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t r u t h o u t | 07.28
America Held Hostage to Two-Party Failure: Government of, by and for the Corporations
http://www.truth-out.org/america-held-hostage-two-party-failure-government-and-corporations/1311345019
Michele Swenson, Truthout: "Washington rhetoric waxes Orwellian in proportion to inside-the-Beltway disconnect around cause and effect of the US economic crisis. Ranging from the Ryan Budget - 'kill Medicare to save it' - and some Democrats - 'cut Medicare and Social Security to save them' - to claims that deficit reduction (not jobs) is 'what the people want,' to the 'greed is good' creed that assigns entitlements in the form of taxpayer bailouts to wealthy financial institutions that take for granted the ability to shift risk for their liar's loans and speculative transactions."
Fracking Operations Cause Thousands of Earthquakes in Arkansas
http://www.truth-out.org/fracking-operations-cause-thousands-earthquakes-arkansas/1311877041
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "Geologists say fracking wastewater disposal wells in central Arkansas caused an outbreak of thousands of minor earthquakes. The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission placed a ban on fracking wastewater wells in the area yesterday. A moratorium on well activity had been in place for months as geologists investigated a possible link between fracking activity and the outbreak of more than 1,200 earthquakes that measured lower than 4.7 in magnitude."
Why the GOP Aims to Sink the Economy
http://www.truth-out.org/why-gop-aims-sink-economy/1311875512
Terrance Heath, Campaign for America's Future: "If our economy was the RMS Titanic, Republicans would be like an ambitious first mate, so eager to seize power from the captain that he steers the ship of state into an iceberg, thinking he'll take over when the captain goes down with the ship. Republicans have forgotten - or no longer care - they're on the boat too, and they're working very hard to ensure that the country will be nearly ungovernable should they succeed in seizing the reins of government."
War and the True Tragedy of the Commons
http://www.truth-out.org/war-and-true-tragedy-commons/1311181265
H. Patricia Hynes, Truthout: "The 'Tragedy of the Commons,' Garrett Hardin's 1968 controversial essay published in Science, essentially targeted overpopulation (read: poor women) as the prime threat to sustainable life on our finite earth. Hardin, and many who consumed this thesis, failed to single out the very small, but politically powerful, population responsible for a mammoth environmental impact - the military. Per capita, the military complex (read: powerful men) is the most polluting human population."
Getting Away With Torture: The Ill Treatment of Detainees
http://www.truth-out.org/getting-away-torture-ill-treatment-detainees/1311880172
Stephen Rohde, Truthout: "In a new comprehensive 107-page report entitled 'Getting Away with Torture: The Bush Administration and Mistreatment of Detainees,' Human Rights Watch (HRW) concludes that 'there is sufficient basis for the U.S. government to order a broad criminal investigation into alleged crimes committed in connection with the torture and ill-treatment of detainees, the CIA secret detention program, and the rendition of detainees to torture' focusing on alleged criminal conduct by 'former President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and CIA Director George Tenet.'"
On the News With Thom Hartmann: General Electric Moving Its Entire X-Ray Business Headquarters to China, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news-thom-hartmann/1311867341
In today's On the News segment: Boehner's plan is same as old plan, terrorist attack in America of a Molotov cocktail thrown into a Dallas Planned Parenthood clinic virtually ignored in US media, economy will lose $3 trillion over the next decade due to crumbling infrastructure, General Electric moving its x-ray business headquarters OUT of the US and INTO China, GOP cutting $5 billion in foreign assistance out of fear it may go toward birth control in other countries, and more.
Debt Madness Was Always About Killing Social Security
http://www.truth-out.org/debt-madness-was-always-about-killing-social-security/1311860216
Robert Scheer, Truthdig: "This phony debt crisis has now passed through the looking glass into the realm where madness reigns. What should have been an uneventful moment in which lawmakers make good on the nation's contractual obligations has instead been seized upon by Republican hypocrites as a moment to settle ideological scores that have nothing to do with the debt. Hypocrites, because their radical free market ideology, and the resulting total deregulation of the financial markets, is what caused the debt to spiral out of control this last decade."
