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What Do Obama, the "Gang of Six" and Paul Ryan Have in Common?
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What Do Obama, the "Gang of Six" and Paul Ryan Have in Common?
http://www.truth-out.org/what-do-obama-gang-six-and-paul-ryan-have-common/1311350379
Jack Rasmus, Truthout: "They've all proposed a $4 trillion deficit reduction package. Does anyone think that is pure coincidence?.. Obama's move shows clearly he does not want to take on deficit cutting piecemeal. He wants to get it... behind him before campaigning for 2012 begins in earnest... The likely outcome of this 'rush to get it done' will be that the immediate, short-term $1 trillion to $2 trillion in spending cuts being worked out by Reid-McConnell will still pass, while the longer term $4 trillion now resurrected 'grand deal' by Obama-Gang of Six will quickly follow. It may even be appended to the short-term package.
Suspect in Norwegian Terror Attacks That Killed 91 May Be Anti-Islam Right-Wing Extremist
http://www.truth-out.org/suspect-norwegian-terror-attacks-killed-91-allegedly-anti-islam-right-wing-extremist/1311438399
Ali Gharib, ThinkProgress: "After a horrific day of violence in Norway that left more than 80 dead, police detained a man in connection with the massive bomb blasts that blew out windows for blocks in downtown Oslo and an attack on a youth camp about 20 miles away that followed shortly thereafter... Another Norwegian news account, as translated by Google, indicated that Breivik harbored anti-Islam sentiment. The report said he identified strongly with nationalism and posted on an anti-Islam right-wing website, where he expressed views in opposition to multiculturalism and internationalism."
The Talmud and Greek Debt
http://www.truth-out.org/talmud-and-greek-debt/1311432754
Mario I. Blejer, Project Syndicate: "There are two ways to look at Greece's majestically unsustainable sovereign-debt mountain. A pragmatic and short-term perspective... focuses on ensuring some form of orderly restructuring... without bringing down the eurozone. And there is a 'moral' perspective, which focuses on the nature of debt and on the long-term economic consequences of failing to honor it. Neither perspective is wrong; on the contrary, the problem is how to reconcile them. Indeed, failure to do so appears to explain why the official response to the Greek debt crisis has been so inadequate."
Debt Ceiling Talks Collapse as Boehner Walks Out, Again
http://www.truth-out.org/debt-ceiling-talks-collapse-boehner-walks-out-again/1311434345
Jackie Calmes and Carl Hulse, The New York Times News Service: "Negotiations over a broad deficit reduction plan collapsed in acrimony on Friday after Speaker John A. Boehner suddenly broke off talks with President Obama, raising the risk of an economy-shaking default. The latest turn in the summer's epic clash between the White House and Congressional Republicans came little more than a week before the government hits its borrowing ceiling, and set off accusations from both sides about who was to blame."
What's the Deal With News Corp's Other, US-Based, Hacking Scandal?
http://www.truth-out.org/whats-deal-news-corps-other-us-based-hacking-scandal/1311431445
Braden Goyette, ProPublica: "News America was accused in a 2009 lawsuit of hacking into the computers of one of its competitors, Floorgraphics Inc., to steal detailed information about their sales, clients and finances. Floorgraphics said they first realized they were being hacked in 2004, when they discovered intrusions from computers with IP addresses registered to News America. The company claimed that their information was accessed at least 11 times over four months and that they started losing important clients to News America shortly afterward, leading to a round of layoffs."
Put 15 Million Back to Work Fixing $2.2 Trillion in Infrastructure: the Works Progress Administration
http://www.truth-out.org/put-15-million-back-work/1311271379
Barbara G. Ellis Ph.D., Truthout: "Perhaps all is not lost for the republic's economic future, even as its leaders let this nation hurtle toward the abyss of the Great Depression II. An immensely successful, sensible and practical solution is being signaled by increasingly thunderous shout-outs from prominent people. Their solution? Resurrect the phenomenally successful Works Progress Administration (WPA) of 1935-1943."
Afghan Judges Accuse U.S. of War Crimes
http://www.truth-out.org/afghan-judges-accuse-us-war-crimes/1311427910
David Swanson, WarIsACrime.org: "Well, what would I do? That's what they wanted to know: what would I advise Obama? I told them that I would announce that the military occupation was ending soon, that there would be no bases left behind and no weapons left behind, that I would immediately prosecute war crimes, that I would fund educational and civic and aid organizations run and controlled by Afghans... As this was being translated, every one of the six judges began applauding and declaring things like 'You speak from our hearts.'"
