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t r u t h o u t | 10.16
Court Appeal Highlights Poland's Role in CIA Torture Program
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33257-court-appeal-highlights-poland-s-r=
ole-in-cia-torture-program
Adam Hudson, Truthout: A Polish district court has rejected an appeal by hu=
man rights group REDRESS to investigate alleged abuses against Guant=C3=A1n=
amo prisoner Mustafa al-Hawsawi while he was detained in Poland. The case r=
aises questions about Poland's cooperation with the CIA's torture and rendi=
tion programs.
CNN, the Democratic Candidates and a Condensation of Farce
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33270-cnn-the-democratic-candidates-a=
nd-a-condensation-of-farce
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: The sad murder of crows that is the GOP fiel=
d is one thing, but if that Democratic debate is the future of US politics,=
we may as well throw a rope around the country and sling it into the sun. =
The end result will be the same.
How to Be Eternally "Caught Off Guard" in the Greater Middle East
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33262-how-to-be-eternally-caught-off-=
guard-in-the-greater-middle-east
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: The evidence is largely in. In these years, fo=
r what now must be approaching three-quarters of a trillion dollars, the na=
tional security state and the military seem to have created an un-intellige=
nce system. Welcome to the fog of everything.
Inside Corporate America's Campaign to Ditch Workers' Compensation
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33265-inside-corporate-america-s-campaig=
n-to-ditch-workers-compensation
Michael Grabell and Howard Berkes, ProPublica: One Texas lawyer is helping =
companies opt out of workers' compensation and write their own rules. But a=
s his opt-out movement marches across the country, there has been little sc=
rutiny of what this means for workers.
What One Historian Wishes Bernie Sanders Said About Being a Socialist
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33263-what-one-historian-wishes-berni=
e-sanders-said-about-being-a-socialist
Bernard Weisberger, Moyers & Company: Social democracy simply means a syste=
m that leaves room for small enterprises and individual liberty, but also r=
ecognizes the fact that we're all part of a larger community - and what hur=
ts any one group of us eventually hurts us all.
Fox News "Terror Expert" Wayne Simmons Arrested for Lying About Career as C=
IA Officer
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33267-fox-news-terror-expert-wayne-simmo=
ns-arrested-for-lying-about-career-as-cia-officer
Eric Hananoki, Media Matters for America: Wayne Simmons has been arrested a=
fter a federal grand jury indicted him on "charges of major fraud against t=
he United States, wire fraud, and making false statements to the government=
," including allegedly falsely claiming he worked for the CIA.
EPA Draft Plan Would Perpetuate Environmental Racism, Critics Say
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33266-epa-draft-plan-would-perpetuate-en=
vironmental-racism-critics-say
Kristen Lombardi, The Center for Public Integrity: While touting the import=
ance of environmental justice, the US Environmental Protection Agency is pu=
shing a draft "framework" for tackling the problem that lacks substance, re=
sidents of polluted communities, advocates and agency employees say. The "E=
J 2020" proposal is heavy on process and light on tangible steps.
The United States' Unofficial Religion: The War on an Idea
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33273-the-united-states-unofficial-relig=
ion-the-war-on-an-idea
Abby Martin, teleSUR: Everyone in the United States knows that "socialist" =
or "communist" is considered a bad word. How did things get that way? This =
video explores the history of anti-communism in the US, and how the heavy r=
epression of an idea became an unofficial religion.
Abortion Is Still Illegal in the UK, Thanks to This Victorian Law
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33261-abortion-is-still-illegal-in-the-u=
k-thanks-to-this-victorian-law
Sally Sheldon, The Conversation: Abortion is still a criminal offense in th=
e UK under the Offenses Against the Person Act of 1861. The act is an archa=
ic, badly flawed piece of legislation, which is ripe for reform. It include=
s specific offenses such as failing to feed one's servants properly.
Letting Pepsi Police Itself Isn't Very Sweet
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33264-letting-pepsi-police-itself-isn-t-=
very-sweet
Jill Richardson, OtherWords: You might unwittingly become one of the first =
people to try a brand new artificial sweetener. But the government hasn't h=
ad a chance to see whether the new calorie-cutting additive in Mug Root Bee=
r is safe.
