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Saturday, January 26

26.Jan.2013 - HEADLINES: Perpetual War, American Violence, Climate, Data Requests, Military Pregnancy, Green Socialism, Empire Power, Drones, Gun Lobby, Walmart & Fast Food, Scientology Cult

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The President of Perpetual Warhttp://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/25-4

Far-Right Violence in America
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/unreasonablefaith/2013/01/far-right-violence-in-america/

Right-wing blogger tells CNN: Americans will ‘have to get used to’ climate change
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/24/right-wing-blogger-tells-cnn-americans-will-have-to-get-used-to-climate-change/

Google Report Reveals Continued Rise in US Government Requests for Data
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/339-182/15687-google-report-reveals-continued-rise-in-us-government-requests-for-data

Study: Military women experience unintended pregnancy rates at double U.S. average
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/23/study-military-women-experience-unintended-pregnancy-rates-at-double-u-s-average/

What Is ‘Socialist’ About ‘Green Socialism’?
http://www.countercurrents.org/candeias240113.htm

British and American empire: Patterns of power

http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/julian-go-alex-doherty/british-and-american-empire-patterns-of-power

U.N. Panel to Investigate Rise in Drone Strikes
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/world/europe/un-panel-to-investigate-rise-in-drone-strikes.html

Billionaires secretly fund attacks on climate science
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33714.htm

How Much Did the Gun Lobby Donate to Your Member of Congress?
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2013/01/map_the_gun_lobby_s_campaign_contributions_by_congressional_district.html

In Walmart and Fast Food, Unions Scaling Up a Strike-First Strategy
http://labornotes.org/2013/01/walmart-and-fast-food-unions-scaling-strike-first-strategy

L. Ron Hubbard's Grandson Blasts Scientology as a Brainwashing 'Cult'
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/l-ron-hubbards-grandson-blasts-scientology-brainwashing-cult

Monday, January 14

100 Things You Can Say To Irritate A Republican (HUMOR)

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Conservatives are so easy to anger these days. Even the most insignificant statement can set off their tempers. If you want to enrage a conservative, I suggest saying the following:

