Sunday 30 September 2012
{Political_Views} Romney's failing campaign hurting Republicans in congressional races | World news | The Guardian
The rats are always the first to jump a sinking ship.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/28/romney-failing-campaign-hurting-republicans
Saturday 29 September 2012
{Political_Views} Cartoonists Go After Apple Maps
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| Check out ALL of our recent CARTOON COLLECTIONS!  Let down by the iPhone 5? Hate Apple Maps? Check out what our cartoonists think...  Cartoon by Mike Keefe, PoliticalCartoons.com (View more cartoons by Keefe) Share cartoon on:    Comment on this cartoon | E-mail this cartoon to a friendCheck out more of our recent cartoon collections:     Check out new cartoons as they come in on our Cartoon Blog!  Cartoonists Go After Apple's Map Program by Daryl Cagle - Comment on the column Anyone who purchased the iPhone 5 last week (check out all our iPhone 5 cartoons) came away saying one thing - the Apple Maps app stinks! To their credit, Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized Friday for the glitchy program, telling consumers the program "fell short." Even our Apple-loving cartoonists were angry about the rare misstep... READ MORE Check out all our cool iPhone Apps and our new Android App!     Follow Daryl each day on Twitter at: twitter.com/dcagle |
{Political_Views} Daily Kos: Mitt Romney's dad was on welfare
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Friday 28 September 2012
{Political_Views} DREGstudios! The Artwork of Brandt Hardin: Mitt Romney's Magic Mormon Underwear
Fox Noise and the RNC really does not like to bring this up. Bet you never heard of it but it's been on the net for a long time. As Jessie Ventura said "Republican is not a party, it's a mental condition."
http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/05/mitt-romneys-magic-mormon-underwear.html
{Political_Views} Mitt Romney Mormon Underwear - Mitt Romney Mormon Garments - Esquire
Tell me do you really want to vote for a man who believes he is wearing magical underwear
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/mitt-romney-mormon-underwear-12188879
Thursday 27 September 2012
{Political_Views} NATION OF CHANGE/ Koch Front Group Joins Revenge Campaign Against Florida Justices With Pro-Nullification Ad
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Jim Hightower, Op-Ed: Calling the shift a matter of trust with readers, the editors rightly noted that quote approval defeats the ability of their reporters "to capture and channel the forthright, honest words of Harvard's decision-makers to all those who might be affected. It's time for these constrained interviews to come to an end." Likewise, the editor of Princeton University's student paper has halted the use of email interviews favored by chary school officials who seek to barricade themselves from rigorous reporting. 
David Suzuki, Op-Ed: "As a teenager in London, Ontario, my sanctuary was a swamp. I'd return home at the end of a day, often soaking wet and covered in mud, with my collection of insects, salamander eggs and turtles. That piqued my interest in science. Making tree forts and lying in fields watching the clouds stimulated my imagination and creativity. Being outside made me a happy, healthy kid and made me feel connected to the world around me." 
Stephen Leahy, News Analysis: This process is being driven by warmer air temperatures, a drop in snowfall and the fact that much of the ice is no longer white but covered with black soot particles, he said. Those soot particles come from burning diesel and biomass thousands of kilometers away, in Europe, Asia and North America. Snow and ice reflect much of the sun's heat energy but the combination of the black soot and meltwater ponds, more of that heat is absorbed by the ice, leading to increased melting. 
Andrew Bacevich, Op-Ed: With the launching of the Global War on Terrorism, Islamism succeeded Communism as the body of beliefs that, if left unchecked, threatened to sweep across the globe with dire consequences for freedom. Those who Washington had armed as "freedom fighters" now became America's most dangerous enemies. So at least members of the national security establishment believed or purported to believe, thereby curtailing any further discussion of whether militarized globalism actually represented the best approach to promoting liberal values globally or even served U.S. interests. 
