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Noam Chomsky | Issues That Obama and Romney Avoid
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t r u t h o u t | 10.05
Noam Chomsky | Issues That Obama and Romney Avoid
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11956-noam-chomsky-issues-that-obama-and-romney-avoid
Noam Chomsky, Truthout: There are two issues of overwhelming significance, because the fate of the species is at stake: environmental disaster, and nuclear war. But the only difference between the two political parties is how enthusiastically the lemmings should march toward the cliff.
Unemployment Falls Below 8.0 Percent for the First Time Since January 2009
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11962-unemployment-falls-below-80-percent-for-the-first-time-since-january-2009
Dean Baker, Center for Economic Policy Research: Upward revisions bring the monthly rate of job growth to almost 150,000 since June.
A Repeat of the 2000 Election Crisis Would Be a Disaster for American Democracy
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11922-a-repeat-of-the-2000-crisis-election-would-be-disaster-for-american-democracy
Charles M. Smith, Truthout: A review of the 2000 election suggests we could again experience a crisis election with results that call the United States' republican way of government into question and lead to a general sense that ours is a failed state.
How Big Companies Use Plain English to Rob You Blind
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11958-how-big-companies-use-plain-english-to-rob-you-blind
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Cay Johnston believes that the facts speak for themselves: the government has helped rig the economy to favor corporations and the super-rich.
Americans Press US Ambassador for End to Drone Strikes in Pakistan, and the Ambassador Responds
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11963-americans-press-us-ambassador-for-end-to-drone-strikes-in-pakistan-and-the-ambassador-responds
Robert Naiman, Truthout: A US peace delegation organized by Code Pink delivered a petition from more than 3,000 Americans to Acting US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Hoagland, calling for an end to the CIA drone strike policy in Pakistan.
Alice Walker: "Go to the Places That Scare You"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11952-alice-walker-go-to-the-places-that-scare-you
Valerie Schloredt, Yes! Magazine: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker speaks about the challenges of working for change, and the possibility of living with awareness - and joy.
PTSD Counselors Forced to Attend Anti-Union Meetings on Troubled Army Base
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11957-ptsd-counselors-forced-to-attend-anti-union-meetings-on-troubled-army-base
Mike Elk, In These Times: Investigations are underway to determine whether doctors at one of the most troubled bases in the military reversed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnoses in order to save money and whether General Dynamics was illegally using government dollars to engage in union-busting.
Media Ignore Republican Disdain for Basic Human Rights
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11959-media-ignore-republican-disdain-for-basic-human-rights
Michael I. Niman, ArtVoice: These "entitlements" that Romney decried when discussing the "47 percent" - a right to healthcare, a place to live, and food to eat - are not radical notions or fringe ideas. They are universally acknowledged basic human rights.
Breastfeeding Moms Boot Nestle From Maternity Wards
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11964-breastfeeding-moms-boot-nestle-from-maternity-wards
Elizabeth Ben-Ishai, Yes! Magazine: If breastfeeding is healthier for babies, why are hospitals pushing corporate infant formula?
How a growing number of states and cities are banning marketing in the maternity ward.
Politics Aside, There's No Debating the Scary Facts of Romney's Tax Policy
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11950-politics-aside-theres-no-debating-the-scary-facts-of-romneys-tax-policy
Imara Jones, Colorlines: While the pundits have declared a victory for Mitt in the first presidential debate, Mitt's shaky grasp of the details of his own economic policies should be downright disconcerting.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Rick Santorum Hints He Might Eat Big Bird for Thanksgiving
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17559-rick-santorum-hints-he-might-eat-big-bird-for-thanksgiving
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Romney's targeting of Big Bird has the right wing salivating. Big Bird is the new red meat.
