Saturday, October 22, 2011
Police brutality charges sweep across the US | World news | The Observer
Daragjati boasted to a woman friend that, while on patrol in Staten Island, he had "fried another nigger". It was "no big deal", he added. The FBI, which had been investigating another matter, then tried to work out what had happened. Read More Here
This Week’s Top MuckReads: Cops Who Stay Undercover and Murdered Whistleblowers - ProPublica
This Week’s Top MuckReads: Cops Who Stay Undercover and Murdered Whistleblowers - ProPublica
Marco Rubio's Compelling Family Story Embellishes Facts, Documents Show, The Washington Post
Here are this week's top must-read stories from #MuckReads, ProPublica's ongoing collection of the best watchdog journalism. Anyone can contribute by tweeting a link to a story and just including the hashtag #MuckReads or by sending an email toMuckReads@ProPublica.org. The best submissions are selected by ProPublica's editors and reporters and then featured on our site and @ProPublica.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has some explaining to do. While on the campaign trail, Rubio frequently told audiences that he was the "son of exiles." Documents acquired by The Washington Post show Rubio's parents left Cuba before Fidel Castro came to power, however.
Marco Rubio's Compelling Family Story Embellishes Facts, Documents Show, The Washington Post
Here are this week's top must-read stories from #MuckReads, ProPublica's ongoing collection of the best watchdog journalism. Anyone can contribute by tweeting a link to a story and just including the hashtag #MuckReads or by sending an email toMuckReads@ProPublica.org. The best submissions are selected by ProPublica's editors and reporters and then featured on our site and @ProPublica.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has some explaining to do. While on the campaign trail, Rubio frequently told audiences that he was the "son of exiles." Documents acquired by The Washington Post show Rubio's parents left Cuba before Fidel Castro came to power, however.
20 Years in Prison for Sending Your Kids to the Wrong School? Inequality in School Systems Leads Parents to Big Risks, Alternet
In these tough times, some wealthy school districts are offering bounties or contracting private companies to identify illegally enrolled, low-income students. The students are expelled while their parents face far greater consequences, including jail time.
Contributed by @ArielWittenberg
In these tough times, some wealthy school districts are offering bounties or contracting private companies to identify illegally enrolled, low-income students. The students are expelled while their parents face far greater consequences, including jail time.
Contributed by @ArielWittenberg
Not an Employee? Herman Cain Had Mailing and Email Addresses at Koch's Americans For Prosperity HQ | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
Not an Employee? Herman Cain Had Mailing and Email Addresses at Koch's Americans For Prosperity HQ | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
Cain's campaign staff say he wasn't an employee of the Tea Party group founded by David Koch. But he did have a desk and an email address at its headquarters.
As the New Yorker's Jane Mayer wrote earlier this week, members of Herman Cain's campaign staff are loath to discuss his longstanding ties to Americans for Prosperity and the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, the organizing groups founded by billionaire David Koch, about whom Mayer famously wrote a comprehensive profile last year. AlterNet, which began reporting on Cain's ties to Koch last June, has learned that Cain's work for AFP at one time had all the appearances of a staff position. Read More Here
As the New Yorker's Jane Mayer wrote earlier this week, members of Herman Cain's campaign staff are loath to discuss his longstanding ties to Americans for Prosperity and the Americans for Prosperity Foundation, the organizing groups founded by billionaire David Koch, about whom Mayer famously wrote a comprehensive profile last year. AlterNet, which began reporting on Cain's ties to Koch last June, has learned that Cain's work for AFP at one time had all the appearances of a staff position. Read More Here
Daily Kos: Senate GOP Blocks Help for States' Jobs, Budget Crises
Daily Kos: Senate GOP Blocks Help for States' Jobs, Budget Crises
byAvenging Angel
During the debate over the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in early 2009, stimulus opponent Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed, "If the money were lent rather than just granted, states would, I think, spend it wisely and the states that didn't need it at all wouldn't take any." Now would be a good time to take him up on his offer. Read More Here
During the debate over the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in early 2009, stimulus opponent Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed, "If the money were lent rather than just granted, states would, I think, spend it wisely and the states that didn't need it at all wouldn't take any." Now would be a good time to take him up on his offer. Read More Here
Lions and tigers and regulations: Oh my!
