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Space Tourism for the 1% Will Warm the Globe for the Rest of Us
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Tue Aug 14 16:36:48 2012
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t r u t h o u t | 08.14
Virgin Galactic's Space Tourism Venture for the 1% Will Warm the Globe for the Rest of Us
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10870-rising-inequality-global-warming-and-virgin-galactic
Salvatore Babones, Truthout: "Virgin Galactic, billionaire Richard Branson's space tourism venture, is charging $200,000 a seat for a few minutes of weightlessness and a view from outer space. The firm has so far taken in $70 million in deposits from 536 passengers, according to an August 1 report from Reuters. Call me old-fashioned, but I personally find it morally offensive that some people can afford to spend $200,000 on a three-minute experience when others can't afford food."
Bombings in Afghanistan Kill Dozens of People
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10903-bombings-in-afghanistan-kill-dozens-of-people
Laura King and Hashmat Baktash, The Los Angeles Times: "At least three suicide bombers on Tuesday struck a crowded bazaar in southwestern Afghanistan and then at the gates of the hospital where victims were rushed for treatment, killing at least 29 people and injuring more than 100 others, officials said."
NYPD and Microsoft Launch Advanced Citywide Surveillance System
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10897-paul-harris-nypd-and-microsoft-launch-advanced-citywide-surveillance-system
Paul Harris, The Guardian UK: "New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has unveiled a new crime-fighting system developed with Microsoft - and revealed that the city will take a cut of the profits if it is sold to other administrations."
Richard D. Wolff | Five Reasons Why Crisis Persists
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10805-five-reasons-why-crisis-persists
Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: "This crisis is not going away. Officially begun late in 2007, nearly five years later, no end is in sight. Trillions in government-funded bailouts and interventions failed to do the trick. The private sector's hyped resilience disappeared. 'Recoveries' proved weak, uneven and short-lived. The president who rode the crisis into power risks being ridden out by its persistence."
Obama Defends Freedom of Religion: Be Not Afraid of Mitt Romney
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10867-obama-defends-freedom-of-religion-be-not-afraid-of-mitt-romney
George Lakoff and Elisabeth Wehling, Truthout: "Do you believe in freedom of religion? President Obama does and he is defending Americans' freedom of religion against Mitt Romney and Fox News in the administration of his health care bill."
Ladydrawers | Adventure-Style Living: How Gender Affects the Money Comics Creators Make
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10873-adventure-style-living
Anne Elizabeth Moore, Nicole Boyett and Alex Dahm, Truthout: "Last month, we presented some cold, hard facts about gender inequity in comics, and here's the deal: women, trans folk and non-binary gender creators make up 46 percent of the industry - but only get about 10 percent of the slots available for publishing work. If you're lucky enough to get that work published, the money adds up fast! But if it doesn't: you might be in for a dangerous trek."
Boston Police Newsletter Wracked With Racism, Sexism
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10829-outcry-against-police-union-leaders-bigotry-makes-for-unlikely-alliance-of-cops-occupiers
Dan Massoglia, Truthout: "For the uninitiated, it is almost too fantastic to believe. A police department's union, supremely tone-deaf in a city with a discriminatory history, puts out a newsletter that open-heartedly embraces racism, sexism and homophobia - the very things of which police departments constantly deny accusations of being guilty."
Are US Authorities Increasingly Trying to Limit User Freedom on the Internet in the Name of National Security?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10895-controlling-the-web-are-us-authorities-increasingly-trying-to-limit-user-freedom-on-the-internet-in-the-name-of-national-security
Fault Lines, Al Jazeera: "In January 2012, two controversial pieces of legislation were making their way through the US Congress. SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, the Protect Intellectual Property Act, were meant to crack down on the illegal sharing of digital media. The bills were drafted on request of the content industry, Hollywood studios and major record labels."
A Major Food Organization Is Teaming Up With Monsanto and Friends to Block Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10887-why-a-major-food-organization-is-teaming-up-with-monsanto-and-friends-to-block-your-right-to-know-whats-in-your-food
Ronnie Cummins, AlterNet: "This November, Californians will vote for or against Prop 37, the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act.... The election is three months away, but the battle lines were drawn months ago. Lining up against the consumer's right to know - and throwing plenty of money into the fight - is a long list of industry front groups, food conglomerates and biotech companies."
Impunity at Home, Rendition Abroad: How Two Administrations and Both Parties Made Illegality the American Way of Life
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10891-impunity-at-home-rendition-abroad-how-two-administrations-and-both-parties-made-illegality-the-american-way-of-life
Alfred McCoy, TomDispatch: "After a decade of fiery public debate and bare-knuckle partisan brawling, the United States has stumbled toward an ad hoc bipartisan compromise over the issue of torture that rests on two unsustainable policies: impunity at home and rendition abroad."
