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William Rivers Pitt | Top Gun Santa
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t r u t h o u t | 11.05
William Rivers Pitt | Top Gun Santa
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20441-top-gun-santa
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: This year NORAD is adding fighter jet escorts to its animated tracking of Santa. William Rivers Pitt bemoans the brazen attempt at selling such militaristic propaganda to young children.
New Deal Passed at UN Climate Summit in Warsaw Promotes Carbon Colonialism
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/20422-cop19-promotes-carbon-colonialism-with-new-redd-deal
Melanie Jae Martin, Truthout: At COP19, REDD+, a global carbon trading scheme, was passed. This jeopardizes the rights and resources of local communities throughout the global south, because of the prevalence of carbon-market-driven land grabs.
Twelve Years a Slave: Kidnapped Into the Horror of Slavery
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/20444-twelve-years-a-slave-kidnapped-into-the-horror-of-slavery
Solmon Northup, Penguins Books: Originally published in 1853, Twelve Years a Slave provides a detailed, first-person narrative about the business and culture of enslavement in the South. Solomon Northup's memoir offers a vivid, horrifying account of the abominable practice.
A New Frontier for Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/20417-a-new-frontier-for-fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform
David Ciplet and Alison Kirsch, Truthout: Subsidies to dirty and wealthy fossil fuel companies represent a paradoxical misalignment of priorities. Action to remove fossil fuel subsidies must be a centerpiece of international and national climate efforts.
Paul Krugman | France's Ideological Downgrade
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20446-frances-ideological-downgrade
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Just as the austerity drive isn't really about fiscal responsibility, the push for "structural reform" isn't really about growth; in both cases, it's mainly about dismantling the welfare state.
New Guardian Docs Show ALEC Misled Press, Public
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/20442-new-guardian-docs-show-alec-misled-press-public
Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: Internal documents from the American Legislative Exchange Council published by The Guardian offer new evidence about how the group has continually misled reporters, the public and even its own members.
Supreme Court Prefers Free Speech for Corporations, Not People
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20466-scotus-prefers-free-speech-for-corporations-not-people
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program:
The free speech rights of American citizens are under attack all across America. But if you're a corporation, you can have all the say you want.
Why Hasn't Sen. Elizabeth Warren Backed the Iran Deal?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20465-why-hasnt-sen-elizabeth-warren-backed-the-iran-deal
Robert Naiman, Truthout: Given that neocons are agitating for new Congressional sanctions on Iran now in the hopes that this will sink recent diplomatic success, shouldn't Sen. Elizabeth Warren be speaking out now?
Hollywood Without the Happy Ending: How the CIA Bungled the War on Terror
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/20447-hollywood-without-the-happy-ending-how-the-cia-bungled-the-war-on-terror
Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch: In the past year or so, a trickle of information has come to light, and it opens an astonishing new window into the privatization of US intelligence.
Fast Food Giants Gorge on Subsidies
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20438-fast-food-giants-gorge-on-subsidies
Sarah Anderson, OtherWords: Thanks to a loophole that subsidizes CEO pay, the McDonald's, Yum, Wendy's, Burger King, Domino's and Dunkin' brands trimmed $64 million from their tax bills in 2011 and 2012.
Interview With UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk: Legitimacy Is the Agency of History
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20418-interview-with-un-special-rapporteur-richard-falk-legitimacy-is-the-agency-of-history
Creede Newton, Truthout: Richard Falk discusses Israel-Palestine issues, arguing that Palestinian participation in the peace process has few upsides, and scorns political leaders who still act as though hard power was the agency of history.
"Just the Reality": Pipeline Safety Official Admits He'd Avoid Buying a Home Near Pipelines Like Keystone XL
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20443-just-the-reality-pipeline-safety-official-admits-hed-avoid-buying-a-home-near-pipelines-like-keystone-xl
Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog: A federal pipeline safety official admitted that he made a point of ensuring his home wasn't in the path of any pipelines before buying it and that he wouldn't advise anyone to build in the path of a pipeline.