Lions and tigers and regulations: Oh my!
Unless you’ve been living under the rock, I don’t need to recall the facts this week of the tragedy in Zanesville where a guy, with a history of animal cruelty convictions released over 50 exotic animals (including obviously dangerous animals such as lions, tigers, a wolf, and bears) before killing himself. Read More Here
Iraq By The Numbers: The World’s Costliest Cakewalk
Iraq By The Numbers: The World’s Costliest Cakewalk: The Obama administration’s announcement of a withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq by the end of the year offers the possibility of a definitive conclusion for the U.S. military’s involvement in Iraq. But while the return of all U.S. service men and women by Christmas is a cause for celebration, the costs of the [...]/ Read More Here
Friday, October 21, 2011
CHART: How Income Inequality Skyrocketed And The 1 Percent Profited From The Decline Of Unions
The Chamber Spends More Than $4 Million In Just Three Months Lobbying For Corporate Immunity To The Law
The Chamber Spends More Than $4 Million In Just Three Months Lobbying For Corporate Immunity To The Law: Lobbying disclosure forms for the third quarter of 2011 are due tonight, and corporate America’s tort reform lobby has so far topped the list of the most profligate spenders. According to Politico: More than two dozen companies, trade associations and lobby shops are reporting paying out more than $1 million on lobbying over the past [...]/ Read More Here
Senator Whitehouse’s Must-See Climate Speech: “We Ignore the Laws of Nature of God’s Earth at Our Very Grave Peril”
Senator Whitehouse’s Must-See Climate Speech: “We Ignore the Laws of Nature of God’s Earth at Our Very Grave Peril”: “We are earning the scorn and condemnation of history…. It is magical thinking to imagine that somehow we will be spared the plain and foreseeable consequences of our failure of duty.” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) delivered a 23-minute stemwinder last week on the failure of the U.S. Senate to act on global warming pollution. Here’s [...]/ Read More Here
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Evidence Builds That Scientists Underplay Climate Impacts
How Do You Know When A Politician Is Lying?--Addicting Info
By Sam Uzi for Addicting Info
It’s a complicated world out there, and things are always changing. A lot of the time it’s hard to know what to believe, and the only thing you’re really sure of is that almost everyone is lying to you. Sometimes it’s hard not to wish for just one thing you can really truly believe in. Sometimes that desire for unquestioning belief becomes so strong (for whatever reasons) that it’s hard to resist when something comes along that you’re willing to believe is believable enough to believe in. Harder still to resist is something that does everything it can to assure you that it is totally believable. That’s when you really have to watch out.
There’s a well-worn axiom which states that “whatever Republicans attack someone else for is something that they have done/are doing/will do”. It’s so true that it’s not even funny. On the other side of that detestable coin, the first rule of undermining the will of the people (you know, the 99% of us who aren’t rich enough to buy layers upon comfortable layers of delusion) is to mimic our words and subvert the culture we’ve created for ourselves [the advanced student will want to think about where that lesson has been most recently learned]. You’ve seen the 1% buy out the Tea Party and turn its corpse into a truck-a-saurus sized robot zombie. You’ve heard them shamelessly pander to the very people they’re targeting for exploitation. More often than not, you’ve seen them get away with it. Sometimes, though, there is no doubt. Sometime you don’t need to believe. You just know. Read More Here
Daily Kos: What do you call a jobs plan that wouldn't create jobs? The Republican plan!
Daily Kos: What do you call a jobs plan that wouldn't create jobs? The Republican plan!
