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t r u t h o u t | Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Study: Nuclear Reactors Are Toxic to Surrounding Areas, Especially With Age
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/22324-study-nuclear-reactors-are-toxic-t=
o-surrounding-areas-especially-as-plants-age
Candice Bernd, Truthout: A study released last week shows that public healt=
h in the communities surrounding California's Diablo Canyon power plant in =
San Luis Obispo County declined dramatically after the plant was built. The=
findings also document the presence of Strontium-90 in baby teeth.
William Rivers Pitt | In Memory of Bartcop: Seedcorn, Pioneer, Patriot
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/22376-in-memory-of-bartcop-seedcorn-p=
ioneer-patriot
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: Terrence Coppage was, in his way, the Charli=
e Parker of liberal bloggers. Every saxophone player who has followed Parke=
r is blowing notes Bird had already blown better. So it is with Bartcop; he=
was playing those changes before the rest of us had our pants on.
Remembering and Learning From Fukushima
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21551-deadly-fukushima-crisis-further=
-corrodes-viability-of-nuclear-energy
H. Patricia Hynes, Truthout: At the three-year anniversary of the Fukushima=
Dai'ichi nuclear power plant reactor meltdowns, the disaster's consequence=
s continue to unfold. One should be a global switch from nuclear power to r=
enewable energy.
How the GOP Ambushed the VW Union Election
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/22378-how-the-gop-ambushed-the-vw-union-=
election
John Logan, Truthout: Congressional Republicans and anti-union organization=
s have adopted the term "ambush elections" to describe new NLRB rules on un=
ion certification, but the real ambush of recent weeks was the GOP threats =
and intimidation against Volkswagen workers.
By the Way, Your Home Is on Fire: The Climate of Change and the Dangers of =
Stasis
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/22400-by-the-way-your-home-is-on-fire=
-the-climate-of-change-and-the-dangers-of-stasis
Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch: Our climate crisis requires us to evacuate our=
normal ways of doing things. That will not always be cheap or easy, but di=
vestment can be done now with no loss. In any case, it's the only honorable=
and sane thing to do.
It's the Money, Honey
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/22366-its-the-money-honey
Anne Elizabeth Moore and Ellen Lindner, Truthout: While global garment indu=
stry revenue represents the lion's share of many countries' exports and GDP=
, the workers who make the garments almost never make a living wage - and o=
nly occasionally pull in a minimum one.
Noam Chomsky: From Hiroshima to Fukushima, Vietnam to Fallujah, State Power=
Ignores Its Massive Harm
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/22390-noam-chomsky-from-hiroshima-to-=
fukushima-vietnam-to-fallujah-state-power-ignores-its-massive-harm
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: World-renowned political dissident, linguist, =
author and MIT professor Noam Chomsky traveled to Japan last week ahead of =
the three-year anniversary of the Fukushima crisis. Chomsky met with Fukush=
ima survivors, including families who evacuated the area after the meltdown=
s.
Rick Perry Killed an Innocent Man
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/22406-rick-perry-killed-an-innocent-m=
an
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Ten years ago, Texas executed Ca=
meron Todd Willingham, who was convicted in 1992 on arson charges. But now,=
newly uncovered evidence suggests that Willingham was in fact an innocent =
man.
Sixteen for '16 - Number 3: A Rededication to Public Education
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22312-sixteen-for-16-number-3-a-rededication=
-to-public-education
Salvatore Babones, Truthout: If the knowledge factory model of public educa=
tion doesn't even improve standardized test scores, what is it good for? Th=
e obvious answer is: nothing. We need to put the public back in public educ=
ation and be clear about our goals and the best way to achieve them.