The US-Mexico Border Is a Site of Environmental and Humanitarian Disaster
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20445-the-us-mexico-border-is-a-site-of-environmental-and-humanitarian-disaster
Michelle Chen, Jacobin: Just as immigrant rights activists see the border as a violent social barrier, environmentalists see the border fence as an assault on the integrity of regional ecologies.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Mr. President, Economic Injustice Will Not End Without Systemic Economic Change
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18352-mr-president-economic-injustice-will-not-end-without-systemic-economic-change
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: As long as President Obama accepts the myth of "heroic" unfettered capitalism, he won't solve the problem of surging income inequality and increasingly stagnant social mobility.
'Tis the Season to Feel Rage and Heartache About the Economy
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18351-season-rage-heartache-economy
Gun Control Group Releases Devastating Ad Timed to Anniversary of Newtown Shooting
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/moms-demand-action-newtown-anniversary-ad_n_4386623.html
Matt Taibbi | Another Batch of Wall Street Villains Freed on Technicality
Read the Article at Rolling Stone
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/another-batch-of-wall-street-villains-freed-on-technicality-20131204
US Will No Longer Report Guantanamo Hunger Strikes
Read the Article by The Associated Press
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-stops-disclosing-guantanamo-hunger-strike-tally-21098481
Auto Destruct: How Detroit Went Bankrupt, and How It Could Rise Again
Read the Article at Grist
http://grist.org/cities/auto-destruct-how-detroit-went-bankrupt-and-how-it-could-rise-again/
Democrats Link Themselves to Elizabeth Warren to Gain Primary Advantages
Read the Article at National Journal
http://www.nationaljournal.com/hotline-on-call/democrats-link-themselves-to-warren-to-gain-primary-advantages-20131205
Libraries Fear "Ravenous" NSA
Read the Article at The Hill
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/191979-libraries-back-legislation-to-curb-ravenous-snooping-by-the-nsa
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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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=x602wGaGpzYLj3lJR0XXusS1I4%2FDULxH" 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>'Tis the Season to Feel Rage and Heartache About the Economy</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>Gun Control Group Releases Devastating Ad Timed to Anniversary of Newtown Shooting</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>Matt Taibbi | Another Batch of Wall Street Villains Freed on Technicality</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>US Will No Longer Report Guantanamo Hunger Strikes</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>Auto Destruct: How Detroit Went Bankrupt, and How It Could Rise 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>Democrats Link Themselves to Elizabeth Warren to Gain Primary Advantages</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>Libraries Fear "Ravenous" NSA</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>William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> This year NORAD is adding fighter jet escorts to its animated tracking of Santa. William Rivers Pitt bemoans the brazen attempt at selling such militaristic propaganda to young children.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dus%2Fz4sLrtoZCjy33cJPkcS1I4%2FDULxH" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rCOTw8Qw0TQ7u2j3PvzOTsS1I4%2FDULxH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>New Deal Passed at UN Climate Summit in Warsaw Promotes Carbon Colonialism</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>Melanie Jae Martin, Truthout:</strong> At COP19, REDD+, a global carbon trading scheme, was passed. This jeopardizes the rights and resources of local communities throughout the global south, because of the prevalence of carbon-market-driven land grabs.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LQ8qtdWvY%2BSNpUMrkSi%2F9sS1I4%2FDULxH" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HMoraIBj95r0TXuAWeBvzcS1I4%2FDULxH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong><em>Twelve Years a Slave</em>: Kidnapped Into the Horror of Slavery</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>Solmon Northup, Penguins Books:</strong> Originally published in 1853, <em>Twelve Years a Slave</em> provides a detailed, first-person narrative about the business and culture of enslavement in the South. Solomon Northup's memoir offers a vivid, horrifying account of the abominable practice.