Paul Krugman | All That Glitters Isn't Gold - Nor Money
http://www.truth-out.org/all-glitters-isnt-gold-nor-money/1311878904
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: "There's something about money, it turns out, that sends many people into blind rage - usually of the kind Ms. Ray described as 'Ron Paul plus,' but there are other versions too, some of them coming from the left. So what is it about money? I don't have a full explanation, but here's a thought: Monetary economics is inherently about market imperfections. In a frictionless, perfect-information, costless-calculation world we wouldn't need money, and it wouldn't matter how prices were listed. We'd just have Arrow-Debreu complete markets in everything, and all prices would be at equilibrium."
How to Save the US Labor Movement
http://www.truth-out.org/ho-save-us-labor-movement/1310664417
Shamus Cooke, Truthout: "The first step in saving the labor movement is recognizing that it needs saving. Sadly, many union leaders - including Richard Trumka of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) - refuse to accept this reality, choosing instead to dismiss the current threats against labor unions as 'exaggerated,' or limited to this or that Republican politician. In fact, the labor movement - especially public sector unions - is facing nationwide attacks by Democrats and Republicans alike."
Norway's Premier Vows to Keep an Open Society
http://www.truth-out.org/norways-premier-vows-keep-open-society/1311874742
Michael Schwirtz, The New York Times News Service: "The prime minister of Norway acknowledged on Wednesday that his country had fundamentally changed as a result of the attacks on a youth camp and government complex last week, but he vowed to protect the culture of openness that is a source of Norwegian pride. The attacks have prompted officials to start reassessing Norway's policy on public security, which seemed defined by a belief that bad things happen elsewhere."
Former Afghan Prime Minister Says Taliban Offer Talks for Pullout Date
http://www.truth-out.org/former-afghan-prime-minister-says-taliban-offer-talks-pullout-date/1311865491
Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service: "The Taliban leadership is ready to negotiate peace with the United States right now if Washington indicates its willingness to provide a timetable for complete withdrawal, according to a former Afghan prime minister who set up a secret meeting between a senior Taliban official and a U.S. general two years ago. They also have no problem with meeting the oft-repeated U.S. demand that the Taliban cut ties completely with Al-Qaeda."
Moroccan Activist Speaks on the February 20th Movement's Fight for a Better Future
http://www.truth-out.org/moroccan-activist-speaks-february-20th-movements-fight-better-future/1311790799
Sarah Lazare, Truthout: "I interviewed Mohammed Elbouliki, a member of the administrative commission of the Moroccan human rights organization Association Marocaine des Droits Humains ['Morrocan Association of Human Rights']. He was detained from November 1985 - July 1994 as a prisoner of opinion under King Hassan II, including one month in the Derb Moulay secret detention center near Casablanca. A teacher by profession and a lifelong political activist, Mohammed talks about the February 20th Movement's demands, hopes, and activities in the wake of the constitutional referendum and offers suggestions for how international supporters can stand in solidarity with Moroccan movements."
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
John Boehner's alleged American/global corporation "job creators" are actually job killers in the United States.
It's another example of how the GOP uses Frank Luntz's focus group-molded message points that transform the opposite of the truth into "perceived reality."
As BuzzFlash has noted before, small businesses that do actually generate jobs in the US are actually on the decline. Why? Because large, global corporations, such as General Electric, use tax loopholes and global reach to ship jobs overseas. Many global corporations based in America see the US as a consumer market that has peaked - and they can get cheaper labor and expanded buyers overseas.
But the tax breaks that the US government gives to global corporations that move jobs and profits offshore hurt small businesses that can't compete and don't have the lawyers or size to take advantage of the loopholes.
Recently introduced legislation would cut down on offshore tax havens for global corporations, keeping funds in the US and taking one step to level the playing field for small businesses. (http://businessforsharedprosperity.org/content/debt-ceiling-deadline-approaches-business-leaders-support-legislation-end-tax-haven-abuse-an)
According to the organization Business for Shared Prosperity: (http://businessforsharedprosperity.org/ )
"Newly introduced legislation ... would recapture $100 billion in revenue annually - and $1 trillion over the next decade - lost to tax dodging by multinational corporations and wealthy individuals through offshore tax havens."
