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Mike Lofgren: A Devil's Dictionary
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t r u t h o u t | 08.08
Mike Lofgren: A Devil's Dictionary
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10739-mike-lofgren-a-devils-dictionary
In this excerpt from Mike Lofgren's exciting new book, "The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless and the Middle Class Got Shafted," he examines some of the newspeak current in our times: Authentic: used to describe a candidate who is unaware of current events and doesn't read a newspaper, and is proud of it.
The Koch Brothers Go After Actor Zach Galifianakis and the Film "The Campaign"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10769-the-koch-brothers-go-after-zach-galifianakis-and-the-campaign
Alyssa Rosenberg, ThinkProgress: "While the Koch brothers have become a staple of political coverage, it's taken longer for them to become fixtures in popular culture, and [Koch Industries' president for government affairs'] response suggests they're not enjoying the attention."
Bill Moyers | Suppressing Votes by Law
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10768-bill-moyers-suppressing-votes-by-law
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company: "How can it be that almost 50 years after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed, we're still fighting that battle in Texas and elsewhere?"
Congress Discovers: For-Profit Colleges Put Profits First
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10742-democratic-members-of-the-committee-on-oversight-and-government-reform-report-on-executive-pay-at-for-profit-colleges
Danny Weil, Truthout: "The Department of Education designed a regulation that stated that at least 35 percent of graduates from the for-profit colleges had to be paying back their student loans in order for a for-profit to continue to receive federal funds, but in a victory for for-profit corporations, the court recently struck the regulation down."
Jail the Bankers or Abolish the Jails?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10771-jail-the-bankers-or-abolish-the-jails
Joe Macare, Truthout: "Can those who want regulatory bodies to bring bankers to justice and those who seek a radical overhaul or dismantling of America's criminal justice system work together? Truthout assembled a panel at New York's Brecht Forum on August 1 to discuss these issues."
A Critical Mass for Real Food
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10779-a-critical-mass-for-real-food
Anim Steel, Yes! Magazine: "The old logic of the slave plantation is still the logic of our industrial food system, 500 years in the making. There's a new way of thinking, and it's taking off."
Why Afghanistan Can't Wait
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10783-why-afghanistan-cant-wait
Kathy Kelly and Dr. Hakim, RootsAction: "In small ways, real strength asserts itself - in small work, repeated a thousand fold, by people like the Afghan Peace Volunteers ... in small actions we invite the world to emulate the torrent that erodes walls, with which we build an alternative to the lie of exceptionalism, the lie of security, the lie of violence."
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Texas Gov. Rick Perry Did It - Texas Executes Man Who Is Mentally Disabled, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10792-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-corporations-are-to-pay-as-much-as-8-billion-in-fraud-settlements-this-year-to-the-government-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Corporations are on track to pay as much as $8 billion in fraud settlements this year to the US government; Texas Gov. Rick Perry executed a man who's mentally disabled, despite the Supreme Court ruling stating this violates the Eighth Amendment's protection against cruel and unusual punishment; America's ten most profitable corporations paid an average income tax rate of just 9 percent last year; and more.
Jim Hightower | The People's Choice! Only, Not Really
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10770-the-peoples-choice-only-not-really
Jim Hightower, Truthout: "If you thought right-wing politicos couldn't get any goofier, take a peek at Texas on 'Cruz Control.' Ted Cruz is America's latest tea party darling, having just pulled off a political contortion in Texas that few would've thought humanly possible: He got to the right of Gov. Rick Perry!"
The Summer of Solidarity: Direct Action Against Extraction
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10780-the-summer-of-solidarity-direct-action-against-extraction
Candice Bernd, Campus Progress: "If one thing is sure, this summer won't be remembered as one where young environmentalists twiddled their thumbs while wild fires broke out across Colorado and record temperatures were set across the nation. Instead, this summer will go down as one of the hottest, not only in terms of temperature, but also in terms of resistance."
The Dark Knight's Mushroom Cloud
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10720-the-dark-knight-rises
Michael R. Miller, Truthout: "What am I saying? That Time Warner's 'The Dark Night Rises' is pro-nuclear propaganda? ... You bet I am."