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hb4VTE5o8vKWVZXUhULEJMS1I4%2FDULxH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Excerpt</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qLlViL6lkJLymr8nMFS4xcS1I4%2FDULxH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A New Frontier for Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform?</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 Ciplet and Alison Kirsch, Truthout:</strong> Subsidies to dirty and wealthy fossil fuel companies represent a paradoxical misalignment of priorities. Action to remove fossil fuel subsidies must be a centerpiece of international and national climate efforts.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=educnPRYT6dKKhZRHbH5s8S1I4%2FDULxH" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=najzlpreRQOELfAo6JgA%2BMS1I4%2FDULxH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Paul Krugman | France's Ideological Downgrade</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> Just as the austerity drive isn't really about fiscal responsibility, the push for "structural reform" isn't really about growth; in both cases, it's mainly about dismantling the welfare state.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Qa1rV%2Bi8qEv8%2B9iGSdZxuMS1I4%2FDULxH" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mO%2F2SlILJnHXv6U1Z4x9fMS1I4%2FDULxH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>New <em>Guardian</em> Docs Show ALEC Misled Press, Public</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> Internal documents from the American Legislative Exchange Council published by <em>The Guardian</em> offer new evidence about how the group has continually misled reporters, the public and even its own members.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KVLoYMm6vJJcmDsMHeD0A8S1I4%2FDULxH" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dDisy0jFVUg1n9be6bVFr8S1I4%2FDULxH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Supreme Court Prefers Free Speech for Corporations, Not People</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 Program:</strong> The free speech rights of American citizens are under attack all across America. But if you’re a corporation, you can have all the say you want.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tMzxUSLEMS6G1WYJh%2By32mvyrnFsNDvZ" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tvCoAfgPb9Sdpyz9AP1EdcS1I4%2FDULxH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Why Hasn't Sen. Elizabeth Warren Backed the Iran Deal?</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 Naiman, Truthout:</strong> Given that neocons are agitating for new Congressional sanctions on Iran now in the hopes that this will sink recent diplomatic success, shouldn't Sen. Elizabeth Warren be speaking out now?</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JxzkYJNuIFeS%2FymCwk0W%2FGvyrnFsNDvZ" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9VHbzmKDkl68%2F%2B7fYVpSkMS1I4%2FDULxH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Hollywood Without the Happy Ending: How the CIA Bungled the War on Terror</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>Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch:</strong> In the past year or so, a trickle of information has come to light, and it opens an astonishing new window into the privatization of US intelligence.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0W6FhlvYJtWgz1NVEIe52cS1I4%2FDULxH" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=itYihdmzeVAdRE7ACghiusS1I4%2FDULxH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Fast Food Giants Gorge on Subsidies</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>Sarah Anderson, OtherWords:</strong> Thanks to a loophole that subsidizes CEO pay, the McDonald's, Yum, Wendy's, Burger King, Domino's and Dunkin' brands trimmed $64 million from their tax bills in 2011 and 2012.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RDuuNE4HtWBXMU7uNlSLtcS1I4%2FDULxH" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7n%2B9tboNbeOMmyyOb1YJu8S1I4%2FDULxH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Interview With UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk: Legitimacy Is the Agency of History</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>Creede Newton, Truthout:</strong> Richard Falk discusses Israel-Palestine issues, arguing that Palestinian participation in the peace process has few upsides, and scorns political leaders who still act as though hard power was the agency of history.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NRhsdY2X%2BgWmMtgwKfPDSsS1I4%2FDULxH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Interview</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=C01lNrKW5lr3mDmo%2B8C9IcS1I4%2FDULxH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>"Just the Reality": Pipeline Safety Official Admits He'd Avoid Buying a Home Near Pipelines Like Keystone XL</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>Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog:</strong> A federal pipeline safety official admitted that he made a point of ensuring his home wasn’t in the path of any pipelines before buying it and that he wouldn't advise anyone to build in the path of a pipeline.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=29IUtKK%2B6lpJSxMP0z8i%2B8S1I4%2FDULxH" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aG7m8QiX2%2BAdWpn34BzzacS1I4%2FDULxH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The US-Mexico Border Is a Site of Environmental and Humanitarian Disaster</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>Michelle Chen, Jacobin:</strong> Just as immigrant rights activists see the border as a violent social barrier, environmentalists see the border fence as an assault on the integrity of regional ecologies.</p>
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