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Thursday, October 25

25.Oct.2012 - Debate Special Expansion (3rd Parties), Voter Fraud, Exposed Kill Matrix, U.S. to Sue Bank of America, Wall Street Won the Election, Dirty Voting Tricks, Taxes & Job Creation Myths, E.U. Robin Hood Tax, Walmart Legal Troubles Mount, America at a Crossroads, Anonymous to Launch TYLER, Congress Corrupt, Rape a Gift from God?

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WATCH: Full Expanding the Debate Special on Foreign Policy Featuring Jill Stein, Rocky Anderson

Helping Republicans Find Real Voter Fraud in America

Republican officials across the country are having a major problem with their widely ballyhooed claim that they must create new barriers to voting in order to ensure the "integrity" of the ballot. The problem is this: Their high-decibel effort is completely devoid of integrity.

Solutions Worth Debating

America has some big problems and it needs equally big solutions. In this current media-frenzied presidential race, the American people are looking to the two major party candidates -- Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama -- for solutions. However, they are coming back empty-handed as the candidates continue to push their party agendas, speaking in talking points rather than addressing real problems.

Exposed 'Kill Matrix' Gives Permanence to US 'War on Terror'

An in-depth Washington Post story reveals that the drone warfare and bottomless "kill list" that have become signature features of the Obama administration's foreign policy have evolved. At the center of these policies is a "next-generation" 'kill-list' rebranded as a 'disposition matrix' meant to serve as a guide for "future administrations through the counterterrorism processes that Obama has embraced." 

US to Sue Bank of America for $1bn Over 'Brazen' Mortgage Fraud

The civil mortgage fraud lawsuit centers around the bank's program known as "Hustle," a program it absorbed from Countrywide Financial when it bought the company in 2008.

Republican Fundraiser in Utah, Charged With Multiple Counts of Rape and Kidnapping, Commits Suicide

A violent end to a tawdry tale of power and abuse.
http://www.alternet.org/republican-fundraiser-utah-charged-multiple-counts-rape-and-kidnapping-commits-suicide

How Wall Street Won the Election Long Before The First Vote Was Cast
Four debates later, and it's clear that Big Finance will continue to drive our economy.

Mitt Romney's Question-Mark Economy

nsurance companies won't pay the higher costs of insuring these people unless they have extra funds - which is why Obamacare requires that everyone, including healthy young people, buy insurance. Yet Romney doesn't say where the extra money to fund insurers would come from. From taxpayers? Businesses?


Voting Dirty Tricks Begin

Earlier today (Oct.16), our friends at the Election Protection Coalition alerted us to reports of dirty tricks being deployed against voters in Virginia and Florida.

Americans United Says Taxpayers Have Right To Challenge Church Control Of Federal Program

Watchdog Group Tells Court That Public Has Right To Question Bishops’ Restrictions On Program To Help Sex-Trafficking Victims

Another third party debate in the works

The Free and Equal Elections Foundation has announced plans to host a second debatebetween third-party presidential candidates on Oct. 30 in Washington, following up on a similar event the group hosted Tuesday night in Chicago.  

Dispelling The Myth: Taxes And Job Creation
We invite you to talk about something that is very important to all of us: taxes and jobs.

After the US presidential debates: The political issues facing the working class

It is now less than two weeks to Election Day in the United States. The campaigns of the two principal candidates have exposed the fraudulent, anti-democratic character of the entire electoral process. The American people are presented with a “choice” between two candidates who have, in the end, no significant political differences.

‘Robin Hood’ Tax Comes to Part of EU

The head of the European Commission supports the tax and encourages the other 17 member states to follow suit—the U.K. is most vehemently opposed—saying that it could help greatly with the debt crisis.

What Are GMO? What Is A GMO? What Foods Are Genetically Modified? California Prop 37 Decoded
What Are GMO? What Is A GMO? A genetically modified organism (GMO) or genetically engineered organism (GEO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered...
http://www.opednews.com/articles/What-Are-GMO-What-Is-A-GM-by-Tracy-Turner-121023-766.html

WHY THE CLIMATE SILENCE IN THE DEBATES?