Frank Knapp, president and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, notes:
"It's time to close the tax loopholes that deprive us of much needed revenue and reward big corporations for hiding profits and exporting jobs that we all know American workers need now more than ever."
Indeed, it's time to stimulate and protect small businesses - the real job creators - from the US job destroying multinational corporations that get such favorable treatment in DC.
The American taxpayer should not be supporting the exporting of American jobs through laws and regulations that facilitate the transfer of jobs and money overseas.
Mark Karlin
Editor, BuzzFlash at Truthout
New York Times Editorial: America's Credibility Is at Risk
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/opinion/28thu1.html?_r=2&ref=opinion
Obama's Obsession With Compromise Has Compromised His Presidency
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12890
A Rising Hunger Among Children in US
Read the Article at The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/articles/2011/07/28/ranks_of_hungry_children_swell_worrying_doctors/?s_campaign=8315
John McCain Derides "Tea Party Hobbits" in Debt-Ceiling Fight
Read the Article at The Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-mccain-tea-party-20110728,0,2277765.story
Bachmann Hypocrisy Rampant on Home Loans
Read the Article at The National Memo
http://www.nationalmemo.com/article/bachmann-hypocrisy-rampant-home-loans
President Obama to Announce New Fuel Efficiency Standards on Friday
Read the Article at Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/27/us-obama-fuel-idUSTRE76Q5JA20110727
Eric Holder to Meet With 9/11 Families Over Claims of News Corp. Hacking
Read the Article at The Guardian UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/27/9-11-phone-hacking-claims-families
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<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="content" --><p>Thursday 28 July 2011 <br />
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<font><strong>America Held Hostage to Two-Party Failure: Government of, by and for the Corporations</strong></font><br />
Michele Swenson, Truthout: "Washington rhetoric waxes Orwellian in proportion to inside-the-Beltway disconnect around cause and effect of the US economic crisis. Ranging from the Ryan Budget - 'kill Medicare to save it' - and some Democrats - 'cut Medicare and Social Security to save them' - to claims that deficit reduction (not jobs) is 'what the people want,' to the 'greed is good' creed that assigns entitlements in the form of taxpayer bailouts to wealthy financial institutions that take for granted the ability to shift risk for their liar's loans and speculative transactions."<br />
<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=G2nQZE47wOxcYX7OS6E2iuq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Fracking Operations Cause Thousands of Earthquakes in Arkansas</strong></font><br />
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "Geologists say fracking wastewater disposal wells in central Arkansas caused an outbreak of thousands of minor earthquakes. The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission placed a ban on fracking wastewater wells in the area yesterday. A moratorium on well activity had been in place for months as geologists investigated a possible link between fracking activity and the outbreak of more than 1,200 earthquakes that measured lower than 4.7 in magnitude."<br />
<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zOhEzn9GbI0Jam5vdT%2Bgl%2Bq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Why the GOP Aims to Sink the Economy</strong></font><br />
Terrance Heath, Campaign for America's Future: "If our economy was the RMS Titanic, Republicans would be like an ambitious first mate, so eager to seize power from the captain that he steers the ship of state into an iceberg, thinking he'll take over when the captain goes down with the ship. Republicans have forgotten - or no longer care - they're on the boat too, and they're working very hard to ensure that the country will be nearly ungovernable should they succeed in seizing the reins of government."<br />
<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hJBi%2FnfO1LyL1NMBkpjHXOq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>War and the True Tragedy of the Commons</strong></font><br />
H. Patricia Hynes, Truthout: "The 'Tragedy of the Commons,' Garrett Hardin's 1968 controversial essay published in Science, essentially targeted overpopulation (read: poor women) as the prime threat to sustainable life on our finite earth. Hardin, and many who consumed this thesis, failed to single out the very small, but politically powerful, population responsible for a mammoth environmental impact - the military. Per capita, the military complex (read: powerful men) is the most polluting human population." <br />
<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YzWdrBImZxm6sZZK%2BDqb5uq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Getting Away With Torture: The Ill Treatment of Detainees</strong></font><br />
