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Big Oil, Big Ketchup and The Assassination of Hugo Chavez
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t r u t h o u t | 01.09
Greg Palast | Big Oil, Big Ketchup and The Assassination of Hugo Chavez
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13800-big-oil-big-ketchup-and-the-assassination-of-hugo-chavez
Greg Palast, Truthout: A telling glimpse at the extraordinary career of Venezuelan President and Robin Hood figure Hugo Chavez, how he has cheated kidnap and assassination - and may yet cheat death by maintaining his accomplishments.
Military Judge Refuses to Toss Out Charges Against Bradley Manning, but Calls His Pretrial Punishment Illegal
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13807-military-judge-refuses-to-toss-out-charges-against-bradley-manning-calls-his-pretrial-punishment-illegal
Jason Leopold, Truthout: The nine months Pfc. Bradley Manning spent in a windowless cell - at times without any clothing - amounted to illegal pretrial punishment, a military judge ruled. But she refused to dismiss charges against him.
US Could Refuse to Leave Any Troops in Afghanistan
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13796-us-could-refuse-to-leave-any-troops-in-afghanistan
Lesley Clark and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers: The White House says it's possible that no US troops will be left in Afghanistan after 2014. The "zero option" statement is meant to pressure Afghan President Hamid Karzai into accepting American terms for keeping US soldiers in his country to train Afghan security forces.
PTSD: The Soldier's Private War
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13788-ptsd-the-soldiers-private-war
Robert Wilbur and James L. Knoll IV, Truthout: Matt Howard of Iraq Veterans Against the War says that military psychiatrists frequently label veterans as suffering from personality disorders or alcoholism instead of PTSD; this makes it harder for veterans to obtain expensive health care and other benefits after discharge.
The Progressive Caucus: Enabling Obama's Rightward Moves?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13795-the-progressive-caucus-enabling-obamas-rightward-moves
Norman Solomon, Norman Solomon's Website: We need Progressive Caucus members who are progressives first and loyal Democrats second, not the other way around.
In Kabul, Widows and Orphans Move Up
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13798-in-kabul-widows-and-orphans-move-up
Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence: The women I visited today are moving on up; single, desperate mothers with children are relocating to the highest mountain ranges, up the slope into a cold vacuum, fleeing the streets and daily business of a city that can't feed or use them.
Corporate America: A Whale in a Fish Tank
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13810-corporate-america-a-whale-in-a-fish-tank
Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: Whales don't belong in fish tanks any more than giant transnational monopolies or oligopolies belong in our economy. While banking is the most notorious example of whales in a fish tank, it's not the only example.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: More States Are Considering Ditching the Death Penalty, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13809-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-more-states-are-considering-ditching-the-death-penalty-and-more
In today's On the News segment: More states are considering ditching the death penalty; 2012 was the hottest year ever recorded; giant war profiteer KBR is being held responsible for the poisoning of a dozen soldiers with a chemical known as sodium dichromate; and more.
And the Academy Award for the Promotion of Torture Goes to...
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13811-and-the-academy-award-for-the-promotion-of-torture-goes-to
David Clennon, Truthout: Those who are protesting the easy tolerance of torture in Zero Dark Thirty have been dismissed by some commentators as having a political agenda. The problem of torture is not political. It's moral. And it's criminal.
Dozens Injured in Ferry Accident in Lower Manhattan
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13801-dozens-injured-in-ferry-accident-in-lower-manhattan
Marc Santora, The New York Times News Service: A ferry crashed as it was docking in Lower Manhattan, injuring several dozen passengers, according to fire officials. The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.