With the debates over and nary a word on climate change, many are asking what the significance of the silence means. This is the first time in decades that climate change has not been addressed during a presidential debate. But raising the issue during the debates in the past has not necessarily resulted in improved understanding of the science or significant action to pass emissions standards through Congress.

Walmart legal troubles mount as Black Friday walkout looms

walmartstore-JaredCBenedictWalmart workers aren’t happy, and they’re letting their employer know it. In the midst of worker strikes in several cities and the looming threat of a mass employee walkout on Black Friday (one of the busiest shopping days of the year), the world’s largest retailer has been hit with a class action lawsuit affecting temporary workers in the Chicago area.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/24/walmart-legal-troubles-mount-as-black-friday-walkout-looms

Student loans get the same subpar servicing that subprime mortgages do

The parallels between the mortgage market and the student loan industry have been frequently noted. Both involve big borrowing and have a history of lax underwritingby lenders. But the two are also strikingly similar in another way: When it comes to both mortgages and student debt, the servicers, or companies that handle loan payments, sometimes add roadblocks and give struggling borrowers the runaround.

‘Ten Commandments’ Judge Roy Moore: God punishing the U.S. over marriage equality and abortion

Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy MooreThe man who is likely to be Alabama’s next chief justice is warning that God will continue to punish America until same sex marriage and abortion are outlawed.

Lessons from the Early History of the Church of Latter Day Saints

In the beginning, as we know, was the Word of one Joseph Smith Jr., founder of the Mormon Church, finder of the so-called Golden Plates from which he was able to translate the Book of Mormon. Joseph Smith today in Mormon theology is considered “the prophet, priest and king.” When Mitt Romney avows “My faith is the faith of my fathers—I will be true to them,” the father he invokes is Smith. This should be highly troubling.
http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/lessons-from-the-early-history-of-the-church-of-latter-day-saints/

Obama and Romney: War No Matter Who Wins Election


Once again emphasizing there is no fundamental difference between Obama and Romney when it comes to attacking Iran, the American Jewish Committee has published the answers to a questionnaire sent to the candidates.
http://www.pakalertpress.com/2012/10/22/obama-and-romney-war-no-matter-who-wins-election

Does Romney’s Religion Condone Torture?
Nobody asked Governor Mitt Romney or President Barack Obama about torture during Monday night’s “foreign policy debate”—but someone should have.
http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/joannabrooks/6539/does_romney%E2%80%99s_religion_condone_torture_%5Bupdated%5D/

Isn’t It Time To Take Down Ann Coulter?

When Rush Limbaugh made an ass of himself by “slut shaming” Sandra Fluke for weeks on end, the one last nerve of those within earshot of his blathering, blubbering mouth was snapped and the villagers took their pitchforks into the town square of modern media and demanded the monster be taken down. And he was. A notch or two. In fact, currently advertisers see sticking with the likes of Limbaugh as a death of sorts; or, as one put it, “those who do not adapt will be swallowed up.” (see Rats Leaving The Sinking Ship — Conservative Radio Still Shedding Advertisers)

Civil liberties, Britain and the US election
No matter the final outcome, the presidential race has already brought about grim prospects for the future of civil liberties in the US.

America at a crossroads
Scholars say election likely to redefine nation’s priorities
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/10/america-at-a-crossroads

Anonymous going to lauch wikileaks like project called TYLER 
Anonymous+going+to+lauch+wikileaks+like+project+called+'TYLER'International hacker group Anonymous is going to create a WikiLeaks competitor scandalous leak portal called Tyler, for the publication of secret information from governments of various countries. One of the group’s members, who specified that he is representing the collective, spoke about the TYLER project and the rift with WikiLeaks in an email interview with the Voice of Russia. 
http://thehackernews.com/2012/10/anonymous-going-to-lauch-wikileaks-like.html


US Does Not Want Real Democracy in Middle East: Chomsky
Visiting AUC for first time in 19 years, Noam Chomsky speaks of potential Israel-Iran conflict and America's fear of democracy in Middle East

UK Support for US Drones in Pakistan May be War Crime, Court is Told
Lawyers for Pakistani man whose father was killed by drone strike seek to have sharing of UK intelligence declared unlawful
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32850.htm


Congress: "Corrupt to the Core"

GOP U.S. Senate Candidate Calls Rape Pregnancies A ‘Gift From God’

Phyllis Bennis: Should Progressives Vote for Obama?