Conservatives Offer Americans Empty Stomachs and Empty Rhetoric
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/22395-conservatives-offer-americans-e=
mpty-stomachs-and-empty-rhetoric
Terrance Heath, Campaign For America's Future: Paul Ryan says that "the lef=
t" is offering Americans "a full stomach and an empty soul." The truth is t=
hat conservatives such as Ryan are offering Americans empty stomachs and em=
pty rhetoric. The American people want more than that.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
International Experts Tell Senators That Single=C2=ADPayer Improves Nationa=
l Health at Less Cost
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Not that it was a secret, but internati=
onal experts recently confirmed at a Senate hearing that single=C2=ADpayer =
health insurance costs less and improves a nation's health. The United Stat=
es is at the bottom of "developed" countries for overall health outcomes: d=
ead last.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/international-experts-tell-se=
nators-that-single-payer-improves-national-health-at-less-cost
Sen. Feinstein: CIA Searched Intelligence Committee Computers, Violated the=
Constitution, and Broke the Law
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/feinstein-cia-searche=
d-intelligence-committee-computers/2014/03/11/982cbc2c-a923-11e3-8599-ce729=
5b6851c_story.html
Read the Article at The Washington Post
The Sociopathic 1%: The Driving Force at the Heart of the Tea Party
http://www.salon.com/2014/03/08/the_sociopathic_1_percent_the_driving_force=
_at_the_heart_of_the_tea_party/
Read the Article at Salon
Eugene Robinson | Ukraine's Test From Within
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/eugene-robinson-ukraine-s-tes=
t-from-within
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
New ALEC Initiative Takes Aim at Villages, Cities, Towns and Counties Acros=
s America=20
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/new-alec-initiative-takes-aim=
-at-villages-cities-towns-and-counties-across-america
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
For Too Many, Accessing Abortion Is Already an "Undue Burden"
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2014/03/11/many-accessing-abortion-alread=
y-undue-burden/
Read the Article at RH Reality Check
Edward Snowden's Testimony to the European Parliament on NSA Spying and Its=
Consequences
http://www.independentsciencenews.org/science-media/edward-snowdens-testimo=
ny-to-the-european-parliament-on-nsa-spying-and-its-consequences/
Read the Article at Independent Science News
In Show of Direct Democracy, Vermont Pushes for Public Bank
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/06-9
Read the Article at Common Dreams
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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>Not that it was a secret, but international experts recently confirmed at a Senate hearing that single-­payer health insurance costs less and improves a nation's health. The United States is at the bottom of "developed" countries for overall health outcomes: dead last.</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=rvRbJpJK%2F1zZ5%2BdGZXCeXXMa6fkTGw8u" 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>Sen. Feinstein: CIA Searched Intelligence Committee Computers, Violated the Constitution, and Broke the Law</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=zExsQ9V%2FUC6fSLfQ54B1JHMa6fkTGw8u" 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>The Sociopathic 1%: The Driving Force at the Heart of the Tea Party</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=GkkAlTue4OLblE5%2F1W1ZVXMa6fkTGw8u" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Salon</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Eugene Robinson | Ukraine's Test From Within</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=w8PBJ0THRDEuMegqvehZ0nMa6fkTGw8u" 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>New ALEC Initiative Takes Aim at Villages, Cities, Towns and Counties Across America</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=zYiImDhx%2BdQLchwtlGA4T3Ma6fkTGw8u" 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>For Too Many, Accessing Abortion Is Already an "Undue Burden"</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=f6nxyoLEeR6iubF2ZWd2OzMKykIYhb7X" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at RH Reality Check</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Edward Snowden's Testimony to the European Parliament on NSA Spying and Its Consequences</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=tH3BfciBp%2FYHE43WcSIrXHMa6fkTGw8u" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Independent Science News</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>In Show of Direct Democracy, Vermont Pushes for Public Bank</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=97rjwG2k2TfzEGOIQIwmDnMa6fkTGw8u" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Common Dreams</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=Q%2B6QbSsVdB8BrLNWoj47rHMa6fkTGw8u" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Study: Nuclear Reactors Are Toxic to Surrounding Areas, Especially With Age</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>Candice Bernd, Truthout:</strong> A study released last week shows that public health in the communities surrounding California's Diablo Canyon power plant in San Luis Obispo County declined dramatically after the plant was built. The findings also document the presence of Strontium-90 in baby teeth.