per-day/

11 Most Heartless GOP Ideas for Immigrants
http://www.alternet.org/11-most-heartless-gop-ideas-immigrants

How Your Tax Dollars Fund Bad, Low-Wage Jobs and Help Fuel Inequality
http://www.alternet.org/economy/how-your-tax-dollars-fund-bad-low-wage-jobs-and-help-fuel-inequality

Confronting the 1 percent directly
http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/confronting-the-1-percent-directly/

Sexual Assaults and Nuclear Missiles: What's the Matter With the Military?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/military-sexual-assault_b_3244317.html

Armed march turns into massive civil disobedience event
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/349775

3 Ways Sequestration is Taking a Toll on Struggling Americans
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/76142

Confused By Medical Billing? Government Survey Reveals Dark Secret Of Healthcare Costs
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05/09/confused-by-medical-billing-government-survey-reveals-dark-secret-of-healthcare-costs-video/

‘Doomsday Preppers’ Are Prepared To Take Up Arms Against The Government
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05/08/doomsday-preppers-are-prepared-to-take-up-arms-against-the-government-video/

Religion and Human Rights
http://hcco.org/node/255

Accessible porn reduces rape and prostitution
http://human-stupidity.com/stupid-dogma/child-porn-witch-hunt/accessible-porn-reduces-rape-and-prostitution

Indispensable Guide: Where to Shop to Avoid Buying from Businesses that Endanger Workers
http://www.alternet.org/indispensable-guide-where-shop-avoid-buying-businesses-endanger-workers

President Obama, Don’t Let the CIA Control the Torture Narrative
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/08-1

Professor Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel in solidarity with Palestinians
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/professor-stephen-hawking-joins-academic-boycott-of-israel-in-solidarity-with-palestinians/

The U.S. Government Is Monitoring All Phone Calls, All Emails And All Internet Activity
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/the-u-s-government-is-monitoring-all-phone-calls-all-emails-and-all-internet-activity_052013

Anonymous Hackers Launch #OpUSA against US Banking and Government Agencies
http://thehackernews.com/2013/05/anonymous-hackers-launch-opusa-against.html

How Food Giants Are Hooking People
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05/07/how-food-giants-are-hooking-people-video/

America and Israel: Imperial Partners in Crime
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34845.htm

The Fight Against the Total Surveillance State in Our Schools
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/76127

Neither Admit Nor Deny: Big Business Allowed To Pay Millions to Avoid Jail
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/06-0

Guantanamo Hunger Strike Forces Debate About Detention
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/05/06

7 Ways the Sequester Is Actually Increasing Gov't Spending
http://www.alternet.org/7-ways-sequester-actually-increasing-govt-spending

DHS Whistleblower Labeled Domestic Terrorist (Censored from 60 Minutes)
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/dhs-whistleblower-labeled-domestic-terrorist-censored-from-60-minutes_052013

Understanding Obama And Other People Who Kill
http://www.countercurrents.org/burrowes070513.htm

Secularism as Political and Social Movement: Denying Church Authority Over State
http://atheism.about.com/od/secularismseparation/a/Politics.htm?nl=1

Why America May Be the Last Empire
http://www.alternet.org/why-america-may-be-last-empire

Anonymous op to close Guantanamo: detailed report here
http://darkernet.in/anonymous-op-to-close-guantanamo-detailed-report-here/

Warren Buffett signs $2 billion check in support of Israeli apartheid
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/david/warren-buffett-signs-2-billion-check-support-israeli-apartheid

Former FBI Agent Says All Phone Calls In U.S. Are Recorded By Government
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/former-fbi-agent-says-all-phone-calls-us-are-recorded-government

How Much Money is There on Earth?
http://therealnews.com/t2/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/76128

Ministry of Endowments: Israel wants to ignite a religious war
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/ministry-of-endowments-israel-wants-to-ignite-a-religious-war/

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Crash Course: Ecology
Population ecology is the study of groups within a species that interact mostly with each other, and it examines how they live together in one geographic area to understand why these populations are different in one time and place than they are in another. How is that in any way useful to anyone ever?