Economic Update: Our Unjust Federal Tax System
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13791-economic-update-our-unjust-federal-tax-system
Richard D. Wolff, Economic Update/Truthout: In his weekly radio segment, Professor Richard Wolff provides economic updates on how the new US tax deal favors the rich, the deepening student loan problems, and how 2012 benefited billionaires.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
When US Doesn't Prosecute Wall Street Fraudsters, Taxpayers Get the Blowback
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17739-when-us-doesn-t-prosecute-wall-street-fraudsters-taxpayers-get-the-blowback
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Only a jury could decide whether Wall Street banksters were guilty of crimes resulting in the US economy imploding. Unfortunately, the Justice Department didn't seriously consider prosecution and the "banks too big to fail" have been emboldened as a result.
A Case of Wall Street Greed Gone Too Far
Read the Article at CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/08/opinion/antilla-goldman-stock/index.html?hpt=op_t1
Revealed: The Massive New Liberal Plan to Remake American Politics
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/democracy-initiative-campaign-finance-filibuster-sierra-club-greenpeace-naacp
Video: Jon Stewart Goes After Gun Control Opponents on the Right
Watch the Video at The Daily Show
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-8-2013/scapegoat-hunter---gun-control
Matt Taibbi | Secrets and Lies of the Bailout: One Broker's Story
Read the Article at Rolling Stone
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/secrets-and-lies-of-the-bailout-one-brokers-story-20130108
Iran's Heath Care Crisis Deepens Along With Ailing Economy as International Sanctions Bite
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/irans-heath-care-crisis-deepens-along-with-ailing-economy-as-international-sanctions-bite/2013/01/08/fffd7834-59ae-11e2-b8b2-0d18a64c8dfa_story.html
Joseph Stiglitz | Climate Change and Poverty: The Post-Crisis Crises
Read the Article at Project Syndicate
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/global-warming--inequality--and-structural-change-by-joseph-e--stiglitz
KBR, Guilty in Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers to Foot the Bill
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/kbr-guilty-iraq-negligence_n_2436115.html
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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>When US Doesn't Prosecute Wall Street Fraudsters, Taxpayers Get the Blowback </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>Only a jury could decide whether Wall Street banksters were guilty of crimes resulting in the US economy imploding. Unfortunately, the Justice Department didn't seriously consider prosecution and the "banks too big to fail" have been emboldened as a result.</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=CHsksWenarHm6zB8EHWNi6nZ6zKMiRgw" 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>A Case of Wall Street Greed Gone Too Far </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=AfAR22a1nyJM3Va6ACZb2KVvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at CNN</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Revealed: The Massive New Liberal Plan to Remake American Politics</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=ZJEbN7OL29BJCZqJAxT8CaVvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Mother Jones</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Video: Jon Stewart Goes After Gun Control Opponents on the Right</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=dlVvLweCS8l0YwQvsAQewqVvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video at The Daily Show</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Matt Taibbi | Secrets and Lies of the Bailout: One Broker's Story</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=em1LHItxpfTiI8BgwrvkmqVvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Rolling Stone</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Iran's Heath Care Crisis Deepens Along With Ailing Economy as International Sanctions Bite</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=F%2FEBcI8%2Fju1nsOKfKNpb6FfzrjkR%2FquU" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Washington Post</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Joseph Stiglitz | Climate Change and Poverty: The Post-Crisis Crises</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=RV7N%2FxHxeWcXfreCsv%2BY%2BKVvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Project Syndicate</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>KBR, Guilty in Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers to Foot the 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=UvJPY7h7ToeoSLkw9rNto6VvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Huffington Post</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=Zgo0fbusF88A032lasS7kFfzrjkR%2FquU" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Greg Palast | Big Oil, Big Ketchup and The Assassination of Hugo Chavez</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>Greg Palast, Truthout:</strong> A telling glimpse at the extraordinary career of Venezuelan President and Robin Hood figure Hugo Chavez, how he has cheated kidnap and assassination - and may yet cheat death by maintaining his accomplishments.