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Romney Versus Realonomy: A Peek Inside the Bubble
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t r u t h o u t | 09.28
Romney Versus Realonomy: A Peek Inside the Bubble
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11825-romney-versus-realonomy-a-peek-inside-the-bubble
Salvatore Babones, Truthout: In the real economy - the place where the 99% live and work - it's hard to take Mitt Romney's plan seriously; but let's try to make sense of it anyway, unhindered by logic, arithmetic or the laws of time, space and gravity.
Blood, Gold and Coke: The Price of Free Trade in Colombia
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11817-blood-gold-and-coke-the-price-of-free-trade-in-columbia
David Bacon, Truthout: The Colombia Free Trade Agreement opens Colombia to foreign corporations and investment, creating an improved environment for the exploitation of natural resources and labor. Union leaders, activists, farmers, indigenous and Afro-Colombian peoples are paying the price - in blood.
Poll: California Voters Overwhelmingly Support Ballot Initiative to Label GMO Foods
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11837-poll-california-voters-overwhelmingly-support-ballot-initiative-to-label-gmo-foods
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: The poll was conducted before an onslaught of ads funded by Big Ag players like Monsanto, but it remains to be seen whether that campaign can put a significant dent in the 2-to-1 margin by which poll respondents supported Proposition 37.
Robert Reich | Romney's Goal for the Companies Bain Acquired: "Harvest Them at Significant Profit"
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11827-romneys-goal-for-the-companies-bain-acquired-harvest-them-at-significant-profit
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: Robert Reich argues that Mitt Romney's "business experience" does not a president make. Rather, we need someone in the White House who understands that the economy is about employing people, not "harvesting" profit.
Revised Labor Department Figures Find an Extra 386,000 Jobs
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11829-revised-labor-department-figures-find-an-extra-386000-jobs
Jim Puzzanghera, The Los Angeles Times: The Labor Department reviewed its employment data and found that 386,000 more jobs were created than it originally had reported in August.
Bill Moyers | Election Expert Richard Hasen on Voter Fraud and Disenfranchisement
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11838-election-expert-richard-hasen-on-voter-fraud-and-disenfranchisement
Lauren Feeney, Moyers & Company: Bill Moyers caught up with author Richard Hasen to talk about election fraud, voter suppression and the chances that either could make the difference in a close election this November.
Obama Versus Romney: Everything You Need to Know About Where the Candidates Stand on Energy Policy
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11834-obama-vs-romney-everything-you-need-to-know-about-where-the-candidates-stand-on-energy-policy
Daniel J. Weiss and Jackie Weidman, ThinkProgress: The next president faces energy challenges in a changing world. Here is a chart to outline the differences between Obama's and Romney's outlook on energy policy.
Eugene Robinson | Deluded by "Skewed" Polls
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11841-deluded-by-skewed-polls
Eugene Robinson, Washington Post Writers Group: Conservatives are abuzz with a new conspiracy theory: Polls showing Obama with a lead over Mitt Romney are deliberately being skewed by the "Liberal Mainstream Media." This is denial and self-delusion but not of the harmless kind.
All Charges From Occupy Chicago Mass Arrests at "The Horse" Dismissed
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11828-all-charges-from-occupy-chicago-mass-arrests-at-the-horse-dismissed
Rosa Trakhtensky, Occupied Chicago Tribune: The mass midnight arrests of Occupiers in October at Grant Park were ruled unconstitutional by a Chicago court, on the basis that the city arbitrarily enforced its curfew because of the content of the protesters' speech.
Alice Walker on 30th Anniversary of "The Color Purple": Racism, Violence Against Women Are Global Issues
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11836-alice-walker-on-30th-anniversary-of-the-color-purple-racism-violence-against-women-are-global-issues
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: Amy Goodman interviews author Alice Walker about her book "The Color Purple," and explores some of its central characters and their connection to her own family history.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Netanyahu Stops Flirting With Romney, Tilts Toward Obama in UN Speech
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17542-netanyahu-stops-flirting-with-romney-tilts-toward-obama-in-un-speech
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: "When the king of the Israeli neocons abandons you Mitt, it's all over."
Which Republican Senator Put a Hold on Veterans' Benefits Bill?
Read the Article at The Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/27/which-senator-put-a-hold-on-veterans-benefits-bill.html
Romney's Tax Fairness Garbage
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17540-romney-s-tax-fairness-garbage
There's Something Happening Here
Read the Article at The Chicago Tribune
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-09-27/news/ct-perspec-0927-labor-20120927_1_state-workers-strike-ctu-strike-labor-relations
Glenn Greenwald | Iraqi-American Is Imprisoned by US for Saving His Family From US Sanctions
Read the Article at The Guardian UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/28/iraq-us-constitution-and-civil-liberties?newsfeed=true
Jonathan Chait | The Poetic Justice of Romney's Self-Immolation
Read the Article at New York Magazine
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/09/poetic-justice-of-romneys-self-immolation.html
Anti-Austerity Protests Reignite on Streets of Greece and Spain
Read the Article at PBS NewsHour
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/09/anti-austerity-protests-reignite-on-streets-of-greece-and-spain.html
Samuel L. Jackson Tells Voters to "Wake the F--k Up!"