Kristin Moe, News Report: "The tar sands, as has been well documented, stand to be a major threat to the global climate: as Bill McKibben recently pointed out, if burned in their entirety they'd kick up 240 gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere, raising the earth's temperature by a little less than one degree. That may not seem like much until you consider our carbon "limit" for the entire Earth is only two degrees—after that, we haven't got much hope." 
George Lakey, Op-Ed: Working class people see campaigns as practical, because they have stated and achievable goals and targets that can yield to the campaigns' demands. I remember a typical reaction of Philadelphia working class people to most of the activist protests at the 2000 Republican National Convention: "Nuthin' but fun and games." Especially emphatic were some African-American working class members of a group that does direct action — including civil disobedience — to make gains for poor people. 
Amy Goodman, Video Report: "A labor dispute between the National Football league and the union representing its referees reached a fever pitch Monday night during a game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers when substitute referees failed to call pass interference before a last-second touchdown. The play ended the game in favor of the Seahawks, when many argue it should have gone the other way." 
Special Coverage: "As we enter Day 375 of the Occupy movements the protests have spread not only across the country but all over the globe. Thousands of activists have descended on Wall Street these past weeks as part of the #OccupyWallStreet protest organized by several action groups. What follows is a live video stream and live Twitter feed of this event." 
Ian Millhiser, News Report: More importantly, however, by praising this ballot initiative, the Koch group is also endorsing a misguided constitutional theory known as "nullification." Because the Constitution provides that duly enacted federal laws "shall be the supreme law of the land," states simply do not have the authority to block an Act of Congress such as the Affordable Care Act, whether through a ballot initiative or otherwise. 
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Op-Ed: In an age of rising health-care costs, most high-income countries – Canada, the European Union's Western economies, and Japan – manage to keep their total health-care costs below 12% of GDP, with excellent health outcomes, while the US spends nearly 18% of GDP, yet with decidedly mediocre health outcomes. And, America's is the only for-profit health system of the entire bunch. 
Suzanne Manneh, News Report: "The reports note that while 12 percent of the total U.S. population is black, blacks comprise 38 percent of the U.S. jail population. Blacks ages 18 through 29 received significantly higher bail amounts than all other ethnic and racial groups, and likely can't afford to pay the 10 percent bond to be released. Because of this, Velazquez suggested, people who earn lower wages or are members of minority communities have no choice but to stay in jail." --
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{Political_Views} A Gaffe Is When a Republican Tells the Truth | The Nation
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{Political_Views} NATION OF CHANGE/ Russia Bans Use and Import of Monsanto's GMO Corn Following Study
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Amy Goodman, Op-Ed: Freeport, Ill., is the site of one of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates. On Aug. 27, 1858, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debated there in their campaign for Illinois' seat in the U.S. Senate. Lincoln lost that race, but the Freeport debate set the stage for his eventual defeat of Douglas in the presidential election of 1860, and thus the Civil War. Today, as the African-American president of the United States prepares to debate the candidate from the party of Lincoln, workers in Freeport are staging a protest, hoping to put their plight into the center of the national debate this election season. 
Mike Spahr, News Report: Out of all of the super donors that have given heavily to the 2012 election cycle, the most outstanding peddler of influence is casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who's name is now synonymous with the phrase "money in politics." Adelson has spent over $70 million on the 2012 election alone, which is nearly afifth of what presidential hopeful John McCain spent on his 2008 presidential bid in total. Politico had a rare interview with Adelson, where he cites the motivation of his spending is that: "[He doesn't] believe one person should influence an election," he said… "So, I suppose you'll ask me, 'How come I'm doing it?' Because other single people influence elections." 
Richard (RJ) Eskow, Op-Ed: Strange stories from the newswires: Thousands of Wall Street traders subscribe to "financial astrology" newsletters. A series of wealthy Americans erupt into rage-filled public outbursts. Mitt Romney wonders why you can't open a jet's windows in mid-flight. This isn't an episode of the X-Files. These seemingly unrelated stories are part of a larger pattern. What appears to be a sudden epidemic of magical thinking actually reflects something else: the rise of a financial sector whose economic incentives have tilted away from core business competencies - and toward something like that looks a little more like madness. 
