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William Rivers Pitt | Iraq, Sandy Hook and America
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t r u t h o u t | 03.21
William Rivers Pitt | Iraq, Sandy Hook and America
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15241-iraq-sandy-hook-and-america
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "There is a certain miasmic symmetry to the =
fact that America passed the 10-year anniversary of the onset of the Iraq w=
ar in the same week that the assault weapons ban went down to dirty defeat =
in Congress with nary a vote passed."
The Wealth of Business Connections for Obama's Energy Pick
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15243-the-wealth-of-business-connections-for=
-obamas-energy-pick
Justin Elliott, ProPublica: Having industry ties is not uncommon for cabine=
t nominees, but some environmentalists remain concerned by Ernest Moniz's p=
revious work for the energy industry.=20
Corporate Education Reform Hits San Francisco Community College
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15213-corporate-education-reform-hits-san-fr=
ancisco-community-college
David Bacon, Truthout: Student and faculty protest changes, proposed under =
the rubrics of fiscal responsibility and educational reform, that they beli=
eve have the ultimate goal of privatization.
Haiti's Duvalier Needs Company in the Dock
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15235-haitis-duvalier-needs-company-in-th=
e-dock
David Wilson, Truthout: While it is gratifying to see former Haitian dictat=
or Jean-Claude Duvalier forced to appear in court to discuss criminal compl=
aints, he, "like R=C3=ADos Montt and the Argentine generals," argues Wilson=
, "had accomplices and enablers who are still free to walk the streets of N=
ew York and Washington." Some enjoy puzzling respectability.
Cyprus... What You Can Learn From Iceland
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15263-cypruswhat-you-can-learn-from-icela=
nd
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Show: Cyprus should take a page out of th=
e Icelandic playbook and lock up the banksters.
Al-Maliki's Iraq: Rape, Executions and Torture
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15246-malikis-iraq-rape-executions-and-tortu=
re
Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera: Fingers are being pointed at Prime Minister Nouri =
al-Maliki for the pervasive detentions, torture and executions in Iraq.
US Supreme Court Considers ALEC Voting Bill
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15262-us-supreme-court-considers-alec-voting=
-bill
Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: ALEC has adopted a voting rights bill as model l=
egislation that is currently being judged in the US Supreme Court for possi=
ble conflicts with federal law.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Walmart Is Illegally Targeting Employees Th=
at Protested During Black Friday, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15265-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-walmart=
-is-illegally-targeting-employees-that-protested-during-black-friday-and-mo=
re
In today's On the News segment: There is a new effort in Washington to loos=
en Wall Street regulations and water down the 2010 Dodd Frank Act is gettin=
g bipartisan support in Congress; Walmart is illegally targeting employees =
that took part in the Black Friday protests last year; Culinary workers in =
Las Vegas are standing up to Casino owners with acts of civil disobedience;=
and more.
Economic Update: Guest Victor Wallis
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15240-economic-update-guest-victor-wallis
Richard D. Wolff, Economic Update/Truthout: Professor Wolff is joined by Vi=
ctor Wallis to discuss ecology and economics comparing capitalist and socia=
list responses to environmental crisis.
Men Who Kick Down Doors: Tyrants at Home and Abroad
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15252-men-who-kick-down-doors-tyrants-at-hom=
e-and-abroad
Ann Jones, TomDispatch: "Official America, as embodied in our political sys=
tem and national security state, now seems to be thoroughly masculine, para=
noid, quarrelsome, secretive, greedy, aggressive and violent."
Dahr Jamail Returns to Iraq to Find Rampant Torture and a Failed State in "=
Utter Devastation"
http://truth-out.org/video/item/15261-dahr-jamail-returns-to-iraq-to-find-r=
ampant-torture-and-a-failed-state-living-in-utter-devastation
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: Now with Al Jazeera, Dahr Jamail has just retu=
rned from Iraq once again, finding what he calls a "failed state," whose ci=
tizens are living in "utter devastation."
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Yale President Justifies Drug and Other Corporate Funding of University Res=
earch, Including a Pepsi Nutrition Fellowship
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17874-yale-president-jus=
tifies-drug-and-other-corporate-funding-of-university-research-including-a-=
pepsi-nutrition-fellowship
Are even the most prestigious universities starting to become extensions of=
the corporate world? It would appear so when it comes to basic research, i=
f Yale is an example, which it is.