Watch the Video at YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK7QfCEEiBs&feature=player_embedded
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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>"When the king of the Israeli neocons abandons you Mitt, it's all over."</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ilKUQgDLV7VfsbuAkkKzPjyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>Which Republican Senator Put a Hold on Veterans' Benefits Bill?</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pbh0DrlsAfDV%2B%2BjGyGZsqDyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Daily Beast</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's Tax Fairness Garbage</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lOq03Nz2v6fDdavbUQSwfDyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>There's Something Happening Here</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>Glenn Greenwald | Iraqi-American Is Imprisoned by US for Saving His Family From US Sanctions</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>Jonathan Chait | The Poetic Justice of Romney's Self-Immolation</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DunbEpP2MwUyvBzbyIFDmDyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at New York Magazine</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Anti-Austerity Protests Reignite on Streets of Greece and Spain</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=g%2BJPutymItbKIvOXZT52LTyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at PBS NewsHour</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Samuel L. Jackson Tells Voters to "Wake the F--k Up!"</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=53BsUd%2Bm4ZkaEtvMreRazTyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video at YouTube</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 href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Wk2IAFgWZmftv453APGupDyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Romney Versus Realonomy: A Peek Inside the Bubble</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> In the real economy - the place where the 99% live and work - it's hard to take Mitt Romney's plan seriously; but let's try to make sense of it anyway, unhindered by logic, arithmetic or the laws of time, space and gravity.</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=n0lSYP27XhP1rZxK7TbGUzyMC5ZjoqZX" 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=eOUz9N743E7IHMsqDp1uVDyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Blood, Gold and Coke: The Price of Free Trade in Colombia</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 Bacon, Truthout:</strong> The Colombia Free Trade Agreement opens Colombia to foreign corporations and investment, creating an improved environment for the exploitation of natural resources and labor. Union leaders, activists, farmers, indigenous and Afro-Colombian peoples are paying the price - in blood.</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=k4yKxPLl%2BzN1LZRH%2Fv%2BA6TyMC5ZjoqZX" 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=n%2BME%2BwxSJOyUX4Ysqi6aITyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Poll: California Voters Overwhelmingly Support Ballot Initiative to Label GMO 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>Mike Ludwig, Truthout:</strong> The poll was conducted before an onslaught of ads funded by Big Ag players like Monsanto, but it remains to be seen whether that campaign can put a significant dent in the 2-to-1 margin by which poll respondents supported Proposition 37.</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=ryioa8U5zgAVgPR4ILoJ1zyMC5ZjoqZX" 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=pXPBq%2BLYv9GhpZa6LRrWFzyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Robert Reich | Romney's Goal for the Companies Bain Acquired: "Harvest Them at Significant Profit"</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>Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog:</strong> Robert Reich argues that Mitt Romney's "business experience" does not a president make. Rather, we need someone in the White House who understands that the economy is about employing people, not "harvesting" profit.</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=3aghi5k0Pm86%2BI8lRva7oDyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article and Watch the Video</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=cZ9Hmv9XZ%2FMxu43kaJy3SjyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Revised Labor Department Figures Find an Extra 386,000 Jobs</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 Puzzanghera, The Los Angeles Times:</strong> The Labor Department reviewed its employment data and found that 386,000 more jobs were created than it originally had reported in August.</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=HfQuWBL1KoLqGF1Wj0owiQu0NPOnZuQJ" 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=1e5o17ULY7qaYbp1DUkGcjyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Bill Moyers | Election Expert Richard Hasen on Voter Fraud and Disenfranchisement</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>Lauren Feeney, Moyers & Company:</strong> Bill Moyers caught up with author Richard Hasen to talk about election fraud, voter suppression and the chances that either could make the difference in a close election this November.</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=2HBhNT1tmcBR5r4b5y%2F7BQu0NPOnZuQJ" 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=dStgWSfMvmGbjxGPxABrtjyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Obama Versus Romney: Everything You Need to Know About Where the Candidates Stand on Energy Policy</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>Daniel J. Weiss and Jackie Weidman, ThinkProgress:</strong> The next president faces energy challenges in a changing world. Here is a chart to outline the differences between Obama's and Romney's outlook on energy policy.</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=2VbyWp0OyusbTXMRW2UbvDyMC5ZjoqZX" 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=pDa7XSpId29uqIjUka2Q7jyMC5ZjoqZX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Eugene Robinson | Deluded by "Skewed" Polls</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>Rosa Trakhtensky, Occupied Chicago Tribune:</strong> The mass midnight arrests of Occupiers in October at Grant Park were ruled unconstitutional by a Chicago court, on the basis that the city arbitrarily enforced its curfew because of the content of the protesters' speech.</p>
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