Viral Video: Separation of Church and Hate


Occupy Wall Street Is A Thought Revolution


Chris Hayes on Climate Change Silence


Behind the U.S. targeted killing program



Stop Killing Our Youth: Protest Against Police Brutality


Food Fight: Debating Prop 37, California’s Landmark Initiative to Label GMO Food

Michael Pollan: California’s Prop 37 Fight to Label GMOs Could Galvanize Growing U.S. Food Movement

Michael Pollan: From GMOs to NYC’s Soda Ban, Local Efforts Challenge Agri-Giants’ National Control
Third-party presidential debate gives a voice to long-shot candidates

Tuesday, September 18

18.Sept.2012: Occupy Wall Street One-Year Anniversary Special; plus More Political Parties, Robin Hood Tax, Curses of Privatization, Arab Spring, Problems of Belief and Doctrine, Climate Change Diseases, Debt Collector Prosecutors, U.S. and Israeli Lies About Iran, Win Against NDAA, Striking Chicago Teachers, Tea Party Failure, NSA Whistleblower, Jailed Women, Food Companies Mislead and Cheat, Mindlessly Complying with Authority, Occudoc


#OWS has officially entered its 2nd year. 
Whether you are for or against what the 99% stand for, you must (as an American) support the freedom of assembly and speech. At Reddit's Occupy 2.0, THE DISSENTING HERETIC is documenting this new phase of #OccupyWallSt. Join us.


Let's Have More Political Parties

With well over 200 years of experience using our first-past-the-goal-post system of elections we surely can now judge whether it works as we would hope. There is a wide body of opinion that is dissatisfied with our system, though that opinion is is far from universal. In particular, the small but powerful class of Republican and Democratic office holders support the current system but then again they know what to expect with it and it works well for them, electing them to well-paid powerful positions again and again.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Let-s-Have-More-Political-by-Paul-Cohen-120916-383.html

Occupy/Black Bloc Tactics Debated

In the immediacy of mass protest and non-violent civil disobedience, how can one differentiate between the disruptive violence of Black Bloc anarchists and the disruptive violence of undercover police agent provocateurs? 

How To Tell If Occupy's Anniversary Push Is Succeeding


Occupy Your Victories: OWS' First Anniversary

Occupy is now a year old.  A year is an almost ridiculous measure of time for much of what matters: at one year old, Georgia O’Keeffe was not a great painter, and Bessie Smith wasn’t much of a singer. One year into the Civil Rights Movement, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was still in progress, catalyzed by the unknown secretary of the local NAACP chapter and a preacher from Atlanta -- by, that is, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. Occupy, our bouncing baby, was born with such struggle and joy a year ago, and here we are, 12 long months later.

#S17 Commemorates First Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street Movement

Taking advantage of the one year anniversary of the birth of the Occupy Wall Street movement in lower Manhattan, economic justice advocates take to the streets today under the banner of #S17.

Occupy's Protest Is Not Over. It Has Barely Begun

A good many observers wonder, is Occupy over? After all, the encampments that announced the movement a year ago have largely disappeared, and no obviously similar protestdemonstrations of young people have taken their place, at least not in the United States.

Progressives Must Move Beyond Occupy

Average citizens evaluate political organizations based on how those organizations actually function. They know a political organization is a microcosm of the society it wishes to create. So after ten months of heavy involvement in Occupy, I have this question for Occupiers: would you honestly want to live in a society that is organized like Occupy and functions like Occupy? Do you want a society that claims to be "leaderless" while its true leaders remain hidden and unelected? Do you want a society with no written rules? Do you really expect the general public to support an organization that would extend this model to the rest of society?

