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William Rivers Pitt | The Sugar Makes the Poison Taste Sweet
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t r u t h o u t | 01.30
William Rivers Pitt | The Sugar Makes the Poison Taste Sweet
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21542-the-sugar-makes-the-poison-taste-sweet
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: If you ask the right people, they'll tell you President Obama's State of the Union was a great speech. I saw a man talking very eloquently out of both sides of his mouth, again, and it made me sick in my soul.
The New York Times Calls Torture "Torture" When the Perp Is an Official Enemy
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21482-new-york-times-calls-torture-torture-when-the-perp-is-an-official-enemy
Justin Doolittle, Truthout: When is torture called "torture" in The New York Times? When it's purportedly done by someone the US government disapproves of.
Enough Is Enough: Fraud-Ridden Banks Are Not LA's Only Option
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21544-enough-is-enough-fraud-ridden-banks-are-not-las-only-option
Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Blog: What if there is an alternative that would not only save Los Angeles money but would be a safer place to deposit its funds than in Wall Street banks?
Another Chapter in Coal's Trail of Pollution
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21537-another-chapter-in-coals-trail-of-pollution
Mary Anne Hitt, OtherWords: The West Virginia chemical spill was just the latest example of how the coal industry is poisoning our water, thanks to glaring loopholes in the nation's clean-water protections.
No Pipe Dream: Is Fracking About To Arrive on Your Doorstep?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21561-no-pipe-dream-is-fracking-about-to-arrive-on-your-doorstep
Ellen Cantarow, TomDispatch: All of the industry's ubiquitous pipelines mean countless Americans - even those living far from gas fields, compressor stations and terminals - find themselves on the front lines of fracking.
Time for Big Oil to Pay for Its Pollution
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21567-we-need-a-carbon-tax-and-we-need-it-now
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The fossil fuel industry is the only industry that doesn't pay to clean up its own waste, so it's left to the American taxpayer to foot the bill and shoulder the externalities.
Is Syrian "Peace" Conference Laying the Foundation for War?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21520-is-syrian-peace-conference-laying-the-foundation-for-war
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: The Geneva II "peace" conference has all the indications of a sham. Those opposed to war in Syria better get ready to prevent war again.
Paul Krugman | What Happens When Opportunities Are Lost
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21507-what-happens-when-opportunities-are-lost
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: The problem isn't that the United States is becoming a nation of takers; it's the fact that we're becoming a nation that doesn't offer enough economic opportunity to the bottom half, or maybe even the bottom 80 percent, of its citizens.
Egypt's Constitutional Mess and Solutions From South Africa
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21418-egypts-constitutional-mess-and-solutions-from-south-africa
Keith Harrington, Truthout: Egypt's latest constitutional plebiscite was so rigged, it inevitably will lead to another legitimation crisis for the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces government. When it does, the generals should look to South Africa's constitutional round table for a model constitution writing process.
Obama Calls for "Opportunity for All": Eight Policies To Make It Happen
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21550-obama-calls-for-opportunity-for-all-eight-policies-to-make-it-happen
Sarah van Gelder, Yes! Magazine: While the president outlined important steps forward Tuesday night, bolder steps are needed. Here are eight with the power to create the universal opportunity the president called for.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: States Have Lost $1.76 Billion Since Congress Allowed Long-Term Unemployment Benefits to Expire, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21565-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-and-more
In today's On the News segment: States have lost $1.76 billion since Congress allowed long-term unemployment benefits to expire; religious groups are standing up for reproductive rights; ten cities are teaming up to fight climate change; and more.
Economic Update: Myths of Economic Recovery
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/21566-economic-update-myths-of-economic-recovery
Richard D. Wolff, Economic Update / Truthout: A North Carolina company was sold to its 320 workers; India enables cheap substitutes for overpriced drugs; updates on US union membership in 2013; the myth of returning manufacturing to the US; and more.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Utah Grade School Rips Lunches From Students and Tosses Food in Garbage
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18448-utah-grade-school-rips-lunches-from-students-and-tosses-food-in-garbage
The 1% philosophy of pay up or go hungry now extends to elementary school, it appears. Kids who are past due on lunch credit get their food trashed in front of entire cafeteria.