Ouch. This is just the headline for The Washington Post's fact check on the Republican jobs bill: "The GOP’s ludicrous claim about their jobs bill." Ludicrous seems generous. Read More Here
Ouch. This is just the headline for The Washington Post's fact check on the Republican jobs bill: "The GOP’s ludicrous claim about their jobs bill." Ludicrous seems generous. Read More Here
Harsh Alabama Immigration Laws Threaten "Humanitarian Crisis," Prompt Latinos to Fight Back
The state of Alabama became the latest hotspot in the national immigration debate when it enacted a new law, HB 56, that requires police to arrest anyone they suspect of being in the country without legal status. It also prevents courts from enforcing contracts involving undocumented immigrants, and allows public schools to determine the immigration status of enrolled students. Last week, a federal appeals court blocked enforcement of parts of the law, but not before thousands of Latinos fled the state. A number of businesses in Alabama were forced to close their doors after Latinos across the state staged walk-outs in protest. We speak to Isabel Rubio, executive director of the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama, a lead plaintiff in one of the lawsuits challenging the Alabama law. “We are in a state of humanitarian crisis here,” Rubio said. “I can’t even begin to explain to you the level of fear and chaos that HB 56 has created in the community. … We really think at the core this is aimed at the Latino community, not the entire immigrant community.” Democracy Now
Tea Party Group Urges Small Businesses ‘Not To Hire A Single Person’ To Hurt Obama
Tea Party Group Urges Small Businesses ‘Not To Hire A Single Person’ To Hurt Obama: Congressional Republicans have acted shocked and offended at Democrats’ suggestions that they are intentionally sabotaging the economy to try to win back the White House in 2012. Republicans have refused to pass President Obama’s jobs plan — which experts estimate will create at least 1.9 million jobs — and proposed an alternative plan that Moody’s [...]/ Read More Here
Ohio to have two primaries under bill slated for quick action | The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio to have two primaries under bill slated for quick action | The Columbus Dispatch
by Jim Siegel
Ohio voters will cast ballots for local, state and U.S. Senate races in March, but the 2012 presidential and congressional primaries will be moved to June 12 under a bill that passed a Senate committee this morning and is slated for quick legislative action. Read More Here
Ohio voters will cast ballots for local, state and U.S. Senate races in March, but the 2012 presidential and congressional primaries will be moved to June 12 under a bill that passed a Senate committee this morning and is slated for quick legislative action. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Corporate Front Group ALEC Pushing For Repeal Of Paid Sick Day Laws Nationwide
Corporate Front Group ALEC Pushing For Repeal Of Paid Sick Day Laws Nationwide: Recently, a string of cities and states have passed new ordinances that would require paid sick days for employees at certain employers. Just last week, Philadelphia’s city council passed a second version of a paid sick leave bill after the mayor vetoed the earlier one. Earlier this year, Seattle approved paid sick days legislation, while [...]/ Read More Here
If You Eat, You Better Occupy Wall Street | Food | AlterNet
If You Eat, You Better Occupy Wall Street | Food | AlterNet
by Dave Murphy
OWS has sprung from frustration with the collusion between Big Business and elected officials. And nowhere is that collusion so great as in food and agricultural production.
The recent carnage to the American people's way of life began more than 30 years ago when the Reagan administration crafted deliberate policies that stopped enforcement of antitrust laws at the Department of Justice, encouraged an orgy of corporate mergers and launched a three decade assault on common sense government oversight. Since that time, politicians of both parties have embraced the radical notion of "free" markets that decoupled risk from accountability.
Occupy Wall Street was born out of a legitimate frustration with the collusion between Big Business and elected officials of the U.S. government. And nowhere is that collusion so great as in food and agricultural production where four firms control 84 percent of beef packing, 66 percent of pork production and one company, Monsanto, controls patents on more than 93 percent of soybeans and 80 percent of corn grown in the U.S. Read More Here
by Dave Murphy
OWS has sprung from frustration with the collusion between Big Business and elected officials. And nowhere is that collusion so great as in food and agricultural production.
