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The Election as a Marketing Spectacle
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t r u t h o u t | Friday, 2 November 2012
The Election as a Marketing Spectacle
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12461-the-us-election-as-marketing-spectacle
Michael Meurer, Truthout: The ferocity of US presidential campaigns - supposedly proof of a spirited debate between competing ideas and visions - is more accurately seen as evidence of a contest among competing financial interests fighting for influence and market share, not democratic ideals.
Economy Adds 171,000 Jobs
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12498-economy-adds-171000-jobs
Dean Baker, Center for Economic Policy and Research: The establishment survey added 171,000 jobs in October. In spite of this increase, the unemployment rate slipped up to 7.9 percent, reflecting the fact that the September drop was an aberration.
America: What Happened? A Sneak Preview of the "Other" Twilight Saga
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12455-america-what-happened
David Masciotra, Truthout: In Why America Failed, cultural historian Morris Berman completes his trilogy on the decline of a nation by tapping his exceptional talents for research, observation and theory. The result is a compelling narrative of decay.
It's Time for the Poor to Come Out of the Plutocracy's Closet of Shame
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12457-time-for-the-poor-to-come-out-of-the-plutocracys-closet-of-shame
Jeff Nall, Truthout: We must resist the dominant cultural shaming of the poor and poverty: Here are some ways to begin.
Goldman Sachs Building Is Bright, but Occupy Shines
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12487-goldman-sachs-building-is-bright-but-occupy-shines
Laura Flanders, The Nation: Laura Flanders and her cousin Chloe report on hurricane Sandy's effects in New York and Occupy Wall Street's support in relief efforts.
A House Majority Leader With a Suspect Attitude Toward Corruption
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12485-a-house-majority-leader-with-a-suspect-attitude-toward-corruption
Sam Knight, Truthout: House majority leader Eric Cantor's weakening of a bill designed to counter graft is the latest episode in a history of apparent abuse of authority that lends credence to the hypothesis that Cantor is an impediment to cleaning up Congress.
US Says CIA Sent Security Team to Benghazi Consulate 25 Minutes After Attack, Refuting Claims of Delay
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12486-us-says-cia-sent-security-team-to-benghazi-consulate-25-minutes-after-attack-refuting-claims-of-delay
Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers: A recently-released timeline is the most detailed accounting to date of the US response to the attack on the consulate and rebuts news reports that US officials had delayed a rescue.
Show Us the Benghazi Drone Videotape
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12399-show-us-the-benghazi-drone-videotape
Nick Mottern, Truthout: According to a report, the Obama administration is studying a videotape that "saw" the last hour of the attack in Libya. Obama must immediately make this video available to the public as a transparency measure on drone policy.
In Sandy's Wake, New York's Landscape of Inequity Revealed
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12497-in-sandys-wake-new-yorks-landscape-of-inequity-revealed
Michelle Chen, In These Times: As Hurricane Katrina demonstrated, floodwaters have a way of exposing the race and class divisions that stratify our cities. Even before the storm, inequities arose in the city's disaster preparations.
Why We Fight to Prevent Stolen Elections in 2012 and Beyond
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12492-why-we-fight-to-prevent-stolen-elections-in-2012-and-beyond
Joan Brunwasser, Sally Castleman, Victoria Collier, Bob Fitrakis, Lori Grace, Emily Levy, Mark Crispin Miller, Greg Palast, Jonathan Simon and Harvey Wasserman, The Free Press: Which candidate gets your vote is not our concern here. As Americans, we agree on one thing: All citizens must have their right to a ballot and to have it counted.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Romney's Bain Investment Record: Three Times the Bankruptcies of Fed Investments
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Mitt Romney repeatedly attacks President Obama for Department of Energy investments in alternative energy firms. But it turns out that Bain Capital, under Romney's watch, had an investment failure record that dwarfs the government.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17618-romney-s-bain-investment-record-three-times-the-bankruptcies-of-fed-investments
"Experimental" Software Patches Installed on Vote-Counting Tabulators in up to 39 Ohio Counties
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2012/4766
Read the Article at The Free Press
Nate Silver Vs. the World: The Twilight of the Pundit Class
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/11/twilight_du_doucherie.php?ref=fpblg
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
NYC Mayor Bloomberg Endorses Obama, Citing Climate Change
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/nyregion/bloomberg-endorses-obama-saying-hurricane-sandy-affected-decision.html
Read the Article at The New York Times
The Core Values of a President Romney
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17615-the-core-values-of-a-president-romney
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
Report Claiming Non-Union Utility Workers Blocked from Assisting Sandy Repairs is Debunked
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2012/11/huntsville_utilities_denies_cl.html#incart_river_default
Read the Article at the Huntsville Times
Hurricane Sandy and the Living Planet
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17616-hurricane-sandy-and-the-living-planet
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
Citing "Civic Emergency," Tribal Leaders Push for Largest-Ever Native American Voter Turnout
http://www.startribune.com/local/176721881.html?refer=y&vi_adid=W
Read the Article at the Associated Press