Solar Mamas
An inspiring film about one woman’s attempt to light up her world. Rafea is an uneducated Bedouin mother from the Jordanian desert.

The Unending War
The US invasions and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan after the September 11th incidents, under the name of war against terrorism, were the most costly wars in the history of the US which took a heavy tool of human lives and properties for the US, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Deconversion, Belief, and the Power of Silence
The author’s hope in making this documentary is that he can be, for one person, the person he never had in his life through the years of losing everything he believed in. It is OK to not be a Christian.

Up/Down: Bipolar Living
In short, Up/Down is a personal analysis of bipolar disorder from those living with it. Bipolar disorder is just one of many mental illnesses that is still highly stigmatized in our culture today, and Up/Down could certainly be instrumental in changing that fact.

DPRK: The Land of Whispers

North Korea lies somewhere between a 1930′s Soviet Union frozen in time and a dark, futuristic vision of society… as imagined back in the 70′s. Land of Whispers invites you to visit arguably the most unique and isolated travel destination in the world – not to criticize, but to observe and listen.

The Phase
It’s an astounding coincidence: in the absolute majority of accounts of the supernatural, be they biblical miracles, UFOs or paranormal phenomena, the protagonist had been falling asleep or waking up at the crucial moment.

Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview
Humanity has reached a crossroad. Our species, the species of human beings is coming to a place where we are deciding about ourselves. We are making a huge decision about “Who are we?” and “Who do we really choose to be?”

Land Rush
In 2008, the world’s food system began to fall apart. However, threatened with hunger, rich countries have started buying up and leasing fertile tracts of the developing world.

Introduction to Permaculture Design

Permaculture is a system for sustainable living on Earth that benefits all creatures and supplies all the needs of humanity. Present systems are failing miserably: resource depletion, water storage, degraded landscape, food shortage, climate change.

American Juggalo
American Juggalo is a look at the often mocked and misunderstood subculture of Juggalos, hardcore Insane Clown Posse fans who meet once a year for four days at The Gathering of the Juggalos.

22.Dec.2012 - Stories of Resistance, $633B War Spending, Corrupt Politicians, Stop Drones Strikes, Protesters Foil NRA Conference, Drug Dollars, Westboro Blitz Continues, Discrimination Against Nonbelievers, Cyber-security Executive Order, Palestine Won't Surrender to Israel, FISA Warrantless Wiretapping Bill, Emergency Unemployment Benefits, Expanding Voting Rights, Changing Climate Dangers, US Homelessness Rising, more.

In a Year of Politicians and Bad News, Surprising Stories of Resistance
Unions once again dropped a lot of cash and burned a lot of shoe leather defending against the greater evils of a Romney administration and a Republican Senate. But winning meant holding the line, at best, and a hard pivot after Election Day to defend what too many Democrats won’t: Social Security and Medicare.

http://labornotes.org/2012/12/year-politicians-and-bad-news-surprising-stories-resistance

House Approves Bill Authorizing $633 Billion in War Spending
The Republican-controlled House approved the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 315-107. The measure must still be approved by the Senate before it can go to President Barack Obama to be signed into law.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33406.htm

Crooked banks and corrupt politicians

US Military Needs to Leave Afghanistan and Stop Widening Drone Strikes

There is perhaps no time in American history when our leaders have fought a war with so little support. More than 60 percent of Americans want out of Afghanistan. Even at the peak of the anti-Vietnam-war movement, after a majority had turned against the war, there were still a large number of citizens who believed in the war and its official justifications. Today, as my colleague Robert Naiman of Just Foreign Policy notes, “Western leaders have largely given up trying to explain or justify why Western troops are still in Afghanistan and why they are still killing and being killed.”