The recent carnage to the American people's way of life began more than 30 years ago when the Reagan administration crafted deliberate policies that stopped enforcement of antitrust laws at the Department of Justice, encouraged an orgy of corporate mergers and launched a three decade assault on common sense government oversight. Since that time, politicians of both parties have embraced the radical notion of "free" markets that decoupled risk from accountability.
Occupy Wall Street was born out of a legitimate frustration with the collusion between Big Business and elected officials of the U.S. government. And nowhere is that collusion so great as in food and agricultural production where four firms control 84 percent of beef packing, 66 percent of pork production and one company, Monsanto, controls patents on more than 93 percent of soybeans and 80 percent of corn grown in the U.S. Read More Here
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Why Rush Limbaugh Is Freaking Out About Occupy Wall Street | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
Why Rush Limbaugh Is Freaking Out About Occupy Wall Street | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
Got a flurry of emails yesterday after the inimitable Rush Limbaugh lumped me and Dylan Ratigan in with the behind-the-scenes power structure. Apparently Rush got hold of Breitbart’s story about the email list and decided to run with it: Read More Here
I want to vote for a human being--Motivated In Ohio
Last night at the Republican Debate people cheered when Herman Cain blamed the unemployed for their predicament. In other GOP Debates, the Death Penalty was cheered, a Man in the military was booed, and I heard cries of "Let Him Die" about a hypothetical person without health insurance.
Mitt Romney says we need to speed up foreclosures and Rick Perry called the BP spill an act of God. Michele Bachmann would need her own page of faux pas since Ed Rollins left her campaign.
In the states, Governors target working people while throwing money at big business. Women are having a hard time getting birth control.
Since I want to vote for human beings, I will vote Democratic.
Mitt Romney says we need to speed up foreclosures and Rick Perry called the BP spill an act of God. Michele Bachmann would need her own page of faux pas since Ed Rollins left her campaign.
In the states, Governors target working people while throwing money at big business. Women are having a hard time getting birth control.
Since I want to vote for human beings, I will vote Democratic.
Daily Kos: Why I will never vote Republican
Daily Kos: Why I will never vote Republican
by AsherHeimermann
Just a few of my reasons for why I will not vote for a single republican in my life when I turn 18 in November this year.
On November 27th, I will turn 18 years old. When I first joined DailyKos in 2008, I was 14 and freshman in high school. Now, I am a senior. A lot has changed since then. I transferred to a new school, only to return a year later to attend two business classes. I own a very small business designing websites. Read More Here
Just a few of my reasons for why I will not vote for a single republican in my life when I turn 18 in November this year.
On November 27th, I will turn 18 years old. When I first joined DailyKos in 2008, I was 14 and freshman in high school. Now, I am a senior. A lot has changed since then. I transferred to a new school, only to return a year later to attend two business classes. I own a very small business designing websites. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Daily Kos: Socialistic Hitler Fascist Death Panel WMD Terrorist Job Killing Kenyan Muslim Regulation Tyranny
Daily Kos: Socialistic Hitler Fascist Death Panel WMD Terrorist Job Killing Kenyan Muslim Regulation Tyranny
From now on, people who have used these words in the past or present to dismiss a conversation or hijack it should no longer be taken seriously.
I'm done with wasting time in a dishonest debate.
I'm done with having serious conversations about our nation's future being hijacked by paid shills into some absurd conspiracy theory claim of advancing communism or a gay agenda or hippies. I'm tired of debating the guy who wants to raise taxes and "free market" costs on 99% of America while the other 1% lives better than ever in a debate he can NOT win on facts. I'm tired of watching this guy invoke scary meaningless talking points while shrieking about the unfair fearmongering of unamerican liberty denying freedom hating divisive partisan class war wealth redistribution job killing over regulated higher taxes government tyranny they did this to the jews it's people, #OccupyWallStreet is people!!!!! Read More Here
From now on, people who have used these words in the past or present to dismiss a conversation or hijack it should no longer be taken seriously.
