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Top 10 Epic Reasons Why Americans Should Give a Sh*t About Voting
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Top 10 Epic Reasons Why Americans Should Give a Sh*t About Voting
http://truth-out.org/news/item/27080-top-10-epic-reasons-why-americans-shou=
ld-give-a-sh-t-about-voting=20
Victoria Collier and Ben-Zion Ptashnik, Truthout: Voting - or not voting - =
in some way impacts almost every aspect of our lives, including whom we can=
love, our bodies, our food, our air and water. Voting is important in spit=
e of our fundamentally corrupt political system.
Tom Engelhardt: The National Security State Has Filled Us With Fear but Has=
Not Improved Our Well-Being
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27133-the-shadow-surveillance-state-is-r=
eally-a-secret-religion=20
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Tom Engelhardt of TomDispatch discusses his new book=
, "Shadow Government," about whether the surveillance state actually makes =
the United States more secure and how Washington exists in a post-legal wor=
ld.
Smoke and Mirrors: Essential Questions About "Prison Reform"
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27006-smoke-and-mirrors-essential-questi=
ons-about-prison-reform=20
Kay Whitlock and Nancy A. Heitzeg, Critical Mass Progress: We're hearing th=
at we've entered a new era of "bipartisan prison reform." Don't celebrate j=
ust yet, though. There is a "reform" agenda, to be sure, but what are the e=
lements of that reform?
'Tis the Season to Be Frightened
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27113-tis-the-season-to-be-frightened=20
Brian Moench, Truthout: Ebola, Dengue fever, West Nile virus, valley fever,=
Lyme disease, hantavirus: Republican ideology created some of these threat=
s in the first place, or managed to make others worse. The climate crisis, =
which Republicans dismiss en masse, is a key ingredient in all of them.
The 0.01 Percent's "I Reap All" Accounts
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/27134-the-0-01-percent-s-i-reap-all-a=
ccounts=20
Bob Lord, OtherWords: Multimillionaires and billionaires are shielding vast=
fortunes from taxation with monstrously huge IRAs. While the government se=
ts limits on IRA contributions to curb this abuse, there are still more loo=
pholes than restrictions.
What Would Republicans Do With a Senate Majority?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/27160-what-would-republicans-do-with-=
a-senate-majority
Robert Naiman, Truthout: Election fatigue can often foster election cynicis=
m. Perhaps it would be useful for progressives to eavesdrop a bit on what R=
epublicans are saying to other Republicans about what they should do with a=
majority in the Senate.
"Green World Rising": A Call to Save the Earth From Climate Change
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/27155-green-world-rising=20
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: The threat of climate chang=
e is very real, but we have the solutions, knowledge and ingenuity needed t=
o save our planet; a new video talks about how we can put those solutions a=
nd that knowledge into action right now.
Arming the Warrior Cop: From Guns to Drones, Inside the Booming Business of=
Police Militarization
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27145-arming-the-warrior-cop-from-guns-t=
o-drones-inside-the-booming-business-of-police-militarization=20
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: Mother Jones reporter S=
hane Bauer goes inside the corporations and government departments involved=
in enabling police departments to acquire anything from bayonets to semiau=
tomatic rifles and drones.
US Sends Planes Armed With Depleted Uranium to Middle East
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27140-us-sends-planes-armed-with-deplete=
d-uranium-to-middle-east=20
David Swanson, War Is A Crime: Depleted Uranium (DU) is classed as a Group =
1 Carcinogen by the World Health Organization, and evidence of health damag=
e produced by its use is extensive. Yet the US Air Force says it is not hal=
ting its use of DU weapons, it has recently sent them to the Middle East an=
d it is prepared to use them.
Voters Turned Away Because of Texas Photo ID Law
http://truth-out.org/news/item/27137-voters-turned-away-because-of-texas-ph=
oto-id-law=20
Staff, Brennan Center for Justice: Actual voters tell of the difficulties t=
hey've encountered at the polls. Texas failed these voters twice - first, b=
y requiring identification they did not have, and second, by not training e=
lection officials to help them navigate the rules.
US Energy Policies Based on Inflated Fracking Predictions: Post Carbon Inst=
itute Report
http://truth-out.org/news/item/27143-us-energy-policies-based-on-inflated-f=
racking-predictions-post-carbon-institute-report=20
Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog: A new report from the Post Carbon Institute sh=
atters the government's estimate of the potential productivity of shale reg=
ions in the United States. Four out of seven of the top shale regions have =
peaked and are now in a decline.