</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=Gy8EbOmblpk0Nv2iPesOyDMKykIYhb7X" 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=5jpIPu2SxRdEnKHMDifrrXMa6fkTGw8u" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>William Rivers Pitt | In Memory of Bartcop: Seedcorn, Pioneer, Patriot</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>William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> Terrence Coppage was, in his way, the Charlie Parker of liberal bloggers. Every saxophone player who has followed Parker is blowing notes Bird had already blown better. So it is with Bartcop; he was playing those changes before the rest of us had our pants on.</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=FgBkyy4bXBdmhfDsdJgWtTMKykIYhb7X" 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=XGCakG9Ic%2B7UxyJQzj0LPHMa6fkTGw8u" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Remembering and Learning From Fukushima</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>H. Patricia Hynes, Truthout:</strong> At the three-year anniversary of the Fukushima Dai'ichi nuclear power plant reactor meltdowns, the disaster's consequences continue to unfold. One should be a global switch from nuclear power to renewable energy.</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=BH4LvtYFAgtGQUVJdZAL6nMa6fkTGw8u" 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=2UTPvsLEbU9JQ%2BmkR7ta1zMKykIYhb7X" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How the GOP Ambushed the VW Union Election</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 Logan, Truthout:</strong> Congressional Republicans and anti-union organizations have adopted the term "ambush elections" to describe new NLRB rules on union certification, but the real ambush of recent weeks was the GOP threats and intimidation against Volkswagen workers.</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=hFMeKIz0JFOgtzsPpbg3bXMa6fkTGw8u" 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=lWAwTpSsmGq%2Fy3EyJBqFD3Ma6fkTGw8u" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>By the Way, Your Home Is on Fire: The Climate of Change and the Dangers of Stasis</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 Solnit, TomDispatch:</strong> Our climate crisis requires us to evacuate our normal ways of doing things. That will not always be cheap or easy, but divestment can be done now with no loss. In any case, it's the only honorable and sane thing to do.</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=Eht31iPd%2BAlrU3f9EB6T23Ma6fkTGw8u" 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=bMGBJPUaXWtZPi2uB1ai%2BnMa6fkTGw8u" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>It's the Money, Honey</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 Ellen Lindner, Truthout:</strong> While global garment industry revenue represents the lion's share of many countries' exports and GDP, the workers who make the garments almost never make a living wage - and only occasionally pull in a minimum one.</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=A5p8dPjQagWbguz4wFB6WHMa6fkTGw8u" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wrMMK5MZf9WNwxOz09RbYHMa6fkTGw8u" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Noam Chomsky: From Hiroshima to Fukushima, Vietnam to Fallujah, State Power Ignores Its Massive Harm</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> World-renowned political dissident, linguist, author and MIT professor Noam Chomsky traveled to Japan last week ahead of the three-year anniversary of the Fukushima crisis. Chomsky met with Fukushima survivors, including families who evacuated the area after the meltdowns.</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=iT6TrxFxxKDeOYmRA9GPInMa6fkTGw8u" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Rick Perry Killed an Innocent Man</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> Ten years ago, Texas executed Cameron Todd Willingham, who was convicted in 1992 on arson charges. But now, newly uncovered evidence suggests that Willingham was in fact an innocent man.</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=WFvHReUxLCJHUOw893kiZ3Ma6fkTGw8u" 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=%2FkEgeMbs%2FoLdfkXFDwW8tnMa6fkTGw8u" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Sixteen for '16 - Number 3: A Rededication to Public Education</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>Salvatore Babones, Truthout:</strong> If the knowledge factory model of public education doesn't even improve standardized test scores, what is it good for? The obvious answer is: nothing. We need to put the public back in public education and be clear about our goals and the best way to achieve them.</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=HMRa5tNQE6L8gaEfzjXpPzMKykIYhb7X" 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=0Ot3KNByemHk1Ewp5zmOHHMa6fkTGw8u" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Conservatives Offer Americans Empty Stomachs and Empty Rhetoric</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>Terrance Heath, Campaign For America's Future:</strong> Paul Ryan says that "the left" is offering Americans "a full stomach and an empty soul." The truth is that conservatives such as Ryan are offering Americans empty stomachs and empty rhetoric. The American people want more than that.</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=s8f4jeiCb3sreSZvrHNVIHMa6fkTGw8u" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article and Watch the Videos</strong></a> </p>
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