I'm done with wasting time in a dishonest debate.
I'm done with having serious conversations about our nation's future being hijacked by paid shills into some absurd conspiracy theory claim of advancing communism or a gay agenda or hippies. I'm tired of debating the guy who wants to raise taxes and "free market" costs on 99% of America while the other 1% lives better than ever in a debate he can NOT win on facts. I'm tired of watching this guy invoke scary meaningless talking points while shrieking about the unfair fearmongering of unamerican liberty denying freedom hating divisive partisan class war wealth redistribution job killing over regulated higher taxes government tyranny they did this to the jews it's people, #OccupyWallStreet is people!!!!! Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Daily Kos: Texas GOP Latino leader leaves party after Herman Cain 'jokes'
Daily Kos: Texas GOP Latino leader leaves party after Herman Cain 'jokes'
Only Republicans think it's funny to make jokes about killing people. At a campaign spot in Tennessee, Herman Cain recounted a conversation he had on the radio with a caller opposed to his immigration policies. Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
h/t Adrienne
Daily Kos: White House to Republicans: Don't like the president campaigning for his jobs bill? Well, too bad.
Daily Kos: White House to Republicans: Don't like the president campaigning for his jobs bill? Well, too bad.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney dismisses the absurd Republican demands that President Obama stop talking about his jobs bill with the American public:
h/t Adrienne
Read More Here
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney dismisses the absurd Republican demands that President Obama stop talking about his jobs bill with the American public:
h/t Adrienne
Read More Here
Who's Fueling Rick Perry's Presidential Campaign? - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets
Who's Fueling Rick Perry's Presidential Campaign? - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets
A cluster of Texas heavy weights helped elevate Rick Perry to the governor's mansion in the Lone Star State, and he's tapping the same network as he takes center stage at tonight's debate in Las Vegas and strives to win the GOP presidential nomination. Read More Here
A cluster of Texas heavy weights helped elevate Rick Perry to the governor's mansion in the Lone Star State, and he's tapping the same network as he takes center stage at tonight's debate in Las Vegas and strives to win the GOP presidential nomination. Read More Here
Ohio Apples and Grapes
I believe the best thing about living in Northern Ohio, is the Fresh Apples and Fresh Grapes. I can drive down the road visit the orchard and buy some of the best apples and cider on Earth. I can drive another mile and see a vineyard where grapes, juice and wine are in production. It is the height of both seasons. I currently have a freezer full of Cider and Grape Juice. If they are available in your area, try Ohio Apples, and Ohio Wine.
Cheney Family Values: How Liz Cheney Is Funding the War on Labor Rights in Ohio | The Nation
Cheney Family Values: How Liz Cheney Is Funding the War on Labor Rights in Ohio | The Nation
by John Nichols
Dick Cheney was once a union man—after flunking out of Yale, the future vice president worked as an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers lineman in Wyoming—but now his daughter is leading the fight to destroy unions in America. Read More Here
Opening Speeches Occupy Nova Scotia
[This is not just an American Problem this is a World Problem.--MIO]
["FACTUAL"-CHECK:] Kasich’s latest commercial – “Had Enough?”
["FACTUAL"-CHECK:] Kasich’s latest commercial – “Had Enough?”
