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Netanyahu's Border War
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t r u t h o u t | 05.28
Netanyahu's Border War
http://bit.ly/mIlYo6
Shlomo Ben-Ami, Project Syndicate: "Binyamin Netanyahu's furious rejection of US President Barack Obama's proposal to use the 1967 borders as the basis for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute - frontiers that he called 'utterly indefensible' - reflects not only the Israeli prime minister's poor statesmanship, but also his antiquated military philosophy."
After 4 Years, Egypt Reopens Its Border With Gaza
http://truthout.org/after-4-years-egypt-reopens-its-border-gaza/1306600277
David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times News Service: "Hundreds of Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip arrived here by the busload Saturday to pass through the reopened border into Egypt, taking the first tangible steps out of the Israeli occupation after years of deadlocked peace talks... While a gradual loosening of the border controls over the last year had already allowed some Gaza residents to cross ... many of those making the trip on Saturday said they felt a new stirring of hope at Egypt's announcement that it was breaking the blockade imposed on Gaza five years ago when the militant group Hamas took over."
Awakening to the Limits of the Obama Presidency
http://www.truthout.org/awakening-limits-obama-presidency/1306332274
Antonia Darder, Truthout: "There are folks who seem to keep hoping that Obama has a 'progressive' side which we will all soon see emerge - reminiscent of the transformation of Clark Kent to Superman in the phone booth. Yet, I can't help wondering if all that progressivism was merely projected upon the handsome black man with the charming discourse style because folks were all feeling so desperate; we were are still seeking a political savior or messiah in Obama."
Defaulting on US Debt Dangerous to Even Consider, Say Experts
http://truthout.org/defaulting-us-debt-dangerous-even-consider-say-experts/1306594040
Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers: "Congress is playing a game of 'chicken' with the nation's finances, and the U.S. economy is at stake, with an Aug. 2 deadline. The gross federal debt hit $14.3 trillion on May 16. That's as high as the law allows. Unless Congress raises the legal ceiling to permit more federal borrowing, a financial disaster is all too possible."
An All-American Retirement System: Building for the Future
http://www.truthout.org/all-american-retirement-system-building-future/1304712090
William John Cox, Truthout: "Roads are crumbling, bridges are failing, dams are cracking and ... the government is threatening to default on the $2.5 trillion it has borrowed from the Social Security Trust Fund and few private employers are offering decent retirement plans. A simple solution to all of these problems can be found in a secure national retirement system that allows all American workers and small-business owners the opportunity to participate in a tax-free infrastructure fund invested in the bonds issued by state and local governments."
Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 8 at Pakistan Restaurant
http://truthout.org/suicide-bomber-kills-least-8-pakistan-restaurant/1306596785
Salman Masood, The New York Times News Service: "At least eight people were killed on Saturday when a suicide bomber ripped through a restaurant in the restive northwestern tribal region of Bajaur, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility, and a local official, Saad Muhammad, said that the target was Malik Tehsil Khan, whom he described as active in an anti-Taliban militia. Mr. Khan died in the attack."
Haitian Mayor's Office Vows to Destroy All Refugee Camps, Launches Violent Campaign
http://truthout.org/haitian-mayors-office-vows-destroy-all-refugee-camps-launches-violent-campaign/1306602636
Beverly Bell, Other Worlds: "The mayor of Delmas announced ... a new campaign to evict internally displaced persons [IDPs] from public spaces. Those whose lodging was destroyed were amongst the million-plus people who have lived for 16 months under tents, lean-to's of shredded tarps, or whatever repurposed materials they could scrounge, from blankets to tin. Neither the Haitian government nor the international community has offered any large-scale resettlement options."
Egyptians Take to the Streets Again to Demand Reforms
http://truthout.org/egyptians-take-streets-again-demand-reforms/1306606150
Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Amro Hassan, The LA Times: "Thousands of protesters filled Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday for what was billed as a 'second revolution,' chanting their demands: try former President Hosni Mubarak and his cronies immediately, end military courts, replace the military government with civilian leaders, reform the constitution and delay the September elections. There were so many demands, so many slogans and signs, it was difficult to keep track."
Private Practice and Public Laws: The Patronizing Lectures that Television Depicts and Texas Now Requires
http://truthout.org/private-practice-and-public-laws-patronizing-lectures-television-depicts-and-texas-now-requires/1306
Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check: "Last Friday afternoon, I watched an episode of Private Practice that had aired the week before and was not all that surprised when one of the story lines focused on abortion... It is clear that the writers and producers don't just support a woman's right to choose but are willing to risk alienating some viewers in order to use the show as a platform to promote reproductive rights... They have given characters a chance ... present well-reasoned, and even well-researched, arguments for why the right to 'safe, legal abortions, without judgment' is so important."
Cheat Sheet on Bank Investigations and the Probes That Have Petered Out
http://truthout.org/cheat-sheet-bank-investigations-and-probes-have-petered-out/1306604876
Marian Wang, ProPublica: "As we and many others have noted, no top banking executives have been successfully prosecuted in connection with the financial crisis: not for making the bad loans that fed the mortgage machine, not for lying about the quality of the mortgages, and not forforeclosing improperly when homeowners struggled to make loan payments. But there have been many investigations. Some are still pending, others seem to have fallen by the wayside. Here's our overview of what the banks have been accused of doing at each stage of the mortgage machine."