Statutes of Limitations Are Expiring on Some Bush Crimes
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/article/173435/statutes-limitations-are-expiring-s=
ome-bush-crimes
Richard Cordray, Elizabeth Warren and 2014
Read the Article at The Hill
http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/brent-budowsky/289445-cordray-warren-=
2014
The NRA Wins Again
Read the Article at The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/03/the-nra-wins-again.h=
tml
Building Peace Is the Same Thing as Building the Future
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17873-building-peace-is-the-=
same-thing-as-building-the-future
More Wall Street Deregulation Garners Bipartisan Support Despite Devastatin=
g JPMorgan Report
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/19/wall-street-deregulation-_n_291016=
8.html
Pediatricians' Group Comes Out in Support of Gay Marriage, Adoptions
Read the Article at The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/dailydose/2013/03/20/pediatricians-group-comes-out-su=
pport-gay-marriage-and-adoptions-homosexual-single-parents/5e1S8bdx3x6yit2K=
FT5XOJ/story.html
Amy Goodman | Tomas Young and the End of the Body of War
Read the Article at Truthdig
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/tomas_young_and_the_end_of_the_body_of_=
war_20130320/
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<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=GMGJIynz8uTX6CvzMrtQiuP7wyep8H6Z" 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>Statutes of Limitations Are Expiring on Some Bush Crimes</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>Richard Cordray, Elizabeth Warren and 2014</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 NRA Wins Again</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>Building Peace Is the Same Thing as Building the Future</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>More Wall Street Deregulation Garners Bipartisan Support Despite Devastating JPMorgan Report</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>Pediatricians' Group Comes Out in Support of Gay Marriage, Adoptions</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>Amy Goodman | Tomas Young and the End of the Body of War</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=qiPI1TPr3eMDadm4V0SDaOP7wyep8H6Z" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Truthdig</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>William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> "There is a certain miasmic symmetry to the fact that America passed the 10-year anniversary of the onset of the Iraq war in the same week that the assault weapons ban went down to dirty defeat in Congress with nary a vote passed."</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=Rry3OUrYKJerD1kWjdRpbuP7wyep8H6Z" 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=2EjJds4JNjOyrsljDMi1H%2BP7wyep8H6Z"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Wealth of Business Connections for Obama's Energy Pick</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>Justin Elliott, ProPublica:</strong> Having industry ties is not uncommon for cabinet nominees, but some environmentalists remain concerned by Ernest Moniz's previous work for the energy industry. </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=rgmZMnoiRzSaxUps3Pc0AuP7wyep8H6Z" 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=Bp1MWU0OOICNWr7L%2Fa56Z%2BP7wyep8H6Z"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Corporate Education Reform Hits San Francisco Community College</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 Bacon, Truthout:</strong> Student and faculty protest changes, proposed under the rubrics of fiscal responsibility and educational reform, that they believe have the ultimate goal of privatization.</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=4WiGmHnz4qIdFhb17RfQueP7wyep8H6Z" 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=OsOBbdz4oflAPd2jXeB19uP7wyep8H6Z"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Haiti's Duvalier Needs Company in the Dock</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 Wilson, Truthout:</strong> While it is gratifying to see former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier forced to appear in court to discuss criminal complaints, he, "like Ríos Montt and the Argentine generals," argues Wilson, "had accomplices and enablers who are still free to walk the streets of New York and Washington." Some enjoy puzzling respectability.</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=ZQYGX9BaZ%2BawOXmmvNqzx%2BP7wyep8H6Z" 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=7ze%2FHXolJUhFC2jzR1%2Fqd%2BP7wyep8H6Z"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Cyprus... What You Can Learn From Iceland</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>The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Show:</strong> Cyprus should take a page out of the Icelandic playbook and lock up the banksters.</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=4CU0MG5wvQrDIEFK9z77IOP7wyep8H6Z" 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=vgNM24VlYLgSF5b6PLjou%2BP7wyep8H6Z"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Al-Maliki's Iraq: Rape, Executions and Torture</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>Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera:</strong> Fingers are being pointed at Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for the pervasive detentions, torture and executions in Iraq.</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=Y1jQGHseZyiIrajDD3lcS%2BP7wyep8H6Z" 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=w6Rsh4G8Jc%2FpqDn1Wje%2B4uP7wyep8H6Z"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>US Supreme Court Considers ALEC Voting Bill</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>Brendan Fischer, PR Watch:</strong> ALEC has adopted a voting rights bill as model legislation that is currently being judged in the US Supreme Court for possible conflicts with federal law.</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=Sjs4mAzagyVeoTSAG3zR%2FuP7wyep8H6Z" 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=h626c7ZX2VpYY6UmGgJQ2OP7wyep8H6Z"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Walmart Is Illegally Targeting Employees That Protested During Black Friday, 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> There is a new effort in Washington to loosen Wall Street regulations and water down the 2010 Dodd Frank Act is getting bipartisan support in Congress; Walmart is illegally targeting employees that took part in the Black Friday protests last year; Culinary workers in Las Vegas are standing up to Casino owners with acts of civil disobedience; 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 href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7I5Ph1dw%2B7yA%2B4uOdfZZheP7wyep8H6Z"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Economic Update: Guest Victor Wallis</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> Professor Wolff is joined by Victor Wallis to discuss ecology and economics comparing capitalist and socialist responses to environmental crisis.</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=U%2BFpps%2BG96pYfAN5e%2FRT2OP7wyep8H6Z" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Listen to the Radio Segment</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=R2gHE4vC32H7Y66WGUkD5eP7wyep8H6Z"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Men Who Kick Down Doors: Tyrants at Home and Abroad</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>Ann Jones, TomDispatch:</strong> "Official America, as embodied in our political system and national security state, now seems to be thoroughly masculine, paranoid, quarrelsome, secretive, greedy, aggressive and violent."</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=VEB%2BTd7Q73sml8YQa3MhZuP7wyep8H6Z" 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=y8QM5IfrD50KFqZjcKs1Dari8Lc0i7q2"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Dahr Jamail Returns to Iraq to Find Rampant Torture and a Failed State in "Utter Devastation"</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, Democracy Now!:</strong> Now with Al Jazeera, Dahr Jamail has just returned from Iraq once again, finding what he calls a "failed state," whose citizens are living in "utter devastation."</p>
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