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Government May Wiretap US Citizens Without Warrants, Federal Judges Rule
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/11651-government-may-wiretap-us-citizens-without-warrants-federal-judge-rule
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "Unfortunately, a federal judge appellate panel just ruled that the United States government may wiretap American citizens without a warrant being necessary. This legal finding means that any of us may have our telephone conversations monitored and recorded by US intelligence and law enforcement agencies."
Glenn Beck's Favorite "Historian" Is Called Out by Christian Scholars
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truthout.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/11652-glenn-beck-s-favorite-historian-is-being-called-out-by-christian-scholars
Department of Homeland Security Crushed This Analyst for Warning About Far-Right Terror
Read the Article at Wired
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/08/dhs/
Chevron Faces Heat Over Refinery Blaze
Read the Article at CBS
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57488928/chevron-faces-heat-over-refinery-blaze/
Students With Disabilities Twice as Likely to Be Suspended - Highest Rates Among Black Children With Disabilities
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/education/analysis-examines-disabled-students-suspensions.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_ee_20120808
Companies Are Set to Pay $8 Billion to Settle Charges of Ripping Off the Government. No CEOs Have Been Charged
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2012/08/07/biggest_story_you_missed_4/?source=newsletter
Alleged Chinese-Mexican Meth Lord Is Causing a Headache for Sheldon Adelson
Read the Article at Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/zhenli-ye-gon-causes-trouble-for-las-vegas-sands-2012-8
Medicare for Everyone
Read the Article at McClatchy Newspapers
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/08/07/160417/commentary-medicare-for-everyone.html
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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>Government May Wiretap US Citizens Without Warrants, Federal Judges Rule </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>"Unfortunately, a federal judge appellate panel just ruled that the United States government may wiretap American citizens without a warrant being necessary. This legal finding means that any of us may have our telephone conversations monitored and recorded by US intelligence and law enforcement agencies."</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=96J5F21YSIworKrhAM%2B169TFuLL0i0wZ"><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>Glenn Beck's Favorite "Historian" Is Called Out by Christian Scholars</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bFrKkvn18xytIaTHjftSs9TFuLL0i0wZ"><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>Department of Homeland Security Crushed This Analyst for Warning About Far-Right Terror</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=b7xsJ1Wx3y9tNWcQNsO0WdTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Read the Article at Wired</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Chevron Faces Heat Over Refinery Blaze</strong></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>Students With Disabilities Twice as Likely to Be Suspended - Highest Rates Among Black Children With Disabilities</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xIolIGyipBM3B6%2F%2FPN0e5NTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Companies Are Set to Pay $8 Billion to Settle Charges of Ripping Off the Government. No CEOs Have Been Charged</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ymSbdnyhdu5sBSLl5Gl%2FzdTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Read the Article at Salon</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Alleged Chinese-Mexican Meth Lord Is Causing a Headache for Sheldon Adelson</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=x3oT9vlRRJ69%2BdaIOeGZ%2B9TFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Read the Article at Business Insider</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Medicare for Everyone</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FzKZMGQ%2FS2k01eVRukYzOtTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Read the Article at McClatchy Newspapers</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Xr%2BzvsOTCmsH1Y%2FO5CU6hNTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Mike Lofgren: A Devil's Dictionary</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">In this excerpt from Mike Lofgren's exciting new book, "The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless and the Middle Class Got Shafted," he examines some of the newspeak current in our times: Authentic: used to describe a candidate who is unaware of current events and doesn't read a newspaper, and is proud of it.</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7cMHXCI3UMut7ydTzZWQ49TFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Read the Excerpt</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MubGcTUSKc8306yrfKVtcNTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>The Koch Brothers Go After Actor Zach Galifianakis and the Film "The Campaign"</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>Alyssa Rosenberg, ThinkProgress:</strong> "While the Koch brothers have become a staple of political coverage, it's taken longer for them to become fixtures in popular culture, and [Koch Industries' president for government affairs'] response suggests they're not enjoying the attention."