1. A Socialist wrote the Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Jesus healed the sick and helped the poor, for free.
3. Joseph McCarthy was an un-American, witch hunting sissy.
4. Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee were traitors.
5. The South lost the Civil War, get over it.
6. The Founding Fathers were liberals.
7. Fascism is a right-wing trait.
8. Sarah Palin is an idiot.
9. The Earth is round.
10. Reagan raised taxes eleven times as President.
11. Reagan legalized abortion as Governor of California.
12. Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency.
13. Ronald Reagan supported gun control.
14. Global warming is real.
15. Republicans hate illegal immigrants, unless they need their lawns mowed or their houses cleaned.
16. The military is a government-run institution, so why do Republicans approve the defense budget?
17. The Cold War is over and the Soviet Union no longer exists.
18. Paying taxes is patriotic.
19. Republicans: Peddling the same failed economic policies since 1880.
20. The Republican Party began as a liberal party.
21. The Presidents’ full name is Barack Hussein Obama and he was born in the United States of America.
22. George W. Bush held hands with the King of Saudi Arabia.
23. President Obama saved the American auto industry, while Republicans wanted to destroy it.
24. Hate is not a Christian virtue.
25. Jesus was a liberal.
26. Republicans spend MORE money than Democrats.
27. Tea parties are for little girls.
28. Public schools educate all children; private schools are for indoctrinating children.
29. The Constitution is the law, NOT the Bible.
30. Sharia law doesn’t exist in America.
31. The President is NOT a Muslim.
32. Corporations are NOT people. People are people.
33. Fox News isn’t real news, it’s just a racist, sexist, hateful, right-wing propaganda machine.
34. The Federal Reserve was a Republican idea.
35. Women are equal citizens who deserve equal rights.
36. Women control their own bodies.
37. Abortion is a relevant medical procedure, just ask Rick Santorum.
38. Please use spell-check.
39. It’s “pundit”, not “pundint”.
40. Social Security is solvent through 2038.
41. Health care is a right, not a product.
42. Roe v. Wade was a bipartisan ruling made by a conservative leaning Supreme Court.
43. G.O.P also stands for Gross Old Perverts.
44. The donkey shouldn’t be the Democratic mascot because Republicans are the real jackasses.
45. Barack Obama ordered the killing of Osama Bin Laden. It took him two and half years to do what Bush couldn’t do in eight.
46. Waterboarding IS torture.
47. 9/11 happened on George W. Bush’s watch, therefore he did NOT keep America safe.
48. Republicans invaded Iraq for oil, so Iraq should be allowed to invade Texas to get it back.
49. Separation of church and state is in the Constitution, it’s called the First Amendment.
50. Muslims are protected by the Constitution, just as much as Christians.
51. Barack Obama is the first African-American President, get over it.
52. The Oval Office is NOT a “whites only” office.
53. America is a nation of immigrants, therefore we are all anchor babies.
54. The white race isn’t disappearing, it’s evolving.
55. God is a particle.
56. Evolution is real.
57. The Earth is 4.54 billion years old, not 6,000.
58. The Founding Fathers did not free the slaves.
59. The Revolution was NOT fought over slavery.
60. Paul Revere warned the Americans, NOT the British.
61. Federal law trumps state law.
62. The Civil War was about slavery, NOT state’s rights.
63. Corporations care more about profits than they do about people.
64. Getting out of a recession requires government spending.
65. Glenn Beck is a nut-job.
66. Republicans: Paranoid since 1932.
67. Republicans don’t want to pay for your birth control, but they want you to pay for their Viagra.
68. Republicans actually NEED Viagra.
69. Fox News is owned by an Australian and has a Saudi prince as an investor.
70. Republicans complain about immigrants taking American jobs, then freely give American jobs to foreigners overseas.
71. Republicans hate communism, so why do they refer to themselves as red states?
72. Labor unions built this country.
73. Republicans hold America hostage as a political strategy; the temper tantrum throwing kind of political strategy.
74. Jesus was a Jew, not a Christian.
75. When Republicans see black, they attack.
76. Inside every Republican is a Klansman or a Nazi waiting to bloom.
77. Republicans only care about children BEFORE they are born.
78. Republicans are hypocrites, they’re just too stupid to know it.
79. The Christian-Right boycotts movies that have violence, and then promotes guns and insurrection.
80. I think therefore I am NOT a Republican.
81. Republicans that oppose gay marriage are most likely in the closet themselves.
82. Churches should stay out of politics, or be taxed.
83. People are too poor to vote Republican.
84. Democrats think for themselves, Republicans form think tanks to do it for them.
85. Republicans hate education because they couldn’t hack it in school.
86. Greed is one of the seven deadly sins and Republicans wallow in it.
87. A little socialism on the Left is better than a little fascism on the Right.
88. The current corporate tax rate is the lowest in 60 years, so stop whining about it being too high.
89. Republicans: Anti-Gay Marriage, Pro-Lesbian sex.
90. Republicans: Terrorizing the American people since 1981.
91. Republicans have their own terrorists, just look up Timothy McVeigh.
92. Republicans love outsourcing, just ask the Chinese Communists.
93. The Republican answer to the oil spill was to apologize to BP, a foreign oil company.
94. Democrats will be working hard to bring jobs to Americans, while the Republicans tea bag each other in the middle of the aisles.
95. Voter disenfranchisement is immoral and un-American, that’s why Republicans do it.
96. Republicans would let your house burn down unless you pay them to put it out.
97. Democrats want to take care of the sick. Republicans take their credit cards and then deny them medical attention.
98. Republicans say teachers are union thugs, then proceed to rape and mug the entire middle class on behalf of corporations.
99. Republicans think rape isn’t a crime, but miscarriages are.
100. Republicans are idiots and arguing with them is a waste of time!
Bottom line? If you want to anger a conservative, tell them the truth.
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Tuesday, November 6

06.Nov.2012 - ELECTION DAY, Part 2! Special Election-Only Issue - Pre-Count @dustcircleNews

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

The class issues in the 2012 elections
The Socialist Equality Party calls on all its supporters in the US to cast a vote for SEP candidates Jerry White for president and Phyllis Scherrer for vice president in today’s election. A vote for the SEP is a class-conscious statement of support for the socialist, working-class alternative to the two parties of big business, the Democrats and Republicans.

