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Is Freeing a Duck Terrorism?
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t r u t h o u t | 02.03
Is Freeing a Duck Terrorism?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21626-is-freeing-a-duck-terrorism
Ryan Shapiro, Truthout: A lawsuit filed today seeks to strike down the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Politicians, industry and law enforcement too long employed the rhetoric and apparatus of national security to counter effective animal advocacy, labeling those who exercise constitutionally protected rights "terrorists."
Nordheim: A Texas Town Facing a Toxic Future
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21621-nordheim-a-texas-town-facing-a-toxic-future
Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog: Nordheim, Texas, may soon have a 200-plus acre waste disposal plant as its neighbor despite the protests of the city's mayor, Kathy Payne. The small town is located in the Eagle Ford Shale region of southern Texas, where vast oil deposits have only recently become accessible through fracking.
Dean Baker | The Attack of the Robots: Economists' Silly Fantasies
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21625-the-attack-of-the-robots-economists-silly-fantasies
Dean Baker, Truthout: If we adjust patent laws to better serve the economy we can ensure that robots make most of the world richer not poorer. The economists might tell us that the problem of inequality is just the natural progress of technology and the economy, but we should know better.
Philip Seymour Hoffman Didn't Have to Die
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21645-philip-seymour-hoffman-didnt-have-to-die
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Fighting heroin addiction and drug addiction in general should be dealt with in the most practical fashion possible. That's why the United States should start its own heroin prescription program as soon as possible.
Shale Stories: Obama's Clean Energy Future Is a Fracking Nightmare for Rural America
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21628-shale-stories-obamas-clean-energy-future-is-a-fracking-nightmare-for-rural-america
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: In his State of the Union address, President Obama once again touted natural gas as the "bridge fuel" that will help the American economy reduce its carbon emissions and dependency on foreign oil. But West Virginia resident Marilyn Hunt has some choice words for Obama.
Chris Hedges | Military Metaphysics: How Militarism Mangles the Mind
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21624-military-metaphysics-how-militarism-mangles-the-mind
Chris Hedges, Truthdig: The US military has won the ideological war. The nation sees human and social problems as military problems. To fight terrorists Americans have become terrorists. Peace is for the weak. War is for the strong. Hypermasculinity has triumphed over empathy.
John Pilger | It's the Other Oscars - and Yet Again the Winner Slips Away
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21545-its-the-other-oscars-and-yet-again-the-winner-slips-away
John Pilger, Truthout: Most movies are made for the highest return, fueled by money, marketing and something called celebrity, which is different from fame or talent. On the red carpet of celebrity, these Oscars go to those whose ubiquitous promotion demands recognition.
Why Common Core Isn't the Answer
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21622-why-common-core-isnt-the-answer
Marion Brady, Truthout: "As far as I know, no one has asked the general public's opinion about the Common Core State Standards for school subjects. My guess would be that if polled, most people - including most educators - would say they just make good sense. But not everyone is a fan."
Argentine Activists Win First Round Against Monsanto Plant
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21629-argentine-activists-win-first-round-against-monsanto-plant
Fabiana Frayssinet, IPS News: Residents of a town in Argentina have won the first victory in their fight against biotech giant Monsanto, but they are still at battle stations, aware that winning the war is still a long way off.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: 25 States Have Refused to Expand Medicaid, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21644-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-25-states-have-refused-to-expand-medicaid-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Millions of Americans are now realizing that they're too poor to afford Obamacare; the National Resources Defense Council has released a new report alleging that the FDA knowingly allowed the use of "high-risk" antibiotics in meat; it looks like Chris Christie is hiding something; and more.
They Can't Tell the Truth
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21623-they-cant-tell-the-truth
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance: In the last week there were two high profile events that highlighted the inability of those in power to reflect reality and put forward solutions to the urgent problems faced by the United States and the world: the State of the Union and the World Economic Forum at Davos.
Staples Plucks Postal Jobs
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21630-staples-plucks-postal-jobs
Alexandra Bradbury, Labor Notes: Staples' latest ad slogan is "What the L?" That sounds like what postal workers said when they found out the retail chain planned to steal their work. The Long Island local of the American Postal Workers Union didn't waste any time after the news broke in November.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
The 1% Blowback: Walmart Says Food Stamp Cuts Lowered Its Revenue
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/the-1-blowback-walmart-says-food-stamp-cuts-lowered-its-revenue
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: It's hard to pity the heirs of Sam Walton, but their mega-corporation is experiencing reduced sales due to a cutback in food stamps. Should we pass a hat for them?
