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Richard Smith | Beyond Growth or Beyond Capitalism?
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t r u t h o u t | 01.15
Richard Smith | Beyond Growth or Beyond Capitalism?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21215-beyond-growth-or-beyond-capitalism
Richard Smith, Truthout: We have a stark choice: We can save capitalism or save human civilization. There is no possible future that contains both.
Infrastructure 101: The Evolution of Building Big Things - Part 2: Adverse Events and Privatization Consultants
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21132-infrastructure-101-the-evolution-of-building-big-things-part-2-adverse-events-and-privatization-consultants
Ellen Dannin, Truthout: Language in boilerplate contracts and the advice of advisers with conflicts of interest often serve to favor privatization of public services, such as highway construction, which can cost taxpayers more.
Love in a Time of 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21232-love-in-a-time-of-4-methylcyclohexane-methanol
Cheyenna Layne Weber, West Virginia Water Crisis: Those who would prefer to see us washed away must be presented as the terrorists and criminals they are, rather than as CEOs worthy of taxpayer-subsidized bonuses.
Robert Reich: US Leads the Developed Nations and Many Third World Nations in Income Inequality
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21194-robert-reich-us-leads-the-developed-nations-and-many-third-world-nations-in-income-inequality
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Economist and educator Robert Reich's engaging documentary Inequality for All is both a primer in inequality and a revealing portrait of the self-deprecating and succinct Reich, who at one point, speaking of his years working with President Bill Clinton, laments, "We didn't alter the underlying trend."
Under Pressure, Whole Foods Agrees to Stop Selling Produce Grown in Sewage Sludge
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21234-under-pressure-whole-foods-agrees-to-stop-selling-produce-grown-in-sewage-sludge
Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch: The CMD broke the story that the $12.9 billion-a-year natural and organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market had a policy of "don't ask, don't tell" when it comes to non-organic produce being grown in fields spread with sewage sludge.
The Internet Is Dead; Long Live the Internet!
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21252-the-internet-is-dead-long-live-the-internet
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: On Tuesday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the FCC's Open Internet Order, the legal framework that protects net neutrality. This is nothing short of a disaster.
Shock Doctrine in Japan: Shinzo Abe's Rightward Shift to Militarism, Secrecy in Fukushima's Wake
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21240-shock-doctrine-in-japan-shinzo-abes-rightward-shift-to-militarism-secrecy-in-fukushimas-wake
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: Koichi Nakanoabout, professor at Sophia University in Tokyo and director of the Institute of Global Concern, discusses Japan's increasingly pro-nuclear, nationalistic stance.
Paul Krugman | Shipping Delays Prove That Sometimes a Glitch Is Just a Glitch
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21137-shipping-delays-prove-that-sometimes-a-glitch-is-just-a-glitch
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Right-wing pundits were quick to condemn HealthCare.gov's technical problems, but none of these people made similar claims about UPS or Amazon shortcomings.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Republicans Manage to Block Two Attempts to Extend Long-Term Unemployment Benefits, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21251-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-senate-republicans-manage-to-block-two-different-attempts-to-extend-long-term-unemployment-benefits-and-more
In today's On the News segment: On the anniversary of the death of internet activist Aaron Swartz, three judges in DC killed the internet; Senate Republicans manage to block two attempts to extend long-term unemployment benefits; employers who use Obamacare as an excuse to shaft workers may be in for a big surprise; and more.
Anatomy of an Obamacare 'Horror Story'
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21239-anatomy-of-an-obamacare-horror-story
Maggie Mahar, Healthinsurance.org: For months, health reform's opponents have been feasting on tales of Obamacare's "innocent victims." Trouble is, many of those stories just aren't true.
Why Cory Booker Is Trying To Deep-Six Obama's Historic Efforts at Peacemaking With Iran
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21244-why-cory-booker-is-trying-to-deep-six-obamas-historic-efforts-at-peacemaking-with-iran
Zaid Jilani, AlterNet: It's ironic that Cory Booker, who in many ways represents a fresh face for the Democratic Party, is hitching his wagon to a political force that is anything but fresh - and may soon lose control of the debate altogether.