Arrests Near Stock Exchange Top 150 on Occupy Wall St. Anniversary

More than 150 people were arrested on Monday as protesters tried to block access to the New York Stock Exchange on the first anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Celebrating the campaign of the National Nurses United union to win support for a “Robin Hood Tax” on every trade to fund social services and rebuild communities, the platform argued that: “Democrats should make this common-sense levy central to their agenda, part of a long-term vision for moving America from a Wall Street–driven casino capitalism to a Main Street–focused caring, clean and green economics.”

Robin Hood Tax Bill Introduced In Congress

The U.S. Robin Hood Tax Campaign today applauded the introduction in Congress of a bill that would impose a tax on Wall Street speculation. Introduced by Rep. Keith Ellison, HR 6411, the Inclusive Prosperity Act, would raise up to $350 billion in annual revenues that would be used to breathe new life into Main Street communities across America, as well as international health, sustainable prosperity and environmental programs.

Five Looming Curses of Privatization

The futility of diverting public funds into the hands of profitseekers has been well-documented. Here are a few of the gathering curses of privatization.

How Arab Spring turned into protests and 'Death to America!'

An outbreak of violence in Afghanistan this weekend was testament to a clear trend: In Muslim countries now enjoying more political freedom, anti-American anger is coming to the surface.

The Many Problems Of Belief, Doctrine and Atheism

Religious belief systems are one of the most powerful emotional drivers in humanity today. Depending on specific belief system, which book is taken as holy, which god or gods are worshiped, and the seriousness with which the believer takes their faith, the beliefs of the religious are held as a very personal thing; on par with the perceived identity of the believer in terms of the way it is treated.

Today marks the one year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests, and activists intend to mark the milestone by holding a new round of demonstrations. Dozens have already been arrested, even before the main protests began.

According to a new report by the Congressional Research Service, cutting taxes for the wealthiest does not cause economic growth, despite constant conservative claims that it will. 

5 Diseases On the Move: Climate Change

'As of Aug. 21, 2012, a total of 1,118 West Nile virus cases have been reported in the U.S.' (photo: Tennessee Department of Health)
hen we consider the future effects of climate change in the United States, we sometimes think super-hurricanes, intense wildfires and a cinematic dystopia featuring robotic Haley Joel Osment racing around flooded Manhattan. However, we may want to put the scuba-lessons aside and consider a lesser-known threat from rising temperatures and erratic weather. Experts note that climate change may also be impacting certain environmentally sensitive diseases, and not in a way that will have us breathing easier.

In Prosecutors, Debt Collectors Find a Partner

he letters are sent by the thousands to people across the country who have written bad checks, threatening them with jail if they do not pay up.

The US Election and the Men who Rule the World
The gleaming poster girl smile to go with the gleaming poster girl products and the whitewashed perfect teeth to match the whitewashed perfect lies. In a world of broken-tooth smiles and deadbeat reality, the advertising industry knows that selling a half-baked dream of ‘happiness through hedonism’ to the masses is not too hard to achieve. And that dream-world comprises products designed for obsolescence in a use and throw culture in a use and throw world of expendable countries with expendable populations that sit on top of oil and the various other mineral resources required to swell corporate coffers and keep consumerism afloat.

3 Reasons the US and Israel are Lying About Iran

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls "for the US to establish a firm "red line" that Iran's nuclear program can't cross without risking a military response," and the West is marched ever closer to war with the Islamic Republic based on tired and repeated lies, three important points must be kept in mind. 

Occupy Infiltrates Financial District with Creative, Decentralized Actions for First Anniversary

What started as a couple hundred people in a park with no plan has turned into a decentralized, distributed network of activists.