The Missing Women of Afghanistan: After 13 Years of War, the Rule of Men, N=
ot Law, Prevails
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/27141-the-missing-women-of-afghanistan-af=
ter-13-years-of-war-the-rule-of-men-not-law=20
Ann Jones, TomDispatch: The disconnect between Washington's much-advertised=
support for women's rights and its actual disdain for women was not lost o=
n canny Afghans. From early on, they recognized that the Americans were hyp=
ocrites at heart.=20
Dean Baker | Defense Spending and Net Exports Spur Higher Than Expected Thi=
rd-Quarter Growth
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27156-defense-spending-and-net-exports-s=
pur-higher-than-expected-third-quarter-growth=20
Dean Baker, Center for Economic Policy and Research: GDP grew at a higher t=
han expected: 3.5 percent annual rate in the third quarter. Although there =
was a 16 percent increase in defense spending, health spending continues it=
s slower path.
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Christ Gets Kidnapped by Prosperity Theology
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/christ-gets-kidnapped-by-pros=
perity-theology
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout:=C2=A0In an age when 95 percent of the n=
ation's economic gains since 2008 have gone to the top 1%, what could be mo=
re appropriate than a revisionist view of Christ as a promoter of greed?
The Act of Voting vs. the Controlling Interests of the US Empire
Read the Article at BuzzFlash=20
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/the-act-of-voting-vs-the-cont=
rolling-interests-of-the-american-empire
How Police Brutality Changed Me: "He Crushed His Knee Into My Neck. I Could=
Hardly Breathe"
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2014/10/30/how_police_brutality_changed_me_he_crushed_=
his_knee_into_my_neck_i_could_hardly_breathe/?source=3Dnewsletter
50,000 Missing Georgia Voter-Registration Applications? Nothing to See Here
Read the Article at The Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/30/50-000-missing-georgia-vot=
er-registration-applications-nothing-to-see-here.html
Lindsey Graham: White Men Will "Do Great" Under My Presidency
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lindsay-graham-white-men-presidency
These Maps of California's Water Shortage Are Terrifying
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hdrawal-china-india-middle-east
When Did Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo Go to Medical School?
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blog/186521/when-did-chris-christie-and-andrew-cuo=
mo-go-medical-school
Charles P. Pierce | The Democrats' Hillary Clinton Problem
Read the Article at Esquire
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/if-not-hillary-who-1114
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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>Christ Gets Kidnapped by Prosperity Theology </strong></p>
<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>In an age when 95 percent of the nation's economic gains since 2008 have gone to the top 1%, what could be more appropriate than a revisionist view of Christ as a promoter of greed?</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=Z%2BCtI4KImSr5ryiWalW4t7Bj31Blz903" 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>The Act of Voting vs. the Controlling Interests of the US Empire</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=pqeBvACMXpIDSBN7GrdpCLBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>How Police Brutality Changed Me: "He Crushed His Knee Into My Neck. I Could Hardly Breathe"</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>50,000 Missing Georgia Voter-Registration Applications? Nothing to See Here</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=qXKpOAFkV0vFduva0SBDCrBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Daily Beast</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Lindsey Graham: White Men Will "Do Great" Under My Presidency</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=bZejPQesVxpOI0OV38SAkLBj31Blz903" 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>These Maps of California's Water Shortage Are Terrifying</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=MBoelIQtuIPIitbEi6RETrBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Mother Jones</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>When Did Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo Go to Medical School?</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=rHWzWV%2FH2R%2BxVsFZwawjpbBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Nation</strong></a></p>
 
<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 Democrats' Hillary Clinton Problem</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=3HKmDPYahBoZx7DxVz6ptbBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Esquire</strong></a></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=jFYrcNuc7WeZ3Jg5SJVHJrBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Top 10 Epic Reasons Why Americans Should Give a Sh*t About Voting</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>Victoria Collier and Ben-Zion Ptashnik, Truthout:</strong> Voting - or not voting - in some way impacts almost every aspect of our lives, including whom we can love, our bodies, our food, our air and water. Voting is important in spite of our fundamentally corrupt political system.</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=WYX2a5Ke1EMJJuwNHfnsxLBj31Blz903" 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=kD5sh%2FkxRBh%2BoB%2FQa%2B3Rm7Bj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Tom Engelhardt: The National Security State Has Filled Us With Fear but Has Not Improved Our Well-Being</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>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> Tom Engelhardt of TomDispatch discusses his new book, <i>Shadow Government</i>, about whether the surveillance state actually makes the United States more secure and how Washington exists in a post-legal world.</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=WBfe0IX%2BRsoisAt77fbGL4pRtAtOkVuN" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Interview</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=uptOuDI6i21k%2FcjsUwJWVrBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Smoke and Mirrors: Essential Questions About "Prison Reform"</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>Kay Whitlock and Nancy A. Heitzeg, Critical Mass Progress:</strong> We're hearing that we've entered a new era of "bipartisan prison reform." Don't celebrate just yet, though. There is a "reform" agenda, to be sure, but what are the elements of that reform?