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Does Romney's Religious Devotion Make Him More, or Less,
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t r u t h o u t | 10.14
Does Romney's Religious Devotion Make Him More, or Less, Trustworthy?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12049-does-romneys-religious-devotion-make-him-more-or-less-trustworthy
Valerie Tarico, Truthout: "Are the devout more likely to speak the truth, base policy on objective evidence and demonstrate integrity in public life? It turns out, many religious have nuanced definitions of integrity, and some faith leaders have used that as a license to deceive."
Arlen Specter, Longtime GOP Senate Moderate, Dies at 82
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12106-arlen-specter-longtime-gop-senate-moderate-dies-at-82
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The New York Times News Service: "Hard-bitten and tenacious yet ever the centrist, Mr. Specter was a part of American public life for more than four decades."
Contrasting Elections: Venezuela and the US
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12100-contrasting-elections-venezuela-and-the-us
Mark Vorpahl, Counterpunch: "What a sharp contrast the U.S. presidential elections are to those in Venezuela. Not only are Venezuelans being told that the results of the contest ... were among the most important in this nation's history, they felt it in their bones from their own experience."
Campaigns Mine Personal Data to Get Out Vote
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12101-campaigns-mine-personal-data-to-get-out-vote
Charles Duhigg, The New York Times News Service: "Consultants to both campaigns said they had bought demographic data from companies that study details like voters' shopping histories, gambling tendencies, interest in get-rich-quick schemes, dating preferences and financial problems."
Frackademia: Controversial SUNY Buffalo Shale Institute's Reputation Unraveling
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12103-frackademia-controversial-suny-buffalo-shale-institutes-reputation-unraveling
Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog: "Public funding has been cut to the tune of over $1.4 billion over the past five years in the State University of New York (SUNY) public university system.... These cuts have created new opportunities for the shale gas industry to fill a funding vacuum."
Why Are Americans So Easy to Manipulate?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12102-why-are-americans-so-easy-to-manipulate
Bruce E Levine, AlterNet: "The mental health profession has gone beyond behavioral technologies of control.... While Big Pharma directly profits from drug prescribing, the entire corporatocracy benefits from the mental health profession's legitimization of conditioning and controlling."
Punishing Free Speech and Letting Murder Off the Hook: Justice Denied in Missouri
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12107-punishing-free-speech-and-letting-murder-off-the-hook-justice-denied-in-missouri
Brian Terrell, Voices for Creative Nonviolence: "In US District Court in Jefferson City, Missouri, two anti-drone protestors were sentenced for trespassing at Whiteman Air Force Base, one of the stateside bases from where predator drones are operated in the skies over Afghanistan and Pakistan."
For Obama, Upside of Lackluster Debate: Less Ammo for the Super PAC Firing Squad
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12069-for-obama-upside-of-lackluster-debate-less-ammo-for-the-super-pac-firing-squad
Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: "One benefit for the president from his mediocre debate showing is that it provided little fodder for attack ads from the Super PACs and 'dark money' groups planning to spend tens of millions in the final weeks of the election."
Is BofA's Foreclosure Review Really Independent? You Be the Judge
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12071-is-bofas-foreclosure-review-really-independent-you-be-the-judge
Paul Kiel, ProPublica: "The ultimate decision as to whether and how much a homeowner will be compensated is not made by Bank of America, the evidence shows, but is based largely on work that the bank itself performs."
Can We Make the International Monetary Fund More Democratic?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12105-can-we-make-the-international-monetary-fund-more-democratic
Robert H. Wade and Jakob Vestergaard, TripleCrisis: "A formula based largely on shares in world GDP would be a mistake. To see why, start with the existing voting system, in which a fairly small number of North American and European states have a large majority of the votes."
Taxpayers Spend Millions on Valley Fever in Prisons
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12104-taxpayers-spend-millions-on-valley-fever-in-prisons
Rebecca Plevin, New America Media: "The rate of valley fever among inmates has continued to climb, mirroring an increase in cases throughout the state. The rate of valley fever at Pleasant Valley dropped from 2006 to 2008, then pitched up sharply through 2010."
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Koch Sends Pro-Romney Mailing to 45,000 Employees While Stifling Workplace Political Speech
Read the Article at In These Times
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/14017/koch_industries_sends_45000_employees_pro_romney_mailing
First British Troops Charged With Murder in Afghanistan
Read the Article at Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/10/14/british-marines-murder-charges-afghanistan.html
Poll: Obama and Romney Neck-and-Neck in Typically Red Arizona
Read the Article at The Hill
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/261893-poll-obama-romney-neck-and-neck-in-arizona
As Story Grows, GOP Spin Begins: Five Facts About Sensata
Read the Article at Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/14/1144360/-As-Story-Grows-GOP-Spin-Begins-5-Facts-About-Sensata
Shut Up and Smile: How the Western World Limits Free Speech
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-four-arguments-the-western-world-uses-to-limit-free-speech/2012/10/12/e0573bd4-116d-11e2-a16b-2c110031514a_story.html?tid=pm_pop
Saturday Night Live Gets It Right On the Vice Presidential Debate
Read the Article at Political Wire
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/10/14/snl_on_the_vice_presidential_debate.html
Veep Debate Post-Mortem: What the Pundits Missed
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-schroeder/veep-debate-post-mortem-w_b_1965106.html
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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>Brian Terrell, Voices for Creative Nonviolence:</strong> "In US District Court in Jefferson City, Missouri, two anti-drone protestors were sentenced for trespassing at Whiteman Air Force Base, one of the stateside bases from where predator drones are operated in the skies over Afghanistan and Pakistan."</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>Brendan Fischer, PR Watch:</strong> "One benefit for the president from his mediocre debate showing is that it provided little fodder for attack ads from the Super PACs and 'dark money' groups planning to spend tens of millions in the final weeks of the election."</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=Jh69RclD6f4UeNN01UYEOX8X1%2Bn1IEUo"><strong>Is BofA's Foreclosure Review Really Independent? You Be the Judge</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 Kiel, ProPublica:</strong> "The ultimate decision as to whether and how much a homeowner will be compensated is not made by Bank of America, the evidence shows, but is based largely on work that the bank itself performs."</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=UVfpHxQvV4KgN44vUeBKEoNqRFdgt9p%2B"><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=jsfVuR5l12wKwMrycxlEbH8X1%2Bn1IEUo"><strong>Can We Make the International Monetary Fund More Democratic?</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 H. Wade and Jakob Vestergaard, TripleCrisis:</strong> "A formula based largely on shares in world GDP would be a mistake. To see why, start with the existing voting system, in which a fairly small number of North American and European states have a large majority of the votes."</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=6%2BPZC8s4qL1azDgWS99VZn8X1%2Bn1IEUo"><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=qAA21W1MoLzpAgBbw7JsZ38X1%2Bn1IEUo"><strong>Taxpayers Spend Millions on Valley Fever in Prisons</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>Rebecca Plevin, New America Media:</strong> "The rate of valley fever among inmates has continued to climb, mirroring an increase in cases throughout the state. The rate of valley fever at Pleasant Valley dropped from 2006 to 2008, then pitched up sharply through 2010."</p>
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