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Paul Ryan Pick Has Republican Operatives Enraged, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/10905-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann
In today's On the News segment: The Paul Ryan pick has Republican operatives enraged and believing that Mitt Romney just cost conservatives the White House, the European economy did exactly what economists predicted last quarter ... it shrank, Japan is now home to mutant butterflies, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since June 19 trying to avoid extradition to Sweden and possibly even the United States, and more.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
A Health Care Con Artist: Ryan Claims Universal Coverage Fails in Every Nation
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/11667-a-healthcare-con-artist-ryan-claims-universal-coverage-fails-in-every-nation
Mark Karlin, BuzFlash at Truthout: "Ryan is sort of the Antonin Scalia of the Congress: even some Democrats think he is a 'bold' thinker and whip smart, when he is really just a hyper-ambitious con artist who is full of himself. He knows how to package self-promotion so that it obscures both his intellectual limitations and lengthy trail of contradictions (voting to increase the deficit by trillions under Bush, while running against the so-called ruinous impact of the same deficit under Obama, for example)."
Paul Ryan: Cutthroat Choir Boy
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truthout.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/11668-paul-ryan-cutthroat-choir-boy
Peace Laureates Call on NBC to Cancel New Show: "War Isn't Entertainment"
Read the Article at Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/13-3
Paul Ryan Blasted Obama's Stimulus Plan While Begging for Stimulus Dollars
Read the Article at The Boston Globe
http://bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2012/08/13/paul-ryan-district-supported-energy-funds-while-decrying-stimulus-program/qkXIN2eHgyt4yyBSH81WEJ/story.html
Chalk Up the Sidewalk, Go to Jail
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/08/war-chalk-arrests
Romney Event in Florida Hosted by Convicted Cocaine Trafficker
Read the Article at DailyKos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/14/1119948/-Romney-event-hosted-by-convicted-cocaine-trafficker
Tea Party House Candidate Calls for Troops Along Arizona Border to "Start Shooting"
Read the Article at ThinkProgress
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/14/687411/tea-party-house-candidate-calls-for-troops-along-arizona-border-to-start-shooting/
Obama Announces Measures to Soothe Drought Pain
Read the Article at Reuters
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/13/usa-campaign-obama-idINL2E8JD0ND20120813
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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>A Health Care Con Artist: Ryan Claims Universal Coverage Fails in Every Nation </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>"Ryan is sort of the Antonin Scalia of the Congress: even some Democrats think he is a 'bold' thinker and whip smart, when he is really just a hyper-ambitious con artist who is full of himself. He knows how to package self-promotion so that it obscures both his intellectual limitations and lengthy trail of contradictions (voting to increase the deficit by trillions under Bush, while running against the so-called ruinous impact of the same deficit under Obama, for example)."</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=R5GmMDldiAV%2FB%2FHB1NDwjrtkj1SevK4s"><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>Paul Ryan: Cutthroat Choir Boy</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=2ZDDZoG6xT4vnrJXrP1frqQGnz50NN7I"><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>Peace Laureates Call on NBC to Cancel New Show: "War Isn't Entertainment"</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>Paul Ryan Blasted Obama's Stimulus Plan While Begging for Stimulus Dollars</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=XV7p1LZVrjUumx0ntPPonrtkj1SevK4s"><strong>Read the Article at The Boston Globe</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Chalk Up the Sidewalk, Go to Jail</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=vLxwMqXUC%2FBSVlE9DTFOKbtkj1SevK4s"><strong>Read the Article at Mother Jones</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Romney Event in Florida Hosted by Convicted Cocaine Trafficker</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=z%2BdsZPl0WQQuyRn2%2FJkWmrtkj1SevK4s"><strong>Read the Article at DailyKos</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Tea Party House Candidate Calls for Troops Along Arizona Border to "Start Shooting"</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=UV%2BNSt67X%2FzW4cLVEJFe5rtkj1SevK4s"><strong>Read the Article at ThinkProgress</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Obama Announces Measures to Soothe Drought Pain</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=08PbLRbkHobzbnz%2FD189lLtkj1SevK4s"><strong>Read the Article at Reuters</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=tpKXKDuZsl7wQpXl8%2FVYjrtkj1SevK4s"><strong>Virgin Galactic's Space Tourism Venture for the 1% Will Warm the Globe for the Rest of Us</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>Salvatore Babones, Truthout:</strong> "Virgin Galactic, billionaire Richard Branson's space tourism venture, is charging $200,000 a seat for a few minutes of weightlessness and a view from outer space. The firm has so far taken in $70 million in deposits from 536 passengers, according to an August 1 report from Reuters. Call me old-fashioned, but I personally find it morally offensive that some people can afford to spend $200,000 on a three-minute experience when others can't afford food."