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How Intelligence Was Twisted to Support an Attack on Syria
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t r u t h o u t | 09.03
How Intelligence Was Twisted to Support an Attack on Syria
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18559-how-intelligence-was-twisted-to-support-an-attack-on-syria
Gareth Porter, Truthout: The Obama administration's intelligence summary on the alleged August 21, 2013, Syrian nerve gas attacks shows signs of using the same deceptive "assessment" language that characterized the Iraqi WMD fiasco.
Greg Palast: Potential Fed Chairman Summers at Heart of Global Economic Crisis
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18555-revealed-potential-fed-chair-summers-at-heart-of-global-economic-crisis
Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network: Investigative journalist Greg Palast has obtained a secret memo authored by then-deputy Treasury secretary Larry Summers and his protege Timothy Geithner detailing their plans to roll back financial regulation.
State Failures, National Models and the Perpetuation of Educational Injustice
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18476-state-failures-national-models-and-the-perpetuation-of-educational-injustice
Denise Wilburn and Jim Horn, Truthout: As corporate influence has come to dominate the ways that the education policy agenda is implemented, more top-down testing mandates, higher stakes and heavier sanctions have displaced most other school priorities, resulting in more segregation and less education.
We Must Restore Democracy in Our Workplaces
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/18580-we-must-restore-democracy-in-our-workplaces
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Small-d democracy in our small-r republic has been collapsing for the past 30 years. We are rapidly reversing 300 years of progress.
Abe at Ground Zero: the Consequences of Inaction at Fukushima Daiichi
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18556-abe-at-ground-zero-the-consequences-of-inaction-at-fukushima-daiichi
Andrew DeWit and Christopher Hobson, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Abe Shinzo can save Japan or TEPCO, but he can't save both.
Understanding the Right's "Obamacare" Obsession
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18558-understanding-the-rights-obamacare-obsession
Joshua Holland, Moyers & Company: Here's what no-holds-barred warfare against a law that's been settled for three years looks like.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Living in Poverty Affects More Than a Person's Physical Health, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18581-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-living-in-poverty-effects-more-than-a-persons-physical-health-and-more
In today's On the News segment: President Obama announced that he will ask Congress for authorization for a military strike in Syria; Harvard scientists found that the constant strain of worrying about finances can actually lower someone's IQ by as much as 13 percent; days before the Labor Day holiday, low-wage workers in more than 50 cities walked off the job to demand a living wage; and more.
And Then There Was One: Delusional Thinking in the Age of the Single Superpower
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18577-and-then-there-was-one-delusional-thinking-in-the-age-of-the-single-superpower
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: What are we to make of a planet with a single superpower that lacks genuine enemies of any significance - yet continues to fight a permanent global war with itself?
Obama Will Launch a Huge Propaganda Blitz - and May Attack Syria Even If He Loses the Vote in Congress
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18570-obama-will-launch-a-huge-propaganda-blitz-and-may-attack-syria-even-if-he-loses-the-vote-in-congress
Norman Solomon, Anti War Blog: Grass-roots pressure has forced the president to seek approval from Congress for an attack on Syria, but Obama is hell-bent on ordering a missile assault.
Eugene Robinson | Not in the National Interest
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/18557-not-in-the-national-interest
Eugene Robinson, Washington Post Writers Group: Are we really going to do this? Are we going to wade into a struggle we don't really want to fight? I'm talking about the upcoming budget battles in Washington, of course. (What, you thought I meant something else?)
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Syria: The White House Keeps Us in Fear to Preserve Military Dominance Over Oil
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18174-syria-the-white-house-keeps-us-in-fear-to-preserve-military-dominance-over-oil
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: One of the reasons President Obama cites for bombing Syria is to protect us from chemical weapons. It's now officially been 12 years of WMDs and the fear factor used as an excuse to project American military power.