20 Things You Didn’t Know About The White House
The 2012 election has been one of the most hyped in history. We’ve been hearing about both these candidate for years now, so at this point you probably know everything there is to know about them. But what do you know about the house they are battling to inhabit: the White House? Probably less than you think. 

The Next President Is Lucky

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


Obummer vs. Mittens

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



The Battle For Congress: Senate And House Races To Watch
Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., shakes hands with Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren at their Oct. 1 debate in Lowell, Mass. The race is one of a handful of contests that could determine party control of the Senate.
For Republicans itching to regain control of the Senate, Tuesday's election presents a rare opportunity. Only 10 GOP incumbents are on the ballot, compared with nearly two dozen Democrats and independents who caucus with them.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/11/05/164368740/the-battle-for-congress-senate-and-house-races-to-watch?ft=3&f=1001&sc=nl&cc=nh-20121106

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

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

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

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

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

10 Senate Races Too Close to Call Before Election Day

The majority control of the Senate hangs in the balance.

Millennial Voters Refuse To Be Left Out of this Election

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

Supporters of Mitt Romney Are Pushing Ultra-Conservative Christian Agendas in Africa That Criminalize Gays and Threaten Women's Health
Jay and Jordan Sekulow are only the most recent Christian Right figures who manage to maintain credible reputations in the United States while taking actions overseas that would not be acceptable at home.

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WHY BETTING MARKETS AND POLLS DON'T AGREE
According to election polls, the presidential race is neck and neck. According to election polls, our country is split right down the middle. According to election polls, it's anyone's guess who will be the next president of the United States.

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

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

7 Reasons to Vote for Obama over Romney

Obama vs. Romney on Civil Liberties


The Religious Right

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

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

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

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

The US 2012 Election and China: why a real dialogue about human rights will never happen
Despite a prominent presence in the campaign, US policy towards China is very unlikely to change - especially on the hyper-sensitive topic of human rights.


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


Election Day Live: Voter Intimidation; Obama Office Burglarized; Right-Wing Paranoia Blossoms
Today's the day. Follow AlterNet for election coverage.

What's Going on at the Polls? A Round-Up of Voting Problems
Long lines, hours-long waits, poll worker confusion, unregistered voters and more.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/whats-going-polls-round-voting-problems

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

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I ask this question with a serious interest in encouraging a serious (and respectful) discussion of whether folks think either of the two fellows seeking to be the US President over the next four years is likely to get behind and seek to move forward with federal sentencing reforms. If time permits late tonight, I will update this post to explain why I truly am not sure if there is an obvious answer to which candidate is more likely over the next four years to be interested and able to engender serious federal sentencing reform.  In the meantime, let me hear readers thoughts only hours before the final day for voting begins.
http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2012/11/which-prez-candidate-should-a-single-issue-federal-sentencing-reform-voter-support.html

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

Most Mormon Men are Also the Mormon Priests and BishopsIn the Mormon church, all power flows through the all-male priesthood which consists of all Mormon men above a certain age. Priests hold all of the religious authority for sealing, binding, and loosing — the central sacred acts of the Mormon Church which serve to determine every Mormon's eternal destiny. These priests hold all of the keys to eternal life and are themselves the key to the claim of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that it is the only legitimate Christian church on earth.
http://atheism.about.com/od/mormomism/a/Mormon-Priesthood-Believers.htm?nl=1

Hurricane Sandy May Affect Election Outcome

The superstorm could boost President Obama's numbers in this year's election
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hurricane-sandy-election&WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20121106