Gambling Baron Sheldon Adelson Uses Million-Dollar War Chest to Convince Jewish Voters to Abandon Democratic Party
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17560-gambling-baron-sheldon-adelson-uses-million-dollar-war-chest-in-swing-states-to-convince-jewish-voters-to-abandon-democratic-party
Whistleblower Group's Campaign Targets Bank Employees
Read the Article at The American Banker
http://www.americanbanker.com/people/whistleblower-group-campaign-targets-bank-employees-1053282-1.html
Wave of Anti-Voter State Laws Detailed by GAO
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17558-wave-of-anti-voter-state-laws-detailed-by-gao
EPA Appeals Decision That Struck Down New Limits on Air Pollution
Read the Article at The Hill
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/260491-epa-appeals-decision-that-struck-down-air-pollution-rule
New Study Confirms Obamacare's Birth Control Mandate Could Reduce Abortion Rate
Read the Article at ThinkProgress
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/10/05/966121/obamacare-birth-control-abortion/
Paul Krugman | Mitt Romney's Sick Joke
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/opinion/krugman-romneys-sick-joke.html?_r=0
New Study of Cuts to Texas Family Planning Program Finds Dismaying Early Results
Read the Article at RH Reality Check
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/10/01/not-done-ut-researchers-access-to-pp-in-nejm
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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>Romney's targeting of Big Bird has the right wing salivating. Big Bird is the new red meat.</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>Whistleblower Group's Campaign Targets Bank Employees</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>Wave of Anti-Voter State Laws Detailed by GAO</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>EPA Appeals Decision That Struck Down New Limits on Air Pollution</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>New Study Confirms Obamacare's Birth Control Mandate Could Reduce Abortion Rate</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 Krugman | Mitt Romney's Sick Joke</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>New Study of Cuts to Texas Family Planning Program Finds Dismaying Early Results</strong></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>Noam Chomsky, Truthout:</strong> There are two issues of overwhelming significance, because the fate of the species is at stake: environmental disaster, and nuclear war. But the only difference between the two political parties is how enthusiastically the lemmings should march toward the cliff.</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=bT2KHz1vOiArGxU%2FTX7Lmh0c0%2FxLvnSR" 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=rduAPLDbdQWsagK2Hyjp7B0c0%2FxLvnSR"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Unemployment Falls Below 8.0 Percent for the First Time Since January 2009</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>Dean Baker, Center for Economic Policy Research:</strong> Upward revisions bring the monthly rate of job growth to almost 150,000 since June.</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=GLidcG9Ado30SRWwm3w9jB0c0%2FxLvnSR" 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=hEomzMQcefpzfaPjS9dfNR0c0%2FxLvnSR"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A Repeat of the 2000 Election Crisis Would Be a Disaster for American Democracy</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>Charles M. Smith, Truthout:</strong> A review of the 2000 election suggests we could again experience a crisis election with results that call the United States' republican way of government into question and lead to a general sense that ours is a failed state.</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=dsIC7e1dDGMFFncJzN9ncR0c0%2FxLvnSR" 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=kyV6RqbPDuaOBeiYi4O%2F2h0c0%2FxLvnSR"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How Big Companies Use Plain English to Rob You Blind</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>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Cay Johnston believes that the facts speak for themselves: the government has helped rig the economy to favor corporations and the super-rich.</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=c2pBLFKjU293jU7f8v%2FOyR0c0%2FxLvnSR" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Interview</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=DNiQA1shzZZlbeBPoliAIB0c0%2FxLvnSR"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Americans Press US Ambassador for End to Drone Strikes in Pakistan, and the Ambassador Responds</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 Naiman, Truthout:</strong> A US peace delegation organized by Code Pink delivered a petition from more than 3,000 Americans to Acting US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Hoagland, calling for an end to the CIA drone strike policy in Pakistan.</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=sXvRXaQWjAyMYawvvKmx2x0c0%2FxLvnSR" 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=nfzJLGLPaIe2Rr%2BQVthNYB0c0%2FxLvnSR"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Alice Walker: "Go to the Places That Scare You"</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>Valerie Schloredt, Yes! Magazine:</strong> Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker speaks about the challenges of working for change, and the possibility of living with awareness - and joy.</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=sVZckfPBNR2tWJ1frMTwZR0c0%2FxLvnSR" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Interview</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=Q8FRJ8wmVqfUxDd6cya1Ih0c0%2FxLvnSR"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>PTSD Counselors Forced to Attend Anti-Union Meetings on Troubled Army Base</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 Elk, In These Times:</strong> Investigations are underway to determine whether doctors at one of the most troubled bases in the military reversed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnoses in order to save money and whether General Dynamics was illegally using government dollars to engage in union-busting.</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=vbdQyWMRfbOsop2%2FGEFuUB0c0%2FxLvnSR" 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=qXCmlQmVL45tZzFaTAqwuR0c0%2FxLvnSR"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Media Ignore Republican Disdain for Basic Human Rights</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 I. Niman, ArtVoice:</strong> These "entitlements" that Romney decried when discussing the "47 percent" - a right to healthcare, a place to live, and food to eat - are not radical notions or fringe ideas. They are universally acknowledged basic human rights.</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>Elizabeth Ben-Ishai, Yes! Magazine:</strong> If breastfeeding is healthier for babies, why are hospitals pushing corporate infant formula? How a growing number of states and cities are banning marketing in the maternity ward.</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>Imara Jones, Colorlines:</strong> While the pundits have declared a victory for Mitt in the first presidential debate, Mitt's shaky grasp of the details of his own economic policies should be downright disconcerting.</p>
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