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Will Bain-Linked E-Voting Machines Give Romney the White House?
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t r u t h o u t | 10.16
Will Bain-Linked E-Voting Machines Give Romney the White House?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12130-will-hig-owned-e-voting-machines-give-romney-the-white-house
Harvey Wasserman and Bob Fitrakis, The Free Press: Once again this election, much of the Ohio electorate will cast its ballots on machines owned by the Republican candidate's cronies.
Henry A. Giroux | Can Democratic Education Survive in a Neoliberal Society?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12126-can-democratic-education-survive-in-a-neoliberal-society
Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: The democratic mission of public education is under assault by a conservative right-wing reform culture in which students are viewed as human capital in schools that are to be administered by market-driven forces.
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal to Block Early Voting in Ohio
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12144-supreme-court-rejects-appeal-to-block-early-voting-in-ohio
David G. Savage, McClatchy Newspapers: The final-weekend period can be pivotal in increasing participation among African-American voters and military families. The ruling marks a setback to a strategy used not only by Ohio's GOP Secretary of State Jon Husted, but also his counterparts in other states.
Noam Chomsky | The Week the World Stood Still: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Ownership of the World
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12134-the-week-the-world-stood-still-the-cuban-missile-crisis-and-ownership-of-the-world
Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch: Fifty years ago this month, Russian leaders averted disaster when they conceded to the demands of a United States bent on maintaining its dominance - but the world's safety can't be hung indefinitely on such capitulation.
Paul Krugman | The Problem Is Not Romney - It's the Republican Party
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12142-the-problem-is-not-romney-its-the-republican-party
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: When the party base demands tax cuts and deficit hawkery in the same breath, how can he manage anything but obfuscation and double-talk? Plus, his running mate Ryan isn't an actual policy wonk - he just plays one on TV.
Appeals Court Tosses Out Conviction of Osama Bin Laden's Driver
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12139-appeals-court-tosses-out-conviction-of-osama-bin-ladens-driver
Lindsay Wise, McClatchy Newspapers: The ruling nullifies a Guantanamo Bay military court's conviction of Salid Ahmed Hamdan on charges of material support to terrorism, which was not classified as a crime under international law at the time he was accused.
Eugene Robinson | Obama's Task Tuesday Night
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12129-obamas-task-tuesday-night
Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post Writers Group: After a shockingly passive first performance, the president needs to stage more than a comeback. He needs to beat Romney at what the GOP candidate excelled at last time: painting a brighter picture of the next four years.
Keystone XL Contractor and SUNY Buffalo Shale Institute Conduct LA County's Fracking Study
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12146-keystone-xl-contractor-and-suny-buffalo-shale-institute-conduct-la-countys-fracking-study
Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog: The county didn't pay for the study - the oil and gas industry did - and peer review was done by industry cohorts.
Glenn Greenwald: Presidential Debates Highlight "Faux Objectivity" of Mainstream Journalists
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12137-glenn-greenwald-presidential-debates-highlight-faux-objectivity-of-mainstream-journalists
Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy NOW!: Moderators are hand-picked by the Commission on Presidential Debates, and their questions are based on assumptions - that Iran is the biggest threat to national security, for example, or that Medicare and Social Security are "bankrupt" - which the candidates leave unchallenged.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Portugal's Largest Union Calls for National Strike in Face of New Harsh Austerity Measures, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12145-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-portugals-largest-union-calls-for-national-strike-in-face-of-new-harsh-austerity-measures-there-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Report says Romney consulted with tobacco giant Philip Morris on how it could sell more cigarettes; National Rifle Association's super-PAC bought $1.3 million in anti-Obama ads to air in Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin and Virginia; Paul Ryan waltzes into a soup kitchen after hours, without permission, to stage a photo-op washing clean dishes, and more.
