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William Rivers Pitt | The Easy Problem With Government
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t r u t h o u t | Tuesday, 14 January 2014
William Rivers Pitt | The Easy Problem With Government
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21218-william-rivers-pitt-the-easy-problem-with-government
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "Clearly, the decades-long push to privatize everything will lead us all to paradise on Earth. Please excuse me while I enjoy a glass of tap-provided poison while watching my bank account get looted. Or maybe, just maybe, government isn't the problem. Maybe the people we allow into government are the problem with government."
EPA: California Offshore Frackers Must Disclose Chemicals Dumped Into Ocean
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21208-epa-california-offshore-frackers-must-disclose-chemicals-dumped-into-ocean
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: The EPA issued a rule last week requiring oil and gas firms using fracking technology in federal waters off the coast of southern California to regularly report the volume and chemical makeup of any fracking fluids or wastewater dumped into the ocean.
From AIDS to Lyme: Will We Let History Repeat Itself?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21206-from-aids-to-lyme-will-we-let-history-repeat-itself
Jessica Bernstein, Truthout: Some argue that the inadequate early government response to the AIDS epidemic - including diagnostic, treatment, funding and research failures - is being repeated with Lyme disease, affecting hundreds of thousands.
Chris Hedges | The Trouble With Chris Christie
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21207-chris-hedges-the-trouble-with-chris-christie
Chris Hedges, Truthdig: The Bridgegate scandal is a window into how federal agencies and the security and surveillance apparatus would be routinely employed in a Christie presidency to punish anyone who challenged his tiny cabal's grip on power.
Red Tape: Controlling the International Flow of Apparel
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21118-ladydrawers-red-tape-controlling-the-international-flow-of-apparel
Anne Elizabeth Moore and Melissa Mendes, Truthout: More than half a million jobs in the apparel industry have been lost since NAFTA. Ladydrawers connects the dots between homeland security, bras and the loss of US jobs in Moore and Mendes' latest strip.
America's Real Welfare Queens
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21228-americas-real-welfare-queens
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: When Republicans talk about "welfare queens," they're really talking about their buddies in big banks, Big Oil and giant transnational corporations. It's time to cut off the corporate welfare pipeline and use those billions of dollars to help our economy recover.
India's Arab Spring in Winter 2014
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21200-indias-arab-spring-in-winter-2014
Papri Sri Raman, Truthout: When Delhi state's November elections brought the new anticorruption Aam Admi Party to power, calculations about India's upcoming national elections were upset, and a previously narrow field suddenly widened.
Win Today, Lose Tomorrow: Why Republicans Protect the "Honor" of Offensive Team Names
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21226-win-today-lose-tomorrow-why-republicans-protect-the-honor-of-offensive-team-names
Jeremiah Goulka, TomDispatch: There may be no bigger headache for NFL team owner Dan Snyder than the matter of his franchise's name: the Redskins. It's offensive, and activists want it changed. But there is at least one bloc of public figures that fully supports the name.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Delays Vote on Unemployment Benefits, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21229-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-senate-delays-vote-on-unemployment-benefits-and-more
In today's On the News segment: On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had to delay a crucial vote on unemployment benefits so Republican lawmakers could finalize their list of demands; out-of-work Floridians have been denied $20 million of jobless benefits - and it has nothing to do with Congress; a Republican millionaire in California is making the case for a higher minimum wage; and more.
West Virginia Water Crisis: Behind Chemical Spill, Gaping Holes in State and Federal Regulation
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21224-west-virginia-water-crisis-behind-chemical-spill-gaping-holes-in-state-and-federal-regulation
Amy Goodman and Aaron Mate, Democracy Now!: The Freedom Industries site behind the West Virginia chemical spill is just a mile upriver from the state's largest water treatment plant. But despite the obvious dangers to the source of 16 percent of West Virginia residents' water, the spill has exposed major holes in how the state regulates these dangerous chemicals.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
The Alleged "Job Creators" Are Really the "Job and Payroll Takers"
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Many big corporations and Wall Street financial behemoths are predators, not job creators. They are the real "takers" in our society.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18417-the-alleged-job-creators-are-really-the-job-and-payroll-takers
Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC's Net Neutrality Rules
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2087441/appeals-court-strikes-down-fccs-net-neutrality-rules.html
Read the Article at PCWorld
Ten Examples of Welfare for the Rich and Corporations
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18416-ten-examples-welfare-for-rich-and-corporations
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
"This Is Your Community and Your Rights and Your Water," Erin Brockovich Tells West Virginia Residents Affected by Chemical Spill
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201401130181
Read the Article at The Charleston Gazette
Barbara Ehrenreich | It Is Expensive To Be Poor
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/it-is-expensive-to-be-poor/282979/
Read the Article at The Atlantic
Spending Deal Reduces Budget Requests for Wall Street Watchdogs
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-congress-budget-securities-and-exchange-commission-20140114,0,3955449.story#axzz2qO7HYbfd
Read the Article at the Los Angeles Times
Christie Scandal Pits Cranky Karl Rove Vs. Tricky Dick Morris
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18415-christie-karl-rove-dick-morris
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
Scary Chart Reveals Koch Brothers' Insidious Influence in American Politics
http://thedailybanter.com/2014/01/the-koch-brothers-most-likely-own-you/
