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William Rivers Pitt | Half the Republicans You Know Are Insane
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t r u t h o u t | 10.03
William Rivers Pitt | Half the Republicans You Know Are Insane
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19201-half-the-republicans-you-know-are-insane
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: Those two-and-a-half Republicans you know are energetic voters, and they throw enormous weight in American politics; that's why the government is shut down and a disastrous default looms, in case you were wondering.
Fossil Fuel Army Versus the Planet: Battle Lines Are Drawn on Climate Change
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19144-the-battle-lines-are-drawn-on-climate-change
Lou Miller, Truthout: As the consequences of climate change become more apparent and the window to act closes, an unprecedented battle is growing in ferocity. Energy and fossil fuel interests and their supporters now face opponents including a sizable chunk of the remaining world power brokers.
The Interstate of the Future: Privatization or Innovation?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19171-the-interstate-of-the-future-privatization-or-innovation
Ellen Dannin, Truthout: A recent report from the Reason Foundation touting privatization of the interstate as the new cool solution to crumbling transportation infrastructure represents a failure of reason as well as imagination.
Cyber Schools Fleece Taxpayers for Phantom Students and Failing Grades
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19204-cyber-schools-fleece-taxpayers-for-phantom-students-and-failing-grades
Mary Bottari, PRWatch: In recent years, there has been an explosion of full-time "virtual" charter schools paid for by the taxpayer. K12 Inc. and ALEC have pushed a national agenda to replace brick-and-mortar classrooms and hands-on teaching with computers and "distance learning."
The GOP's Shutdown Tab: $1 Billion and Counting
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/19218-the-gops-shutdown-tab-one-billion-dollars-and-counting
Richard Eskow, Campaign for America's Future: The shutdown bill already has come to roughly $1 billion as of Thursday, and it is growing. The worst time to play fiscal games is when the economy already is in danger, and that's exactly what Republicans are doing.
Obamacare: The GOP's Waterloo
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/19222-obamacare-the-gops-waterloo
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The "me society" billionaires fear that once Americans understand that Obamacare isn't some evil socialist scheme, they'll start to see through the Republicans' other lies about the dangers of government regulation of the pharmaceutical industry, the oil industry and Wall Street.
How the Pentagon Is Using Your Tax Dollars to Turn Italy Into a Launching Pad for the Wars of Today and Tomorrow
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/19219-how-the-pentagon-is-using-your-tax-dollars-to-turn-italy-into-a-launching-pad-for-the-wars-of-today-and-tomorrow
David Vine, TomDispatch: The Pentagon has spent the past two decades plowing hundreds of millions of tax dollars into military bases in Italy, turning the country into an increasingly important center for US military power.
Paul Krugman | In the US, a Political Showdown Over Health Care
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19173-in-the-us-a-political-showdown-over-health-care
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: The cause for which most of the GOP is willing to threaten the chaos of a shutdown is the noble endeavor of ensuring that tens of millions of Americans continue to lack essential health care.
Rebelling Against Massive Use of Pesticides, Brazilians Shift to Organic Foods
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/19207-rebelling-against-massive-use-of-pesticides-brazilians-shift-to-organic-foods
Antonio Pasolini, Occupy.com: Many Brazilians are switching to organic because Brazil is the biggest user of pesticides per capita in the world. Chemicals banned in most other countries get dumped in Brazil because of lax legislation and intense lobbying from chemical companies.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Wages Have Gone Down Nearly 7 Percent Since the Recession, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/19221-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-wages-have-gone-down-nearly-seven-percent-since-the-recession-and-more
In today's On the News segment: According to new data from PayScale, the largest salary profile database in the world, wages have gone down almost 7 percent since the recession; it's the third day of the government shutdown, and Congress appears no closer to a resolution; Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi introduced a new comprehensive immigration plan based on bipartisan policy; and more.
Time for Proof on Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/19208-time-for-proof-on-syrian-cw-attack
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, Consortium News: Evidence of the August 21 chemical weapons attack near Damascus remains hidden and in dispute, causing a group of former US intelligence professionals to ask Moscow and Washington to present what they have.