"Global Noise" Protests Against Austerity and Debt Spread Worldwide
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12136-global-noise-protests-against-austerity-and-debt-spread-worldwide
Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network: Protesters in Chicago, London, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Madrid and elsewhere underlined the culpability and callousness of the elite powerbrokers they say are responsible for the suffering of ordinary people since the economic meltdown.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
No Debate: Romney and Ryan View a Woman's Body as Public Property
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17577-no-debate-romney-and-ryan-view-a-woman-s-body-as-public-property
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: For a party that believes government should get out of the way of individual rights, the GOP is hypocritical in asserting federal control over women.
Romney Harshly Attacked by His Father's Longtime Aide
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/romney-is-attacked-by-his-fathers-longtime-aide/
A Former Republican's Voter ID Awakening
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/15/my_voter_id_awakening/
Apple Rejects Phone App That Tracks Worldwide Drone Strikes as "Objectionable Content"
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17576-apple-rejects-phone-app-that-tracks-worldwide-drone-strikes-as-objectionable-content
Romney's Plan to Eliminate Medicare Now a Critical, No Longer Hypothetical Issue
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/10/someone_should_ask.php?ref=fpblg
Tar Sands Pipeline Blockade Grows as Company Lashes Out
Read the Article at Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/16-0
The Brutal Consequences for Women if Romney Ends Roe v. Wade
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/opinion/if-roe-v-wade-goes.html?hp
Local Governments Take Budget Knife to Retiree Health Plans
Read the Article at Reuters
http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/nm/local-governments-take-budget-knife-to-retiree-health-plans
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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>No Debate: Romney and Ryan View a Woman's Body as Public Property </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>For a party that believes government should get out of the way of individual rights, the GOP is hypocritical in asserting federal control over women.</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=ru%2BbvxGU3uK7%2B9eYM7ybaqinp1XdIKmv"><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>Romney Harshly Attacked by His Father's Longtime Aide</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=1ExJkA7d8Ay%2B50llSKjV%2Bainp1XdIKmv"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>A Former Republican's Voter ID Awakening</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=hU63xwsVp12ojHRuLF9YVqinp1XdIKmv"><strong>Read the Article at Salon</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Apple Rejects Phone App That Tracks Worldwide Drone Strikes as "Objectionable Content"</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=9rR%2FvVbFghvbsCrkZsxzi6inp1XdIKmv"><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>Romney's Plan to Eliminate Medicare Now a Critical, No Longer Hypothetical Issue</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=bhAwXJSHP31eHKOf26ApY6inp1XdIKmv"><strong>Read the Article at Talking Points Memo</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Tar Sands Pipeline Blockade Grows as Company Lashes Out</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>The Brutal Consequences for Women if Romney Ends Roe v. Wade</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=heVVhH%2BgmF8pMIj4NHNB8ainp1XdIKmv"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Local Governments Take Budget Knife to Retiree Health Plans</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=f7uaVg0gSII9vlNNuGIr26inp1XdIKmv"><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=LL8sN6PWV8VdQFlUUhUSyKinp1XdIKmv"><strong>Will Bain-Linked E-Voting Machines Give Romney the White House?</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>Harvey Wasserman and Bob Fitrakis, The Free Press:</strong> Once again this election, much of the Ohio electorate will cast its ballots on machines owned by the Republican candidate's cronies.</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=cjcjfuZ1BgzKNVbo4UQOD%2BKb61cx9ia0"><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=EllQz7XqwR11hWex4a5YjKinp1XdIKmv"><strong>Henry A. Giroux | Can Democratic Education Survive in a Neoliberal Society?</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>Henry A. Giroux, Truthout:</strong> The democratic mission of public education is under assault by a conservative right-wing reform culture in which students are viewed as human capital in schools that are to be administered by market-driven forces.