</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=qWVlYp47vnc3oEIgD%2FHtjqVvCQeJbT9Q" 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=7wC1twN%2FjQ%2Ba8YfW%2Fu6JS6VvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Military Judge Refuses to Toss Out Charges Against Bradley Manning, but Calls His Pretrial Punishment Illegal</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>Jason Leopold, Truthout:</strong> The nine months Pfc. Bradley Manning spent in a windowless cell - at times without any clothing - amounted to illegal pretrial punishment, a military judge ruled. But she refused to dismiss charges against him.</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=UdBRPt3NsYZ08t3abQJrhKVvCQeJbT9Q" 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=fTqKZgEzUdFKe9j5vLWayaVvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>US Could Refuse to Leave Any Troops in Afghanistan</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>Lesley Clark and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers:</strong> The White House says it’s possible that no US troops will be left in Afghanistan after 2014. The "zero option" statement is meant to pressure Afghan President Hamid Karzai into accepting American terms for keeping US soldiers in his country to train Afghan security forces.</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=nwexD6VQkNPGG7mAfmLnXqVvCQeJbT9Q" 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=JLLSVO6OYzFP%2FeUlLO%2FnR6VvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>PTSD: The Soldier's Private War</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 Wilbur and James L. Knoll IV, Truthout:</strong> Matt Howard of Iraq Veterans Against the War says that military psychiatrists frequently label veterans as suffering from personality disorders or alcoholism instead of PTSD; this makes it harder for veterans to obtain expensive health care and other benefits after discharge.</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=f8axwwyiybrhwIPhlWXiiaVvCQeJbT9Q" 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=di5xgfC4IYM%2FfgLnY2PTfKVvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Progressive Caucus: Enabling Obama's Rightward Moves?</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>Norman Solomon, Norman Solomon's Website:</strong> We need Progressive Caucus members who are progressives first and loyal Democrats second, not the other way around.</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=Wdoqf1M9l48vf3t7%2Ftq%2FhaVvCQeJbT9Q" 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=5WpJ9XzRnSHLphwcRdfuvqVvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>In Kabul, Widows and Orphans Move Up</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>Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence:</strong> The women I visited today are moving on up; single, desperate mothers with children are relocating to the highest mountain ranges, up the slope into a cold vacuum, fleeing the streets and daily business of a city that can’t feed or use them.</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=5BqDDUcC2USw8zmSdLPfrKVvCQeJbT9Q" 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=hQiqxfyJy3%2FLnuLwbrsS%2F6VvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Corporate America: A Whale in a Fish Tank</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>Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take:</strong> Whales don't belong in fish tanks any more than giant transnational monopolies or oligopolies belong in our economy. While banking is the most notorious example of whales in a fish tank, it's not the only example.</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=CMooT%2Fe4hqpa0kDhHaVr7VfzrjkR%2FquU" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: More States Are Considering Ditching the Death Penalty, 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> More states are considering ditching the death penalty; 2012 was the hottest year ever recorded; giant war profiteer KBR is being held responsible for the poisoning of a dozen soldiers with a chemical known as sodium dichromate; and more.</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=FSll7LMi%2BupnQkd%2B7iiDhqVvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</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=6BF8m1kXsPWaN5xxUaGvYqVvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>And the Academy Award for the Promotion of Torture Goes to...</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 Clennon, Truthout:</strong> Those who are protesting the easy tolerance of torture in <em>Zero Dark Thirty</em> have been dismissed by some commentators as having a political agenda. The problem of torture is not political. It's moral. And it's criminal.</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=eZuvpR2z13YJxMr9TCTlUlfzrjkR%2FquU" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Dozens Injured in Ferry Accident in Lower Manhattan</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>Marc Santora, The New York Times News Service:</strong>  A ferry crashed as it was docking in Lower Manhattan, injuring several dozen passengers, according to fire officials. The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.</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=YRPAjNaKL0umY7iWBkCcq6VvCQeJbT9Q" 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=ByS1As4Zhr3we5uwQS96AaVvCQeJbT9Q" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Economic Update: Our Unjust Federal Tax System</strong></a></p>
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