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/12/21-7

Protesters Foil NRA Televised Press Conference: 'NRA Killing Our Kids'

US will not support UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements: official

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters on Tuesday that Washington would not support a proposal for a Security Council resolution being discussed in preliminary talks in response to the plan for new Israeli settlements. 

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/12/19/278850/us-wont-censure-israeli-settlements-at-un/

Drug dollars prop up the banking system

Hackers' Westboro Baptist Church Blitz Continues: UG Nazi, Jester, Anonymous Take Down Twitter Accounts, Sites
The online offensive against the Westboro Baptist Church continues to gain momentum. The Twitter accounts of two prominent members of the hate-mongering group were apparently infiltrated this week by members of the infamous hacker collective UG Nazi. On Monday, Wired.com confirmed that 15-year-old whiz kid "Cosmo the God," a prolific member of the UG Nazi "hacktivist" group, had successfully carried out a takeover of @DearShirley, the Twitter account opened by WBC spokeswoman Shirley Lynn Phelps-Roper.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/hackers-westboro-baptist-church_n_2339135.html

Bill Moyers Essay: Remember The Victims, Reject the Violence

6 Outrageous Incidents of Discrimination Against Nonbelievers

Atheists are often seen as crying wolf when they speak about bigotry. But discrimination against atheists around the world is real.

http://www.alternet.org/belief/6-outrageous-incidents-discrimination-against-nonbelievers

Sexual assault reports jump at military academies, Pentagon finds

Despite the Pentagon's sexual assault awareness programs, reports at military academies rose by nearly a quarter in 2010-2011. Officials say women could be feeling more secure reporting the crimes.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2012/1221/Sexual-assault-reports-jump-at-military-academies-Pentagon-finds

Don't Trust the Research Saying Video Games Cause Real-World Aggression

In a press conference this morning, the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre addressed the Sandy Hook school shootings by suggesting that, rather than ban assault weapons, we put armed guards in every American school. LaPierre also blamed America’s “culture of violence” on violent movies and video games. The armed guards thing is being addressed elsewhere on this site, but suffice it to say it’s a weird and implausibly expensive idea that will never, ever happen. The video game point, however, merits a little more scrutiny.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/21/wayne_lapierre_don_t_listen_to_the_nra_the_research_saying_video_games_cause.html

HSBC launders drug money - and gets away with it

Obama likely to issue executive order on cybersecurity as early as January

The long-awaited executive action is unlikely to be taken before the end of the year, given the delicate negotiations over the “fiscal cliff.” Republican lawmakers have made it known that they strongly oppose an executive order on cybersecurity.

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/274175-cybersecurity-order-likely-in-january-observers-say

Palestine won’t surrender to Israel

FISA Warrantless Wiretapping Bill Poised For Renewal Despite Unanswered Questions

With Senate poised to act as early as Thursday night to renew the foreign surveillance bill that authorized the Bush administration's secret warrantless wiretapping program, civil liberties advocates are getting deja vu.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/fisa-reauthorization_n_2341951.html

Congress Should Extend Emergency Unemployment Benefits Now

As President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) work to resolve the fiscal showdown, lawmakers should at least agree that extending emergency unemployment insurance is the right thing to do in order to protect workers and encourage economic growth.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/labor/news/2012/12/17/48290/congress-should-extend-emergency-unemployment-benefits-now/

Strengthening Our Democracy by Expanding Voting Rights

The past two years were not kind to those who hold dear one of our most cherished rights—the right to vote. After the Republican wave of 2010, which saw conservative majorities swept into governors’ mansions and state legislatures, more than a dozen states—including Wisconsin, Florida, and Texas—passed legislation making it more difficult for voters to cast a ballot. The conservative cause celebre became legislation enacting voter ID, shortening early voting, and requiring citizens to show a birth certificate or passport in order to register to vote.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/civil-liberties/report/2012/12/18/48396/strengthening-our-democracy-by-expanding-voting-rights/

5 Reasons Our Changing Climate Is More Dangerous Than You Think

Our failure to give a crap is more frightening than flesh-eating fungi.

http://www.alternet.org/environment/5-reasons-our-changing-climate-more-dangerous-you-think

Hunger and Homelessness Rise in US Cities

cross the United States, the number of hungry and homeless people is growing, and budget fights at the federal level are threatening the aid many need to survive, the U.S. Conference of Mayors said on Thursday.