Stephen Rohde, Truthout: "In a new comprehensive 107-page report entitled 'Getting Away with Torture: The Bush Administration and Mistreatment of Detainees,' Human Rights Watch (HRW) concludes that 'there is sufficient basis for the U.S. government to order a broad criminal investigation into alleged crimes committed in connection with the torture and ill-treatment of detainees, the CIA secret detention program, and the rendition of detainees to torture' focusing on alleged criminal conduct by 'former President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and CIA Director George Tenet.'"<br />
<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gjk0yGrfGaNagpL7xstQUOq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: General Electric Moving Its Entire X-Ray Business Headquarters to China, and More</strong></font><br />
In today's On the News segment: Boehner's plan is same as old plan, terrorist attack in America of a Molotov cocktail thrown into a Dallas Planned Parenthood clinic virtually ignored in US media, economy will lose $3 trillion over the next decade due to crumbling infrastructure, General Electric moving its x-ray business headquarters OUT of the US and INTO China, GOP cutting $5 billion in foreign assistance out of fear it may go toward birth control in other countries, and more.<br />
<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GlfqHc9KnRYkAkXa3fzgdOq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC"><font color="#cc0000">Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Debt Madness Was Always About Killing Social Security</strong></font><br />
Robert Scheer, Truthdig: "This phony debt crisis has now passed through the looking glass into the realm where madness reigns. What should have been an uneventful moment in which lawmakers make good on the nation's contractual obligations has instead been seized upon by Republican hypocrites as a moment to settle ideological scores that have nothing to do with the debt. Hypocrites, because their radical free market ideology, and the resulting total deregulation of the financial markets, is what caused the debt to spiral out of control this last decade."<br />
<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fQhm2t5EmfVdGv7LWs77Qeq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Paul Krugman | All That Glitters Isn't Gold - Nor Money</strong></font><br />
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: "There's something about money, it turns out, that sends many people into blind rage - usually of the kind Ms. Ray described as 'Ron Paul plus,' but there are other versions too, some of them coming from the left. So what is it about money? I don't have a full explanation, but here's a thought: Monetary economics is inherently about market imperfections. In a frictionless, perfect-information, costless-calculation world we wouldn't need money, and it wouldn't matter how prices were listed. We'd just have Arrow-Debreu complete markets in everything, and all prices would be at equilibrium." <br />
<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jbmSSYoNXbeEy3Q7hSlSmeq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>How to Save the US Labor Movement</strong></font><br />
Shamus Cooke, Truthout: "The first step in saving the labor movement is recognizing that it needs saving. Sadly, many union leaders - including Richard Trumka of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) - refuse to accept this reality, choosing instead to dismiss the current threats against labor unions as 'exaggerated,' or limited to this or that Republican politician. In fact, the labor movement - especially public sector unions - is facing nationwide attacks by Democrats and Republicans alike." <br />
<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=m7W05bdDc6e701lSCiFZreq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Norway's Premier Vows to Keep an Open Society</strong></font><br />
Michael Schwirtz, The New York Times News Service: "The prime minister of Norway acknowledged on Wednesday that his country had fundamentally changed as a result of the attacks on a youth camp and government complex last week, but he vowed to protect the culture of openness that is a source of Norwegian pride. The attacks have prompted officials to start reassessing Norway's policy on public security, which seemed defined by a belief that bad things happen elsewhere."<br />
<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XuQ7izkqBUKDFP1l7RgGAOq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Former Afghan Prime Minister Says Taliban Offer Talks for Pullout Date</strong></font><br />
Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service: "The Taliban leadership is ready to negotiate peace with the United States right now if Washington indicates its willingness to provide a timetable for complete withdrawal, according to a former Afghan prime minister who set up a secret meeting between a senior Taliban official and a U.S. general two years ago. They also have no problem with meeting the oft-repeated U.S. demand that the Taliban cut ties completely with Al-Qaeda."<br />
<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=avnsMZcyFfrdpQw9nH%2FB9Oq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Moroccan Activist Speaks on the February 20th Movement's Fight for a Better Future</strong></font><br />