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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's Bain Investment Record: Three Times the Bankruptcies of Fed Investments </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>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Mitt Romney repeatedly attacks President Obama for Department of Energy investments in alternative energy firms. But it turns out that Bain Capital, under Romney's watch, had an investment failure record that dwarfs the government.</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=jIQ5XLobBEDsXglXLu6qG9RjYueGgZVj"><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>"Experimental" Software Patches Installed on Vote-Counting Tabulators in up to 39 Ohio Counties</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=8NW%2BILZvwhDiVlR6APHyL9RjYueGgZVj"><strong>Read the Article at The Free Press</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Nate Silver Vs. the World: The Twilight of the Pundit Class</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=CISdPq7e4Yz57ACV9cFJR%2FiV9pCG%2Fwrj"><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>NYC Mayor Bloomberg Endorses Obama, Citing Climate Change</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=cQ10lrIkgqvECMugUF2h79RjYueGgZVj"><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>The Core Values of a President Romney</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=oiFDPvb6Fp4Hu5Z2xAw1EdRjYueGgZVj"><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>Report Claiming Non-Union Utility Workers Blocked from Assisting Sandy Repairs is Debunked</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=BrYB0AVEd0y6iwF1lddHhdRjYueGgZVj"><strong>Read the Article at the Huntsville 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>Hurricane Sandy and the Living Planet</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=PW08NeN4vDwyjbW%2BZVFEh9RjYueGgZVj"><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>Citing "Civic Emergency," Tribal Leaders Push for Largest-Ever Native American Voter Turnout</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=7c%2FJjafkYvsQCOgJlHrI%2B9RjYueGgZVj"><strong>Read the Article at the Associated Press</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=ivdNjy%2BD8XLdet4GQwm3i9RjYueGgZVj"><strong>The Election as a Marketing Spectacle</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 Meurer, Truthout:</strong> The ferocity of US presidential campaigns - supposedly proof of a spirited debate between competing ideas and visions - is more accurately seen as evidence of a contest among competing financial interests fighting for influence and market share, not democratic ideals.</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=BhsLIUijQCJGe5nk8wqBjtRjYueGgZVj"><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=GI6XSu2REzKFp2SNV3tbC9RjYueGgZVj"><strong>Economy Adds 171,000 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>Dean Baker, Center for Economic Policy and Research:</strong> The establishment survey added 171,000 jobs in October. In spite of this increase, the unemployment rate slipped up to 7.9 percent, reflecting the fact that the September drop was an aberration.</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=Qw9VeB31cx25E0YjKEy%2FCNRjYueGgZVj"><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=6RPoom%2BVD9Cz%2BOkzzvLUHtRjYueGgZVj"><strong>America: What Happened? A Sneak Preview of the "Other" Twilight Saga</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 Masciotra, Truthout:</strong> In <i>Why America Failed</i>, cultural historian Morris Berman completes his trilogy on the decline of a nation by tapping his exceptional talents for research, observation and theory. The result is a compelling narrative of decay.</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=Hrn7GTDXPsgS47V8X3JCLdRjYueGgZVj"><strong>Read the Review</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=yCgDmmcXr%2BY%2Bqje1RAxGadRjYueGgZVj"><strong>It's Time for the Poor to Come Out of the Plutocracy's Closet of Shame</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>Jeff Nall, Truthout:</strong> We must resist the dominant cultural shaming of the poor and poverty: Here are some ways to begin.</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=TWhQkbtPeyexi0tzuFL%2FtdRjYueGgZVj"><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=zMoRe4X%2BzAxZiRgyaCuCitRjYueGgZVj"><strong>Goldman Sachs Building Is Bright, but Occupy Shines</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>Laura Flanders, The Nation:</strong> Laura Flanders and her cousin Chloe report on hurricane Sandy's effects in New York and Occupy Wall Street's support in relief efforts.</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=BAVvzWHHiNMRpwoDZ8szGNRjYueGgZVj"><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=HJAV5pr5ZpJQ%2FtiYLEVYD%2FiV9pCG%2Fwrj"><strong>A House Majority Leader With a Suspect Attitude Toward Corruption</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>Sam Knight, Truthout:</strong> House majority leader Eric Cantor's weakening of a bill designed to counter graft is the latest episode in a history of apparent abuse of authority that lends credence to the hypothesis that Cantor is an impediment to cleaning up Congress.</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=WxT7reg6hBXFKNJLDXauMviV9pCG%2Fwrj"><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=RPCUtnMtV9XzbLrmqTEBnNRjYueGgZVj"><strong>US Says CIA Sent Security Team to Benghazi Consulate 25 Minutes After Attack, Refuting Claims of Delay</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>Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers:</strong> A recently-released timeline is the most detailed accounting to date of the US response to the attack on the consulate and rebuts news reports that US officials had delayed a rescue.</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=4SyPFo48sMj5CUWM7K%2Byb9RjYueGgZVj"><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=GKa3EfX5Y0R%2F6c1gKMthTtRjYueGgZVj"><strong>Show Us the Benghazi Drone Videotape</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>Nick Mottern, Truthout:</strong> According to a report, the Obama administration is studying a videotape that "saw" the last hour of the attack in Libya. Obama must immediately make this video available to the public as a transparency measure on drone policy.</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>Michelle Chen, In These Times:</strong> As Hurricane Katrina demonstrated, floodwaters have a way of exposing the race and class divisions that stratify our cities. Even before the storm, inequities arose in the city's disaster preparations.</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=6h1kseVN2Tjcpr0K%2FFicwNRjYueGgZVj"><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>Joan Brunwasser, Sally Castleman, Victoria Collier, Bob Fitrakis, Lori Grace, Emily Levy, Mark Crispin Miller, Greg Palast, Jonathan Simon and Harvey Wasserman, The Free Press:</strong> Which candidate gets your vote is not our concern here. As Americans, we agree on one thing: All citizens must have their right to a ballot and to have it counted.</p>
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