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


The Electoral College: Why not all votes count


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


How The Associated Press Counts Votes on Election Night


Indecision Delegates: The Youth Vote

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Justice Department will monitor Election Day votes in 23 states

Justice notes that state and local governments are primarily responsible for administering and monitoring elections, but its Civil Rights Division enforces federal voting rights laws that give citizens the right to access the ballot. Ten years ago the Justice Department established a nationwide Ballot Access and Voting Integrity Initiative and since has run yearly election day programs to monitor polls and boost public confidence in the voting process.
http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/justice-department-will-monitor-election-day-votes-23-states/2012-11-05

How to Steal an Election (Again)

Operations Plan:
1 – Step 1A: You, Mitt Romney, make millions of dollars by buying troubled companies, increasing their debt and then allowing them to go bankrupt, all with the result of reaping millions of dollars (and parking your plundered earnings in offshore tax havens) 

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32943.htm

Support for Kill List and NDAA make Obama and Romney unfit for office
The U.S. President has killed an American citizen without due process, without even charging him with a crime. His decision to do this has been challenged by members of neither party.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32942.htm

Top Ten Coming Disasters: Romney's America 2016

hat will the United States look like in 2016 if Mitt Romney wins? While predicting the future is of course impossible, actually my experience is that if you play out known possible scenarios in your mind, you can often get a fair idea of the likely course of events.



Paul Ryan's 'Judeo-Christian' Fear Mongering

In a conference call on Sunday, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan warned tens of thousands of Evangelical Christians that President Barack Obama would jeopardize "Judeo-Christian, Western civilization values" if he is re-elected.

Power to the People - Below the Poverty Line

With all the attention being paid this election to millionaire campaign donors and the importance of helping the middle class, candidates on both sides are overlooking one critical segment of our society. And it’s not a small segment – in fact it numbers over 46 million people and potential voters.

Stormy Elections, Wars & Occupations

The massive storm that ravaged Haiti, Cuba, and much of the east coast of the United States may be the ‘shock and awe’ of climate change’s permanent war against the U.S. (it attacked the rest of the world much earlier). Some argued that the storm’s ferocity was the great equalizer, that rich as well as poor were left without power, that luxury townhouses were swept aside along with seaside shacks. But that ignores the stark reality of the wealth-poverty divide in this country – laid newly bare by the storm.

A Vote for the Republicans is a Vote Against Yourself: 5 Reasons Why

To be more precise, it's a vote against yourself as long as you're making less than $250,000 a year, which includes about 99% of us. The Republicans have repeatedly turned against middle-class and low-income Americans in their legislative proposals over the past two years. Here are some of the sordid details.

What Would Romney Do to Civil Liberties?Eh, pretty much what Obama has done. Because when it comes to the war on terror, there's not much difference between the two candidates.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/11/obama-romney-civil-liberties-no-choice

Police drones prompt privacy concerns
Drones are well-known for their ability to hunt down suspected terrorists abroad, but they have also increasingly become a popular tool of police departments around the country. Drones are cheaper to build and fly than helicopters, making them a cost-effective option for police departments looking to gain a bird's eye view of a scene. But privacy groups are sounding alarm that there aren't enough legal safeguards in place to prevent drones from being used for mass surveillance.
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/265693-police-drone-use-prompts-privacy-concerns

Why We Need New Rights to Privacy
Because of technological advances, we must spell out what used to be taken for granted.
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/11/harry_surden_suggests_rfid_and_other_tech_advances_necessitate_new_privacy.html


Checking Big Brother
What if the government was tapping your phone unconstitutionally, and there was nothing you could do about it? That’s just life in the United States of America, at least according to the Justice Department. On Monday, October 29, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. argued in the Supreme Court that, for all practical purposes, the most expansive authority Congress has ever given the government to intercept Americans’ international phone calls and e-mails could not be challenged in court, even by the very people most likely to be harmed by it.  