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/320-80/15146-hunger-and-homelessness-rise-in-us-cities

UN not serious when it comes to Israel

"End of the World": Apocalypse or Shopocalypse? Reverend Billy on Consumerism and Climate Change

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New Report Sheds Light on Bin Laden Murder, as Pakistan Faces Fallout from U.S.-Led Vaccination Plot

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Going Bankrupt on Planet Earth: The Debate Subject for the Ages

As expected, the deficit and debt were both discussed in the first presidential debate on domestic policy. However, despite this year’s endless American summer and adevastating drought that won’t leave town, climate change wasn’t. What would you bet that it won’t be a significant topic in the final debate on foreign policy either? Only one conclusion seems reasonable: climate change has no place on this American planet.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/13-4

Israel Threatens Force Against Aid Boat to Gaza

Finland said Saturday that Israel had warned it would "take action" and "use force" against an aid boat headed for Gaza.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/13-0

US Bombing of Iraq: The Toxic Legacy Continues

A new study links the U.S. bombardment of Iraq to a toxic legacy of birth defects in two of the country's heavily hit cities.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/14-0

Koch Brother Facing Federal Lawsuit For Allegedly Imprisoning Employee

William Koch is facing a federal lawsuit for allegedly and illegally imprisoning and interrogating an employee. Kirby Martenson, a former executive for a number of Koch subsidiary companies, claims that he was fired, imprisoned, and interrogated for an excessive amount of time at the Old West ghost town replica that Koch built recently.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/13/koch-imprisoning-federal-lawsuit/

Clinging To Nonsense: The GOP POV Is Usually Wrong And Thus Irrelevant

After Biden kicked ass in the Veep Debate, some conservatives were posting stuff like, “Sorry to burst your bubble, but Republicans see it differently.” Well, the GOP see a lot of things differently, and it doesn’t make them right.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/13/clinging-to-nonsense/

The Root Of All Delusion – Libertarian ‘Oracle’ Just A Bunch Of Hot Air

It happens every year: noted Libertarian soothsayer Wayne Allyn Root makes his annual predictions, which he then clings to for the rest of the year, updating them if his earlier predictions fall to pieces. This year, as they have done before, Fox News is trotting him out to rally up the base, claiming his predictions in years past as evidence that, in this case, it will be a blowout year for Mitt Romney.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/13/fraudulent-libertarian-oracle/

How to Save the Middle Class

Many Americans don’t know where the Great Middle Class came from. They see it as a natural outgrowth of “free-market capitalism” when it was really the product of conscious government policies, starting with the New Deal. That confusion must be addressed in this political season, says Beverly Bandler.

http://consortiumnews.com/2012/10/13/how-to-save-the-middle-class/

Why Sin is a False and Morally and Biologically Backward Concept

Marc at Bad Catholic got the impression that atheists think being a Christian is only about hating gay people and being irrational and so set out to explain why he is a Christian. His post started out with a discussion of suffering as useless pain that supposedly can have no worthwhile secular answers. I challenged his views of suffering and the potential for atheist responses to it on Wednesday.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/camelswithhammers/2012/10/why-sin-is-a-false-and-morally-and-biologically-backward-concept/

The 'Moderate Mitt' Myth

he way a presidential candidate campaigns for office matters to the country. A campaign should demonstrate seriousness of purpose and a set of core beliefs, and it should signal to voters whether a candidate shows trustworthiness and judgment. Those things don't seem to matter to Mitt Romney.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/13970-the-moderate-mitt-myth