</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=dcmRBiHyOWNcDV9ydDHElbBj31Blz903" 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=XHxOH6iEy1zOx89OdOb%2Bi7Bj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>'Tis the Season to Be Frightened</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>Brian Moench, Truthout:</strong> Ebola, Dengue fever, West Nile virus, valley fever, Lyme disease, hantavirus: Republican ideology created some of these threats in the first place, or managed to make others worse. The climate crisis, which Republicans dismiss en masse, is a key ingredient in all of them.</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=WBOT%2BXOlD8PmvZ5tfE1cnWz3fJuNDDE5" 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=4eVn3oRpzHjy8vNNdVO0nbBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The 0.01 Percent's "I Reap All" Accounts</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>Bob Lord, OtherWords:</strong> Multimillionaires and billionaires are shielding vast fortunes from taxation with monstrously huge IRAs. While the government sets limits on IRA contributions to curb this abuse, there are still more loopholes than restrictions.</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=hL4keSqjbOKRxA6RiKfNdbBj31Blz903" 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=atb0xQPbR40xiPzxH6dQUrBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>What Would Republicans Do With a Senate Majority?</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>Robert Naiman, Truthout:</strong> Election fatigue can often foster election cynicism. Perhaps it would be useful for progressives to eavesdrop a bit on what Republicans are saying to other Republicans about what they should do with a majority in the Senate.</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=OYAPutAHMOirErJHwuK5U7Bj31Blz903" 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=VAv1icxSObK5tapmUW5kdbBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong><i>Green World Rising</i>: A Call to Save the Earth From 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>The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> The threat of climate change is very real, but we have the solutions, knowledge and ingenuity needed to save our planet; a new video talks about how we can put those solutions and that knowledge into action right now.</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=iOKYNe18Z%2F7BaaKwsuJ%2BqrBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>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=oaZiw6W1VWyc39tsHo0lT7Bj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Arming the Warrior Cop: From Guns to Drones, Inside the Booming Business of Police Militarization</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 Juan González, Democracy Now!:</strong> Mother Jones reporter Shane Bauer goes inside the corporations and government departments involved in enabling police departments to acquire anything from bayonets to semiautomatic rifles and drones.</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=TMjQgWcsYwOg0%2FxAum15KLBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</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=csWFqJC6XGGmC08dBCtuRrBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>US Sends Planes Armed With Depleted Uranium to Middle East</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 Swanson, War Is A Crime:</strong> Depleted Uranium (DU) is classed as a Group 1 Carcinogen by the World Health Organization, and evidence of health damage produced by its use is extensive. Yet the US Air Force says it is not halting its use of DU weapons, it has recently sent them to the Middle East and it is prepared to use them.</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=%2Fs65%2Fi8sAK4nrCBIuun14rBj31Blz903" 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=1DYoSvyEiA%2F6uUrzLz%2FcM7Bj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Voters Turned Away Because of Texas Photo ID Law</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>Staff, Brennan Center for Justice:</strong> Actual voters tell of the difficulties they've encountered at the polls. Texas failed these voters twice - first, by requiring identification they did not have, and second, by not training election officials to help them navigate the rules.</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=1DYoSvyEiA%2FTjd42a4Xn1bBj31Blz903" 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=xwF3CvE02ZmCGgMw8KrNx7Bj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>US Energy Policies Based on Inflated Fracking Predictions: Post Carbon Institute Report</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>Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog:</strong> A new report from the Post Carbon Institute shatters the government's estimate of the potential productivity of shale regions in the United States. Four out of seven of the top shale regions have peaked and are now in a decline.</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=yNVgmBbuCoGrhMXuNjxH77Bj31Blz903" 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=o6Wt4YPLX5YD%2BtRg2r61ebBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Missing Women of Afghanistan: After 13 Years of War, the Rule of Men, Not Law, Prevails</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>Ann Jones, TomDispatch:</strong> The disconnect between Washington's much-advertised support for women's rights and its actual disdain for women was not lost on canny Afghans. From early on, they recognized that the Americans were hypocrites at heart.</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=Dq5dLXR8TaolfOQGRYUW6IpRtAtOkVuN" 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=1dXVzW%2BtfJF4RlaCUdOxsLBj31Blz903" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Dean Baker | Defense Spending and Net Exports Spur Higher Than Expected Third-Quarter Growth</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>Dean Baker, Center for Economic Policy and Research:</strong> GDP grew at a higher than expected: 3.5 percent annual rate in the third quarter. Although there was a 16 percent increase in defense spending, health spending continues its slower path.</p>
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