Abolishing War, Resurrecting Fallujah
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18447-abolishing-war-resurrecting-fallujah
How Democrats Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Citizens United
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/how-dems-learned-love-super-pacs-citizens-united
Rep. Henry Waxman, Liberal Champion, To Retire From Congress
Read the Article at the Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-henry-waxman-retire-congress-20140130,0,369837,full.story
Showering in Formaldehyde? Fresh Fears in West Virginia
Read the Article at Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/01/29-7
Reid Announces Opposition to "Fast Track" Authority on Trade Deals
Read the Article at Bloomberg News
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-29/reid-says-he-opposes-renewing-fast-track-trade-authority.html
BP Deepwater Supervisors Must Face Manslaughter Rap
Read the Article at Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/29/1273503/-BP-Deepwater-Supervisors-Must-Face-Manslaughter-Rap
The Anti-Fracking Activist Barred From 312.5 Square Miles of Pennsylvania
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/29/vera-scroggins-fracking-activist-pennsylvania
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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> If you ask the right people, they'll tell you President Obama’s State of the Union was a great speech. I saw a man talking very eloquently out of both sides of his mouth, again, and it made me sick in my soul.</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=M7uZGuBSPnYXtqWl%2FNZEAVnhigj6zxiy" 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=eYdBF2bqQT0472n0uZnlPAFEKkNAfliI"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong><em>The New York Times</em> Calls Torture "Torture" When the Perp Is an Official Enemy</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>Justin Doolittle, Truthout:</strong> When is torture called "torture" in <em>The New York Times</em>? When it's purportedly done by someone the US government disapproves of.</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=0%2BKEzxXngHN6EdD62j6vK%2Bc%2FPHSQqMY%2B"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Another Chapter in Coal's Trail of Pollution</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>Mary Anne Hitt, OtherWords:</strong> The West Virginia chemical spill was just the latest example of how the coal industry is poisoning our water, thanks to glaring loopholes in the nation’s clean-water protections.</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=nu13oaIIXD%2FqF7Aiu9h5vuc%2FPHSQqMY%2B"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>No Pipe Dream: Is Fracking About To Arrive on Your Doorstep?</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 Cantarow, TomDispatch:</strong> All of the industry's ubiquitous pipelines mean countless Americans - even those living far from gas fields, compressor stations and terminals - find themselves on the front lines of fracking.</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=DTir7EOeKhhC%2B6hwE2XKBuc%2FPHSQqMY%2B" 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=MFBwVMdSj16GECskFG61l%2Bc%2FPHSQqMY%2B"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Time for Big Oil to Pay for Its Pollution</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 fossil fuel industry is the only industry that doesn't pay to clean up its own waste, so it’s left to the American taxpayer to foot the bill and shoulder the externalities.</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=hLhHm7PIOXL98DJweYV7euc%2FPHSQqMY%2B" 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=PmWKtIqrqUCjxTomH71u9uc%2FPHSQqMY%2B"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Is Syrian "Peace" Conference Laying the Foundation for War?</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>Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout:</strong> The Geneva II "peace" conference has all the indications of a sham. Those opposed to war in Syria better get ready to prevent war again.</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> The problem isn't that the United States is becoming a nation of takers; it's the fact that we're becoming a nation that doesn't offer enough economic opportunity to the bottom half, or maybe even the bottom 80 percent, of its citizens.</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>Keith Harrington, Truthout:</strong> Egypt's latest constitutional plebiscite was so rigged, it inevitably will lead to another legitimation crisis for the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces government. When it does, the generals should look to South Africa's constitutional round table for a model constitution writing process.</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=Zf0I46qBJ4N3WYYX%2Fc22Buc%2FPHSQqMY%2B"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Obama Calls for "Opportunity for All": Eight Policies To Make It Happen</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 van Gelder, Yes! Magazine:</strong> While the president outlined important steps forward Tuesday night, bolder steps are needed. Here are eight with the power to create the universal opportunity the president called for.</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=ODPbX%2B%2BudHMz6CH7851kUec%2FPHSQqMY%2B"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: States Have Lost $1.76 Billion Since Congress Allowed Long-Term Unemployment Benefits to Expire, 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> States have lost $1.76 billion since Congress allowed long-term unemployment benefits to expire; religious groups are standing up for reproductive rights; ten cities are teaming up to fight climate change; 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>Richard D. Wolff, Economic Update / Truthout:</strong> A North Carolina company was sold to its 320 workers; India enables cheap substitutes for overpriced drugs; updates on US union membership in 2013; the myth of returning manufacturing to the US; and more.</p>
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