Four Examples of America's Inequality
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/four-examples-of-americas-inequality
Hundreds of Actions Are Planned to Protest Keystone XL
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blog/178191/hundreds-actions-are-planned-protest-keystone-xl
David Sirota | Don't Pity the Billionaire
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/dont-pity-the-billionaire
Fuzzy Math: How Chris Christie Divvied Up Hurricane Sandy Mitigation Money
Read the Article at NJ Spotlight
http://www.wnyc.org/story/fuzzy-math-how-christie-handed-out-sandy-mitigation-money/
Fundraising by GOP Rebels Outpaces Party Establishment
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/us/politics/rebel-conservatives-lead-way-in-gop-fund-raising.html
How the US Exports Global Warming
Read the Article at Rolling Stone
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-the-u-s-exports-global-warming-20140203
Missouri Pushes for State's Rights Beyond Guns
Read the Article at USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/01/26/missouri-pushes-for-state-sovereignty/4915629/
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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 hard to pity the heirs of Sam Walton, but their mega-corporation is experiencing reduced sales due to a cutback in food stamps. Should we pass a hat for them?</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=gwabdFrbNusUd0vmsEj3jVaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><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>Four Examples of America's Inequality</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=AAcWLfRVTA6t95XbvtBqOlaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><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>Hundreds of Actions Are Planned to Protest Keystone XL</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=g1b6gRxc3xzEtRkDAFic5Faa7xAj4t%2Bk"><strong>Read the Article at The Nation</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>David Sirota | Don't Pity the Billionaire</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>Fuzzy Math: How Chris Christie Divvied Up Hurricane Sandy Mitigation Money</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=nGMPccQ7hPdbc%2FKTzGzxklaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><strong>Read the Article at NJ Spotlight</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Fundraising by GOP Rebels Outpaces Party Establishment</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>How the US Exports Global Warming</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>Missouri Pushes for State's Rights Beyond Guns</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=BdACPcbIzKAowUJfWqbqO1aa7xAj4t%2Bk"><strong>Read the Article at USA Today</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>Ryan Shapiro, Truthout:</strong> A lawsuit filed today seeks to strike down the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Politicians, industry and law enforcement too long employed the rhetoric and apparatus of national security to counter effective animal advocacy, labeling those who exercise constitutionally protected rights "terrorists."</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=lSfZycOJlgV6gAOmcbackFaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><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=RyYvEhGgCUA%2FhTP03agvb1aa7xAj4t%2Bk"><strong>Nordheim: A Texas Town Facing a Toxic Future</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> Nordheim, Texas, may soon have a 200-plus acre waste disposal plant as its neighbor despite the protests of the city's mayor, Kathy Payne. The small town is located in the Eagle Ford Shale region of southern Texas, where vast oil deposits have only recently become accessible through fracking.</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=m1%2BPIDVHu3e1V99epJnU7Vaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PtlpxeVFkOAhEeqE4q342Vaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><strong>Dean Baker | The Attack of the Robots: Economists' Silly Fantasies</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>Dean Baker, Truthout:</strong> If we adjust patent laws to better serve the economy we can ensure that robots make most of the world richer not poorer. The economists might tell us that the problem of inequality is just the natural progress of technology and the economy, but we should know better.</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=LIRAYKwznaeryBobn2%2FGUVaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><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=c%2FqV8UpUR6EnILoSumcKtFaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><strong>Philip Seymour Hoffman Didn't Have to Die</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> Fighting heroin addiction and drug addiction in general should be dealt with in the most practical fashion possible. That's why the United States should start its own heroin prescription program as soon as possible.</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=S8zyfP%2F%2FlryK2cOuC1N0OFaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><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=aXLAxf7yI3Gg1xG0u7RQgFaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><strong>Shale Stories: Obama's Clean Energy Future Is a Fracking Nightmare for Rural America</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> In his State of the Union address, President Obama once again touted natural gas as the "bridge fuel" that will help the American economy reduce its carbon emissions and dependency on foreign oil. But West Virginia resident Marilyn Hunt has some choice words for Obama.</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=8r32NZhYvupFrGJdftv3vFaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><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=WtOcJGtGNvEM4ss3jXPAcVaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><strong>Chris Hedges | Military Metaphysics: How Militarism Mangles the Mind</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 US military has won the ideological war. The nation sees human and social problems as military problems. To fight terrorists Americans have become terrorists. Peace is for the weak. War is for the strong. Hypermasculinity has triumphed over empathy.</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=SEv1wxwx96y%2FPVCRJ%2Ff5Tlaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><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=YWSoPfiGo7XLDcQ7B0owhVaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><strong>John Pilger | It's the Other Oscars - and Yet Again the Winner Slips Away</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>John Pilger, Truthout:</strong> Most movies are made for the highest return, fueled by money, marketing and something called celebrity, which is different from fame or talent. On the red carpet of celebrity, these Oscars go to those whose ubiquitous promotion demands recognition.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0t4EM3CdXRB%2BuV5cIuodwlaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><strong>Why Common Core Isn't the Answer</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>Marion Brady, Truthout:</strong> "As far as I know, no one has asked the general public's opinion about the Common Core State Standards for school subjects. My guess would be that if polled, most people - including most educators - would say they just make good sense. But not everyone is a fan."</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nDEYcruIBUi8VWUPfAwa81aa7xAj4t%2Bk"><strong>Argentine Activists Win First Round Against Monsanto Plant</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>Fabiana Frayssinet, IPS News:</strong> Residents of a town in Argentina have won the first victory in their fight against biotech giant Monsanto, but they are still at battle stations, aware that winning the war is still a long way off.</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=nDTgY3fhycv5QCuxmb4XkVaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><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=Z4r5z%2BBLjsbaE7GGdYXw9Vaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: 25 States Have Refused to Expand Medicaid, 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> Millions of Americans are now realizing that they're too poor to afford Obamacare; the National Resources Defense Council has released a new report alleging that the FDA knowingly allowed the use of "high-risk" antibiotics in meat; it looks like Chris Christie is hiding something; and more.</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=Q%2Bn0eWPJ3C0Emduiw%2FhP%2Flaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</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=jPGVo2UQkwpsdIN0ENy%2BHlaa7xAj4t%2Bk"><strong>They Can't Tell the Truth</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, Popular Resistance:</strong> In the last week there were two high profile events that highlighted the inability of those in power to reflect reality and put forward solutions to the urgent problems faced by the United States and the world: the State of the Union and the World Economic Forum at Davos.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=G3hdRTFQ7Mrp%2BjYmsNf%2Fbj%2FuGHBymYWi"><strong>Staples Plucks Postal Jobs</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>Alexandra Bradbury, Labor Notes:</strong> Staples' latest ad slogan is "What the L?" That sounds like what postal workers said when they found out the retail chain planned to steal their work. The Long Island local of the American Postal Workers Union didn't waste any time after the news broke in November.</p>
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