No, he’s not offering to resign. Yes, we are going to offer you a chance to watch Kasich’s latest Issue 2 commercial here. We believe it is necessary to set the proper context for the pro-Issue 2 campaigners led by Governor Kasich and his Building a Better Ohio fundraising entity. This latest ad follows on the heels of Kasich’s insightful views about the status of his campaign: Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
No, he’s not offering to resign. Yes, we are going to offer you a chance to watch Kasich’s latest Issue 2 commercial here. We believe it is necessary to set the proper context for the pro-Issue 2 campaigners led by Governor Kasich and his Building a Better Ohio fundraising entity. This latest ad follows on the heels of Kasich’s insightful views about the status of his campaign: Read More Here
h/t Adrienne
Monday, October 17, 2011
MLK’s Daughter: My Father Would Have Supported The 99 Percent Movement
MLK’s Daughter: My Father Would Have Supported The 99 Percent Movement: Speaking at the dedication ceremony for a new monument to her father, the Rev. Bernice King said Martin Luther King Jr. would have been heartened by the Occupy Wall Street protests and larger 99 Percent Movement. “I hear my father saying what we are seeing now all across the streets of America and the world [...]/ Read More Here
Ohio's War on the Middle Class | Mother Jones
Ohio's War on the Middle Class | Mother Jones
—By Mac McClelland
THE DECOR OF ERIN AND ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ'S guest room could really only happen in the United States. In fact, a European did lay eyes on it one time, and his superior brow furrowed instantly with disbelief as he said, "What...is THAT?" It isn't just the powder-pinkness of the third bedroom in their Gahanna, Ohio, home. It's more the hot pink stars stenciled along the ceiling border, and that between them alternate the words "Katie" and "an American Girl." Erin, who's 30, Ohio born and raised, Ohio for life, can't decide herself if she should be excited—I mean, it's not not funny—or mildly embarrassed to show it to people. Nobody named Katie lives here. This paint scheme was left by the previous owners. On the early June afternoon when I drop my suitcase by the bed, Erin exclaims, "You can be our Katie!" Read More Here
—By Mac McClelland
THE DECOR OF ERIN AND ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ'S guest room could really only happen in the United States. In fact, a European did lay eyes on it one time, and his superior brow furrowed instantly with disbelief as he said, "What...is THAT?" It isn't just the powder-pinkness of the third bedroom in their Gahanna, Ohio, home. It's more the hot pink stars stenciled along the ceiling border, and that between them alternate the words "Katie" and "an American Girl." Erin, who's 30, Ohio born and raised, Ohio for life, can't decide herself if she should be excited—I mean, it's not not funny—or mildly embarrassed to show it to people. Nobody named Katie lives here. This paint scheme was left by the previous owners. On the early June afternoon when I drop my suitcase by the bed, Erin exclaims, "You can be our Katie!" Read More Here
As Attacks on Planned Parenthood Aim for Sex-Ed Funding, Let's Remember How Bad Religious-Backed Abstinence Only Programs Are | | AlterNet
As Attacks on Planned Parenthood Aim for Sex-Ed Funding, Let's Remember How Bad Religious-Backed Abstinence Only Programs Are | | AlterNet
Live Action and Lila Rose want to replace Planned Parenthood's sex-ed funding with false information and religious fundamentalist preaching.
It is being reported that Live Action’s Lila Rose is planning the next step in her ongoing effort to defund Planned Parenthood: take away its sex-ed money. Rose is lamenting the fact that Planned Parenthood got federal money to implement evidence-based comprehensive sex education via PREP funding (Personal Responsibility Education Program). Read More Here
Live Action and Lila Rose want to replace Planned Parenthood's sex-ed funding with false information and religious fundamentalist preaching.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Herman Cain’s ‘Model’ SCOTUS Justice Is An Ethical Trainwreck, Thinks Child Labor Laws Are Unconstitutional
Herman Cain’s ‘Model’ SCOTUS Justice Is An Ethical Trainwreck, Thinks Child Labor Laws Are Unconstitutional: In an interview with Meet the Press’ David Gregory this morning, GOP presidential frontrunner Herman Cain endorsed Justice Clarence Thomas as a model a President Cain would follow in making appointments to the Supreme Court: GREGORY: What about the Supreme Court? Who’s your model of the ideal Supreme Court justice who you would appoint? CAIN: [...]/ Read More Here
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