This Summer, Farmworkers' Kids Skip Classroom for Fields
http://www.truth-out.org/summer-farmworkers-kids-skip-classroom-fields/1311439819
Claudi Nunez, New America Media: "Bent over amongst the strawberry and grape harvests, dozens of children work on California farms. The Migrant Education Program (MEP), the division of the U.S. Department of Education that focuses on the children of migrant workers, estimates that U.S. schools lost 20,000 students this year to the fields... Americans are unaware of the exploitation faced by children in the fields and find it difficult to believe that the United States employs child labor in the fields, said Reid Maki, coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition."
Belarus: Clapping Protests Challenge Police Restrictions
http://www.truth-out.org/belarus-clapping-protest-resume/1311441893
Claudia Ciobanu, Inter Press Service: "For the past nine weeks, Belarusians have been getting out in the hundreds into the main squares of big and small cities across the country on Wednesdays at seven in the evening. They clap, or let their mobiles ring all at once. The 'Revolution through Social Networks- movement' started by five students, and growing on the Russian equivalent of Facebook, Vkontakte, is posing a new threat to the Lukashenko regime."
Film Chronicles American Jews Caught Between Two Worlds
http://www.truth-out.org/film-chronicles-american-jews-caught-between-two-worlds/1311108656
Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: "People often look surprised when I tell them that my first exposure to progressive ideas came from Congregation B'Nai Israel, a reform temple in Bridgeport, Connecticut... But we never criticized Israel... Years later, when I learned about the Nakba, the truth stung. Worse, when I tried to discuss Palestinian rights, I was derided for being a self-hating Jew. Sadly, the silencing of dissent over Israeli politics has a long and sordid history."
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Euro Leaders Agree on Greek Lifeline
Read the Article at Al Jazeera
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/07/201172119720432547.html
Sarah Palin's Views on Abstinence Lead to Second Grandchild
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http://news.yahoo.com/sarah-palins-views-abstinence-lead-second-grandchild-215900097.html
Mass Syrian Protests Against Assad Regime Lead to Death Toll
Read the Article at The Guardian UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/22/mass-syrian-protest-assad-deaths?om_rid=DXn0aN&om_mid=_BOKsc1B8cesslp
Amy Winehouse Found Dead, Aged 27
Read the Article at BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14262237
Corporate America's Chokehold on Wages
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/corporate-americas-chokehold-on-wages/2011/07/19/gIQAL2ieOI_print.html
Is David Cameron an Endangered Man?
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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/united-kingdom/110721/News-of-The-World-Cameron-Phone-Hacking-Coulson-Cameron-Resign-Future
Militants in Somalia Refuse to Let Aid Enter Famine Area
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<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="content" --><p>Saturday 23 July 2011</p>
<font><strong>What Do Obama, the "Gang of Six" and Paul Ryan Have in Common?</strong></font><br />
Jack Rasmus, Truthout: "They've all proposed a $4 trillion deficit reduction package. Does anyone think that is pure coincidence?.. Obama's move shows clearly he does not want to take on deficit cutting piecemeal. He wants to get it... behind him before campaigning for 2012 begins in earnest... The likely outcome of this 'rush to get it done' will be that the immediate, short-term $1 trillion to $2 trillion in spending cuts being worked out by Reid-McConnell will still pass, while the longer term $4 trillion now resurrected 'grand deal' by Obama-Gang of Six will quickly follow. It may even be appended to the short-term package.
