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Are US Religious Fundamentalists Any Different Than Middle Eastern
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Michael Franti: "Music Gives Us New Energy and a Stronger Sense of Purpose"
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11066-michael-franti-music-gives-us-new-e=
nergy-and-a-stronger-sense-of-purpose
Rebecca Carter, Truthout: "Always combining the spiritual with the politica=
l, [Musician Michael] Franti's message of 'power to the peaceful' is as apr=
opos and poignant on stage as on the street amongst an Occupy crowd. I spok=
e with Franti about his activism and his artistry."
Akin for the Truth: How Are US Religious Fundamentalists Any Different Than=
Middle Eastern Ones?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11068-akin-for-the-truth-how-are-us-relig=
ious-fundamentalists-any-different-than-middle-eastern-ones
Shirin Sadeghi, Truthout: "Are we to believe that a fundamentalist in a sui=
t is less scary than a fundamentalist in a beard, even if both are spouting=
hatred against women?"
Reporting on Corn Shortage Does Our Future a Disservice by Overlooking Clim=
ate Change Link
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11042-reporting-on-corn-shortage-does-our=
-future-a-disservice-by-overlooking-climate-change-link
Ravi Katari, Truthout: "Big news this week highlights the sharp decrease in=
US corn production due to the worst drought in 50 years=E2=80=A6. [But] cu=
rrent discussion makes it seem as if this 'extreme weather' were an amusing=
anomaly to be solved by market manipulations and financial precision."
Trade Group Funded by Monsanto Creates Children's Book
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11111-trade-group-funded-by-monsanto-creates=
-childrens-book
Rebekah Wilce, PRWatch: "Monsanto and its cohorts' =E2=80=A6 trade group C=
BI ... is busily educating children on the supposed benefits of GMOs."
The Human Cost of War on Iran
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11112-the-human-cost-of-war-on-iran
Elizabeth Murray, Consortium News: "As Israel threatens to bomb Iran, U.S. =
pundits are again pontificating about the necessity of war and opining abou=
t military tactics. Left out of their frame is the certainty of mass human =
suffering, a reality forgotten since the days of the Vietnam War."
On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Shooting in New York Leaves Two Dead, and=
More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11109-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-a-shoot=
ing-in-new-york-leaves-two-dead-and-more
In today's On the News segment: A mass shooting around the Empire State Bui=
lding in New York City leaves two dead and at least nine people wounded; th=
e Tax Policy Center found that Mitt Romney's tax reform plan includes a mas=
sive tax cut for the top 2% of Americans and transnational corporations - b=
ut it pays for the cut by raising taxes on the middle class; the Federal Re=
serve sold off its last remaining shares of troubled insurance giant AIG on=
Thursday; and more.
Documents Show Details on Romney Family Trusts
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11115-documents-show-details-on-romney-famil=
y-trusts
Nicholas Confessore and Julie Creswell, The New York Times News Service: "H=
undreds of pages of confidential internal documents from the private equity=
firm Bain Capital published online Thursday provided new details on invest=
ments held by the Romney family's trusts, as well as aggressive strategies =
that Bain appears to have used to minimize its investors' and partners' tax=
liabilities."
Occupy Wall Street, Flash Movements and American Politics
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11116-occupy-wall-street-flash-movements-and=
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David Plotke, Dissent Magazine: "If Occupy was mainly a vivid and significa=
nt flash movement that had a real effect on public debate, that's important=
now and later=E2=80=A6. Initiatives from outside the centers of political =
power can rapidly shift the terms of political debate and act."
Green Is Good for Us All
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11117-green-is-good-for-us-all
Dick Meister, Dick Meister's Blog: "Millions of American workers badly need=
jobs, and the owners of many thousands of commercial buildings badly need =
'green retrofitting' to improve their energy efficiency and thus cut operat=
ional costs while simultaneously helping clean up the environment. The conc=
lusion should be obvious: Let the retrofitting begin, for the benefit of ev=
eryone - those who need the work, the employers who want it done, and the r=
est of us, who would benefit greatly from it."
Romney and Ryan: Right Wing Billionaires Think It's Time to Take the Gloves=
Off
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11114-romney-and-ryan-right-wing-billiona=
ires-think-its-time-to-take-the-gloves-off
Paul Jay, The Real News Network: "John Weeks: The right wing elite think if=
they can make a major breakthrough, they can end the last vestiges of the =
welfare state."