</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=j76ULyizckVW1Nml%2BtKv9qinp1XdIKmv"><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=MtCoEQS9fUGMgD8OK7erQ9Qgnyph%2F0CT"><strong>Supreme Court Rejects Appeal to Block Early Voting in Ohio</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 G. Savage, McClatchy Newspapers:</strong> The final-weekend period can be pivotal in increasing participation among African-American voters and military families. The ruling marks a setback to a strategy used not only by Ohio's GOP Secretary of State Jon Husted, but also his counterparts in other states.</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=rQHnGGO%2FPf78z%2BTwdCvWrainp1XdIKmv"><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=AThLGyCjMzpPbhOn7%2BbFVKinp1XdIKmv"><strong>Noam Chomsky | The Week the World Stood Still: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Ownership of the World</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>Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch:</strong> Fifty years ago this month, Russian leaders averted disaster when they conceded to the demands of a United States bent on maintaining its dominance - but the world's safety can't be hung indefinitely on such capitulation.</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=D%2FK8ft23cUO5ZXygJU1gFainp1XdIKmv"><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=R%2Fw86mBPhqVIt0etGuk8painp1XdIKmv"><strong>Paul Krugman | The Problem Is Not Romney - It's the Republican Party</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 Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> When the party base demands tax cuts and deficit hawkery in the same breath, how can he manage anything but obfuscation and double-talk? Plus, his running mate Ryan isn't an actual policy wonk - he just plays one on TV.</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=bixGNtj61mFnxB5UoNx90Kinp1XdIKmv"><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=KdTkQlnGVyBtmFbaTNZf%2FKinp1XdIKmv"><strong>Appeals Court Tosses Out Conviction of Osama Bin Laden's Driver</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>Lindsay Wise, McClatchy Newspapers:</strong> The ruling nullifies a Guantanamo Bay military court's conviction of Salid Ahmed Hamdan on charges of material support to terrorism, which was not classified as a crime under international law at the time he was accused.</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=pWoP7h9HSXhqx97MpbrmP6inp1XdIKmv"><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=OaMbAnEc8hWgMwybju9uWainp1XdIKmv"><strong>Eugene Robinson | Obama's Task Tuesday Night</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>Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post Writers Group:</strong> After a shockingly passive first performance, the president needs to stage more than a comeback. He needs to beat Romney at what the GOP candidate excelled at last time: painting a brighter picture of the next four years.</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=ideVR22vYHcnN9NZy2QRPainp1XdIKmv"><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=wzWAeB%2BotbkrliK5bxVheKinp1XdIKmv"><strong>Keystone XL Contractor and SUNY Buffalo Shale Institute Conduct LA County's Fracking Study</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>Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog:</strong> The county didn't pay for the study - the oil and gas industry did - and peer review was done by industry cohorts.</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=tHhIC3Bkj%2FuAqPP0Di9rWainp1XdIKmv"><strong>Glenn Greenwald: Presidential Debates Highlight "Faux Objectivity" of Mainstream Journalists</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>Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy NOW!:</strong> Moderators are hand-picked by the Commission on Presidential Debates, and their questions are based on assumptions - that Iran is the biggest threat to national security, for example, or that Medicare and Social Security are "bankrupt" - which the candidates leave unchallenged.</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=fLiupwqUVFDT8CsTb0iKj6inp1XdIKmv"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Portugal's Largest Union Calls for National Strike in Face of New Harsh Austerity Measures, 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> Report says Romney consulted with tobacco giant Philip Morris on how it could sell more cigarettes; National Rifle Association's super-PAC bought $1.3 million in anti-Obama ads to air in Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin and Virginia; Paul Ryan waltzes into a soup kitchen after hours, without permission, to stage a photo-op washing clean dishes, 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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jV1Xi7nTlo2oO63PvvcbM9Qgnyph%2F0CT"><strong>"Global Noise" Protests Against Austerity and Debt Spread Worldwide</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>Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network:</strong> Protesters in Chicago, London, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Madrid and elsewhere underlined the culpability and callousness of the elite powerbrokers they say are responsible for the suffering of ordinary people since the economic meltdown.</p>
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