War on poverty? Why presidential campaigns don't talk about the poor.
Neither President Obama nor Mitt Romney has made poverty a big part of his campaign. It's no wonder. Poverty has become something of a toxic issue for many American voters.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/President/2012/1105/War-on-poverty-Why-presidential-campaigns-don-t-talk-about-the-poor

What Jewish Voters Should Know About the Source of Those 'Support Israel? Fire Obama' Yard Signs

The signs are from the nonprofit American Majority, a Tea Party outfit with ties to the Koch brothers.

How Republicans Are Trying to Steal the Election

Florida's voters had the longest lines and most infuriating waits.

Food companies Monsanto, Dupont, Pepsico and Nestle spend $45 million to defeat California GM label bill Prop 37
Eating tomatoes can dramatically reduce the risk of having a stroke, according to a new study out on Monday that provided more support for diets rich in fruits and vegetables. File photo via AFP.If it passes, it would require labels on GM food sold in supermarkets, but would not cover restaurants. It also has a number of gaping loopholes. For example, the law would not require labels on meat from animals that were fed GM corn.

Our Political System is Broken
No matter the outcome of the 2012 presidential election, we must eventually face the fact that our political system is broken.   As such, our future struggle will be about whether we are able to fix it our not.   And we must realize that the "it" we need to fix inheres not in our laws, our constitution or even some other arcane program.   The "it" we need to fix is ourselves.

The Deafening Silence On Climate ChangeGlobal warming has seldom been mentioned this year on the campaign trail, despite Obama's promise to the contrary
http://www.countercurrents.org/hertsgaard051112.htm

People Have Changed: A Legacy Of The U.S. War In Iraq
Yesterday was a beautiful autumn day in Baghdad . As I was visiting two families in widely different neighborhoods, I was able to traverse a large part of the city. I looked with eyes that have not seen Baghdad for nine years. Today, it is a city of stark contrasts. Bright new autos wherever one looks. I saw them up close as we waited endlessly in gridlocks due to checkpoints.
http://www.countercurrents.org/breen051112.htm

Portland Anti-Austerity Protest Draws 1,000 Despite Police Violence
It's difficult to build a pre-election protest with so many labor and community groups busy campaigning for Democrats. Nevertheless, over 1,000 people marched the streets in Portland, Oregon on November 3rd against austerity cuts to education and other public services and the consequent debt accumulated by students.
http://www.countercurrents.org/cooke051112.htm

12 Ways You Can Safeguard Your Vote
The GOP gears up to disenfranchise voters. (photo: USA Today)ill it happen again? On November 6, we may see voters waiting in long lines, only to find they're not on the voter rolls or because they now need to show ID to vote. In a new twist, some people may refrain from voting because they think they need ID, even when they actually don't.

Letter to a Non-Voter
 get it - and I don't blame you. You're fed up and you could care less whether Tweedledee or Tweedledumber wins on Tuesday - because on Wednesday, your life will be the same, unchanged, regardless who is president. Your mortgage will still be underwater. You will still owe $50,000 on your student loan. Your son will still be in Afghanistan. Your daughter will still be working two jobs to make ends meet. And gas will still be at $4.

Our Deeply Compromised Democracy
n Florida, Ohio and North Carolina , a majority of Republicans believe that Democrats will steal this election and a majority of Dems are convinced that the GOP's going to do the same. It's a sign of how deeply compromised our democracy has become.
Housing Nightmare Looms in Wake of Storm
ew York City officials said on Sunday that they faced the daunting challenge of finding homes for as many as 40,000 people who were left homeless after the devastation of last week's storm, a situation that the city's mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg, compared to New Orleans's after Hurricane Katrina.

"We Need Help": Battered by Sandy, Desperate Residents of New York’s Far Rockaways Plead for Aid

Starting Line of Canceled Marathon, New York’s Staten Island Overcome by Post-Sandy Desperation

After Sandy, Occupy Movement Re-Emerges as Relief Hub for Residents in Need

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