Sarah Lazare, Truthout: "I interviewed Mohammed Elbouliki, a member of the administrative commission of the Moroccan human rights organization Association Marocaine des Droits Humains ['Morrocan Association of Human Rights']. He was detained from November 1985 - July 1994 as a prisoner of opinion under King Hassan II, including one month in the Derb Moulay secret detention center near Casablanca. A teacher by profession and a lifelong political activist, Mohammed talks about the February 20th Movement's demands, hopes, and activities in the wake of the constitutional referendum and offers suggestions for how international supporters can stand in solidarity with Moroccan movements."<br />
<a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zyTzj%2F199Wf4rqCYLMJ7deq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article</font></a> </p>
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<p>John Boehner's alleged American/global corporation "job creators" are actually job killers in the United States.</p>
<p>It's another example of how the GOP uses Frank Luntz's focus group-molded message points that transform the opposite of the truth into "perceived reality."</p>
<p>As BuzzFlash has noted before, small businesses that do actually generate jobs in the US are actually on the decline. Why? Because large, global corporations, such as General Electric, use tax loopholes and global reach to ship jobs overseas. Many global corporations based in America see the US as a consumer market that has peaked - and they can get cheaper labor and expanded buyers overseas.</p>
<p>But the tax breaks that the US government gives to global corporations that move jobs and profits offshore hurt small businesses that can't compete and don't have the lawyers or size to take advantage of the loopholes.</p>
<p>Recently introduced legislation would cut down on offshore tax havens for global corporations, keeping funds in the US and taking one step to <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=o7PCbChvB30aqKMEMWb4K7U4snOrhQft"><font color="#cc0000">level the playing field for small businesses</font></a>.</p>
<p>According to the organization <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BqS16DJHwtTHAv50%2Bpb4z%2Bq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC"><font color="#cc0000">Business for Shared Prosperity</font></a>:</p>
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<p>Newly introduced legislation ... would recapture $100 billion in revenue annually - and $1 trillion over the next decade - lost to tax dodging by multinational corporations and wealthy individuals through offshore tax havens.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Frank Knapp, president and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, notes:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"It's time to close the tax loopholes that deprive us of much needed revenue and reward big corporations for hiding profits and exporting jobs that we all know American workers need now more than ever."</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Indeed, it's time to stimulate and protect small businesses - the real job creators - from the US job destroying multinational corporations that get such favorable treatment in DC.</p>
<p>The American taxpayer should not be supporting the exporting of American jobs through laws and regulations that facilitate the transfer of jobs and money overseas.</p>
<p>Mark Karlin<br />
Editor, BuzzFlash at Truthout</p>
</em></p>
<p><strong>New York Times Editorial: America's Credibility Is at Risk<br />
</strong><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7IFJlhoSFlQNSNifSQjdueq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC" target="_blank"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at The New York Times</font></a></p>
<p><strong>Obama's Obsession With Compromise Has Compromised His Presidency<br />
</strong><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bL2E%2BSVecT%2BCBQH0y%2BuXjeq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC" target="_blank"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at BuzzFlash</font></a></p>
<p><strong>A Rising Hunger Among Children in US<br />
</strong><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pqbQzRBc0wHvb%2FryaDaKj7U4snOrhQft" target="_blank"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at The Boston Globe</font></a></p>
<p><strong>John McCain Derides "Tea Party Hobbits" in Debt-Ceiling Fight<br />
</strong><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=E7wf2WaN%2B1VXqdhsJT6LCOq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC" target="_blank"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at The Los Angeles Times</font></a></p>
<p><strong>Bachmann Hypocrisy Rampant on Home Loans<br />
</strong><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dSOM1r9bjt1ammj6ygg2q%2Bq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC" target="_blank"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at The National Memo</font></a></p>
<p><strong>President Obama to Announce New Fuel Efficiency Standards on Friday<br />
</strong><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zdqI0bVvswcQ6giNhuKAwOq8Ql%2B%2B0uBC" target="_blank"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at Reuters</font></a></p>
<p><strong>Eric Holder to Meet With 9/11 Families Over Claims of News Corp. Hacking<br />
</strong><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hfrRN9mdxHpfG%2BGRyXJ3PLU4snOrhQft" target="_blank"><font color="#cc0000">Read the Article at The Guardian UK</font></a></p>
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