Beverly Ford and Evelyn Larrubia, News Report: In Oak Creek, Wis., a fence slashed with holes surrounds a barren 300-acre complex of buckling former factories where the soil and groundwater are polluted with arsenic and other chemicals. Asbestos sprayed for almost six miles from a shuttered textile mill in Sprague, Connecticut when children trying to free a canoe set it on fire. A toxic cocktail of volatile organic compounds, petroleum, hydrocarbons and metals lies along the banks of Massachusetts's Malden River. 
Dave Llindorff, Op-Ed: The United States never misses an opportunity to castigate other countries for "uncivilized" behavior, and certainly there is enough of that to go around almost anywhere you look in the world. But there's plenty of it here in the U.S. too. Just consider the case of Terry Williams. Williams, a 47-year-old black man, has spent almost 30 years on Pennsylvania's crowded death row while lawyers appealed his death penalty for two murders committed back when he was a 17 and 18-year old boy. Now he's about to be killed by the state for those crimes. 
Medea Benjamin, Op-Ed: There are questions our friends and relatives are asking as we embark on a delegation to Pakistan to protest the drone attacks that have killed so many innocent Pakistanis over the past 8 years. But the Pakistanis have been asking us very different questions. "Why do the American people support these barbaric and cowardly drone attacks?" "How would you like it if foreigners flew death machines into your airspace, murdering innocent men, women and children?" "Don't you know that these attacks are counterproductive, driving locals into the hands of extremist groups out of a desire for revenge?" 
Travis Waldron, News Analysis: The budget and tax proposals put forth by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would not lead to the economic prosperity and job growth he has claimed, according to a new study released this week. In fact, the Economic Policy Institute found that Romney's plans would actually lead to a net loss of jobs over the first two years of his administration, and the losses could grow even larger if Romney were to stick to his promise of reaching a balanced budget. 
Amy Goodman, Video Interview: "Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange may have been designated an 'enemy of the state' by the United States. U.S. Air Force counter-intelligence documents show military personnel who contact WikiLeaks or its supporters may be at risk of being charged with 'communicating with the enemy' — a military crime that carries a maximum sentence of death. We speak to attorney Michael Ratner, president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights and a legal advisor to Assange and WikiLeaks." 
Robert Reich, Op-Ed: Up until now, Romney's stories on the campaign trail have been about business successes – people who started businesses in garages and grew their companies into global giants, entrepreneurs who succeeded because of grit and determination, millionaires who began poor. Horatio Alger updated. Curiously absent from these narratives have been the stories of ordinary Americans caught in an economy over which they have no control. That is, most of us. 
Anthony Gucciardi, News Report: "With Russia now acting to secure food safety, many other nations will surely follow. While the United States may continue to ignore the issues surrounding GMOs and Monsanto's blatant disregard for human health (they were caught running 'slave-like' working rings, after all), many foreign nations will not. Countries like Poland, Peru, and Hungary have already taken action in banning or removing Monsanto's GMO crops." 
Phil Rockstroh, Op-Ed: Weltschmerz (from German; from Welt (world) + Schmerz (pain) delineates the type of sadness experienced when the world revealed does not reflect the image of the world that one believes, or has been led to believe, should exist. The corporate/consumer state (as well as, its scion, the present day presidential election cycle) has brought us, as a people, into a wilderness of weltschmerz. 
Ashfaq Yusufzai, News Report: Over thirty thousand children in the remote Tirah area of the Khyber Agency, part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Northern Pakistan, have waited four years for protection from polio, a viral disease that is sometimes referred to as 'infantile paralysis' due to its crippling effects on children. A massive government and civil society effort through the month of September finally began to reverse the trend that had kept the children of Tirah, along with hundreds of thousands in the greater FATA area, under the shadow of polio. --
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