</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=M9RX%2FUT%2FUarnC97MBbi7%2B9TFuLL0i0wZ"><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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=P0trIRQb5fDewGbkmWXMl9TFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Bill Moyers | Suppressing Votes by 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>Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company:</strong> "How can it be that almost 50 years after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed, we're still fighting that battle in Texas and elsewhere?"</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BvjzMa0FQBHz8c39VxlTEtTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vTmtUPmXBG%2FkbUxWpWB3eNTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Congress Discovers: For-Profit Colleges Put Profits First</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>Danny Weil, Truthout:</strong> "The Department of Education designed a regulation that stated that at least 35 percent of graduates from the for-profit colleges had to be paying back their student loans in order for a for-profit to continue to receive federal funds, but in a victory for for-profit corporations, the court recently struck the regulation down."</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rsQBW0qPV3NztHkFkad4PdTFuLL0i0wZ"><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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=d9sBQf0UpNB4QnWZdUTdqtTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Jail the Bankers or Abolish the Jails?</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>Joe Macare, Truthout:</strong> "Can those who want regulatory bodies to bring bankers to justice and those who seek a radical overhaul or dismantling of America's criminal justice system work together? Truthout assembled a panel at New York's Brecht Forum on August 1 to discuss these issues."</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GYAOpHvTO2wvMOXq2v9mkNTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Watch the Video and 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IVcxPXGZFbhSivO5XWvPEtTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>A Critical Mass for Real Food</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>Anim Steel, Yes! Magazine:</strong> "The old logic of the slave plantation is still the logic of our industrial food system, 500 years in the making. There's a new way of thinking, and it's taking off."</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KOkTl41m3OfQn27jQtjyKtTFuLL0i0wZ"><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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eM78Tl%2B91LKtz4yvD%2F9cRNTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Why Afghanistan Can't Wait</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>Kathy Kelly and Dr. Hakim, RootsAction:</strong> "In small ways, real strength asserts itself - in small work, repeated a thousand fold, by people like the Afghan Peace Volunteers ... in small actions we invite the world to emulate the torrent that erodes walls, with which we build an alternative to the lie of exceptionalism, the lie of security, the lie of violence."</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KTYVQHzzCTBMDDodtTz8g9TFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Texas Gov. Rick Perry Did It - Texas Executes Man Who Is Mentally Disabled, and More</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>In today's On the News segment:</strong> Corporations are on track to pay as much as $8 billion in fraud settlements this year to the US government; Texas Gov. Rick Perry executed a man who's mentally disabled, despite the Supreme Court ruling stating this violates the Eighth Amendment's protection against cruel and unusual punishment; America's ten most profitable corporations paid an average income tax rate of just 9 percent last year; and more.</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=x3oT9vlRRJ5Zk%2Bes7Nx04NTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Jim Hightower | The People's Choice! Only, Not Really</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>Jim Hightower, Truthout:</strong> "If you thought right-wing politicos couldn't get any goofier, take a peek at Texas on 'Cruz Control.' Ted Cruz is America's latest tea party darling, having just pulled off a political contortion in Texas that few would've thought humanly possible: He got to the right of Gov. Rick Perry!"</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xRffkG0rvyvBz3rGPl%2FtR9TFuLL0i0wZ"><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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7qP2Bj%2BfXll%2BwvslCdlvUNTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>The Summer of Solidarity: Direct Action Against Extraction</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>Candice Bernd, Campus Progress:</strong> "If one thing is sure, this summer won't be remembered as one where young environmentalists twiddled their thumbs while wild fires broke out across Colorado and record temperatures were set across the nation. Instead, this summer will go down as one of the hottest, not only in terms of temperature, but also in terms of resistance."</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=x2rwQn2aPdD2gimQz0RHldTFuLL0i0wZ"><strong>Watch the Video and 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZQq1PrqYdzUgIjrs%2BAy%2FHYRinAfEBG1j"><strong>The Dark Knight's Mushroom Cloud</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 R. Miller, Truthout:</strong> "What am I saying? That Time Warner's 'The Dark Night Rises' is pro-nuclear propaganda? ... You bet I am."</p>
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