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Hackers Breached US Defense Contractors
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Egyptian Court Fines Mubarak, Ousted Government Officials $90.6 Million
Read the Article at CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/05/28/egypt.mubarak.fines/
Forget Ideology: Conservatives Need to Develop a Basic Sense of Right and Wrong
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http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12730
Yemeni Tribes, Government Agreed to Temporary Truce
Read the Article at USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-05-28-yemen-protests_n.htm
Giuliani Surprise Leader in Republican Poll
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Gil Scott-Heron, Poet, Musician and Author of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" Has Died
Read the Article at NPR
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/05/27/136731274/gil-scott-heron-poet-and-musician-has-died
James O'Keefe Group Granted Non-Profit Status
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<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="content" --><p>Saturday 28 May 2011</p>
<font><strong>Netanyahu’s Border War</strong></font><br />
Shlomo Ben-Ami, Project Syndicate: "Binyamin Netanyahu’s furious rejection of US President Barack Obama’s proposal to use the 1967 borders as the basis for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute - frontiers that he called 'utterly indefensible' - reflects not only the Israeli prime minister’s poor statesmanship, but also his antiquated military philosophy."
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<font><strong>After 4 Years, Egypt Reopens Its Border With Gaza</strong></font><br />
David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times News Service: "Hundreds of Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip arrived here by the busload Saturday to pass through the reopened border into Egypt, taking the first tangible steps out of the Israeli occupation after years of deadlocked peace talks... While a gradual loosening of the border controls over the last year had already allowed some Gaza residents to cross ... many of those making the trip on Saturday said they felt a new stirring of hope at Egypt’s announcement that it was breaking the blockade imposed on Gaza five years ago when the militant group Hamas took over."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Yrq%2BKagGUHCKxp%2B4MYhzYqidaYzkBaHn"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
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<font><strong>Awakening to the Limits of the Obama Presidency</strong></font><br />
Antonia Darder, Truthout: "There are folks who seem to keep hoping that Obama has a 'progressive' side which we will all soon see emerge - reminiscent of the transformation of Clark Kent to Superman in the phone booth. Yet, I can't help wondering if all that progressivism was merely projected upon the handsome black man with the charming discourse style because folks were all feeling so desperate; we were are still seeking a political savior or messiah in Obama."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fintNVyoL4JBdnj%2FP%2Bq6EKidaYzkBaHn"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Defaulting on US Debt Dangerous to Even Consider, Say Experts</strong></font><br />
Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers: "Congress is playing a game of 'chicken' with the nation's finances, and the U.S. economy is at stake, with an Aug. 2 deadline. The gross federal debt hit $14.3 trillion on May 16. That's as high as the law allows. Unless Congress raises the legal ceiling to permit more federal borrowing, a financial disaster is all too possible."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nLVxmt57OP6JNQm8JT3zFqidaYzkBaHn"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>An All-American Retirement System: Building for the Future</strong></font><br />
William John Cox, Truthout: "Roads are crumbling, bridges are failing, dams are cracking and ... the government is threatening to default on the $2.5 trillion it has borrowed from the Social Security Trust Fund and few private employers are offering decent retirement plans. A simple solution to all of these problems can be found in a secure national retirement system that allows all American workers and small-business owners the opportunity to participate in a tax-free infrastructure fund invested in the bonds issued by state and local governments."
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<br /><br />
<font><strong>Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 8 at Pakistan Restaurant</strong></font><br />
Salman Masood, The New York Times News Service: "At least eight people were killed on Saturday when a suicide bomber ripped through a restaurant in the restive northwestern tribal region of Bajaur, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility, and a local official, Saad Muhammad, said that the target was Malik Tehsil Khan, whom he described as active in an anti-Taliban militia. Mr. Khan died in the attack."
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<br /><br />
<font><strong>Haitian Mayor's Office Vows to Destroy All Refugee Camps, Launches Violent Campaign</strong></font><br />
Beverly Bell, Other Worlds: "The mayor of Delmas announced ... a new campaign to evict internally displaced persons [IDPs] from public spaces. Those whose lodging was destroyed were amongst the million-plus people who have lived for 16 months under tents, lean-to’s of shredded tarps, or whatever repurposed materials they could scrounge, from blankets to tin. Neither the Haitian government nor the international community has offered any large-scale resettlement options."
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<br /><br />
<font><strong>Egyptians Take to the Streets Again to Demand Reforms</strong></font><br />
Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Amro Hassan, The LA Times: "Thousands of protesters filled Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday for what was billed as a 'second revolution,' chanting their demands: try former President Hosni Mubarak and his cronies immediately, end military courts, replace the military government with civilian leaders, reform the constitution and delay the September elections. There were so many demands, so many slogans and signs, it was difficult to keep track."
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<font><strong>Private Practice and Public Laws: The Patronizing Lectures that Television Depicts and Texas Now Requires</strong></font><br />
Martha Kempner, RH Reality Check: "Last Friday afternoon, I watched an episode of Private Practice that had aired the week before and was not all that surprised when one of the story lines focused on abortion... It is clear that the writers and producers don’t just support a woman’s right to choose but are willing to risk alienating some viewers in order to use the show as a platform to promote reproductive rights... They have given characters a chance ... present well-reasoned, and even well-researched, arguments for why the right to 'safe, legal abortions, without judgment' is so important."
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<font><strong>Cheat Sheet on Bank Investigations and the Probes That Have Petered Out</strong></font><br />
Marian Wang, ProPublica: "As we and many others have noted, no top banking executives have been successfully prosecuted in connection with the financial crisis: not for making the bad loans that fed the mortgage machine, not for lying about the quality of the mortgages, and not forforeclosing improperly when homeowners struggled to make loan payments. But there have been many investigations. Some are still pending, others seem to have fallen by the wayside. Here’s our overview of what the banks have been accused of doing at each stage of the mortgage machine."
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<p><strong>Yemeni Tribes, Government Agreed to Temporary Truce<br />
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<p><strong>Gil Scott-Heron, Poet, Musician and Author of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" Has Died<br />
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