Fresno, California, Aims to Recharge Its Dwindling Groundwater
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33271-fresno-california-aims-to-recharge=
-its-dwindling-groundwater
Zoe Meyers, High Country News: California is currently in its fourth year o=
f severe drought. In 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown passed the Sustainable Groundwa=
ter Management Act to regulate groundwater use. In this video, water expert=
s discuss the invisible costs of the dry spell, and what the city of Fresno=
is doing to comply with the new law.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Plutocracy Panic? US No Longer Number One in Billionaires
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/plutocracy-panic-us-no-longer=
-number-one-in-billionaires
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: For the likes of the Koch brothers and =
Donald Trump, "Make America Great Again" means, "Let's reclaim our title to=
the rank of 'number one in billionaires.'"
Exxon: No Corporation Has Ever Done Anything This Big and This Bad
Read the Article at Buzzflash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/exxon-no-corporation-has-ever=
-done-anything-this-big-and-this-bad
Texas Pipeline Blast Sends Massive Flames Into the Sky
Read the Article at CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-pipeline-facility-fire-massive-flames/
Nearly 90 Percent of People Killed in Recent Drone Strikes Were Not the Tar=
get
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/civilian-deaths-drone-strikes_561fafe2e=
4b028dd7ea6c4ff
Bernie Sanders Rejects Campaign Donation From Disgraced Drug Company CEO
Read the Article at The Boston Globe
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/10/15/bernie-sanders-rejects-=
ceo-martin-shkreli-campaign-donation/FcSKxu1VIr7pubg9cI3CQN/story.html
Why This Sunday Is a Significant Day for the Iran Nuclear Deal
Read the Article at The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/why-this-sunday-is-a=
-significant-day-for-the-iran-nuclear-deal/2015/10/16/09e3768a-71e6-11e5-9c=
bb-790369643cf9_story.html
Why the Fight Between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio Is Getting Ugly
Read the Article at NBC News
http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/why-fight-between-jeb-bush-marco-rubi=
o-getting-ugly-n445866
Hillary Bashing: Crafty, Cruel and Commoditized
Read the Article at The Smirking Chimp
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/bill-berkowitz/64326/hillary-bashing-cr=
afty-cruel-and-commoditized
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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>Plutocracy Panic? US No Longer Number One in Billionaires </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>For the likes of the Koch brothers and Donald Trump, "Make America Great Again" means, "Let's reclaim our title to the rank of 'number one in billionaires.'"</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yPuay%2Foa1zVFEasRLfbeXaO%2BLbMxMDnc"><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>Exxon: No Corporation Has Ever Done Anything This Big and This Bad</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sGE0JhP05oDAmn0WJjqzn6O%2BLbMxMDnc"><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>Texas Pipeline Blast Sends Massive Flames Into the Sky</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kCq4jkohnvB5LKJb4zMu9aO%2BLbMxMDnc"><strong>Read the Article at CBS News</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Nearly 90 Percent of People Killed in Recent Drone Strikes Were Not the Target</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qOV3VDAdKo6YQc786NV6oKO%2BLbMxMDnc"><strong>Read the Article at The Huffington Post</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Bernie Sanders Rejects Campaign Donation From Disgraced Drug Company CEO</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Xs739l%2BhRvXdjfcb95LLJaO%2BLbMxMDnc"><strong>Read the Article at The Boston Globe</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Why This Sunday Is a Significant Day for the Iran Nuclear Deal</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zhb2t3073MMoNuveZjFEoqO%2BLbMxMDnc"><strong>Read the Article at The Washington Post</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Why the Fight Between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio Is Getting Ugly</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Qr9hdcaWphb8F8pBtvUhfKO%2BLbMxMDnc"><strong>Read the Article at NBC News</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Hillary Bashing: Crafty, Cruel and Commoditized</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VlWlAVCvea1HQ%2B9FYFZfQaO%2BLbMxMDnc"><strong>Read the Article at The Smirking Chimp</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GuWwLg5JAGOVVyslWvrjwqO%2BLbMxMDnc"><strong>Court Appeal Highlights Poland's Role in CIA Torture Program</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>Adam Hudson, Truthout:</strong> A Polish district court has rejected an appeal by human rights group REDRESS to investigate alleged abuses against Guantánamo prisoner Mustafa al-Hawsawi while he was detained in Poland. The case raises questions about Poland's cooperation with the CIA's torture and rendition programs.