</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=nRDoNH1EhjgJp9K%2FPX3uSrtkj1SevK4s"><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=AlQEuyWpXM9NTyN1Xbr4mLtkj1SevK4s"><strong>Bombings in Afghanistan Kill Dozens of People</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>Laura King and Hashmat Baktash, The Los Angeles Times:</strong> "At least three suicide bombers on Tuesday struck a crowded bazaar in southwestern Afghanistan and then at the gates of the hospital where victims were rushed for treatment, killing at least 29 people and injuring more than 100 others, officials said."</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=keIkEf6WD3aIBz%2FcqDqOw7tkj1SevK4s"><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=s3uhD9VtjjCKqrAYFLaMZbtkj1SevK4s"><strong>NYPD and Microsoft Launch Advanced Citywide Surveillance System</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>Paul Harris, The Guardian UK:</strong> "New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has unveiled a new crime-fighting system developed with Microsoft - and revealed that the city will take a cut of the profits if it is sold to other administrations."</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=0Cdzz1oqtJXNsnErW9I3B7tkj1SevK4s"><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=0DCeFdf4zPMReUFMaNTdu7tkj1SevK4s"><strong>Richard D. Wolff | Five Reasons Why Crisis Persists</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>Richard D. Wolff, Truthout:</strong> "This crisis is not going away. Officially begun late in 2007, nearly five years later, no end is in sight. Trillions in government-funded bailouts and interventions failed to do the trick. The private sector's hyped resilience disappeared. 'Recoveries' proved weak, uneven and short-lived. The president who rode the crisis into power risks being ridden out by its persistence."</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=AjcVBad8q06edAqTdl2LUbtkj1SevK4s"><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=Ium1NXGFfi7c5bU5vcEQybtkj1SevK4s"><strong>Obama Defends Freedom of Religion: Be Not Afraid of Mitt Romney</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>George Lakoff and Elisabeth Wehling, Truthout:</strong> "Do you believe in freedom of religion? President Obama does and he is defending Americans' freedom of religion against Mitt Romney and Fox News in the administration of his health care bill."</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=IVbLX0STXCMvt3sL8KBT3btkj1SevK4s"><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=gHlqtN4AwjpXQtsgekTFsbtkj1SevK4s"><strong>Ladydrawers | Adventure-Style Living: How Gender Affects the Money Comics Creators Make</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>Anne Elizabeth Moore, Nicole Boyett and Alex Dahm, Truthout:</strong> "Last month, we presented some cold, hard facts about gender inequity in comics, and here's the deal: women, trans folk and non-binary gender creators make up 46 percent of the industry - but only get about 10 percent of the slots available for publishing work. If you're lucky enough to get that work published, the money adds up fast! But if it doesn't: you might be in for a dangerous trek."</p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Dan Massoglia, Truthout:</strong> "For the uninitiated, it is almost too fantastic to believe. A police department's union, supremely tone-deaf in a city with a discriminatory history, puts out a newsletter that open-heartedly embraces racism, sexism and homophobia - the very things of which police departments constantly deny accusations of being guilty."</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=0ntiqhAHGQENwC38qIHl%2B7tkj1SevK4s"><strong>Are US Authorities Increasingly Trying to Limit User Freedom on the Internet in the Name of National Security?</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>Fault Lines, Al Jazeera:</strong> "In January 2012, two controversial pieces of legislation were making their way through the US Congress. SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, the Protect Intellectual Property Act, were meant to crack down on the illegal sharing of digital media. The bills were drafted on request of the content industry, Hollywood studios and major record labels."</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=5OONoROsAJ%2B382xH2V2w9rtkj1SevK4s"><strong>A Major Food Organization Is Teaming Up With Monsanto and Friends to Block Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods</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>Ronnie Cummins, AlterNet:</strong> "This November, Californians will vote for or against Prop 37, the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act.... The election is three months away, but the battle lines were drawn months ago. Lining up against the consumer's right to know - and throwing plenty of money into the fight - is a long list of industry front groups, food conglomerates and biotech companies."</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=%2B%2F7Do0R1Iri%2B0dfqXPdH9rtkj1SevK4s"><strong>Impunity at Home, Rendition Abroad: How Two Administrations and Both Parties Made Illegality the American Way of Life</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>Alfred McCoy, TomDispatch:</strong> "After a decade of fiery public debate and bare-knuckle partisan brawling, the United States has stumbled toward an ad hoc bipartisan compromise over the issue of torture that rests on two unsustainable policies: impunity at home and rendition abroad."</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=yw8bShXikSOqOz%2BY%2FVnuFLtkj1SevK4s"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Paul Ryan Pick Has Republican Operatives Enraged, 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> The Paul Ryan pick has Republican operatives enraged and believing that Mitt Romney just cost conservatives the White House, the European economy did exactly what economists predicted last quarter ... it shrank, Japan is now home to mutant butterflies, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since June 19 trying to avoid extradition to Sweden and possibly even the United States, and more.</p>
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