Global Food Supply System Could Collapse, 2013 Could Experience A Major Hunger Crisis
World grain reserves are so dangerously low that severe weather in the US or other food-exporting countries could trigger a major hunger crisis next year, said a report by John Vidal in The Observer [1] on October 13, 2012. John cited a UN warning. The food crisis is growing in the Middle East and Africa.

http://www.countercurrents.org/cc141012.htm

Obama's War Record

When Sen. Barack Obama ran for the presidency in 2008 many wishful-thinking Democratic voters viewed him as a peace candidate because he opposed the Iraq war (but voted yes on the war budgets while in the Senate). Some others assumed his foreign/military policy would be along the lines of Presidents George H. W. Bush (whom Obama admires) or Bill Clinton. Some who identified as progressives actually thought his foreign/military policy might tilt to the left.

http://www.countercurrents.org/smith141012.htm

A Vulture Capitalist for a Vulture Culture

Delusional Romney belief systems -- whether more trickle-down folly, indefensible tax cuts, or "God's on our side" exceptionalism -- serve as cover for an ever nastier, reactionary vulture culture. Under-regulated vulture capitalism preys on government regulation and legislation, environmental wellbeing (decimating forests, ocean life, coastal waters, and strip mining sites), low-wage workers here or overseas -- plus badgering phantom "socialists" who challenge spoiled-brat banksters, Koch Bros., or the Rove brigade. That overfed horde sustains the extremist GOP vulture culture, at war with women, fair taxation, democratic elections that count minorities, gay rights, basic science, and healthy food -- in a word, rationality.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Vulture-Capitalist-for-a-by-Robert-S-Becker-121014-410.html

The Israel Lobby and the Road to War

Israel is like a spoiled child who has grown stronger, more willful, and outright dangerous under the nurturing care of its US parent -- a parent who has lost all authority and can no longer restrain its juvenile delinquent progeny. The US-Israeli "special relationship" has destabilized the Middle East and made war much more likely than it would be otherwise. Israel can act in the knowledge that there will be no consequences for its actions, that it will not be held accountable or blamed -- in public -- in any way for what follows.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Israel-Lobby-and-the-R-by-Justin-Raimondo-121013-946.html

Walmart versus The Staff of Life

The Bible terms bread "the staff of life" -- but Walmart finds it one more opportunity for exploitation of its "shoppers."  In our small town, there are few food stores and no bakeries, so we are forced to buy our own Daily Bread at the Big W.  It was not so long ago that Walmart had a section with overproduced bread and other bakery items at a forty percent discount, which was helpful to us retirees.  Then, earlier this year, with of course no publicity, they cut that discount to thirty-five percent.  Now, lo and behold, we have found a further cut, to a discount of only thirty percent on this bread!

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Walmart-versus-The-Staff-o-by-Eugene-Elander-121014-872.html

How The Media Put Us At Risk With The Way They Report About Risk

A new study regarding a high-profile risk…mercury…has two important findings; there may be an association between in-utero mercury exposure and ADHD as kids grow up, but the children of pregnant mothers who ate more fish generally had better overall cognitive health. Beyond those findings, though, the study also teaches an important lesson about another risk, a risk that is far greater than the risk of mercury; the risk of how the news media cover risk in the first place.

http://bigthink.com/risk-reason-and-reality/how-the-media-put-us-at-risk-with-the-way-they-report-about-risk

Bill Maher to Right-Wing Christians: If You Do God's Work, Why Are You Always Wrong?

"Is the problem that you can't follow instructions, or is Jesus just dicking you around?" Maher asks.

http://www.alternet.org/bill-maher-right-wing-christians-if-you-do-gods-work-why-are-you-always-wrong

Creating a nation of narcissists

Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Girl Protesting Mom’s Lay-Off From Bain-Owned Company

Watch 2 Canadians Discover That The US Is Now A Police State

Danny DeVito & Bill Maher on GMO Labeling

Student Debt Waltz cantastoria - People's Puppets of OWS

US and Israel Recognize Iran Not Near a Bomb

Low wages and high unemployment are paralyzing the global economy