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=K9appLsklJ5qixA4pGyPG6O%2BLbMxMDnc"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Tp6j5KY0ECxcH%2BGD1xPpPaO%2BLbMxMDnc"><strong>CNN, the Democratic Candidates and a Condensation of Farce</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>William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> The sad murder of crows that is the GOP field is one thing, but if that Democratic debate is the future of US politics, we may as well throw a rope around the country and sling it into the sun. The end result will be the same.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FI9kN%2FVhZWXk0J3FgGSghuXJTPdt9weT"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jDMHCovT996KcrDrmyqCR6O%2BLbMxMDnc"><strong>How to Be Eternally "Caught Off Guard" in the Greater 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>Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch:</strong> The evidence is largely in. In these years, for what now must be approaching three-quarters of a trillion dollars, the national security state and the military seem to have created an un-intelligence system. Welcome to the fog of everything.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ttYG61kELSZp6%2BYoMAPdNqO%2BLbMxMDnc"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=S7otLVyIfbvqVbwvmqVAqaO%2BLbMxMDnc"><strong>Inside Corporate America's Campaign to Ditch Workers' Compensation</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>Michael Grabell and Howard Berkes, ProPublica:</strong> One Texas lawyer is helping companies opt out of workers' compensation and write their own rules. But as his opt-out movement marches across the country, there has been little scrutiny of what this means for workers.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ky5Bd%2F6iwIHhbSikmxHh4qO%2BLbMxMDnc"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DdwYGrfPXeq9OH9Cq7Ix56O%2BLbMxMDnc"><strong>What One Historian Wishes Bernie Sanders Said About Being a Socialist</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>Bernard Weisberger, Moyers & Company:</strong> Social democracy simply means a system that leaves room for small enterprises and individual liberty, but also recognizes the fact that we're all part of a larger community - and what hurts any one group of us eventually hurts us all.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FttgWBrqBk8xpBPhEK4JcaO%2BLbMxMDnc"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JSbfRv2sWmcomUJu4VuP26O%2BLbMxMDnc"><strong>Fox News "Terror Expert" Wayne Simmons Arrested for Lying About Career as CIA Officer</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>Eric Hananoki, Media Matters for America:</strong> Wayne Simmons has been arrested after a federal grand jury indicted him on "charges of major fraud against the United States, wire fraud, and making false statements to the government," including allegedly falsely claiming he worked for the CIA.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fByHnJ%2F7U9AXv%2BvnIKMwwKO%2BLbMxMDnc"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BCaG6%2FWDUaG%2BZXn14rYE6eXJTPdt9weT"><strong>EPA Draft Plan Would Perpetuate Environmental Racism, Critics Say</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>Kristen Lombardi, The Center for Public Integrity:</strong> While touting the importance of environmental justice, the US Environmental Protection Agency is pushing a draft "framework" for tackling the problem that lacks substance, residents of polluted communities, advocates and agency employees say. The "EJ 2020" proposal is heavy on process and light on tangible steps.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2Ba5uhKYuGHnwVBcLVu%2BQnOXJTPdt9weT"><strong>The United States' Unofficial Religion: The War on an Idea</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>Abby Martin, teleSUR:</strong> Everyone in the United States knows that "socialist" or "communist" is considered a bad word. How did things get that way? This video explores the history of anti-communism in the US, and how the heavy repression of an idea became an unofficial religion.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=S7dnPVvyHoGCH2r8qnzBiqO%2BLbMxMDnc"><strong>Abortion Is Still Illegal in the UK, Thanks to This Victorian 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>Sally Sheldon, The Conversation:</strong> Abortion is still a criminal offense in the UK under the Offenses Against the Person Act of 1861. The act is an archaic, badly flawed piece of legislation, which is ripe for reform. It includes specific offenses such as failing to feed one's servants properly.</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>Jill Richardson, OtherWords:</strong> You might unwittingly become one of the first people to try a brand new artificial sweetener. But the government hasn't had a chance to see whether the new calorie-cutting additive in Mug Root Beer is safe.</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>Zoe Meyers, High Country News:</strong> California is currently in its fourth year of severe drought. In 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act to regulate groundwater use. In this video, water experts discuss the invisible costs of the dry spell, and what the city of Fresno is doing to comply with the new law.</p>
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