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William Rivers Pitt | The Ballot or the Bullet
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William Rivers Pitt | The Ballot or the Bullet
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10605-the-ballot-or-the-bullet
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "A nation that cannot summon the will or self-interest to turn out more than 60 percent of its populace during a presidential election is a nation that happily puts its own neck in the noose, and then pules like a spoiled child when the rope chafes and constricts."
Chris Hedges | The Ruling Elite and the Perversion of Scholarship
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10590-the-ruling-elite-and-the-perversion-of-scholarship
Chris Hedges, Truthdig: "Fraternities, sororities and football, along with other outsized athletic programs, have decimated most major American universities. They have inverted the traditional values of scholarship to turn four years of college into a mindless quest for collective euphoria and athletic dominance."
In Israel, Romney Talks Tough Against Iran
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10596-in-israel-romney-talks-tough-against-iran
Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy Newspapers: "Romney had to back away from a statement from a top adviser promising support for unilateral Israeli military action against Iran."
Terrifying Peace: Living Within a Permanent War Economy
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10384-terrifying-peace-living-within-a-permanent-war-economy
Kingsley Dennis, Truthout: "Much of the world has been plunged into a state of mental and emotional warfare; the heightened activities of terrifying peace now characterize the social construction of the global war on terror."
Dean Baker | The CEO Plan to Steal Your Social Security and Medicare
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10600-the-ceo-plan-to-steal-your-social-security-and-medicare
Dean Baker, Truthout: "Many of the same folks who brought the economy to ruin just a few years ago are now going to come up with a plan that is supposed to set the budget and the economy on a forward path. At the center of their proposal are big cuts in Social Security and Medicare."
US Policing: Institutionalizing Brutality?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10597-us-policing-institutionalizing-brutality
Shihab Rattansi, Al Jazeera English: "Extreme police tactics are not a new phenomenon in the US. But in the age of social media, police violence, such as the shooting of unarmed people and the use of pepper spray and taser guns, is being documented for the world to see."
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Probe Reveals For-Profit Colleges' Questionable Compensation Practices, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10611-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-house-committee-investigation-yields-findings-critical-of-for-profit-colleges-compensation-practices-and-more
In today's On the News segment: The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform finds for-profit colleges pay executives massive salaries based solely on schools' profitability, a Koch-bankrolled climate scientist hired to debunk climate change evidence bites the wealthy hand that feeds him, Justice Antonin Scalia tells Fox News there's no right to privacy in the Constitution, and more.
Syria: What Russia and China Have Learned From the Last NATO War
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10591-syria-what-russia-and-china-have-learned-from-the-last-nato-war
Uwe-Jurgen Ness, Uwe-Jurgen Ness: "In the last few days, the UN Security Council passed two resolutions on the civil war in Syria, on the basis of which the first part of a UN mission was delegated in order to ensure a ceasefire. What the media coverage misses is the question of what position the Security Council is taking vis-a-vis the use of force: who will answer for acts of violence and violations of human rights?"
Paraguay's Bitter Harvest: Monsanto and Rio Tinto Reap Benefits From Coup Government
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10610-paraguays-bitter-harvest-monsanto-and-rio-tinto-reap-benefits-from-coup-government
Benjamin Dangl, Toward Freedom: Shortly after taking office, Federico Franco's right-wing government fast-tracked a deal for a $4 billion dollar aluminum plant on the shores of the Parana River and moved ahead to approve the use of GMO cotton seeds.
As Aurora Holds the Nation's Attention, Police Shootings Are a Daily Routine
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10594-police-shootings-echo-nationwide-aurora-gets-the-attention-but-guns-are-going-off-everywhere
Stephen Salisbury, TomDispatch: While the media is saturated by coverage of the Aurora movie theater shootings, police continue to shoot and kill people across the country: Many are young; many are people of color; some are armed; and some, like Manuel Diaz in Anaheim, are not.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Tuberculosis Contamination May Spread in Florida Due to Cutbacks by Florida Gov. Rick Scott
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13636
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "The governor of the Sunshine State - if criminal justice were fair and not subject to granting the wealthy impunity - would very possibly be serving a prison term instead of being ensconced in Florida's governor's mansion. Therefore, it is tragically ironic that, according to The Political Carnival, 'Florida sends TB patients to [a] $35-a-night motel,' and that Rick Scott's state government is 'accused of [the] covering up of the worst TB outbreak in 20 years.'"
