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When Wars Come Home
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t r u t h o u t | 02.19
When Wars Come Home
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14539-when-wars-come-home
Charles Derber and Yale Magrass, Truthout: "A militarized society develops a culture and institutions that program civilians for violence at home and abroad."
Corporations Write Our Laws and Profit From Our Misery
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14639-corporations-write-our-laws-and-profit-from-human-misery
Chris Hedges, Truthdig: Immigrant rights groups protesting against immigration detention centers represent a flicker of consciousness about the dangers of totalitarian corporate forces in our country.
Abortion Providers Risk Their Lives, Property to Protect Choice
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14248-abortion-providers-quiet-heroism
Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: Without abortion providers, there is no choice. So they brave death threats, arsons and political persecution to protect women's reproductive freedom.
Paul Krugman | In the US, Austerity Could Be Disastrous
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14640-in-the-us-austerity-could-be-disastrous
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: "So fiscal austerity is the difference between where we are now and an unemployment rate not much above six percent. It's a policy disaster."
The F-35 Folly: How Our Own Fighter Jets Are Killing Us
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14663-the-f-35-folly-how-our-own-fighter-jets-are-killing-us
Thom Hartmann, The Daily Take: The technology in the F-35 is now outdated, but absurdly enough Pentagon officials are still pressing for thousands more of these expensive and obsolete weapons.
The Problem Isn't Growth; the Problem Is Inequality
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14659-the-problem-isnt-growth-the-problem-is-inequality
Salvatore Babones, Inequality.org: Plutonomy has continued to rise even as the economy as a whole has remained flat.
Richard D. Wolff | Where Profit Motive Leads
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14664-where-profit-motive-leads
Richard D. Wolff, Economic Update/Truthout: In his latest radio segment, Professor focuses on the worker takeover of a Greek factory, the minimum wage debate and the European horsemeat scandal.
Thom Hartman on the News: In First Congressional Race Since Newtown, NRA Support Backfired on a Candidate, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14665-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-in-first-congressional-race-since-newtown-nra-support-backfired-on-a-candidate-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles will put out a new deficit-reduction plan; Illinois State Senator Toi Hutchinson dropped her bid for a congressional seat after her 92 percent NRA rating became the center of political ads; gas prices have gone up 33 days in a row; the EU is taking on the Banksters; and more.
Bulgarian Revelations Explode Hezbollah Bombing "Hypothesis"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14641-bulgarian-revelations-explode-hezbollah-bombing-hypothesis
Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service: European Union foreign ministers will discuss a proposal to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, but ministers demanding hard evidence of Hezbollah involvement are not likely to find it.
The Minimum Wage, Guns, Health Care and the Meaning of a Decent Society
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14661-the-minimum-wage-guns-healthcare-and-the-meaning-of-a-decent-society
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "Raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 should be a no-brainer. Republicans say it will cause employers to shed jobs, but that's baloney."
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Al Gore: Democracy Needs to Trump Capitalism or the Global Elite Will Triumph
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17815-al-gore-democracy-needs-to-trump-capitalism-or-the-global-elite-will-triumph
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Al Gore says it succinctly, "Both capitalism and democracy have been hacked." He warns that democracy is endangered by those who value vast fortunes over the common good.