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"Election Observers" Proliferate at Polls
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GOP Attorneys General: Voting Rights Act Should Be Struck Down to Boost Law=
s Suppressing Minority Vote
Read the Article at ThinkProgress
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/24/740401/gop-attorneys-general-vo=
ting-rights-act-should-be-struck-down-to-boost-laws-suppressing-minority-vo=
te/
Cops May Have Been Responsible for All Bystander Injuries in Shooting Near =
Empire State Building
Read the Article at AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-views/cops-may-have-been-responsible-all-b=
ystander-injuries-near-empire-state-building
Wisconsin Attorney General Seeks to Reinstate Voter ID Law
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http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/08/11719/risk-voter-suppression-resurfaces=
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Romney Invested in Company That Is Outsourcing Jobs, Forcing Workers to Tra=
in Their Chinese Replacements
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http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/08/24/744331/romney-invested-in-compa=
ny-that-is-outsourcing-jobs-forcing-workers-to-train-their-chinese-replacem=
ents/
Flood of Secret Campaign Cash: It's Not All Citizens United
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-citizens-united
Six Nutty Examples of Right-Wing "Science"
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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>Rebecca Carter, Truthout:</strong> "Always combining the spiritual with the political, [Musician Michael] Franti's message of 'power to the peaceful' is as apropos and poignant on stage as on the street amongst an Occupy crowd. I spoke with Franti about his activism and his artistry."</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 href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZuWy9pVcciMfKUUa5nBvqFxUzoCCFnqp" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Akin for the Truth: How Are US Religious Fundamentalists Any Different Than Middle Eastern Ones?</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>Shirin Sadeghi, Truthout:</strong> "Are we to believe that a fundamentalist in a suit is less scary than a fundamentalist in a beard, even if both are spouting hatred against women?"</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=p3tveOH%2BHpwj5iRLLowAblxUzoCCFnqp" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </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>Ravi Katari, Truthout:</strong> "Big news this week highlights the sharp decrease in US corn production due to the worst drought in 50 years…. [But] current discussion makes it seem as if this 'extreme weather' were an amusing anomaly to be solved by market manipulations and financial precision."</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 href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BTCsHsgrLKtpjiqdtRUv7lxUzoCCFnqp" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Trade Group Funded by Monsanto Creates Children's Book</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>Rebekah Wilce, PRWatch:</strong> "Monsanto and its cohorts' … trade group CBI ... is busily educating children on the supposed benefits of GMOs."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Kds9M7V77a%2BECUu296Xq%2FVxUzoCCFnqp" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NvijBm0bHjeqF6ccxBsQJq41x8OgMOaQ" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Human Cost of War on Iran</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>Elizabeth Murray, Consortium News:</strong> "As Israel threatens to bomb Iran, U.S. pundits are again pontificating about the necessity of war and opining about military tactics. Left out of their frame is the certainty of mass human suffering, a reality forgotten since the days of the Vietnam War."</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 href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2BhUvsMcTEV7kPANOYxmZVxUzoCCFnqp" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Shooting in New York Leaves Two Dead, 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> A mass shooting around the Empire State Building in New York City leaves two dead and at least nine people wounded; the Tax Policy Center found that Mitt Romney's tax reform plan includes a massive tax cut for the top 2% of Americans and transnational corporations - but it pays for the cut by raising taxes on the middle class; the Federal Reserve sold off its last remaining shares of troubled insurance giant AIG on Thursday; 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 href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Tg7usPDu9ds7NOw%2Bj1qy%2F1xUzoCCFnqp" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Documents Show Details on Romney Family Trusts</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>Nicholas Confessore and Julie Creswell, The New York Times News Service:</strong> "Hundreds of pages of confidential internal documents from the private equity firm Bain Capital published online Thursday provided new details on investments held by the Romney family's trusts, as well as aggressive strategies that Bain appears to have used to minimize its investors' and partners' tax liabilities."</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 href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NP2bB6DK%2FyQOzyEF%2FHyjKlxUzoCCFnqp" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Occupy Wall Street, Flash Movements and American Politics</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>David Plotke, Dissent Magazine:</strong> "If Occupy was mainly a vivid and significant flash movement that had a real effect on public debate, that's important now and later…. Initiatives from outside the centers of political power can rapidly shift the terms of political debate and act."</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>Dick Meister, Dick Meister's Blog:</strong> "Millions of American workers badly need jobs, and the owners of many thousands of commercial buildings badly need 'green retrofitting' to improve their energy efficiency and thus cut operational costs while simultaneously helping clean up the environment. The conclusion should be obvious: Let the retrofitting begin, for the benefit of everyone - those who need the work, the employers who want it done, and the rest of us, who would benefit greatly from it."</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 href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kKw01eoPEVwjqEu20KiLzlxUzoCCFnqp" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Romney and Ryan: Right Wing Billionaires Think It's Time to Take the Gloves Off</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 Jay, The Real News Network:</strong> "John Weeks: The right wing elite think if they can make a major breakthrough, they can end the last vestiges of the welfare state."</p>
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