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=w5u1%2BS4yELbVfez7vc0nHRAmELnX4S6p"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Suspect in Norwegian Terror Attacks That Killed 91 May Be Anti-Islam Right-Wing Extremist</strong></font><br />
Ali Gharib, ThinkProgress: "After a horrific day of violence in Norway that left more than 80 dead, police detained a man in connection with the massive bomb blasts that blew out windows for blocks in downtown Oslo and an attack on a youth camp about 20 miles away that followed shortly thereafter... Another Norwegian news account, as translated by Google, indicated that Breivik harbored anti-Islam sentiment. The report said he identified strongly with nationalism and posted on an anti-Islam right-wing website, where he expressed views in opposition to multiculturalism and internationalism."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gqy%2BZudqYCmslexjcXSQtxAmELnX4S6p"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
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<font><strong>The Talmud and Greek Debt</strong></font><br />
Mario I. Blejer, Project Syndicate: "There are two ways to look at Greece's majestically unsustainable sovereign-debt mountain. A pragmatic and short-term perspective... focuses on ensuring some form of orderly restructuring... without bringing down the eurozone. And there is a 'moral' perspective, which focuses on the nature of debt and on the long-term economic consequences of failing to honor it. Neither perspective is wrong; on the contrary, the problem is how to reconcile them. Indeed, failure to do so appears to explain why the official response to the Greek debt crisis has been so inadequate."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QBv8SSMvKUODhv8LdsKYkRAmELnX4S6p"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Debt Ceiling Talks Collapse as Boehner Walks Out, Again</strong></font><br />
Jackie Calmes and Carl Hulse, The New York Times News Service: "Negotiations over a broad deficit reduction plan collapsed in acrimony on Friday after Speaker John A. Boehner suddenly broke off talks with President Obama, raising the risk of an economy-shaking default. The latest turn in the summer's epic clash between the White House and Congressional Republicans came little more than a week before the government hits its borrowing ceiling, and set off accusations from both sides about who was to blame."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=W5V7ndN2Qc35eRO1OweTpyI6pbcNsXkO"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>What's the Deal With News Corp's Other, US-Based, Hacking Scandal?</strong></font><br />
Braden Goyette, ProPublica: "News America was accused in a 2009 lawsuit of hacking into the computers of one of its competitors, Floorgraphics Inc., to steal detailed information about their sales, clients and finances. Floorgraphics said they first realized they were being hacked in 2004, when they discovered intrusions from computers with IP addresses registered to News America. The company claimed that their information was accessed at least 11 times over four months and that they started losing important clients to News America shortly afterward, leading to a round of layoffs."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pYfWrFLXHlZ02QH%2FMPp9zhAmELnX4S6p"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Put 15 Million Back to Work Fixing $2.2 Trillion in Infrastructure: the Works Progress Administration</strong></font><br />
Barbara G. Ellis Ph.D., Truthout: "Perhaps all is not lost for the republic's economic future, even as its leaders let this nation hurtle toward the abyss of the Great Depression II. An immensely successful, sensible and practical solution is being signaled by increasingly thunderous shout-outs from prominent people. Their solution? Resurrect the phenomenally successful Works Progress Administration (WPA) of 1935-1943."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6vFqKNL5lGlRZrA%2BCn%2BcQxAmELnX4S6p"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Afghan Judges Accuse U.S. of War Crimes</strong></font><br />
David Swanson, WarIsACrime.org: "Well, what would I do? That's what they wanted to know: what would I advise Obama? I told them that I would announce that the military occupation was ending soon, that there would be no bases left behind and no weapons left behind, that I would immediately prosecute war crimes, that I would fund educational and civic and aid organizations run and controlled by Afghans... As this was being translated, every one of the six judges began applauding and declaring things like 'You speak from our hearts.'"
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vgmespg%2BDsK3QLKxQTnhYBAmELnX4S6p"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>This Summer, Farmworkers' Kids Skip Classroom for Fields</strong></font><br />
Claudi Nunez, New America Media: "Bent over amongst the strawberry and grape harvests, dozens of children work on California farms. The Migrant Education Program (MEP), the division of the U.S. Department of Education that focuses on the children of migrant workers, estimates that U.S. schools lost 20,000 students this year to the fields... Americans are unaware of the exploitation faced by children in the fields and find it difficult to believe that the United States employs child labor in the fields, said Reid Maki, coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3cGUPZzLDzTimTO8cR%2BVWxAmELnX4S6p"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Belarus: Clapping Protests Challenge Police Restrictions</strong></font><br />
Claudia Ciobanu, Inter Press Service: "For the past nine weeks, Belarusians have been getting out in the hundreds into the main squares of big and small cities across the country on Wednesdays at seven in the evening. They clap, or let their mobiles ring all at once. The ‘Revolution through Social Networks- movement' started by five students, and growing on the Russian equivalent of Facebook, Vkontakte, is posing a new threat to the Lukashenko regime."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Rrqqd1GXjJJfZ5SYsASq%2FxAmELnX4S6p"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
<br /><br />
<font><strong>Film Chronicles American Jews Caught Between Two Worlds</strong></font><br />
Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: "People often look surprised when I tell them that my first exposure to progressive ideas came from Congregation B'Nai Israel, a reform temple in Bridgeport, Connecticut... But we never criticized Israel... Years later, when I learned about the Nakba, the truth stung. Worse, when I tried to discuss Palestinian rights, I was derided for being a self-hating Jew. Sadly, the silencing of dissent over Israeli politics has a long and sordid history."
<br /><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=t%2FIIpSs18omhI7c3WxQupxAmELnX4S6p"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a>
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<p><strong>Amy Winehouse Found Dead, Aged 27<br />
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<p><strong>Corporate America's Chokehold on Wages<br />
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<p><strong>Militants in Somalia Refuse to Let Aid Enter Famine Area<br />
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