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Edward Snowden Evolved From Gaming Geek to Conscientious
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t r u t h o u t | 01.03
Edward Snowden Evolved From Gaming Geek to Conscientious Whistleblower
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20983-edward-snowden-evolved-from-gaming-geek-to-conscientious-whistleblower-how-a-high-tech-spy-came-in-from-the-cold
Jonathan Franklin, Truthout: The last decade of Edward Snowden's life was a complicated journey from geek to principled spy, gaining information on what he came to call the government's "Architecture of Oppression."
Eagle Ford Shale: Breathe at Your Own Risk
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20989-eagle-ford-shale-breathe-at-your-own-risk
Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog: Fracking is in full swing in the Eagle Ford Shale region of southern Texas, home to the most productive oil field in the United States. The region has transitioned rapidly from pastoral to industrial over the last two years, with few regulatory roadblocks.
Okinawans to Be Sacrificed Again on the Altars of US and Japanese Militarism
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20968-okinawans-to-be-sacrificed-again-on-the-altars-of-us-and-japanese-militarism
Dr. Joseph Gerson, Truthout: The implications of the recently approved new Marine air base in Okinawa are devastating for the peoples of Okinawa and Guam as well as for the prospects of peace in East Asia.
The Student DebtCropper System: Even the Destitute Hounded by Debt Collectors
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20994-the-student-debtcropper-system-even-the-destitute-hounded-by-debt-collectors
Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: As most people who have passing familiarity with student debt in the US know, it's a millstone that is difficult to remove. But it turns out that even the limited ways out are often not available in practice thanks to the hyper-aggressive conduct of a government contractor.
Capitalism in Crisis: Who Are the Real "Takers"?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20988-capitalism-in-crisis-who-are-the-real-takers
Bernard Weiner, The Crisis Papers: Capitalism is in crisis across the globe. When both the president of the United States and the pope take out after its worst manifestations within days of each other, you know there's an internal time bomb inside this dysfunctional economic system.
Syrian Children Lose More Than Their Country
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20996-syrian-children-lose-more-than-their-country
Rebecca Murray, Inter Press Service: As refugees from Syria continue to pour into Lebanon, the majority of children are not going to school, spurring concern that they will become a "lost generation."
NYT Editorial Backs Snowden but Fails Other Whistleblowers
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21003-nyt-editorial-backs-snowden-but-fails-other-whistleblowers
Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network: Why is Edward Snowden the only person whom the New York Times is putting forth as the person to get clemency or to get a reduced sentence? The Times' recognizing Snowden should spur backing of other whistleblowers, says Michael Ratner.
Outrage Following Honduran Colonel's Attack Against US Human Rights Defender
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20993-outrage-following-honduran-colonels-attack-against-us-human-rights-defender
Dan Beeton, Center for Economic and Policy Research: Colonel German Alfaro, the commander of Operation Xatruch III in Honduras' Aguan Valley, personally denounced Annie Bird, codirector of the US- and Canada-based human rights group NGO Rights Action on TV and radio, alleging that she is engaging in "destabilization work" in the Aguan.
How College Pricing Is Like Holiday Retail Sales
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20995-how-college-pricing-is-like-holiday-retail-sales
Marian Wang, ProPublica: You know all those seemingly great sales during the holidays? It turns out, they are often a "carefully engineered illusion." Higher education may seem like a different world, but universities in many ways have been working from the same playbook.
Eugene Robinson | The ACA: Here to Stay
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20990-the-aca-here-to-stay
Eugene Robinson, Washington Post Writers Group: Now that the fight over Obamacare is history, perhaps everyone can finally focus on making the program work the way it was designed. Or, preferably, better. The fight is history, you realize. Done. Finito. Yesterday's news.
Tragic Slaying of Oscar Grant by Bay Area Police Remembered Five Years Later
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21004-tragic-slaying-by-bay-area-police-remembered-five-years-later
Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network: Vigils marked the five-year anniversary Wednesday of the killing of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot by a police officer at Oakland's Fruitvale Station on January 1, 2009.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Kentucky Man Denounces US Safety Net While Relying on Government to Stay Alive
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18398-kentucky-man-denounces-us-safety-net-while-relying-on-government-to-stay-alive
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: It's a conundrum. Many white poor Americans who accept government subsidies to survive avidly support politicians who oppose such stipends.
General Mills Begins Selling Cheerios Without GMO Ingredients
Read the Article at Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/03/us-generalmills-gmfood-idUSBREA0204220140103
"The Country You Destroyed": A Letter to George W. Bush
Read the Article at Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/01/03
Joe Conason | Rich Catholics Threaten Pope Francis - Because He Frightens Them
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18397-conason-rich-catholics-threaten-pope-francis
Code-Cracking Quantum Computer Is NSA Goal
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-seeks-to-build-quantum-computer-that-could-crack-most-types-of-encryption/2014/01/02/8fff297e-7195-11e3-8def-a33011492df2_story.html?hpid=z1
As Obamacare Sign-Ups Surge, So Does Conservative Rage
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/as-obamacare-signups-surge-so-does-rightwing-rage
When There's a News Scandal, You Can Count on News Organizations to Clam Up
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/01/when-theres-news-scandal-you-can-count-news-organizations-clam
You Have GOAT to See This: Racist "Lynch Obama" Facebook Page Hacked by Goats. Yes, Goats.