Overzealous NYPD: Man Arrested at Zuccotti for Yelling; Code Pink Codirector Arrested for Throwing a Bra

Recently, it appears the NYPD is getting even more voracious in their policing, with increasing examples of arrests over absurd and unclear violations. Today at Zuccotti Park, where protesters are commemorating the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, there's already been at least one arrest under confused pretenses, when a man was hauled in, apparently, for yelling. 

We Won—for Now

In January I sued President Barack Obama over Section 1021(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which authorized the military to detain U.S. citizens indefinitely, strip them of due process and hold them in military facilities, including offshore penal colonies. Last week, round one in the battle to strike down the onerous provision, one that saw me joined by six other plaintiffs including Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg, ended in an unqualified victory for the public. U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest, who accepted every one of our challenges to the law, made her temporary injunction of the section permanent. In short, she declared the law unconstitutional.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/we_won_--_for_now_20120917/

Judge Declines to Hear Rahm's "Vindictive" Restraining Order Against Striking Teachers

Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago School Board attempted to halt the teacher's strike via a restraining order, but the judge on the case refused to hear their argument today, saying a hearing date may be set for Wednesday. 

Financial District In Chaos On 'Occupy Wall Street' Anniversary

rotesters and cops swarmed the Financial District Monday morning during events marking the one-year anniversary of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement.

Occupy Your Victories: OWS' First Anniversary

ccupy is now a year old. A year is an almost ridiculous measure of time for much of what matters: at one year old, Georgia O'Keeffe was not a great painter, and Bessie Smith wasn't much of a singer. One year into the Civil Rights Movement, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was still in progress, catalyzed by the unknown secretary of the local NAACP chapter and a preacher from Atlanta -- by, that is, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. Occupy, our bouncing baby, was born with such struggle and joy a year ago, and here we are, 12 long months later.

NSA Whistleblower

George Knapp was joined by former senior executive of the NSA, Thomas Drake (relatedarticle), who discussed his decision to blow the whistle on the agency's Trailblazer Project and illegal spying operations, which led to his being charged under the Espionage Act.

The failure of the Tea Party Republicans

The most unpopular and least productive congress in recent history is the 112th. And what makes it different from others is the fact that it is the first Congress that won its Republican majority in 2010, with more than 80 members of the Tea Party.

Congress set to leave a pile of problems behind

Photo - US Capitol Building in Washington DCThe House and Senate will work just a few days this week then leave town until after the November election, abandoning work on legislation that's needed to avert looming tax hikes and more than $1 trillion in mandatory federal spending cuts so they can spend their days campaigning for re-election.

The hidden victims of a lock 'em up culture

There are two groups who suffer most from this lack of interest. One is women. Over the past 15 years, the number of female prisoners has more than doubled, and more than 10,000 women are now sent to jail every year. The five-part investigation which begins in The Independent today explains why, and also offers some ideas of what might be done to improve the situation.

Children in peril as women are jailed in record numbers [U.K.]

The number of women in prisons has more than doubled in 15 years, with 17,240 children separated from mothers who are in jail, an investigation by The Independent shows today.

Media Not Concerned About the Very Poor

The mainstream media rarely covers poverty unless politicians mention it--and politicians don't mention it unless they're forced to.

A Totally Different Way to Think About Economics — with Visionary Charles Eisenstein

What would the world look like if money embodied our values?

5 Surprising Ways Food Companies Cheat and Mislead Consumers

Even the most savvy shopper could be persuaded by some of these false claims.
At least 1 out of 3 comply with authority mindlessly

Our Pro-Corporate Supreme Court


AlterNet Radio: Poverty, Not Teachers' Unions, Is What's Plaguing Our Schools; Right-Wingers Setting the Middle East on Fire


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Arrests Near Stock Exchange Top 150 on Occupy Wall St. Anniversary


LEAKED Romney Video: Doesn't Care About 47% of Americans




Occupy Sunset Park: 99% Solidarity Takes Root in Brooklyn Community Where Tenants Stage Rent Strike




After Weekend Protests See 50 Arrests, Protesters Detained in Early-Morning Action on Wall Street




American Autumn: An Occudoc




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