After Four Decades in Solitary, Dying Angola 3 Prisoner Herman Wallace Freed; Conviction Overturned
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/19212-after-four-decades-in-solitary-dying-angola-3-prisoner-herman-wallace-freed-conviction-overturned
Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!: A dying prisoner has been released in Louisiana after serving nearly 42 years in solitary confinement, longer than any other person in the United States. Herman Wallace was released from prison after a federal judge overturned his conviction, saying he did not receive a fair trial.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Of Women Under 50, Only 11 Percent Think GOP Is Moving in Their Direction
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18234-of-women-under-50-only-11-percent-think-gop-is-moving-in-their-direction
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Looking beyond the current political crisis, the long-term trending - according to one poll - does not look good for the GOP and the women's vote.
Charles P. Pierce | The Lonely War of Marlin Stutzman
Read the Article at Esquire
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Endless_Victimhood
Ted Cruz: The Despoiler. The Impaler. The President?
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18233-cruz-despoiler-impaler-president
Near Fukushima, a Human Crisis Quietly Unfolds
Watch the Slideshow at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/10/01/world/asia/20131002-JAPAN.html?_r=0#1
Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul Caught Talking Shutdown Strategy on Hot Mike
Watch the Video at YouTube
http://youtu.be/eziI4h3J0Eg
NSA Chief Admits Testing US Cellphone Tracking
Read the Article at the Associated Press
http://swampland.time.com/2013/10/02/nsa-chief-admits-testing-u-s-cellphone-tracking/
Ted Cruz Blasted by Angry GOP Colleagues in Closed-Door Meeting
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/report-cruz-blasted-by-angry-gop-colleagues-in-closed-door-meeting
DC-Area Restaurants Charging Congress Members More for Their Meals
Read the Article at Gawker
http://gawker.com/dc-area-restaurants-charging-congress-members-more-for-1440212975
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>Looking beyond the current political crisis, the long-term trending - according to one poll - does not look good for the GOP and the women's vote.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9Nw3gEvtC30JYQOUR7WCQkZFnMFnbHyz" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Charles P. Pierce | The Lonely War of Marlin Stutzman</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JrYFypbd9VCa%2F3ZyAvgdSUZFnMFnbHyz" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Esquire</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Ted Cruz: The Despoiler. The Impaler. The President?</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Near Fukushima, a Human Crisis Quietly Unfolds</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=TXlND%2FaZ7noUiaRl4uUAA0ZFnMFnbHyz" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Slideshow at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul Caught Talking Shutdown Strategy on Hot Mike</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>NSA Chief Admits Testing US Cellphone Tracking</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Ted Cruz Blasted by Angry GOP Colleagues in Closed-Door Meeting</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9Y9he%2BboGnTgTV8mrRPDvkZFnMFnbHyz" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Talking Points Memo</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>DC-Area Restaurants Charging Congress Members More for Their Meals</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> Those two-and-a-half Republicans you know are energetic voters, and they throw enormous weight in American politics; that's why the government is shut down and a disastrous default looms, in case you were wondering.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=B5r%2BOJN1RY3wGxjECYTAW0ZFnMFnbHyz" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wv0GzYNrkZx6MMEKOVoMsEZFnMFnbHyz"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Fossil Fuel Army Versus the Planet: Battle Lines Are Drawn on Climate Change</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Lou Miller, Truthout:</strong> As the consequences of climate change become more apparent and the window to act closes, an unprecedented battle is growing in ferocity. Energy and fossil fuel interests and their supporters now face opponents including a sizable chunk of the remaining world power brokers.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CWlmiYzamRzb1N9pwQ%2BeX0ZFnMFnbHyz" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hELIJn1CXpXOXD%2B8aZyL8kZFnMFnbHyz"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Interstate of the Future: Privatization or Innovation?</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Ellen Dannin, Truthout:</strong> A recent report from the Reason Foundation touting privatization of the interstate as the new cool solution to crumbling transportation infrastructure represents a failure of reason as well as imagination.