Oil-by-Rail Industry in North America Begins 2014 With Another Spectacular Crash
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21245-oil-by-rail-industry-in-north-america-begins-2014-with-another-spectacular-crash
Roger Annis, Vancouver Observer: It's the latest calamity by an industry growing at a pace that should frighten anyone concerned with public safety and the world's warming climate.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Lift the $117,000 Income Cap on Social Security Withholding Taxes - and Retirement Benefits Could Likely Be Expanded
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18419-lift-the-117-000-income-cap-on-social-security-taxes-and-benefits-could-likely-be-expanded
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: By January 2, at least 900 wealthy Americans had paid their full Social Security tax levy. Why? Because Social Security taxes are not collected on earnings that exceed $117,000, and the wealthiest earn that in 48 hours or less.
NSA Devises Radio Pathway Into Offline Computers
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/us/nsa-effort-pries-open-computers-not-connected-to-internet.html?hp&_r=2&wpisrc=nl_wonk
House Nears Passage of $1.1 Trillion Budget to Avert Government Shutdown
Read the Article by The Associated Press
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=262633736
Obama Trades the Environment for a Trade Deal: WikiLeaks Releases Full Text of Secret TPP Environment Chapter
Read the Article at The Wire
http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/01/obama-trades-environment-trade-deal/357026/
Jim Hightower | What if Antibiotics No Longer Work?
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18418-jim-hightower-what-if-antibiotics-no-longer-work
Senate Report: Attack on US Compound in Benghazi Could Have Been Prevented
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/senate-report-attack-on-us-compound-in-benghazi-could-have-been-prevented/2014/01/15/5e197224-7de9-11e3-95c6-0a7aa80874bc_story.html?wpisrc=al_comboPN_p
New York Agrees to $18 Million Settlement With 2004 Republican National Convention Protesters
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/new-york-agrees-settlement-2004-republican-convention
I'm From West Virginia and I've Got Something To Say About the Chemical Spill
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-waggoner/west-virginia-chemical-spill_b_4598140.html
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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>Lift the $117,000 Income Cap on Social Security Withholding Taxes - and Retirement Benefits Could Likely Be Expanded </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>By January 2, at least 900 wealthy Americans had paid their full Social Security tax levy. Why? Because Social Security taxes are not collected on earnings that exceed $117,000, and the wealthiest earn that in 48 hours or less.</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=NOWe29WDrp%2BaV2L8zca1DZfWVUfQPmtb" 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>NSA Devises Radio Pathway Into Offline Computers</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=werr1faK3YJ3sRLJZUMlRpfWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>House Nears Passage of $1.1 Trillion Budget to Avert Government Shutdown</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=atv0WTPkpN0gG3ZiyVJJtJfWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article by The Associated Press</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Obama Trades the Environment for a Trade Deal: WikiLeaks Releases Full Text of Secret TPP Environment Chapter</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=fYRUpih4noOJcFt3%2FZaA%2BpfWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Wire</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Jim Hightower | What if Antibiotics No Longer Work?</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=0L6EJQotB1gcw352ckQROpfWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>Senate Report: Attack on US Compound in Benghazi Could Have Been Prevented</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=rBKrvbFpWpWOU93nxy2StZfWVUfQPmtb" 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>New York Agrees to $18 Million Settlement With 2004 Republican National Convention Protesters</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=ZbX7jgfR2wMhHIKiin0y7pfWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Guardian</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I'm From West Virginia and I've Got Something To Say About the 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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8Ycu32%2FCm2zPhLD1%2BNnj%2FJfWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Huffington Post</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>Richard Smith, Truthout:</strong> We have a stark choice: We can save capitalism or save human civilization. There is no possible future that contains both.</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=%2FKauqiqnv07v2pChdmsqMpfWVUfQPmtb" 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=X8zUSyVB%2F07iJ2O3vMqf45fWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Infrastructure 101: The Evolution of Building Big Things - Part 2: Adverse Events and Privatization Consultants</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>Ellen Dannin, Truthout:</strong> Language in boilerplate contracts and the advice of advisers with conflicts of interest often serve to favor privatization of public services, such as highway construction, which can cost taxpayers more.