Read the Article at The Daily Banter
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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 Alleged "Job Creators" Are Really the "Job and Payroll Takers" </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>Many big corporations and Wall Street financial behemoths are predators, not job creators. They are the real "takers" in our society.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yElcj5FJ14VmCiw1KcVP%2Bvz6ZbI4%2FBxH"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
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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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pHdarraWNH%2BSwTPBadN0MEFi3Pwtr29z"><strong>Read the Article at PCWorld</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Ten Examples of Welfare for the Rich and Corporations</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EveLNaKCX%2F5bpgR%2BZ0UOgFRaifa3ALca"><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>"This Is Your Community and Your Rights and Your Water," Erin Brockovich Tells West Virginia Residents Affected by Chemical Spill</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3N8xddI%2Fj4sCjjKYOH%2BFx0Fi3Pwtr29z"><strong>Read the Article at The Charleston Gazette</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Barbara Ehrenreich | It Is Expensive To Be Poor</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ri337KGnTYUjhd9H6a0kt0Fi3Pwtr29z"><strong>Read the Article at The Atlantic</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Spending Deal Reduces Budget Requests for Wall Street Watchdogs</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>Christie Scandal Pits Cranky Karl Rove Vs. Tricky Dick Morris</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6MusfacGthnfbBYJBUPhyEFi3Pwtr29z"><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>Scary Chart Reveals Koch Brothers' Insidious Influence in American Politics</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=u4aNbOVFACwWhbt5R%2FqX6EFi3Pwtr29z"><strong>Read the Article at The Daily Banter</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> "Clearly, the decades-long push to privatize everything will lead us all to paradise on Earth. Please excuse me while I enjoy a glass of tap-provided poison while watching my bank account get looted. Or maybe, just maybe, government isn't the problem. Maybe the people we allow into government are the problem with government."</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=BzwHUI7nyvqJU6Htcqo1lEFi3Pwtr29z"><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=J8Mnj8OCHT9voUg1j7CzvUFi3Pwtr29z"><strong>EPA: California Offshore Frackers Must Disclose Chemicals Dumped Into Ocean</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>Mike Ludwig, Truthout:</strong> The EPA issued a rule last week requiring oil and gas firms using fracking technology in federal waters off the coast of southern California to regularly report the volume and chemical makeup of any fracking fluids or wastewater dumped into the ocean.</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=LHgE6Z0n8SUSgcJ8sgTndkFi3Pwtr29z"><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=1zPe3rL13JNMSrJErFq3HkFi3Pwtr29z"><strong>From AIDS to Lyme: Will We Let History Repeat Itself?</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>Jessica Bernstein, Truthout:</strong> Some argue that the inadequate early government response to the AIDS epidemic - including diagnostic, treatment, funding and research failures - is being repeated with Lyme disease, affecting hundreds of thousands.</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=qqVg%2F%2BgyLabK%2FZ6g9ZI3Sfz6ZbI4%2FBxH"><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=CwcZj4MgCkbwxBVvYCHE5UFi3Pwtr29z"><strong>Chris Hedges | The Trouble With Chris Christie</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> The Bridgegate scandal is a window into how federal agencies and the security and surveillance apparatus would be routinely employed in a Christie presidency to punish anyone who challenged his tiny cabal's grip on power.</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=M7V0ciL74MwPk6lhclCSaEFi3Pwtr29z"><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=BGzcCs9wHGG76CVMdyFikvz6ZbI4%2FBxH"><strong>Red Tape: Controlling the International Flow of Apparel</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>Anne Elizabeth Moore and Melissa Mendes, Truthout:</strong> More than half a million jobs in the apparel industry have been lost since NAFTA. Ladydrawers connects the dots between homeland security, bras and the loss of US jobs in Moore and Mendes' latest strip.</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=fG895uYlB0xo1RBpCoEVnEFi3Pwtr29z"><strong>View the Comic</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=SIhkpZa%2F8rIGCN0ycqan8%2Fz6ZbI4%2FBxH"><strong>America's Real Welfare Queens</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> When Republicans talk about "welfare queens," they're really talking about their buddies in big banks, Big Oil and giant transnational corporations. It's time to cut off the corporate welfare pipeline and use those billions of dollars to help our economy recover.</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=Y7c%2Fd3ZGk7zLobzBr62220Fi3Pwtr29z"><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=dq5LWIEdwPLt96perT5uIkFi3Pwtr29z"><strong>India's Arab Spring in Winter 2014</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>Papri Sri Raman, Truthout:</strong> When Delhi state's November elections brought the new anticorruption Aam Admi Party to power, calculations about India's upcoming national elections were upset, and a previously narrow field suddenly widened.</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=w9%2FRy%2Bi%2FJIQl35AJ1ZAzkkFi3Pwtr29z"><strong>Read the Article</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>In today's On the News segment:</strong> On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had to delay a crucial vote on unemployment benefits so Republican lawmakers could finalize their list of demands; out-of-work Floridians have been denied $20 million of jobless benefits - and it has nothing to do with Congress; a Republican millionaire in California is making the case for a higher minimum wage; and more.</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>Amy Goodman and Aaron Mate, Democracy Now!:</strong> The Freedom Industries site behind the West Virginia chemical spill is just a mile upriver from the state's largest water treatment plant. But despite the obvious dangers to the source of 16 percent of West Virginia residents' water, the spill has exposed major holes in how the state regulates these dangerous chemicals.</p>
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