Read the Article at Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/03/1266860/-You-Have-GOAT-to-See-This
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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>It's a conundrum. Many white poor Americans who accept government subsidies to survive avidly support politicians who oppose such stipends.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=F1jFq7U07DNTFYN9u%2BR9mS1qmt8Q8qkL" 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>General Mills Begins Selling Cheerios Without GMO Ingredients</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 Country You Destroyed": A Letter to George W. Bush</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WcUsH6scz3tihf1Ev6q4jy1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Common Dreams</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Joe Conason | Rich Catholics Threaten Pope Francis - Because He Frightens Them</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>Code-Cracking Quantum Computer Is NSA Goal</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=o0hASZXvIVfwHFQ%2BqZM6wRhRrZkpNSg1" 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>As Obamacare Sign-Ups Surge, So Does Conservative Rage</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ez%2BUPXh0RzG3%2FXLeQ7Frhi1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Talking Points Memo</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>When There's a News Scandal, You Can Count on News Organizations to Clam Up</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dN1vJToEyJ6X2COhtgZbTS1qmt8Q8qkL" 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>You Have GOAT to See This: Racist "Lynch Obama" Facebook Page Hacked by Goats. Yes, Goats.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=keJHsdsRJrHUD9aX87V9Ki1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Daily Kos</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sfLFCAXCBQ7LW5SizWe95C1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Edward Snowden Evolved From Gaming Geek to Conscientious Whistleblower</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>Jonathan Franklin, Truthout:</strong> The last decade of Edward Snowden's life was a complicated journey from geek to principled spy, gaining information on what he came to call the government's "Architecture of Oppression."</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=t2%2FUzPAa42k9WCJpr5a7%2FS1qmt8Q8qkL" 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=DMpMcGsOGArgzItlWAbfbC1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Eagle Ford Shale: Breathe at Your Own Risk</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> Fracking is in full swing in the Eagle Ford Shale region of southern Texas, home to the most productive oil field in the United States. The region has transitioned rapidly from pastoral to industrial over the last two years, with few regulatory roadblocks.</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=%2Bi8QrtSz56PegEsVzg9M2y1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article and View the Photos</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=rJHpRGXZN9FsciPtPI5Z8i1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Okinawans to Be Sacrificed Again on the Altars of US and Japanese Militarism</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>Dr. Joseph Gerson, Truthout:</strong> The implications of the recently approved new Marine air base in Okinawa are devastating for the peoples of Okinawa and Guam as well as for the prospects of peace in East Asia.</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=d0m03K3BMo7fi71jTH2DHi1qmt8Q8qkL" 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=sMnXYJXWhkU%2FpoQWmHHYQC1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Student DebtCropper System: Even the Destitute Hounded by Debt Collectors</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>Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism:</strong> As most people who have passing familiarity with student debt in the US know, it's a millstone that is difficult to remove. But it turns out that even the limited ways out are often not available in practice thanks to the hyper-aggressive conduct of a government contractor.</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=9ExMK5%2BqDHFz0rkebXNygxhRrZkpNSg1" 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=x%2FWt89%2Fa%2FvsXg0eD2smHei1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Capitalism in Crisis: Who Are the Real "Takers"?</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>Bernard Weiner, The Crisis Papers:</strong> Capitalism is in crisis across the globe. When both the president of the United States and the pope take out after its worst manifestations within days of each other, you know there's an internal time bomb inside this dysfunctional economic system.</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=6uVDEHc0z5glfCV9OPgE0S1qmt8Q8qkL" 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=jrODTMZTFglCzzAQlqlRHC1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Syrian Children Lose More Than Their Country</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>Rebecca Murray, Inter Press Service:</strong> As refugees from Syria continue to pour into Lebanon, the majority of children are not going to school, spurring concern that they will become a "lost generation."</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=PcaSskIPEs47TQ%2FcnlXOhS1qmt8Q8qkL" 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=LiCBOKzhZccThJIi2LFk8C1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>NYT Editorial Backs Snowden but Fails Other Whistleblowers</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> Why is Edward Snowden the only person whom the New York Times is putting forth as the person to get clemency or to get a reduced sentence? The Times' recognizing Snowden should spur backing of other whistleblowers, says Michael Ratner.</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=WHCjW%2FTTiQH0Lui285bNHi1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</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>Dan Beeton, Center for Economic and Policy Research:</strong> Colonel German Alfaro, the commander of Operation Xatruch III in Honduras' Aguan Valley, personally denounced Annie Bird, codirector of the US- and Canada-based human rights group NGO Rights Action on TV and radio, alleging that she is engaging in "destabilization work" in the Aguan.</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=%2F1G32G%2BIBbTEOPrK8op70S1qmt8Q8qkL" 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=nIkCgjjC52XCYObLi3qLCS1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How College Pricing Is Like Holiday Retail Sales</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>Marian Wang, ProPublica:</strong> You know all those seemingly great sales during the holidays? It turns out, they are often a "carefully engineered illusion." Higher education may seem like a different world, but universities in many ways have been working from the same playbook.</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=uh0iyTc5EuVepz%2FTJ%2BuVly1qmt8Q8qkL" 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=jcEzOQ92imZ1ikYIrx7b1i1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Eugene Robinson | The ACA: Here to Stay</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> Now that the fight over Obamacare is history, perhaps everyone can finally focus on making the program work the way it was designed. Or, preferably, better. The fight is history, you realize. Done. Finito. Yesterday's news.</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=qaKhB59ni8PMoAMuK2VU9i1qmt8Q8qkL" 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=cVecwyuNYA1DIMqHoPuucC1qmt8Q8qkL" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Tragic Slaying of Oscar Grant by Bay Area Police Remembered Five Years Later</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> Vigils marked the five-year anniversary Wednesday of the killing of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot by a police officer at Oakland's Fruitvale Station on January 1, 2009.</p>
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