</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=5sM36A2Qdt0wgzEPMBMEq5fWVUfQPmtb" 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=IyYJzsicNwe9ACXB98cwb5fWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Love in a Time of 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol</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>Cheyenna Layne Weber, West Virginia Water Crisis:</strong> Those who would prefer to see us washed away must be presented as the terrorists and criminals they are, rather than as CEOs worthy of taxpayer-subsidized bonuses.</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=6U5RXNi9%2BApHDjoiqoe0qpfWVUfQPmtb" 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=lDndT103LZY%2BG4NekioyipfWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Robert Reich: US Leads the Developed Nations and Many Third World Nations in Income Inequality</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>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> Economist and educator Robert Reich's engaging documentary <em>Inequality for All</em> is both a primer in inequality and a revealing portrait of the self-deprecating and succinct Reich, who at one point, speaking of his years working with President Bill Clinton, laments, "We didn't alter the underlying trend."</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=h170asycu%2BL73xkiKNV6RZfWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Review</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=hEjJZk1oeTvrMkNSeuFBEJfWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Under Pressure, Whole Foods Agrees to Stop Selling Produce Grown in Sewage Sludge</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>Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch:</strong> The CMD broke the story that the $12.9 billion-a-year natural and organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market had a policy of "don't ask, don't tell" when it comes to non-organic produce being grown in fields spread with sewage sludge.</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=rkvIx%2BCJIhuHcXnRlwe%2FI5fWVUfQPmtb" 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=tGGSx%2Fkxr2%2BDnC57uz1cOZfWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Internet Is Dead; Long Live the Internet! </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> On Tuesday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the FCC's Open Internet Order, the legal framework that protects net neutrality. This is nothing short of a disaster.</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=wIrVguIoFs5Pi3SJ9734%2BJfWVUfQPmtb" 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=KtyFcYS9K57zmh5w4bfm35fWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Shock Doctrine in Japan: Shinzo Abe's Rightward Shift to Militarism, Secrecy in Fukushima's Wake</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> Koichi Nakanoabout, professor at Sophia University in Tokyo and director of the Institute of Global Concern, discusses Japan's increasingly pro-nuclear, nationalistic stance.</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>Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> Right-wing pundits were quick to condemn HealthCare.gov's technical problems, but none of these people made similar claims about UPS or Amazon shortcomings.</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=%2FE8nNOL%2F2XWzlyJPNEA4QGyMN2lSUKTj" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Republicans Manage to Block Two Attempts to Extend Long-Term Unemployment Benefits, 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> On the anniversary of the death of internet activist Aaron Swartz, three judges in DC killed the internet; Senate Republicans manage to block two attempts to extend long-term unemployment benefits; employers who use Obamacare as an excuse to shaft workers may be in for a big surprise; 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=msdfApnyMOFbcKbe3SVeAJfWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Anatomy of an Obamacare 'Horror Story'</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>Maggie Mahar, Healthinsurance.org:</strong> For months, health reform's opponents have been feasting on tales of Obamacare's "innocent victims." Trouble is, many of those stories just aren't true.</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=xDPcPgfEP5RxJsdUCFBvT5fWVUfQPmtb" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>Zaid Jilani, AlterNet:</strong> It's ironic that Cory Booker, who in many ways represents a fresh face for the Democratic Party, is hitching his wagon to a political force that is anything but fresh - and may soon lose control of the debate altogether.</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>Roger Annis, Vancouver Observer:</strong> It's the latest calamity by an industry growing at a pace that should frighten anyone concerned with public safety and the world's warming climate.</p>
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