Rachel Maddow | Hubris: Selling the Iraq War
Watch the Video at MSNBC
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26315908/
DC's Quest to Silence Elizabeth Warren
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2013/02/18/beltway_to_elizabeth_warren_shhh/?source=newsletter
Dying for the Rhetoric of Old Men
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17814-dying-for-the-rhetoric-of-old-men
Arctic Needs Protection From Resource Rush as Ice Melts: UN Body
Read the Article at Scientific American
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=arctic-needs-protection-from-resource
Meet Six Politicians Getting Rich From America's Endless Wars
Read the Article at AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/meet-6-politicians-getting-rich-americas-endless-wars
GOP's Sequester Shenanigans Carry Risks for 2014
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/02/19/gops-sequester-shenanigans-carry-risks-for-2014/?hpid=z2
EU Seeks Deal on Fixed-Salary Cap for Bankers' Bonuses
Read the Article at Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/19/uk-eu-banks-bonuses-idUKBRE91I00H20130219
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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>Al Gore: Democracy Needs to Trump Capitalism or the Global Elite Will Triumph </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>Al Gore says it succinctly, "Both capitalism and democracy have been hacked." He warns that democracy is endangered by those who value vast fortunes over the common good.</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=qtc0Fv%2FxffHWqNVXxhYHOSDkfx98mT5Q"><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>Rachel Maddow | Hubris: Selling the Iraq War</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=bYuyVskP5N2reLAmC2q1pdUId%2BQj0itr"><strong>Watch the Video at MSNBC</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>DC's Quest to Silence Elizabeth Warren</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=w82%2FiODqPL1IKCZuEMlakNUId%2BQj0itr"><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>Dying for the Rhetoric of Old Men</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=EjaFTG3o7ghn75t33iwOuyDkfx98mT5Q"><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>Arctic Needs Protection From Resource Rush as Ice Melts: UN Body</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=QYv7JO%2FFNOMg8Pkv9qh82iDkfx98mT5Q"><strong>Read the Article at Scientific American</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Meet Six Politicians Getting Rich From America's Endless Wars</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=A8LvtXBFNEmBRvVYn%2BbK0CDkfx98mT5Q"><strong>Read the Article at AlterNet</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>GOP’s Sequester Shenanigans Carry Risks for 2014</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=mZVSi6C7y5woQOhRHxVEc9UId%2BQj0itr"><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>EU Seeks Deal on Fixed-Salary Cap for Bankers' Bonuses</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=XloqEmXwpRene9XuoHtemiDkfx98mT5Q"><strong>Read the Article at Reuters</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>Charles Derber and Yale Magrass, Truthout:</strong> "A militarized society develops a culture and institutions that program civilians for violence at home and abroad."</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=R5BhdZJiT1ZLza5OGH%2Bv5iDkfx98mT5Q"><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=uEDRwy8UP8MbjaLhr50pRiDkfx98mT5Q"><strong>Corporations Write Our Laws and Profit From Our Misery</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>Chris Hedges, Truthdig:</strong> Immigrant rights groups protesting against immigration detention centers represent a flicker of consciousness about the dangers of totalitarian corporate forces in our country.</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=oOMsD3kZcKbvp%2Fmw1W7aniDkfx98mT5Q"><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=7AiYMUB9GLuWY3zsec%2BRhdUId%2BQj0itr"><strong>Abortion Providers Risk Their Lives, Property to Protect Choice</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>Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout:</strong> Without abortion providers, there is no choice. So they brave death threats, arsons and political persecution to protect women's reproductive freedom.</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=T%2B1drj%2Fa0OF6gIJTKHaB1CDkfx98mT5Q"><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=lbA2bERucTnEmLAb4ymzOSDkfx98mT5Q"><strong>Paul Krugman | In the US, Austerity Could Be Disastrous</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> "So fiscal austerity is the difference between where we are now and an unemployment rate not much above six percent. It's a policy disaster."</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=yQCy94kC5t%2BWf5Cs5CxcHCDkfx98mT5Q"><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=8pGXqXcXSIH8RxJHaPWPMCDkfx98mT5Q"><strong>The F-35 Folly: How Our Own Fighter Jets Are Killing Us</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, The Daily Take:</strong> The technology in the F-35 is now outdated, but absurdly enough Pentagon officials are still pressing for thousands more of these expensive and obsolete weapons.</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=4o2VyeJI3n%2BriH5h7JdU9iDkfx98mT5Q"><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=i2wZPFLH16jCga16LABCrSDkfx98mT5Q"><strong>The Problem Isn't Growth; the Problem Is Inequality</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>Salvatore Babones, Inequality.org:</strong> Plutonomy has continued to rise even as the economy as a whole has remained flat.</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=cCsdcgftRWSvVp3zsDUH7tUId%2BQj0itr"><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=TA6T%2BxAa7iGrLf4lYWkYAyDkfx98mT5Q"><strong>Richard D. Wolff | Where Profit Motive Leads</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>Richard D. Wolff, Economic Update/Truthout:</strong> In his latest radio segment, Professor focuses on the worker takeover of a Greek factory, the minimum wage debate and the European horsemeat scandal.</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=wblzVznqlHjJ3NCYKTq0uCDkfx98mT5Q"><strong>Listen to the Show</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=N%2F1hUsitrxGK13OQ%2BOKNsdUId%2BQj0itr"><strong>Thom Hartman on the News: In First Congressional Race Since Newtown, NRA Support Backfired on a Candidate, 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> Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles will put out a new deficit-reduction plan; Illinois State Senator Toi Hutchinson dropped her bid for a congressional seat after her 92 percent NRA rating became the center of political ads; gas prices have gone up 33 days in a row; the EU is taking on the Banksters; and more.</p>
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