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fPKrcLGBoEllOYKVhDrZ7UZFnMFnbHyz" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JgrKdUdLudSIa4%2FGhvYnlEZFnMFnbHyz"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Cyber Schools Fleece Taxpayers for Phantom Students and Failing Grades</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Mary Bottari, PRWatch:</strong> In recent years, there has been an explosion of full-time "virtual" charter schools paid for by the taxpayer. K12 Inc. and ALEC have pushed a national agenda to replace brick-and-mortar classrooms and hands-on teaching with computers and "distance learning."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Fx7EK93zTYZybcZRWKm03EZFnMFnbHyz" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article and Watch the Video</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=F2oRBH0QC%2FNSbj8%2FqD7d5EZFnMFnbHyz"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The GOP's Shutdown Tab: $1 Billion and Counting</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Richard Eskow, Campaign for America's Future:</strong> The shutdown bill already has come to roughly $1 billion as of Thursday, and it is growing. The worst time to play fiscal games is when the economy already is in danger, and that's exactly what Republicans are doing.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NUSU9e46SGVvNbkTzRpKk0ZFnMFnbHyz" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=joE%2B%2FLnbSTKpkho8l8UUSUZFnMFnbHyz"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Obamacare: The GOP's Waterloo </strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> The "me society" billionaires fear that once Americans understand that Obamacare isn't some evil socialist scheme, they'll start to see through the Republicans' other lies about the dangers of government regulation of the pharmaceutical industry, the oil industry and Wall Street.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=H5wq9okyUvIDFMZ7Nu3aT3eIM7%2BjvwNb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ghl9DeM7IrqWNW6keiEcFkZFnMFnbHyz"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How the Pentagon Is Using Your Tax Dollars to Turn Italy Into a Launching Pad for the Wars of Today and Tomorrow</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>David Vine, TomDispatch:</strong> The Pentagon has spent the past two decades plowing hundreds of millions of tax dollars into military bases in Italy, turning the country into an increasingly important center for US military power.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WcJnfa%2F0zZZJLkaN9XmZ4UZFnMFnbHyz" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wJ7%2F9BRLE6HKRCKQcM6%2BdEZFnMFnbHyz"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Paul Krugman | In the US, a Political Showdown Over Health Care</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> The cause for which most of the GOP is willing to threaten the chaos of a shutdown is the noble endeavor of ensuring that tens of millions of Americans continue to lack essential health care.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JEtGKl47f7%2B33sgfaHEjKUZFnMFnbHyz"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Rebelling Against Massive Use of Pesticides, Brazilians Shift to Organic Foods</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Antonio Pasolini, Occupy.com:</strong> Many Brazilians are switching to organic because Brazil is the biggest user of pesticides per capita in the world. Chemicals banned in most other countries get dumped in Brazil because of lax legislation and intense lobbying from chemical companies.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=793Jn81N6Q%2FNtD7%2FtczHBUZFnMFnbHyz"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Wages Have Gone Down Nearly 7 Percent Since the Recession, and More</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>In today's On the News segment:</strong> According to new data from PayScale, the largest salary profile database in the world, wages have gone down almost 7 percent since the recession; it's the third day of the government shutdown, and Congress appears no closer to a resolution; Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi introduced a new comprehensive immigration plan based on bipartisan policy; and more.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zn7FCBtEFtUXqmBS43e0FUZFnMFnbHyz"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Time for Proof on Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, Consortium News:</strong> Evidence of the August 21 chemical weapons attack near Damascus remains hidden and in dispute, causing a group of former US intelligence professionals to ask Moscow and Washington to present what they have.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=q8USoWC6Ayxw9DgFjnDWkUZFnMFnbHyz" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Letter</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=U1YTiLLZ%2Fo%2BUgbCKCf0uqEZFnMFnbHyz"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>After Four Decades in Solitary, Dying Angola 3 Prisoner Herman Wallace Freed; Conviction Overturned</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!:</strong> A dying prisoner has been released in Louisiana after serving nearly 42 years in solitary confinement, longer than any other person in the United States. Herman Wallace was released from prison after a federal judge overturned his conviction, saying he did not receive a fair trial.</p>
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