The Coalition of the Screwed
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18173-the-coalition-of-the-screwed
Obama's Strategically Incompetent, Useless and Nonsensical War Push
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blog/175996/obamas-war-push-strategically-incompetent-useless-and-nonsensical#axzz2dlqySAGA
Taxpayers Pad Military Contractor CEO's Pockets
Read the Article at Foreign Policy in Focus
http://fpif.org/taxpayers-pad-military-contractor-ceo-pockets/
Obama to Meet With LGBT Activists While in Russia
Read the Article at Buzzfeed
http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/obama-to-meet-with-russian-activists-on-g20-sidelines
Why Global Warming Will Be Far Worse, Far Sooner, Than Forecasts Predict
Read the Article at Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/03-0
A Decade of Flat Wages
Read the Article at the Economic Policy Institute
http://www.epi.org/publication/a-decade-of-flat-wages-the-key-barrier-to-shared-prosperity-and-a-rising-middle-class/
US Spy Report Sparks Outrage as Brazil Demands Answers
Read the Article at Bloomberg News
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-02/u-s-spy-report-sparks-outrage-as-brazil-demands-answers.html
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<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>One of the reasons President Obama cites for bombing Syria is to protect us from chemical weapons. It's now officially been 12 years of WMDs and the fear factor used as an excuse to project American military power.</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 Coalition of the Screwed</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>Obama's Strategically Incompetent, Useless and Nonsensical War Push</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>Obama to Meet With LGBT Activists While in Russia</strong></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>Gareth Porter, Truthout:</strong> The Obama administration's intelligence summary on the alleged August 21, 2013, Syrian nerve gas attacks shows signs of using the same deceptive "assessment" language that characterized the Iraqi WMD fiasco.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2VAE208VTS7waMgO3cgGONdFuyxJG9%2BS"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dO5oheLoBrnPeTyI1aAKXho9DE%2F9hLyr"><strong>Greg Palast: Potential Fed Chairman Summers at Heart of Global Economic Crisis</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> Investigative journalist Greg Palast has obtained a secret memo authored by then-deputy Treasury secretary Larry Summers and his protege Timothy Geithner detailing their plans to roll back financial regulation.</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>The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> Small-d democracy in our small-r republic has been collapsing for the past 30 years. We are rapidly reversing 300 years of progress.</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>Joshua Holland, Moyers & Company:</strong> Here's what no-holds-barred warfare against a law that's been settled for three years looks like.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vofDFmn6ZE0vzmUc%2FKXcRho9DE%2F9hLyr"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DgKCuhq7YvI9NPvW%2FAQMBho9DE%2F9hLyr"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Living in Poverty Affects More Than a Person's Physical Health, 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> President Obama announced that he will ask Congress for authorization for a military strike in Syria; Harvard scientists found that the constant strain of worrying about finances can actually lower someone's IQ by as much as 13 percent; days before the Labor Day holiday, low-wage workers in more than 50 cities walked off the job to demand a living wage; and more.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lMpOHfXGH%2FzmkaEiqF9EHho9DE%2F9hLyr"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kO3zpr9IkXidEHxj8kWupxo9DE%2F9hLyr"><strong>And Then There Was One: Delusional Thinking in the Age of the Single Superpower</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>Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch:</strong> What are we to make of a planet with a single superpower that lacks genuine enemies of any significance - yet continues to fight a permanent global war with itself?</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=n2pPBrWLWw0LOcE8rvij%2B9dFuyxJG9%2BS"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mHoCF65AswuMxlot%2FiSULBo9DE%2F9hLyr"><strong>Obama Will Launch a Huge Propaganda Blitz - and May Attack Syria Even If He Loses the Vote in Congress</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, Anti War Blog:</strong> Grass-roots pressure has forced the president to seek approval from Congress for an attack on Syria, but Obama is hell-bent on ordering a missile assault.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=14HDcOJkZ2jEEKyMcr1oFho9DE%2F9hLyr"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ippkKf0jxFqls9spVvhyaxo9DE%2F9hLyr"><strong>Eugene Robinson | Not in the National Interest</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, Washington Post Writers Group:</strong> Are we really going to do this? Are we going to wade into a struggle we don't really want to fight? I'm talking about the upcoming budget battles in Washington, of course. (What, you thought I meant something else?)</p>
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