Privatization: The Big Joke That Isn't Funny
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://buzzflash.org/node/13634
House Republicans Campaign to Narrow Access to Birth Control, Abortion Care and Cancer Screenings
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/opinion/republicans-vs-women.html?hp
Voter ID Laws Could Swing Swing States
Read the Article at Politico
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/79103.html#ixzz226jCsgSj
What's Chick-fil-A's "Biblically Based Principles" Got to Do With Being Anti-Gay?
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://buzzflash.org/node/13635
Candidates Look Overseas for Campaign Cash
Read the Article at The Associated Press
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/30/2920570/candidates-look-overseas-for-campaign.html
Charlie Rose: Capitalism in Crisis?
Read the Article at The Charlie Rose Show
http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/12474
Keystone XL Pipeline Is Issue of Property Rights for Some Ranchers
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/keystone-xl-pipeline-is-issue-of-property-rights-for-some-ranchers/2012/07/27/gJQAqlQgDX_story.html?wpisrc=nl_wonk
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<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>"The governor of the Sunshine State - if criminal justice were fair and not subject to granting the wealthy impunity - would very possibly be serving a prison term instead of being ensconced in Florida's governor's mansion. Therefore, it is tragically ironic that, according to The Political Carnival, 'Florida sends TB patients to [a] $35-a-night motel,' and that Rick Scott's state government is 'accused of [the] covering up of the worst TB outbreak in 20 years.'"</p>
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<h3 style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: normal; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Privatization: The Big Joke That Isn't Funny</h3>
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<h3 style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: normal; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">House Republicans Campaign to Narrow Access to Birth Control, Abortion Care and Cancer Screenings</h3>
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<h3 style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: normal; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's Chick-fil-A's "Biblically Based Principles" Got to Do With Being Anti-Gay?</h3>
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<h3 style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: normal; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Candidates Look Overseas for Campaign Cash</h3>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> "A nation that cannot summon the will or self-interest to turn out more than 60 percent of its populace during a presidential election is a nation that happily puts its own neck in the noose, and then pules like a spoiled child when the rope chafes and constricts."</p>
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<h2 style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: large;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uv0imu%2BkFn2Ehsg4n3iGctknuBiyPJmd">Chris Hedges | The Ruling Elite and the Perversion of Scholarship</a></h2>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Chris Hedges, Truthdig:</strong> "Fraternities, sororities and football, along with other outsized athletic programs, have decimated most major American universities. They have inverted the traditional values of scholarship to turn four years of college into a mindless quest for collective euphoria and athletic dominance."</p>
<h2 style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: small;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FwIynrW76mjn%2F0bzFeJTP9knuBiyPJmd">Read the Article</a> </h2>
<h2 style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: large;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=U9aSRHXp8odhI1Hby0JMiNknuBiyPJmd">In Israel, Romney Talks Tough Against Iran</a></h2>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy Newspapers:</strong> "Romney had to back away from a statement from a top adviser promising support for unilateral Israeli military action against Iran."</p>
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<h2 style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: large;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SrLT6rAMPblWA2TDiAyzOtknuBiyPJmd">Terrifying Peace: Living Within a Permanent War Economy</a></h2>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Kingsley Dennis, Truthout:</strong> "Much of the world has been plunged into a state of mental and emotional warfare; the heightened activities of terrifying peace now characterize the social construction of the global war on terror."</p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Dean Baker, Truthout:</strong> "Many of the same folks who brought the economy to ruin just a few years ago are now going to come up with a plan that is supposed to set the budget and the economy on a forward path. At the center of their proposal are big cuts in Social Security and Medicare."</p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Shihab Rattansi, Al Jazeera English:</strong> "Extreme police tactics are not a new phenomenon in the US. But in the age of social media, police violence, such as the shooting of unarmed people and the use of pepper spray and taser guns, is being documented for the world to see."</p>
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<h2 style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: large;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lCaPzLeoP1qbJg9WzhplrcoGO%2FG09Bb1">On the News With Thom Hartmann: Probe Reveals For-Profit Colleges' Questionable Compensation Practices, and More</a></h2>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>In today's On the News segment:</strong> The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform finds for-profit colleges pay executives massive salaries based solely on schools' profitability, a Koch-bankrolled climate scientist hired to debunk climate change evidence bites the wealthy hand that feeds him, Justice Antonin Scalia tells Fox News there's no right to privacy in the Constitution, and more.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Uwe-Jurgen Ness, Uwe-Jurgen Ness:</strong> "In the last few days, the UN Security Council passed two resolutions on the civil war in Syria, on the basis of which the first part of a UN mission was delegated in order to ensure a ceasefire. What the media coverage misses is the question of what position the Security Council is taking vis-a-vis the use of force: who will answer for acts of violence and violations of human rights?"</p>
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